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 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,956 2,283 5,654
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.30% 16.97% 17.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.40% 18.50% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,102 1,649 4,364
10th Percentile £46,784 £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 £110,250 £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 16,991 12,339 31,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 91.71% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,312 9,004 24,959
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,250 £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 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,800 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.03% +12.83% -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 1 May 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 1 May 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.

1 606 (20.50%) Mentoring
2 581 (19.65%) Azure
3 561 (18.98%) Agile
4 479 (16.20%) AWS
5 429 (14.51%) Software Engineering
6 396 (13.40%) SQL
7 377 (12.75%) CI/CD
8 375 (12.69%) AI
9 366 (12.38%) Coaching
10 357 (12.08%) DevOps
11 354 (11.98%) Microsoft
12 352 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
13 335 (11.33%) Python
14 291 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 271 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
16 270 (9.13%) Roadmaps
17 258 (8.73%) Security Cleared
18 244 (8.25%) Degree
19 236 (7.98%) Analytics
20 235 (7.95%) Java
21 206 (6.97%) GCP
22 201 (6.80%) SC Cleared
23 200 (6.77%) Test Automation
24 198 (6.70%) .NET
25 186 (6.29%) Kubernetes
26 179 (6.06%) SaaS
27 177 (5.99%) Decision-Making
27 177 (5.99%) Stakeholder Management
28 176 (5.95%) Terraform
29 173 (5.85%) User Experience

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 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (0.81%) CMS
5 23 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.74%) Confluence
7 9 (0.30%) Apache
8 8 (0.27%) JBoss
8 8 (0.27%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.20%) SAS
9 6 (0.20%) WordPress
10 5 (0.17%) IIS
11 4 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.14%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.068%) nginx
13 2 (0.068%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.034%) Appian
14 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
14 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 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.20%) Sketch
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 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (0.74%) 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%) Cloudability
4 16 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.37%) Visualfiles
7 9 (0.30%) Shopify
8 8 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
9 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.17%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 581 (19.65%) Azure
2 479 (16.20%) AWS
3 206 (6.97%) GCP
4 179 (6.06%) SaaS
5 118 (3.99%) Power Platform
6 111 (3.76%) GitHub
7 105 (3.55%) Serverless
8 104 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
9 98 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
10 97 (3.28%) Entra ID
11 49 (1.66%) Snowflake
12 48 (1.62%) PowerApps
13 44 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
14 43 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
15 39 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
16 38 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
16 38 (1.29%) Power Automate
17 37 (1.25%) dbt
17 37 (1.25%) Figma
18 36 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 125 (4.23%) Broadband
2 78 (2.64%) Firewall
3 55 (1.86%) DNS
3 55 (1.86%) VPN
4 51 (1.73%) WAN
5 46 (1.56%) DHCP
6 38 (1.29%) TCP/IP
7 32 (1.08%) LAN
7 32 (1.08%) SD-WAN
8 28 (0.95%) Network Security
9 22 (0.74%) Wireless
10 20 (0.68%) BGP
10 20 (0.68%) HTTP
10 20 (0.68%) RS-232
11 19 (0.64%) Ethernet
12 17 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.34%) OSPF
14 9 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
14 9 (0.30%) MPLS
15 8 (0.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 89 (3.01%) Power BI
3 75 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (1.73%) MongoDB
6 48 (1.62%) Metadata
7 41 (1.39%) NoSQL
8 34 (1.15%) BigQuery
9 30 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
10 27 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
10 27 (0.91%) OLTP
10 27 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 25 (0.85%) Tableau
12 24 (0.81%) Data Lake
12 24 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (0.74%) DynamoDB
14 20 (0.68%) MySQL
14 20 (0.68%) Relational Database
15 19 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 17 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 78 (2.64%) Git
2 68 (2.30%) JIRA
3 55 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.49%) GitLab
5 33 (1.12%) TeamCity
6 28 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
7 20 (0.68%) Selenium
8 17 (0.58%) Claude Code
8 17 (0.58%) Snyk
9 11 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.34%) MLflow
11 9 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.30%) Postman
12 8 (0.27%) JUnit
13 7 (0.24%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.24%) JMeter
13 7 (0.24%) Subversion
13 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.24%) webpack
13 7 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 583 (19.72%) Finance
2 550 (18.61%) Social Skills
3 358 (12.11%) Public Sector
4 199 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 177 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (4.40%) Marketing
7 124 (4.19%) Law
8 122 (4.13%) Banking
9 102 (3.45%) Legal
10 94 (3.18%) Retail
11 87 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
12 75 (2.54%) Games
13 64 (2.17%) Telecoms
14 53 (1.79%) Manufacturing
15 45 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (0.88%) Financial Institution
18 25 (0.85%) Back Office
19 23 (0.78%) Publishing
20 22 (0.74%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (6.70%) .NET
2 132 (4.47%) React
3 119 (4.03%) REST
4 94 (3.18%) Node.js
5 85 (2.88%) SOAP
6 76 (2.57%) HTML
7 72 (2.44%) RESTful
8 56 (1.89%) GraphQL
9 55 (1.86%) OAuth
10 52 (1.76%) CSS
11 50 (1.69%) Spring
12 44 (1.49%) Kafka
13 41 (1.39%) OpenID
13 41 (1.39%) Spring Boot
14 40 (1.35%) .NET Core
15 37 (1.25%) SAML
16 35 (1.18%) JSON
17 32 (1.08%) React Native
18 30 (1.01%) LDAP
18 30 (1.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (5.99%) Cloud Native
2 107 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 64 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 61 (2.06%) Onboarding
4 61 (2.06%) Social Media
5 56 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 55 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
7 48 (1.62%) Public Cloud
8 45 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 44 (1.49%) Cyberattack
9 44 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 37 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
11 34 (1.15%) Driving Licence
12 33 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
13 32 (1.08%) Low-Code
13 32 (1.08%) Over-the-Top Content
14 31 (1.05%) Data Structures
14 31 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
14 31 (1.05%) Management Information System
15 29 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 141 (4.77%) Linux
2 117 (3.96%) Windows
3 66 (2.23%) Android
4 58 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 48 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.22%) 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
1 606 (20.50%) Mentoring
2 561 (18.98%) Agile
3 429 (14.51%) Software Engineering
4 377 (12.75%) CI/CD
5 375 (12.69%) AI
6 366 (12.38%) Coaching
7 357 (12.08%) DevOps
8 352 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
9 291 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 271 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
11 270 (9.13%) Roadmaps
12 236 (7.98%) Analytics
13 200 (6.77%) Test Automation
14 177 (5.99%) Decision-Making
14 177 (5.99%) Stakeholder Management
15 173 (5.85%) User Experience
16 169 (5.72%) Microservices
17 155 (5.24%) Full-Stack Development
18 147 (4.97%) Infrastructure as Code
19 139 (4.70%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 396 (13.40%) SQL
2 335 (11.33%) Python
3 235 (7.95%) Java
4 163 (5.51%) C#
5 146 (4.94%) JavaScript
6 139 (4.70%) TypeScript
7 99 (3.35%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.44%) Go
9 71 (2.40%) C++
10 67 (2.27%) Bash
11 52 (1.76%) PHP
11 52 (1.76%) PL/SQL
12 46 (1.56%) Scala
13 39 (1.32%) C
13 39 (1.32%) T-SQL
14 33 (1.12%) Kotlin
15 23 (0.78%) VBA
16 22 (0.74%) Bicep
17 17 (0.58%) Rust
18 16 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 258 (8.73%) Security Cleared
2 244 (8.25%) Degree
3 201 (6.80%) SC Cleared
4 71 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.35%) Azure Certification
6 40 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (1.05%) ACCA
9 27 (0.91%) CISSP
10 26 (0.88%) AWS Certification
10 26 (0.88%) PMI Certification
11 25 (0.85%) Master's Degree
12 24 (0.81%) CIMA
13 16 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 16 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.51%) CIPFA
14 15 (0.51%) DBS Check
14 15 (0.51%) PhD
15 14 (0.47%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (3.38%) QA
2 74 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 62 (2.10%) Data Quality
4 53 (1.79%) NIST
5 44 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (1.32%) GDPR
7 30 (1.01%) NCSC
8 28 (0.95%) GRC
9 21 (0.71%) PMO
10 20 (0.68%) SLA
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 8 (0.27%) IFRS
14 8 (0.27%) WCAG
15 7 (0.24%) JSP 440
15 7 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 154 (5.21%) Docker
2 112 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.61%) VMware NSX
5 18 (0.61%) vSphere
6 16 (0.54%) Firmware
7 10 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.27%) vCloud
9 7 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
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
1 186 (6.29%) Kubernetes
2 176 (5.95%) Terraform
3 45 (1.52%) Grafana
4 39 (1.32%) Ansible
5 33 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 22 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.64%) Argo
9 14 (0.47%) 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%) Dell DRAC
15 3 (0.10%) Plesk
15 3 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 354 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 145 (4.91%) Oracle
3 101 (3.42%) Adobe
4 71 (2.40%) VMware
5 65 (2.20%) Databricks
6 62 (2.10%) SAP
7 60 (2.03%) Google
8 45 (1.52%) Cisco
8 45 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 45 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 34 (1.15%) Palo Alto
10 33 (1.12%) Apple
11 24 (0.81%) Dell
11 24 (0.81%) Okta
12 21 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
13 17 (0.58%) Tenable
14 14 (0.47%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.44%) Citrix
15 13 (0.44%) SolarWinds
16 11 (0.37%) NetApp