Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,202 3,118 3,448
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.47% 18.93% 16.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.45% 19.71% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,560 1,950 2,816
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +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 14,251 15,819 20,646
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 96.06% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,305 9,534 16,883
10th Percentile £30,125 £35,575 £35,518
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £96,481
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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.

1 530 (24.07%) Azure
2 501 (22.75%) Agile
3 399 (18.12%) Mentoring
4 380 (17.26%) AWS
5 369 (16.76%) SQL
6 356 (16.17%) CI/CD
7 347 (15.76%) DevOps
8 310 (14.08%) Software Engineering
9 309 (14.03%) Python
10 262 (11.90%) Coaching
11 254 (11.53%) Microsoft
12 251 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
13 250 (11.35%) AI
14 241 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 233 (10.58%) Degree
16 196 (8.90%) .NET
17 186 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
17 186 (8.45%) Roadmaps
18 183 (8.31%) Java
19 177 (8.04%) C#
20 172 (7.81%) Terraform
21 170 (7.72%) Asset Management
22 169 (7.67%) Security Cleared
23 168 (7.63%) SaaS
24 165 (7.49%) Analytics
25 159 (7.22%) Kubernetes
26 157 (7.13%) JavaScript
26 157 (7.13%) Test Automation
27 152 (6.90%) TypeScript
28 145 (6.58%) Docker

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 47 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (1.54%) Apache
4 29 (1.32%) Confluence
5 21 (0.95%) IIS
5 21 (0.95%) WordPress
6 20 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 17 (0.77%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.45%) CMS
9 9 (0.41%) JBoss
9 9 (0.41%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.23%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.14%) nginx
13 2 (0.091%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.091%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.091%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.091%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.045%) SAS
Applications
1 49 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.64%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (0.45%) InDesign
6 7 (0.32%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.27%) Sketch
7 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.23%) Maya
8 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.23%) MotionBuilder
9 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.091%) InVision
10 2 (0.091%) OrCAD
10 2 (0.091%) Revit
10 2 (0.091%) Simulink
10 2 (0.091%) Weka
11 1 (0.045%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
2 30 (1.36%) Oracle Assets
2 30 (1.36%) Oracle Payables
2 30 (1.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 29 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
4 28 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
5 20 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 20 (0.91%) Shopify
6 14 (0.64%) Hyperion Planning
7 12 (0.54%) NEC Housing
8 9 (0.41%) Workday HCM
9 8 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
10 5 (0.23%) Magento
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.18%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.18%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
12 2 (0.091%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 530 (24.07%) Azure
2 380 (17.26%) AWS
3 168 (7.63%) SaaS
4 141 (6.40%) GitHub
5 137 (6.22%) GCP
6 134 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
7 93 (4.22%) Power Platform
8 92 (4.18%) Serverless
9 89 (4.04%) Entra ID
10 77 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
10 77 (3.50%) Snowflake
11 74 (3.36%) dbt
12 50 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
13 45 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
14 39 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
15 37 (1.68%) OCI
16 35 (1.59%) Amazon S3
16 35 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
17 33 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
17 33 (1.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.77%) Broadband
2 53 (2.41%) Firewall
3 40 (1.82%) VPN
4 38 (1.73%) Network Security
5 37 (1.68%) WAN
6 36 (1.63%) TCP/IP
7 32 (1.45%) DNS
8 24 (1.09%) LAN
9 22 (1.00%) SD-WAN
10 21 (0.95%) Unified Communications
11 20 (0.91%) BGP
11 20 (0.91%) DHCP
12 14 (0.64%) Ethernet
13 13 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (0.59%) Wireless
14 11 (0.50%) HTTP
14 11 (0.50%) OSPF
15 9 (0.41%) RS-232
16 7 (0.32%) IPsec
16 7 (0.32%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (4.68%) SQL Server
2 93 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
3 75 (3.41%) Data Lake
4 72 (3.27%) Power BI
5 57 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (1.82%) NoSQL
7 34 (1.54%) DynamoDB
8 32 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
8 32 (1.45%) Apache Iceberg
9 31 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
10 30 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (1.23%) Apache Arrow
11 27 (1.23%) Apache Ignite
11 27 (1.23%) Dremio
12 26 (1.18%) MongoDB
13 24 (1.09%) MySQL
14 23 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 23 (1.04%) Metadata
15 19 (0.86%) Redis
16 17 (0.77%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 84 (3.81%) JIRA
2 69 (3.13%) Git
3 66 (3.00%) Jenkins
4 49 (2.23%) Oracle Forms
5 31 (1.41%) Selenium
6 25 (1.14%) TeamCity
7 22 (1.00%) GitLab
8 21 (0.95%) Postman
9 14 (0.64%) WebDriver
10 12 (0.54%) SoapUI
11 11 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (0.41%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.41%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.36%) Subversion
14 7 (0.32%) git-flow
15 6 (0.27%) JMeter
15 6 (0.27%) JUnit
15 6 (0.27%) Visual Studio
16 5 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 548 (24.89%) Finance
2 480 (21.80%) Social Skills
3 158 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 143 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (6.49%) Public Sector
5 108 (4.90%) Banking
6 107 (4.86%) Retail
7 95 (4.31%) Marketing
8 79 (3.59%) Law
9 70 (3.18%) Telecoms
10 61 (2.77%) Legal
11 59 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
12 52 (2.36%) Games
13 43 (1.95%) Front Office
14 37 (1.68%) Financial Institution
15 35 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.41%) Investment Banking
17 27 (1.23%) Manufacturing
18 25 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
19 24 (1.09%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (8.90%) .NET
2 140 (6.36%) React
3 110 (5.00%) REST
4 100 (4.54%) SOAP
5 96 (4.36%) RESTful
6 81 (3.68%) HTML
7 65 (2.95%) GraphQL
8 59 (2.68%) Node.js
9 55 (2.50%) CSS
10 49 (2.23%) gRPC
11 48 (2.18%) OAuth
12 45 (2.04%) Spring
13 39 (1.77%) Kafka
14 38 (1.73%) XML
15 37 (1.68%) .NET Core
16 36 (1.63%) Spring Boot
17 31 (1.41%) Pandas
18 30 (1.36%) JSON
19 29 (1.32%) .NET Framework
19 29 (1.32%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 141 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 90 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 81 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 53 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
6 34 (1.54%) Data Centre
6 34 (1.54%) Derivative
6 34 (1.54%) Hedge funds
6 34 (1.54%) Social Media
7 30 (1.36%) Management Information System
7 30 (1.36%) Public Cloud
8 28 (1.27%) Fixed Income
8 28 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 28 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 27 (1.23%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.23%) Equities
9 27 (1.23%) Pricing Data
10 26 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (1.14%) Security Posture
12 22 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 96 (4.36%) Linux
2 73 (3.32%) Windows
3 44 (2.00%) Android
4 35 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 31 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 26 (1.18%) Unix
7 15 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.54%) VMS
9 4 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.091%) CentOS
10 2 (0.091%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.091%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (22.75%) Agile
2 399 (18.12%) Mentoring
3 356 (16.17%) CI/CD
4 347 (15.76%) DevOps
5 310 (14.08%) Software Engineering
6 262 (11.90%) Coaching
7 251 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
8 250 (11.35%) AI
9 241 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 186 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
10 186 (8.45%) Roadmaps
11 170 (7.72%) Asset Management
12 165 (7.49%) Analytics
13 157 (7.13%) Test Automation
14 145 (6.58%) Microservices
15 130 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
16 129 (5.86%) Infrastructure as Code
17 128 (5.81%) Clean Code
18 125 (5.68%) User Experience
19 116 (5.27%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 369 (16.76%) SQL
2 309 (14.03%) Python
3 183 (8.31%) Java
4 177 (8.04%) C#
5 157 (7.13%) JavaScript
6 152 (6.90%) TypeScript
7 81 (3.68%) PowerShell
8 53 (2.41%) Bash
9 46 (2.09%) Go
10 45 (2.04%) PL/SQL
11 44 (2.00%) C++
12 33 (1.50%) Kotlin
12 33 (1.50%) PHP
13 32 (1.45%) Scala
14 28 (1.27%) T-SQL
15 25 (1.14%) Bicep
16 24 (1.09%) Shell Script
17 22 (1.00%) C
18 20 (0.91%) Ruby
19 15 (0.68%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 233 (10.58%) Degree
2 169 (7.67%) Security Cleared
3 122 (5.54%) SC Cleared
4 75 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (2.09%) ACCA
6 42 (1.91%) CISSP
7 37 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.45%) Azure Certification
10 31 (1.41%) CISM
10 31 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 23 (1.04%) CCNP
12 23 (1.04%) CIMA
13 18 (0.82%) AAT
14 17 (0.77%) CESG Certified Professional
15 16 (0.73%) CISMP
15 16 (0.73%) IISP
16 14 (0.64%) Master's Degree
16 14 (0.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (4.59%) QA
2 61 (2.77%) Accessibility
3 56 (2.54%) NIST
4 55 (2.50%) GDPR
5 48 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 37 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 37 (1.68%) NCSC
7 20 (0.91%) IFRS
8 17 (0.77%) NIST 800
9 16 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 16 (0.73%) JSP 440
9 16 (0.73%) PMO
9 16 (0.73%) RMADS
10 14 (0.64%) GRC
11 12 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.41%) IEC 61508
12 9 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.41%) MISRA
12 9 (0.41%) MISRA C
13 8 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 145 (6.58%) Docker
2 84 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 21 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.32%) vSphere
8 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.23%) Firmware
10 2 (0.091%) pfSense
10 2 (0.091%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.091%) vCloud
10 2 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.045%) Ceph
11 1 (0.045%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 172 (7.81%) Terraform
2 159 (7.22%) Kubernetes
3 50 (2.27%) Grafana
4 47 (2.13%) Ansible
5 43 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
6 33 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (0.95%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.41%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.27%) Argo
11 3 (0.14%) Control-M
11 3 (0.14%) cPanel
11 3 (0.14%) FlexNet
11 3 (0.14%) Nessus
11 3 (0.14%) Plesk
11 3 (0.14%) Puppet
12 2 (0.091%) Nagios
12 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 2 (0.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 254 (11.53%) Microsoft
2 120 (5.45%) Oracle
3 71 (3.22%) Databricks
4 48 (2.18%) Cisco
5 44 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 40 (1.82%) SAP
7 39 (1.77%) Salesforce
8 36 (1.63%) Google
9 35 (1.59%) VMware
10 26 (1.18%) Okta
11 25 (1.14%) Adobe
12 21 (0.95%) Workday
13 14 (0.64%) Hyperion
13 14 (0.64%) Screaming Frog
14 13 (0.59%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.54%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.50%) Talend
17 10 (0.45%) Sage
18 9 (0.41%) Atlassian
18 9 (0.41%) Zoho