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 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,404 2,292 5,605
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.89% 13.90% 18.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.91% 15.06% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,322 1,480 4,123
10th Percentile £47,768 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
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 20,130 15,217 29,587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.28% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,601 9,458 22,674
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year - +4.66% -12.42%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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.

1 682 (20.04%) Agile
2 678 (19.92%) Mentoring
3 631 (18.54%) Azure
4 599 (17.60%) AWS
5 573 (16.83%) Software Engineering
6 513 (15.07%) AI
7 494 (14.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 479 (14.07%) CI/CD
9 464 (13.63%) Python
10 457 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
11 421 (12.37%) Microsoft
12 419 (12.31%) DevOps
13 363 (10.66%) SQL
14 361 (10.61%) Coaching
15 324 (9.52%) Degree
16 304 (8.93%) Analytics
17 299 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
18 291 (8.55%) Roadmaps
19 287 (8.43%) Project Delivery
20 284 (8.34%) Security Cleared
21 271 (7.96%) Decision-Making
22 251 (7.37%) Test Automation
23 247 (7.26%) C#
24 244 (7.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 226 (6.64%) SC Cleared
26 223 (6.55%) JavaScript
27 221 (6.49%) Java
28 215 (6.32%) GCP
29 211 (6.20%) .NET
30 208 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management

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 91 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (0.65%) CMS
5 20 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.44%) Confluence
6 15 (0.44%) SAS
7 12 (0.35%) IIS
8 10 (0.29%) WordPress
9 9 (0.26%) Apache
10 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.088%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.088%) Artix
12 3 (0.088%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.059%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.059%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.059%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.029%) Appian
14 1 (0.029%) OpenStack
Applications
1 83 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 71 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.18%) Civil 3D
8 6 (0.18%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
9 5 (0.15%) InDesign
10 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.12%) Trello
11 3 (0.088%) Blender
11 3 (0.088%) Maya
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.059%) InVision
12 2 (0.059%) Sketch
12 2 (0.059%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (0.71%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
2 16 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 9 (0.26%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.18%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.15%) Shopify
9 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
10 3 (0.088%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 3 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.088%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 631 (18.54%) Azure
2 599 (17.60%) AWS
3 215 (6.32%) GCP
4 207 (6.08%) SaaS
5 149 (4.38%) Power Platform
6 138 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
7 131 (3.85%) Entra ID
8 125 (3.67%) Serverless
9 88 (2.59%) GitHub
10 85 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 51 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
11 51 (1.50%) PowerApps
12 45 (1.32%) Power Automate
13 43 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
14 42 (1.23%) Amazon S3
14 42 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
15 38 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
16 35 (1.03%) Figma
17 34 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
18 33 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 125 (3.67%) Firewall
2 119 (3.50%) Broadband
3 69 (2.03%) DNS
4 61 (1.79%) VPN
5 57 (1.67%) Network Security
6 55 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
7 53 (1.56%) WAN
8 49 (1.44%) Wireless
9 46 (1.35%) LAN
10 44 (1.29%) DHCP
10 44 (1.29%) VLAN
11 33 (0.97%) TCP/IP
12 26 (0.76%) BGP
13 23 (0.68%) RS-232
13 23 (0.68%) SD-WAN
14 19 (0.56%) OSPF
15 16 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
15 16 (0.47%) WLAN
16 15 (0.44%) Bluetooth
16 15 (0.44%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (3.14%) Power BI
2 102 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
3 81 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 66 (1.94%) MongoDB
5 45 (1.32%) Metadata
6 39 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 37 (1.09%) MySQL
8 33 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
9 31 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
9 31 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 30 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 29 (0.85%) Tableau
12 28 (0.82%) DynamoDB
13 27 (0.79%) OLTP
14 26 (0.76%) BigQuery
15 18 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
16 16 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (0.47%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (0.44%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 98 (2.88%) Git
2 51 (1.50%) JIRA
3 39 (1.15%) GitLab
4 35 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.73%) Snyk
6 24 (0.71%) Claude Code
6 24 (0.71%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.38%) Selenium
8 9 (0.26%) LabVIEW
9 8 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.24%) JUnit
9 8 (0.24%) Postman
9 8 (0.24%) XCUITest
10 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.15%) Gatling
11 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.12%) MLflow
12 4 (0.12%) NUnit
General
1 790 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 555 (16.30%) Finance
3 388 (11.40%) Public Sector
4 260 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 230 (6.76%) Legal
6 222 (6.52%) Law
7 216 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
8 125 (3.67%) Banking
9 115 (3.38%) Marketing
10 81 (2.38%) Retail
11 75 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 67 (1.97%) Games
13 61 (1.79%) Manufacturing
14 58 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
15 50 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 40 (1.18%) Legal Technology
17 38 (1.12%) Local Government
18 36 (1.06%) Electronics
19 28 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
20 27 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (6.20%) .NET
2 145 (4.26%) React
3 110 (3.23%) Node.js
4 82 (2.41%) REST
5 78 (2.29%) HTML
6 76 (2.23%) RESTful
7 62 (1.82%) CSS
8 48 (1.41%) Spring
9 41 (1.20%) Vue
10 37 (1.09%) SOAP
11 36 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
12 35 (1.03%) Kafka
12 35 (1.03%) Spring Boot
13 30 (0.88%) Laravel
14 28 (0.82%) AngularJS
14 28 (0.82%) OAuth
15 27 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
16 26 (0.76%) JSON
16 26 (0.76%) SPFx
17 24 (0.71%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 216 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 103 (3.03%) Product Ownership
3 78 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
4 67 (1.97%) Data Centre
5 62 (1.82%) Driving Licence
6 56 (1.65%) Social Media
7 53 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 52 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 48 (1.41%) AI Agents
10 46 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 42 (1.23%) Data Structures
11 42 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 39 (1.15%) Security Posture
13 38 (1.12%) Onboarding
13 38 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
14 37 (1.09%) Cyberattack
14 37 (1.09%) Mobile App
15 36 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
15 36 (1.06%) Low-Code
15 36 (1.06%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 167 (4.91%) Linux
2 127 (3.73%) Windows
3 45 (1.32%) Apple iOS
3 45 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 44 (1.29%) Unix
5 41 (1.20%) Android
6 25 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
7 10 (0.29%) VMS
8 9 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
9 8 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.088%) Debian
10 3 (0.088%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) CentOS
11 1 (0.029%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 682 (20.04%) Agile
2 678 (19.92%) Mentoring
3 573 (16.83%) Software Engineering
4 513 (15.07%) AI
5 494 (14.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 479 (14.07%) CI/CD
7 457 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
8 419 (12.31%) DevOps
9 361 (10.61%) Coaching
10 304 (8.93%) Analytics
11 299 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
12 291 (8.55%) Roadmaps
13 287 (8.43%) Project Delivery
14 271 (7.96%) Decision-Making
15 251 (7.37%) Test Automation
16 244 (7.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 208 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
18 190 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
19 181 (5.32%) Microservices
20 178 (5.23%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 464 (13.63%) Python
2 363 (10.66%) SQL
3 247 (7.26%) C#
4 223 (6.55%) JavaScript
5 221 (6.49%) Java
6 191 (5.61%) TypeScript
7 129 (3.79%) PowerShell
8 91 (2.67%) C++
9 64 (1.88%) Go
10 60 (1.76%) PHP
11 53 (1.56%) Bash
12 47 (1.38%) C
12 47 (1.38%) PL/SQL
13 25 (0.73%) Scala
14 24 (0.71%) Bicep
14 24 (0.71%) T-SQL
15 22 (0.65%) Rust
16 21 (0.62%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.59%) Embedded C
17 20 (0.59%) R
Qualifications
1 324 (9.52%) Degree
2 284 (8.34%) Security Cleared
3 226 (6.64%) SC Cleared
4 91 (2.67%) CISSP
5 81 (2.38%) CISM
6 66 (1.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 54 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 47 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
10 46 (1.35%) A+ Certification
11 41 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 40 (1.18%) DV Cleared
13 39 (1.15%) Master's Degree
14 38 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
15 37 (1.09%) AWS Certification
16 30 (0.88%) PhD
17 27 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (0.73%) ACCA
19 24 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 24 (0.71%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (5.96%) QA
2 79 (2.32%) Accessibility
2 79 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (2.20%) Data Quality
4 71 (2.09%) NIST
5 53 (1.56%) GDPR
6 48 (1.41%) GRC
7 31 (0.91%) PMO
8 21 (0.62%) NCSC
8 21 (0.62%) SLA
9 16 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.29%) P3O
11 10 (0.29%) WCAG
12 9 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.21%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.21%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.18%) COBIT
15 5 (0.15%) GAAP
System Software
1 147 (4.32%) Docker
2 135 (3.97%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 31 (0.91%) vSphere
6 22 (0.65%) Firmware
7 15 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.32%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.26%) vCloud
11 6 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.088%) iptables
13 2 (0.059%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.029%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.029%) GPFS
14 1 (0.029%) Lustre
14 1 (0.029%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.029%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.029%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 192 (5.64%) Kubernetes
2 174 (5.11%) Terraform
3 82 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (1.09%) Ansible
5 30 (0.88%) Grafana
6 21 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 18 (0.53%) Argo
8 12 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.32%) SCCM
10 8 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (0.21%) Puppet
12 6 (0.18%) Avamar
12 6 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
12 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.18%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.18%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.18%) VxRail
13 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.15%) Istio
Vendors
1 421 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 131 (3.85%) Oracle
3 112 (3.29%) Adobe
4 68 (2.00%) Palo Alto
5 65 (1.91%) Cisco
5 65 (1.91%) SAP
5 65 (1.91%) VMware
6 63 (1.85%) Google
6 63 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 61 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 46 (1.35%) Databricks
9 45 (1.32%) CyberArk
10 40 (1.18%) Apple
11 32 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (0.82%) Dell
12 28 (0.82%) Pega
13 27 (0.79%) Tenable
14 20 (0.59%) Aruba
14 20 (0.59%) Computacenter
14 20 (0.59%) Informatica