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 10 May 2026.

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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,018 2,465 5,671
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.38% 17.04% 17.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.48% 18.49% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,131 1,626 4,347
10th Percentile £47,500 £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 £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 17,264 13,333 31,159
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 92.19% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,667 9,051 24,890
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%

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 10 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 10 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.

1 607 (20.11%) Mentoring
2 588 (19.48%) Azure
3 567 (18.79%) Agile
4 498 (16.50%) AWS
5 433 (14.35%) Software Engineering
6 401 (13.29%) AI
7 393 (13.02%) SQL
8 383 (12.69%) CI/CD
9 363 (12.03%) Coaching
10 356 (11.80%) Microsoft
11 353 (11.70%) DevOps
12 343 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
13 342 (11.33%) Python
14 297 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 270 (8.95%) Cybersecurity
16 267 (8.85%) Roadmaps
17 265 (8.78%) Security Cleared
18 254 (8.42%) Analytics
18 254 (8.42%) Degree
19 228 (7.55%) Java
20 207 (6.86%) SC Cleared
21 206 (6.83%) GCP
22 201 (6.66%) Test Automation
23 197 (6.53%) .NET
24 186 (6.16%) Decision-Making
25 182 (6.03%) Kubernetes
26 177 (5.86%) Stakeholder Management
27 173 (5.73%) SaaS
28 172 (5.70%) Terraform
29 169 (5.60%) 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 86 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.80%) CMS
3 24 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.70%) Confluence
6 9 (0.30%) Apache
7 7 (0.23%) JBoss
7 7 (0.23%) SAS
7 7 (0.23%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.23%) WordPress
8 5 (0.17%) IIS
9 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.099%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.099%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.066%) Artix
11 2 (0.066%) nginx
11 2 (0.066%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.033%) Appian
12 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 41 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.60%) 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 23 (0.76%) Cloudability
2 23 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 16 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
4 15 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
4 15 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 15 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
5 14 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 13 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
7 12 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
8 11 (0.36%) Visualfiles
9 9 (0.30%) Shopify
10 8 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
11 7 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
12 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
12 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
12 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
13 5 (0.17%) SAP CO
13 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
13 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 588 (19.48%) Azure
2 498 (16.50%) AWS
3 206 (6.83%) GCP
4 173 (5.73%) SaaS
5 121 (4.01%) Power Platform
6 115 (3.81%) Serverless
7 105 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
8 103 (3.41%) GitHub
9 93 (3.08%) Entra ID
10 92 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
11 48 (1.59%) PowerApps
12 45 (1.49%) 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%) Azure Service Bus
17 36 (1.19%) OneDrive
18 35 (1.16%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 131 (4.34%) Broadband
2 78 (2.58%) Firewall
3 56 (1.86%) VPN
4 54 (1.79%) DNS
5 50 (1.66%) WAN
6 44 (1.46%) DHCP
7 38 (1.26%) TCP/IP
8 34 (1.13%) SD-WAN
9 33 (1.09%) LAN
10 30 (0.99%) Network Security
11 26 (0.86%) Wireless
12 22 (0.73%) BGP
13 20 (0.66%) RS-232
14 19 (0.63%) Ethernet
14 19 (0.63%) HTTP
15 18 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (0.40%) OSPF
17 9 (0.30%) MPLS
17 9 (0.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 92 (3.05%) Power BI
3 80 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (1.95%) MongoDB
5 52 (1.72%) Metadata
6 50 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
7 38 (1.26%) NoSQL
8 33 (1.09%) BigQuery
9 30 (0.99%) OLTP
10 27 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.89%) Tableau
11 26 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
11 26 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
11 26 (0.86%) MySQL
12 25 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
13 24 (0.80%) Relational Database
14 23 (0.76%) DynamoDB
15 21 (0.70%) Data Lake
16 19 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 17 (0.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 76 (2.52%) Git
2 68 (2.25%) JIRA
3 48 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.29%) GitLab
5 32 (1.06%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
7 22 (0.73%) Snyk
8 19 (0.63%) Claude Code
9 14 (0.46%) Selenium
10 11 (0.36%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.33%) MLflow
12 9 (0.30%) Postman
13 7 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.23%) JMeter
13 7 (0.23%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.23%) XCUITest
14 6 (0.20%) SoapUI
14 6 (0.20%) Subversion
14 6 (0.20%) webpack
15 5 (0.17%) REST Assured
General
1 573 (18.99%) Finance
2 544 (18.03%) Social Skills
3 367 (12.16%) Public Sector
4 202 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 178 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
6 131 (4.34%) Marketing
7 127 (4.21%) Law
8 119 (3.94%) Banking
9 100 (3.31%) Legal
10 87 (2.88%) Retail
11 86 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 75 (2.49%) Games
13 57 (1.89%) Telecoms
14 52 (1.72%) Manufacturing
15 44 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (0.80%) Back Office
17 24 (0.80%) Publishing
18 23 (0.76%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.66%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (6.53%) .NET
2 140 (4.64%) React
3 119 (3.94%) REST
4 92 (3.05%) Node.js
5 82 (2.72%) SOAP
6 81 (2.68%) HTML
7 79 (2.62%) RESTful
8 55 (1.82%) CSS
8 55 (1.82%) GraphQL
9 51 (1.69%) OAuth
10 42 (1.39%) Spring
11 40 (1.33%) OpenID
12 39 (1.29%) .NET Core
13 37 (1.23%) Kafka
14 36 (1.19%) SAML
15 34 (1.13%) JSON
16 33 (1.09%) Spring Boot
17 32 (1.06%) React Native
18 31 (1.03%) XML
19 29 (0.96%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 186 (6.16%) Cloud Native
2 110 (3.64%) Product Ownership
3 67 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 59 (1.95%) Social Media
5 57 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
7 48 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 46 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 45 (1.49%) Mobile App
10 44 (1.46%) Cyberattack
11 42 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (1.26%) Low-Code
12 38 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 36 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
13 36 (1.19%) Driving Licence
14 35 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
15 32 (1.06%) Data Structures
15 32 (1.06%) Over-the-Top Content
16 31 (1.03%) Management Information System
17 29 (0.96%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 141 (4.67%) Linux
2 112 (3.71%) Windows
3 65 (2.15%) Android
4 58 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 44 (1.46%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.19%) Unix
7 21 (0.70%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.27%) VMS
10 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.099%) CentOS
12 3 (0.099%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.066%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.033%) AIX
14 1 (0.033%) Solaris
14 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (20.11%) Mentoring
2 567 (18.79%) Agile
3 433 (14.35%) Software Engineering
4 401 (13.29%) AI
5 383 (12.69%) CI/CD
6 363 (12.03%) Coaching
7 353 (11.70%) DevOps
8 343 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
9 297 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 270 (8.95%) Cybersecurity
11 267 (8.85%) Roadmaps
12 254 (8.42%) Analytics
13 201 (6.66%) Test Automation
14 186 (6.16%) Decision-Making
15 177 (5.86%) Stakeholder Management
16 169 (5.60%) User Experience
17 163 (5.40%) Full-Stack Development
18 157 (5.20%) Microservices
19 156 (5.17%) Infrastructure as Code
20 144 (4.77%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 393 (13.02%) SQL
2 342 (11.33%) Python
3 228 (7.55%) Java
4 161 (5.33%) C#
5 155 (5.14%) JavaScript
6 142 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 96 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 76 (2.52%) C++
9 75 (2.49%) Go
10 65 (2.15%) Bash
11 56 (1.86%) PHP
12 55 (1.82%) PL/SQL
13 46 (1.52%) Scala
14 39 (1.29%) T-SQL
15 38 (1.26%) C
16 33 (1.09%) Kotlin
17 23 (0.76%) VBA
18 22 (0.73%) Bicep
19 18 (0.60%) Rust
20 17 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 265 (8.78%) Security Cleared
2 254 (8.42%) Degree
3 207 (6.86%) SC Cleared
4 69 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 41 (1.36%) Azure Certification
7 40 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 33 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.03%) ACCA
11 27 (0.89%) CISSP
12 26 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 25 (0.83%) PMI Certification
14 24 (0.80%) CIMA
15 23 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 17 (0.56%) DBS Check
16 17 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 16 (0.53%) CIPFA
17 16 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
18 15 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (3.61%) QA
2 77 (2.55%) Accessibility
3 67 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 51 (1.69%) NIST
5 44 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (1.26%) GDPR
7 33 (1.09%) GRC
8 28 (0.93%) NCSC
9 24 (0.80%) PMO
10 20 (0.66%) SLA
11 13 (0.43%) P3O
12 11 (0.36%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA C
12 11 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.27%) IFRS
15 7 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.23%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 149 (4.94%) Docker
2 106 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (0.63%) VMware NSX
5 19 (0.63%) vSphere
6 16 (0.53%) Firmware
7 10 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.30%) vCloud
9 7 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.033%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 182 (6.03%) Kubernetes
2 172 (5.70%) Terraform
3 40 (1.33%) Ansible
4 35 (1.16%) Grafana
5 31 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 20 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.63%) Argo
9 17 (0.56%) 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
1 356 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 149 (4.94%) Oracle
3 108 (3.58%) Adobe
4 69 (2.29%) VMware
5 63 (2.09%) SAP
6 61 (2.02%) Databricks
7 60 (1.99%) Google
8 53 (1.76%) ServiceNow
9 48 (1.59%) Salesforce
10 47 (1.56%) Cisco
11 42 (1.39%) Palo Alto
12 40 (1.33%) Apple
13 27 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
14 25 (0.83%) Dell
15 22 (0.73%) Okta
15 22 (0.73%) Tenable
16 14 (0.46%) Citrix
16 14 (0.46%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.43%) SolarWinds
18 12 (0.40%) NetApp