Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,010 3,575 3,582
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.24% 18.28% 16.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.11% 18.92% 17.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 2,288 2,999
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,651 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £82,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,248 18,893 20,802
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 96.63% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9,047 11,743 16,988
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -3.23% -0.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025, 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.

1 525 (26.12%) Agile
2 465 (23.13%) Azure
3 414 (20.60%) AWS
4 358 (17.81%) Python
5 332 (16.52%) SQL
6 321 (15.97%) Mentoring
7 306 (15.22%) CI/CD
8 295 (14.68%) DevOps
9 288 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
10 268 (13.33%) Software Engineering
11 267 (13.28%) Microsoft
12 227 (11.29%) Degree
13 225 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 219 (10.90%) JavaScript
15 206 (10.25%) TypeScript
16 192 (9.55%) C#
17 189 (9.40%) AI
18 187 (9.30%) Java
19 178 (8.86%) Analytics
20 177 (8.81%) .NET
21 176 (8.76%) Coaching
22 161 (8.01%) Asset Management
23 159 (7.91%) React
24 158 (7.86%) Terraform
25 151 (7.51%) Security Cleared
26 146 (7.26%) SaaS
27 138 (6.87%) Kubernetes
28 130 (6.47%) Microservices
29 127 (6.32%) Roadmaps
30 125 (6.22%) Test Automation

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 69 (3.43%) Apache Airflow
2 68 (3.38%) Apache
3 41 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 27 (1.34%) IIS
5 24 (1.19%) Confluence
6 23 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 18 (0.90%) WordPress
8 13 (0.65%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.40%) Headless CMS
10 7 (0.35%) Appian
11 6 (0.30%) JBoss
11 6 (0.30%) WebSphere
12 5 (0.25%) CMS
13 4 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
13 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.20%) SAS
14 2 (0.100%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.100%) HCL Notes
14 2 (0.100%) nginx
14 2 (0.100%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 57 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.50%) InDesign
5 8 (0.40%) Maya
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.35%) MotionBuilder
6 7 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.100%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.100%) OrCAD
8 2 (0.100%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.100%) Simulink
8 2 (0.100%) Sketch
8 2 (0.100%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.050%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.050%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 28 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
2 23 (1.14%) Shopify
3 21 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
4 17 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
4 17 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 17 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 16 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
6 14 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.40%) Hyperion Planning
7 8 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
7 8 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 8 (0.40%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.40%) SAP FI
7 8 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.40%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.30%) NEC Housing
9 5 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 465 (23.13%) Azure
2 414 (20.60%) AWS
3 146 (7.26%) SaaS
4 118 (5.87%) GCP
4 118 (5.87%) GitHub
5 113 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 105 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
7 101 (5.02%) Snowflake
8 96 (4.78%) Serverless
9 95 (4.73%) dbt
10 81 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
11 70 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
12 61 (3.03%) Entra ID
13 48 (2.39%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
15 39 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
16 34 (1.69%) PowerApps
17 33 (1.64%) Power Automate
18 32 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
19 30 (1.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.13%) Firewall
2 39 (1.94%) Network Security
3 38 (1.89%) VPN
4 35 (1.74%) Broadband
5 31 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 30 (1.49%) DNS
7 29 (1.44%) WAN
8 27 (1.34%) LAN
9 22 (1.09%) Unified Communications
10 17 (0.85%) BGP
11 15 (0.75%) DHCP
11 15 (0.75%) Ethernet
12 13 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.60%) RS-232
14 10 (0.50%) OSPF
14 10 (0.50%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.50%) Wireless
15 7 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (0.35%) MPLS
15 7 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (5.27%) Data Lake
2 88 (4.38%) SQL Server
3 83 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
4 81 (4.03%) Power BI
5 64 (3.18%) Amazon Athena
6 59 (2.94%) Apache Arrow
6 59 (2.94%) Apache Iceberg
6 59 (2.94%) Apache Ignite
6 59 (2.94%) Dremio
7 50 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
8 49 (2.44%) NoSQL
9 45 (2.24%) DynamoDB
10 35 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
11 31 (1.54%) MongoDB
12 30 (1.49%) MySQL
13 27 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
15 19 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
15 19 (0.95%) Redis
15 19 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 77 (3.83%) Git
2 69 (3.43%) JIRA
3 48 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.49%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (1.29%) Selenium
6 20 (1.00%) GitLab
6 20 (1.00%) TeamCity
7 17 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.80%) Postman
9 11 (0.55%) WebDriver
10 10 (0.50%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.35%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.35%) git-flow
13 6 (0.30%) Babel
13 6 (0.30%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.30%) Jasmine
13 6 (0.30%) JUnit
13 6 (0.30%) NUnit
13 6 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 519 (25.82%) Finance
2 476 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 157 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 156 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
5 138 (6.87%) Banking
6 110 (5.47%) Retail
7 88 (4.38%) Public Sector
8 84 (4.18%) Front Office
9 82 (4.08%) Marketing
10 71 (3.53%) Law
11 65 (3.23%) Legal
12 64 (3.18%) Investment Banking
13 61 (3.03%) Telecoms
14 49 (2.44%) Games
14 49 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (1.89%) Financial Institution
15 38 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.39%) Electronics
17 26 (1.29%) Advertising
18 24 (1.19%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (8.81%) .NET
2 159 (7.91%) React
3 88 (4.38%) HTML
3 88 (4.38%) RESTful
4 75 (3.73%) gRPC
4 75 (3.73%) REST
5 71 (3.53%) CSS
6 62 (3.08%) Pandas
7 61 (3.03%) Node.js
7 61 (3.03%) SOAP
8 60 (2.99%) NumPy
9 59 (2.94%) Protocol Buffers
9 59 (2.94%) SciPy
10 49 (2.44%) GraphQL
11 36 (1.79%) AngularJS
11 36 (1.79%) Spring
12 32 (1.59%) .NET Framework
12 32 (1.59%) Kafka
13 31 (1.54%) .NET Core
14 30 (1.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 116 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 90 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 74 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 72 (3.58%) Derivative
5 65 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 62 (3.08%) Hedge funds
7 61 (3.03%) Fixed Income
8 59 (2.94%) Equities
8 59 (2.94%) Pricing Data
9 48 (2.39%) Data Centre
9 48 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
10 43 (2.14%) Management Information System
11 34 (1.69%) Social Media
12 28 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (1.19%) FPGA
13 24 (1.19%) Security Posture
14 23 (1.14%) Driving Licence
15 19 (0.95%) Data Structures
15 19 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 84 (4.18%) Linux
2 78 (3.88%) Windows
3 38 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 32 (1.59%) Unix
5 30 (1.49%) Android
6 28 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.50%) VMS
8 6 (0.30%) CentOS
8 6 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.20%) HPUX
10 4 (0.20%) Solaris
11 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.050%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (26.12%) Agile
2 321 (15.97%) Mentoring
3 306 (15.22%) CI/CD
4 295 (14.68%) DevOps
5 288 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
6 268 (13.33%) Software Engineering
7 225 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 189 (9.40%) AI
9 178 (8.86%) Analytics
10 176 (8.76%) Coaching
11 161 (8.01%) Asset Management
12 130 (6.47%) Microservices
13 127 (6.32%) Roadmaps
14 125 (6.22%) Test Automation
15 124 (6.17%) Cybersecurity
16 120 (5.97%) Decision-Making
17 118 (5.87%) Business Intelligence
18 117 (5.82%) Clean Code
18 117 (5.82%) Infrastructure as Code
19 116 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 358 (17.81%) Python
2 332 (16.52%) SQL
3 219 (10.90%) JavaScript
4 206 (10.25%) TypeScript
5 192 (9.55%) C#
6 187 (9.30%) Java
7 66 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 40 (1.99%) Bash
9 37 (1.84%) Go
10 33 (1.64%) C++
11 26 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 24 (1.19%) PHP
13 21 (1.04%) Bicep
13 21 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 20 (1.00%) Kotlin
15 18 (0.90%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.80%) Ruby
17 14 (0.70%) C
17 14 (0.70%) Scala
18 12 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 227 (11.29%) Degree
2 151 (7.51%) Security Cleared
3 116 (5.77%) SC Cleared
4 65 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.54%) ACCA
6 42 (2.09%) CISSP
7 40 (1.99%) AWS Certification
8 38 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (1.79%) DV Cleared
10 33 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 30 (1.49%) CISM
12 29 (1.44%) CIMA
13 24 (1.19%) CCNP
14 21 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (0.95%) AAT
16 17 (0.85%) CESG Certified Professional
17 16 (0.80%) CCNA
17 16 (0.80%) CISMP
17 16 (0.80%) IISP
18 15 (0.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (4.83%) QA
2 69 (3.43%) Accessibility
3 67 (3.33%) GDPR
4 50 (2.49%) NIST
5 44 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.34%) PMO
7 25 (1.24%) NCSC
8 20 (1.00%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.85%) IFRS
9 17 (0.85%) NIST 800
10 16 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 16 (0.80%) JSP 440
10 16 (0.80%) RMADS
11 15 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.55%) GRC
13 9 (0.45%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.45%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.35%) WCAG
15 6 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.25%) GAAP
System Software
1 116 (5.77%) Docker
2 61 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.55%) Firmware
4 11 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.45%) vSphere
6 4 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.100%) pfSense
8 2 (0.100%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.050%) Ceph
9 1 (0.050%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.050%) Lustre
9 1 (0.050%) vCloud
9 1 (0.050%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 158 (7.86%) Terraform
2 138 (6.87%) Kubernetes
3 51 (2.54%) Ansible
4 45 (2.24%) Grafana
5 34 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 30 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.75%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.25%) Argo
9 4 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.20%) Nessus
10 3 (0.15%) SCOM
11 2 (0.100%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.100%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.100%) SCCM
12 1 (0.050%) cPanel
12 1 (0.050%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.050%) Icinga
12 1 (0.050%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.050%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 267 (13.28%) Microsoft
2 92 (4.58%) Oracle
3 58 (2.89%) Databricks
4 56 (2.79%) ServiceNow
5 54 (2.69%) Cisco
6 50 (2.49%) SAP
7 46 (2.29%) Google
8 39 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 38 (1.89%) VMware
10 27 (1.34%) Adobe
11 19 (0.95%) Workday
12 18 (0.90%) Okta
13 16 (0.80%) Apple
14 14 (0.70%) EMC
14 14 (0.70%) Xero
15 13 (0.65%) Meraki
15 13 (0.65%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.65%) Screaming Frog
16 12 (0.60%) Sage
17 10 (0.50%) Infor