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 9 September 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,710 2,174 4,295
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.60% 13.43% 18.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.60% 14.50% 19.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,445 1,444 2,617
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,000 £56,972 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,001
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
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 22,353 14,995 22,448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.62% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15,866 9,052 14,743
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,850
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.93% -4.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,875 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 9 September 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 9 September 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.

1 747 (20.13%) Agile
2 706 (19.03%) Mentoring
3 700 (18.87%) Azure
4 634 (17.09%) AWS
5 629 (16.95%) Software Engineering
6 612 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 579 (15.61%) AI
8 571 (15.39%) CI/CD
9 516 (13.91%) Python
10 489 (13.18%) DevOps
11 469 (12.64%) Microsoft
12 458 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
13 408 (11.00%) SQL
14 366 (9.87%) Coaching
14 366 (9.87%) Degree
15 359 (9.68%) Project Delivery
16 351 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
17 341 (9.19%) Decision-Making
18 325 (8.76%) Analytics
19 320 (8.63%) Security Cleared
20 306 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 273 (7.36%) C#
22 269 (7.25%) SC Cleared
23 256 (6.90%) Roadmaps
24 253 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
25 248 (6.68%) Test Automation
26 235 (6.33%) JavaScript
27 234 (6.31%) GCP
27 234 (6.31%) QA
28 230 (6.20%) Infrastructure as Code

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
1 100 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (0.62%) CMS
4 22 (0.59%) Confluence
5 16 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.35%) WordPress
7 12 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 12 (0.32%) IIS
8 11 (0.30%) Apache
9 10 (0.27%) SAS
10 9 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
12 7 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.081%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.081%) Artix
13 3 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.081%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.081%) Moodle
14 2 (0.054%) Apache Solr
15 1 (0.027%) Umbraco
Applications
1 75 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
1 75 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
2 30 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.54%) Chatbot
4 16 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.27%) Civil 3D
6 10 (0.27%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (0.24%) InDesign
8 7 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
10 3 (0.081%) Blender
10 3 (0.081%) Maya
10 3 (0.081%) Trello
11 2 (0.054%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.054%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (0.65%) Cloudability
2 19 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.32%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.27%) Shopify
6 9 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 5 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.13%) Primavera
9 5 (0.13%) SAP Business One
10 4 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.081%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.081%) Misys Midas
11 3 (0.081%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.054%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 700 (18.87%) Azure
2 634 (17.09%) AWS
3 234 (6.31%) GCP
4 223 (6.01%) SaaS
5 166 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
6 158 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 138 (3.72%) Entra ID
8 112 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
9 110 (2.96%) Serverless
10 103 (2.78%) GitHub
11 51 (1.37%) Amazon S3
12 47 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
13 46 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
13 46 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 45 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
15 42 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
15 42 (1.13%) Power Automate
16 41 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
16 41 (1.11%) Azure AKS
16 41 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 158 (4.26%) Firewall
2 88 (2.37%) Network Security
3 81 (2.18%) DNS
4 77 (2.08%) VLAN
5 74 (1.99%) Broadband
6 61 (1.64%) VPN
7 58 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
8 53 (1.43%) TCP/IP
9 52 (1.40%) WAN
9 52 (1.40%) Wireless
10 49 (1.32%) DHCP
11 46 (1.24%) LAN
12 29 (0.78%) BGP
13 22 (0.59%) OSPF
14 21 (0.57%) SMS
15 19 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (0.49%) RS-232
17 17 (0.46%) VXLAN
18 16 (0.43%) HTTP
19 15 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
2 124 (3.34%) Power BI
3 101 (2.72%) SQL Server
4 65 (1.75%) MongoDB
5 64 (1.73%) Metadata
6 52 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
7 48 (1.29%) MySQL
7 48 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 46 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 45 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 39 (1.05%) DynamoDB
11 27 (0.73%) Tableau
12 26 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 23 (0.62%) Data Lake
14 19 (0.51%) OLTP
15 17 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
15 17 (0.46%) Big Data
16 15 (0.40%) BigQuery
17 14 (0.38%) Delta Lake
18 12 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 130 (3.50%) Git
2 60 (1.62%) JIRA
3 42 (1.13%) GitLab
4 34 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.67%) Snyk
6 19 (0.51%) TeamCity
7 17 (0.46%) Selenium
8 15 (0.40%) JUnit
9 13 (0.35%) Claude Code
10 11 (0.30%) LabVIEW
10 11 (0.30%) Postman
11 9 (0.24%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.24%) Maven
12 8 (0.22%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.22%) Gatling
13 7 (0.19%) Mockito
14 5 (0.13%) JMeter
14 5 (0.13%) Poetry
15 4 (0.11%) XCUITest
General
1 939 (25.31%) Social Skills
2 597 (16.09%) Finance
3 411 (11.08%) Public Sector
4 330 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 276 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
6 262 (7.06%) Legal
7 230 (6.20%) Law
8 138 (3.72%) Banking
9 133 (3.58%) Marketing
10 92 (2.48%) Retail
11 73 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
12 65 (1.75%) Manufacturing
13 64 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
14 62 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
15 60 (1.62%) Telecoms
16 56 (1.51%) Games
17 55 (1.48%) Local Government
18 52 (1.40%) Electronics
19 43 (1.16%) Legal Technology
20 37 (1.00%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (5.74%) Terraform
2 206 (5.55%) .NET
3 160 (4.31%) React
4 123 (3.32%) Node.js
5 95 (2.56%) HTML
6 94 (2.53%) REST
7 87 (2.35%) CSS
8 78 (2.10%) RESTful
9 63 (1.70%) Spring
10 42 (1.13%) Spring Boot
11 39 (1.05%) AngularJS
11 39 (1.05%) PySpark
12 38 (1.02%) Kafka
13 36 (0.97%) Laravel
14 33 (0.89%) Vue
15 32 (0.86%) .NET Core
16 31 (0.84%) Next.js
17 30 (0.81%) HTML5 Canvas
17 30 (0.81%) Playwright
18 27 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 213 (5.74%) Cloud Native
2 99 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
2 99 (2.67%) Driving Licence
3 97 (2.61%) Product Ownership
4 70 (1.89%) Virtual Team
5 69 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 55 (1.48%) Data Centre
7 54 (1.46%) AI Agents
8 51 (1.37%) Management Information System
9 49 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
10 42 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 41 (1.11%) Mobile App
11 41 (1.11%) Onboarding
12 39 (1.05%) Blog
13 36 (0.97%) Algorithms
13 36 (0.97%) Security Posture
14 32 (0.86%) Low-Code
15 31 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
16 29 (0.78%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 166 (4.47%) Linux
2 151 (4.07%) Windows
3 63 (1.70%) Unix
3 63 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 33 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 29 (0.78%) Android
6 22 (0.59%) Embedded Linux
7 12 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
9 9 (0.24%) VMS
10 6 (0.16%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.081%) Debian
13 1 (0.027%) AIX
13 1 (0.027%) CentOS
13 1 (0.027%) Solaris
13 1 (0.027%) VxWorks
13 1 (0.027%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 747 (20.13%) Agile
2 706 (19.03%) Mentoring
3 629 (16.95%) Software Engineering
4 612 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 579 (15.61%) AI
6 571 (15.39%) CI/CD
7 489 (13.18%) DevOps
8 458 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
9 366 (9.87%) Coaching
10 359 (9.68%) Project Delivery
11 351 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
12 341 (9.19%) Decision-Making
13 325 (8.76%) Analytics
14 306 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 256 (6.90%) Roadmaps
16 253 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
17 248 (6.68%) Test Automation
18 230 (6.20%) Infrastructure as Code
19 194 (5.23%) Technical Leadership
20 188 (5.07%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 516 (13.91%) Python
2 408 (11.00%) SQL
3 273 (7.36%) C#
4 235 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 207 (5.58%) Java
5 207 (5.58%) TypeScript
6 138 (3.72%) PowerShell
7 97 (2.61%) C++
8 54 (1.46%) Go
9 52 (1.40%) PHP
10 47 (1.27%) C
10 47 (1.27%) PL/SQL
11 41 (1.11%) Kotlin
12 34 (0.92%) Bash
13 27 (0.73%) Bicep
14 24 (0.65%) Embedded C
15 22 (0.59%) Swift
16 21 (0.57%) R
17 20 (0.54%) Ruby
18 18 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 366 (9.87%) Degree
2 320 (8.63%) Security Cleared
3 269 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 97 (2.61%) CISSP
5 91 (2.45%) CISM
6 68 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 54 (1.46%) A+ Certification
7 54 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 54 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
8 51 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 50 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 45 (1.21%) DV Cleared
11 42 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 40 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 38 (1.02%) HNC
14 37 (1.00%) AWS Certification
15 27 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 27 (0.73%) DBS Check
16 25 (0.67%) PhD
17 24 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 234 (6.31%) QA
2 124 (3.34%) Accessibility
3 101 (2.72%) Data Quality
4 81 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 65 (1.75%) GDPR
6 60 (1.62%) NIST
7 47 (1.27%) GRC
8 30 (0.81%) PMO
9 24 (0.65%) WCAG
10 23 (0.62%) SLA
11 19 (0.51%) NCSC
12 12 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (0.30%) NIST 800
14 10 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.27%) COBIT
15 9 (0.24%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.22%) GxP
17 7 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 7 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 5 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 175 (4.72%) Docker
2 141 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 49 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 35 (0.94%) vSphere
6 27 (0.73%) Firmware
7 22 (0.59%) Hyper-V
8 16 (0.43%) VMware NSX
9 13 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
10 9 (0.24%) vCloud
11 7 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.081%) iptables
13 2 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.027%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.027%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.027%) GPFS
14 1 (0.027%) Lustre
14 1 (0.027%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.027%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 199 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 103 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.08%) Ansible
4 24 (0.65%) Grafana
5 18 (0.49%) FortiGate
6 17 (0.46%) Argo
7 9 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.16%) Avamar
9 6 (0.16%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (0.16%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.16%) VxRail
10 5 (0.13%) Puppet
10 5 (0.13%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.11%) Istio
11 4 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 469 (12.64%) Microsoft
2 114 (3.07%) Oracle
3 97 (2.61%) Adobe
4 83 (2.24%) Google
5 69 (1.86%) VMware
6 67 (1.81%) Cisco
7 63 (1.70%) Palo Alto
8 61 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 60 (1.62%) ServiceNow
10 56 (1.51%) SAP
11 54 (1.46%) CyberArk
12 48 (1.29%) Databricks
13 35 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
14 30 (0.81%) Apple
14 30 (0.81%) Informatica
14 30 (0.81%) OpenAI
15 28 (0.75%) Tenable
16 27 (0.73%) Pega
17 23 (0.62%) Dell
18 20 (0.54%) Aruba