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 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,031 2,468 5,682
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.42% 16.97% 17.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.52% 18.40% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,130 1,593 4,349
10th Percentile £47,500 £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 £112,500 £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 17,299 13,414 31,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 92.22% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,679 8,969 24,913
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.74% -12.42%

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 12 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 12 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.

1 608 (20.06%) Mentoring
2 587 (19.37%) Azure
3 573 (18.90%) Agile
4 501 (16.53%) AWS
5 435 (14.35%) Software Engineering
6 405 (13.36%) AI
7 388 (12.80%) SQL
8 384 (12.67%) CI/CD
9 371 (12.24%) Coaching
10 354 (11.68%) DevOps
11 352 (11.61%) Microsoft
12 347 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
13 345 (11.38%) Python
14 298 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 272 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
16 270 (8.91%) Security Cleared
17 269 (8.87%) Roadmaps
18 264 (8.71%) Degree
19 258 (8.51%) Analytics
20 229 (7.56%) Java
21 210 (6.93%) SC Cleared
22 203 (6.70%) GCP
23 200 (6.60%) Test Automation
24 194 (6.40%) .NET
25 189 (6.24%) Decision-Making
26 181 (5.97%) Kubernetes
27 175 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
28 171 (5.64%) Terraform
29 170 (5.61%) SaaS
30 169 (5.58%) 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 85 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.79%) CMS
4 23 (0.76%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 22 (0.73%) Confluence
6 9 (0.30%) Apache
7 7 (0.23%) SAS
7 7 (0.23%) WordPress
8 6 (0.20%) JBoss
8 6 (0.20%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.16%) IIS
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.099%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.099%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.066%) Artix
12 2 (0.066%) nginx
12 2 (0.066%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 50 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.20%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.13%) InVision
10 3 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.099%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.099%) Trello
11 2 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.066%) Civil 3D
11 2 (0.066%) Revit
11 2 (0.066%) Weka
12 1 (0.033%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 25 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
2 24 (0.79%) Cloudability
3 23 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 14 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
7 12 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
7 12 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.36%) Visualfiles
9 9 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
9 9 (0.30%) Shopify
10 7 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
11 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
11 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 5 (0.16%) SAP CO
12 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
12 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 587 (19.37%) Azure
2 501 (16.53%) AWS
3 203 (6.70%) GCP
4 170 (5.61%) SaaS
5 122 (4.03%) Power Platform
6 118 (3.89%) Serverless
7 104 (3.43%) GitHub
8 103 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
9 92 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
10 90 (2.97%) Entra ID
11 48 (1.58%) PowerApps
12 44 (1.45%) Snowflake
13 42 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
14 41 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
15 39 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
16 37 (1.22%) Power Automate
17 36 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 36 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
18 35 (1.15%) Figma
18 35 (1.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 129 (4.26%) Broadband
2 77 (2.54%) Firewall
3 55 (1.81%) VPN
4 52 (1.72%) DNS
5 48 (1.58%) WAN
6 42 (1.39%) DHCP
7 37 (1.22%) TCP/IP
8 33 (1.09%) SD-WAN
9 32 (1.06%) LAN
10 30 (0.99%) Network Security
11 25 (0.82%) Wireless
12 22 (0.73%) BGP
13 20 (0.66%) RS-232
14 19 (0.63%) Ethernet
14 19 (0.63%) HTTP
15 18 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (0.40%) OSPF
17 9 (0.30%) MPLS
17 9 (0.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.63%) SQL Server
2 93 (3.07%) Power BI
3 80 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
4 60 (1.98%) MongoDB
5 51 (1.68%) Metadata
6 50 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (1.19%) NoSQL
8 32 (1.06%) BigQuery
9 30 (0.99%) OLTP
10 27 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.89%) Tableau
11 26 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
11 26 (0.86%) MySQL
12 25 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 25 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
13 24 (0.79%) Relational Database
14 23 (0.76%) DynamoDB
15 21 (0.69%) Data Lake
16 19 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 17 (0.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 76 (2.51%) Git
2 68 (2.24%) JIRA
3 48 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.29%) GitLab
5 31 (1.02%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
7 24 (0.79%) Snyk
8 19 (0.63%) Claude Code
9 14 (0.46%) Selenium
10 11 (0.36%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.33%) MLflow
12 9 (0.30%) Postman
13 7 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.23%) JMeter
13 7 (0.23%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.23%) XCUITest
14 6 (0.20%) SoapUI
14 6 (0.20%) Subversion
14 6 (0.20%) webpack
15 5 (0.16%) NUnit
General
1 575 (18.97%) Finance
2 550 (18.15%) Social Skills
3 372 (12.27%) Public Sector
4 202 (6.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 129 (4.26%) Marketing
7 125 (4.12%) Law
8 119 (3.93%) Banking
9 98 (3.23%) Legal
10 85 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
11 83 (2.74%) Retail
12 75 (2.47%) Games
13 56 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 52 (1.72%) Manufacturing
15 43 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (0.79%) Publishing
18 23 (0.76%) Back Office
19 22 (0.73%) Financial Institution
20 20 (0.66%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (6.40%) .NET
2 141 (4.65%) React
3 118 (3.89%) REST
4 93 (3.07%) Node.js
5 81 (2.67%) SOAP
6 79 (2.61%) HTML
6 79 (2.61%) RESTful
7 54 (1.78%) GraphQL
8 53 (1.75%) CSS
9 50 (1.65%) OAuth
10 43 (1.42%) Spring
11 39 (1.29%) .NET Core
11 39 (1.29%) OpenID
12 37 (1.22%) Kafka
13 35 (1.15%) SAML
13 35 (1.15%) Spring Boot
14 34 (1.12%) JSON
15 32 (1.06%) React Native
16 31 (1.02%) XML
17 29 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 184 (6.07%) Cloud Native
2 110 (3.63%) Product Ownership
3 69 (2.28%) Data Centre
4 58 (1.91%) Social Media
5 57 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
6 49 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 46 (1.52%) Onboarding
7 46 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 45 (1.48%) Mobile App
9 44 (1.45%) Cyberattack
10 41 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (1.25%) Low-Code
11 38 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 37 (1.22%) Driving Licence
13 35 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
14 33 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
15 32 (1.06%) Data Structures
15 32 (1.06%) Management Information System
15 32 (1.06%) Over-the-Top Content
16 29 (0.96%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 142 (4.68%) Linux
2 109 (3.60%) Windows
3 65 (2.14%) Android
4 58 (1.91%) Apple iOS
5 41 (1.35%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.19%) Unix
7 20 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.26%) VMS
10 5 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.099%) CentOS
12 3 (0.099%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.066%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.033%) AIX
14 1 (0.033%) Solaris
14 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 608 (20.06%) Mentoring
2 573 (18.90%) Agile
3 435 (14.35%) Software Engineering
4 405 (13.36%) AI
5 384 (12.67%) CI/CD
6 371 (12.24%) Coaching
7 354 (11.68%) DevOps
8 347 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
9 298 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 272 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
11 269 (8.87%) Roadmaps
12 258 (8.51%) Analytics
13 200 (6.60%) Test Automation
14 189 (6.24%) Decision-Making
15 175 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
16 169 (5.58%) User Experience
17 165 (5.44%) Full-Stack Development
18 157 (5.18%) Infrastructure as Code
19 155 (5.11%) Microservices
20 152 (5.01%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 388 (12.80%) SQL
2 345 (11.38%) Python
3 229 (7.56%) Java
4 162 (5.34%) C#
5 158 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 143 (4.72%) TypeScript
7 97 (3.20%) PowerShell
8 77 (2.54%) C++
9 75 (2.47%) Go
10 64 (2.11%) Bash
11 56 (1.85%) PHP
12 55 (1.81%) PL/SQL
13 46 (1.52%) Scala
14 38 (1.25%) C
14 38 (1.25%) T-SQL
15 33 (1.09%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.76%) VBA
17 22 (0.73%) Bicep
18 18 (0.59%) R
18 18 (0.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 270 (8.91%) Security Cleared
2 264 (8.71%) Degree
3 210 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 70 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (1.62%) DV Cleared
6 41 (1.35%) Azure Certification
6 41 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 35 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 30 (0.99%) ACCA
10 27 (0.89%) CISSP
11 26 (0.86%) Master's Degree
11 26 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 24 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 24 (0.79%) CIMA
12 24 (0.79%) PMI Certification
13 18 (0.59%) DBS Check
14 16 (0.53%) CIPFA
15 15 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (3.63%) QA
2 78 (2.57%) Accessibility
3 66 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 50 (1.65%) NIST
5 43 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.19%) GDPR
7 35 (1.15%) GRC
8 27 (0.89%) NCSC
9 23 (0.76%) PMO
10 19 (0.63%) SLA
11 12 (0.40%) P3O
12 11 (0.36%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA C
12 11 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.23%) IFRS
14 7 (0.23%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 150 (4.95%) Docker
2 102 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 46 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.63%) VMware NSX
4 19 (0.63%) vSphere
5 16 (0.53%) Firmware
6 9 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.30%) vCloud
7 7 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.033%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 181 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 171 (5.64%) Terraform
3 40 (1.32%) Ansible
4 34 (1.12%) Grafana
5 29 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (0.69%) Prometheus
7 20 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.63%) Argo
9 18 (0.59%) FortiGate
10 14 (0.46%) SCCM
11 11 (0.36%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.23%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.16%) Istio
13 5 (0.16%) Plesk
13 5 (0.16%) Puppet
13 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.099%) Dell DRAC
15 3 (0.099%) VxRail
Vendors
1 352 (11.61%) Microsoft
2 149 (4.92%) Oracle
3 109 (3.60%) Adobe
4 67 (2.21%) VMware
5 62 (2.05%) SAP
6 60 (1.98%) Databricks
7 59 (1.95%) Google
8 55 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 47 (1.55%) Salesforce
10 46 (1.52%) Cisco
11 44 (1.45%) Palo Alto
12 41 (1.35%) Apple
13 29 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
14 25 (0.82%) Dell
15 24 (0.79%) Tenable
16 21 (0.69%) Okta
17 14 (0.46%) Citrix
17 14 (0.46%) Fortinet
18 13 (0.43%) SolarWinds
19 12 (0.40%) NetApp