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 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,456 2,334 5,020
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.82% 14.14% 18.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.82% 15.35% 19.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,325 1,529 3,597
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,950 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,250 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +6.74% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £100,000
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 20,553 15,207 26,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.12% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,860 9,444 19,581
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 27 July 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 27 July 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.

1 706 (20.43%) Agile
2 683 (19.76%) Mentoring
3 649 (18.78%) Azure
4 612 (17.71%) AWS
5 591 (17.10%) Software Engineering
6 543 (15.71%) AI
7 528 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 510 (14.76%) CI/CD
9 491 (14.21%) Python
10 466 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
11 446 (12.91%) DevOps
12 430 (12.44%) Microsoft
13 367 (10.62%) SQL
14 347 (10.04%) Coaching
15 325 (9.40%) Degree
16 318 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
17 310 (8.97%) Analytics
18 307 (8.88%) Security Cleared
19 301 (8.71%) Project Delivery
20 279 (8.07%) Decision-Making
21 277 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 271 (7.84%) Roadmaps
23 269 (7.78%) C#
24 260 (7.52%) Test Automation
25 249 (7.20%) SC Cleared
26 246 (7.12%) JavaScript
27 224 (6.48%) GCP
28 221 (6.39%) .NET
28 221 (6.39%) QA
29 216 (6.25%) SaaS

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 92 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (0.67%) CMS
5 19 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 18 (0.52%) Confluence
7 15 (0.43%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) IIS
8 12 (0.35%) WordPress
9 8 (0.23%) Apache
9 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 7 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.087%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.087%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.087%) Artix
11 3 (0.087%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.087%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.058%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.029%) Appian
13 1 (0.029%) Moodle
Applications
1 80 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (0.38%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.20%) Civil 3D
7 7 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.17%) InDesign
9 5 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.14%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.12%) Trello
11 3 (0.087%) Blender
11 3 (0.087%) Maya
12 2 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.058%) InVision
12 2 (0.058%) Sketch
12 2 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (0.69%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
3 15 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 11 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
7 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.20%) Visualfiles
8 5 (0.14%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.14%) Shopify
9 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
10 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.087%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.087%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 649 (18.78%) Azure
2 612 (17.71%) AWS
3 224 (6.48%) GCP
4 216 (6.25%) SaaS
5 146 (4.22%) Power Platform
6 142 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
7 134 (3.88%) Entra ID
8 125 (3.62%) Serverless
9 91 (2.63%) GitHub
10 89 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
11 53 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
12 46 (1.33%) PowerApps
13 45 (1.30%) Power Automate
14 43 (1.24%) Amazon S3
15 39 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
15 39 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
16 37 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
17 34 (0.98%) Azure AKS
17 34 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
18 33 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 132 (3.82%) Firewall
2 108 (3.13%) Broadband
3 69 (2.00%) DNS
4 65 (1.88%) Network Security
5 58 (1.68%) VPN
5 58 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
6 51 (1.48%) VLAN
7 50 (1.45%) WAN
8 49 (1.42%) Wireless
9 44 (1.27%) LAN
10 43 (1.24%) DHCP
11 40 (1.16%) TCP/IP
12 26 (0.75%) BGP
13 23 (0.67%) RS-232
14 20 (0.58%) SD-WAN
15 19 (0.55%) OSPF
16 17 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (0.46%) WLAN
18 15 (0.43%) Ethernet
18 15 (0.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (3.24%) Power BI
2 110 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
3 86 (2.49%) SQL Server
4 64 (1.85%) MongoDB
5 49 (1.42%) Metadata
6 41 (1.19%) MySQL
6 41 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 34 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 31 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
8 31 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 30 (0.87%) Tableau
10 28 (0.81%) DynamoDB
11 27 (0.78%) OLTP
12 26 (0.75%) NoSQL
13 25 (0.72%) BigQuery
14 18 (0.52%) Data Lake
15 17 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
16 15 (0.43%) Big Data
16 15 (0.43%) Redis
16 15 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 107 (3.10%) Git
2 53 (1.53%) JIRA
3 40 (1.16%) GitLab
4 33 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.72%) Snyk
6 22 (0.64%) Claude Code
7 21 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 14 (0.41%) Selenium
9 13 (0.38%) JUnit
10 10 (0.29%) Postman
11 9 (0.26%) LabVIEW
12 8 (0.23%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
13 7 (0.20%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.20%) Gatling
14 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.14%) Maven
15 5 (0.14%) MLflow
15 5 (0.14%) Mockito
15 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 821 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 565 (16.35%) Finance
3 366 (10.59%) Public Sector
4 279 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 264 (7.64%) Legal
6 232 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
7 220 (6.37%) Law
8 122 (3.53%) Banking
9 121 (3.50%) Marketing
10 82 (2.37%) Retail
11 71 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 65 (1.88%) Manufacturing
13 61 (1.77%) Games
14 58 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
15 52 (1.50%) Telecoms
16 43 (1.24%) Local Government
17 42 (1.22%) Electronics
17 42 (1.22%) Legal Technology
18 32 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
19 24 (0.69%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (6.39%) .NET
2 159 (4.60%) React
3 113 (3.27%) Node.js
4 86 (2.49%) HTML
5 85 (2.46%) REST
6 76 (2.20%) RESTful
7 71 (2.05%) CSS
8 51 (1.48%) Spring
9 38 (1.10%) Vue
10 36 (1.04%) Spring Boot
11 35 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
11 35 (1.01%) Kafka
12 32 (0.93%) AngularJS
13 30 (0.87%) Laravel
14 29 (0.84%) SOAP
15 28 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
16 27 (0.78%) SPFx
17 26 (0.75%) JSON
18 25 (0.72%) Next.js
18 25 (0.72%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 216 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 100 (2.89%) Product Ownership
3 86 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
4 67 (1.94%) Driving Licence
5 65 (1.88%) Virtual Team
6 63 (1.82%) Data Centre
7 52 (1.50%) Social Media
8 49 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 48 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 44 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
11 43 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 42 (1.22%) Data Structures
13 40 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
14 39 (1.13%) Mobile App
15 37 (1.07%) Algorithms
15 37 (1.07%) Management Information System
15 37 (1.07%) Security Posture
16 34 (0.98%) Onboarding
17 32 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
17 32 (0.93%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 171 (4.95%) Linux
2 122 (3.53%) Windows
3 49 (1.42%) Unix
4 46 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 44 (1.27%) Apple iOS
6 42 (1.22%) Android
7 28 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
8 10 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
9 9 (0.26%) VMS
10 4 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.087%) Debian
11 3 (0.087%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.029%) AIX
12 1 (0.029%) CentOS
12 1 (0.029%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 706 (20.43%) Agile
2 683 (19.76%) Mentoring
3 591 (17.10%) Software Engineering
4 543 (15.71%) AI
5 528 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 510 (14.76%) CI/CD
7 466 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
8 446 (12.91%) DevOps
9 347 (10.04%) Coaching
10 318 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
11 310 (8.97%) Analytics
12 301 (8.71%) Project Delivery
13 279 (8.07%) Decision-Making
14 277 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 271 (7.84%) Roadmaps
16 260 (7.52%) Test Automation
17 201 (5.82%) Infrastructure as Code
17 201 (5.82%) Stakeholder Management
18 188 (5.44%) Microservices
19 183 (5.30%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 491 (14.21%) Python
2 367 (10.62%) SQL
3 269 (7.78%) C#
4 246 (7.12%) JavaScript
5 215 (6.22%) Java
6 208 (6.02%) TypeScript
7 135 (3.91%) PowerShell
8 98 (2.84%) C++
9 62 (1.79%) Go
10 61 (1.77%) PHP
11 53 (1.53%) C
12 49 (1.42%) PL/SQL
13 48 (1.39%) Bash
14 27 (0.78%) Embedded C
15 25 (0.72%) Bicep
16 22 (0.64%) Scala
17 21 (0.61%) Kotlin
18 20 (0.58%) R
19 19 (0.55%) Rust
20 18 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 325 (9.40%) Degree
2 307 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 249 (7.20%) SC Cleared
4 99 (2.86%) CISSP
5 90 (2.60%) CISM
6 66 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 55 (1.59%) A+ Certification
7 55 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
8 54 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 52 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 42 (1.22%) DV Cleared
11 41 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 39 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 37 (1.07%) AWS Certification
13 37 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
14 26 (0.75%) PhD
15 25 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
16 24 (0.69%) ACCA
16 24 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 20 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (6.39%) QA
2 90 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 79 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 75 (2.17%) Data Quality
5 66 (1.91%) NIST
6 57 (1.65%) GDPR
7 48 (1.39%) GRC
8 31 (0.90%) PMO
9 21 (0.61%) SLA
10 19 (0.55%) NCSC
11 15 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.38%) WCAG
13 12 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.20%) COBIT
17 6 (0.17%) GAAP
17 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 161 (4.66%) Docker
2 133 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 31 (0.90%) vSphere
6 24 (0.69%) Firmware
7 14 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
7 14 (0.41%) VMware NSX
8 12 (0.35%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.26%) vCloud
10 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.087%) iptables
12 2 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.029%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.029%) GPFS
13 1 (0.029%) Lustre
13 1 (0.029%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.029%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.029%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 198 (5.73%) Kubernetes
2 183 (5.30%) Terraform
3 92 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (0.98%) Ansible
5 27 (0.78%) Grafana
6 21 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 18 (0.52%) Argo
8 10 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (0.20%) SCCM
11 6 (0.17%) Avamar
11 6 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (0.17%) EMC VPLEX
11 6 (0.17%) Puppet
11 6 (0.17%) VxRail
12 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.14%) Istio
12 5 (0.14%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.14%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 430 (12.44%) Microsoft
2 133 (3.85%) Oracle
3 107 (3.10%) Adobe
4 69 (2.00%) Google
4 69 (2.00%) Palo Alto
5 65 (1.88%) Cisco
6 64 (1.85%) SAP
7 62 (1.79%) VMware
8 61 (1.77%) ServiceNow
9 60 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 54 (1.56%) CyberArk
11 49 (1.42%) Databricks
12 39 (1.13%) Apple
13 31 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
14 28 (0.81%) Dell
14 28 (0.81%) Pega
15 27 (0.78%) Tenable
16 22 (0.64%) Informatica
17 21 (0.61%) Aruba
18 20 (0.58%) Computacenter