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 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,385 2,316 5,842
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.02% 14.25% 17.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.05% 15.43% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,349 1,475 4,336
10th Percentile £47,930 £48,384 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -10.71%

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 19,854 15,008 31,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 92.32% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 14,461 9,350 24,368
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +5.13% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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.

1 689 (20.35%) Agile
2 671 (19.82%) Mentoring
3 620 (18.32%) Azure
4 590 (17.43%) AWS
5 556 (16.43%) Software Engineering
6 488 (14.42%) AI
7 465 (13.74%) CI/CD
8 439 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 437 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
10 434 (12.82%) Python
11 416 (12.29%) Microsoft
12 410 (12.11%) DevOps
13 385 (11.37%) Coaching
14 366 (10.81%) SQL
15 323 (9.54%) Degree
16 307 (9.07%) Analytics
17 297 (8.77%) Security Cleared
18 296 (8.74%) Roadmaps
19 269 (7.95%) Project Delivery
20 267 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
21 262 (7.74%) Decision-Making
22 241 (7.12%) Test Automation
23 231 (6.82%) SC Cleared
24 230 (6.79%) Java
25 223 (6.59%) GCP
26 220 (6.50%) C#
27 210 (6.20%) JavaScript
28 208 (6.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
29 206 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
30 204 (6.03%) SaaS

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 95 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (0.65%) CMS
5 16 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.44%) Confluence
7 14 (0.41%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) IIS
9 9 (0.27%) WordPress
10 8 (0.24%) Apache
10 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.089%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.089%) Artix
12 3 (0.089%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.089%) JBoss
12 3 (0.089%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.059%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.030%) Appian
14 1 (0.030%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 87 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.18%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.15%) Civil 3D
9 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
9 5 (0.15%) InDesign
10 4 (0.12%) Trello
11 3 (0.089%) Blender
11 3 (0.089%) Maya
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.059%) InVision
12 2 (0.059%) SPSS
12 2 (0.059%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.71%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
3 15 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
7 9 (0.27%) Visualfiles
8 7 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.18%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
11 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
11 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (0.12%) Shopify
12 3 (0.089%) Infor SunSystems
12 3 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
12 3 (0.089%) SAP CO
12 3 (0.089%) SAP FI
12 3 (0.089%) SAP FI/CO
12 3 (0.089%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 620 (18.32%) Azure
2 590 (17.43%) AWS
3 223 (6.59%) GCP
4 204 (6.03%) SaaS
5 153 (4.52%) Power Platform
6 143 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
7 130 (3.84%) Serverless
8 121 (3.57%) Entra ID
9 87 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
9 87 (2.57%) GitHub
10 56 (1.65%) PowerApps
11 52 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
12 44 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
12 44 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 42 (1.24%) Power Automate
14 41 (1.21%) Amazon S3
15 38 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
16 35 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
17 34 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
17 34 (1.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 130 (3.84%) Broadband
2 118 (3.49%) Firewall
3 71 (2.10%) DNS
4 67 (1.98%) VPN
5 47 (1.39%) WAN
6 46 (1.36%) DHCP
7 43 (1.27%) Network Security
8 41 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (1.21%) Wireless
9 38 (1.12%) LAN
10 34 (1.00%) TCP/IP
11 29 (0.86%) VLAN
12 27 (0.80%) BGP
13 25 (0.74%) SD-WAN
14 24 (0.71%) RS-232
15 19 (0.56%) OSPF
16 16 (0.47%) Ethernet
17 15 (0.44%) Bluetooth
17 15 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
18 13 (0.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (3.19%) Power BI
2 96 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 68 (2.01%) MongoDB
5 53 (1.57%) Metadata
6 37 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 36 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
8 34 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 34 (1.00%) MySQL
9 31 (0.92%) NoSQL
10 29 (0.86%) BigQuery
10 29 (0.86%) OLTP
10 29 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 28 (0.83%) DynamoDB
11 28 (0.83%) Tableau
12 20 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (0.53%) Data Lake
15 17 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 16 (0.47%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 96 (2.84%) Git
2 53 (1.57%) JIRA
3 43 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.12%) GitLab
5 31 (0.92%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.74%) Snyk
7 24 (0.71%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.47%) Selenium
9 11 (0.32%) Postman
10 8 (0.24%) XCUITest
11 7 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.21%) JMeter
11 7 (0.21%) JUnit
11 7 (0.21%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.18%) MLflow
12 6 (0.18%) NUnit
13 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 759 (22.42%) Social Skills
2 542 (16.01%) Finance
3 430 (12.70%) Public Sector
4 250 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 225 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
6 223 (6.59%) Law
7 179 (5.29%) Legal
8 126 (3.72%) Banking
9 117 (3.46%) Marketing
10 84 (2.48%) Retail
11 79 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.19%) Games
13 61 (1.80%) Manufacturing
14 53 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 51 (1.51%) Telecoms
16 38 (1.12%) Legal Technology
17 36 (1.06%) Local Government
18 33 (0.97%) Electronics
19 27 (0.80%) Financial Institution
20 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (5.85%) .NET
2 145 (4.28%) React
3 106 (3.13%) Node.js
4 88 (2.60%) REST
5 79 (2.33%) HTML
6 73 (2.16%) RESTful
7 61 (1.80%) CSS
8 51 (1.51%) Spring
9 48 (1.42%) SOAP
10 39 (1.15%) Vue
11 35 (1.03%) Spring Boot
12 34 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
13 31 (0.92%) GraphQL
14 30 (0.89%) Kafka
14 30 (0.89%) OAuth
15 28 (0.83%) AngularJS
15 28 (0.83%) Laravel
16 27 (0.80%) OpenID
17 26 (0.77%) JSON
18 25 (0.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 218 (6.44%) Cloud Native
2 109 (3.22%) Product Ownership
3 75 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
4 69 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 59 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
6 58 (1.71%) Social Media
7 57 (1.68%) Driving Licence
8 47 (1.39%) AI Agents
9 44 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 44 (1.30%) Low-Code
10 43 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 42 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
12 41 (1.21%) Cyberattack
12 41 (1.21%) Onboarding
12 41 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 40 (1.18%) Security Posture
14 39 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
14 39 (1.15%) Mobile App
15 36 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
15 36 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 167 (4.93%) Linux
2 132 (3.90%) Windows
3 51 (1.51%) Apple iOS
4 47 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 45 (1.33%) Android
6 44 (1.30%) Unix
7 24 (0.71%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.30%) VMS
10 9 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
11 7 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.089%) Debian
12 3 (0.089%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) CentOS
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 689 (20.35%) Agile
2 671 (19.82%) Mentoring
3 556 (16.43%) Software Engineering
4 488 (14.42%) AI
5 465 (13.74%) CI/CD
6 439 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 437 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
8 410 (12.11%) DevOps
9 385 (11.37%) Coaching
10 307 (9.07%) Analytics
11 296 (8.74%) Roadmaps
12 269 (7.95%) Project Delivery
13 267 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
14 262 (7.74%) Decision-Making
15 241 (7.12%) Test Automation
16 208 (6.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 206 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
18 191 (5.64%) Infrastructure as Code
19 184 (5.44%) Project Management
20 170 (5.02%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 434 (12.82%) Python
2 366 (10.81%) SQL
3 230 (6.79%) Java
4 220 (6.50%) C#
5 210 (6.20%) JavaScript
6 175 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 121 (3.57%) PowerShell
8 88 (2.60%) C++
9 67 (1.98%) Go
10 60 (1.77%) Bash
11 58 (1.71%) PHP
12 50 (1.48%) PL/SQL
13 45 (1.33%) C
14 34 (1.00%) Scala
15 28 (0.83%) T-SQL
16 26 (0.77%) VBA
17 25 (0.74%) Bicep
18 24 (0.71%) Rust
19 23 (0.68%) Kotlin
20 22 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 323 (9.54%) Degree
2 297 (8.77%) Security Cleared
3 231 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 69 (2.04%) CISSP
5 66 (1.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 57 (1.68%) CISM
7 55 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 51 (1.51%) Azure Certification
9 46 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 45 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 38 (1.12%) AWS Certification
12 37 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
13 36 (1.06%) Master's Degree
14 29 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
14 29 (0.86%) PhD
15 28 (0.83%) A+ Certification
15 28 (0.83%) DBS Check
16 26 (0.77%) ACCA
17 24 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 22 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (5.08%) QA
2 83 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 78 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 72 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 68 (2.01%) NIST
6 48 (1.42%) GDPR
7 45 (1.33%) GRC
8 31 (0.92%) PMO
9 23 (0.68%) NCSC
10 19 (0.56%) SLA
11 13 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.35%) P3O
13 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.21%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.21%) WCAG
15 5 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.15%) GAAP
16 4 (0.12%) COBIT
System Software
1 153 (4.52%) Docker
2 128 (3.78%) Active Directory
3 51 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.95%) vSphere
6 20 (0.59%) Firmware
7 18 (0.53%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.32%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.27%) vCloud
11 6 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.089%) iptables
13 2 (0.059%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.030%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.030%) GPFS
14 1 (0.030%) Lustre
14 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.030%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 201 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 174 (5.14%) Terraform
3 68 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.06%) Ansible
5 33 (0.97%) Grafana
6 21 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 19 (0.56%) Argo
8 15 (0.44%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.41%) SCCM
10 8 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (0.21%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.21%) Puppet
11 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.18%) Avamar
12 6 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
12 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.18%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.18%) VxRail
13 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 416 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 134 (3.96%) Oracle
3 112 (3.31%) Adobe
4 71 (2.10%) VMware
5 68 (2.01%) Google
6 67 (1.98%) Palo Alto
7 65 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 64 (1.89%) Salesforce
9 61 (1.80%) SAP
10 57 (1.68%) Cisco
11 51 (1.51%) Databricks
12 41 (1.21%) Apple
13 32 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
14 28 (0.83%) Dell
14 28 (0.83%) Pega
15 27 (0.80%) CyberArk
15 27 (0.80%) Tenable
16 20 (0.59%) Computacenter
17 18 (0.53%) OpenAI
18 17 (0.50%) Fortinet