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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,226 2,243 6,070
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.38% 14.83% 17.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.40% 16.12% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,271 1,382 4,541
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £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 £85,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,626 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% +8.20% -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 18,542 13,914 32,971
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 91.99% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13,523 8,567 25,882
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 12 June 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 June 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.

1 637 (19.75%) Agile
2 605 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 574 (17.79%) Azure
4 536 (16.62%) AWS
5 477 (14.79%) Software Engineering
6 434 (13.45%) AI
7 395 (12.24%) CI/CD
8 385 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
9 384 (11.90%) Python
10 383 (11.87%) Coaching
11 380 (11.78%) SQL
12 358 (11.10%) Microsoft
13 341 (10.57%) DevOps
14 330 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 302 (9.36%) Analytics
15 302 (9.36%) Degree
16 291 (9.02%) Roadmaps
17 282 (8.74%) Security Cleared
18 241 (7.47%) Java
19 236 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
20 223 (6.91%) Decision-Making
20 223 (6.91%) SC Cleared
21 211 (6.54%) Test Automation
22 204 (6.32%) Project Delivery
23 198 (6.14%) GCP
24 187 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
25 186 (5.77%) Kubernetes
26 183 (5.67%) .NET
27 182 (5.64%) Full-Stack Development
28 177 (5.49%) Project Management

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 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 32 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.71%) CMS
5 18 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.56%) Confluence
6 10 (0.31%) WordPress
7 9 (0.28%) IIS
7 9 (0.28%) SAS
8 8 (0.25%) Apache
8 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.12%) JBoss
9 4 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.093%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.093%) Artix
10 3 (0.093%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.062%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.062%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.031%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 85 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.28%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.15%) Sketch
9 4 (0.12%) InVision
9 4 (0.12%) Trello
10 3 (0.093%) Blender
10 3 (0.093%) Civil 3D
10 3 (0.093%) InDesign
10 3 (0.093%) Maya
11 2 (0.062%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.062%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.74%) Cloudability
2 18 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
3 16 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
4 15 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 13 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 10 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
7 9 (0.28%) Visualfiles
8 8 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.22%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.19%) Shopify
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
11 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
12 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
12 4 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
12 4 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
12 4 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
12 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
13 3 (0.093%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 574 (17.79%) Azure
2 536 (16.62%) AWS
3 198 (6.14%) GCP
4 175 (5.42%) SaaS
5 137 (4.25%) Power Platform
6 119 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
6 119 (3.69%) Serverless
7 90 (2.79%) Entra ID
8 84 (2.60%) GitHub
9 80 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (1.49%) PowerApps
11 44 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
12 39 (1.21%) Figma
13 38 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
14 37 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
14 37 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
15 36 (1.12%) Power Automate
16 35 (1.08%) Amazon S3
17 33 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
17 33 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 143 (4.43%) Broadband
2 89 (2.76%) Firewall
3 61 (1.89%) DNS
4 57 (1.77%) VPN
5 45 (1.39%) WAN
6 39 (1.21%) DHCP
7 36 (1.12%) Wireless
8 33 (1.02%) TCP/IP
9 31 (0.96%) LAN
9 31 (0.96%) SD-WAN
10 30 (0.93%) Network Security
11 28 (0.87%) BGP
12 24 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (0.71%) RS-232
14 19 (0.59%) OSPF
15 17 (0.53%) Ethernet
16 15 (0.46%) HTTP
17 13 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
17 13 (0.40%) VLAN
18 12 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (3.10%) Power BI
2 96 (2.98%) SQL Server
3 83 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
4 66 (2.05%) MongoDB
5 52 (1.61%) Metadata
6 35 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 32 (0.99%) OLTP
8 30 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 30 (0.93%) BigQuery
9 29 (0.90%) Relational Database
10 28 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 27 (0.84%) Tableau
12 26 (0.81%) DynamoDB
13 24 (0.74%) MySQL
14 23 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
15 22 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
16 18 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 17 (0.53%) Delta Lake
18 16 (0.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 74 (2.29%) Git
2 62 (1.92%) JIRA
3 46 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.15%) TeamCity
5 35 (1.08%) GitLab
6 25 (0.77%) Snyk
7 24 (0.74%) Claude Code
8 17 (0.53%) Selenium
9 12 (0.37%) Postman
10 9 (0.28%) MLflow
10 9 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
11 8 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.25%) XCUITest
12 7 (0.22%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.22%) JMeter
12 7 (0.22%) JUnit
12 7 (0.22%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.19%) NUnit
13 6 (0.19%) SoapUI
General
1 653 (20.24%) Social Skills
2 569 (17.64%) Finance
3 402 (12.46%) Public Sector
4 232 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 202 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (4.03%) Law
7 127 (3.94%) Banking
8 124 (3.84%) Marketing
9 98 (3.04%) Legal
10 84 (2.60%) Retail
11 82 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
12 76 (2.36%) Games
13 53 (1.64%) Manufacturing
14 50 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (1.43%) Telecoms
16 36 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (0.96%) Local Government
18 27 (0.84%) Financial Institution
19 25 (0.77%) Back Office
20 24 (0.74%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (5.67%) .NET
2 141 (4.37%) React
3 98 (3.04%) REST
4 97 (3.01%) Node.js
5 76 (2.36%) HTML
6 70 (2.17%) RESTful
7 65 (2.01%) SOAP
8 52 (1.61%) CSS
8 52 (1.61%) Spring
9 41 (1.27%) GraphQL
10 40 (1.24%) OAuth
11 37 (1.15%) Spring Boot
12 35 (1.08%) OpenID
13 33 (1.02%) Vue
14 32 (0.99%) SAML
15 31 (0.96%) JSON
16 30 (0.93%) Kafka
17 29 (0.90%) .NET Core
17 29 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
18 27 (0.84%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 201 (6.23%) Cloud Native
2 110 (3.41%) Product Ownership
3 74 (2.29%) Data Centre
4 69 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
5 61 (1.89%) Social Media
6 57 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 49 (1.52%) Driving Licence
8 46 (1.43%) Cyberattack
9 44 (1.36%) Low-Code
9 44 (1.36%) Mobile App
9 44 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
10 41 (1.27%) Public Cloud
11 39 (1.21%) Data Structures
11 39 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (1.21%) Onboarding
12 37 (1.15%) AI Agents
12 37 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
13 36 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
13 36 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
14 34 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 145 (4.49%) Linux
2 106 (3.29%) Windows
3 57 (1.77%) Apple iOS
4 52 (1.61%) Android
5 39 (1.21%) Windows Server
6 33 (1.02%) Unix
7 18 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
8 17 (0.53%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
10 6 (0.19%) VMS
11 3 (0.093%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.093%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.031%) AIX
12 1 (0.031%) CentOS
12 1 (0.031%) Debian
12 1 (0.031%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 637 (19.75%) Agile
2 605 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 477 (14.79%) Software Engineering
4 434 (13.45%) AI
5 395 (12.24%) CI/CD
6 385 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
7 383 (11.87%) Coaching
8 341 (10.57%) DevOps
9 330 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 302 (9.36%) Analytics
11 291 (9.02%) Roadmaps
12 236 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
13 223 (6.91%) Decision-Making
14 211 (6.54%) Test Automation
15 204 (6.32%) Project Delivery
16 187 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
17 182 (5.64%) Full-Stack Development
18 177 (5.49%) Project Management
19 176 (5.46%) Infrastructure as Code
20 155 (4.80%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 384 (11.90%) Python
2 380 (11.78%) SQL
3 241 (7.47%) Java
4 171 (5.30%) JavaScript
5 159 (4.93%) C#
6 150 (4.65%) TypeScript
7 96 (2.98%) PowerShell
8 88 (2.73%) C++
9 72 (2.23%) Go
10 67 (2.08%) Bash
11 61 (1.89%) PHP
12 55 (1.70%) PL/SQL
13 45 (1.39%) Scala
14 41 (1.27%) C
15 37 (1.15%) T-SQL
16 27 (0.84%) Kotlin
17 23 (0.71%) VBA
18 20 (0.62%) Bicep
18 20 (0.62%) R
19 19 (0.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 302 (9.36%) Degree
2 282 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 223 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 67 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 51 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (1.49%) Azure Certification
7 47 (1.46%) DV Cleared
8 44 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 35 (1.08%) CISSP
12 26 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 24 (0.74%) ACCA
13 24 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (0.71%) Master's Degree
14 23 (0.71%) PMI Certification
15 22 (0.68%) CISM
16 21 (0.65%) CIMA
17 20 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
17 20 (0.62%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (3.69%) QA
2 79 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 78 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 60 (1.86%) NIST
5 58 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (1.30%) GDPR
7 38 (1.18%) GRC
8 28 (0.87%) PMO
9 25 (0.77%) NCSC
10 16 (0.50%) SLA
11 12 (0.37%) P3O
12 10 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 9 (0.28%) IEC 61508
13 9 (0.28%) MISRA
13 9 (0.28%) MISRA C
13 9 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.22%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.22%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 137 (4.25%) Docker
2 97 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (0.84%) vSphere
6 19 (0.59%) Firmware
6 19 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 12 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.28%) vCloud
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.062%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.031%) iptables
11 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.031%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 186 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 162 (5.02%) Terraform
3 35 (1.08%) Ansible
4 34 (1.05%) Grafana
4 34 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (0.65%) FortiGate
6 19 (0.59%) Argo
7 17 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 14 (0.43%) SCCM
9 10 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (0.28%) Functional Safety
11 7 (0.22%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.19%) Avamar
12 6 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
12 6 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.19%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (0.19%) VxRail
13 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.15%) Istio
13 5 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 358 (11.10%) Microsoft
2 140 (4.34%) Oracle
3 115 (3.56%) Adobe
4 69 (2.14%) VMware
5 64 (1.98%) SAP
6 62 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 61 (1.89%) Palo Alto
7 61 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 57 (1.77%) Databricks
9 56 (1.74%) Cisco
9 56 (1.74%) Google
10 41 (1.27%) Apple
11 32 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (0.87%) Dell
13 26 (0.81%) Tenable
14 19 (0.59%) Computacenter
15 17 (0.53%) Fortinet
16 15 (0.46%) NetApp
16 15 (0.46%) OpenAI
16 15 (0.46%) Veeam