London saw the sixth largest increase in homeworking (4.5%), with the South East and the South West being the regions with the largest increases at 2.2% and 2.1% respectively.
Graham Peck, technical manager at computing and communications company Node4, said: "Businesses who have previously wanted to allow their staff to work more flexibly in order to boost productivity now have the tools to do so.
And as more people resent paying over the odds for their business accommodation, they now have the incentive to pursue ways of helping staff to migrate to remote working."
Last Friday the HR director of internet giant Yahoo sent a memo to all employees working remotely, telling them they must relocate to company facilities.
The move will impact several hundred employees, who must either comply without exception or quit.
The memo seen by website businessinsider.com, said: "Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo, and that starts with physically being together."
