Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,045 3,506 3,385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.36% 18.39% 16.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% 19.07% 17.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,462 2,305 2,807
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,250 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.37% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £108,625 £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 14,313 18,389 19,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 96.46% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,142 11,505 15,926
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 £60,394
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.65% -3.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -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 4 December 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 4 December 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.

1 503 (24.60%) Agile
2 492 (24.06%) Azure
3 399 (19.51%) AWS
4 342 (16.72%) SQL
5 338 (16.53%) Python
6 336 (16.43%) Mentoring
7 326 (15.94%) CI/CD
8 313 (15.31%) DevOps
9 286 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
10 278 (13.59%) Software Engineering
11 258 (12.62%) Microsoft
12 227 (11.10%) Degree
13 223 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 209 (10.22%) Coaching
15 199 (9.73%) JavaScript
16 197 (9.63%) AI
17 191 (9.34%) C#
18 186 (9.10%) .NET
19 183 (8.95%) Analytics
19 183 (8.95%) Java
19 183 (8.95%) TypeScript
20 175 (8.56%) Asset Management
21 157 (7.68%) Terraform
22 147 (7.19%) Roadmaps
23 146 (7.14%) React
23 146 (7.14%) SaaS
24 144 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
25 143 (6.99%) Kubernetes
26 139 (6.80%) Microservices
27 138 (6.75%) Security Cleared

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 61 (2.98%) Apache
1 61 (2.98%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.12%) Confluence
4 22 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (1.03%) IIS
6 19 (0.93%) WordPress
7 14 (0.68%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.39%) Headless CMS
9 7 (0.34%) JBoss
9 7 (0.34%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.29%) CMS
11 4 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.15%) nginx
13 2 (0.098%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.098%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.098%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.098%) SAS
14 1 (0.049%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 55 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.54%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (0.49%) InDesign
6 9 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.34%) Maya
8 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.29%) MotionBuilder
8 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.15%) Sketch
9 3 (0.15%) Trello
10 2 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.098%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.098%) OrCAD
10 2 (0.098%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.098%) Simulink
11 1 (0.049%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.049%) Revit
Business Applications
1 33 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
2 25 (1.22%) Shopify
3 23 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
3 23 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
3 23 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 23 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 22 (1.08%) Oracle Financials
5 18 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
6 16 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
7 11 (0.54%) Hyperion Planning
8 10 (0.49%) SAP CO
8 10 (0.49%) SAP FI
8 10 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
9 9 (0.44%) Workday HCM
10 8 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
10 8 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 6 (0.29%) NEC Housing
12 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
12 4 (0.20%) Visualfiles
13 3 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 492 (24.06%) Azure
2 399 (19.51%) AWS
3 146 (7.14%) SaaS
4 130 (6.36%) GitHub
5 129 (6.31%) GCP
6 122 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
7 104 (5.09%) Power Platform
8 97 (4.74%) Snowflake
9 95 (4.65%) dbt
10 92 (4.50%) Serverless
11 78 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
12 67 (3.28%) Entra ID
13 62 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (2.15%) Amazon S3
14 44 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
15 36 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
16 33 (1.61%) GitHub Copilot
16 33 (1.61%) OCI
17 32 (1.56%) Power Automate
17 32 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.89%) Firewall
2 38 (1.86%) VPN
3 36 (1.76%) Network Security
4 33 (1.61%) WAN
5 30 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 29 (1.42%) DNS
7 28 (1.37%) Broadband
8 27 (1.32%) LAN
9 22 (1.08%) Unified Communications
10 16 (0.78%) BGP
10 16 (0.78%) DHCP
11 15 (0.73%) Ethernet
11 15 (0.73%) SD-WAN
12 12 (0.59%) RS-232
13 10 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.49%) Wireless
14 9 (0.44%) OSPF
15 8 (0.39%) HTTP
15 8 (0.39%) SAN
16 6 (0.29%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (4.79%) Data Lake
2 91 (4.45%) SQL Server
3 87 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
4 73 (3.57%) Power BI
5 56 (2.74%) Amazon Athena
6 54 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
7 53 (2.59%) NoSQL
8 51 (2.49%) Apache Arrow
8 51 (2.49%) Apache Iceberg
8 51 (2.49%) Apache Ignite
8 51 (2.49%) Dremio
9 37 (1.81%) DynamoDB
10 30 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (1.37%) MongoDB
12 26 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (1.08%) MySQL
14 21 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
15 20 (0.98%) Redis
16 19 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 74 (3.62%) Git
2 70 (3.42%) JIRA
3 49 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.91%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (1.27%) Selenium
6 20 (0.98%) GitLab
7 16 (0.78%) Cypress.io
7 16 (0.78%) Postman
8 12 (0.59%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.54%) WebDriver
10 9 (0.44%) SoapUI
10 9 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (0.34%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.34%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.34%) git-flow
12 6 (0.29%) JUnit
12 6 (0.29%) Subversion
13 5 (0.24%) Babel
13 5 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 544 (26.60%) Finance
2 467 (22.84%) Social Skills
3 153 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (6.65%) Banking
6 113 (5.53%) Retail
7 80 (3.91%) Marketing
8 79 (3.86%) Public Sector
9 75 (3.67%) Law
10 72 (3.52%) Front Office
11 65 (3.18%) Legal
12 63 (3.08%) Telecoms
13 55 (2.69%) Investment Banking
14 42 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
14 42 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
15 41 (2.00%) Games
16 39 (1.91%) Financial Institution
17 26 (1.27%) Electronics
18 25 (1.22%) Advertising
19 24 (1.17%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (9.10%) .NET
2 146 (7.14%) React
3 94 (4.60%) RESTful
4 85 (4.16%) REST
5 82 (4.01%) HTML
6 70 (3.42%) gRPC
6 70 (3.42%) SOAP
7 65 (3.18%) CSS
8 62 (3.03%) Node.js
9 55 (2.69%) GraphQL
9 55 (2.69%) Pandas
10 52 (2.54%) NumPy
11 51 (2.49%) Protocol Buffers
11 51 (2.49%) SciPy
12 38 (1.86%) Spring
13 37 (1.81%) .NET Core
14 34 (1.66%) Kafka
15 31 (1.52%) Spring Boot
16 30 (1.47%) .NET Framework
16 30 (1.47%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 127 (6.21%) Cloud Native
2 90 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 75 (3.67%) Product Ownership
4 61 (2.98%) Derivative
5 55 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 54 (2.64%) Hedge funds
7 53 (2.59%) Fixed Income
8 51 (2.49%) Equities
8 51 (2.49%) Pricing Data
9 49 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (2.05%) Management Information System
11 41 (2.00%) Data Centre
12 34 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
13 27 (1.32%) Driving Licence
14 26 (1.27%) Social Media
15 23 (1.12%) FPGA
15 23 (1.12%) Mobile App
15 23 (1.12%) Security Posture
16 22 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
17 21 (1.03%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 82 (4.01%) Linux
2 78 (3.81%) Windows
3 37 (1.81%) Android
4 36 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 30 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 27 (1.32%) Unix
7 13 (0.64%) VMS
8 9 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.20%) CentOS
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.098%) HPUX
13 2 (0.098%) Solaris
14 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (24.60%) Agile
2 336 (16.43%) Mentoring
3 326 (15.94%) CI/CD
4 313 (15.31%) DevOps
5 286 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
6 278 (13.59%) Software Engineering
7 223 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 209 (10.22%) Coaching
9 197 (9.63%) AI
10 183 (8.95%) Analytics
11 175 (8.56%) Asset Management
12 147 (7.19%) Roadmaps
13 144 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
14 139 (6.80%) Microservices
15 133 (6.50%) Test Automation
16 123 (6.01%) Stakeholder Management
17 120 (5.87%) Infrastructure as Code
18 119 (5.82%) Clean Code
18 119 (5.82%) Decision-Making
18 119 (5.82%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 342 (16.72%) SQL
2 338 (16.53%) Python
3 199 (9.73%) JavaScript
4 191 (9.34%) C#
5 183 (8.95%) Java
5 183 (8.95%) TypeScript
6 69 (3.37%) PowerShell
7 39 (1.91%) Go
8 38 (1.86%) Bash
9 32 (1.56%) C++
10 30 (1.47%) PL/SQL
11 27 (1.32%) Kotlin
12 25 (1.22%) Bicep
13 24 (1.17%) PHP
14 21 (1.03%) Shell Script
15 18 (0.88%) Ruby
16 16 (0.78%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.68%) Scala
17 14 (0.68%) Swift
18 13 (0.64%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 227 (11.10%) Degree
2 138 (6.75%) Security Cleared
3 103 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 67 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (2.69%) ACCA
6 42 (2.05%) CISSP
7 37 (1.81%) AWS Certification
8 36 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.66%) DV Cleared
10 32 (1.56%) CIMA
11 30 (1.47%) CISM
12 29 (1.42%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.08%) AAT
13 22 (1.08%) CCNP
14 21 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.83%) CESG Certified Professional
15 17 (0.83%) Master's Degree
16 16 (0.78%) CISMP
16 16 (0.78%) IISP
17 15 (0.73%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (4.50%) QA
2 73 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 63 (3.08%) GDPR
4 49 (2.40%) NIST
5 42 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.32%) PMO
7 25 (1.22%) NCSC
8 21 (1.03%) Data Quality
9 19 (0.93%) IFRS
10 17 (0.83%) NIST 800
11 16 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.78%) JSP 440
11 16 (0.78%) RMADS
12 14 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.54%) GRC
14 9 (0.44%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.39%) HIPAA
16 7 (0.34%) SLA
17 6 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 120 (5.87%) Docker
2 66 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.49%) Firmware
6 8 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.39%) vSphere
7 4 (0.20%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.098%) pfSense
8 2 (0.098%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.098%) vCloud
8 2 (0.098%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.049%) Ceph
9 1 (0.049%) Lustre
9 1 (0.049%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 157 (7.68%) Terraform
2 143 (6.99%) Kubernetes
3 50 (2.44%) Ansible
4 46 (2.25%) Grafana
5 36 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
6 34 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (0.78%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.24%) 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 (0.098%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.098%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.098%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 2 (0.098%) SCCM
12 1 (0.049%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.049%) Puppet
Vendors
1 258 (12.62%) Microsoft
2 99 (4.84%) Oracle
3 61 (2.98%) Databricks
4 54 (2.64%) ServiceNow
5 53 (2.59%) Cisco
6 48 (2.35%) SAP
7 47 (2.30%) Google
8 42 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 35 (1.71%) VMware
10 22 (1.08%) Adobe
11 21 (1.03%) Okta
12 20 (0.98%) Workday
13 14 (0.68%) Meraki
13 14 (0.68%) Xero
14 13 (0.64%) Apple
14 13 (0.64%) EMC
14 13 (0.64%) Screaming Frog
15 12 (0.59%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.54%) Palo Alto
16 11 (0.54%) Sage