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 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,320 2,268 5,928
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.02% 14.27% 17.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.06% 15.48% 18.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,361 1,431 4,400
10th Percentile £48,000 £48,306 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £79,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £97,500
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 19,465 14,655 32,136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.23% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,252 9,084 25,034
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -12.50%

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 1 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 1 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.

1 654 (19.70%) Agile
2 610 (18.37%) Mentoring
3 588 (17.71%) Azure
4 575 (17.32%) AWS
5 495 (14.91%) Software Engineering
6 458 (13.80%) AI
7 423 (12.74%) CI/CD
8 405 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 405 (12.20%) Python
9 384 (11.57%) Coaching
10 381 (11.48%) Microsoft
11 379 (11.42%) DevOps
12 361 (10.87%) SQL
13 349 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
14 319 (9.61%) Degree
15 304 (9.16%) Analytics
16 298 (8.98%) Security Cleared
17 295 (8.89%) Roadmaps
18 258 (7.77%) Decision-Making
19 242 (7.29%) Project Delivery
20 238 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
21 231 (6.96%) SC Cleared
22 229 (6.90%) Java
23 219 (6.60%) Test Automation
24 211 (6.36%) GCP
25 203 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
26 197 (5.93%) Kubernetes
27 190 (5.72%) Infrastructure as Code
28 181 (5.45%) JavaScript
28 181 (5.45%) Project Management

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 96 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (0.66%) CMS
5 17 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.48%) Confluence
7 12 (0.36%) SAS
8 11 (0.33%) IIS
9 9 (0.27%) WordPress
10 8 (0.24%) Apache
10 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.090%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.090%) Artix
12 3 (0.090%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.090%) JBoss
12 3 (0.090%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.060%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.060%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.030%) Appian
Applications
1 85 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.33%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.18%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.15%) Civil 3D
9 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
9 5 (0.15%) InDesign
10 4 (0.12%) Trello
11 3 (0.090%) Blender
11 3 (0.090%) Maya
12 2 (0.060%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.060%) InVision
12 2 (0.060%) SPSS
12 2 (0.060%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.72%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.48%) Adobe Campaign
3 15 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 9 (0.27%) Visualfiles
8 7 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.18%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
11 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
11 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (0.12%) Shopify
12 3 (0.090%) Infor SunSystems
12 3 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
12 3 (0.090%) SAP CO
12 3 (0.090%) SAP FI
12 3 (0.090%) SAP FI/CO
12 3 (0.090%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 588 (17.71%) Azure
2 575 (17.32%) AWS
3 211 (6.36%) GCP
4 177 (5.33%) SaaS
5 149 (4.49%) Power Platform
6 142 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
7 128 (3.86%) Serverless
8 93 (2.80%) Entra ID
9 86 (2.59%) GitHub
10 84 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
11 56 (1.69%) PowerApps
12 50 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
13 45 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
14 44 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
15 42 (1.27%) Power Automate
16 39 (1.17%) Amazon S3
17 37 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
18 34 (1.02%) Azure AKS
18 34 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
18 34 (1.02%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 130 (3.92%) Broadband
2 117 (3.52%) Firewall
3 72 (2.17%) DNS
4 68 (2.05%) VPN
5 48 (1.45%) WAN
6 47 (1.42%) DHCP
7 44 (1.33%) Network Security
8 38 (1.14%) LAN
8 38 (1.14%) Wireless
9 35 (1.05%) TCP/IP
10 34 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (0.87%) VLAN
12 27 (0.81%) BGP
13 26 (0.78%) SD-WAN
14 24 (0.72%) RS-232
15 19 (0.57%) OSPF
16 16 (0.48%) Ethernet
17 14 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
17 14 (0.42%) HTTP
18 13 (0.39%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (3.16%) Power BI
2 92 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
3 89 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 66 (1.99%) MongoDB
5 53 (1.60%) Metadata
6 34 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 32 (0.96%) OLTP
9 31 (0.93%) MySQL
9 31 (0.93%) NoSQL
10 30 (0.90%) BigQuery
11 28 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 28 (0.84%) Tableau
12 27 (0.81%) DynamoDB
13 21 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
14 20 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
15 17 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 16 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.48%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 89 (2.68%) Git
2 56 (1.69%) JIRA
3 43 (1.30%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.17%) GitLab
5 31 (0.93%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.75%) Snyk
7 24 (0.72%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.48%) Selenium
9 11 (0.33%) Postman
10 8 (0.24%) XCUITest
11 7 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.21%) JMeter
11 7 (0.21%) JUnit
11 7 (0.21%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.21%) MLflow
11 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.18%) NUnit
13 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 687 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 547 (16.48%) Finance
3 425 (12.80%) Public Sector
4 244 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 220 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
6 139 (4.19%) Law
7 127 (3.83%) Banking
8 115 (3.46%) Marketing
9 99 (2.98%) Legal
10 83 (2.50%) Retail
11 79 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (2.17%) Games
13 60 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 52 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 51 (1.54%) Telecoms
16 34 (1.02%) Local Government
17 33 (0.99%) Electronics
18 27 (0.81%) Financial Institution
18 27 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
19 23 (0.69%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (5.24%) .NET
2 142 (4.28%) React
3 101 (3.04%) Node.js
4 86 (2.59%) REST
5 77 (2.32%) HTML
6 70 (2.11%) RESTful
7 58 (1.75%) CSS
8 51 (1.54%) Spring
9 49 (1.48%) SOAP
10 37 (1.11%) Spring Boot
10 37 (1.11%) Vue
11 34 (1.02%) HTML5 Canvas
12 30 (0.90%) GraphQL
13 29 (0.87%) OAuth
14 28 (0.84%) AngularJS
14 28 (0.84%) Kafka
15 27 (0.81%) .NET Core
15 27 (0.81%) JSON
15 27 (0.81%) OpenID
16 26 (0.78%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 213 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 109 (3.28%) Product Ownership
3 74 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
4 72 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 58 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 58 (1.75%) Social Media
6 56 (1.69%) Driving Licence
7 45 (1.36%) AI Agents
8 44 (1.33%) Low-Code
9 43 (1.30%) Data Structures
9 43 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
11 41 (1.23%) Cyberattack
12 39 (1.17%) Mobile App
12 39 (1.17%) Onboarding
12 39 (1.17%) Security Posture
13 37 (1.11%) Public Cloud
14 36 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
14 36 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
15 34 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 169 (5.09%) Linux
2 131 (3.95%) Windows
3 52 (1.57%) Apple iOS
4 47 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 46 (1.39%) Android
6 44 (1.33%) Unix
7 23 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
8 14 (0.42%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.30%) VMS
10 9 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
11 6 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.090%) Debian
12 3 (0.090%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) CentOS
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (19.70%) Agile
2 610 (18.37%) Mentoring
3 495 (14.91%) Software Engineering
4 458 (13.80%) AI
5 423 (12.74%) CI/CD
6 405 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
7 384 (11.57%) Coaching
8 379 (11.42%) DevOps
9 349 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 304 (9.16%) Analytics
11 295 (8.89%) Roadmaps
12 258 (7.77%) Decision-Making
13 242 (7.29%) Project Delivery
14 238 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
15 219 (6.60%) Test Automation
16 203 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
17 190 (5.72%) Infrastructure as Code
18 181 (5.45%) Project Management
19 174 (5.24%) Full-Stack Development
20 156 (4.70%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 405 (12.20%) Python
2 361 (10.87%) SQL
3 229 (6.90%) Java
4 181 (5.45%) JavaScript
5 165 (4.97%) C#
6 152 (4.58%) TypeScript
7 95 (2.86%) PowerShell
8 87 (2.62%) C++
9 67 (2.02%) Go
10 62 (1.87%) Bash
11 58 (1.75%) PHP
12 52 (1.57%) PL/SQL
13 43 (1.30%) C
14 34 (1.02%) Scala
15 28 (0.84%) T-SQL
16 26 (0.78%) VBA
17 25 (0.75%) Bicep
17 25 (0.75%) Kotlin
18 21 (0.63%) R
18 21 (0.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 319 (9.61%) Degree
2 298 (8.98%) Security Cleared
3 231 (6.96%) SC Cleared
4 66 (1.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 51 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (1.48%) Azure Certification
7 48 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 44 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (1.20%) CISSP
10 38 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 37 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 34 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 29 (0.87%) PhD
14 28 (0.84%) CISM
14 28 (0.84%) DBS Check
15 25 (0.75%) ACCA
16 24 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 21 (0.63%) CIMA
17 21 (0.63%) PMI Certification
18 20 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (3.58%) QA
2 85 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 78 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 69 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 65 (1.96%) NIST
6 48 (1.45%) GDPR
7 43 (1.30%) GRC
8 30 (0.90%) PMO
9 23 (0.69%) NCSC
10 18 (0.54%) SLA
11 13 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.36%) P3O
13 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.21%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.21%) WCAG
15 5 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.15%) MISRA
15 5 (0.15%) MISRA C
System Software
1 146 (4.40%) Docker
2 102 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 52 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.96%) vSphere
6 20 (0.60%) Firmware
7 18 (0.54%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.33%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.27%) vCloud
11 6 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.090%) iptables
13 2 (0.060%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.030%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.030%) GPFS
14 1 (0.030%) Lustre
14 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.030%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 197 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 168 (5.06%) Terraform
3 42 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (1.11%) Ansible
5 33 (0.99%) Grafana
6 21 (0.63%) FortiGate
7 19 (0.57%) Argo
8 15 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.42%) SCCM
10 7 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (0.21%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.21%) Puppet
10 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.18%) Avamar
11 6 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (0.18%) EMC VPLEX
11 6 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.18%) VxRail
12 5 (0.15%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 381 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 135 (4.07%) Oracle
3 112 (3.37%) Adobe
4 72 (2.17%) VMware
5 66 (1.99%) Palo Alto
6 65 (1.96%) ServiceNow
7 64 (1.93%) Salesforce
8 63 (1.90%) Google
9 61 (1.84%) SAP
10 56 (1.69%) Cisco
11 51 (1.54%) Databricks
12 41 (1.23%) Apple
13 32 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
14 28 (0.84%) Dell
14 28 (0.84%) Pega
15 27 (0.81%) Tenable
16 20 (0.60%) Computacenter
17 18 (0.54%) OpenAI
18 17 (0.51%) Fortinet
18 17 (0.51%) Meraki