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 15 June 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,240 2,228 6,117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.31% 14.55% 17.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.34% 15.80% 18.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,289 1,372 4,560
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £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 £83,938 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,563 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.61% +8.10% -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 18,682 14,102 33,200
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.10% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13,628 8,606 25,946
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 15 June 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 15 June 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.

1 641 (19.78%) Agile
2 604 (18.64%) Mentoring
3 571 (17.62%) Azure
4 540 (16.67%) AWS
5 481 (14.85%) Software Engineering
6 436 (13.46%) AI
7 393 (12.13%) CI/CD
8 386 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
9 383 (11.82%) Python
10 380 (11.73%) Coaching
11 374 (11.54%) SQL
12 354 (10.93%) Microsoft
13 336 (10.37%) DevOps
14 328 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
15 302 (9.32%) Analytics
16 300 (9.26%) Degree
17 291 (8.98%) Security Cleared
18 287 (8.86%) Roadmaps
19 241 (7.44%) Java
20 232 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
21 230 (7.10%) SC Cleared
22 225 (6.94%) Decision-Making
23 210 (6.48%) Test Automation
24 208 (6.42%) Project Delivery
25 200 (6.17%) GCP
26 191 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
27 189 (5.83%) Kubernetes
28 185 (5.71%) .NET
29 184 (5.68%) Full-Stack Development
30 179 (5.52%) 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 85 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 32 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.71%) CMS
5 19 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.52%) Confluence
7 10 (0.31%) WordPress
8 9 (0.28%) IIS
8 9 (0.28%) SAS
9 8 (0.25%) Apache
9 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.12%) JBoss
10 4 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.093%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.093%) Artix
11 3 (0.093%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.062%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.062%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.031%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 85 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.28%) Adobe XD
4 9 (0.28%) AutoCAD
4 9 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.22%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
8 4 (0.12%) InDesign
8 4 (0.12%) InVision
8 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 4 (0.12%) Trello
9 3 (0.093%) Blender
9 3 (0.093%) Civil 3D
9 3 (0.093%) Maya
10 2 (0.062%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.062%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.74%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
2 16 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
4 11 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.28%) Visualfiles
6 8 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.19%) Shopify
9 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.093%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.093%) NEC Housing
11 3 (0.093%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.093%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.093%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.093%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 571 (17.62%) Azure
2 540 (16.67%) AWS
3 200 (6.17%) GCP
4 179 (5.52%) SaaS
5 138 (4.26%) Power Platform
6 121 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
7 118 (3.64%) Serverless
8 90 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 81 (2.50%) GitHub
10 77 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
11 49 (1.51%) PowerApps
12 46 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
13 40 (1.23%) Figma
14 39 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
15 38 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
16 36 (1.11%) Power Automate
17 35 (1.08%) Amazon S3
17 35 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
18 33 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
18 33 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 144 (4.44%) Broadband
2 90 (2.78%) Firewall
3 61 (1.88%) DNS
4 57 (1.76%) VPN
5 44 (1.36%) WAN
6 39 (1.20%) DHCP
7 36 (1.11%) Wireless
8 32 (0.99%) TCP/IP
9 31 (0.96%) LAN
9 31 (0.96%) Network Security
10 30 (0.93%) SD-WAN
11 28 (0.86%) BGP
12 24 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (0.71%) RS-232
14 19 (0.59%) OSPF
15 17 (0.52%) Ethernet
16 15 (0.46%) HTTP
17 14 (0.43%) VLAN
18 13 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
19 12 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (3.12%) Power BI
2 95 (2.93%) SQL Server
3 84 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (2.01%) MongoDB
5 51 (1.57%) Metadata
6 34 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 32 (0.99%) OLTP
8 30 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 30 (0.93%) BigQuery
8 30 (0.93%) Relational Database
9 28 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 28 (0.86%) Tableau
10 26 (0.80%) DynamoDB
11 24 (0.74%) MySQL
12 23 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.52%) Delta Lake
16 16 (0.49%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 77 (2.38%) Git
2 62 (1.91%) JIRA
3 46 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.14%) TeamCity
5 36 (1.11%) GitLab
6 25 (0.77%) Snyk
7 24 (0.74%) Claude Code
8 18 (0.56%) Selenium
9 13 (0.40%) Postman
10 9 (0.28%) MLflow
11 8 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.25%) XCUITest
12 7 (0.22%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.22%) JMeter
12 7 (0.22%) JUnit
12 7 (0.22%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.19%) NUnit
13 6 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
13 6 (0.19%) SoapUI
General
1 661 (20.40%) Social Skills
2 561 (17.31%) Finance
3 409 (12.62%) Public Sector
4 233 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 206 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
6 131 (4.04%) Law
7 128 (3.95%) Banking
8 126 (3.89%) Marketing
9 99 (3.06%) Legal
10 83 (2.56%) Retail
11 81 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
12 76 (2.35%) Games
13 54 (1.67%) Manufacturing
14 51 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 44 (1.36%) Telecoms
16 36 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (0.96%) Local Government
18 27 (0.83%) Financial Institution
19 25 (0.77%) Back Office
20 24 (0.74%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (5.71%) .NET
2 142 (4.38%) React
3 96 (2.96%) REST
4 95 (2.93%) Node.js
5 79 (2.44%) HTML
6 66 (2.04%) RESTful
7 64 (1.98%) SOAP
8 55 (1.70%) CSS
9 52 (1.60%) Spring
10 40 (1.23%) GraphQL
11 38 (1.17%) OAuth
12 37 (1.14%) Spring Boot
13 35 (1.08%) OpenID
13 35 (1.08%) Vue
14 32 (0.99%) SAML
15 30 (0.93%) JSON
16 29 (0.90%) .NET Core
16 29 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
16 29 (0.90%) Kafka
17 27 (0.83%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 203 (6.27%) Cloud Native
2 110 (3.40%) Product Ownership
3 74 (2.28%) Data Centre
4 69 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
5 61 (1.88%) Social Media
6 57 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
7 51 (1.57%) Driving Licence
8 46 (1.42%) Cyberattack
9 44 (1.36%) Low-Code
9 44 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (1.30%) Mobile App
11 40 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 39 (1.20%) Public Cloud
13 38 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
13 38 (1.17%) Onboarding
14 37 (1.14%) AI Agents
14 37 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
15 36 (1.11%) Video\Live Streaming
16 34 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 147 (4.54%) Linux
2 106 (3.27%) Windows
3 56 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 48 (1.48%) Android
5 39 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 33 (1.02%) Unix
7 18 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
8 16 (0.49%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
10 6 (0.19%) VMS
11 4 (0.12%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.093%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.031%) AIX
13 1 (0.031%) CentOS
13 1 (0.031%) Debian
13 1 (0.031%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (19.78%) Agile
2 604 (18.64%) Mentoring
3 481 (14.85%) Software Engineering
4 436 (13.46%) AI
5 393 (12.13%) CI/CD
6 386 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
7 380 (11.73%) Coaching
8 336 (10.37%) DevOps
9 328 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 302 (9.32%) Analytics
11 287 (8.86%) Roadmaps
12 232 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
13 225 (6.94%) Decision-Making
14 210 (6.48%) Test Automation
15 208 (6.42%) Project Delivery
16 191 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
17 184 (5.68%) Full-Stack Development
18 176 (5.43%) Project Management
19 175 (5.40%) Infrastructure as Code
20 156 (4.81%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 383 (11.82%) Python
2 374 (11.54%) SQL
3 241 (7.44%) Java
4 172 (5.31%) JavaScript
5 160 (4.94%) C#
6 152 (4.69%) TypeScript
7 94 (2.90%) PowerShell
8 84 (2.59%) C++
9 69 (2.13%) Go
10 67 (2.07%) Bash
11 58 (1.79%) PHP
12 54 (1.67%) PL/SQL
13 45 (1.39%) Scala
14 40 (1.23%) C
15 37 (1.14%) T-SQL
16 25 (0.77%) Kotlin
17 24 (0.74%) VBA
18 20 (0.62%) Bicep
19 19 (0.59%) R
19 19 (0.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 300 (9.26%) Degree
2 291 (8.98%) Security Cleared
3 230 (7.10%) SC Cleared
4 67 (2.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 47 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 47 (1.45%) DV Cleared
6 46 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 37 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 37 (1.14%) CISSP
10 25 (0.77%) DBS Check
11 24 (0.74%) ACCA
11 24 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (0.74%) CISM
12 23 (0.71%) Master's Degree
13 22 (0.68%) PMI Certification
14 21 (0.65%) CIMA
14 21 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
15 20 (0.62%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (3.73%) QA
2 80 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 78 (2.41%) Data Quality
4 62 (1.91%) NIST
5 61 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (1.33%) GDPR
7 39 (1.20%) GRC
8 28 (0.86%) PMO
9 27 (0.83%) NCSC
10 16 (0.49%) SLA
11 12 (0.37%) P3O
12 10 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 9 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.25%) IEC 61508
14 8 (0.25%) MISRA
14 8 (0.25%) MISRA C
14 8 (0.25%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.22%) JSP 440
15 7 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 141 (4.35%) Docker
2 96 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 49 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (0.83%) vSphere
6 19 (0.59%) Firmware
6 19 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 12 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.28%) vCloud
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.062%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.031%) iptables
11 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.031%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 189 (5.83%) Kubernetes
2 160 (4.94%) Terraform
3 35 (1.08%) Ansible
4 34 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (1.02%) Grafana
6 21 (0.65%) FortiGate
7 19 (0.59%) Argo
8 16 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.43%) SCCM
10 9 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.25%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.22%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.19%) Avamar
13 6 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
13 6 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.19%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.19%) VxRail
14 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.15%) Istio
14 5 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 354 (10.93%) Microsoft
2 137 (4.23%) Oracle
3 116 (3.58%) Adobe
4 68 (2.10%) VMware
5 64 (1.98%) SAP
6 62 (1.91%) Salesforce
6 62 (1.91%) ServiceNow
7 61 (1.88%) Palo Alto
8 57 (1.76%) Databricks
8 57 (1.76%) Google
9 56 (1.73%) Cisco
10 41 (1.27%) Apple
11 32 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (0.86%) Dell
13 26 (0.80%) Tenable
14 19 (0.59%) Computacenter
15 17 (0.52%) Fortinet
16 16 (0.49%) OpenAI
17 15 (0.46%) NetApp
17 15 (0.46%) Veeam