Which jobs in the UK are actually remote?

Most UK job postings still expect you in an office

Across 4,812 live UK postings in 10 role groups, 19.9% are marked as open to remote work by the employer. The rest are listed as on-site or hybrid, or do not say they are remote.

No role group is anywhere near majority remote. Customer success has the highest share at 26.1%, followed closely by security at 25.3%. Sales (21%), software engineering (20.7%), marketing (20.1%), design (19.6%) and data (19.1%) all sit close to the overall figure.

At the bottom are product at 17.5%, AI / ML at 14% and finance at 10.8%.

The practical reading is simple. Even in the most remote-friendly role group, most postings in this snapshot are not marked remote. If fully remote work is a firm requirement, you are choosing from a minority of the UK market in every role group listed here, so your search needs to be broad and steady rather than limited to a single job board or a handful of employers.

Software engineering and sales hold the most remote openings

Share and volume tell different stories. The highest remote shares belong to smaller role groups: customer success has 30 remote postings out of 115, and security has 21 out of 83.

The largest pools of remote roles sit in the biggest role groups. Software engineering has 314 remote postings out of 1,520, and sales has 277 out of 1,320. Data follows with 122 remote postings out of 638, and product has 79 out of 452.

For a job seeker, this matters more than the ranking. A customer success or security specialist will find a relatively high share of remote roles, but only a small number of actual openings at any moment. An engineer or salesperson faces a slightly lower share but far more remote listings to choose from.

If you work in a smaller role group, it is worth checking new postings often, because a few roles can make up most of what is available. If you work in a larger one, filtering hard by seniority, stack or sector will help you focus on the remote roles that actually fit.

AI / ML and finance are the hardest UK roles to find remote

AI / ML has a remote share of 14%, with 36 remote postings out of 257. Finance is lowest at 10.8%, with 8 remote postings out of 74.

If you are targeting either group and want remote work, expect a short list. A few approaches help when remote options are scarce.

First, consider hybrid roles within a commutable distance. Many postings that are not marked remote may still offer some flexibility, though this data cannot show that.

Second, look at adjacent role groups with higher remote shares. Someone with machine learning experience might also fit data roles (19.1% remote) or software engineering roles (20.7% remote), depending on their skills.

Third, read the posting carefully. Employer labels vary, and a role marked remote may still have location limits, such as requiring you to live in the UK or attend occasional meetings.

Applying early to the few remote roles that do appear is sensible when the pool is this small.

This is a snapshot of postings, not of who gets hired remotely

These figures describe job postings live in the UK on 13 October 2026, drawn from employer career sites and job boards that Jobfinder AI tracks. They do not show how many people were hired into remote roles, how many applicants each role received, or how long postings stay open.

A posting counts as remote only when the employer marks it remote. Employers that offer remote work informally, or mention it only in the description, may not be counted. Hybrid roles are not counted as remote.

Role group and seniority are classified automatically from each posting, so a small number of roles may be grouped differently from how you would describe them. Market is taken from the posting's location.

Some role groups are small. Finance has 74 postings and security has 83, so their shares can shift noticeably with only a few listings. Treat these as a guide to where remote roles are more or less common in this snapshot, not as fixed rates or as a trend over time.