Senior Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote or hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,337 6,066 7,156
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.63% 17.93% 16.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.24% 18.67% 17.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,698 4,364 5,123
10th Percentile £48,869 £45,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,080 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.34% -8.46% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,875 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% -10.71% -

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 WFH or hybrid 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Senior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior.

Senior salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Senior salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior in the job title.

1 712 (30.47%) Agile
2 631 (27.00%) Finance
3 617 (26.40%) Social Skills
4 564 (24.13%) Software Engineering
5 549 (23.49%) Python
6 526 (22.51%) Azure
7 501 (21.44%) AWS
8 443 (18.96%) SQL
9 437 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
10 402 (17.20%) JavaScript
11 400 (17.12%) DevOps
12 397 (16.99%) Mentoring
13 387 (16.56%) Degree
14 329 (14.08%) CI/CD
15 322 (13.78%) Microsoft
16 311 (13.31%) C#
17 296 (12.67%) TypeScript
18 291 (12.45%) Java
19 285 (12.20%) React
20 281 (12.02%) .NET
21 257 (11.00%) Banking
22 244 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
23 240 (10.27%) Analytics
24 237 (10.14%) Kubernetes
24 237 (10.14%) Project Management
25 229 (9.80%) Git
25 229 (9.80%) Microservices
26 224 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
27 209 (8.94%) Docker
28 205 (8.77%) Artificial Intelligence

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 87 (3.72%) Apache
2 76 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
3 55 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 46 (1.97%) SharePoint
5 39 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 27 (1.16%) Confluence
7 24 (1.03%) Jupyter
8 17 (0.73%) CMS
9 13 (0.56%) nginx
10 8 (0.34%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.26%) IIS
12 5 (0.21%) SAS
12 5 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.21%) WordPress
13 3 (0.13%) CICS
13 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.13%) NetWeaver
14 2 (0.086%) OpenStack
15 1 (0.043%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.043%) Strapi
Applications
1 61 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (1.71%) Simulink
4 11 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.21%) Stata
7 4 (0.17%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.17%) Sketch
7 4 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.13%) Trello
9 2 (0.086%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.086%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.086%) Revit
10 1 (0.043%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.043%) Blender
10 1 (0.043%) Maya
10 1 (0.043%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.043%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 33 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.086%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.086%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.086%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.086%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.086%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.086%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.086%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.043%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.043%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.043%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.043%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.043%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.043%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.043%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 526 (22.51%) Azure
2 501 (21.44%) AWS
3 200 (8.56%) GCP
4 181 (7.74%) SaaS
5 143 (6.12%) Serverless
6 121 (5.18%) Power Platform
7 118 (5.05%) AWS Lambda
8 100 (4.28%) GitHub
9 93 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
10 84 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
11 82 (3.51%) dbt
12 78 (3.34%) Snowflake
13 59 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
14 57 (2.44%) Amazon S3
15 56 (2.40%) Amazon ECS
16 50 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
17 43 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
18 40 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
19 36 (1.54%) PowerApps
20 35 (1.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (2.78%) Firewall
2 56 (2.40%) TCP/IP
3 43 (1.84%) DNS
4 34 (1.45%) HTTP
5 33 (1.41%) VPN
6 32 (1.37%) WAN
6 32 (1.37%) Wireless
7 22 (0.94%) IPsec
8 20 (0.86%) Bluetooth
8 20 (0.86%) DHCP
9 17 (0.73%) OSPF
10 16 (0.68%) Modbus
11 14 (0.60%) BGP
11 14 (0.60%) Internet
12 13 (0.56%) 5G
13 12 (0.51%) Network Security
13 12 (0.51%) RS-485
14 11 (0.47%) RS-232
14 11 (0.47%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 95 (4.07%) Big Data
3 94 (4.02%) Data Lake
4 88 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
5 86 (3.68%) Power BI
6 81 (3.47%) NoSQL
7 72 (3.08%) Tableau
8 69 (2.95%) MySQL
9 64 (2.74%) Amazon Athena
10 60 (2.57%) Apache Iceberg
11 57 (2.44%) Apache Arrow
11 57 (2.44%) Apache Ignite
11 57 (2.44%) Dremio
12 52 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
12 52 (2.23%) DynamoDB
13 51 (2.18%) Relational Database
14 45 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 44 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 37 (1.58%) MongoDB
17 36 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 229 (9.80%) Git
2 97 (4.15%) Jenkins
3 75 (3.21%) JIRA
4 46 (1.97%) Visual Studio
5 33 (1.41%) Maven
6 31 (1.33%) JUnit
7 26 (1.11%) GitLab
8 22 (0.94%) webpack
9 20 (0.86%) SonarQube
10 19 (0.81%) Selenium
11 17 (0.73%) Cucumber
12 16 (0.68%) Bitbucket
13 15 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
14 14 (0.60%) IntelliJ
14 14 (0.60%) Mockito
14 14 (0.60%) Postman
15 11 (0.47%) Cypress.io
15 11 (0.47%) SoapUI
16 9 (0.39%) Gradle
16 9 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
General
1 631 (27.00%) Finance
2 617 (26.40%) Social Skills
3 257 (11.00%) Banking
4 244 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
5 224 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 144 (6.16%) Retail
7 123 (5.26%) Marketing
8 89 (3.81%) Front Office
9 88 (3.77%) Games
10 87 (3.72%) Advertising
11 86 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
12 85 (3.64%) Law
13 84 (3.59%) Legal
14 81 (3.47%) Public Sector
15 80 (3.42%) Electronics
16 59 (2.52%) Investment Banking
17 56 (2.40%) Telecoms
18 54 (2.31%) Aerospace
19 40 (1.71%) Manufacturing
20 37 (1.58%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (12.20%) React
2 281 (12.02%) .NET
3 185 (7.92%) HTML
4 140 (5.99%) Node.js
5 136 (5.82%) CSS
6 120 (5.13%) AngularJS
7 104 (4.45%) RESTful
8 90 (3.85%) .NET Framework
9 81 (3.47%) Kafka
10 79 (3.38%) .NET Core
11 75 (3.21%) Spring
12 72 (3.08%) Pandas
13 68 (2.91%) REST
14 59 (2.52%) gRPC
15 58 (2.48%) Spring Boot
16 57 (2.44%) GraphQL
16 57 (2.44%) NumPy
16 57 (2.44%) Protocol Buffers
16 57 (2.44%) SciPy
17 55 (2.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 95 (4.07%) Algorithms
2 74 (3.17%) Management Information System
3 67 (2.87%) Derivative
3 67 (2.87%) Product Ownership
4 64 (2.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 64 (2.74%) Mobile App
5 62 (2.65%) Fixed Income
6 58 (2.48%) Driving Licence
6 58 (2.48%) Hedge funds
6 58 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 57 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
7 57 (2.44%) Equities
8 55 (2.35%) Public Cloud
9 50 (2.14%) Digital Media
10 49 (2.10%) Marketing Technology
11 48 (2.05%) Cloud Native
12 45 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
13 44 (1.88%) Virtual Team
14 40 (1.71%) Pricing Data
15 30 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 189 (8.09%) Linux
2 126 (5.39%) Windows
3 58 (2.48%) Unix
4 38 (1.63%) Android
5 35 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 28 (1.20%) Windows Server
7 18 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (0.39%) zOS
9 7 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
10 6 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.26%) VMS
10 6 (0.26%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.17%) AIX
12 4 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
12 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.13%) Solaris
14 2 (0.086%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 712 (30.47%) Agile
2 564 (24.13%) Software Engineering
3 437 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
4 400 (17.12%) DevOps
5 397 (16.99%) Mentoring
6 329 (14.08%) CI/CD
7 240 (10.27%) Analytics
8 237 (10.14%) Project Management
9 229 (9.80%) Microservices
10 205 (8.77%) Artificial Intelligence
11 168 (7.19%) Computer Science
12 164 (7.02%) Full-Stack Development
13 163 (6.97%) Test Automation
14 155 (6.63%) Collaborative Working
15 154 (6.59%) Coaching
16 152 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
17 142 (6.08%) User Experience
18 133 (5.69%) Business Intelligence
19 129 (5.52%) Roadmaps
20 128 (5.48%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 549 (23.49%) Python
2 443 (18.96%) SQL
3 402 (17.20%) JavaScript
4 311 (13.31%) C#
5 296 (12.67%) TypeScript
6 291 (12.45%) Java
7 146 (6.25%) C++
8 131 (5.61%) C
9 80 (3.42%) PHP
10 60 (2.57%) Go
11 54 (2.31%) PowerShell
12 49 (2.10%) T-SQL
13 45 (1.93%) PL/SQL
14 38 (1.63%) Bash
15 37 (1.58%) Scala
16 28 (1.20%) R
17 27 (1.16%) Ruby
17 27 (1.16%) VB.NET
18 17 (0.73%) Embedded C
19 13 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 387 (16.56%) Degree
2 153 (6.55%) Security Cleared
3 95 (4.07%) SC Cleared
4 88 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (2.95%) DBS Check
6 66 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 48 (2.05%) Master's Degree
8 37 (1.58%) Chartered Engineer
9 34 (1.45%) MRICS
10 33 (1.41%) DV Cleared
11 31 (1.33%) AWS Certification
11 31 (1.33%) CISSP
12 30 (1.28%) Azure Certification
13 24 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (0.68%) CISA
16 15 (0.64%) PMI Certification
17 14 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 13 (0.56%) PMP
19 12 (0.51%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (4.36%) QA
2 68 (2.91%) Accessibility
3 51 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 28 (1.20%) GDPR
4 28 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.07%) NIST
6 16 (0.68%) ITGC
6 16 (0.68%) SLA
7 14 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.60%) PMO
8 12 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.51%) NCSC
9 11 (0.47%) GRC
10 9 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 9 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.21%) CDISC
13 4 (0.17%) COREP
14 3 (0.13%) JTAG
System Software
1 209 (8.94%) Docker
2 60 (2.57%) Firmware
3 47 (2.01%) Active Directory
4 44 (1.88%) Embedded Firmware
5 39 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 21 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (0.86%) Hyper-V
8 12 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.21%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.17%) vSphere
12 3 (0.13%) HDFS
12 3 (0.13%) Squid
12 3 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 2 (0.086%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.043%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.043%) IAG
14 1 (0.043%) NFS
14 1 (0.043%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.043%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 237 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 187 (8.00%) Terraform
3 89 (3.81%) Ansible
4 25 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 18 (0.77%) Grafana
7 17 (0.73%) Istio
8 16 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.56%) SCCM
10 11 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
11 10 (0.43%) Argo
12 8 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (0.34%) Puppet
13 7 (0.30%) CA Endevor
13 7 (0.30%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.26%) SCOM
15 5 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
15 5 (0.21%) Nagios
16 4 (0.17%) SCOrch
17 3 (0.13%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 322 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 116 (4.96%) Google
3 76 (3.25%) Databricks
4 71 (3.04%) Oracle
5 53 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 48 (2.05%) Cisco
6 48 (2.05%) VMware
7 46 (1.97%) IBM
8 40 (1.71%) Apple
8 40 (1.71%) MathWorks
9 34 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.33%) Adobe
11 28 (1.20%) SAP
12 20 (0.86%) SolarWinds
13 14 (0.60%) Dell
13 14 (0.60%) Xamarin
14 13 (0.56%) EMC
15 11 (0.47%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.43%) CheckPoint
16 10 (0.43%) Splunk