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 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,034 3,471 3,413
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.30% 18.46% 16.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.22% 19.14% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,448 2,289 2,833
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.57%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,301 18,135 19,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.44% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,124 11,360 16,118
10th Percentile £29,825 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025, 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.

1 493 (24.24%) Agile
2 490 (24.09%) Azure
3 394 (19.37%) AWS
4 343 (16.86%) SQL
5 340 (16.72%) Mentoring
6 329 (16.18%) Python
7 328 (16.13%) CI/CD
8 318 (15.63%) DevOps
9 286 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
10 278 (13.67%) Software Engineering
11 259 (12.73%) Microsoft
12 228 (11.21%) Degree
13 224 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
14 213 (10.47%) Coaching
15 201 (9.88%) AI
16 192 (9.44%) JavaScript
17 188 (9.24%) C#
18 185 (9.10%) .NET
19 180 (8.85%) Java
20 179 (8.80%) Analytics
20 179 (8.80%) TypeScript
21 178 (8.75%) Asset Management
22 159 (7.82%) Terraform
23 149 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
23 149 (7.33%) Roadmaps
24 147 (7.23%) SaaS
25 145 (7.13%) React
26 141 (6.93%) Kubernetes
27 138 (6.78%) Security Cleared
28 137 (6.74%) Test Automation

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 57 (2.80%) Apache
1 57 (2.80%) Apache Airflow
2 41 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.23%) Confluence
4 22 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (1.03%) IIS
6 19 (0.93%) WordPress
7 14 (0.69%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.39%) Headless CMS
9 7 (0.34%) CMS
9 7 (0.34%) JBoss
9 7 (0.34%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
12 2 (0.098%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.098%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.098%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.098%) SAS
13 1 (0.049%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 53 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.59%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (0.49%) InDesign
6 8 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.34%) Maya
8 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.29%) MotionBuilder
8 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.15%) Sketch
9 3 (0.15%) Trello
10 2 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.098%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.098%) OrCAD
10 2 (0.098%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.098%) Simulink
11 1 (0.049%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.049%) Blender
11 1 (0.049%) Revit
Business Applications
1 35 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
2 25 (1.23%) Oracle Assets
2 25 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
2 25 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
2 25 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
2 25 (1.23%) Shopify
3 24 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
4 19 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
5 16 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
6 12 (0.59%) Hyperion Planning
7 10 (0.49%) SAP CO
7 10 (0.49%) SAP FI
7 10 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
8 9 (0.44%) Workday HCM
9 8 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
9 8 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 7 (0.34%) NEC Housing
11 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.20%) Visualfiles
12 3 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 490 (24.09%) Azure
2 394 (19.37%) AWS
3 147 (7.23%) SaaS
4 134 (6.59%) GitHub
5 131 (6.44%) GCP
6 125 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
7 104 (5.11%) Power Platform
8 94 (4.62%) Snowflake
9 93 (4.57%) dbt
10 91 (4.47%) Serverless
11 79 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
12 69 (3.39%) Entra ID
13 62 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
14 46 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
15 44 (2.16%) Amazon S3
16 35 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
17 34 (1.67%) GitHub Copilot
18 33 (1.62%) OCI
18 33 (1.62%) Power Automate
19 32 (1.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.75%) Firewall
2 37 (1.82%) VPN
3 35 (1.72%) Network Security
4 32 (1.57%) WAN
5 30 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 29 (1.43%) DNS
7 28 (1.38%) Broadband
8 26 (1.28%) LAN
9 22 (1.08%) Unified Communications
10 16 (0.79%) BGP
10 16 (0.79%) DHCP
11 15 (0.74%) SD-WAN
12 14 (0.69%) Ethernet
13 12 (0.59%) RS-232
14 10 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.49%) Wireless
15 9 (0.44%) OSPF
16 8 (0.39%) HTTP
16 8 (0.39%) SAN
17 6 (0.29%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.67%) Data Lake
2 91 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 86 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
4 72 (3.54%) Power BI
5 56 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (2.56%) Amazon Athena
7 51 (2.51%) NoSQL
8 47 (2.31%) Apache Arrow
8 47 (2.31%) Apache Iceberg
8 47 (2.31%) Apache Ignite
8 47 (2.31%) Dremio
9 37 (1.82%) DynamoDB
10 29 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 26 (1.28%) MongoDB
12 25 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
13 21 (1.03%) MySQL
14 20 (0.98%) Redis
15 19 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (0.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 72 (3.54%) Git
2 71 (3.49%) JIRA
3 49 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.06%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (1.28%) Selenium
6 21 (1.03%) GitLab
7 16 (0.79%) Cypress.io
7 16 (0.79%) Postman
8 12 (0.59%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.54%) WebDriver
10 9 (0.44%) SoapUI
10 9 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (0.39%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.34%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.34%) git-flow
12 7 (0.34%) Subversion
13 6 (0.29%) JUnit
14 5 (0.25%) Babel
14 5 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.25%) webpack
General
1 542 (26.65%) Finance
2 467 (22.96%) Social Skills
3 152 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 151 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
5 127 (6.24%) Banking
6 114 (5.60%) Retail
7 81 (3.98%) Public Sector
8 79 (3.88%) Marketing
9 77 (3.79%) Law
10 67 (3.29%) Front Office
11 64 (3.15%) Legal
12 63 (3.10%) Telecoms
13 50 (2.46%) Investment Banking
14 42 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
15 41 (2.02%) Games
15 41 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.92%) Financial Institution
17 26 (1.28%) Electronics
18 24 (1.18%) Manufacturing
19 23 (1.13%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (9.10%) .NET
2 145 (7.13%) React
3 95 (4.67%) RESTful
4 83 (4.08%) REST
5 82 (4.03%) HTML
6 73 (3.59%) SOAP
7 66 (3.24%) gRPC
8 64 (3.15%) CSS
9 61 (3.00%) Node.js
10 56 (2.75%) GraphQL
11 51 (2.51%) Pandas
12 48 (2.36%) NumPy
13 47 (2.31%) Protocol Buffers
13 47 (2.31%) SciPy
14 39 (1.92%) Spring
15 38 (1.87%) .NET Core
16 34 (1.67%) Kafka
17 32 (1.57%) Spring Boot
18 31 (1.52%) OAuth
19 30 (1.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 126 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 89 (4.38%) Onboarding
3 76 (3.74%) Product Ownership
4 57 (2.80%) Derivative
5 50 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 50 (2.46%) Hedge funds
6 49 (2.41%) Fixed Income
7 47 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
7 47 (2.31%) Equities
7 47 (2.31%) Pricing Data
8 41 (2.02%) Management Information System
9 40 (1.97%) Data Centre
10 35 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.33%) Driving Licence
11 27 (1.33%) Social Media
12 23 (1.13%) FPGA
12 23 (1.13%) Mobile App
12 23 (1.13%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.03%) Data Structures
13 21 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 80 (3.93%) Linux
2 77 (3.79%) Windows
3 37 (1.82%) Android
4 36 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 30 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 26 (1.28%) Unix
7 12 (0.59%) VMS
8 9 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.20%) CentOS
10 4 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.098%) HPUX
12 2 (0.098%) Solaris
13 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 493 (24.24%) Agile
2 340 (16.72%) Mentoring
3 328 (16.13%) CI/CD
4 318 (15.63%) DevOps
5 286 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
6 278 (13.67%) Software Engineering
7 224 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (10.47%) Coaching
9 201 (9.88%) AI
10 179 (8.80%) Analytics
11 178 (8.75%) Asset Management
12 149 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
12 149 (7.33%) Roadmaps
13 137 (6.74%) Test Automation
14 132 (6.49%) Microservices
15 122 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
16 121 (5.95%) Infrastructure as Code
17 120 (5.90%) Clean Code
17 120 (5.90%) User Experience
18 117 (5.75%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 343 (16.86%) SQL
2 329 (16.18%) Python
3 192 (9.44%) JavaScript
4 188 (9.24%) C#
5 180 (8.85%) Java
6 179 (8.80%) TypeScript
7 69 (3.39%) PowerShell
8 39 (1.92%) Go
9 35 (1.72%) Bash
10 32 (1.57%) C++
10 32 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 27 (1.33%) Kotlin
12 25 (1.23%) Bicep
13 23 (1.13%) PHP
14 22 (1.08%) Shell Script
15 17 (0.84%) Ruby
16 15 (0.74%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.69%) Groovy
17 14 (0.69%) Scala
17 14 (0.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 228 (11.21%) Degree
2 138 (6.78%) Security Cleared
3 101 (4.97%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (2.75%) ACCA
6 41 (2.02%) CISSP
7 36 (1.77%) AWS Certification
7 36 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (1.62%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.57%) CIMA
10 29 (1.43%) CISM
11 28 (1.38%) Azure Certification
12 22 (1.08%) AAT
12 22 (1.08%) CCNP
13 20 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.84%) CESG Certified Professional
14 17 (0.84%) Master's Degree
15 16 (0.79%) CISMP
15 16 (0.79%) IISP
16 15 (0.74%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (4.52%) QA
2 77 (3.79%) Accessibility
3 60 (2.95%) GDPR
4 48 (2.36%) NIST
5 42 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.33%) PMO
7 25 (1.23%) NCSC
8 21 (1.03%) Data Quality
9 20 (0.98%) IFRS
10 17 (0.84%) NIST 800
11 16 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.79%) JSP 440
11 16 (0.79%) RMADS
12 14 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.54%) GRC
14 9 (0.44%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.34%) SLA
17 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
17 6 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 117 (5.75%) Docker
2 68 (3.34%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.44%) Firmware
6 8 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.39%) vSphere
7 4 (0.20%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.098%) pfSense
8 2 (0.098%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.098%) vCloud
8 2 (0.098%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.049%) Ceph
9 1 (0.049%) Lustre
9 1 (0.049%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 159 (7.82%) Terraform
2 141 (6.93%) Kubernetes
3 49 (2.41%) Ansible
4 46 (2.26%) Grafana
5 38 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
6 34 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (0.84%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.25%) Argo
9 4 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.20%) Nessus
10 3 (0.15%) cPanel
10 3 (0.15%) FlexNet
10 3 (0.15%) Plesk
10 3 (0.15%) SCOM
11 2 (0.098%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.098%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.098%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 2 (0.098%) SCCM
12 1 (0.049%) Puppet
12 1 (0.049%) WSUS
Vendors
1 259 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 102 (5.01%) Oracle
3 59 (2.90%) Databricks
4 54 (2.65%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.56%) Cisco
6 47 (2.31%) Google
6 47 (2.31%) SAP
7 43 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.72%) VMware
9 22 (1.08%) Adobe
9 22 (1.08%) Okta
10 19 (0.93%) Workday
11 14 (0.69%) Meraki
11 14 (0.69%) Xero
12 13 (0.64%) Apple
12 13 (0.64%) EMC
12 13 (0.64%) Screaming Frog
13 12 (0.59%) Hyperion
13 12 (0.59%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.54%) Palo Alto