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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,287 2,222 5,956
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.09% 14.22% 17.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.13% 15.43% 18.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,337 1,384 4,419
10th Percentile £47,650 £48,905 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £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 £82,500 £87,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,563 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.61% +8.10% -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 19,193 14,402 32,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.17% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,026 8,840 25,194
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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.

1 654 (19.90%) Agile
2 610 (18.56%) Mentoring
3 579 (17.61%) Azure
4 559 (17.01%) AWS
5 490 (14.91%) Software Engineering
6 448 (13.63%) AI
7 416 (12.66%) CI/CD
8 401 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
9 393 (11.96%) Python
10 377 (11.47%) Coaching
11 373 (11.35%) Microsoft
12 367 (11.17%) DevOps
13 363 (11.04%) SQL
14 342 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 309 (9.40%) Degree
16 307 (9.34%) Analytics
17 297 (9.04%) Roadmaps
18 294 (8.94%) Security Cleared
19 244 (7.42%) Decision-Making
20 231 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
21 230 (7.00%) Java
21 230 (7.00%) SC Cleared
22 228 (6.94%) Project Delivery
23 213 (6.48%) Test Automation
24 205 (6.24%) GCP
25 202 (6.15%) Kubernetes
26 198 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
27 186 (5.66%) Infrastructure as Code
28 180 (5.48%) JavaScript
29 178 (5.42%) Project 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 94 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (0.70%) CMS
5 17 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.43%) Confluence
7 11 (0.33%) SAS
8 10 (0.30%) IIS
9 9 (0.27%) WordPress
10 8 (0.24%) Apache
10 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.091%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.091%) Artix
12 3 (0.091%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.091%) JBoss
12 3 (0.091%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.061%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.061%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.030%) Appian
Applications
1 84 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 29 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.30%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.18%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
9 5 (0.15%) InDesign
10 4 (0.12%) Civil 3D
10 4 (0.12%) Trello
11 3 (0.091%) Blender
11 3 (0.091%) InVision
11 3 (0.091%) Maya
11 3 (0.091%) Sketch
12 2 (0.061%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.061%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.73%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
3 14 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 11 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
4 11 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.27%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.18%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
9 4 (0.12%) Shopify
10 3 (0.091%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.091%) Infor SunSystems
10 3 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.091%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.091%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.091%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.091%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 579 (17.61%) Azure
2 559 (17.01%) AWS
3 205 (6.24%) GCP
4 176 (5.35%) SaaS
5 145 (4.41%) Power Platform
6 137 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
7 126 (3.83%) Serverless
8 92 (2.80%) Entra ID
9 85 (2.59%) GitHub
10 83 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
11 54 (1.64%) PowerApps
12 49 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
13 44 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
14 43 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
15 41 (1.25%) Power Automate
16 39 (1.19%) Figma
17 38 (1.16%) Amazon S3
18 37 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
19 34 (1.03%) Azure AKS
19 34 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 144 (4.38%) Broadband
2 108 (3.29%) Firewall
3 71 (2.16%) DNS
4 65 (1.98%) VPN
5 48 (1.46%) WAN
6 46 (1.40%) DHCP
7 38 (1.16%) LAN
7 38 (1.16%) Wireless
8 37 (1.13%) Network Security
9 34 (1.03%) TCP/IP
10 33 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (0.82%) BGP
12 26 (0.79%) SD-WAN
13 24 (0.73%) RS-232
14 21 (0.64%) VLAN
15 19 (0.58%) OSPF
16 15 (0.46%) Ethernet
17 14 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
18 13 (0.40%) Bluetooth
18 13 (0.40%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (3.10%) Power BI
2 90 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 65 (1.98%) MongoDB
5 54 (1.64%) Metadata
6 34 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (1.00%) OLTP
8 32 (0.97%) Relational Database
9 30 (0.91%) BigQuery
9 30 (0.91%) NoSQL
10 29 (0.88%) MySQL
11 27 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 27 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 27 (0.82%) Tableau
12 21 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 16 (0.49%) Data Lake
15 16 (0.49%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 87 (2.65%) Git
2 55 (1.67%) JIRA
3 50 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.19%) GitLab
4 39 (1.19%) TeamCity
5 25 (0.76%) Snyk
6 24 (0.73%) Claude Code
7 16 (0.49%) Selenium
8 11 (0.33%) Postman
9 8 (0.24%) XCUITest
10 7 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.21%) JMeter
10 7 (0.21%) JUnit
10 7 (0.21%) MLflow
10 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.18%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.18%) NUnit
12 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 671 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 546 (16.61%) Finance
3 415 (12.63%) Public Sector
4 241 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 218 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
6 137 (4.17%) Law
7 127 (3.86%) Banking
8 118 (3.59%) Marketing
9 99 (3.01%) Legal
10 82 (2.49%) Retail
11 80 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
12 75 (2.28%) Games
13 60 (1.83%) Manufacturing
14 55 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
15 50 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 33 (1.00%) Local Government
17 30 (0.91%) Electronics
18 28 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
19 27 (0.82%) Financial Institution
20 23 (0.70%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (5.29%) .NET
2 143 (4.35%) React
3 98 (2.98%) Node.js
4 87 (2.65%) REST
5 77 (2.34%) HTML
6 68 (2.07%) RESTful
7 58 (1.76%) CSS
8 51 (1.55%) SOAP
8 51 (1.55%) Spring
9 37 (1.13%) Spring Boot
9 37 (1.13%) Vue
10 34 (1.03%) GraphQL
11 33 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
12 32 (0.97%) OAuth
13 30 (0.91%) OpenID
14 28 (0.85%) Kafka
14 28 (0.85%) SAML
15 27 (0.82%) .NET Core
15 27 (0.82%) AngularJS
15 27 (0.82%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 211 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 107 (3.26%) Product Ownership
3 73 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
4 72 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 58 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
6 57 (1.73%) Social Media
7 55 (1.67%) Driving Licence
8 44 (1.34%) Cyberattack
8 44 (1.34%) Low-Code
9 43 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (1.28%) AI Agents
10 42 (1.28%) Data Structures
10 42 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (1.28%) Mobile App
11 38 (1.16%) Onboarding
11 38 (1.16%) Security Posture
12 37 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
12 37 (1.13%) Public Cloud
13 36 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 36 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 161 (4.90%) Linux
2 124 (3.77%) Windows
3 52 (1.58%) Apple iOS
4 46 (1.40%) Android
5 45 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 39 (1.19%) Unix
7 21 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
8 14 (0.43%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.30%) VMS
10 9 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
11 6 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.091%) Debian
12 3 (0.091%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) CentOS
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (19.90%) Agile
2 610 (18.56%) Mentoring
3 490 (14.91%) Software Engineering
4 448 (13.63%) AI
5 416 (12.66%) CI/CD
6 401 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
7 377 (11.47%) Coaching
8 367 (11.17%) DevOps
9 342 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 307 (9.34%) Analytics
11 297 (9.04%) Roadmaps
12 244 (7.42%) Decision-Making
13 231 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
14 228 (6.94%) Project Delivery
15 213 (6.48%) Test Automation
16 198 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
17 186 (5.66%) Infrastructure as Code
18 178 (5.42%) Project Management
19 175 (5.32%) Full-Stack Development
20 156 (4.75%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 393 (11.96%) Python
2 363 (11.04%) SQL
3 230 (7.00%) Java
4 180 (5.48%) JavaScript
5 164 (4.99%) C#
6 151 (4.59%) TypeScript
7 97 (2.95%) PowerShell
8 84 (2.56%) C++
9 67 (2.04%) Go
10 65 (1.98%) Bash
11 57 (1.73%) PHP
12 54 (1.64%) PL/SQL
13 42 (1.28%) Scala
14 41 (1.25%) C
15 31 (0.94%) T-SQL
16 25 (0.76%) Kotlin
16 25 (0.76%) VBA
17 24 (0.73%) Bicep
18 20 (0.61%) R
19 18 (0.55%) Swift
Qualifications
1 309 (9.40%) Degree
2 294 (8.94%) Security Cleared
3 230 (7.00%) SC Cleared
4 66 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 49 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 49 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (1.43%) DV Cleared
7 43 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.19%) CISSP
9 38 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 31 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 28 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 27 (0.82%) CISM
13 27 (0.82%) PhD
14 25 (0.76%) ACCA
15 24 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 21 (0.64%) CIMA
17 20 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
17 20 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (3.59%) QA
2 84 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 79 (2.40%) Accessibility
4 66 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 64 (1.95%) NIST
6 46 (1.40%) GDPR
7 42 (1.28%) GRC
8 29 (0.88%) PMO
9 25 (0.76%) NCSC
10 17 (0.52%) SLA
11 12 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (0.37%) P3O
12 8 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.21%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.21%) WCAG
14 5 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.15%) MISRA
14 5 (0.15%) MISRA C
System Software
1 149 (4.53%) Docker
2 103 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 52 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.97%) vSphere
6 20 (0.61%) Firmware
7 18 (0.55%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.33%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.27%) vCloud
11 6 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.091%) iptables
13 2 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.030%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.030%) GPFS
14 1 (0.030%) Lustre
14 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.030%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 202 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 164 (4.99%) Terraform
3 41 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (1.13%) Ansible
5 33 (1.00%) Grafana
6 21 (0.64%) FortiGate
7 19 (0.58%) Argo
8 15 (0.46%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.43%) SCCM
10 7 (0.21%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.21%) Puppet
10 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.18%) Avamar
11 6 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (0.18%) EMC VPLEX
11 6 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.18%) VxRail
12 5 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 373 (11.35%) Microsoft
2 135 (4.11%) Oracle
3 116 (3.53%) Adobe
4 72 (2.19%) VMware
5 66 (2.01%) Palo Alto
6 64 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 62 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 61 (1.86%) Google
8 61 (1.86%) SAP
9 56 (1.70%) Cisco
10 53 (1.61%) Databricks
11 41 (1.25%) Apple
12 32 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (0.85%) Dell
14 26 (0.79%) Tenable
15 21 (0.64%) Pega
16 20 (0.61%) Computacenter
17 17 (0.52%) Fortinet
17 17 (0.52%) Meraki
17 17 (0.52%) OpenAI