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 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,614 2,534 5,027
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.50% 18.78% 16.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.51% 19.84% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,857 1,777 4,172
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,023 £45,650
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,708
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year +3.70% +7.51% -10.31%

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 15,831 12,774 28,805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 94.68% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,739 8,896 24,013
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,625 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,313 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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.

1 570 (21.81%) Azure
2 529 (20.24%) Mentoring
3 528 (20.20%) Agile
4 450 (17.21%) AWS
5 383 (14.65%) Software Engineering
6 379 (14.50%) CI/CD
6 379 (14.50%) SQL
7 350 (13.39%) DevOps
8 345 (13.20%) Coaching
9 328 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
10 317 (12.13%) Microsoft
10 317 (12.13%) Python
11 316 (12.09%) AI
12 297 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 261 (9.98%) Degree
14 234 (8.95%) Security Cleared
15 224 (8.57%) Roadmaps
16 222 (8.49%) Analytics
17 214 (8.19%) Java
18 209 (8.00%) SaaS
19 208 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
20 207 (7.92%) .NET
21 200 (7.65%) GCP
22 190 (7.27%) Test Automation
23 189 (7.23%) Kubernetes
24 187 (7.15%) Stakeholder Management
25 171 (6.54%) Docker
25 171 (6.54%) Terraform
26 170 (6.50%) SC Cleared
27 167 (6.39%) Microservices

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 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.88%) WordPress
5 22 (0.84%) Confluence
6 20 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 18 (0.69%) CMS
8 12 (0.46%) Apache
9 11 (0.42%) JBoss
9 11 (0.42%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.23%) SAS
11 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.19%) IIS
12 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.077%) nginx
14 1 (0.038%) Anypoint
14 1 (0.038%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
Applications
1 46 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.34%) InDesign
6 7 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.23%) Sketch
8 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.11%) InVision
9 3 (0.11%) Maya
9 3 (0.11%) MotionBuilder
9 3 (0.11%) Trello
9 3 (0.11%) Weka
10 2 (0.077%) Revit
11 1 (0.038%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.038%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.038%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
2 25 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
3 23 (0.88%) Shopify
4 21 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
4 21 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
6 16 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
7 12 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.42%) Visualfiles
9 10 (0.38%) Hyperion Planning
10 6 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
10 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.19%) Magento
11 5 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.19%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 570 (21.81%) Azure
2 450 (17.21%) AWS
3 209 (8.00%) SaaS
4 200 (7.65%) GCP
5 116 (4.44%) GitHub
6 115 (4.40%) Power Platform
7 106 (4.06%) Entra ID
8 102 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
9 95 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
10 86 (3.29%) Serverless
11 58 (2.22%) dbt
12 56 (2.14%) Snowflake
13 45 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
14 41 (1.57%) PowerApps
15 40 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
16 38 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
17 36 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
18 33 (1.26%) GitHub Copilot
19 32 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
19 32 (1.22%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 109 (4.17%) Broadband
2 65 (2.49%) Firewall
3 45 (1.72%) VPN
4 43 (1.64%) WAN
5 40 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 39 (1.49%) DNS
7 34 (1.30%) DHCP
8 28 (1.07%) SD-WAN
9 26 (0.99%) Network Security
10 25 (0.96%) LAN
11 18 (0.69%) Ethernet
12 17 (0.65%) Wireless
13 16 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (0.54%) BGP
14 14 (0.54%) RS-232
15 11 (0.42%) HTTP
15 11 (0.42%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
17 8 (0.31%) OSPF
18 7 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 85 (3.25%) Power BI
3 75 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 41 (1.57%) Metadata
7 36 (1.38%) Data Lake
8 34 (1.30%) MongoDB
9 31 (1.19%) BigQuery
10 28 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
11 27 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (0.99%) MySQL
12 26 (0.99%) Redis
12 26 (0.99%) Tableau
13 23 (0.88%) OLTP
14 19 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (0.69%) DynamoDB
16 17 (0.65%) Relational Database
17 16 (0.61%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (2.95%) JIRA
2 75 (2.87%) Git
3 63 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.38%) TeamCity
5 33 (1.26%) Oracle Forms
6 27 (1.03%) GitLab
7 22 (0.84%) Selenium
8 13 (0.50%) Claude Code
9 11 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.38%) MLflow
10 10 (0.38%) Postman
11 8 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.31%) JUnit
11 8 (0.31%) Subversion
11 8 (0.31%) webpack
12 7 (0.27%) git-flow
12 7 (0.27%) JMeter
12 7 (0.27%) SoapUI
12 7 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 559 (21.38%) Finance
2 527 (20.16%) Social Skills
3 274 (10.48%) Public Sector
4 174 (6.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 164 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (4.97%) Marketing
7 128 (4.90%) Law
8 116 (4.44%) Retail
9 101 (3.86%) Banking
10 81 (3.10%) Legal
10 81 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
11 75 (2.87%) Telecoms
12 74 (2.83%) Games
13 42 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 40 (1.53%) Manufacturing
14 40 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 32 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (0.92%) Back Office
17 20 (0.77%) Publishing
18 18 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (7.92%) .NET
2 136 (5.20%) React
3 115 (4.40%) REST
4 100 (3.83%) SOAP
5 85 (3.25%) HTML
6 77 (2.95%) RESTful
7 69 (2.64%) Node.js
8 67 (2.56%) GraphQL
9 65 (2.49%) OAuth
10 60 (2.30%) CSS
11 54 (2.07%) Spring
12 51 (1.95%) Kafka
13 44 (1.68%) OpenID
14 42 (1.61%) Spring Boot
15 39 (1.49%) SAML
16 36 (1.38%) .NET Core
17 35 (1.34%) LDAP
18 34 (1.30%) XML
19 31 (1.19%) Django
20 27 (1.03%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 170 (6.50%) Cloud Native
2 92 (3.52%) Product Ownership
3 84 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 63 (2.41%) Social Media
5 62 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
7 41 (1.57%) Cyberattack
8 40 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 38 (1.45%) Mobile App
10 36 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
10 36 (1.38%) Data Centre
11 34 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 31 (1.19%) Security Posture
13 29 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
13 29 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
14 28 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 28 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
15 27 (1.03%) Low-Code
16 23 (0.88%) Management Information System
16 23 (0.88%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 142 (5.43%) Linux
2 91 (3.48%) Windows
3 67 (2.56%) Android
4 55 (2.10%) Apple iOS
5 43 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 31 (1.19%) Unix
7 24 (0.92%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
8 12 (0.46%) VMS
9 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.077%) CentOS
11 2 (0.077%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (20.24%) Mentoring
2 528 (20.20%) Agile
3 383 (14.65%) Software Engineering
4 379 (14.50%) CI/CD
5 350 (13.39%) DevOps
6 345 (13.20%) Coaching
7 328 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
8 316 (12.09%) AI
9 297 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 224 (8.57%) Roadmaps
11 222 (8.49%) Analytics
12 208 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
13 190 (7.27%) Test Automation
14 187 (7.15%) Stakeholder Management
15 167 (6.39%) Microservices
16 160 (6.12%) User Experience
17 145 (5.55%) Decision-Making
17 145 (5.55%) Full-Stack Development
18 139 (5.32%) Infrastructure as Code
19 137 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 379 (14.50%) SQL
2 317 (12.13%) Python
3 214 (8.19%) Java
4 164 (6.27%) C#
5 148 (5.66%) JavaScript
6 135 (5.16%) TypeScript
7 83 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 71 (2.72%) Bash
8 71 (2.72%) Go
9 64 (2.45%) C++
10 52 (1.99%) PHP
11 49 (1.87%) PL/SQL
12 46 (1.76%) Scala
13 38 (1.45%) T-SQL
14 34 (1.30%) Kotlin
15 30 (1.15%) C
16 21 (0.80%) Bicep
16 21 (0.80%) VBA
17 15 (0.57%) Ruby
18 14 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 261 (9.98%) Degree
2 234 (8.95%) Security Cleared
3 170 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 81 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (1.61%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.49%) ACCA
8 32 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 32 (1.22%) CISSP
9 26 (0.99%) PMI Certification
10 25 (0.96%) Master's Degree
11 20 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (0.77%) CIMA
11 20 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (0.69%) CISM
13 16 (0.61%) PhD
14 15 (0.57%) AWS Certification
15 14 (0.54%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.46%) OSCP
17 11 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (3.60%) QA
2 62 (2.37%) Accessibility
3 57 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 54 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 54 (2.07%) NIST
5 45 (1.72%) GDPR
6 34 (1.30%) NCSC
7 20 (0.77%) IFRS
8 15 (0.57%) PMO
9 14 (0.54%) P3O
10 13 (0.50%) GRC
11 11 (0.42%) IEC 61508
11 11 (0.42%) MISRA
11 11 (0.42%) MISRA C
11 11 (0.42%) SLA
12 9 (0.34%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.34%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.31%) GAAP
14 7 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 171 (6.54%) Docker
2 111 (4.25%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.34%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.31%) Firmware
7 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.15%) vSphere
9 2 (0.077%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.077%) vCloud
9 2 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.038%) Ceph
10 1 (0.038%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.038%) Lustre
10 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 189 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 171 (6.54%) Terraform
3 53 (2.03%) Grafana
4 43 (1.64%) Ansible
5 42 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 30 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (0.88%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.50%) SCCM
9 11 (0.42%) Functional Safety
10 10 (0.38%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.23%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.19%) Puppet
13 4 (0.15%) Argo
13 4 (0.15%) Istio
14 3 (0.11%) Control-M
14 3 (0.11%) cPanel
14 3 (0.11%) FlexNet
14 3 (0.11%) Plesk
15 2 (0.077%) Nagios
Vendors
1 317 (12.13%) Microsoft
2 129 (4.93%) Oracle
3 76 (2.91%) Databricks
4 62 (2.37%) Google
5 57 (2.18%) Adobe
5 57 (2.18%) VMware
6 51 (1.95%) Cisco
7 50 (1.91%) SAP
8 48 (1.84%) Salesforce
9 25 (0.96%) Okta
10 24 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 19 (0.73%) Apple
12 14 (0.54%) Dell
12 14 (0.54%) Palo Alto
12 14 (0.54%) Screaming Frog
13 13 (0.50%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.50%) Workday
14 12 (0.46%) Samsung
15 11 (0.42%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.42%) Wrike