Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,025 3,565 3,496
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.34% 18.31% 16.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.28% 18.98% 17.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,448 2,347 2,907
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,250 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,958 £84,056
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -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 14,182 18,781 20,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 96.47% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,030 11,771 16,390
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 £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,855 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% -4.17% -

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025, 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.

1 504 (24.89%) Agile
2 490 (24.20%) Azure
3 399 (19.70%) AWS
4 341 (16.84%) Python
4 341 (16.84%) SQL
5 336 (16.59%) Mentoring
6 328 (16.20%) CI/CD
7 310 (15.31%) DevOps
8 287 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
9 274 (13.53%) Software Engineering
10 254 (12.54%) Microsoft
11 225 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 219 (10.81%) Degree
13 206 (10.17%) Coaching
14 203 (10.02%) JavaScript
15 193 (9.53%) AI
15 193 (9.53%) C#
16 187 (9.23%) .NET
17 185 (9.14%) TypeScript
18 181 (8.94%) Analytics
18 181 (8.94%) Java
19 175 (8.64%) Asset Management
20 158 (7.80%) Terraform
21 152 (7.51%) React
22 146 (7.21%) Roadmaps
23 144 (7.11%) SaaS
24 140 (6.91%) Kubernetes
25 138 (6.81%) Security Cleared
26 137 (6.77%) Microservices
27 136 (6.72%) Cybersecurity

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 62 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
2 61 (3.01%) Apache
3 39 (1.93%) SharePoint
4 23 (1.14%) Confluence
4 23 (1.14%) IIS
5 21 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.94%) WordPress
7 14 (0.69%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.40%) Headless CMS
9 7 (0.35%) CMS
9 7 (0.35%) JBoss
9 7 (0.35%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
12 2 (0.099%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.099%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.099%) SAS
13 1 (0.049%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 54 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.54%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (0.49%) InDesign
6 8 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.35%) Maya
8 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.30%) MotionBuilder
8 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.099%) OrCAD
9 2 (0.099%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.099%) Simulink
9 2 (0.099%) Sketch
9 2 (0.099%) Trello
10 1 (0.049%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.049%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.049%) Blender
10 1 (0.049%) Weka
Business Applications
1 33 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
2 23 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
2 23 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
2 23 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
2 23 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
2 23 (1.14%) Shopify
3 22 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
4 18 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.54%) Hyperion Planning
7 9 (0.44%) SAP CO
7 9 (0.44%) SAP FI
7 9 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
7 9 (0.44%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
8 8 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 6 (0.30%) NEC Housing
10 4 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.20%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 490 (24.20%) Azure
2 399 (19.70%) AWS
3 144 (7.11%) SaaS
4 129 (6.37%) GitHub
5 126 (6.22%) GCP
6 122 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
7 107 (5.28%) Power Platform
8 98 (4.84%) Snowflake
9 96 (4.74%) dbt
10 92 (4.54%) Serverless
11 77 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
12 65 (3.21%) Entra ID
13 62 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
15 43 (2.12%) Amazon S3
16 36 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
17 33 (1.63%) OCI
18 32 (1.58%) GitHub Copilot
18 32 (1.58%) Power Automate
18 32 (1.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.91%) Firewall
2 36 (1.78%) Network Security
2 36 (1.78%) VPN
3 31 (1.53%) WAN
4 30 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.43%) DNS
6 28 (1.38%) Broadband
7 26 (1.28%) LAN
8 22 (1.09%) Unified Communications
9 16 (0.79%) BGP
9 16 (0.79%) DHCP
10 15 (0.74%) Ethernet
11 14 (0.69%) SD-WAN
12 12 (0.59%) RS-232
13 11 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.49%) Wireless
15 9 (0.44%) OSPF
16 8 (0.40%) SAN
17 7 (0.35%) HTTP
18 6 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (4.84%) Data Lake
2 89 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 87 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
4 76 (3.75%) Power BI
5 56 (2.77%) Amazon Athena
6 54 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
7 52 (2.57%) NoSQL
8 51 (2.52%) Apache Arrow
8 51 (2.52%) Apache Iceberg
8 51 (2.52%) Apache Ignite
8 51 (2.52%) Dremio
9 37 (1.83%) DynamoDB
10 30 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (1.38%) MongoDB
12 27 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
13 23 (1.14%) MySQL
14 21 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (1.04%) Redis
15 19 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (0.84%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 73 (3.60%) Git
2 68 (3.36%) JIRA
3 48 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.93%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (1.28%) Selenium
6 20 (0.99%) GitLab
7 17 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.79%) Postman
9 13 (0.64%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 9 (0.44%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.35%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.35%) git-flow
13 6 (0.30%) JUnit
13 6 (0.30%) Subversion
14 5 (0.25%) Babel
14 5 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.25%) webpack
General
1 537 (26.52%) Finance
2 468 (23.11%) Social Skills
3 152 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (6.62%) Banking
6 112 (5.53%) Retail
7 82 (4.05%) Marketing
8 80 (3.95%) Public Sector
9 73 (3.60%) Law
10 72 (3.56%) Front Office
11 64 (3.16%) Legal
12 62 (3.06%) Telecoms
13 54 (2.67%) Investment Banking
14 43 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
15 42 (2.07%) Games
15 42 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
16 39 (1.93%) Financial Institution
17 26 (1.28%) Electronics
18 25 (1.23%) Advertising
19 24 (1.19%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (9.23%) .NET
2 152 (7.51%) React
3 92 (4.54%) RESTful
4 85 (4.20%) HTML
5 81 (4.00%) REST
6 69 (3.41%) CSS
7 68 (3.36%) gRPC
8 67 (3.31%) SOAP
9 62 (3.06%) Node.js
10 55 (2.72%) Pandas
11 54 (2.67%) GraphQL
12 52 (2.57%) NumPy
13 51 (2.52%) Protocol Buffers
13 51 (2.52%) SciPy
14 38 (1.88%) Spring
15 36 (1.78%) .NET Core
16 33 (1.63%) Kafka
17 32 (1.58%) .NET Framework
18 31 (1.53%) AngularJS
18 31 (1.53%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 126 (6.22%) Cloud Native
2 88 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 75 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.01%) Derivative
5 55 (2.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 54 (2.67%) Hedge funds
7 53 (2.62%) Fixed Income
8 51 (2.52%) Equities
8 51 (2.52%) Pricing Data
9 48 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (2.07%) Data Centre
11 41 (2.02%) Management Information System
12 33 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
13 29 (1.43%) Social Media
14 26 (1.28%) Driving Licence
15 24 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
16 23 (1.14%) FPGA
16 23 (1.14%) Security Posture
17 20 (0.99%) Data Structures
17 20 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 83 (4.10%) Linux
2 77 (3.80%) Windows
3 36 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.68%) Android
5 29 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 27 (1.33%) Unix
7 12 (0.59%) VMS
8 8 (0.40%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.30%) CentOS
9 6 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.15%) HPUX
11 3 (0.15%) Solaris
12 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (24.89%) Agile
2 336 (16.59%) Mentoring
3 328 (16.20%) CI/CD
4 310 (15.31%) DevOps
5 287 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
6 274 (13.53%) Software Engineering
7 225 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 206 (10.17%) Coaching
9 193 (9.53%) AI
10 181 (8.94%) Analytics
11 175 (8.64%) Asset Management
12 146 (7.21%) Roadmaps
13 137 (6.77%) Microservices
14 136 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
15 132 (6.52%) Test Automation
16 123 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
17 121 (5.98%) Clean Code
18 120 (5.93%) Infrastructure as Code
19 119 (5.88%) Decision-Making
20 117 (5.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 341 (16.84%) Python
1 341 (16.84%) SQL
2 203 (10.02%) JavaScript
3 193 (9.53%) C#
4 185 (9.14%) TypeScript
5 181 (8.94%) Java
6 69 (3.41%) PowerShell
7 38 (1.88%) Bash
8 36 (1.78%) Go
9 30 (1.48%) C++
10 28 (1.38%) PL/SQL
11 25 (1.23%) Bicep
11 25 (1.23%) Kotlin
12 24 (1.19%) PHP
13 21 (1.04%) Shell Script
14 17 (0.84%) Ruby
14 17 (0.84%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.69%) Scala
15 14 (0.69%) Swift
16 13 (0.64%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 219 (10.81%) Degree
2 138 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 104 (5.14%) SC Cleared
4 63 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (2.67%) ACCA
6 42 (2.07%) CISSP
7 37 (1.83%) AWS Certification
8 36 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.68%) DV Cleared
10 31 (1.53%) CIMA
11 30 (1.48%) CISM
12 29 (1.43%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.09%) CCNP
14 21 (1.04%) AAT
14 21 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.84%) CESG Certified Professional
16 16 (0.79%) CISMP
16 16 (0.79%) IISP
17 15 (0.74%) CCNA
17 15 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.44%) QA
2 76 (3.75%) Accessibility
3 64 (3.16%) GDPR
4 49 (2.42%) NIST
5 42 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.33%) PMO
7 25 (1.23%) NCSC
8 20 (0.99%) Data Quality
9 19 (0.94%) IFRS
10 17 (0.84%) NIST 800
11 16 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.79%) JSP 440
11 16 (0.79%) RMADS
12 14 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.54%) GRC
14 9 (0.44%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.40%) HIPAA
16 6 (0.30%) SLA
16 6 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 118 (5.83%) Docker
2 65 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.44%) Firmware
7 7 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.35%) vSphere
8 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.099%) pfSense
9 2 (0.099%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.099%) vCloud
10 1 (0.049%) Ceph
10 1 (0.049%) Lustre
10 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.049%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 158 (7.80%) Terraform
2 140 (6.91%) Kubernetes
3 49 (2.42%) Ansible
4 46 (2.27%) Grafana
5 36 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
6 33 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.25%) Argo
9 4 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.20%) Nessus
10 3 (0.15%) cPanel
10 3 (0.15%) FlexNet
10 3 (0.15%) Plesk
10 3 (0.15%) SCOM
11 2 (0.099%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.099%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.099%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 2 (0.099%) SCCM
12 1 (0.049%) Puppet
12 1 (0.049%) WSUS
Vendors
1 254 (12.54%) Microsoft
2 97 (4.79%) Oracle
3 61 (3.01%) Databricks
4 53 (2.62%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.57%) Cisco
6 46 (2.27%) Google
6 46 (2.27%) SAP
7 42 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.73%) VMware
9 23 (1.14%) Adobe
10 21 (1.04%) Okta
11 19 (0.94%) Workday
12 15 (0.74%) Apple
13 14 (0.69%) Meraki
13 14 (0.69%) Xero
14 13 (0.64%) EMC
14 13 (0.64%) Screaming Frog
15 11 (0.54%) Hyperion
15 11 (0.54%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.54%) Sage