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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 388 510
Rank change year-on-year +26 +122 -48
Permanent jobs citing Slack 37 24 57
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.54% 0.40% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 14 10 31
10th Percentile £32,625 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £41,067
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +15.66% -36.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £37,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -31.82% -8.33%

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 6,849 5,938 13,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.63% 43.65% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,638 4,630 12,001
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,640
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,875 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -11.54%

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 3 May 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 (18.92%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Notion
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.92%) Google Workspace
2 4 (10.81%) Asana
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.81%) SaaS
3 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) GitHub
3 3 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.70%) IaaS
4 1 (2.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) Broadband
2 3 (8.11%) LAN
2 3 (8.11%) VPN
2 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (5.41%) DNS
4 1 (2.70%) DKIM
4 1 (2.70%) DMARC
4 1 (2.70%) SSL
Development Applications
1 10 (27.03%) JIRA
2 5 (13.51%) Claude Code
3 3 (8.11%) GitLab
3 3 (8.11%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Marketing
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Advertising
4 4 (10.81%) Games
4 4 (10.81%) Law
4 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.41%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (18.92%) Senior
2 6 (16.22%) Lead
3 5 (13.51%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 5 (13.51%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 5 (13.51%) Technical Specialist
4 4 (10.81%) Integration Specialist
5 3 (8.11%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) IT Support
6 2 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Support Assistant
7 1 (2.70%) Customer Support Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) IT Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) PyTorch
1 6 (16.22%) TensorFlow
1 6 (16.22%) TFX
2 5 (13.51%) AngularJS
2 5 (13.51%) React
2 5 (13.51%) RxJS
2 5 (13.51%) Symfony
2 5 (13.51%) Vue
3 1 (2.70%) OpenID
3 1 (2.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Onboarding
1 8 (21.62%) Social Media
2 6 (16.22%) Algorithms
2 6 (16.22%) Over-the-Top Content
2 6 (16.22%) Video\Live Streaming
3 5 (13.51%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.70%) Anti-Piracy
4 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.70%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.70%) Linux
2 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Mentoring
2 11 (29.73%) AI
2 11 (29.73%) Machine Learning
3 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (21.62%) Content Marketing
4 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (16.22%) A/B Testing
5 6 (16.22%) Content Analysis
5 6 (16.22%) Data Pipeline
5 6 (16.22%) Data Science
5 6 (16.22%) Deep Learning
5 6 (16.22%) Feature Engineering
5 6 (16.22%) Generative AI
5 6 (16.22%) High Availability
5 6 (16.22%) Low Latency
5 6 (16.22%) Personalization
5 6 (16.22%) Workflow
5 6 (16.22%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (13.51%) CI/CD
6 5 (13.51%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) Python
2 5 (13.51%) PHP
2 5 (13.51%) TypeScript
3 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
4 3 (8.11%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (2.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) GDPR
2 4 (10.81%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.41%) QA
3 2 (5.41%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (16.22%) Kubeflow
2 4 (10.81%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (8.11%) Grafana
3 3 (8.11%) Prometheus
3 3 (8.11%) Terraform
4 1 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Google
2 3 (8.11%) Logitech
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Salesforce
2 3 (8.11%) Yealink
3 2 (5.41%) Progress
4 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.70%) Okta