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 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,970 2,282 5,649
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.37% 16.95% 17.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.47% 18.47% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,110 1,654 4,358
10th Percentile £46,700 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.34% -8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 16,996 12,353 31,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 91.73% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,322 9,032 24,949
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,104
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,401
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -9.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,475 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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.

1 606 (20.40%) Mentoring
2 583 (19.63%) Azure
3 561 (18.89%) Agile
4 482 (16.23%) AWS
5 432 (14.55%) Software Engineering
6 398 (13.40%) SQL
7 379 (12.76%) CI/CD
8 374 (12.59%) AI
9 365 (12.29%) Coaching
10 360 (12.12%) DevOps
11 355 (11.95%) Microsoft
12 351 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
13 335 (11.28%) Python
14 290 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
15 273 (9.19%) Roadmaps
16 270 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
17 260 (8.75%) Security Cleared
18 248 (8.35%) Degree
19 239 (8.05%) Analytics
20 236 (7.95%) Java
21 206 (6.94%) GCP
22 202 (6.80%) SC Cleared
23 200 (6.73%) Test Automation
24 198 (6.67%) .NET
25 187 (6.30%) Kubernetes
26 179 (6.03%) Decision-Making
26 179 (6.03%) SaaS
27 177 (5.96%) Stakeholder Management
28 175 (5.89%) Terraform
29 173 (5.82%) User Experience

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 86 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (0.81%) CMS
5 23 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 23 (0.77%) Confluence
6 9 (0.30%) Apache
7 8 (0.27%) JBoss
7 8 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.20%) SAS
8 6 (0.20%) WordPress
9 5 (0.17%) IIS
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.067%) nginx
12 2 (0.067%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.034%) Appian
13 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.034%) Artix
Applications
1 33 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.20%) Sketch
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.13%) InVision
9 4 (0.13%) Trello
10 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.067%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.067%) Maya
11 2 (0.067%) MotionBuilder
11 2 (0.067%) Revit
11 2 (0.067%) Weka
Business Applications
1 27 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
3 17 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
3 17 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
4 16 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
4 16 (0.54%) Cloudability
4 16 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.37%) Visualfiles
7 9 (0.30%) Shopify
8 8 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
9 6 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.17%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 583 (19.63%) Azure
2 482 (16.23%) AWS
3 206 (6.94%) GCP
4 179 (6.03%) SaaS
5 118 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 114 (3.84%) GitHub
7 105 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 105 (3.54%) Serverless
8 99 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
9 97 (3.27%) Entra ID
10 48 (1.62%) PowerApps
10 48 (1.62%) Snowflake
11 44 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 44 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
12 39 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
13 38 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
14 37 (1.25%) dbt
14 37 (1.25%) Figma
14 37 (1.25%) Power Automate
15 36 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 125 (4.21%) Broadband
2 79 (2.66%) Firewall
3 55 (1.85%) DNS
3 55 (1.85%) VPN
4 52 (1.75%) WAN
5 46 (1.55%) DHCP
6 38 (1.28%) TCP/IP
7 33 (1.11%) LAN
7 33 (1.11%) SD-WAN
8 29 (0.98%) Network Security
9 23 (0.77%) Wireless
10 21 (0.71%) BGP
11 20 (0.67%) HTTP
11 20 (0.67%) RS-232
12 19 (0.64%) Ethernet
13 18 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (0.37%) OSPF
15 10 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (0.30%) MPLS
17 8 (0.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (3.84%) SQL Server
2 89 (3.00%) Power BI
3 77 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (1.75%) MongoDB
5 48 (1.62%) Metadata
6 41 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 34 (1.14%) BigQuery
8 30 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 27 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
9 27 (0.91%) OLTP
9 27 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (0.84%) Tableau
11 24 (0.81%) Data Lake
11 24 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
12 22 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 21 (0.71%) MySQL
13 21 (0.71%) Relational Database
14 19 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 78 (2.63%) Git
2 69 (2.32%) JIRA
3 56 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.48%) GitLab
5 33 (1.11%) TeamCity
6 28 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
7 20 (0.67%) Selenium
8 17 (0.57%) Claude Code
8 17 (0.57%) Snyk
9 11 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.34%) MLflow
11 9 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.30%) Postman
12 8 (0.27%) JUnit
13 7 (0.24%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.24%) JMeter
13 7 (0.24%) Subversion
13 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.24%) webpack
13 7 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 586 (19.73%) Finance
2 553 (18.62%) Social Skills
3 360 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 201 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 178 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (4.38%) Marketing
7 125 (4.21%) Law
8 123 (4.14%) Banking
9 102 (3.43%) Legal
10 94 (3.16%) Retail
11 87 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.49%) Games
13 64 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 54 (1.82%) Manufacturing
15 45 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (0.88%) Financial Institution
18 25 (0.84%) Back Office
19 23 (0.77%) Publishing
20 22 (0.74%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (6.67%) .NET
2 135 (4.55%) React
3 119 (4.01%) REST
4 95 (3.20%) Node.js
5 85 (2.86%) SOAP
6 78 (2.63%) HTML
7 74 (2.49%) RESTful
8 57 (1.92%) GraphQL
9 55 (1.85%) OAuth
10 54 (1.82%) CSS
11 50 (1.68%) Spring
12 44 (1.48%) Kafka
13 41 (1.38%) OpenID
13 41 (1.38%) Spring Boot
14 39 (1.31%) .NET Core
15 37 (1.25%) SAML
16 35 (1.18%) JSON
17 32 (1.08%) React Native
18 30 (1.01%) LDAP
18 30 (1.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 178 (5.99%) Cloud Native
2 107 (3.60%) Product Ownership
3 64 (2.15%) Data Centre
4 61 (2.05%) Onboarding
4 61 (2.05%) Social Media
5 56 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 55 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
7 48 (1.62%) Public Cloud
8 45 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 45 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 44 (1.48%) Cyberattack
10 37 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
11 34 (1.14%) Driving Licence
11 34 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (1.08%) Low-Code
12 32 (1.08%) Management Information System
12 32 (1.08%) Over-the-Top Content
13 31 (1.04%) Data Structures
13 31 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 143 (4.81%) Linux
2 117 (3.94%) Windows
3 66 (2.22%) Android
4 58 (1.95%) Apple iOS
5 48 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.21%) Unix
7 21 (0.71%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.27%) VMS
10 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.10%) CentOS
12 3 (0.10%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.067%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.067%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.034%) AIX
14 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 606 (20.40%) Mentoring
2 561 (18.89%) Agile
3 432 (14.55%) Software Engineering
4 379 (12.76%) CI/CD
5 374 (12.59%) AI
6 365 (12.29%) Coaching
7 360 (12.12%) DevOps
8 351 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
9 290 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 273 (9.19%) Roadmaps
11 270 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
12 239 (8.05%) Analytics
13 200 (6.73%) Test Automation
14 179 (6.03%) Decision-Making
15 177 (5.96%) Stakeholder Management
16 173 (5.82%) User Experience
17 169 (5.69%) Microservices
18 156 (5.25%) Full-Stack Development
19 148 (4.98%) Infrastructure as Code
20 140 (4.71%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 398 (13.40%) SQL
2 335 (11.28%) Python
3 236 (7.95%) Java
4 163 (5.49%) C#
5 148 (4.98%) JavaScript
6 141 (4.75%) TypeScript
7 99 (3.33%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.42%) C++
8 72 (2.42%) Go
9 67 (2.26%) Bash
10 53 (1.78%) PHP
11 52 (1.75%) PL/SQL
12 46 (1.55%) Scala
13 40 (1.35%) C
14 39 (1.31%) T-SQL
15 33 (1.11%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.77%) VBA
17 22 (0.74%) Bicep
18 17 (0.57%) Rust
19 16 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 260 (8.75%) Security Cleared
2 248 (8.35%) Degree
3 202 (6.80%) SC Cleared
4 72 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (1.55%) DV Cleared
6 41 (1.38%) Azure Certification
7 40 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 31 (1.04%) ACCA
10 27 (0.91%) CISSP
11 26 (0.88%) AWS Certification
11 26 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 25 (0.84%) Master's Degree
13 24 (0.81%) CIMA
14 16 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 16 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.51%) CIPFA
15 15 (0.51%) DBS Check
15 15 (0.51%) PhD
16 14 (0.47%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (3.37%) QA
2 75 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 62 (2.09%) Data Quality
4 53 (1.78%) NIST
5 44 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (1.31%) GDPR
7 30 (1.01%) NCSC
8 28 (0.94%) GRC
9 23 (0.77%) PMO
10 20 (0.67%) SLA
11 13 (0.44%) P3O
12 11 (0.37%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.37%) MISRA
12 11 (0.37%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.27%) IFRS
14 8 (0.27%) WCAG
15 7 (0.24%) JSP 440
15 7 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 155 (5.22%) Docker
2 112 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.61%) VMware NSX
5 18 (0.61%) vSphere
6 16 (0.54%) Firmware
7 10 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.27%) vCloud
9 7 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.067%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.034%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 187 (6.30%) Kubernetes
2 175 (5.89%) Terraform
3 45 (1.52%) Grafana
4 39 (1.31%) Ansible
5 33 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 22 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.64%) Argo
9 14 (0.47%) FortiGate
9 14 (0.47%) SCCM
10 11 (0.37%) Functional Safety
11 7 (0.24%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.17%) Istio
12 5 (0.17%) Puppet
12 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.13%) Plesk
14 3 (0.10%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 355 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 146 (4.92%) Oracle
3 101 (3.40%) Adobe
4 71 (2.39%) VMware
5 64 (2.15%) Databricks
6 62 (2.09%) SAP
7 61 (2.05%) Google
8 46 (1.55%) Cisco
9 45 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 45 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 35 (1.18%) Palo Alto
11 33 (1.11%) Apple
12 24 (0.81%) Dell
12 24 (0.81%) Okta
13 21 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
14 17 (0.57%) Tenable
15 14 (0.47%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.44%) Citrix
16 13 (0.44%) SolarWinds
17 11 (0.37%) NetApp