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 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,566 2,336 4,675
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.73% 14.12% 18.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.72% 15.34% 19.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,368 1,536 3,264
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,888 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,626 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +4.04% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £99,125 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £63,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +6.30% -9.29%

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 21,327 15,231 23,962
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.07% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,293 9,420 17,619
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,050
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9 August 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 9 August 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.

1 740 (20.75%) Agile
2 702 (19.69%) Mentoring
3 682 (19.13%) Azure
4 634 (17.78%) AWS
5 615 (17.25%) Software Engineering
6 563 (15.79%) AI
7 561 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 547 (15.34%) CI/CD
9 513 (14.39%) Python
10 470 (13.18%) DevOps
11 469 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
12 449 (12.59%) Microsoft
13 375 (10.52%) SQL
14 365 (10.24%) Coaching
15 346 (9.70%) Degree
16 339 (9.51%) Cybersecurity
17 331 (9.28%) Security Cleared
18 327 (9.17%) Analytics
19 324 (9.09%) Project Delivery
20 306 (8.58%) Decision-Making
21 286 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 279 (7.82%) C#
23 275 (7.71%) SC Cleared
24 269 (7.54%) Roadmaps
25 263 (7.38%) Test Automation
26 256 (7.18%) JavaScript
27 239 (6.70%) GCP
28 232 (6.51%) QA
29 223 (6.25%) SaaS
30 221 (6.20%) .NET

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 98 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (0.67%) CMS
4 22 (0.62%) Confluence
5 18 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.42%) WordPress
8 14 (0.39%) SAS
9 12 (0.34%) IIS
10 9 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.22%) Apache
11 8 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.084%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.084%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.084%) Artix
12 3 (0.084%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.084%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.084%) Moodle
13 2 (0.056%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.028%) Appian
Applications
1 80 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (0.42%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.25%) Civil 3D
6 9 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.25%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.22%) InDesign
7 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.14%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.11%) Trello
11 3 (0.084%) Blender
11 3 (0.084%) Maya
12 2 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.056%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.056%) SPSS
13 1 (0.028%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (0.67%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
3 15 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 11 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.22%) Shopify
8 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.14%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.14%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.084%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.084%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.084%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.084%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 682 (19.13%) Azure
2 634 (17.78%) AWS
3 239 (6.70%) GCP
4 223 (6.25%) SaaS
5 155 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
6 147 (4.12%) Power Platform
7 140 (3.93%) Entra ID
8 122 (3.42%) Serverless
9 97 (2.72%) GitHub
10 95 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
11 53 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
12 48 (1.35%) PowerApps
13 45 (1.26%) Amazon S3
13 45 (1.26%) Power Automate
14 42 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
15 40 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
15 40 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
16 37 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
17 35 (0.98%) Azure AKS
17 35 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 154 (4.32%) Firewall
2 100 (2.80%) Broadband
3 83 (2.33%) Network Security
4 75 (2.10%) DNS
5 65 (1.82%) VLAN
6 61 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
7 58 (1.63%) VPN
8 51 (1.43%) TCP/IP
9 50 (1.40%) WAN
10 49 (1.37%) Wireless
11 46 (1.29%) LAN
12 45 (1.26%) DHCP
13 26 (0.73%) BGP
14 21 (0.59%) RS-232
15 19 (0.53%) OSPF
16 18 (0.50%) SD-WAN
17 17 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
18 16 (0.45%) HTTP
18 16 (0.45%) WLAN
19 15 (0.42%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (3.20%) Power BI
3 95 (2.66%) SQL Server
4 64 (1.79%) MongoDB
5 55 (1.54%) Metadata
6 48 (1.35%) Relational Database
7 46 (1.29%) MySQL
8 36 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 33 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (0.87%) NoSQL
11 30 (0.84%) DynamoDB
11 30 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 28 (0.79%) Tableau
13 25 (0.70%) OLTP
14 23 (0.64%) BigQuery
15 20 (0.56%) Data Lake
16 17 (0.48%) Redis
17 15 (0.42%) Big Data
17 15 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
18 14 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 119 (3.34%) Git
2 60 (1.68%) JIRA
3 41 (1.15%) GitLab
4 34 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.70%) Snyk
6 21 (0.59%) TeamCity
7 20 (0.56%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.45%) Selenium
9 15 (0.42%) JUnit
10 11 (0.31%) Postman
11 9 (0.25%) LabVIEW
12 8 (0.22%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.22%) Gatling
12 8 (0.22%) XCUITest
13 7 (0.20%) Maven
13 7 (0.20%) Mockito
14 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio
16 4 (0.11%) JMeter
General
1 870 (24.40%) Social Skills
2 597 (16.74%) Finance
3 382 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 310 (8.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 277 (7.77%) Legal
6 255 (7.15%) Analytical Skills
7 228 (6.39%) Law
8 136 (3.81%) Marketing
9 124 (3.48%) Banking
10 86 (2.41%) Retail
11 75 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 67 (1.88%) Manufacturing
13 65 (1.82%) Games
14 58 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 54 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
16 50 (1.40%) Electronics
17 48 (1.35%) Local Government
18 45 (1.26%) Legal Technology
19 44 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
20 29 (0.81%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (6.20%) .NET
2 172 (4.82%) React
3 116 (3.25%) Node.js
4 93 (2.61%) HTML
5 89 (2.50%) REST
6 82 (2.30%) CSS
7 74 (2.08%) RESTful
8 54 (1.51%) Spring
9 40 (1.12%) AngularJS
10 38 (1.07%) Vue
11 37 (1.04%) Spring Boot
12 35 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
13 32 (0.90%) Kafka
13 32 (0.90%) Laravel
14 29 (0.81%) .NET Core
14 29 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
15 28 (0.79%) Playwright
15 28 (0.79%) SPFx
16 27 (0.76%) Next.js
17 26 (0.73%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 219 (6.14%) Cloud Native
2 103 (2.89%) Product Ownership
3 99 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 77 (2.16%) Driving Licence
5 65 (1.82%) Virtual Team
6 59 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 54 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
8 53 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 49 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 49 (1.37%) Social Media
10 45 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
11 42 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 42 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
11 42 (1.18%) Management Information System
11 42 (1.18%) Mobile App
12 39 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 37 (1.04%) Security Posture
14 36 (1.01%) Blog
15 34 (0.95%) Low-Code
16 33 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 177 (4.96%) Linux
2 129 (3.62%) Windows
3 58 (1.63%) Unix
4 54 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 44 (1.23%) Android
5 44 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 26 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
7 11 (0.31%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
9 8 (0.22%) VMS
10 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.084%) Debian
12 1 (0.028%) AIX
12 1 (0.028%) CentOS
12 1 (0.028%) Solaris
12 1 (0.028%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 740 (20.75%) Agile
2 702 (19.69%) Mentoring
3 615 (17.25%) Software Engineering
4 563 (15.79%) AI
5 561 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 547 (15.34%) CI/CD
7 470 (13.18%) DevOps
8 469 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
9 365 (10.24%) Coaching
10 339 (9.51%) Cybersecurity
11 327 (9.17%) Analytics
12 324 (9.09%) Project Delivery
13 306 (8.58%) Decision-Making
14 286 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 269 (7.54%) Roadmaps
16 263 (7.38%) Test Automation
17 219 (6.14%) Stakeholder Management
18 217 (6.09%) Infrastructure as Code
19 188 (5.27%) Microservices
20 186 (5.22%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 513 (14.39%) Python
2 375 (10.52%) SQL
3 279 (7.82%) C#
4 256 (7.18%) JavaScript
5 211 (5.92%) Java
6 208 (5.83%) TypeScript
7 134 (3.76%) PowerShell
8 100 (2.80%) C++
9 62 (1.74%) PHP
10 60 (1.68%) Go
11 49 (1.37%) C
12 47 (1.32%) PL/SQL
13 41 (1.15%) Bash
14 28 (0.79%) Kotlin
15 26 (0.73%) Embedded C
16 24 (0.67%) R
17 23 (0.64%) Bicep
18 21 (0.59%) Swift
19 20 (0.56%) Rust
20 19 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 346 (9.70%) Degree
2 331 (9.28%) Security Cleared
3 275 (7.71%) SC Cleared
4 101 (2.83%) CISSP
5 91 (2.55%) CISM
6 66 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 57 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 55 (1.54%) A+ Certification
8 55 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
9 53 (1.49%) Azure Certification
10 51 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 46 (1.29%) DV Cleared
11 46 (1.29%) Master's Degree
12 38 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 37 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 29 (0.81%) PhD
15 26 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
16 24 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 23 (0.64%) ACCA
18 20 (0.56%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (6.51%) QA
2 106 (2.97%) Accessibility
3 82 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 76 (2.13%) Data Quality
5 65 (1.82%) NIST
6 62 (1.74%) GDPR
7 47 (1.32%) GRC
8 29 (0.81%) PMO
9 22 (0.62%) SLA
10 18 (0.50%) NCSC
10 18 (0.50%) WCAG
11 15 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.28%) COBIT
13 10 (0.28%) NIST 800
14 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 170 (4.77%) Docker
2 136 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.90%) vSphere
6 30 (0.84%) Firmware
7 18 (0.50%) Hyper-V
8 14 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
8 14 (0.39%) VMware NSX
9 9 (0.25%) vCloud
10 7 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.084%) iptables
13 2 (0.056%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.028%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.028%) GPFS
14 1 (0.028%) Lustre
14 1 (0.028%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.028%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 200 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 198 (5.55%) Terraform
3 99 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (0.95%) Ansible
5 27 (0.76%) Grafana
6 21 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 18 (0.50%) Argo
8 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.17%) Avamar
9 6 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (0.17%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.17%) VxRail
10 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.14%) Puppet
10 5 (0.14%) SCCM
10 5 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 449 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 129 (3.62%) Oracle
3 107 (3.00%) Adobe
4 85 (2.38%) Google
5 71 (1.99%) Cisco
6 69 (1.93%) Palo Alto
7 66 (1.85%) SAP
7 66 (1.85%) VMware
8 61 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 58 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 54 (1.51%) CyberArk
11 47 (1.32%) Databricks
12 38 (1.07%) Apple
13 35 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
14 28 (0.79%) Dell
14 28 (0.79%) Pega
15 27 (0.76%) Tenable
16 25 (0.70%) Informatica
17 21 (0.59%) Meraki
17 21 (0.59%) Veeam