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 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,386 2,318 5,829
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.96% 14.08% 18.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.98% 15.24% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,349 1,483 4,329
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,261 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
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 19,942 15,207 31,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.34% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 14,507 9,447 24,016
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +3.51% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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.

1 691 (20.41%) Agile
2 671 (19.82%) Mentoring
3 616 (18.19%) Azure
4 593 (17.51%) AWS
5 559 (16.51%) Software Engineering
6 489 (14.44%) AI
7 466 (13.76%) CI/CD
8 446 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 445 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
10 438 (12.94%) Python
11 419 (12.37%) Microsoft
12 407 (12.02%) DevOps
13 385 (11.37%) Coaching
14 361 (10.66%) SQL
15 326 (9.63%) Degree
16 311 (9.18%) Analytics
17 294 (8.68%) Roadmaps
18 286 (8.45%) Security Cleared
19 273 (8.06%) Project Delivery
20 269 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
21 265 (7.83%) Decision-Making
22 242 (7.15%) Test Automation
23 230 (6.79%) Java
24 225 (6.65%) SC Cleared
25 224 (6.62%) GCP
26 223 (6.59%) C#
27 214 (6.32%) JavaScript
28 209 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
29 205 (6.05%) Stakeholder Management
30 202 (5.97%) Kubernetes

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 94 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (0.62%) CMS
5 16 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.47%) Confluence
6 15 (0.44%) SAS
7 12 (0.35%) IIS
8 9 (0.27%) WordPress
9 8 (0.24%) Apache
9 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.089%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.089%) Artix
11 3 (0.089%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.059%) JBoss
12 2 (0.059%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.059%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.030%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.030%) OpenStack
Applications
1 86 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 71 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.18%) Civil 3D
8 6 (0.18%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
9 5 (0.15%) InDesign
10 4 (0.12%) Trello
11 3 (0.089%) Blender
11 3 (0.089%) Maya
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.059%) InVision
12 2 (0.059%) SPSS
12 2 (0.059%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.71%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
2 16 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 9 (0.27%) Visualfiles
7 7 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.15%) Shopify
10 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.089%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.089%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.089%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.089%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.089%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 616 (18.19%) Azure
2 593 (17.51%) AWS
3 224 (6.62%) GCP
4 198 (5.85%) SaaS
5 154 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 143 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
7 130 (3.84%) Serverless
8 117 (3.46%) Entra ID
9 88 (2.60%) GitHub
10 86 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
11 57 (1.68%) PowerApps
12 52 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
13 45 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
14 44 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
15 43 (1.27%) Power Automate
16 41 (1.21%) Amazon S3
17 39 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
18 35 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
19 34 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
19 34 (1.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 126 (3.72%) Broadband
2 118 (3.48%) Firewall
3 70 (2.07%) DNS
4 66 (1.95%) VPN
5 50 (1.48%) WAN
6 47 (1.39%) Network Security
7 45 (1.33%) DHCP
7 45 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (1.33%) Wireless
8 42 (1.24%) LAN
9 33 (0.97%) TCP/IP
9 33 (0.97%) VLAN
10 27 (0.80%) BGP
11 24 (0.71%) RS-232
11 24 (0.71%) SD-WAN
12 19 (0.56%) OSPF
13 16 (0.47%) Ethernet
14 15 (0.44%) Bluetooth
14 15 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (0.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (3.19%) Power BI
2 98 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
3 86 (2.54%) SQL Server
4 68 (2.01%) MongoDB
5 52 (1.54%) Metadata
6 39 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 36 (1.06%) MySQL
8 34 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
9 33 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (0.92%) NoSQL
11 29 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 28 (0.83%) BigQuery
12 28 (0.83%) DynamoDB
12 28 (0.83%) OLTP
13 27 (0.80%) Tableau
14 19 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
15 18 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (0.50%) Data Lake
16 17 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (0.44%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 98 (2.89%) Git
2 55 (1.62%) JIRA
3 42 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.12%) GitLab
5 30 (0.89%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.74%) Snyk
7 24 (0.71%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.47%) Selenium
9 11 (0.32%) Postman
10 8 (0.24%) LabVIEW
10 8 (0.24%) XCUITest
11 7 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.21%) JMeter
11 7 (0.21%) JUnit
11 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.18%) NUnit
13 5 (0.15%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 762 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 542 (16.01%) Finance
3 423 (12.49%) Public Sector
4 255 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 226 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 223 (6.59%) Law
7 179 (5.29%) Legal
8 125 (3.69%) Banking
9 115 (3.40%) Marketing
10 84 (2.48%) Retail
11 76 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
12 71 (2.10%) Games
13 60 (1.77%) Manufacturing
14 55 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
15 51 (1.51%) Telecoms
16 38 (1.12%) Legal Technology
17 37 (1.09%) Local Government
18 34 (1.00%) Electronics
19 27 (0.80%) Financial Institution
19 27 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (5.82%) .NET
2 142 (4.19%) React
3 106 (3.13%) Node.js
4 84 (2.48%) REST
5 79 (2.33%) HTML
6 74 (2.19%) RESTful
7 62 (1.83%) CSS
8 51 (1.51%) Spring
9 43 (1.27%) SOAP
10 40 (1.18%) Vue
11 36 (1.06%) Spring Boot
12 35 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
13 31 (0.92%) Kafka
14 29 (0.86%) Laravel
15 27 (0.80%) GraphQL
15 27 (0.80%) OAuth
16 26 (0.77%) AngularJS
16 26 (0.77%) JSON
17 25 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
18 24 (0.71%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 217 (6.41%) Cloud Native
2 108 (3.19%) Product Ownership
3 76 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
4 69 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 61 (1.80%) Driving Licence
6 59 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
7 57 (1.68%) Social Media
8 48 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 45 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 44 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 43 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 43 (1.27%) Security Posture
12 42 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 42 (1.24%) Onboarding
13 41 (1.21%) Virtual Team
14 39 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
15 38 (1.12%) Cyberattack
15 38 (1.12%) Mobile App
16 36 (1.06%) Management Information System
16 36 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 164 (4.84%) Linux
2 132 (3.90%) Windows
3 50 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 46 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 44 (1.30%) Android
5 44 (1.30%) Unix
6 24 (0.71%) Embedded Linux
7 12 (0.35%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.30%) VMS
9 9 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
10 8 (0.24%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.089%) Debian
11 3 (0.089%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.030%) AIX
12 1 (0.030%) CentOS
12 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 691 (20.41%) Agile
2 671 (19.82%) Mentoring
3 559 (16.51%) Software Engineering
4 489 (14.44%) AI
5 466 (13.76%) CI/CD
6 446 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 445 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
8 407 (12.02%) DevOps
9 385 (11.37%) Coaching
10 311 (9.18%) Analytics
11 294 (8.68%) Roadmaps
12 273 (8.06%) Project Delivery
13 269 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
14 265 (7.83%) Decision-Making
15 242 (7.15%) Test Automation
16 209 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 205 (6.05%) Stakeholder Management
18 193 (5.70%) Infrastructure as Code
19 185 (5.46%) Project Management
20 168 (4.96%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 438 (12.94%) Python
2 361 (10.66%) SQL
3 230 (6.79%) Java
4 223 (6.59%) C#
5 214 (6.32%) JavaScript
6 178 (5.26%) TypeScript
7 119 (3.51%) PowerShell
8 89 (2.63%) C++
9 66 (1.95%) Go
10 58 (1.71%) PHP
11 56 (1.65%) Bash
12 49 (1.45%) PL/SQL
13 45 (1.33%) C
14 32 (0.95%) Scala
15 26 (0.77%) VBA
16 25 (0.74%) Bicep
16 25 (0.74%) Rust
16 25 (0.74%) T-SQL
17 22 (0.65%) Kotlin
18 21 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 326 (9.63%) Degree
2 286 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 225 (6.65%) SC Cleared
4 71 (2.10%) CISSP
5 66 (1.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 61 (1.80%) CISM
7 55 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 51 (1.51%) Azure Certification
9 45 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 40 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.12%) AWS Certification
11 38 (1.12%) Master's Degree
12 37 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
13 30 (0.89%) PhD
14 29 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
15 28 (0.83%) A+ Certification
15 28 (0.83%) DBS Check
16 26 (0.77%) ACCA
17 24 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 24 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (5.17%) QA
2 84 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 78 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 76 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 69 (2.04%) NIST
6 52 (1.54%) GDPR
7 47 (1.39%) GRC
8 31 (0.92%) PMO
9 20 (0.59%) NCSC
9 20 (0.59%) SLA
10 14 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (0.35%) P3O
12 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.21%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.21%) WCAG
15 6 (0.18%) COBIT
16 5 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.15%) GAAP
System Software
1 153 (4.52%) Docker
2 124 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.95%) vSphere
6 20 (0.59%) Firmware
7 18 (0.53%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.32%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.27%) vCloud
11 6 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.089%) iptables
13 2 (0.059%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.030%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.030%) GPFS
14 1 (0.030%) Lustre
14 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.030%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 202 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 175 (5.17%) Terraform
3 67 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.06%) Ansible
5 33 (0.97%) Grafana
6 21 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 19 (0.56%) Argo
8 15 (0.44%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.41%) SCCM
10 8 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.24%) Puppet
11 7 (0.21%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.18%) Avamar
12 6 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
12 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.18%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.18%) VxRail
13 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 419 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 133 (3.93%) Oracle
3 112 (3.31%) Adobe
4 70 (2.07%) Google
4 70 (2.07%) VMware
5 67 (1.98%) Palo Alto
6 65 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 64 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 62 (1.83%) SAP
9 61 (1.80%) Cisco
10 48 (1.42%) Databricks
11 41 (1.21%) Apple
12 32 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (0.83%) Dell
13 28 (0.83%) Pega
14 27 (0.80%) CyberArk
14 27 (0.80%) Tenable
15 20 (0.59%) Computacenter
16 18 (0.53%) OpenAI
17 17 (0.50%) Meraki