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 £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 364 369
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 46 102 129
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.51% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.53% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 39 84 106
10th Percentile £56,000 £49,383 £50,625
25th Percentile £59,375 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £74,629 £93,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £128,750 £95,436
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +3.85%

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 15,035 19,197 21,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 96.64% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,918 11,996 17,139
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,768 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% -4.00% +1.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 30 (65.22%) C#
2 22 (47.83%) Agile
3 20 (43.48%) .NET
4 18 (39.13%) React
5 17 (36.96%) TypeScript
6 16 (34.78%) Azure
7 14 (30.43%) AWS
7 14 (30.43%) SQL
8 13 (28.26%) Python
9 12 (26.09%) JavaScript
9 12 (26.09%) QA
9 12 (26.09%) Serverless
10 11 (23.91%) Mentoring
10 11 (23.91%) Pair Programming
10 11 (23.91%) RESTful
10 11 (23.91%) Software Testing
10 11 (23.91%) TDD
11 10 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
11 10 (21.74%) Scrum
12 9 (19.57%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (19.57%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (19.57%) Continuous Delivery
12 9 (19.57%) DynamoDB
13 8 (17.39%) .NET Framework
13 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET
13 8 (17.39%) Data Science
13 8 (17.39%) DevOps
13 8 (17.39%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (17.39%) Operational Stability
13 8 (17.39%) Software Engineering

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 (4.35%) HCL Notes
1 2 (4.35%) IIS
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.78%) Azure
2 14 (30.43%) AWS
3 12 (26.09%) Serverless
4 9 (19.57%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (8.70%) SaaS
6 3 (6.52%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (6.52%) GitHub
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (4.35%) GCP
8 1 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.17%) Azure API Management
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.17%) Datadog
8 1 (2.17%) dbt
8 1 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.17%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (2.17%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.57%) DynamoDB
2 8 (17.39%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (6.52%) MySQL
3 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Cypress.io
1 2 (4.35%) Selenium
1 2 (4.35%) WebDriver
2 1 (2.17%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) git-flow
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Health Technology
2 8 (17.39%) Publishing
2 8 (17.39%) Tech for Good
3 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.35%) Automotive
4 2 (4.35%) Law
4 2 (4.35%) Legal
4 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.17%) Advertising
5 1 (2.17%) Finance
5 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (43.48%) .NET
2 18 (39.13%) React
3 11 (23.91%) RESTful
4 8 (17.39%) .NET Framework
4 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET
4 8 (17.39%) Swagger
5 5 (10.87%) CSS
6 4 (8.70%) AngularJS
6 4 (8.70%) Laravel
6 4 (8.70%) Vue
7 3 (6.52%) .NET Core
7 3 (6.52%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (4.35%) Playwright
8 2 (4.35%) Spring
8 2 (4.35%) Spring Boot
8 2 (4.35%) Universal Windows Platform
8 2 (4.35%) WCF
8 2 (4.35%) WinUI
8 2 (4.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (6.52%) Legacy Code
2 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.17%) Smart City
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Agile
2 11 (23.91%) Mentoring
2 11 (23.91%) Pair Programming
2 11 (23.91%) Software Testing
2 11 (23.91%) TDD
3 10 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
3 10 (21.74%) Scrum
4 9 (19.57%) Collaborative Culture
4 9 (19.57%) Continuous Delivery
5 8 (17.39%) Data Science
5 8 (17.39%) DevOps
5 8 (17.39%) Operational Stability
5 8 (17.39%) Software Engineering
6 7 (15.22%) CI/CD
6 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (13.04%) Clean Code
7 6 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (10.87%) Code Quality
8 5 (10.87%) Microservices
9 4 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (65.22%) C#
2 17 (36.96%) TypeScript
3 14 (30.43%) SQL
4 13 (28.26%) Python
5 12 (26.09%) JavaScript
6 6 (13.04%) Java
7 4 (8.70%) PHP
8 3 (6.52%) C++
8 3 (6.52%) Kotlin
8 3 (6.52%) Scala
9 2 (4.35%) T-SQL
10 1 (2.17%) C
10 1 (2.17%) Ruby
10 1 (2.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Degree
1 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (26.09%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Grafana
1 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.35%) Lotus
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle
2 2 (4.35%) Syncfusion
2 2 (4.35%) Telerik
3 1 (2.17%) Zend