Senior Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 58 74
Rank change year-on-year -25 +16 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 509 1,564 1,808
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.40% 4.62% 4.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.76% 4.81% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 435 1,293 1,606
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -10.34% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Senior Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Developer.

Senior Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Senior Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 169 (33.20%) React
2 166 (32.61%) Agile
3 163 (32.02%) JavaScript
4 155 (30.45%) Azure
5 150 (29.47%) .NET
6 148 (29.08%) C#
7 143 (28.09%) DevOps
8 142 (27.90%) AWS
8 142 (27.90%) SQL
9 128 (25.15%) TypeScript
10 115 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
11 113 (22.20%) Social Skills
12 106 (20.83%) CI/CD
13 105 (20.63%) Git
14 104 (20.43%) Finance
15 101 (19.84%) HTML
16 100 (19.65%) Full-Stack Development
17 93 (18.27%) Software Engineering
18 83 (16.31%) CSS
18 83 (16.31%) Node.js
19 79 (15.52%) Microservices
20 76 (14.93%) SQL Server
20 76 (14.93%) Serverless
21 72 (14.15%) Java
22 71 (13.95%) Python
23 70 (13.75%) Clean Code
24 67 (13.16%) RESTful
25 65 (12.77%) AngularJS
26 64 (12.57%) AWS Lambda
27 63 (12.38%) Degree

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (2.75%) Confluence
2 9 (1.77%) CMS
3 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.79%) WordPress
5 3 (0.59%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Drupal
7 1 (0.20%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Adobe XD
1 4 (0.79%) Sketch
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.59%) Trello
3 1 (0.20%) 3ds Max
3 1 (0.20%) Blender
3 1 (0.20%) Maya
Business Applications
1 17 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.77%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 155 (30.45%) Azure
2 142 (27.90%) AWS
3 76 (14.93%) Serverless
4 64 (12.57%) AWS Lambda
5 59 (11.59%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (9.04%) SaaS
7 42 (8.25%) GitHub
8 40 (7.86%) Power Platform
9 22 (4.32%) Dynamics 365
9 22 (4.32%) GCP
10 21 (4.13%) PowerApps
11 19 (3.73%) Amazon S3
12 16 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (3.14%) Power Automate
13 15 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (2.75%) Datadog
15 12 (2.36%) Figma
16 9 (1.77%) Azure Functions
16 9 (1.77%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.57%) HTTP
2 5 (0.98%) BGP
2 5 (0.98%) IPsec
2 5 (0.98%) MPLS
2 5 (0.98%) OSPF
3 3 (0.59%) Multicast
3 3 (0.59%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.39%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.20%) DNS
5 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.20%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (14.93%) SQL Server
2 43 (8.45%) DynamoDB
3 40 (7.86%) MySQL
4 35 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (4.13%) Power BI
5 21 (4.13%) Relational Database
6 20 (3.93%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.34%) MongoDB
7 17 (3.34%) OLTP
8 11 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.96%) Metadata
9 10 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.77%) Redis
11 8 (1.57%) Data Hub
11 8 (1.57%) SQL CLR
11 8 (1.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.79%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 105 (20.63%) Git
2 44 (8.64%) JIRA
3 23 (4.52%) Jenkins
4 22 (4.32%) Maven
5 20 (3.93%) JUnit
6 19 (3.73%) GitLab
7 16 (3.14%) Visual Studio
8 14 (2.75%) Cucumber
8 14 (2.75%) IntelliJ
8 14 (2.75%) Mockito
9 10 (1.96%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.77%) Gradle
11 6 (1.18%) SonarQube
11 6 (1.18%) webpack
12 5 (0.98%) NUnit
12 5 (0.98%) rollup.js
13 4 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.59%) CircleCI
14 3 (0.59%) git-flow
14 3 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 113 (22.20%) Social Skills
2 104 (20.43%) Finance
3 41 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (6.68%) Banking
5 33 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (5.30%) Retail
7 19 (3.73%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.73%) Tech for Good
8 15 (2.95%) Games
9 13 (2.55%) Back Office
9 13 (2.55%) Health Technology
10 12 (2.36%) Publishing
11 6 (1.18%) Front Office
11 6 (1.18%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.98%) Automotive
12 5 (0.98%) Marketing
13 3 (0.59%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.59%) Electronics
13 3 (0.59%) Law
14 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (33.20%) React
2 150 (29.47%) .NET
3 101 (19.84%) HTML
4 83 (16.31%) CSS
4 83 (16.31%) Node.js
5 67 (13.16%) RESTful
6 65 (12.77%) AngularJS
7 55 (10.81%) .NET Framework
8 50 (9.82%) .NET Core
9 43 (8.45%) GraphQL
10 34 (6.68%) Vue
11 33 (6.48%) ASP.NET
12 32 (6.29%) Spring
13 31 (6.09%) Blazor
14 28 (5.50%) XML
15 27 (5.30%) Entity Framework
16 26 (5.11%) REST
17 25 (4.91%) HTML5
18 24 (4.72%) Web Services
19 23 (4.52%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.47%) Mobile App
2 26 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
3 25 (4.91%) Virtual Team
4 23 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.54%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.75%) Credit Derivative
8 14 (2.75%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.36%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.57%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.38%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 6 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.18%) Mobile Games
13 5 (0.98%) Fixed Income
13 5 (0.98%) IoT
13 5 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.79%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.30%) Linux
2 18 (3.54%) Android
3 16 (3.14%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.36%) Windows
5 5 (0.98%) Unix
6 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (32.61%) Agile
2 143 (28.09%) DevOps
3 115 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (20.83%) CI/CD
5 100 (19.65%) Full-Stack Development
6 93 (18.27%) Software Engineering
7 79 (15.52%) Microservices
8 70 (13.75%) Clean Code
9 61 (11.98%) Unit Testing
10 60 (11.79%) Mentoring
10 60 (11.79%) User Experience
11 55 (10.81%) Test Automation
12 52 (10.22%) Front End Development
13 44 (8.64%) Kanban
14 43 (8.45%) Design Patterns
15 41 (8.06%) Event-Driven
15 41 (8.06%) Scrum
16 40 (7.86%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 39 (7.66%) Software Testing
18 37 (7.27%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 163 (32.02%) JavaScript
2 148 (29.08%) C#
3 142 (27.90%) SQL
4 128 (25.15%) TypeScript
5 72 (14.15%) Java
6 71 (13.95%) Python
7 52 (10.22%) C++
8 42 (8.25%) PHP
9 23 (4.52%) C
10 21 (4.13%) T-SQL
11 18 (3.54%) PL/SQL
12 16 (3.14%) Ruby
13 7 (1.38%) Dart
13 7 (1.38%) Objective-C
14 6 (1.18%) Apex Code
14 6 (1.18%) Go
15 5 (0.98%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.79%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.59%) Swift
17 3 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (12.38%) Degree
2 40 (7.86%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.30%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.95%) DBS Check
6 10 (1.96%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.98%) PhD
10 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.27%) QA
2 21 (4.13%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.20%) CDISC
3 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.20%) GDPR
3 1 (0.20%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 58 (11.39%) Docker
2 8 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (6.68%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.50%) Terraform
3 14 (2.75%) Ansible
4 12 (2.36%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (1.18%) Argo
7 6 (1.18%) Grafana
Vendors
1 53 (10.41%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.52%) Oracle
3 16 (3.14%) IBM
4 14 (2.75%) Xamarin
5 12 (2.36%) Google
6 10 (1.96%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.57%) VMware
8 6 (1.18%) Adobe
8 6 (1.18%) New Relic
9 5 (0.98%) Databricks
10 4 (0.79%) Okta
11 3 (0.59%) Pega
11 3 (0.59%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.59%) Twitter
12 2 (0.39%) Conga
12 2 (0.39%) OpenAI
13 1 (0.20%) Optimizely
13 1 (0.20%) Rollbar
13 1 (0.20%) Solace