Hybrid/Remote Senior Software Developer Job Trends

Senior Software Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Software Developer salary for remote/hybrid work is £64,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 347 382
Rank change year-on-year +27 +35 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 62 95 95
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.40% 0.55% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.57% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 55 76 73
10th Percentile £40,000 £49,383 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% -11.07% +7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £105,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £128,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -3.45% +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 remote/hybrid work 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 14,325 16,704 18,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 96.23% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,291 10,369 15,399
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Software Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Software Developer job vacancies

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior Software Developer over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Senior Software Developer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Senior Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 33 (53.23%) C#
2 28 (45.16%) .NET
3 24 (38.71%) Azure
4 23 (37.10%) Mentoring
5 19 (30.65%) Agile
6 18 (29.03%) Microsoft
7 17 (27.42%) AWS
7 17 (27.42%) Python
8 15 (24.19%) DevOps
9 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (22.58%) TDD
10 13 (20.97%) CI/CD
10 13 (20.97%) Collaborative Culture
10 13 (20.97%) SQL
11 12 (19.35%) Microservices
11 12 (19.35%) React
11 12 (19.35%) RESTful
11 12 (19.35%) Serverless
11 12 (19.35%) Software Engineering
11 12 (19.35%) TypeScript
12 11 (17.74%) Event-Driven
12 11 (17.74%) Java
13 10 (16.13%) .NET Framework
13 10 (16.13%) JavaScript
13 10 (16.13%) QA
13 10 (16.13%) SQL Server
13 10 (16.13%) Technical Leadership
14 9 (14.52%) ASP.NET
14 9 (14.52%) Docker

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
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 2 (3.23%) HCL Notes
1 2 (3.23%) IIS
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 24 (38.71%) Azure
2 17 (27.42%) AWS
3 12 (19.35%) Serverless
4 9 (14.52%) GitHub
5 8 (12.90%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (9.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (9.68%) OpenShift
7 5 (8.06%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (6.45%) Azure Event Grid
8 4 (6.45%) SaaS
9 3 (4.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (3.23%) Amazon S3
10 2 (3.23%) Azure API Management
10 2 (3.23%) Azure Functions
10 2 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.23%) GCP
11 1 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (1.61%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.13%) SQL Server
2 7 (11.29%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (9.68%) DynamoDB
3 6 (9.68%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (4.84%) MySQL
4 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (12.90%) Git
1 8 (12.90%) Selenium
2 6 (9.68%) Cucumber
2 6 (9.68%) GitLab
2 6 (9.68%) Jenkins
2 6 (9.68%) JUnit
3 2 (3.23%) Cypress.io
3 2 (3.23%) JIRA
3 2 (3.23%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.61%) git-flow
4 1 (1.61%) Moq
General
1 20 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.68%) Health Technology
2 6 (9.68%) Publishing
2 6 (9.68%) Tech for Good
3 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.23%) Automotive
6 2 (3.23%) Law
6 2 (3.23%) Legal
6 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (45.16%) .NET
2 12 (19.35%) React
2 12 (19.35%) RESTful
3 10 (16.13%) .NET Framework
4 9 (14.52%) ASP.NET
5 8 (12.90%) Spring
5 8 (12.90%) Spring Boot
6 6 (9.68%) Django
6 6 (9.68%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (9.68%) Flask
6 6 (9.68%) pytest
6 6 (9.68%) Swagger
7 5 (8.06%) HTML
7 5 (8.06%) Laravel
8 4 (6.45%) .NET Core
9 3 (4.84%) AngularJS
9 3 (4.84%) CSS
9 3 (4.84%) Node.js
9 3 (4.84%) Vue
9 3 (4.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.10%) Mentoring
2 19 (30.65%) Agile
3 15 (24.19%) DevOps
4 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 14 (22.58%) TDD
5 13 (20.97%) CI/CD
5 13 (20.97%) Collaborative Culture
6 12 (19.35%) Microservices
6 12 (19.35%) Software Engineering
7 11 (17.74%) Event-Driven
8 10 (16.13%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (14.52%) Full-Stack Development
9 9 (14.52%) Software Testing
10 8 (12.90%) API Integration
10 8 (12.90%) Architectural Patterns
10 8 (12.90%) Pair Programming
10 8 (12.90%) Scrum
10 8 (12.90%) Test Automation
11 7 (11.29%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 33 (53.23%) C#
2 17 (27.42%) Python
3 13 (20.97%) SQL
4 12 (19.35%) TypeScript
5 11 (17.74%) Java
6 10 (16.13%) JavaScript
7 6 (9.68%) Delphi
8 5 (8.06%) PHP
9 3 (4.84%) Kotlin
9 3 (4.84%) Scala
9 3 (4.84%) VB.NET
10 2 (3.23%) C++
10 2 (3.23%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.61%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (8.06%) Degree
1 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared
1 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) QA
2 2 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.61%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (14.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 7 (11.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.90%) Oracle
3 2 (3.23%) Lotus
3 2 (3.23%) Syncfusion
3 2 (3.23%) Telerik
3 2 (3.23%) Zend