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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 412 487
Rank change year-on-year 0 +75 +31
Permanent jobs citing Slack 45 16 23
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.097% 0.092%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.52% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 18
10th Percentile £38,984 £29,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £48,250 £30,000 £36,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £37,500 £41,067
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -8.69% -36.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £38,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £49,000 £86,625
UK median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -22.75%

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 8,680 5,973 10,241
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.25% 36.33% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,287 4,408 8,008
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 11 August 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 7 (15.56%) Confluence
2 2 (4.44%) Apache
2 2 (4.44%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Notion
2 1 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) AWS
2 7 (15.56%) Azure
3 6 (13.33%) SaaS
4 5 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
4 5 (11.11%) Google Workspace
5 4 (8.89%) Asana
5 4 (8.89%) GCP
5 4 (8.89%) Serverless
6 3 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (4.44%) GitHub
7 2 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.22%) Google Docs
8 1 (2.22%) IaaS
8 1 (2.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) Broadband
2 3 (6.67%) DNS
3 1 (2.22%) DKIM
3 1 (2.22%) DMARC
3 1 (2.22%) Internet
3 1 (2.22%) LAN
3 1 (2.22%) SSL
3 1 (2.22%) VoIP
3 1 (2.22%) VPN
3 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Data Lake
1 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.44%) Hadoop
1 2 (4.44%) MongoDB
1 2 (4.44%) MySQL
1 2 (4.44%) NoSQL
1 2 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) JIRA
2 3 (6.67%) Claude Code
3 2 (4.44%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) GitLab
General
1 16 (35.56%) Public Sector
2 15 (33.33%) Finance
3 13 (28.89%) Legal
4 10 (22.22%) Local Government
4 10 (22.22%) Marketing
5 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
6 6 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (8.89%) Advertising
7 4 (8.89%) Games
7 4 (8.89%) Law
8 3 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Lead
2 9 (20.00%) Senior
3 5 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Specialist
4 4 (8.89%) Integration Specialist
5 3 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 2 (4.44%) Associate Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Lead Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Lead Data Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Product Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Support Assistant
6 2 (4.44%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.78%) React
2 6 (13.33%) PyTorch
2 6 (13.33%) TensorFlow
2 6 (13.33%) TFX
3 3 (6.67%) .NET
3 3 (6.67%) .NET Core
3 3 (6.67%) AngularJS
3 3 (6.67%) CSS
3 3 (6.67%) OpenAPI
3 3 (6.67%) RxJS
3 3 (6.67%) Symfony
3 3 (6.67%) Vue
4 2 (4.44%) Express.js
4 2 (4.44%) JSON
4 2 (4.44%) MERN Stack
4 2 (4.44%) Next.js
4 2 (4.44%) Node.js
4 2 (4.44%) OpenID
4 2 (4.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Blog
2 8 (17.78%) Social Media
3 6 (13.33%) Algorithms
3 6 (13.33%) NHS
3 6 (13.33%) Onboarding
3 6 (13.33%) Over-the-Top Content
3 6 (13.33%) Video\Live Streaming
4 5 (11.11%) AI Agents
5 2 (4.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.22%) Anti-Piracy
6 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.22%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Windows
2 2 (4.44%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) Agile
1 16 (35.56%) Mentoring
2 13 (28.89%) Community of Practice
3 11 (24.44%) AI
3 11 (24.44%) Machine Learning
3 11 (24.44%) Software Engineering
4 10 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 10 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (22.22%) Line Management
4 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (20.00%) DevOps
5 9 (20.00%) Scrum
6 8 (17.78%) Coaching
6 8 (17.78%) Content Marketing
6 8 (17.78%) Data Pipeline
6 8 (17.78%) Data Science
6 8 (17.78%) High Availability
6 8 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (17.78%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (15.56%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) Python
2 5 (11.11%) TypeScript
3 4 (8.89%) Bash
3 4 (8.89%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.67%) C#
4 3 (6.67%) Java
4 3 (6.67%) PHP
4 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.67%) Ruby
5 2 (4.44%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (4.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) SC Cleared
1 14 (31.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.44%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (4.44%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (2.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) GDPR
2 4 (8.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.44%) NCSC
3 2 (4.44%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.22%) PMO
4 1 (2.22%) QA
4 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.89%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Kubeflow
2 5 (11.11%) Terraform
3 3 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (4.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Google
2 2 (4.44%) Databricks
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Okta
2 2 (4.44%) Progress
2 2 (4.44%) UiPath
3 1 (2.22%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.22%) Logitech
3 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.22%) Yealink
3 1 (2.22%) Zoho