Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,921 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,537 2,896 4,384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.46% 18.68% 15.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.51% 19.56% 16.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,785 1,837 3,678
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £53,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,921 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.62% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

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 15,365 14,803 26,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 95.47% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,276 9,043 22,191
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,030 £33,516
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £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 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £96,938 £100,000 £95,000
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 20 February 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 20 February 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.

1 603 (23.77%) Azure
2 542 (21.36%) Agile
3 536 (21.13%) Mentoring
4 432 (17.03%) AWS
5 393 (15.49%) CI/CD
6 391 (15.41%) SQL
7 373 (14.70%) Coaching
8 364 (14.35%) DevOps
9 356 (14.03%) Software Engineering
10 323 (12.73%) Microsoft
11 311 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
12 310 (12.22%) Python
13 301 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 291 (11.47%) AI
15 262 (10.33%) Degree
16 230 (9.07%) Security Cleared
17 216 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
18 213 (8.40%) Roadmaps
19 209 (8.24%) Java
20 206 (8.12%) Analytics
21 205 (8.08%) .NET
22 202 (7.96%) SaaS
23 188 (7.41%) Kubernetes
24 186 (7.33%) Stakeholder Management
25 184 (7.25%) Terraform
26 183 (7.21%) GCP
26 183 (7.21%) Test Automation
27 169 (6.66%) C#
28 167 (6.58%) Docker
28 167 (6.58%) 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 64 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 24 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 23 (0.91%) WordPress
6 22 (0.87%) Confluence
7 15 (0.59%) Apache
8 11 (0.43%) CMS
8 11 (0.43%) JBoss
8 11 (0.43%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.12%) IIS
11 3 (0.12%) nginx
11 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.079%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.079%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.039%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 49 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.51%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (0.39%) InDesign
6 7 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.24%) Sketch
8 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.16%) Maya
9 4 (0.16%) MotionBuilder
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.12%) InVision
10 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.12%) Trello
10 3 (0.12%) Weka
11 2 (0.079%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.079%) Revit
11 2 (0.079%) Simulink
12 1 (0.039%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (1.54%) Oracle ERP
2 28 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
3 27 (1.06%) Oracle Assets
3 27 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
3 27 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
4 26 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
5 21 (0.83%) Shopify
6 18 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
7 13 (0.51%) Hyperion Planning
8 12 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
9 11 (0.43%) NEC Housing
10 9 (0.35%) Visualfiles
11 8 (0.32%) Workday HCM
12 6 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
12 6 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
13 5 (0.20%) Magento
13 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
13 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
13 5 (0.20%) SAP PP
14 4 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 603 (23.77%) Azure
2 432 (17.03%) AWS
3 202 (7.96%) SaaS
4 183 (7.21%) GCP
5 139 (5.48%) GitHub
6 128 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
7 123 (4.85%) Entra ID
8 117 (4.61%) Power Platform
9 105 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
10 76 (3.00%) Serverless
11 67 (2.64%) dbt
12 64 (2.52%) Snowflake
13 49 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
14 44 (1.73%) PowerApps
15 39 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
16 38 (1.50%) GitHub Copilot
17 36 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
18 34 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
18 34 (1.34%) OCI
19 33 (1.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 89 (3.51%) Broadband
2 62 (2.44%) Firewall
3 47 (1.85%) VPN
4 41 (1.62%) TCP/IP
5 40 (1.58%) WAN
6 37 (1.46%) DNS
7 31 (1.22%) DHCP
8 26 (1.02%) Network Security
8 26 (1.02%) SD-WAN
9 24 (0.95%) LAN
10 16 (0.63%) BGP
10 16 (0.63%) Ethernet
10 16 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (0.55%) Wireless
12 11 (0.43%) HTTP
12 11 (0.43%) RS-232
13 10 (0.39%) Unified Communications
14 8 (0.32%) OSPF
15 7 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
15 7 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 92 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (3.27%) Power BI
4 63 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
5 51 (2.01%) Data Lake
6 41 (1.62%) NoSQL
7 38 (1.50%) Metadata
8 30 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 30 (1.18%) MongoDB
9 28 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
9 28 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
9 28 (1.10%) MySQL
10 25 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
11 24 (0.95%) Tableau
12 23 (0.91%) Redis
13 19 (0.75%) OLTP
14 17 (0.67%) Relational Database
15 16 (0.63%) Apache Iceberg
15 16 (0.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 16 (0.63%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 84 (3.31%) JIRA
2 70 (2.76%) Git
3 63 (2.48%) Jenkins
4 46 (1.81%) Oracle Forms
5 34 (1.34%) TeamCity
6 23 (0.91%) GitLab
6 23 (0.91%) Selenium
7 13 (0.51%) Postman
8 10 (0.39%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.35%) MLflow
10 8 (0.32%) Subversion
11 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.28%) git-flow
11 7 (0.28%) JUnit
11 7 (0.28%) SoapUI
11 7 (0.28%) WebDriver
11 7 (0.28%) webpack
12 6 (0.24%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 570 (22.47%) Finance
2 539 (21.25%) Social Skills
3 261 (10.29%) Public Sector
4 177 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 157 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (4.93%) Retail
7 115 (4.53%) Law
8 103 (4.06%) Marketing
9 98 (3.86%) Banking
10 81 (3.19%) Telecoms
11 80 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.88%) Legal
13 63 (2.48%) Games
14 50 (1.97%) Financial Institution
15 43 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
16 35 (1.38%) Manufacturing
17 26 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (0.87%) Back Office
19 21 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
20 19 (0.75%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (8.08%) .NET
2 133 (5.24%) React
3 125 (4.93%) REST
4 115 (4.53%) SOAP
5 88 (3.47%) RESTful
6 84 (3.31%) HTML
7 72 (2.84%) GraphQL
8 66 (2.60%) OAuth
9 64 (2.52%) Node.js
10 59 (2.33%) CSS
11 52 (2.05%) Spring
12 49 (1.93%) Kafka
13 45 (1.77%) SAML
14 44 (1.73%) OpenID
15 41 (1.62%) XML
16 40 (1.58%) Spring Boot
17 36 (1.42%) .NET Core
17 36 (1.42%) LDAP
18 30 (1.18%) JSON
19 28 (1.10%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 170 (6.70%) Cloud Native
2 98 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 94 (3.71%) Product Ownership
4 57 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
5 51 (2.01%) Social Media
6 48 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
7 40 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 39 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (1.50%) Cyberattack
10 36 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 35 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
12 33 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 31 (1.22%) Security Posture
14 27 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
15 25 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
16 22 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 22 (0.87%) Management Information System
17 20 (0.79%) Data Structures
17 20 (0.79%) Driving Licence
18 19 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 128 (5.05%) Linux
2 90 (3.55%) Windows
3 59 (2.33%) Android
4 50 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 41 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 35 (1.38%) Unix
7 25 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.55%) VMS
9 9 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.079%) CentOS
11 2 (0.079%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (21.36%) Agile
2 536 (21.13%) Mentoring
3 393 (15.49%) CI/CD
4 373 (14.70%) Coaching
5 364 (14.35%) DevOps
6 356 (14.03%) Software Engineering
7 311 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
8 301 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 291 (11.47%) AI
10 216 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
11 213 (8.40%) Roadmaps
12 206 (8.12%) Analytics
13 186 (7.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 183 (7.21%) Test Automation
15 167 (6.58%) Microservices
16 142 (5.60%) User Experience
17 141 (5.56%) Asset Management
18 140 (5.52%) Infrastructure as Code
18 140 (5.52%) Migration
19 138 (5.44%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 391 (15.41%) SQL
2 310 (12.22%) Python
3 209 (8.24%) Java
4 169 (6.66%) C#
5 146 (5.75%) JavaScript
6 128 (5.05%) TypeScript
7 94 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 74 (2.92%) Bash
9 61 (2.40%) Go
10 59 (2.33%) C++
11 52 (2.05%) PL/SQL
12 48 (1.89%) PHP
13 43 (1.69%) Scala
14 40 (1.58%) T-SQL
15 32 (1.26%) Kotlin
16 29 (1.14%) C
17 25 (0.99%) Bicep
18 23 (0.91%) Shell Script
19 19 (0.75%) VBA
20 15 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 262 (10.33%) Degree
2 230 (9.07%) Security Cleared
3 167 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 84 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (1.77%) DV Cleared
6 41 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.50%) ACCA
8 36 (1.42%) CISSP
9 34 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 31 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (1.02%) PMI Certification
12 21 (0.83%) AWS Certification
13 19 (0.75%) CIMA
13 19 (0.75%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.71%) CISM
15 17 (0.67%) CCNP
16 13 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 13 (0.51%) CREST Certified
16 13 (0.51%) DBS Check
17 12 (0.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (3.63%) QA
2 59 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (2.29%) GDPR
4 57 (2.25%) NIST
5 54 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 54 (2.13%) Data Quality
6 35 (1.38%) NCSC
7 21 (0.83%) IFRS
8 15 (0.59%) GRC
9 14 (0.55%) P3O
9 14 (0.55%) PMO
10 11 (0.43%) IEC 61508
10 11 (0.43%) MISRA
10 11 (0.43%) MISRA C
11 10 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.35%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.35%) SLA
13 8 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.32%) GAAP
System Software
1 167 (6.58%) Docker
2 119 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.28%) Firmware
7 6 (0.24%) vSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.079%) vCloud
9 2 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.039%) Ceph
10 1 (0.039%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.039%) Lustre
10 1 (0.039%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 188 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 184 (7.25%) Terraform
3 59 (2.33%) Grafana
4 49 (1.93%) Ansible
4 49 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.95%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.43%) Functional Safety
7 11 (0.43%) SCCM
8 7 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.20%) Argo
9 5 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.20%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.20%) Puppet
10 3 (0.12%) Control-M
10 3 (0.12%) cPanel
10 3 (0.12%) FlexNet
10 3 (0.12%) Plesk
11 2 (0.079%) Nagios
11 2 (0.079%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 323 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 141 (5.56%) Oracle
3 80 (3.15%) Databricks
4 54 (2.13%) Google
5 50 (1.97%) Salesforce
5 50 (1.97%) VMware
6 49 (1.93%) SAP
7 48 (1.89%) Cisco
8 41 (1.62%) Adobe
9 30 (1.18%) Okta
10 29 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 21 (0.83%) Workday
12 19 (0.75%) Apple
13 14 (0.55%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.55%) Screaming Frog
14 13 (0.51%) Hyperion
14 13 (0.51%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.47%) Samsung
15 12 (0.47%) Talend
16 10 (0.39%) Dell