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 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,545 2,315 4,732
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.68% 14.04% 18.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% 15.25% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,365 1,519 3,310
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,439 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,888 £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 £99,500 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,879
% change year-on-year +3.70% +7.35% -10.17%

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 21,266 15,177 24,186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.06% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15,298 9,387 17,778
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £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 £77,500
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 7 August 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 7 August 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.

1 735 (20.73%) Agile
2 699 (19.72%) Mentoring
3 677 (19.10%) Azure
4 630 (17.77%) AWS
5 612 (17.26%) Software Engineering
6 558 (15.74%) AI
6 558 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 547 (15.43%) CI/CD
8 509 (14.36%) Python
9 469 (13.23%) DevOps
9 469 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
10 451 (12.72%) Microsoft
11 375 (10.58%) SQL
12 365 (10.30%) Coaching
13 339 (9.56%) Degree
14 337 (9.51%) Cybersecurity
15 327 (9.22%) Analytics
16 324 (9.14%) Security Cleared
17 321 (9.06%) Project Delivery
18 308 (8.69%) Decision-Making
19 286 (8.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 278 (7.84%) C#
21 269 (7.59%) SC Cleared
22 267 (7.53%) Roadmaps
23 262 (7.39%) Test Automation
24 254 (7.17%) JavaScript
25 236 (6.66%) GCP
26 231 (6.52%) QA
27 221 (6.23%) .NET
27 221 (6.23%) 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 99 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (0.68%) CMS
4 22 (0.62%) Confluence
5 18 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.42%) SAS
7 15 (0.42%) WordPress
8 12 (0.34%) IIS
9 9 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.23%) Apache
10 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.085%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.085%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.085%) Artix
11 3 (0.085%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.085%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.085%) Moodle
12 2 (0.056%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.028%) Appian
Applications
1 81 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (0.42%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.25%) Civil 3D
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.17%) InDesign
9 5 (0.14%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.11%) Trello
11 3 (0.085%) Blender
11 3 (0.085%) Maya
12 2 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.056%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.056%) SPSS
13 1 (0.028%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (0.68%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
3 15 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 11 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.23%) Shopify
8 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.20%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.14%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.14%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.085%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.085%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.085%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 677 (19.10%) Azure
2 630 (17.77%) AWS
3 236 (6.66%) GCP
4 221 (6.23%) SaaS
5 155 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
6 151 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 138 (3.89%) Entra ID
8 122 (3.44%) Serverless
9 96 (2.71%) GitHub
10 95 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
11 53 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
12 48 (1.35%) PowerApps
13 45 (1.27%) Amazon S3
13 45 (1.27%) Power Automate
14 42 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
15 40 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
15 40 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
16 37 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
17 35 (0.99%) Azure AKS
17 35 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 152 (4.29%) Firewall
2 100 (2.82%) Broadband
3 82 (2.31%) Network Security
4 74 (2.09%) DNS
5 65 (1.83%) VLAN
6 61 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
7 56 (1.58%) VPN
8 51 (1.44%) TCP/IP
9 50 (1.41%) WAN
10 49 (1.38%) Wireless
11 46 (1.30%) LAN
12 44 (1.24%) DHCP
13 26 (0.73%) BGP
14 21 (0.59%) RS-232
15 19 (0.54%) OSPF
16 18 (0.51%) SD-WAN
17 17 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
18 16 (0.45%) WLAN
19 15 (0.42%) Bluetooth
19 15 (0.42%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
2 117 (3.30%) Power BI
3 95 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 64 (1.81%) MongoDB
5 53 (1.50%) Metadata
6 47 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 45 (1.27%) MySQL
8 36 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 33 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (0.87%) Tableau
11 30 (0.85%) DynamoDB
11 30 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 27 (0.76%) NoSQL
13 25 (0.71%) OLTP
14 23 (0.65%) BigQuery
15 20 (0.56%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.45%) Redis
17 15 (0.42%) Big Data
17 15 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
18 14 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 117 (3.30%) Git
2 60 (1.69%) JIRA
3 41 (1.16%) GitLab
4 34 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.71%) Snyk
6 21 (0.59%) TeamCity
7 20 (0.56%) Claude Code
8 15 (0.42%) JUnit
8 15 (0.42%) Selenium
9 11 (0.31%) Postman
10 9 (0.25%) LabVIEW
11 8 (0.23%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.23%) Gatling
11 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
12 7 (0.20%) Maven
12 7 (0.20%) Mockito
13 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.11%) Appium
General
1 868 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 592 (16.70%) Finance
3 378 (10.66%) Public Sector
4 300 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 275 (7.76%) Legal
6 250 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
7 223 (6.29%) Law
8 134 (3.78%) Marketing
9 124 (3.50%) Banking
10 87 (2.45%) Retail
11 74 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
12 68 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 64 (1.81%) Games
14 56 (1.58%) Telecoms
15 54 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
16 48 (1.35%) Electronics
17 47 (1.33%) Local Government
18 45 (1.27%) Legal Technology
19 41 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
20 25 (0.71%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (6.23%) .NET
2 171 (4.82%) React
3 114 (3.22%) Node.js
4 92 (2.60%) HTML
5 88 (2.48%) REST
6 81 (2.28%) CSS
7 73 (2.06%) RESTful
8 54 (1.52%) Spring
9 39 (1.10%) AngularJS
10 38 (1.07%) Vue
11 37 (1.04%) Spring Boot
12 35 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
13 32 (0.90%) Kafka
13 32 (0.90%) Laravel
14 29 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
15 28 (0.79%) .NET Core
15 28 (0.79%) SPFx
16 27 (0.76%) Playwright
17 26 (0.73%) Next.js
17 26 (0.73%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 219 (6.18%) Cloud Native
2 101 (2.85%) Product Ownership
3 98 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
4 75 (2.12%) Driving Licence
5 65 (1.83%) Virtual Team
6 59 (1.66%) Data Centre
7 54 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 53 (1.50%) AI Agents
9 49 (1.38%) Social Media
10 48 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 45 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 43 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 41 (1.16%) Mobile App
14 40 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
14 40 (1.13%) Management Information System
15 39 (1.10%) Algorithms
16 37 (1.04%) Security Posture
17 34 (0.96%) Blog
17 34 (0.96%) Low-Code
18 33 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 176 (4.96%) Linux
2 130 (3.67%) Windows
3 58 (1.64%) Unix
4 53 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 43 (1.21%) Android
5 43 (1.21%) Apple iOS
6 26 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
7 11 (0.31%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
9 8 (0.23%) VMS
10 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.085%) Debian
12 2 (0.056%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.028%) AIX
13 1 (0.028%) CentOS
13 1 (0.028%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 735 (20.73%) Agile
2 699 (19.72%) Mentoring
3 612 (17.26%) Software Engineering
4 558 (15.74%) AI
4 558 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 547 (15.43%) CI/CD
6 469 (13.23%) DevOps
6 469 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
7 365 (10.30%) Coaching
8 337 (9.51%) Cybersecurity
9 327 (9.22%) Analytics
10 321 (9.06%) Project Delivery
11 308 (8.69%) Decision-Making
12 286 (8.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 267 (7.53%) Roadmaps
14 262 (7.39%) Test Automation
15 217 (6.12%) Infrastructure as Code
16 216 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
17 188 (5.30%) Microservices
18 186 (5.25%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 509 (14.36%) Python
2 375 (10.58%) SQL
3 278 (7.84%) C#
4 254 (7.17%) JavaScript
5 212 (5.98%) Java
6 208 (5.87%) TypeScript
7 133 (3.75%) PowerShell
8 99 (2.79%) C++
9 63 (1.78%) PHP
10 59 (1.66%) Go
11 49 (1.38%) C
12 47 (1.33%) PL/SQL
13 41 (1.16%) Bash
14 27 (0.76%) Kotlin
15 26 (0.73%) Embedded C
16 24 (0.68%) R
17 23 (0.65%) Bicep
18 20 (0.56%) Rust
18 20 (0.56%) Swift
19 19 (0.54%) Scala
Qualifications
1 339 (9.56%) Degree
2 324 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 269 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 101 (2.85%) CISSP
5 91 (2.57%) CISM
6 66 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 56 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 55 (1.55%) A+ Certification
8 55 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
9 53 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 48 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 45 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 44 (1.24%) DV Cleared
13 38 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
14 37 (1.04%) AWS Certification
15 29 (0.82%) PhD
16 26 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
17 24 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 23 (0.65%) ACCA
19 20 (0.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (6.52%) QA
2 104 (2.93%) Accessibility
3 80 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 76 (2.14%) Data Quality
5 63 (1.78%) NIST
6 60 (1.69%) GDPR
7 47 (1.33%) GRC
8 29 (0.82%) PMO
9 22 (0.62%) SLA
10 18 (0.51%) WCAG
11 17 (0.48%) NCSC
12 15 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.28%) COBIT
15 9 (0.25%) NIST 800
16 8 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
18 5 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 167 (4.71%) Docker
2 135 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.90%) vSphere
6 28 (0.79%) Firmware
7 17 (0.48%) Hyper-V
8 14 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
8 14 (0.39%) VMware NSX
9 9 (0.25%) vCloud
10 7 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.085%) iptables
13 2 (0.056%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.028%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.028%) GPFS
14 1 (0.028%) Lustre
14 1 (0.028%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.028%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 197 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 197 (5.56%) Terraform
2 99 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (0.96%) Ansible
4 27 (0.76%) Grafana
5 21 (0.59%) FortiGate
6 18 (0.51%) Argo
7 8 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.17%) Avamar
8 6 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.17%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.17%) SCCM
8 6 (0.17%) VxRail
9 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 451 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 130 (3.67%) Oracle
3 105 (2.96%) Adobe
4 85 (2.40%) Google
5 71 (2.00%) Cisco
6 69 (1.95%) Palo Alto
7 66 (1.86%) SAP
8 65 (1.83%) VMware
9 61 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 59 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 54 (1.52%) CyberArk
12 48 (1.35%) Databricks
13 39 (1.10%) Apple
14 34 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
15 28 (0.79%) Dell
15 28 (0.79%) Pega
16 27 (0.76%) Tenable
17 26 (0.73%) Informatica
18 21 (0.59%) Meraki
18 21 (0.59%) Veeam