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 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,746 2,393 5,329
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.94% 18.51% 16.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.01% 19.74% 17.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,958 1,732 4,312
10th Percentile £47,896 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,563 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +5.44% -8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
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 16,140 12,123 30,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 93.78% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,576 8,988 24,807
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +6.96% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 April 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 April 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.

1 573 (20.87%) Azure
2 548 (19.96%) Mentoring
3 541 (19.70%) Agile
4 472 (17.19%) AWS
5 408 (14.86%) Software Engineering
6 384 (13.98%) SQL
7 373 (13.58%) CI/CD
8 358 (13.04%) DevOps
9 345 (12.56%) Microsoft
10 343 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
11 342 (12.45%) Coaching
12 332 (12.09%) AI
13 316 (11.51%) Python
14 287 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 255 (9.29%) Security Cleared
16 254 (9.25%) Degree
17 250 (9.10%) Roadmaps
18 230 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
19 220 (8.01%) Analytics
20 218 (7.94%) Java
21 211 (7.68%) GCP
22 206 (7.50%) .NET
23 195 (7.10%) Kubernetes
24 194 (7.06%) SaaS
25 193 (7.03%) SC Cleared
26 186 (6.77%) Test Automation
27 181 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
28 175 (6.37%) Docker
29 173 (6.30%) Microservices
29 173 (6.30%) Terraform

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 72 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 22 (0.80%) CMS
6 21 (0.76%) Confluence
7 12 (0.44%) Apache
8 11 (0.40%) JBoss
8 11 (0.40%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.29%) WordPress
10 6 (0.22%) IIS
10 6 (0.22%) SAS
11 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.073%) nginx
13 2 (0.073%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.036%) Anypoint
14 1 (0.036%) Appian
14 1 (0.036%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 39 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
5 8 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.25%) Sketch
7 5 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.18%) DaVinci Resolve
7 5 (0.18%) InDesign
8 4 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.15%) InVision
8 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.15%) Trello
9 3 (0.11%) Weka
10 2 (0.073%) Maya
10 2 (0.073%) MotionBuilder
10 2 (0.073%) Revit
11 1 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.036%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 30 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
2 23 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
3 21 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
3 21 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
4 20 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
7 11 (0.40%) Visualfiles
8 10 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
8 10 (0.36%) Hyperion Planning
8 10 (0.36%) Shopify
9 6 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.22%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.18%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.18%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.18%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 573 (20.87%) Azure
2 472 (17.19%) AWS
3 211 (7.68%) GCP
4 194 (7.06%) SaaS
5 114 (4.15%) Power Platform
6 110 (4.01%) GitHub
7 99 (3.61%) Entra ID
8 98 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
9 94 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
9 94 (3.42%) Serverless
10 53 (1.93%) dbt
11 52 (1.89%) Snowflake
12 44 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
13 42 (1.53%) PowerApps
14 40 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
14 40 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
15 37 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
16 34 (1.24%) GitHub Copilot
17 33 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
18 32 (1.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 113 (4.12%) Broadband
2 79 (2.88%) Firewall
3 54 (1.97%) VPN
4 51 (1.86%) DNS
5 50 (1.82%) WAN
6 42 (1.53%) DHCP
7 41 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 32 (1.17%) SD-WAN
9 30 (1.09%) LAN
10 27 (0.98%) Network Security
11 20 (0.73%) BGP
11 20 (0.73%) Ethernet
11 20 (0.73%) Wireless
12 19 (0.69%) RS-232
13 18 (0.66%) HTTP
14 17 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (0.36%) OSPF
15 10 (0.36%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (0.33%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 86 (3.13%) Power BI
3 70 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
4 62 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (1.60%) Metadata
6 43 (1.57%) NoSQL
7 35 (1.27%) MongoDB
8 33 (1.20%) BigQuery
9 31 (1.13%) Data Lake
10 29 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
12 27 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
13 26 (0.95%) Redis
14 25 (0.91%) Tableau
15 23 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 22 (0.80%) MySQL
16 22 (0.80%) OLTP
17 19 (0.69%) DynamoDB
18 18 (0.66%) Looker
19 17 (0.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 80 (2.91%) Git
2 71 (2.59%) JIRA
3 57 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.38%) TeamCity
5 30 (1.09%) GitLab
6 29 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (0.76%) Selenium
8 15 (0.55%) Claude Code
9 12 (0.44%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.36%) MLflow
11 9 (0.33%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.33%) Postman
12 8 (0.29%) JUnit
12 8 (0.29%) Subversion
12 8 (0.29%) webpack
13 7 (0.25%) JMeter
13 7 (0.25%) Snyk
13 7 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.25%) XCUITest
General
1 574 (20.90%) Finance
2 539 (19.63%) Social Skills
3 312 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 171 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 167 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (4.73%) Law
7 126 (4.59%) Marketing
8 119 (4.33%) Banking
9 100 (3.64%) Retail
10 93 (3.39%) Legal
11 86 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.66%) Telecoms
13 70 (2.55%) Games
14 44 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 42 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
16 38 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
17 33 (1.20%) Financial Institution
18 27 (0.98%) Back Office
19 20 (0.73%) Publishing
20 19 (0.69%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (7.50%) .NET
2 138 (5.03%) React
3 120 (4.37%) REST
4 88 (3.20%) SOAP
5 82 (2.99%) HTML
6 72 (2.62%) RESTful
7 71 (2.59%) Node.js
8 66 (2.40%) GraphQL
9 63 (2.29%) OAuth
10 58 (2.11%) CSS
11 52 (1.89%) Spring
12 49 (1.78%) Kafka
13 44 (1.60%) OpenID
14 40 (1.46%) Spring Boot
15 38 (1.38%) SAML
16 37 (1.35%) .NET Core
17 32 (1.17%) Django
17 32 (1.17%) LDAP
18 29 (1.06%) React Native
18 29 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 176 (6.41%) Cloud Native
2 92 (3.35%) Product Ownership
3 64 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
3 64 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 60 (2.18%) Social Media
5 56 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
6 48 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 46 (1.68%) Public Cloud
8 45 (1.64%) Mobile App
9 41 (1.49%) Cyberattack
10 35 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
11 33 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
13 30 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 29 (1.06%) Low-Code
14 29 (1.06%) Management Information System
14 29 (1.06%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
16 27 (0.98%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 150 (5.46%) Linux
2 107 (3.90%) Windows
3 70 (2.55%) Android
4 58 (2.11%) Apple iOS
5 52 (1.89%) Windows Server
6 34 (1.24%) Unix
7 21 (0.76%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.33%) VMS
10 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.11%) CentOS
13 2 (0.073%) FreeRTOS
13 2 (0.073%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.073%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (19.96%) Mentoring
2 541 (19.70%) Agile
3 408 (14.86%) Software Engineering
4 373 (13.58%) CI/CD
5 358 (13.04%) DevOps
6 343 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
7 342 (12.45%) Coaching
8 332 (12.09%) AI
9 287 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 250 (9.10%) Roadmaps
11 230 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
12 220 (8.01%) Analytics
13 186 (6.77%) Test Automation
14 181 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
15 173 (6.30%) Microservices
16 162 (5.90%) User Experience
17 159 (5.79%) Decision-Making
18 152 (5.54%) Full-Stack Development
19 145 (5.28%) Infrastructure as Code
20 138 (5.03%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 384 (13.98%) SQL
2 316 (11.51%) Python
3 218 (7.94%) Java
4 164 (5.97%) C#
5 155 (5.64%) JavaScript
6 140 (5.10%) TypeScript
7 89 (3.24%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.62%) Go
9 68 (2.48%) Bash
10 67 (2.44%) C++
11 52 (1.89%) PHP
12 46 (1.68%) Scala
13 45 (1.64%) PL/SQL
14 37 (1.35%) T-SQL
15 35 (1.27%) Kotlin
16 34 (1.24%) C
17 23 (0.84%) Bicep
17 23 (0.84%) VBA
18 17 (0.62%) R
19 14 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 255 (9.29%) Security Cleared
2 254 (9.25%) Degree
3 193 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 83 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 41 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (1.46%) ACCA
8 35 (1.27%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.17%) CISSP
10 26 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (0.91%) CIMA
11 25 (0.91%) PMI Certification
12 24 (0.87%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.66%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.66%) CISM
14 17 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.55%) PhD
16 14 (0.51%) CIPFA
16 14 (0.51%) CREST Certified
17 12 (0.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (3.31%) QA
2 68 (2.48%) Accessibility
3 62 (2.26%) Data Quality
4 59 (2.15%) NIST
5 57 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (1.68%) GDPR
7 32 (1.17%) NCSC
8 20 (0.73%) GRC
9 17 (0.62%) IFRS
10 16 (0.58%) PMO
11 14 (0.51%) P3O
11 14 (0.51%) SLA
12 11 (0.40%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.40%) MISRA
12 11 (0.40%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 175 (6.37%) Docker
2 112 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 39 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 12 (0.44%) Firmware
7 10 (0.36%) vSphere
8 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.15%) vCloud
11 2 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.036%) Ceph
12 1 (0.036%) Lustre
12 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 195 (7.10%) Kubernetes
2 173 (6.30%) Terraform
3 53 (1.93%) Grafana
4 45 (1.64%) Ansible
5 37 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 25 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.51%) SCCM
8 11 (0.40%) Functional Safety
9 10 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.25%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.18%) Argo
11 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.18%) Puppet
11 5 (0.18%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.15%) Istio
12 4 (0.15%) Plesk
13 3 (0.11%) cPanel
13 3 (0.11%) FlexNet
13 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 345 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 136 (4.95%) Oracle
3 75 (2.73%) Adobe
4 72 (2.62%) Databricks
5 69 (2.51%) VMware
6 68 (2.48%) Google
7 60 (2.18%) SAP
8 49 (1.78%) Cisco
9 46 (1.68%) Salesforce
10 30 (1.09%) ServiceNow
11 24 (0.87%) Apple
11 24 (0.87%) Okta
11 24 (0.87%) Palo Alto
12 18 (0.66%) Dell
13 13 (0.47%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.44%) Citrix
14 12 (0.44%) Samsung
14 12 (0.44%) Splunk
15 11 (0.40%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.40%) Instagram