Hybrid/Remote Slack Job Trends

Slack
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Slack skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 410 456
Rank change year-on-year +50 +46 +119
Permanent jobs citing Slack 11 22 33
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.074% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.20% 0.29% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 16
10th Percentile £35,000 £53,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,563 £54,688 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% -24.14%
75th Percentile £71,250 £96,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £110,000 £64,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £35,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +114.29% -41.67% -12.73%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

Slack falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,447 7,605 10,216
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.44% 46.28% 46.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,874 4,853 8,819
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -7.69%

Slack
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Slack and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Slack job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Slack
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Slack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Slack

Slack
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Slack over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Slack salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Slack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) GitHub
1 4 (36.36%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (9.09%) Google Workspace
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Broadband
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) GitLab
1 4 (36.36%) Jenkins
2 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) DevOps Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Operations Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Platform Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Senior
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) PyTorch
1 1 (9.09%) TensorFlow
1 1 (9.09%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 1 (9.09%) Over-the-Top Content
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (9.09%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) CI/CD
1 6 (54.55%) People Management
2 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
3 4 (36.36%) ChatOps
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
3 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (36.36%) Observability
3 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Coaching
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) Line Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Release Management
5 2 (18.18%) Service Design
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Google Apps Script
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Grafana
1 4 (36.36%) Prometheus
1 4 (36.36%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) Kubeflow
2 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Google
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Logitech
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 1 (9.09%) Yealink