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 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,017 2,422 5,665
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.45% 16.66% 17.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.55% 18.06% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 1,547 4,336
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,150 £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 £112,500 £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 17,190 13,411 31,118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 92.27% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,633 8,791 24,816
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,070
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,359
Median % change year-on-year - +6.46% -9.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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.

1 610 (20.22%) Mentoring
2 580 (19.22%) Azure
3 572 (18.96%) Agile
4 503 (16.67%) AWS
5 440 (14.58%) Software Engineering
6 404 (13.39%) AI
7 390 (12.93%) SQL
8 384 (12.73%) CI/CD
9 373 (12.36%) Coaching
10 351 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
11 350 (11.60%) DevOps
11 350 (11.60%) Microsoft
11 350 (11.60%) Python
12 296 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 269 (8.92%) Roadmaps
14 268 (8.88%) Security Cleared
15 264 (8.75%) Degree
16 262 (8.68%) Analytics
16 262 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
17 233 (7.72%) Java
18 209 (6.93%) SC Cleared
19 204 (6.76%) Test Automation
20 202 (6.70%) GCP
21 192 (6.36%) .NET
22 189 (6.26%) Decision-Making
23 182 (6.03%) Kubernetes
24 176 (5.83%) Terraform
25 173 (5.73%) SaaS
26 172 (5.70%) Stakeholder Management
27 167 (5.54%) User Experience

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 85 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.80%) CMS
4 23 (0.76%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (0.70%) Confluence
6 8 (0.27%) Apache
7 7 (0.23%) SAS
7 7 (0.23%) WordPress
8 6 (0.20%) JBoss
8 6 (0.20%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.17%) IIS
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.099%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.066%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.066%) Artix
12 2 (0.066%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.033%) nginx
13 1 (0.033%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 50 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.20%) Sketch
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.13%) InVision
10 3 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.099%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.099%) Trello
11 2 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.066%) Civil 3D
11 2 (0.066%) Revit
11 2 (0.066%) Weka
12 1 (0.033%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
2 24 (0.80%) Cloudability
3 23 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
5 15 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
5 15 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 15 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
6 14 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
7 12 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
7 12 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.36%) Visualfiles
9 9 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
9 9 (0.30%) Shopify
10 7 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
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
1 580 (19.22%) Azure
2 503 (16.67%) AWS
3 202 (6.70%) GCP
4 173 (5.73%) SaaS
5 122 (4.04%) Power Platform
6 118 (3.91%) Serverless
7 103 (3.41%) GitHub
8 102 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
9 93 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (3.02%) Entra ID
11 48 (1.59%) PowerApps
12 44 (1.46%) Snowflake
13 42 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
14 41 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
15 39 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
16 37 (1.23%) Power Automate
17 36 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 36 (1.19%) Figma
18 35 (1.16%) OneDrive
19 34 (1.13%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 129 (4.28%) Broadband
2 76 (2.52%) Firewall
3 55 (1.82%) VPN
4 53 (1.76%) DNS
5 46 (1.52%) WAN
6 41 (1.36%) DHCP
7 36 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 33 (1.09%) SD-WAN
9 30 (0.99%) LAN
9 30 (0.99%) Network Security
10 26 (0.86%) Wireless
11 23 (0.76%) BGP
12 20 (0.66%) RS-232
13 19 (0.63%) Ethernet
13 19 (0.63%) HTTP
14 18 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (0.43%) OSPF
16 12 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
17 9 (0.30%) MPLS
17 9 (0.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (3.58%) SQL Server
2 93 (3.08%) Power BI
3 82 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
4 60 (1.99%) MongoDB
5 51 (1.69%) Metadata
6 49 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (1.16%) NoSQL
8 32 (1.06%) BigQuery
9 30 (0.99%) OLTP
10 27 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
10 27 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.89%) Tableau
11 25 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
11 25 (0.83%) MySQL
12 24 (0.80%) DynamoDB
12 24 (0.80%) Relational Database
13 21 (0.70%) Data Lake
14 19 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (2.55%) Git
2 67 (2.22%) JIRA
3 48 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.26%) GitLab
5 34 (1.13%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
7 24 (0.80%) Snyk
8 19 (0.63%) Claude Code
9 14 (0.46%) Selenium
10 10 (0.33%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.33%) MLflow
11 9 (0.30%) Postman
12 7 (0.23%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.23%) JMeter
12 7 (0.23%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.23%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.20%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.20%) webpack
14 5 (0.17%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.17%) Subversion
General
1 577 (19.12%) Finance
2 551 (18.26%) Social Skills
3 373 (12.36%) Public Sector
4 207 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (4.38%) Law
7 128 (4.24%) Marketing
8 123 (4.08%) Banking
9 99 (3.28%) Legal
10 88 (2.92%) Retail
11 85 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.45%) Games
13 53 (1.76%) Telecoms
14 52 (1.72%) Manufacturing
15 43 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
16 38 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (0.80%) Back Office
17 24 (0.80%) Financial Institution
17 24 (0.80%) Publishing
18 20 (0.66%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (6.36%) .NET
2 141 (4.67%) React
3 117 (3.88%) REST
4 94 (3.12%) Node.js
5 82 (2.72%) SOAP
6 78 (2.59%) HTML
7 76 (2.52%) RESTful
8 54 (1.79%) GraphQL
9 52 (1.72%) CSS
10 49 (1.62%) OAuth
11 43 (1.43%) Spring
12 39 (1.29%) OpenID
13 38 (1.26%) .NET Core
14 35 (1.16%) SAML
14 35 (1.16%) Spring Boot
15 34 (1.13%) JSON
16 33 (1.09%) Kafka
17 32 (1.06%) React Native
18 31 (1.03%) XML
19 29 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 184 (6.10%) Cloud Native
2 111 (3.68%) Product Ownership
3 70 (2.32%) Data Centre
4 58 (1.92%) Social Media
5 54 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
7 47 (1.56%) Onboarding
8 46 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 45 (1.49%) Mobile App
10 44 (1.46%) Cyberattack
11 41 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (1.26%) Driving Licence
12 38 (1.26%) Low-Code
12 38 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 35 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
14 34 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
15 32 (1.06%) Data Structures
15 32 (1.06%) Management Information System
15 32 (1.06%) Over-the-Top Content
16 30 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 140 (4.64%) Linux
2 107 (3.55%) Windows
3 64 (2.12%) Android
4 59 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 40 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.19%) Unix
7 20 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
9 7 (0.23%) VMS
10 4 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.099%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.066%) CentOS
13 1 (0.033%) AIX
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.033%) Solaris
13 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (20.22%) Mentoring
2 572 (18.96%) Agile
3 440 (14.58%) Software Engineering
4 404 (13.39%) AI
5 384 (12.73%) CI/CD
6 373 (12.36%) Coaching
7 351 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
8 350 (11.60%) DevOps
9 296 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 269 (8.92%) Roadmaps
11 262 (8.68%) Analytics
11 262 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
12 204 (6.76%) Test Automation
13 189 (6.26%) Decision-Making
14 172 (5.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 167 (5.54%) User Experience
16 166 (5.50%) Full-Stack Development
17 158 (5.24%) Infrastructure as Code
18 154 (5.10%) Microservices
19 151 (5.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 390 (12.93%) SQL
2 350 (11.60%) Python
3 233 (7.72%) Java
4 160 (5.30%) C#
5 159 (5.27%) JavaScript
6 143 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 98 (3.25%) PowerShell
8 74 (2.45%) C++
9 72 (2.39%) Go
10 65 (2.15%) Bash
11 57 (1.89%) PHP
12 55 (1.82%) PL/SQL
13 46 (1.52%) Scala
14 38 (1.26%) C
14 38 (1.26%) T-SQL
15 33 (1.09%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.76%) VBA
17 21 (0.70%) Bicep
18 18 (0.60%) R
18 18 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 268 (8.88%) Security Cleared
2 264 (8.75%) Degree
3 209 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 67 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 41 (1.36%) Azure Certification
6 41 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 35 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 30 (0.99%) ACCA
10 26 (0.86%) CISSP
10 26 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 26 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 24 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (0.80%) CIMA
11 24 (0.80%) PMI Certification
12 18 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 16 (0.53%) CIPFA
14 15 (0.50%) PhD
15 14 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (3.61%) QA
2 79 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 66 (2.19%) Data Quality
4 50 (1.66%) NIST
5 42 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.19%) GDPR
7 33 (1.09%) GRC
8 26 (0.86%) NCSC
9 23 (0.76%) PMO
10 19 (0.63%) SLA
11 12 (0.40%) P3O
12 11 (0.36%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.23%) IFRS
14 7 (0.23%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 147 (4.87%) Docker
2 101 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 46 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.63%) VMware NSX
4 19 (0.63%) vSphere
5 16 (0.53%) Firmware
6 9 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.30%) vCloud
7 7 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.033%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 182 (6.03%) Kubernetes
2 176 (5.83%) Terraform
3 39 (1.29%) Ansible
4 38 (1.26%) Grafana
5 30 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 20 (0.66%) Argo
8 19 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (0.60%) FortiGate
10 14 (0.46%) SCCM
11 11 (0.36%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.23%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.17%) Istio
13 5 (0.17%) Plesk
13 5 (0.17%) Puppet
13 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.099%) Avamar
15 3 (0.099%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 350 (11.60%) Microsoft
2 148 (4.91%) Oracle
3 109 (3.61%) Adobe
4 66 (2.19%) VMware
5 62 (2.06%) SAP
6 60 (1.99%) Databricks
7 59 (1.96%) Google
8 55 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 47 (1.56%) Salesforce
10 45 (1.49%) Cisco
10 45 (1.49%) Palo Alto
11 41 (1.36%) Apple
12 29 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
13 24 (0.80%) Dell
13 24 (0.80%) Tenable
14 21 (0.70%) Okta
15 14 (0.46%) Citrix
16 13 (0.43%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.43%) SolarWinds
17 12 (0.40%) NetApp