Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 November 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,014 3,708 3,541
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.25% 18.31% 16.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.15% 18.97% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,459 2,440 2,956
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,636 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 14,237 19,551 20,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 96.53% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 9,095 12,349 16,750
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,888 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% -1.64% -2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -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 23 November 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 23 November 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.

1 515 (25.57%) Agile
2 481 (23.88%) Azure
3 408 (20.26%) AWS
4 347 (17.23%) Python
5 336 (16.68%) SQL
6 322 (15.99%) Mentoring
7 316 (15.69%) CI/CD
8 302 (15.00%) DevOps
9 286 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
10 269 (13.36%) Microsoft
11 266 (13.21%) Software Engineering
12 223 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 222 (11.02%) Degree
14 217 (10.77%) JavaScript
15 197 (9.78%) C#
15 197 (9.78%) TypeScript
16 187 (9.29%) Coaching
17 185 (9.19%) AI
18 183 (9.09%) .NET
19 179 (8.89%) Java
20 178 (8.84%) Analytics
21 164 (8.14%) Asset Management
22 158 (7.85%) React
22 158 (7.85%) Terraform
23 149 (7.40%) Security Cleared
24 147 (7.30%) SaaS
25 138 (6.85%) Kubernetes
26 134 (6.65%) Roadmaps
27 132 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
28 126 (6.26%) Microservices

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 65 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
2 64 (3.18%) Apache
3 42 (2.09%) SharePoint
4 26 (1.29%) IIS
5 24 (1.19%) Confluence
6 22 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
7 19 (0.94%) WordPress
8 13 (0.65%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.40%) Headless CMS
10 7 (0.35%) Appian
11 6 (0.30%) CMS
11 6 (0.30%) JBoss
11 6 (0.30%) WebSphere
12 4 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.15%) SAS
14 2 (0.099%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.099%) HCL Notes
14 2 (0.099%) nginx
14 2 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 56 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.50%) InDesign
5 9 (0.45%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.35%) Maya
6 7 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.30%) MotionBuilder
7 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.099%) OrCAD
8 2 (0.099%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.099%) Simulink
8 2 (0.099%) Sketch
8 2 (0.099%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.050%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.050%) Blender
9 1 (0.050%) Weka
Business Applications
1 30 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
2 23 (1.14%) Shopify
3 21 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
4 19 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
4 19 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 18 (0.89%) Oracle Financials
6 14 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
7 9 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
8 8 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
8 8 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 8 (0.40%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.40%) SAP FI
8 8 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
8 8 (0.40%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.30%) NEC Housing
10 5 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 481 (23.88%) Azure
2 408 (20.26%) AWS
3 147 (7.30%) SaaS
4 122 (6.06%) GitHub
5 121 (6.01%) GCP
6 115 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
7 114 (5.66%) Power Platform
8 98 (4.87%) Snowflake
9 94 (4.67%) dbt
10 91 (4.52%) Serverless
11 80 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
12 66 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
13 62 (3.08%) Entra ID
14 43 (2.14%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
15 37 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
16 35 (1.74%) PowerApps
17 33 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
17 33 (1.64%) Power Automate
18 31 (1.54%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.08%) Firewall
2 38 (1.89%) VPN
3 37 (1.84%) Network Security
4 31 (1.54%) TCP/IP
4 31 (1.54%) WAN
5 30 (1.49%) DNS
6 28 (1.39%) Broadband
7 27 (1.34%) LAN
8 22 (1.09%) Unified Communications
9 17 (0.84%) BGP
10 16 (0.79%) DHCP
11 14 (0.70%) Ethernet
12 12 (0.60%) SD-WAN
12 12 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (0.55%) RS-232
14 10 (0.50%) OSPF
14 10 (0.50%) Wireless
15 7 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (0.35%) MPLS
15 7 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (5.06%) Data Lake
2 93 (4.62%) SQL Server
3 84 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
4 82 (4.07%) Power BI
5 60 (2.98%) Amazon Athena
6 55 (2.73%) Apache Arrow
6 55 (2.73%) Apache Iceberg
6 55 (2.73%) Apache Ignite
6 55 (2.73%) Dremio
7 50 (2.48%) NoSQL
7 50 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.99%) DynamoDB
9 32 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 29 (1.44%) MongoDB
11 28 (1.39%) MySQL
12 23 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
13 20 (0.99%) Redis
14 19 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 18 (0.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 81 (4.02%) Git
2 70 (3.48%) JIRA
3 47 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 33 (1.64%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (1.29%) Selenium
6 19 (0.94%) GitLab
7 18 (0.89%) TeamCity
8 17 (0.84%) Cypress.io
9 16 (0.79%) Postman
10 11 (0.55%) WebDriver
11 9 (0.45%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.35%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.35%) git-flow
13 6 (0.30%) Babel
13 6 (0.30%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.30%) JUnit
13 6 (0.30%) webpack
14 5 (0.25%) NUnit
14 5 (0.25%) Subversion
General
1 523 (25.97%) Finance
2 473 (23.49%) Social Skills
3 156 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (7.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 137 (6.80%) Banking
6 109 (5.41%) Retail
7 85 (4.22%) Public Sector
8 84 (4.17%) Marketing
9 78 (3.87%) Front Office
10 74 (3.67%) Law
11 62 (3.08%) Telecoms
12 60 (2.98%) Legal
13 59 (2.93%) Investment Banking
14 47 (2.33%) Games
15 46 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
16 42 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
17 38 (1.89%) Financial Institution
18 27 (1.34%) Electronics
19 26 (1.29%) Advertising
20 24 (1.19%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (9.09%) .NET
2 158 (7.85%) React
3 90 (4.47%) HTML
4 89 (4.42%) RESTful
5 74 (3.67%) CSS
5 74 (3.67%) REST
6 71 (3.53%) gRPC
7 61 (3.03%) SOAP
8 60 (2.98%) Node.js
9 59 (2.93%) Pandas
10 56 (2.78%) NumPy
11 55 (2.73%) Protocol Buffers
11 55 (2.73%) SciPy
12 48 (2.38%) GraphQL
13 35 (1.74%) AngularJS
13 35 (1.74%) Spring
14 34 (1.69%) .NET Framework
15 33 (1.64%) .NET Core
15 33 (1.64%) Kafka
16 29 (1.44%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 120 (5.96%) Cloud Native
2 91 (4.52%) Onboarding
3 71 (3.53%) Product Ownership
4 67 (3.33%) Derivative
5 60 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 58 (2.88%) Hedge funds
7 57 (2.83%) Fixed Income
8 55 (2.73%) Equities
8 55 (2.73%) Pricing Data
9 47 (2.33%) Data Centre
9 47 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
10 41 (2.04%) Management Information System
11 31 (1.54%) Social Media
12 30 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
13 26 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.19%) Driving Licence
15 23 (1.14%) Security Posture
16 22 (1.09%) FPGA
17 19 (0.94%) Data Structures
17 19 (0.94%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 83 (4.12%) Linux
2 78 (3.87%) Windows
3 38 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 32 (1.59%) Android
5 31 (1.54%) Unix
6 30 (1.49%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.55%) VMS
8 7 (0.35%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.30%) CentOS
9 6 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.20%) HPUX
11 4 (0.20%) Solaris
12 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.050%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (25.57%) Agile
2 322 (15.99%) Mentoring
3 316 (15.69%) CI/CD
4 302 (15.00%) DevOps
5 286 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
6 266 (13.21%) Software Engineering
7 223 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 187 (9.29%) Coaching
9 185 (9.19%) AI
10 178 (8.84%) Analytics
11 164 (8.14%) Asset Management
12 134 (6.65%) Roadmaps
13 132 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
14 126 (6.26%) Microservices
15 125 (6.21%) Test Automation
16 120 (5.96%) Business Intelligence
16 120 (5.96%) Clean Code
16 120 (5.96%) Decision-Making
17 118 (5.86%) Infrastructure as Code
18 113 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 347 (17.23%) Python
2 336 (16.68%) SQL
3 217 (10.77%) JavaScript
4 197 (9.78%) C#
4 197 (9.78%) TypeScript
5 179 (8.89%) Java
6 67 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 39 (1.94%) Bash
8 36 (1.79%) Go
9 31 (1.54%) C++
10 27 (1.34%) PHP
11 26 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 24 (1.19%) Bicep
13 22 (1.09%) Kotlin
14 19 (0.94%) Shell Script
14 19 (0.94%) T-SQL
15 15 (0.74%) Ruby
16 14 (0.70%) Scala
17 13 (0.65%) C
17 13 (0.65%) Swift
Qualifications
1 222 (11.02%) Degree
2 149 (7.40%) Security Cleared
3 113 (5.61%) SC Cleared
4 63 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (2.58%) ACCA
6 42 (2.09%) CISSP
7 38 (1.89%) AWS Certification
7 38 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (1.79%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.59%) Azure Certification
10 30 (1.49%) CIMA
10 30 (1.49%) CISM
11 24 (1.19%) CCNP
12 22 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.99%) AAT
14 17 (0.84%) CESG Certified Professional
15 16 (0.79%) CCNA
15 16 (0.79%) CISMP
15 16 (0.79%) IISP
16 14 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (4.77%) QA
2 69 (3.43%) Accessibility
3 67 (3.33%) GDPR
4 50 (2.48%) NIST
5 43 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.34%) PMO
7 25 (1.24%) NCSC
8 20 (0.99%) Data Quality
9 18 (0.89%) IFRS
10 17 (0.84%) NIST 800
11 16 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.79%) JSP 440
11 16 (0.79%) RMADS
12 14 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.55%) GRC
14 9 (0.45%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.45%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.35%) WCAG
16 6 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 5 (0.25%) GAAP
System Software
1 117 (5.81%) Docker
2 62 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.50%) Firmware
6 8 (0.40%) vSphere
7 6 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.099%) pfSense
9 2 (0.099%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.099%) vCloud
10 1 (0.050%) Ceph
10 1 (0.050%) Lustre
10 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.050%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 158 (7.85%) Terraform
2 138 (6.85%) Kubernetes
3 49 (2.43%) Ansible
4 45 (2.23%) Grafana
5 33 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.25%) Argo
8 4 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.20%) Nessus
9 3 (0.15%) cPanel
9 3 (0.15%) FlexNet
9 3 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.15%) Plesk
9 3 (0.15%) SCOM
10 2 (0.099%) SCCM
11 1 (0.050%) Nmap
11 1 (0.050%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.050%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 1 (0.050%) WSUS
Vendors
1 269 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 92 (4.57%) Oracle
3 62 (3.08%) Databricks
4 54 (2.68%) ServiceNow
5 53 (2.63%) Cisco
6 48 (2.38%) SAP
7 46 (2.28%) Google
8 39 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 39 (1.94%) VMware
9 25 (1.24%) Adobe
10 19 (0.94%) Okta
10 19 (0.94%) Workday
11 16 (0.79%) Apple
12 14 (0.70%) Xero
13 13 (0.65%) Meraki
13 13 (0.65%) Screaming Frog
14 12 (0.60%) EMC
14 12 (0.60%) Palo Alto
14 12 (0.60%) Sage
15 10 (0.50%) Infor