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 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,934 2,320 5,632
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.16% 17.18% 17.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.25% 18.73% 18.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,083 1,670 4,330
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £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 £110,000 £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 17,010 12,386 31,101
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 91.71% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,273 9,044 24,864
10th Percentile £32,550 £31,335 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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.

1 600 (20.45%) Mentoring
2 579 (19.73%) Azure
3 564 (19.22%) Agile
4 482 (16.43%) AWS
5 428 (14.59%) Software Engineering
6 398 (13.57%) SQL
7 372 (12.68%) CI/CD
8 369 (12.58%) Coaching
9 367 (12.51%) AI
10 356 (12.13%) DevOps
11 354 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
12 349 (11.90%) Microsoft
13 333 (11.35%) Python
14 288 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 272 (9.27%) Roadmaps
16 265 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
17 257 (8.76%) Security Cleared
18 253 (8.62%) Degree
19 235 (8.01%) Java
20 231 (7.87%) Analytics
21 207 (7.06%) GCP
22 199 (6.78%) .NET
22 199 (6.78%) SC Cleared
23 191 (6.51%) Test Automation
24 188 (6.41%) Kubernetes
25 180 (6.13%) User Experience
26 178 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
27 177 (6.03%) SaaS
28 175 (5.96%) Decision-Making
29 170 (5.79%) Microservices

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 81 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 24 (0.82%) CMS
3 24 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.78%) Confluence
5 9 (0.31%) Apache
5 9 (0.31%) JBoss
5 9 (0.31%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.20%) SAS
6 6 (0.20%) WordPress
7 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
7 5 (0.17%) IIS
8 4 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.068%) nginx
10 2 (0.068%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.034%) Appian
11 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.034%) Artix
Applications
1 33 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
5 8 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.24%) Sketch
7 6 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.20%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.14%) InVision
9 4 (0.14%) Trello
10 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.068%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.068%) Maya
11 2 (0.068%) MotionBuilder
11 2 (0.068%) Revit
11 2 (0.068%) Weka
Business Applications
1 29 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 19 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
3 19 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
3 19 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
4 18 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
6 14 (0.48%) Cloudability
7 13 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
8 12 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
9 11 (0.37%) Visualfiles
10 9 (0.31%) Hyperion Planning
10 9 (0.31%) Shopify
11 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
11 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 5 (0.17%) SAP CO
12 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
12 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 579 (19.73%) Azure
2 482 (16.43%) AWS
3 207 (7.06%) GCP
4 177 (6.03%) SaaS
5 115 (3.92%) Power Platform
6 113 (3.85%) GitHub
7 102 (3.48%) Serverless
8 100 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
9 97 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
9 97 (3.31%) Entra ID
10 50 (1.70%) Snowflake
11 46 (1.57%) PowerApps
12 43 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
12 43 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
13 39 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
13 39 (1.33%) dbt
14 38 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
15 37 (1.26%) Figma
16 36 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
16 36 (1.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 120 (4.09%) Broadband
2 80 (2.73%) Firewall
3 55 (1.87%) VPN
4 54 (1.84%) DNS
5 51 (1.74%) WAN
6 45 (1.53%) DHCP
7 38 (1.30%) TCP/IP
8 32 (1.09%) LAN
8 32 (1.09%) SD-WAN
9 28 (0.95%) Network Security
10 22 (0.75%) Wireless
11 21 (0.72%) HTTP
11 21 (0.72%) RS-232
12 20 (0.68%) BGP
12 20 (0.68%) Ethernet
13 17 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.34%) OSPF
15 9 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (0.31%) MPLS
16 8 (0.27%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 86 (2.93%) Power BI
3 72 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
4 54 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (1.64%) Metadata
6 46 (1.57%) MongoDB
7 42 (1.43%) NoSQL
8 33 (1.12%) BigQuery
9 30 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 27 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
11 26 (0.89%) OLTP
11 26 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 25 (0.85%) Data Lake
12 25 (0.85%) Tableau
13 22 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
14 21 (0.72%) DynamoDB
15 19 (0.65%) MySQL
16 18 (0.61%) Redis
16 18 (0.61%) Relational Database
16 18 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 80 (2.73%) Git
2 71 (2.42%) JIRA
3 54 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 43 (1.47%) GitLab
5 34 (1.16%) TeamCity
6 30 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
7 20 (0.68%) Selenium
8 16 (0.55%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.55%) Snyk
9 12 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.34%) MLflow
11 9 (0.31%) Postman
12 8 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.27%) JUnit
12 8 (0.27%) Subversion
13 7 (0.24%) JMeter
13 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.24%) webpack
13 7 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 589 (20.07%) Finance
2 553 (18.85%) Social Skills
3 354 (12.07%) Public Sector
4 194 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 177 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
6 129 (4.40%) Marketing
7 123 (4.19%) Banking
7 123 (4.19%) Law
8 102 (3.48%) Legal
9 94 (3.20%) Retail
10 87 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
11 73 (2.49%) Games
12 69 (2.35%) Telecoms
13 51 (1.74%) Manufacturing
14 46 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 40 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (0.89%) Financial Institution
17 24 (0.82%) Back Office
18 22 (0.75%) Electronics
19 21 (0.72%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (6.78%) .NET
2 134 (4.57%) React
3 123 (4.19%) REST
4 90 (3.07%) Node.js
5 87 (2.97%) SOAP
6 77 (2.62%) HTML
7 72 (2.45%) RESTful
8 60 (2.04%) GraphQL
8 60 (2.04%) OAuth
9 53 (1.81%) CSS
10 50 (1.70%) Spring
11 47 (1.60%) Kafka
12 42 (1.43%) OpenID
13 40 (1.36%) .NET Core
13 40 (1.36%) Spring Boot
14 38 (1.30%) SAML
15 34 (1.16%) JSON
16 32 (1.09%) LDAP
16 32 (1.09%) React Native
17 30 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 172 (5.86%) Cloud Native
2 104 (3.54%) Product Ownership
3 61 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 60 (2.04%) Data Centre
4 60 (2.04%) Social Media
5 56 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
5 56 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
6 49 (1.67%) Public Cloud
7 47 (1.60%) Mobile App
8 43 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
9 42 (1.43%) Cyberattack
10 35 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
11 33 (1.12%) Driving Licence
11 33 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
11 33 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (1.09%) Over-the-Top Content
13 31 (1.06%) Management Information System
14 30 (1.02%) Data Structures
14 30 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
15 29 (0.99%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 140 (4.77%) Linux
2 112 (3.82%) Windows
3 70 (2.39%) Android
4 58 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 47 (1.60%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.23%) Unix
7 21 (0.72%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.27%) VMS
10 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.10%) CentOS
12 3 (0.10%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.068%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.034%) AIX
14 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (20.45%) Mentoring
2 564 (19.22%) Agile
3 428 (14.59%) Software Engineering
4 372 (12.68%) CI/CD
5 369 (12.58%) Coaching
6 367 (12.51%) AI
7 356 (12.13%) DevOps
8 354 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
9 288 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 272 (9.27%) Roadmaps
11 265 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
12 231 (7.87%) Analytics
13 191 (6.51%) Test Automation
14 180 (6.13%) User Experience
15 178 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
16 175 (5.96%) Decision-Making
17 170 (5.79%) Microservices
18 151 (5.15%) Full-Stack Development
19 138 (4.70%) Infrastructure as Code
20 136 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 398 (13.57%) SQL
2 333 (11.35%) Python
3 235 (8.01%) Java
4 162 (5.52%) C#
5 150 (5.11%) JavaScript
6 140 (4.77%) TypeScript
7 97 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 74 (2.52%) Go
9 72 (2.45%) C++
10 67 (2.28%) Bash
11 54 (1.84%) PHP
12 52 (1.77%) PL/SQL
13 47 (1.60%) Scala
14 40 (1.36%) T-SQL
15 38 (1.30%) C
16 36 (1.23%) Kotlin
17 23 (0.78%) VBA
18 21 (0.72%) Bicep
19 17 (0.58%) Rust
20 16 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 257 (8.76%) Security Cleared
2 253 (8.62%) Degree
3 199 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 77 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (1.57%) DV Cleared
6 39 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.12%) ACCA
8 33 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (0.92%) CISSP
10 26 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 25 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 25 (0.85%) CIMA
11 25 (0.85%) PMI Certification
12 16 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.51%) CIPFA
13 15 (0.51%) CISM
13 15 (0.51%) DBS Check
13 15 (0.51%) PhD
14 14 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (3.27%) QA
2 74 (2.52%) Accessibility
3 60 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 55 (1.87%) NIST
5 45 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (1.30%) GDPR
7 31 (1.06%) NCSC
8 26 (0.89%) GRC
9 20 (0.68%) SLA
10 18 (0.61%) PMO
11 13 (0.44%) P3O
12 11 (0.37%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.37%) MISRA
12 11 (0.37%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.31%) IFRS
15 8 (0.27%) WCAG
16 7 (0.24%) JSP 440
16 7 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 157 (5.35%) Docker
2 114 (3.89%) Active Directory
3 44 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 15 (0.51%) Firmware
7 14 (0.48%) vSphere
8 9 (0.31%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) vCloud
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.034%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 188 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 169 (5.76%) Terraform
3 47 (1.60%) Grafana
4 40 (1.36%) Ansible
5 32 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (0.55%) Argo
9 14 (0.48%) SCCM
10 13 (0.44%) FortiGate
11 11 (0.37%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.24%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.17%) Puppet
13 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.14%) Istio
15 3 (0.10%) FlexNet
15 3 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.10%) Plesk
Vendors
1 349 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 144 (4.91%) Oracle
3 96 (3.27%) Adobe
4 69 (2.35%) VMware
5 66 (2.25%) Databricks
6 61 (2.08%) SAP
7 60 (2.04%) Google
8 46 (1.57%) Salesforce
9 45 (1.53%) Cisco
10 43 (1.47%) ServiceNow
11 33 (1.12%) Palo Alto
12 31 (1.06%) Apple
13 24 (0.82%) Okta
14 22 (0.75%) Dell
15 19 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
16 16 (0.55%) Tenable
17 14 (0.48%) Fortinet
18 13 (0.44%) Citrix
18 13 (0.44%) SolarWinds
19 11 (0.37%) Instagram