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 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,591 2,625 4,953
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.45% 18.90% 16.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.47% 19.93% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,842 1,799 4,133
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,100
25th Percentile £59,438 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £63,218
% change year-on-year +3.70% +6.77% -9.69%

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 15,734 13,169 28,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.82% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,585 8,912 23,923
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,491 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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.

1 568 (21.92%) Azure
2 532 (20.53%) Mentoring
3 526 (20.30%) Agile
4 444 (17.14%) AWS
5 379 (14.63%) Software Engineering
6 376 (14.51%) CI/CD
6 376 (14.51%) SQL
7 351 (13.55%) Coaching
8 350 (13.51%) DevOps
9 323 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
10 310 (11.96%) AI
11 309 (11.93%) Microsoft
12 307 (11.85%) Python
13 293 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 260 (10.03%) Degree
15 233 (8.99%) Security Cleared
16 222 (8.57%) Roadmaps
17 219 (8.45%) Analytics
18 214 (8.26%) Java
19 213 (8.22%) SaaS
20 207 (7.99%) .NET
20 207 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
21 195 (7.53%) GCP
22 188 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
23 185 (7.14%) Kubernetes
24 181 (6.99%) Test Automation
25 170 (6.56%) Terraform
26 169 (6.52%) SC Cleared
27 167 (6.45%) Docker
28 166 (6.41%) C#

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 59 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.89%) Confluence
4 23 (0.89%) WordPress
5 20 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (0.69%) CMS
7 12 (0.46%) Apache
8 11 (0.42%) JBoss
8 11 (0.42%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.23%) SAS
10 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.12%) IIS
11 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.077%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.077%) nginx
13 1 (0.039%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.039%) Umbraco
Applications
1 46 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.39%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.35%) InDesign
6 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.23%) Sketch
8 4 (0.15%) Maya
8 4 (0.15%) MotionBuilder
9 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.12%) InVision
9 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.12%) Trello
9 3 (0.12%) Weka
10 2 (0.077%) Revit
11 1 (0.039%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.039%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.039%) Simulink
11 1 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
2 24 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
3 23 (0.89%) Shopify
4 21 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
4 21 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
6 16 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
7 12 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.42%) Visualfiles
9 10 (0.39%) Hyperion Planning
10 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.19%) Magento
11 5 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.19%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 568 (21.92%) Azure
2 444 (17.14%) AWS
3 213 (8.22%) SaaS
4 195 (7.53%) GCP
5 120 (4.63%) GitHub
6 113 (4.36%) Power Platform
7 108 (4.17%) Entra ID
8 106 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
9 93 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
10 83 (3.20%) Serverless
11 60 (2.32%) dbt
12 58 (2.24%) Snowflake
13 45 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
14 38 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
14 38 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
14 38 (1.47%) PowerApps
15 35 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
16 32 (1.24%) Figma
17 31 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
17 31 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 98 (3.78%) Broadband
2 67 (2.59%) Firewall
3 44 (1.70%) VPN
4 43 (1.66%) WAN
5 41 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 39 (1.51%) DNS
7 35 (1.35%) DHCP
8 28 (1.08%) SD-WAN
9 27 (1.04%) Network Security
10 25 (0.96%) LAN
11 18 (0.69%) Ethernet
12 17 (0.66%) Wireless
13 16 (0.62%) BGP
13 16 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (0.54%) RS-232
15 11 (0.42%) HTTP
15 11 (0.42%) Unified Communications
16 10 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
17 9 (0.35%) OSPF
18 7 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 83 (3.20%) Power BI
3 77 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (1.62%) NoSQL
6 41 (1.58%) Metadata
7 38 (1.47%) Data Lake
8 33 (1.27%) MongoDB
9 31 (1.20%) BigQuery
10 28 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
11 27 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
12 26 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (1.00%) MySQL
12 26 (1.00%) Redis
12 26 (1.00%) Tableau
13 23 (0.89%) OLTP
14 18 (0.69%) DynamoDB
14 18 (0.69%) Relational Database
15 15 (0.58%) Delta Lake
15 15 (0.58%) Looker
Development Applications
1 80 (3.09%) JIRA
2 75 (2.89%) Git
3 59 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 35 (1.35%) Oracle Forms
4 35 (1.35%) TeamCity
5 26 (1.00%) GitLab
6 21 (0.81%) Selenium
7 13 (0.50%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.39%) Postman
9 9 (0.35%) MLflow
10 8 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.31%) JUnit
10 8 (0.31%) Subversion
10 8 (0.31%) webpack
11 7 (0.27%) git-flow
11 7 (0.27%) SoapUI
12 6 (0.23%) Babel
12 6 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 562 (21.69%) Finance
2 527 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 269 (10.38%) Public Sector
4 179 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
6 128 (4.94%) Law
7 127 (4.90%) Marketing
8 117 (4.52%) Retail
9 98 (3.78%) Banking
10 83 (3.20%) Legal
11 79 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 79 (3.05%) Telecoms
12 72 (2.78%) Games
13 42 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
14 41 (1.58%) Financial Institution
15 40 (1.54%) Manufacturing
16 31 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (0.93%) Back Office
18 21 (0.81%) Publishing
19 20 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (7.99%) .NET
2 133 (5.13%) React
3 117 (4.52%) REST
4 105 (4.05%) SOAP
5 84 (3.24%) HTML
6 80 (3.09%) RESTful
7 69 (2.66%) GraphQL
8 68 (2.62%) Node.js
9 64 (2.47%) OAuth
10 59 (2.28%) CSS
11 54 (2.08%) Spring
12 50 (1.93%) Kafka
13 44 (1.70%) OpenID
14 42 (1.62%) Spring Boot
15 40 (1.54%) SAML
16 36 (1.39%) .NET Core
17 35 (1.35%) LDAP
17 35 (1.35%) XML
18 28 (1.08%) Django
19 26 (1.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 172 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 90 (3.47%) Product Ownership
3 88 (3.40%) Onboarding
4 62 (2.39%) Social Media
5 59 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
6 51 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
7 41 (1.58%) Cyberattack
7 41 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 38 (1.47%) Data Centre
9 37 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
9 37 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.24%) Security Posture
11 28 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
11 28 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
13 26 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 24 (0.93%) Low-Code
15 22 (0.85%) Management Information System
16 21 (0.81%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 138 (5.33%) Linux
2 85 (3.28%) Windows
3 66 (2.55%) Android
4 54 (2.08%) Apple iOS
5 41 (1.58%) Windows Server
6 32 (1.24%) Unix
7 24 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
8 12 (0.46%) VMS
9 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.077%) CentOS
11 2 (0.077%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (20.53%) Mentoring
2 526 (20.30%) Agile
3 379 (14.63%) Software Engineering
4 376 (14.51%) CI/CD
5 351 (13.55%) Coaching
6 350 (13.51%) DevOps
7 323 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
8 310 (11.96%) AI
9 293 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 222 (8.57%) Roadmaps
11 219 (8.45%) Analytics
12 207 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
13 188 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 181 (6.99%) Test Automation
15 166 (6.41%) Microservices
16 158 (6.10%) User Experience
17 144 (5.56%) Full-Stack Development
18 141 (5.44%) Decision-Making
19 138 (5.33%) Business Intelligence
20 135 (5.21%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 376 (14.51%) SQL
2 307 (11.85%) Python
3 214 (8.26%) Java
4 166 (6.41%) C#
5 151 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 132 (5.09%) TypeScript
7 82 (3.16%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.78%) Bash
9 65 (2.51%) Go
10 64 (2.47%) C++
11 52 (2.01%) PHP
12 51 (1.97%) PL/SQL
13 46 (1.78%) Scala
14 39 (1.51%) T-SQL
15 34 (1.31%) Kotlin
16 31 (1.20%) C
17 21 (0.81%) Bicep
18 20 (0.77%) VBA
19 15 (0.58%) Ruby
20 14 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 260 (10.03%) Degree
2 233 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 169 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 81 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.54%) ACCA
7 39 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.31%) CISSP
9 32 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.00%) PMI Certification
11 25 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (0.85%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.77%) CIMA
14 19 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (0.69%) CISM
16 15 (0.58%) AWS Certification
17 14 (0.54%) CREST Certified
18 13 (0.50%) PhD
19 12 (0.46%) CCNP
19 12 (0.46%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (3.55%) QA
2 60 (2.32%) Accessibility
3 57 (2.20%) Data Quality
4 54 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 54 (2.08%) NIST
5 48 (1.85%) GDPR
6 34 (1.31%) NCSC
7 21 (0.81%) IFRS
8 15 (0.58%) PMO
9 14 (0.54%) P3O
10 13 (0.50%) GRC
11 11 (0.42%) IEC 61508
11 11 (0.42%) MISRA
11 11 (0.42%) MISRA C
12 9 (0.35%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.35%) SLA
13 8 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.31%) GAAP
14 7 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 167 (6.45%) Docker
2 110 (4.25%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.39%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.27%) Firmware
7 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.15%) vSphere
10 2 (0.077%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.077%) vCloud
10 2 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.039%) Ceph
11 1 (0.039%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.039%) Lustre
11 1 (0.039%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 185 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 170 (6.56%) Terraform
3 52 (2.01%) Grafana
4 45 (1.74%) Ansible
5 43 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 34 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (0.89%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.50%) SCCM
9 11 (0.42%) Functional Safety
10 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.23%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.19%) Puppet
13 4 (0.15%) Argo
14 3 (0.12%) Control-M
14 3 (0.12%) cPanel
14 3 (0.12%) FlexNet
14 3 (0.12%) Plesk
15 2 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
15 2 (0.077%) Nagios
Vendors
1 309 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 133 (5.13%) Oracle
3 77 (2.97%) Databricks
4 60 (2.32%) Google
5 55 (2.12%) VMware
6 54 (2.08%) Cisco
7 52 (2.01%) Adobe
8 50 (1.93%) Salesforce
8 50 (1.93%) SAP
9 27 (1.04%) Okta
10 26 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 19 (0.73%) Apple
12 16 (0.62%) Workday
13 14 (0.54%) Dell
13 14 (0.54%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.54%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.54%) Screaming Frog
14 12 (0.46%) IBM
14 12 (0.46%) Samsung
14 12 (0.46%) Talend