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 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,947 2,300 5,632
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.26% 17.08% 17.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.34% 18.62% 18.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,097 1,657 4,335
10th Percentile £46,750 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.34% -8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
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 16,992 12,354 31,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 91.72% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,299 9,012 24,877
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,199 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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.

1 604 (20.50%) Mentoring
2 583 (19.78%) Azure
3 563 (19.10%) Agile
4 484 (16.42%) AWS
5 429 (14.56%) Software Engineering
6 393 (13.34%) SQL
7 375 (12.72%) CI/CD
8 372 (12.62%) AI
9 368 (12.49%) Coaching
10 360 (12.22%) DevOps
11 355 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
12 351 (11.91%) Microsoft
13 332 (11.27%) Python
14 289 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 271 (9.20%) Roadmaps
16 267 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
17 259 (8.79%) Security Cleared
18 252 (8.55%) Degree
19 236 (8.01%) Java
20 234 (7.94%) Analytics
21 208 (7.06%) GCP
22 200 (6.79%) SC Cleared
23 199 (6.75%) .NET
24 194 (6.58%) Test Automation
25 191 (6.48%) Kubernetes
26 182 (6.18%) User Experience
27 177 (6.01%) Decision-Making
27 177 (6.01%) SaaS
28 176 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
28 176 (5.97%) Terraform

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 82 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.81%) Apache Spark
3 24 (0.81%) CMS
3 24 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.78%) Confluence
5 9 (0.31%) Apache
6 8 (0.27%) JBoss
6 8 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.20%) SAS
7 6 (0.20%) WordPress
8 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.17%) IIS
9 4 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.068%) nginx
11 2 (0.068%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.034%) Appian
12 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.034%) Artix
Applications
1 33 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.24%) Sketch
7 6 (0.20%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.14%) InVision
9 4 (0.14%) Trello
10 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.068%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.068%) Maya
11 2 (0.068%) MotionBuilder
11 2 (0.068%) Revit
11 2 (0.068%) Weka
Business Applications
1 27 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
2 21 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
3 17 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
3 17 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
4 16 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
4 16 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (0.51%) Cloudability
6 13 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
7 12 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
8 11 (0.37%) Visualfiles
9 9 (0.31%) Shopify
10 8 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
11 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
11 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 5 (0.17%) SAP CO
12 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
12 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 583 (19.78%) Azure
2 484 (16.42%) AWS
3 208 (7.06%) GCP
4 177 (6.01%) SaaS
5 116 (3.94%) Power Platform
6 111 (3.77%) GitHub
7 103 (3.50%) Serverless
8 101 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
9 98 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
10 97 (3.29%) Entra ID
11 48 (1.63%) Snowflake
12 47 (1.59%) PowerApps
13 44 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
14 42 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
15 40 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
16 39 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
17 38 (1.29%) Figma
18 37 (1.26%) dbt
18 37 (1.26%) Power Automate
19 36 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 121 (4.11%) Broadband
2 80 (2.71%) Firewall
3 55 (1.87%) DNS
3 55 (1.87%) VPN
4 51 (1.73%) WAN
5 46 (1.56%) DHCP
6 38 (1.29%) TCP/IP
7 32 (1.09%) LAN
7 32 (1.09%) SD-WAN
8 28 (0.95%) Network Security
9 22 (0.75%) Wireless
10 21 (0.71%) HTTP
10 21 (0.71%) RS-232
11 20 (0.68%) BGP
11 20 (0.68%) Ethernet
12 17 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.34%) OSPF
14 9 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
14 9 (0.31%) MPLS
15 8 (0.27%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (3.83%) SQL Server
2 87 (2.95%) Power BI
3 74 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (1.63%) Metadata
5 48 (1.63%) MongoDB
6 42 (1.43%) NoSQL
7 33 (1.12%) BigQuery
8 30 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 27 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
10 26 (0.88%) OLTP
10 26 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 25 (0.85%) Tableau
12 24 (0.81%) Data Lake
13 22 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
14 21 (0.71%) DynamoDB
15 18 (0.61%) Looker
15 18 (0.61%) MySQL
15 18 (0.61%) Redis
15 18 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 78 (2.65%) Git
2 69 (2.34%) JIRA
3 54 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.49%) GitLab
5 34 (1.15%) TeamCity
6 28 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
7 20 (0.68%) Selenium
8 16 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.54%) Snyk
9 12 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.34%) MLflow
11 9 (0.31%) Postman
12 8 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.27%) JUnit
12 8 (0.27%) Subversion
13 7 (0.24%) JMeter
13 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.24%) webpack
13 7 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 585 (19.85%) Finance
2 553 (18.76%) Social Skills
3 357 (12.11%) Public Sector
4 195 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 176 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
6 131 (4.45%) Marketing
7 124 (4.21%) Banking
8 123 (4.17%) Law
9 103 (3.50%) Legal
10 94 (3.19%) Retail
11 88 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (2.44%) Games
13 69 (2.34%) Telecoms
14 51 (1.73%) Manufacturing
15 46 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
16 40 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (0.88%) Financial Institution
18 24 (0.81%) Back Office
19 22 (0.75%) Electronics
20 21 (0.71%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (6.75%) .NET
2 134 (4.55%) React
3 122 (4.14%) REST
4 92 (3.12%) Node.js
5 86 (2.92%) SOAP
6 78 (2.65%) HTML
7 71 (2.41%) RESTful
8 59 (2.00%) OAuth
9 58 (1.97%) GraphQL
10 54 (1.83%) CSS
11 50 (1.70%) Spring
12 47 (1.59%) Kafka
13 42 (1.43%) OpenID
14 41 (1.39%) .NET Core
14 41 (1.39%) Spring Boot
15 38 (1.29%) SAML
16 35 (1.19%) JSON
17 32 (1.09%) LDAP
17 32 (1.09%) React Native
18 30 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 170 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 105 (3.56%) Product Ownership
3 62 (2.10%) Data Centre
4 61 (2.07%) Onboarding
4 61 (2.07%) Social Media
5 56 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
5 56 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
6 49 (1.66%) Public Cloud
7 47 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 43 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
9 42 (1.43%) Cyberattack
10 35 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
11 33 (1.12%) Driving Licence
11 33 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
11 33 (1.12%) Over-the-Top Content
11 33 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (1.05%) Data Structures
12 31 (1.05%) Management Information System
13 30 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
14 29 (0.98%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 143 (4.85%) Linux
2 116 (3.94%) Windows
3 70 (2.38%) Android
4 58 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 48 (1.63%) Windows Server
6 38 (1.29%) Unix
7 21 (0.71%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.27%) VMS
10 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.10%) CentOS
12 3 (0.10%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.068%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.034%) AIX
14 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (20.50%) Mentoring
2 563 (19.10%) Agile
3 429 (14.56%) Software Engineering
4 375 (12.72%) CI/CD
5 372 (12.62%) AI
6 368 (12.49%) Coaching
7 360 (12.22%) DevOps
8 355 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
9 289 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 271 (9.20%) Roadmaps
11 267 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
12 234 (7.94%) Analytics
13 194 (6.58%) Test Automation
14 182 (6.18%) User Experience
15 177 (6.01%) Decision-Making
16 176 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
17 171 (5.80%) Microservices
18 152 (5.16%) Full-Stack Development
19 142 (4.82%) Infrastructure as Code
20 136 (4.61%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 393 (13.34%) SQL
2 332 (11.27%) Python
3 236 (8.01%) Java
4 162 (5.50%) C#
5 151 (5.12%) JavaScript
6 140 (4.75%) TypeScript
7 100 (3.39%) PowerShell
8 74 (2.51%) Go
9 71 (2.41%) C++
10 69 (2.34%) Bash
11 53 (1.80%) PHP
12 52 (1.76%) PL/SQL
13 47 (1.59%) Scala
14 40 (1.36%) T-SQL
15 38 (1.29%) C
16 36 (1.22%) Kotlin
17 23 (0.78%) VBA
18 21 (0.71%) Bicep
19 17 (0.58%) Rust
20 16 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 259 (8.79%) Security Cleared
2 252 (8.55%) Degree
3 200 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 76 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 39 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.29%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (1.09%) ACCA
10 27 (0.92%) CISSP
11 26 (0.88%) AWS Certification
11 26 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 25 (0.85%) PMI Certification
13 24 (0.81%) CIMA
14 16 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.51%) CIPFA
15 15 (0.51%) CISM
15 15 (0.51%) DBS Check
15 15 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.33%) QA
2 74 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 60 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 55 (1.87%) NIST
5 45 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (1.29%) GDPR
7 31 (1.05%) NCSC
8 26 (0.88%) GRC
9 20 (0.68%) SLA
10 19 (0.64%) PMO
11 13 (0.44%) P3O
12 11 (0.37%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.37%) MISRA
12 11 (0.37%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.31%) IFRS
15 8 (0.27%) WCAG
16 7 (0.24%) JSP 440
16 7 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 159 (5.40%) Docker
2 115 (3.90%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.58%) VMware NSX
6 16 (0.54%) vSphere
7 15 (0.51%) Firmware
8 9 (0.31%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
9 7 (0.24%) vCloud
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.034%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 191 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 176 (5.97%) Terraform
3 47 (1.59%) Grafana
4 41 (1.39%) Ansible
5 32 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.64%) Argo
9 14 (0.48%) SCCM
10 13 (0.44%) FortiGate
11 11 (0.37%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.24%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.17%) Istio
13 5 (0.17%) Puppet
13 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.10%) Data Guard
15 3 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 3 (0.10%) Plesk
Vendors
1 351 (11.91%) Microsoft
2 144 (4.89%) Oracle
3 100 (3.39%) Adobe
4 70 (2.38%) VMware
5 65 (2.21%) Databricks
6 61 (2.07%) Google
6 61 (2.07%) SAP
7 46 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 45 (1.53%) Cisco
9 44 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 33 (1.12%) Palo Alto
11 32 (1.09%) Apple
12 24 (0.81%) Okta
13 23 (0.78%) Dell
14 19 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
15 16 (0.54%) Tenable
16 14 (0.48%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.44%) Citrix
17 13 (0.44%) SolarWinds
18 11 (0.37%) Instagram