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 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 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 3,065 2,422 5,665
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.56% 16.66% 17.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.67% 18.06% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,149 1,547 4,336
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,150 £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 £112,500 £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 17,349 13,411 31,118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 92.27% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,737 8,791 24,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,070
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,359
Median % change year-on-year - +6.46% -9.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%

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 14 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 14 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.

1 620 (20.23%) Mentoring
2 591 (19.28%) Agile
3 589 (19.22%) Azure
4 508 (16.57%) AWS
5 450 (14.68%) Software Engineering
6 408 (13.31%) AI
7 399 (13.02%) Coaching
8 397 (12.95%) SQL
9 394 (12.85%) CI/CD
10 360 (11.75%) DevOps
11 354 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
12 352 (11.48%) Microsoft
13 350 (11.42%) Python
14 298 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
15 282 (9.20%) Degree
16 272 (8.87%) Roadmaps
17 270 (8.81%) Security Cleared
18 266 (8.68%) Analytics
19 264 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
20 239 (7.80%) Java
21 211 (6.88%) SC Cleared
22 205 (6.69%) Test Automation
23 203 (6.62%) GCP
24 198 (6.46%) .NET
25 190 (6.20%) Decision-Making
26 182 (5.94%) Kubernetes
27 176 (5.74%) Terraform
28 175 (5.71%) SaaS
29 173 (5.64%) Stakeholder Management
30 171 (5.58%) Full-Stack Development

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 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.78%) CMS
4 23 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 22 (0.72%) Confluence
6 8 (0.26%) Apache
7 7 (0.23%) SAS
7 7 (0.23%) WordPress
8 6 (0.20%) JBoss
8 6 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.20%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.16%) IIS
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.098%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.065%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.065%) Artix
12 2 (0.065%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.033%) Appian
13 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 66 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.20%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.13%) InVision
10 3 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.098%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.098%) Trello
11 2 (0.065%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.065%) Civil 3D
11 2 (0.065%) Revit
11 2 (0.065%) Weka
12 1 (0.033%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 25 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
2 24 (0.78%) Cloudability
3 23 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 14 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
7 12 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
7 12 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.36%) Visualfiles
9 9 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
9 9 (0.29%) Shopify
10 7 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
11 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
11 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 5 (0.16%) Magento
12 5 (0.16%) SAP CO
12 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 589 (19.22%) Azure
2 508 (16.57%) AWS
3 203 (6.62%) GCP
4 175 (5.71%) SaaS
5 122 (3.98%) Power Platform
6 118 (3.85%) Serverless
7 104 (3.39%) GitHub
8 102 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
9 98 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
10 92 (3.00%) Entra ID
11 48 (1.57%) PowerApps
12 44 (1.44%) Snowflake
13 42 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
14 41 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
15 40 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
16 37 (1.21%) Power Automate
17 36 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
17 36 (1.17%) Figma
18 35 (1.14%) OneDrive
19 34 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 129 (4.21%) Broadband
2 80 (2.61%) Firewall
3 57 (1.86%) DNS
4 55 (1.79%) VPN
5 46 (1.50%) WAN
6 41 (1.34%) DHCP
7 36 (1.17%) TCP/IP
8 33 (1.08%) SD-WAN
9 30 (0.98%) LAN
9 30 (0.98%) Network Security
10 27 (0.88%) BGP
10 27 (0.88%) Wireless
11 20 (0.65%) HTTP
11 20 (0.65%) RS-232
12 19 (0.62%) Ethernet
13 18 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (0.55%) OSPF
15 12 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
16 10 (0.33%) VSAN
17 9 (0.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (3.52%) SQL Server
2 93 (3.03%) Power BI
3 83 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
4 60 (1.96%) MongoDB
5 52 (1.70%) Metadata
6 49 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (1.14%) NoSQL
8 32 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 32 (1.04%) BigQuery
9 30 (0.98%) OLTP
10 27 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.88%) Tableau
11 25 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 25 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
11 25 (0.82%) MySQL
12 24 (0.78%) Relational Database
13 22 (0.72%) Data Lake
14 19 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.55%) Looker
Development Applications
1 82 (2.68%) Git
2 68 (2.22%) JIRA
3 48 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.24%) GitLab
5 34 (1.11%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
7 24 (0.78%) Snyk
8 20 (0.65%) Claude Code
9 14 (0.46%) Selenium
10 10 (0.33%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.33%) MLflow
11 9 (0.29%) Postman
12 7 (0.23%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.23%) JMeter
12 7 (0.23%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.23%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.20%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.20%) Subversion
13 6 (0.20%) webpack
14 5 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 583 (19.02%) Finance
2 576 (18.79%) Social Skills
3 380 (12.40%) Public Sector
4 207 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 185 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (4.31%) Law
7 128 (4.18%) Marketing
8 125 (4.08%) Banking
9 100 (3.26%) Legal
10 88 (2.87%) Retail
11 85 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.41%) Games
13 53 (1.73%) Manufacturing
13 53 (1.73%) Telecoms
14 44 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (0.78%) Back Office
16 24 (0.78%) Financial Institution
16 24 (0.78%) Publishing
17 20 (0.65%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (6.46%) .NET
2 142 (4.63%) React
3 118 (3.85%) REST
4 95 (3.10%) Node.js
5 82 (2.68%) SOAP
6 78 (2.54%) HTML
7 76 (2.48%) RESTful
8 55 (1.79%) GraphQL
9 52 (1.70%) CSS
10 49 (1.60%) OAuth
11 43 (1.40%) Spring
12 39 (1.27%) OpenID
13 38 (1.24%) .NET Core
14 35 (1.14%) JSON
14 35 (1.14%) SAML
14 35 (1.14%) Spring Boot
15 33 (1.08%) Kafka
16 32 (1.04%) React Native
17 31 (1.01%) XML
18 29 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 185 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 111 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 75 (2.45%) Data Centre
4 58 (1.89%) Social Media
5 55 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 54 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
7 47 (1.53%) Onboarding
8 46 (1.50%) Public Cloud
9 45 (1.47%) Mobile App
10 44 (1.44%) Cyberattack
11 41 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (1.27%) Driving Licence
12 39 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
13 38 (1.24%) Low-Code
14 35 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
15 34 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
16 33 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
17 32 (1.04%) Data Structures
17 32 (1.04%) Management Information System
17 32 (1.04%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 140 (4.57%) Linux
2 107 (3.49%) Windows
3 64 (2.09%) Android
4 59 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 40 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.17%) Unix
7 20 (0.65%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
9 7 (0.23%) VMS
10 4 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.098%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.065%) CentOS
13 1 (0.033%) AIX
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.033%) Solaris
13 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (20.23%) Mentoring
2 591 (19.28%) Agile
3 450 (14.68%) Software Engineering
4 408 (13.31%) AI
5 399 (13.02%) Coaching
6 394 (12.85%) CI/CD
7 360 (11.75%) DevOps
8 354 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
9 298 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 272 (8.87%) Roadmaps
11 266 (8.68%) Analytics
12 264 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
13 205 (6.69%) Test Automation
14 190 (6.20%) Decision-Making
15 173 (5.64%) Stakeholder Management
16 171 (5.58%) Full-Stack Development
17 168 (5.48%) Project Delivery
18 167 (5.45%) User Experience
19 162 (5.29%) Infrastructure as Code
20 154 (5.02%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 397 (12.95%) SQL
2 350 (11.42%) Python
3 239 (7.80%) Java
4 165 (5.38%) C#
4 165 (5.38%) JavaScript
5 144 (4.70%) TypeScript
6 98 (3.20%) PowerShell
7 79 (2.58%) C++
8 72 (2.35%) Go
9 65 (2.12%) Bash
10 57 (1.86%) PHP
11 55 (1.79%) PL/SQL
12 46 (1.50%) Scala
13 39 (1.27%) T-SQL
14 38 (1.24%) C
15 33 (1.08%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.75%) VBA
17 21 (0.69%) Bicep
18 18 (0.59%) R
18 18 (0.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 282 (9.20%) Degree
2 270 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 211 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 68 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (1.57%) DV Cleared
6 42 (1.37%) Azure Certification
6 42 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 41 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 36 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 30 (0.98%) ACCA
11 27 (0.88%) CISSP
12 26 (0.85%) Master's Degree
13 24 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 24 (0.78%) CIMA
13 24 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 18 (0.59%) DBS Check
15 16 (0.52%) CIPFA
15 16 (0.52%) PhD
16 15 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (3.62%) QA
2 81 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 66 (2.15%) Data Quality
4 50 (1.63%) NIST
5 42 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.17%) GDPR
7 33 (1.08%) GRC
8 26 (0.85%) NCSC
9 24 (0.78%) PMO
10 19 (0.62%) SLA
11 12 (0.39%) P3O
12 11 (0.36%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.23%) IFRS
14 7 (0.23%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.23%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 147 (4.80%) Docker
2 102 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 20 (0.65%) vSphere
6 17 (0.55%) Firmware
7 10 (0.33%) vCloud
8 9 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 8 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.033%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 182 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 176 (5.74%) Terraform
3 39 (1.27%) Ansible
4 38 (1.24%) Grafana
5 31 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (0.72%) Prometheus
7 20 (0.65%) Argo
8 19 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (0.59%) FortiGate
10 14 (0.46%) SCCM
11 11 (0.36%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.23%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.16%) Istio
13 5 (0.16%) Plesk
13 5 (0.16%) Puppet
13 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.098%) Dell DRAC
15 3 (0.098%) VxRail
Vendors
1 352 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 150 (4.89%) Oracle
3 110 (3.59%) Adobe
4 67 (2.19%) VMware
5 63 (2.06%) SAP
6 60 (1.96%) Databricks
7 59 (1.92%) Google
8 55 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.60%) Palo Alto
10 48 (1.57%) Salesforce
11 45 (1.47%) Cisco
12 41 (1.34%) Apple
13 29 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
14 25 (0.82%) Dell
15 24 (0.78%) Tenable
16 21 (0.69%) Okta
17 14 (0.46%) Citrix
18 13 (0.42%) Fortinet
18 13 (0.42%) NetApp
18 13 (0.42%) SolarWinds