Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,165 2,248 5,918
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.49% 15.01% 17.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.51% 16.31% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,242 1,386 4,468
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,626 £64,290
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +5.19% -8.16%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 18,075 13,785 32,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 92.05% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 13,296 8,526 25,388
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior job vacancies

Senior
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Senior salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2026, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 624 (19.72%) Agile
2 604 (19.08%) Mentoring
3 569 (17.98%) Azure
4 520 (16.43%) AWS
5 462 (14.60%) Software Engineering
6 423 (13.36%) AI
7 395 (12.48%) Coaching
8 383 (12.10%) SQL
9 380 (12.01%) CI/CD
10 366 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
11 364 (11.50%) Python
12 355 (11.22%) Microsoft
13 341 (10.77%) DevOps
14 313 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 304 (9.61%) Degree
16 290 (9.16%) Analytics
17 283 (8.94%) Security Cleared
18 278 (8.78%) Roadmaps
19 244 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
20 243 (7.68%) Java
21 221 (6.98%) SC Cleared
22 210 (6.64%) Test Automation
23 206 (6.51%) Decision-Making
24 199 (6.29%) Project Delivery
25 198 (6.26%) GCP
26 185 (5.85%) Kubernetes
27 184 (5.81%) .NET
28 181 (5.72%) Project Management
29 180 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
30 179 (5.66%) SaaS

Senior 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 86 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 31 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.73%) CMS
5 21 (0.66%) Confluence
6 20 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.28%) SAS
8 8 (0.25%) Apache
8 8 (0.25%) IIS
8 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (0.25%) WordPress
9 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.13%) JBoss
9 4 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.095%) Artix
11 2 (0.063%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.063%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.063%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.032%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.032%) Appian
Applications
1 90 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.25%) Adobe XD
5 8 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
7 5 (0.16%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.13%) InVision
8 4 (0.13%) Trello
9 3 (0.095%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.063%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.063%) Blender
10 2 (0.063%) InDesign
10 2 (0.063%) Revit
10 2 (0.063%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.76%) Cloudability
2 18 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
3 17 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
4 16 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
5 15 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
6 11 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
7 10 (0.32%) Visualfiles
8 8 (0.25%) Shopify
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.19%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.19%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.16%) SAP Business One
12 4 (0.13%) Magento
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 569 (17.98%) Azure
2 520 (16.43%) AWS
3 198 (6.26%) GCP
4 179 (5.66%) SaaS
5 130 (4.11%) Power Platform
6 118 (3.73%) Serverless
7 117 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
8 94 (2.97%) Entra ID
9 86 (2.72%) GitHub
10 78 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
11 46 (1.45%) PowerApps
12 42 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
13 37 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 37 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
14 36 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
14 36 (1.14%) Figma
14 36 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 35 (1.11%) Snowflake
16 34 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
17 33 (1.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 135 (4.27%) Broadband
2 81 (2.56%) Firewall
3 58 (1.83%) DNS
4 54 (1.71%) VPN
5 45 (1.42%) WAN
6 39 (1.23%) DHCP
7 35 (1.11%) TCP/IP
8 33 (1.04%) SD-WAN
8 33 (1.04%) Wireless
9 30 (0.95%) LAN
9 30 (0.95%) Network Security
10 27 (0.85%) BGP
11 21 (0.66%) RS-232
12 19 (0.60%) OSPF
12 19 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
13 18 (0.57%) Ethernet
14 16 (0.51%) HTTP
15 13 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (0.35%) VXLAN
17 10 (0.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 98 (3.10%) Power BI
3 80 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
4 61 (1.93%) MongoDB
5 51 (1.61%) Metadata
6 40 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (1.04%) OLTP
8 32 (1.01%) BigQuery
8 32 (1.01%) NoSQL
9 30 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 28 (0.88%) Relational Database
11 27 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 27 (0.85%) Tableau
12 25 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 25 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
12 25 (0.79%) MySQL
13 23 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (0.57%) Data Lake
14 18 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.54%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 79 (2.50%) Git
2 66 (2.09%) JIRA
3 47 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.14%) GitLab
4 36 (1.14%) TeamCity
5 25 (0.79%) Snyk
6 24 (0.76%) Claude Code
7 17 (0.54%) Selenium
8 13 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (0.35%) Postman
10 10 (0.32%) MLflow
11 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.22%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.22%) JMeter
12 7 (0.22%) JUnit
12 7 (0.22%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.22%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.19%) SoapUI
14 5 (0.16%) webpack
General
1 629 (19.87%) Social Skills
2 560 (17.69%) Finance
3 404 (12.76%) Public Sector
4 225 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 198 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
6 131 (4.14%) Law
6 131 (4.14%) Marketing
7 122 (3.85%) Banking
8 99 (3.13%) Legal
9 89 (2.81%) Retail
10 81 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 69 (2.18%) Games
12 54 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 46 (1.45%) Telecoms
14 45 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
16 28 (0.88%) Local Government
17 27 (0.85%) Back Office
17 27 (0.85%) Financial Institution
18 25 (0.79%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (5.81%) .NET
2 140 (4.42%) React
3 105 (3.32%) REST
4 95 (3.00%) Node.js
5 77 (2.43%) HTML
6 73 (2.31%) SOAP
7 63 (1.99%) RESTful
8 52 (1.64%) CSS
9 48 (1.52%) Spring
10 44 (1.39%) GraphQL
11 43 (1.36%) OAuth
12 37 (1.17%) OpenID
12 37 (1.17%) Spring Boot
13 34 (1.07%) SAML
14 32 (1.01%) JSON
15 31 (0.98%) .NET Core
16 30 (0.95%) Kafka
17 29 (0.92%) Vue
18 27 (0.85%) AngularJS
18 27 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 186 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 110 (3.48%) Product Ownership
3 76 (2.40%) Data Centre
4 61 (1.93%) Social Media
5 57 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
5 57 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (1.42%) Driving Licence
7 44 (1.39%) Cyberattack
8 43 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
9 42 (1.33%) Onboarding
9 42 (1.33%) Public Cloud
10 41 (1.30%) Mobile App
11 39 (1.23%) Low-Code
12 38 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (1.17%) Data Structures
14 36 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
15 35 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
16 33 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
17 32 (1.01%) Management Information System
17 32 (1.01%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 144 (4.55%) Linux
2 103 (3.25%) Windows
3 57 (1.80%) Apple iOS
4 52 (1.64%) Android
5 39 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 35 (1.11%) Unix
7 18 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
7 18 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.13%) VMS
10 3 (0.095%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.095%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) CentOS
11 1 (0.032%) Debian
11 1 (0.032%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 624 (19.72%) Agile
2 604 (19.08%) Mentoring
3 462 (14.60%) Software Engineering
4 423 (13.36%) AI
5 395 (12.48%) Coaching
6 380 (12.01%) CI/CD
7 366 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
8 341 (10.77%) DevOps
9 313 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 290 (9.16%) Analytics
11 278 (8.78%) Roadmaps
12 244 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
13 210 (6.64%) Test Automation
14 206 (6.51%) Decision-Making
15 199 (6.29%) Project Delivery
16 181 (5.72%) Project Management
17 180 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
18 168 (5.31%) Full-Stack Development
19 162 (5.12%) Infrastructure as Code
20 148 (4.68%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 383 (12.10%) SQL
2 364 (11.50%) Python
3 243 (7.68%) Java
4 171 (5.40%) JavaScript
5 158 (4.99%) C#
6 150 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 94 (2.97%) PowerShell
8 86 (2.72%) C++
9 70 (2.21%) Go
10 66 (2.09%) Bash
11 57 (1.80%) PHP
12 56 (1.77%) PL/SQL
13 48 (1.52%) Scala
14 41 (1.30%) C
15 40 (1.26%) T-SQL
16 27 (0.85%) Kotlin
17 23 (0.73%) VBA
18 20 (0.63%) R
19 19 (0.60%) Rust
20 17 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 304 (9.61%) Degree
2 283 (8.94%) Security Cleared
3 221 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 67 (2.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 53 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (1.55%) DV Cleared
7 47 (1.48%) Azure Certification
8 43 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 31 (0.98%) CISSP
12 25 (0.79%) ACCA
13 24 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 24 (0.76%) DBS Check
13 24 (0.76%) Master's Degree
13 24 (0.76%) PMI Certification
14 21 (0.66%) CIMA
15 19 (0.60%) PhD
16 18 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
16 18 (0.57%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (3.63%) QA
2 78 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 77 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 55 (1.74%) NIST
5 51 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (1.30%) GDPR
7 38 (1.20%) GRC
8 28 (0.88%) PMO
9 26 (0.82%) NCSC
10 17 (0.54%) SLA
11 12 (0.38%) P3O
12 11 (0.35%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.35%) MISRA
12 11 (0.35%) MISRA C
12 11 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.25%) WCAG
15 7 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.22%) JSP 440
16 6 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 139 (4.39%) Docker
2 100 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 47 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (0.76%) vSphere
6 19 (0.60%) Firmware
6 19 (0.60%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.28%) vCloud
9 5 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.032%) iptables
11 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.032%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.032%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 185 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 161 (5.09%) Terraform
3 35 (1.11%) Ansible
3 35 (1.11%) Grafana
4 32 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (0.63%) Argo
5 20 (0.63%) FortiGate
6 18 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.44%) SCCM
7 14 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.35%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.22%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.19%) Avamar
10 6 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (0.19%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (0.19%) VxRail
11 5 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.16%) Puppet
11 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 355 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 147 (4.64%) Oracle
3 113 (3.57%) Adobe
4 69 (2.18%) VMware
5 67 (2.12%) SAP
6 65 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 58 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 57 (1.80%) Databricks
8 57 (1.80%) Google
9 55 (1.74%) Palo Alto
10 50 (1.58%) Cisco
11 41 (1.30%) Apple
12 32 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (0.88%) Dell
14 26 (0.82%) Tenable
15 18 (0.57%) Computacenter
15 18 (0.57%) Fortinet
16 16 (0.51%) Okta
17 15 (0.47%) NetApp
17 15 (0.47%) Nimble Storage