Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,118 3,105 3,507
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.13% 18.82% 16.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.09% 19.58% 16.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,492 1,951 2,875
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £81,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +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 14,035 15,855 20,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 96.10% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,122 9,591 17,045
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,664
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -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 11 January 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 11 January 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.

1 509 (24.03%) Azure
2 473 (22.33%) Agile
3 374 (17.66%) Mentoring
4 364 (17.19%) AWS
5 362 (17.09%) SQL
6 340 (16.05%) CI/CD
7 333 (15.72%) DevOps
8 303 (14.31%) Python
9 294 (13.88%) Software Engineering
10 246 (11.61%) AI
11 245 (11.57%) Microsoft
12 241 (11.38%) Coaching
12 241 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
13 229 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 228 (10.76%) Degree
15 194 (9.16%) .NET
16 184 (8.69%) Cybersecurity
17 180 (8.50%) Java
17 180 (8.50%) Roadmaps
18 173 (8.17%) C#
19 170 (8.03%) Asset Management
20 166 (7.84%) Terraform
21 163 (7.70%) SaaS
22 158 (7.46%) Security Cleared
23 154 (7.27%) JavaScript
24 151 (7.13%) Analytics
24 151 (7.13%) Test Automation
25 149 (7.03%) TypeScript
26 147 (6.94%) Kubernetes
27 141 (6.66%) GitHub

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 45 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (1.61%) Apache
4 29 (1.37%) Confluence
5 21 (0.99%) IIS
5 21 (0.99%) WordPress
6 20 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 17 (0.80%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.47%) CMS
9 9 (0.42%) JBoss
9 9 (0.42%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.14%) nginx
13 2 (0.094%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.094%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.094%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.094%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.094%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.047%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 51 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.66%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (0.47%) InDesign
6 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.28%) Sketch
7 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.24%) Maya
8 5 (0.24%) MotionBuilder
9 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 2 (0.094%) InVision
10 2 (0.094%) OrCAD
10 2 (0.094%) Revit
10 2 (0.094%) Simulink
11 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.047%) Weka
Business Applications
1 40 (1.89%) Oracle ERP
2 30 (1.42%) Oracle Assets
2 30 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
2 30 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
3 29 (1.37%) Oracle General Ledger
4 28 (1.32%) Oracle Financials
5 20 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 20 (0.94%) Shopify
6 14 (0.66%) Hyperion Planning
7 12 (0.57%) NEC Housing
8 9 (0.42%) Workday HCM
9 8 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
10 5 (0.24%) Magento
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.19%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.19%) Visualfiles
12 2 (0.094%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 509 (24.03%) Azure
2 364 (17.19%) AWS
3 163 (7.70%) SaaS
4 141 (6.66%) GitHub
5 129 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
6 126 (5.95%) GCP
7 89 (4.20%) Serverless
8 88 (4.15%) Entra ID
9 87 (4.11%) Power Platform
10 77 (3.64%) Snowflake
11 74 (3.49%) dbt
11 74 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
12 49 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
13 45 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
14 39 (1.84%) GitHub Copilot
15 37 (1.75%) OCI
16 35 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
17 34 (1.61%) Amazon S3
18 31 (1.46%) Power Automate
19 30 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (2.55%) Broadband
2 53 (2.50%) Firewall
3 40 (1.89%) VPN
4 38 (1.79%) Network Security
5 37 (1.75%) TCP/IP
5 37 (1.75%) WAN
6 32 (1.51%) DNS
7 24 (1.13%) LAN
8 22 (1.04%) SD-WAN
9 21 (0.99%) Unified Communications
10 20 (0.94%) DHCP
11 19 (0.90%) BGP
12 13 (0.61%) Ethernet
12 13 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (0.61%) Wireless
13 11 (0.52%) HTTP
13 11 (0.52%) OSPF
14 8 (0.38%) RS-232
15 7 (0.33%) IPsec
15 7 (0.33%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 90 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
3 75 (3.54%) Data Lake
4 69 (3.26%) Power BI
5 55 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (1.89%) NoSQL
7 33 (1.56%) DynamoDB
8 32 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
8 32 (1.51%) Apache Iceberg
9 31 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (1.27%) Apache Arrow
11 27 (1.27%) Apache Ignite
11 27 (1.27%) Dremio
12 24 (1.13%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.13%) MySQL
13 22 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 19 (0.90%) Metadata
14 19 (0.90%) Redis
15 17 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 83 (3.92%) JIRA
2 64 (3.02%) Git
3 59 (2.79%) Jenkins
4 49 (2.31%) Oracle Forms
5 28 (1.32%) Selenium
6 22 (1.04%) GitLab
7 19 (0.90%) TeamCity
8 18 (0.85%) Postman
9 12 (0.57%) WebDriver
10 11 (0.52%) SoapUI
10 11 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.42%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.42%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.38%) Subversion
13 7 (0.33%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.33%) git-flow
14 6 (0.28%) JUnit
15 5 (0.24%) MLflow
15 5 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
16 4 (0.19%) Storybook
General
1 548 (25.87%) Finance
2 460 (21.72%) Social Skills
3 157 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 131 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 116 (5.48%) Public Sector
6 106 (5.00%) Banking
6 106 (5.00%) Retail
7 94 (4.44%) Marketing
8 76 (3.59%) Law
9 70 (3.31%) Telecoms
10 60 (2.83%) Legal
11 56 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (2.36%) Games
13 43 (2.03%) Front Office
14 38 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 37 (1.75%) Financial Institution
16 30 (1.42%) Investment Banking
17 27 (1.27%) Manufacturing
18 24 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
19 23 (1.09%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (9.16%) .NET
2 137 (6.47%) React
3 104 (4.91%) REST
4 97 (4.58%) SOAP
5 96 (4.53%) RESTful
6 78 (3.68%) HTML
7 63 (2.97%) GraphQL
8 58 (2.74%) Node.js
9 52 (2.46%) CSS
10 49 (2.31%) gRPC
11 47 (2.22%) OAuth
12 44 (2.08%) Spring
13 38 (1.79%) Kafka
14 37 (1.75%) XML
15 35 (1.65%) .NET Core
15 35 (1.65%) Spring Boot
16 31 (1.46%) Pandas
17 30 (1.42%) JSON
18 29 (1.37%) NumPy
19 28 (1.32%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 87 (4.11%) Onboarding
3 78 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 50 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (1.65%) Derivative
7 34 (1.61%) Hedge funds
8 33 (1.56%) Data Centre
8 33 (1.56%) Social Media
9 29 (1.37%) Management Information System
10 28 (1.32%) Fixed Income
10 28 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 28 (1.32%) Mobile App
11 27 (1.27%) Driving Licence
11 27 (1.27%) Equities
11 27 (1.27%) Pricing Data
12 26 (1.23%) Public Cloud
13 24 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
14 23 (1.09%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 93 (4.39%) Linux
2 70 (3.31%) Windows
3 42 (1.98%) Android
4 35 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 31 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 25 (1.18%) Unix
7 13 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.57%) VMS
9 3 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.094%) CentOS
10 2 (0.094%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.094%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.047%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (22.33%) Agile
2 374 (17.66%) Mentoring
3 340 (16.05%) CI/CD
4 333 (15.72%) DevOps
5 294 (13.88%) Software Engineering
6 246 (11.61%) AI
7 241 (11.38%) Coaching
7 241 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
8 229 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 184 (8.69%) Cybersecurity
10 180 (8.50%) Roadmaps
11 170 (8.03%) Asset Management
12 151 (7.13%) Analytics
12 151 (7.13%) Test Automation
13 136 (6.42%) Microservices
14 125 (5.90%) Clean Code
15 124 (5.85%) Infrastructure as Code
16 123 (5.81%) Stakeholder Management
17 122 (5.76%) User Experience
18 114 (5.38%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 362 (17.09%) SQL
2 303 (14.31%) Python
3 180 (8.50%) Java
4 173 (8.17%) C#
5 154 (7.27%) JavaScript
6 149 (7.03%) TypeScript
7 80 (3.78%) PowerShell
8 52 (2.46%) Bash
9 46 (2.17%) Go
10 44 (2.08%) PL/SQL
11 41 (1.94%) C++
12 33 (1.56%) PHP
13 32 (1.51%) Kotlin
14 27 (1.27%) Scala
14 27 (1.27%) T-SQL
15 25 (1.18%) Bicep
16 24 (1.13%) Shell Script
17 20 (0.94%) C
18 19 (0.90%) Ruby
19 15 (0.71%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 228 (10.76%) Degree
2 158 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 114 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 73 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (2.27%) ACCA
6 43 (2.03%) CISSP
7 38 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (1.70%) DV Cleared
9 31 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 31 (1.46%) CISM
10 27 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 27 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.13%) CCNP
11 24 (1.13%) CIMA
12 20 (0.94%) AAT
13 17 (0.80%) CESG Certified Professional
14 16 (0.76%) CISMP
14 16 (0.76%) IISP
15 15 (0.71%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (4.53%) QA
2 58 (2.74%) Accessibility
3 55 (2.60%) NIST
4 54 (2.55%) GDPR
5 48 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.70%) NCSC
7 28 (1.32%) Data Quality
8 20 (0.94%) IFRS
9 17 (0.80%) NIST 800
9 17 (0.80%) PMO
10 16 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 16 (0.76%) JSP 440
10 16 (0.76%) RMADS
11 13 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.61%) GRC
12 9 (0.42%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.38%) IEC 61508
13 8 (0.38%) MISRA
13 8 (0.38%) MISRA C
System Software
1 132 (6.23%) Docker
2 81 (3.82%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.28%) Firmware
6 6 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.28%) vSphere
7 5 (0.24%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.094%) pfSense
8 2 (0.094%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.094%) vCloud
8 2 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.047%) Ceph
9 1 (0.047%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 166 (7.84%) Terraform
2 147 (6.94%) Kubernetes
3 48 (2.27%) Grafana
4 45 (2.12%) Ansible
5 43 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
6 33 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (0.90%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.38%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.33%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.24%) Argo
11 3 (0.14%) Control-M
11 3 (0.14%) cPanel
11 3 (0.14%) FlexNet
11 3 (0.14%) Nessus
11 3 (0.14%) Plesk
12 2 (0.094%) Nagios
12 2 (0.094%) Puppet
12 2 (0.094%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.094%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 2 (0.094%) SCOM
Vendors
1 245 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 117 (5.52%) Oracle
3 68 (3.21%) Databricks
4 47 (2.22%) Cisco
5 44 (2.08%) ServiceNow
6 40 (1.89%) SAP
7 38 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 32 (1.51%) VMware
9 30 (1.42%) Google
10 26 (1.23%) Okta
11 25 (1.18%) Adobe
12 21 (0.99%) Workday
13 14 (0.66%) Hyperion
13 14 (0.66%) Screaming Frog
14 13 (0.61%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.57%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.52%) Sage
17 10 (0.47%) Talend
18 9 (0.42%) Atlassian
18 9 (0.42%) Zoho