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 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 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 2,621 2,540 5,024
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.52% 18.71% 16.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.53% 19.76% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,858 1,779 4,171
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £45,650
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £52,665
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 £83,125 £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 15,854 12,854 28,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 94.68% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,724 8,923 24,004
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £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 £80,250 £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 17 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 17 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.

1 575 (21.94%) Azure
2 536 (20.45%) Mentoring
3 533 (20.34%) Agile
4 452 (17.25%) AWS
5 384 (14.65%) Software Engineering
6 382 (14.57%) CI/CD
6 382 (14.57%) SQL
7 353 (13.47%) DevOps
8 352 (13.43%) Coaching
9 328 (12.51%) Problem-Solving
10 321 (12.25%) Python
11 318 (12.13%) AI
12 316 (12.06%) Microsoft
13 300 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 261 (9.96%) Degree
15 233 (8.89%) Security Cleared
16 227 (8.66%) Roadmaps
17 222 (8.47%) Analytics
18 216 (8.24%) Java
19 212 (8.09%) SaaS
20 207 (7.90%) .NET
21 206 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
22 199 (7.59%) GCP
23 192 (7.33%) Test Automation
24 189 (7.21%) Kubernetes
24 189 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
25 174 (6.64%) Terraform
26 170 (6.49%) Docker
27 169 (6.45%) SC Cleared
28 168 (6.41%) 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%) Confluence
4 23 (0.88%) WordPress
5 21 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (0.69%) CMS
7 12 (0.46%) Apache
8 11 (0.42%) JBoss
8 11 (0.42%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.23%) SAS
10 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.19%) IIS
11 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.076%) nginx
13 1 (0.038%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.038%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
Applications
1 46 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.34%) InDesign
6 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
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 (0.076%) Revit
11 1 (0.038%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.038%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.038%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
2 25 (0.95%) 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 (0.76%) 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 CO
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 575 (21.94%) Azure
2 452 (17.25%) AWS
3 212 (8.09%) SaaS
4 199 (7.59%) GCP
5 119 (4.54%) GitHub
6 115 (4.39%) Power Platform
7 108 (4.12%) Entra ID
8 107 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
9 95 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
10 84 (3.20%) Serverless
11 59 (2.25%) dbt
12 57 (2.17%) Snowflake
13 44 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
14 40 (1.53%) PowerApps
15 39 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
16 38 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
17 36 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
18 35 (1.34%) GitHub Copilot
19 32 (1.22%) Amazon S3
19 32 (1.22%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 108 (4.12%) Broadband
2 66 (2.52%) Firewall
3 45 (1.72%) VPN
4 44 (1.68%) WAN
5 40 (1.53%) DNS
5 40 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 35 (1.34%) DHCP
7 28 (1.07%) SD-WAN
8 26 (0.99%) LAN
8 26 (0.99%) Network Security
9 18 (0.69%) Ethernet
10 17 (0.65%) Wireless
11 16 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (0.53%) BGP
12 14 (0.53%) RS-232
13 12 (0.46%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.42%) HTTP
15 9 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
16 8 (0.31%) OSPF
17 7 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.16%) SQL Server
2 85 (3.24%) Power BI
3 77 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (1.60%) NoSQL
6 41 (1.56%) Metadata
7 37 (1.41%) Data Lake
8 35 (1.34%) MongoDB
9 31 (1.18%) BigQuery
10 27 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
10 27 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 27 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
10 27 (1.03%) Tableau
11 26 (0.99%) MySQL
11 26 (0.99%) Redis
12 23 (0.88%) OLTP
13 19 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (0.69%) DynamoDB
15 17 (0.65%) Relational Database
16 16 (0.61%) Looker
Development Applications
1 80 (3.05%) JIRA
2 76 (2.90%) Git
3 64 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.37%) TeamCity
5 35 (1.34%) 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%) XCUITest
General
1 568 (21.67%) Finance
2 529 (20.18%) Social Skills
3 274 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 174 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 164 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (4.96%) Marketing
7 127 (4.85%) Law
8 115 (4.39%) Retail
9 101 (3.85%) Banking
10 81 (3.09%) Legal
10 81 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
11 75 (2.86%) Telecoms
12 74 (2.82%) Games
13 42 (1.60%) 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 21 (0.80%) Publishing
18 18 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (7.90%) .NET
2 137 (5.23%) React
3 118 (4.50%) REST
4 104 (3.97%) SOAP
5 84 (3.20%) HTML
6 80 (3.05%) RESTful
7 69 (2.63%) Node.js
8 68 (2.59%) GraphQL
9 65 (2.48%) OAuth
10 59 (2.25%) CSS
11 53 (2.02%) Spring
12 52 (1.98%) Kafka
13 44 (1.68%) OpenID
14 41 (1.56%) Spring Boot
15 40 (1.53%) SAML
16 36 (1.37%) XML
17 35 (1.34%) .NET Core
17 35 (1.34%) LDAP
18 31 (1.18%) Django
19 27 (1.03%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 174 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 95 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 84 (3.20%) Onboarding
4 63 (2.40%) Social Media
5 62 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
6 51 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
7 41 (1.56%) Cyberattack
7 41 (1.56%) Public Cloud
8 38 (1.45%) Mobile App
9 37 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 37 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
11 31 (1.18%) Security Posture
12 29 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
13 28 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 28 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 27 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
15 26 (0.99%) Low-Code
16 23 (0.88%) Management Information System
16 23 (0.88%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 141 (5.38%) Linux
2 90 (3.43%) Windows
3 67 (2.56%) Android
4 55 (2.10%) Apple iOS
5 43 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 31 (1.18%) 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 (0.076%) CentOS
11 2 (0.076%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (20.45%) Mentoring
2 533 (20.34%) Agile
3 384 (14.65%) Software Engineering
4 382 (14.57%) CI/CD
5 353 (13.47%) DevOps
6 352 (13.43%) Coaching
7 328 (12.51%) Problem-Solving
8 318 (12.13%) AI
9 300 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 227 (8.66%) Roadmaps
11 222 (8.47%) Analytics
12 206 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
13 192 (7.33%) Test Automation
14 189 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 168 (6.41%) Microservices
16 158 (6.03%) User Experience
17 147 (5.61%) Decision-Making
18 145 (5.53%) Full-Stack Development
19 140 (5.34%) Infrastructure as Code
20 138 (5.27%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 382 (14.57%) SQL
2 321 (12.25%) Python
3 216 (8.24%) Java
4 164 (6.26%) C#
5 148 (5.65%) JavaScript
6 134 (5.11%) TypeScript
7 83 (3.17%) PowerShell
8 71 (2.71%) Bash
8 71 (2.71%) Go
9 63 (2.40%) C++
10 51 (1.95%) PHP
10 51 (1.95%) PL/SQL
11 46 (1.76%) Scala
12 38 (1.45%) T-SQL
13 34 (1.30%) Kotlin
14 30 (1.14%) C
15 21 (0.80%) Bicep
15 21 (0.80%) VBA
16 15 (0.57%) Ruby
17 14 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 261 (9.96%) Degree
2 233 (8.89%) Security Cleared
3 169 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 80 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (1.60%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.53%) ACCA
6 40 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (1.22%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.22%) CISSP
8 26 (0.99%) PMI Certification
9 25 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 21 (0.80%) CIMA
10 21 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (0.69%) CISM
13 15 (0.57%) AWS Certification
13 15 (0.57%) PhD
14 14 (0.53%) CREST Certified
15 12 (0.46%) OSCP
16 11 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (3.59%) QA
2 63 (2.40%) Accessibility
3 57 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 55 (2.10%) NIST
5 54 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (1.76%) GDPR
7 34 (1.30%) NCSC
8 20 (0.76%) IFRS
9 15 (0.57%) PMO
10 14 (0.53%) P3O
11 13 (0.50%) GRC
12 11 (0.42%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.42%) MISRA
12 11 (0.42%) MISRA C
12 11 (0.42%) SLA
13 9 (0.34%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.31%) GAAP
15 7 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 170 (6.49%) Docker
2 113 (4.31%) 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 5 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.15%) vSphere
10 2 (0.076%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.076%) vCloud
10 2 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.038%) Ceph
11 1 (0.038%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.038%) Lustre
11 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 189 (7.21%) Kubernetes
2 174 (6.64%) Terraform
3 53 (2.02%) Grafana
4 44 (1.68%) Ansible
5 43 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 33 (1.26%) 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 (0.076%) Nagios
Vendors
1 316 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 131 (5.00%) Oracle
3 77 (2.94%) Databricks
4 62 (2.37%) Google
5 57 (2.17%) VMware
6 56 (2.14%) Adobe
7 52 (1.98%) Cisco
8 50 (1.91%) SAP
9 49 (1.87%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.03%) Okta
11 25 (0.95%) ServiceNow
12 19 (0.72%) Apple
13 14 (0.53%) Dell
13 14 (0.53%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.53%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.53%) Screaming Frog
13 14 (0.53%) Workday
14 12 (0.46%) Samsung
15 11 (0.42%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.42%) Meraki