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 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 357 368
Rank change year-on-year +44 +11 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 65 102 108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.54% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.56% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 58 84 83
10th Percentile £40,000 £49,383 £49,200
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,500 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -11.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £73,819 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £128,750 £107,087
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +3.70%

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 14,348 18,291 19,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 96.44% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,154 11,429 16,074
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% -3.39% -

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 6 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 6 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 34 (52.31%) C#
2 29 (44.62%) .NET
3 25 (38.46%) Azure
4 24 (36.92%) Mentoring
5 22 (33.85%) Agile
6 20 (30.77%) AWS
7 19 (29.23%) Python
8 18 (27.69%) Microsoft
9 16 (24.62%) DevOps
10 15 (23.08%) SQL
10 15 (23.08%) TDD
11 14 (21.54%) CI/CD
11 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (21.54%) React
11 14 (21.54%) Serverless
11 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
12 13 (20.00%) Microservices
12 13 (20.00%) Software Engineering
13 12 (18.46%) JavaScript
13 12 (18.46%) RESTful
13 12 (18.46%) TypeScript
14 11 (16.92%) .NET Framework
14 11 (16.92%) Event-Driven
14 11 (16.92%) Java
15 10 (15.38%) QA
15 10 (15.38%) SQL Server
15 10 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
16 9 (13.85%) ASP.NET
16 9 (13.85%) AWS Lambda

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 (3.08%) HCL Notes
1 2 (3.08%) IIS
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 25 (38.46%) Azure
2 20 (30.77%) AWS
3 14 (21.54%) Serverless
4 9 (13.85%) AWS Lambda
4 9 (13.85%) GitHub
5 7 (10.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (9.23%) OpenShift
7 5 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (7.69%) SaaS
8 4 (6.15%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (4.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (4.62%) GCP
10 2 (3.08%) Amazon S3
10 2 (3.08%) Azure API Management
10 2 (3.08%) Azure Functions
10 2 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.54%) dbt
11 1 (1.54%) GitHub Copilot
11 1 (1.54%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (12.31%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (10.77%) DynamoDB
4 6 (9.23%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (6.15%) MySQL
6 3 (4.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (4.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (3.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Git
1 8 (12.31%) Selenium
2 6 (9.23%) Cucumber
2 6 (9.23%) GitLab
2 6 (9.23%) Jenkins
2 6 (9.23%) JUnit
3 2 (3.08%) Cypress.io
3 2 (3.08%) JIRA
3 2 (3.08%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.54%) git-flow
4 1 (1.54%) Moq
General
1 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.23%) Health Technology
2 6 (9.23%) Publishing
2 6 (9.23%) Tech for Good
3 5 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.08%) Automotive
5 2 (3.08%) Law
5 2 (3.08%) Legal
5 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.54%) Advertising
6 1 (1.54%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (44.62%) .NET
2 14 (21.54%) React
3 12 (18.46%) RESTful
4 11 (16.92%) .NET Framework
5 9 (13.85%) ASP.NET
6 8 (12.31%) Spring
6 8 (12.31%) Spring Boot
7 7 (10.77%) Django
7 7 (10.77%) Flask
8 6 (9.23%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (9.23%) pytest
8 6 (9.23%) Swagger
9 5 (7.69%) HTML
9 5 (7.69%) Laravel
10 4 (6.15%) .NET Core
10 4 (6.15%) AngularJS
10 4 (6.15%) Vue
11 3 (4.62%) CSS
11 3 (4.62%) Node.js
11 3 (4.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.08%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (3.08%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.92%) Mentoring
2 22 (33.85%) Agile
3 16 (24.62%) DevOps
4 15 (23.08%) TDD
5 14 (21.54%) CI/CD
5 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 13 (20.00%) Microservices
6 13 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 11 (16.92%) Event-Driven
8 10 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (13.85%) Full-Stack Development
9 9 (13.85%) Pair Programming
9 9 (13.85%) Scrum
9 9 (13.85%) Software Testing
10 8 (12.31%) API Integration
10 8 (12.31%) Architectural Patterns
10 8 (12.31%) Test Automation
11 7 (10.77%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (52.31%) C#
2 19 (29.23%) Python
3 15 (23.08%) SQL
4 12 (18.46%) JavaScript
4 12 (18.46%) TypeScript
5 11 (16.92%) Java
6 6 (9.23%) Delphi
7 5 (7.69%) PHP
8 3 (4.62%) Kotlin
8 3 (4.62%) Scala
8 3 (4.62%) VB.NET
9 2 (3.08%) C++
9 2 (3.08%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (9.23%) SC Cleared
1 6 (9.23%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.69%) Degree
3 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.54%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (13.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.31%) Grafana
1 8 (12.31%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (27.69%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.31%) Oracle
3 2 (3.08%) Lotus
3 2 (3.08%) Syncfusion
3 2 (3.08%) Telerik
3 2 (3.08%) Zend