Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,328 3,082 4,068
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.82% 18.91% 15.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.82% 19.70% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,632 1,920 3,379
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,021 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,122 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.56% +3.26% -7.14%

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 14,717 15,645 24,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 96.01% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,610 9,402 20,464
10th Percentile £30,250 £36,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.37%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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.

1 560 (24.05%) Azure
2 528 (22.68%) Agile
3 469 (20.15%) Mentoring
4 394 (16.92%) AWS
5 376 (16.15%) CI/CD
6 375 (16.11%) SQL
7 362 (15.55%) DevOps
8 335 (14.39%) Software Engineering
9 314 (13.49%) Coaching
10 300 (12.89%) Python
11 285 (12.24%) Microsoft
12 279 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
13 272 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 271 (11.64%) AI
15 245 (10.52%) Degree
16 211 (9.06%) Roadmaps
17 202 (8.68%) .NET
18 195 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
19 190 (8.16%) Java
20 189 (8.12%) SaaS
21 185 (7.95%) Security Cleared
22 180 (7.73%) Analytics
23 179 (7.69%) Terraform
24 177 (7.60%) C#
25 170 (7.30%) Kubernetes
25 170 (7.30%) Test Automation
26 160 (6.87%) Asset Management
27 159 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
28 155 (6.66%) Microservices
29 151 (6.49%) GCP

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 55 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (1.20%) Confluence
4 24 (1.03%) Apache
5 23 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 21 (0.90%) WordPress
7 19 (0.82%) Apache Spark
8 14 (0.60%) IIS
9 11 (0.47%) JBoss
9 11 (0.47%) WebSphere
10 10 (0.43%) CMS
11 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
12 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.13%) nginx
14 2 (0.086%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.086%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.086%) OpenStack
15 1 (0.043%) HCL Notes
15 1 (0.043%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 1 (0.043%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.60%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (0.43%) InDesign
6 7 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.26%) Sketch
8 5 (0.21%) Maya
8 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.21%) MotionBuilder
9 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.13%) Trello
10 3 (0.13%) Weka
11 2 (0.086%) InVision
11 2 (0.086%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.086%) Revit
11 2 (0.086%) Simulink
12 1 (0.043%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
2 30 (1.29%) Oracle Assets
2 30 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
2 30 (1.29%) Oracle Receivables
3 29 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 28 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
5 22 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
6 20 (0.86%) Shopify
7 14 (0.60%) Hyperion Planning
8 11 (0.47%) NEC Housing
9 9 (0.39%) Workday HCM
10 7 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
11 6 (0.26%) Visualfiles
12 5 (0.21%) Magento
12 5 (0.21%) NetSuite
12 5 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
13 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
13 4 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 4 (0.17%) SAP PP
14 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 560 (24.05%) Azure
2 394 (16.92%) AWS
3 189 (8.12%) SaaS
4 151 (6.49%) GCP
5 146 (6.27%) GitHub
6 136 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
7 110 (4.73%) Power Platform
8 105 (4.51%) Entra ID
9 91 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
10 87 (3.74%) Serverless
11 69 (2.96%) Snowflake
12 65 (2.79%) dbt
13 50 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
14 45 (1.93%) PowerApps
15 42 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
16 39 (1.68%) GitHub Copilot
17 36 (1.55%) OCI
18 35 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
19 33 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
19 33 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 75 (3.22%) Broadband
2 56 (2.41%) Firewall
3 47 (2.02%) VPN
4 40 (1.72%) WAN
5 36 (1.55%) DNS
6 35 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 26 (1.12%) Network Security
8 25 (1.07%) DHCP
8 25 (1.07%) LAN
8 25 (1.07%) SD-WAN
9 18 (0.77%) BGP
10 15 (0.64%) Ethernet
11 14 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (0.60%) Wireless
12 11 (0.47%) HTTP
13 10 (0.43%) RS-232
13 10 (0.43%) Unified Communications
14 9 (0.39%) OSPF
15 6 (0.26%) MPLS
15 6 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 94 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
3 75 (3.22%) Power BI
4 63 (2.71%) Data Lake
5 59 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (1.63%) NoSQL
7 29 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 29 (1.25%) DynamoDB
8 28 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (1.20%) Metadata
8 28 (1.20%) MongoDB
9 25 (1.07%) MySQL
10 24 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
10 24 (1.03%) Apache Iceberg
11 22 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
12 19 (0.82%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.77%) Redis
13 18 (0.77%) Tableau
14 17 (0.73%) Apache Ignite
14 17 (0.73%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 88 (3.78%) JIRA
2 71 (3.05%) Git
3 68 (2.92%) Jenkins
4 49 (2.10%) Oracle Forms
5 29 (1.25%) Selenium
5 29 (1.25%) TeamCity
6 22 (0.95%) GitLab
7 18 (0.77%) Postman
8 12 (0.52%) WebDriver
9 11 (0.47%) SoapUI
10 9 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.39%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (0.34%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.34%) Subversion
12 7 (0.30%) git-flow
12 7 (0.30%) MLflow
13 6 (0.26%) JMeter
13 6 (0.26%) JUnit
14 5 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 555 (23.84%) Finance
2 515 (22.12%) Social Skills
3 204 (8.76%) Public Sector
4 164 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 146 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
6 113 (4.85%) Retail
7 104 (4.47%) Banking
8 96 (4.12%) Marketing
9 88 (3.78%) Law
10 72 (3.09%) Telecoms
11 68 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
12 64 (2.75%) Legal
13 60 (2.58%) Games
14 41 (1.76%) Financial Institution
15 38 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
16 33 (1.42%) Front Office
17 27 (1.16%) Manufacturing
18 26 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
19 21 (0.90%) Investment Banking
19 21 (0.90%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (8.68%) .NET
2 137 (5.88%) React
3 118 (5.07%) REST
4 111 (4.77%) SOAP
5 94 (4.04%) RESTful
6 83 (3.57%) HTML
7 70 (3.01%) GraphQL
8 59 (2.53%) Node.js
9 58 (2.49%) OAuth
10 56 (2.41%) CSS
11 46 (1.98%) Spring
12 40 (1.72%) Kafka
12 40 (1.72%) XML
13 38 (1.63%) gRPC
13 38 (1.63%) SAML
14 36 (1.55%) .NET Core
14 36 (1.55%) OpenID
15 34 (1.46%) Spring Boot
16 30 (1.29%) JSON
16 30 (1.29%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 149 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 99 (4.25%) Onboarding
3 87 (3.74%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
6 37 (1.59%) Social Media
7 35 (1.50%) Public Cloud
8 34 (1.46%) Data Centre
9 32 (1.37%) Mobile App
10 30 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
11 29 (1.25%) Cyberattack
11 29 (1.25%) Security Posture
12 27 (1.16%) Driving Licence
12 27 (1.16%) Management Information System
13 25 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.03%) Hedge funds
14 24 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
15 22 (0.95%) Derivative
16 19 (0.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 107 (4.60%) Linux
2 85 (3.65%) Windows
3 46 (1.98%) Android
4 38 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 35 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 28 (1.20%) Unix
7 21 (0.90%) Windows 10
8 13 (0.56%) VMS
9 5 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.086%) CentOS
10 2 (0.086%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.086%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (22.68%) Agile
2 469 (20.15%) Mentoring
3 376 (16.15%) CI/CD
4 362 (15.55%) DevOps
5 335 (14.39%) Software Engineering
6 314 (13.49%) Coaching
7 279 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
8 272 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 271 (11.64%) AI
10 211 (9.06%) Roadmaps
11 195 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
12 180 (7.73%) Analytics
13 170 (7.30%) Test Automation
14 160 (6.87%) Asset Management
15 159 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
16 155 (6.66%) Microservices
17 141 (6.06%) User Experience
18 137 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
19 131 (5.63%) Clean Code
20 130 (5.58%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 375 (16.11%) SQL
2 300 (12.89%) Python
3 190 (8.16%) Java
4 177 (7.60%) C#
5 145 (6.23%) JavaScript
6 140 (6.01%) TypeScript
7 90 (3.87%) PowerShell
8 66 (2.84%) Bash
9 55 (2.36%) Go
10 50 (2.15%) C++
11 48 (2.06%) PL/SQL
12 37 (1.59%) PHP
13 35 (1.50%) T-SQL
14 32 (1.37%) Kotlin
14 32 (1.37%) Scala
15 26 (1.12%) Bicep
16 24 (1.03%) C
16 24 (1.03%) Shell Script
17 21 (0.90%) Ruby
18 17 (0.73%) VBA
Qualifications
1 245 (10.52%) Degree
2 185 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 134 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 78 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (1.89%) ACCA
6 40 (1.72%) CISSP
6 40 (1.72%) DV Cleared
7 36 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (1.42%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 27 (1.16%) CISM
11 26 (1.12%) PMI Certification
12 22 (0.95%) CIMA
13 19 (0.82%) CCNP
14 16 (0.69%) Master's Degree
15 15 (0.64%) DBS Check
16 14 (0.60%) AAT
17 13 (0.56%) CISA
18 12 (0.52%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (4.47%) QA
2 60 (2.58%) Accessibility
3 59 (2.53%) NIST
4 55 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 54 (2.32%) GDPR
6 47 (2.02%) Data Quality
7 39 (1.68%) NCSC
8 21 (0.90%) IFRS
9 16 (0.69%) PMO
10 14 (0.60%) GRC
10 14 (0.60%) P3O
11 13 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.47%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.47%) NIST 800
13 10 (0.43%) IEC 61508
13 10 (0.43%) MISRA
13 10 (0.43%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.43%) RMADS
14 9 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 150 (6.44%) Docker
2 106 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.30%) vSphere
8 6 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.21%) Firmware
10 2 (0.086%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.086%) vCloud
10 2 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.043%) Ceph
11 1 (0.043%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 179 (7.69%) Terraform
2 170 (7.30%) Kubernetes
3 55 (2.36%) Grafana
4 50 (2.15%) Ansible
5 47 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
6 39 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.99%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.43%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.30%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.30%) SCCM
10 5 (0.21%) Argo
11 4 (0.17%) Puppet
12 3 (0.13%) Control-M
12 3 (0.13%) cPanel
12 3 (0.13%) FlexNet
12 3 (0.13%) Plesk
12 3 (0.13%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.086%) Nagios
13 2 (0.086%) Nessus
13 2 (0.086%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 285 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 126 (5.41%) Oracle
3 76 (3.26%) Databricks
4 48 (2.06%) Cisco
5 42 (1.80%) Google
5 42 (1.80%) VMware
6 41 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 40 (1.72%) SAP
8 36 (1.55%) Adobe
9 34 (1.46%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.25%) Okta
11 22 (0.95%) Workday
12 14 (0.60%) Hyperion
12 14 (0.60%) Screaming Frog
13 13 (0.56%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.56%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.47%) Talend
15 9 (0.39%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.39%) Meraki
15 9 (0.39%) Zoho