Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £66,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,070 3,255 3,230
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.51% 18.75% 16.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.45% 19.49% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,476 2,130 2,671
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,958 £83,750
90th Percentile £104,375 £100,000 £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 14,325 16,704 18,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 96.23% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,291 10,369 15,399
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 20 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 20 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.

1 505 (24.40%) Azure
2 495 (23.91%) Agile
3 390 (18.84%) AWS
4 362 (17.49%) SQL
5 349 (16.86%) Mentoring
6 342 (16.52%) CI/CD
7 336 (16.23%) DevOps
8 323 (15.60%) Python
9 292 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
10 284 (13.72%) Software Engineering
11 249 (12.03%) Microsoft
12 234 (11.30%) Degree
13 232 (11.21%) Coaching
14 230 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 227 (10.97%) AI
16 190 (9.18%) .NET
17 189 (9.13%) C#
18 186 (8.99%) Java
19 185 (8.94%) Analytics
19 185 (8.94%) JavaScript
20 183 (8.84%) Asset Management
21 176 (8.50%) TypeScript
22 169 (8.16%) Terraform
23 167 (8.07%) Roadmaps
24 166 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
25 154 (7.44%) SaaS
26 152 (7.34%) Test Automation
27 148 (7.15%) Kubernetes
28 142 (6.86%) GitHub
28 142 (6.86%) React

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 51 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (2.27%) Apache
3 42 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 28 (1.35%) Confluence
5 21 (1.01%) IIS
6 20 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 20 (0.97%) WordPress
7 15 (0.72%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.43%) CMS
9 8 (0.39%) Headless CMS
9 8 (0.39%) JBoss
9 8 (0.39%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.14%) nginx
13 2 (0.097%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.097%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.097%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.048%) OpenStack
Applications
1 54 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.68%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (0.48%) InDesign
6 8 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.24%) Maya
8 5 (0.24%) MotionBuilder
9 4 (0.19%) Sketch
10 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.14%) Trello
11 2 (0.097%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.097%) Revit
11 2 (0.097%) Simulink
12 1 (0.048%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.048%) Blender
12 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (1.88%) Oracle ERP
2 30 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
2 30 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
2 30 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 29 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 28 (1.35%) Oracle Financials
5 27 (1.30%) Shopify
6 20 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
7 14 (0.68%) Hyperion Planning
8 10 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
9 9 (0.43%) NEC Housing
9 9 (0.43%) Workday HCM
10 7 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite
10 7 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
12 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 4 (0.19%) SAP CO
12 4 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
12 4 (0.19%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 505 (24.40%) Azure
2 390 (18.84%) AWS
3 154 (7.44%) SaaS
4 142 (6.86%) GitHub
5 135 (6.52%) GCP
6 130 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
7 94 (4.54%) Serverless
8 91 (4.40%) Power Platform
9 88 (4.25%) dbt
9 88 (4.25%) Snowflake
10 77 (3.72%) Entra ID
10 77 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
11 60 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
12 48 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
13 44 (2.13%) Amazon S3
14 37 (1.79%) GitHub Copilot
15 36 (1.74%) OCI
16 35 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
17 31 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.71%) Firewall
2 40 (1.93%) VPN
3 36 (1.74%) WAN
4 35 (1.69%) Network Security
5 34 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 33 (1.59%) Broadband
7 31 (1.50%) DNS
8 27 (1.30%) LAN
9 22 (1.06%) Unified Communications
10 20 (0.97%) SD-WAN
11 19 (0.92%) BGP
12 18 (0.87%) DHCP
13 14 (0.68%) Ethernet
14 13 (0.63%) Wireless
15 11 (0.53%) OSPF
15 11 (0.53%) RS-232
15 11 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (0.43%) HTTP
17 7 (0.34%) IPsec
17 7 (0.34%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.59%) SQL Server
2 86 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
3 85 (4.11%) Data Lake
4 71 (3.43%) Power BI
5 57 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (2.51%) NoSQL
7 44 (2.13%) Amazon Athena
8 41 (1.98%) Apache Iceberg
9 39 (1.88%) Apache Arrow
9 39 (1.88%) Apache Ignite
9 39 (1.88%) Dremio
10 34 (1.64%) DynamoDB
11 31 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
12 28 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (1.26%) MongoDB
14 24 (1.16%) MySQL
15 20 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
16 19 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (0.92%) Redis
17 18 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 78 (3.77%) JIRA
2 74 (3.57%) Git
3 51 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 49 (2.37%) Oracle Forms
5 27 (1.30%) Selenium
6 21 (1.01%) GitLab
7 18 (0.87%) Postman
8 16 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.58%) TeamCity
9 12 (0.58%) WebDriver
10 11 (0.53%) SoapUI
10 11 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.43%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.39%) Subversion
13 7 (0.34%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.34%) git-flow
14 6 (0.29%) Babel
14 6 (0.29%) JUnit
14 6 (0.29%) webpack
15 5 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 548 (26.47%) Finance
2 468 (22.61%) Social Skills
3 157 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 119 (5.75%) Banking
6 114 (5.51%) Retail
7 100 (4.83%) Public Sector
8 85 (4.11%) Marketing
9 79 (3.82%) Law
10 70 (3.38%) Telecoms
11 60 (2.90%) Legal
12 58 (2.80%) Front Office
13 49 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
14 42 (2.03%) Games
14 42 (2.03%) Investment Banking
15 39 (1.88%) Financial Institution
16 37 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.35%) Manufacturing
18 24 (1.16%) Electronics
19 22 (1.06%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (9.18%) .NET
2 142 (6.86%) React
3 103 (4.98%) RESTful
4 93 (4.49%) REST
5 86 (4.15%) HTML
6 85 (4.11%) SOAP
7 67 (3.24%) Node.js
8 64 (3.09%) CSS
9 62 (3.00%) gRPC
10 60 (2.90%) GraphQL
11 43 (2.08%) Pandas
12 40 (1.93%) NumPy
12 40 (1.93%) Spring
13 39 (1.88%) Protocol Buffers
13 39 (1.88%) SciPy
14 38 (1.84%) Kafka
14 38 (1.84%) OAuth
15 36 (1.74%) .NET Core
16 32 (1.55%) Spring Boot
16 32 (1.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 135 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 88 (4.25%) Onboarding
3 77 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 50 (2.42%) Derivative
5 49 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
6 42 (2.03%) Hedge funds
7 41 (1.98%) Fixed Income
8 40 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 39 (1.88%) Equities
9 39 (1.88%) Pricing Data
10 37 (1.79%) Data Centre
10 37 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.74%) Management Information System
12 29 (1.40%) Social Media
13 27 (1.30%) Driving Licence
14 24 (1.16%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.06%) Public Cloud
15 22 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 20 (0.97%) FPGA
16 20 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 80 (3.86%) Linux
2 72 (3.48%) Windows
3 44 (2.13%) Android
4 35 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 35 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 26 (1.26%) Unix
6 12 (0.58%) VMS
7 10 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.097%) CentOS
9 2 (0.097%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.097%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.048%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (23.91%) Agile
2 349 (16.86%) Mentoring
3 342 (16.52%) CI/CD
4 336 (16.23%) DevOps
5 292 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
6 284 (13.72%) Software Engineering
7 232 (11.21%) Coaching
8 230 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 227 (10.97%) AI
10 185 (8.94%) Analytics
11 183 (8.84%) Asset Management
12 167 (8.07%) Roadmaps
13 166 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
14 152 (7.34%) Test Automation
15 138 (6.67%) Microservices
16 130 (6.28%) User Experience
17 125 (6.04%) Clean Code
18 121 (5.85%) Infrastructure as Code
19 118 (5.70%) Decision-Making
20 115 (5.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 362 (17.49%) SQL
2 323 (15.60%) Python
3 189 (9.13%) C#
4 186 (8.99%) Java
5 185 (8.94%) JavaScript
6 176 (8.50%) TypeScript
7 74 (3.57%) PowerShell
8 47 (2.27%) Go
9 39 (1.88%) Bash
10 38 (1.84%) C++
11 36 (1.74%) PL/SQL
12 30 (1.45%) Kotlin
13 28 (1.35%) PHP
14 26 (1.26%) Bicep
15 24 (1.16%) Shell Script
16 20 (0.97%) Scala
17 18 (0.87%) T-SQL
18 17 (0.82%) Ruby
19 16 (0.77%) C
19 16 (0.77%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 234 (11.30%) Degree
2 140 (6.76%) Security Cleared
3 102 (4.93%) SC Cleared
4 78 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (2.61%) ACCA
6 41 (1.98%) CISSP
7 37 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 31 (1.50%) AWS Certification
9 31 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 30 (1.45%) CIMA
11 29 (1.40%) CISM
12 25 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (1.16%) CCNP
14 22 (1.06%) AAT
15 17 (0.82%) CESG Certified Professional
15 17 (0.82%) Master's Degree
16 16 (0.77%) CISMP
16 16 (0.77%) IISP
17 14 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (4.64%) QA
2 74 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 57 (2.75%) GDPR
4 48 (2.32%) NIST
5 42 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.30%) NCSC
7 25 (1.21%) Data Quality
8 20 (0.97%) IFRS
9 19 (0.92%) PMO
10 17 (0.82%) NIST 800
11 16 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.77%) JSP 440
11 16 (0.77%) RMADS
12 13 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.58%) GRC
14 9 (0.43%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.34%) SLA
16 7 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 125 (6.04%) Docker
2 73 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.39%) Firmware
6 8 (0.39%) vSphere
7 7 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.097%) pfSense
9 2 (0.097%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.097%) vCloud
9 2 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.048%) Ceph
10 1 (0.048%) Lustre
10 1 (0.048%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 169 (8.16%) Terraform
2 148 (7.15%) Kubernetes
3 48 (2.32%) Grafana
4 47 (2.27%) Ansible
5 43 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
6 33 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (0.97%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.34%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.29%) Argo
10 4 (0.19%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.14%) Control-M
11 3 (0.14%) cPanel
11 3 (0.14%) FlexNet
11 3 (0.14%) Nessus
11 3 (0.14%) Plesk
12 2 (0.097%) Nagios
12 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 2 (0.097%) SCOM
13 1 (0.048%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 249 (12.03%) Microsoft
2 110 (5.31%) Oracle
3 62 (3.00%) Databricks
4 55 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.51%) Cisco
6 46 (2.22%) SAP
7 41 (1.98%) Salesforce
8 40 (1.93%) Google
9 33 (1.59%) VMware
10 26 (1.26%) Okta
11 21 (1.01%) Adobe
11 21 (1.01%) Workday
12 14 (0.68%) Hyperion
12 14 (0.68%) Screaming Frog
13 13 (0.63%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.58%) Apple
14 12 (0.58%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.58%) Xero
15 11 (0.53%) EMC
15 11 (0.53%) Sage