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 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,499 2,323 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.75% 14.05% 18.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.75% 15.25% 19.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,343 1,530 3,464
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,724 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,515 £56,888 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +6.74% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £115,000 £100,000
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 20,891 15,233 25,032
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 92.11% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 15,095 9,453 18,639
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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.

1 714 (20.41%) Agile
2 689 (19.69%) Mentoring
3 663 (18.95%) Azure
4 626 (17.89%) AWS
5 597 (17.06%) Software Engineering
6 546 (15.60%) AI
7 542 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 526 (15.03%) CI/CD
9 500 (14.29%) Python
10 464 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
11 459 (13.12%) DevOps
12 437 (12.49%) Microsoft
13 368 (10.52%) SQL
14 355 (10.15%) Coaching
15 330 (9.43%) Degree
16 328 (9.37%) Cybersecurity
17 314 (8.97%) Analytics
18 312 (8.92%) Project Delivery
18 312 (8.92%) Security Cleared
19 291 (8.32%) Decision-Making
20 282 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 269 (7.69%) C#
21 269 (7.69%) Roadmaps
22 259 (7.40%) Test Automation
23 257 (7.34%) SC Cleared
24 249 (7.12%) JavaScript
25 228 (6.52%) GCP
26 226 (6.46%) QA
27 219 (6.26%) .NET
27 219 (6.26%) SaaS

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 93 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (0.69%) CMS
4 22 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.57%) Confluence
6 19 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.43%) SAS
8 14 (0.40%) WordPress
9 12 (0.34%) IIS
10 9 (0.26%) Apache
11 8 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.086%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.086%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.086%) Artix
12 3 (0.086%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.086%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.057%) Moodle
13 2 (0.057%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.029%) Appian
Applications
1 81 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
3 34 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (0.40%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.23%) Civil 3D
6 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.17%) InDesign
9 5 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.14%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.11%) Trello
11 3 (0.086%) Blender
11 3 (0.086%) Maya
12 2 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.057%) SPSS
13 1 (0.029%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.029%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 24 (0.69%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
2 16 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 11 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.20%) Visualfiles
7 6 (0.17%) Shopify
8 5 (0.14%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
10 3 (0.086%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 3 (0.086%) Infor SunSystems
10 3 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.086%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 663 (18.95%) Azure
2 626 (17.89%) AWS
3 228 (6.52%) GCP
4 219 (6.26%) SaaS
5 148 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
6 144 (4.12%) Power Platform
7 136 (3.89%) Entra ID
8 121 (3.46%) Serverless
9 91 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (2.60%) GitHub
10 52 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
11 46 (1.31%) PowerApps
12 44 (1.26%) Amazon S3
12 44 (1.26%) Power Automate
13 38 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
13 38 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
13 38 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
14 37 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
15 34 (0.97%) Azure AKS
15 34 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 141 (4.03%) Firewall
2 104 (2.97%) Broadband
3 75 (2.14%) Network Security
4 70 (2.00%) DNS
5 59 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
6 58 (1.66%) VLAN
7 57 (1.63%) VPN
8 49 (1.40%) WAN
8 49 (1.40%) Wireless
9 45 (1.29%) LAN
10 44 (1.26%) TCP/IP
11 42 (1.20%) DHCP
12 26 (0.74%) BGP
13 22 (0.63%) RS-232
14 19 (0.54%) OSPF
15 18 (0.51%) SD-WAN
16 17 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (0.46%) WLAN
18 15 (0.43%) Bluetooth
18 15 (0.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
2 112 (3.20%) Power BI
3 88 (2.52%) SQL Server
4 64 (1.83%) MongoDB
5 49 (1.40%) Metadata
6 42 (1.20%) MySQL
7 41 (1.17%) Relational Database
8 34 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
9 32 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 29 (0.83%) Tableau
12 28 (0.80%) DynamoDB
13 27 (0.77%) OLTP
14 24 (0.69%) BigQuery
14 24 (0.69%) NoSQL
15 18 (0.51%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
16 16 (0.46%) Redis
17 15 (0.43%) Big Data
17 15 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 109 (3.12%) Git
2 57 (1.63%) JIRA
3 42 (1.20%) GitLab
4 34 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.71%) Snyk
6 21 (0.60%) TeamCity
7 20 (0.57%) Claude Code
8 15 (0.43%) Selenium
9 14 (0.40%) JUnit
10 11 (0.31%) Postman
11 9 (0.26%) LabVIEW
12 8 (0.23%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.23%) Gatling
12 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
13 7 (0.20%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.17%) Maven
14 6 (0.17%) Mockito
15 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio
16 4 (0.11%) NUnit
General
1 842 (24.06%) Social Skills
2 581 (16.60%) Finance
3 371 (10.60%) Public Sector
4 291 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 268 (7.66%) Legal
6 240 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
7 223 (6.37%) Law
8 127 (3.63%) Marketing
9 123 (3.52%) Banking
10 83 (2.37%) Retail
11 75 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
12 66 (1.89%) Manufacturing
13 62 (1.77%) Games
14 55 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 55 (1.57%) Telecoms
15 45 (1.29%) Local Government
16 44 (1.26%) Electronics
17 43 (1.23%) Legal Technology
18 35 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
19 25 (0.71%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (6.26%) .NET
2 161 (4.60%) React
3 114 (3.26%) Node.js
4 88 (2.52%) HTML
5 85 (2.43%) REST
6 74 (2.11%) CSS
6 74 (2.11%) RESTful
7 50 (1.43%) Spring
8 37 (1.06%) Vue
9 35 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
10 34 (0.97%) Kafka
10 34 (0.97%) Spring Boot
11 33 (0.94%) AngularJS
12 31 (0.89%) Laravel
13 28 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
14 27 (0.77%) SOAP
14 27 (0.77%) SPFx
15 26 (0.74%) Playwright
15 26 (0.74%) PySpark
16 25 (0.71%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 220 (6.29%) Cloud Native
2 98 (2.80%) Product Ownership
3 94 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
4 73 (2.09%) Driving Licence
5 65 (1.86%) Virtual Team
6 61 (1.74%) Data Centre
7 51 (1.46%) Social Media
8 50 (1.43%) AI Agents
9 49 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 45 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
11 44 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 42 (1.20%) Data Structures
13 39 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
13 39 (1.11%) Management Information System
14 38 (1.09%) Algorithms
15 37 (1.06%) Mobile App
15 37 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 33 (0.94%) Low-Code
17 32 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
17 32 (0.91%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 174 (4.97%) Linux
2 125 (3.57%) Windows
3 54 (1.54%) Unix
4 50 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 42 (1.20%) Android
5 42 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 27 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
7 10 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
9 8 (0.23%) VMS
10 4 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.086%) Debian
12 2 (0.057%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.029%) AIX
13 1 (0.029%) CentOS
13 1 (0.029%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 714 (20.41%) Agile
2 689 (19.69%) Mentoring
3 597 (17.06%) Software Engineering
4 546 (15.60%) AI
5 542 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 526 (15.03%) CI/CD
7 464 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
8 459 (13.12%) DevOps
9 355 (10.15%) Coaching
10 328 (9.37%) Cybersecurity
11 314 (8.97%) Analytics
12 312 (8.92%) Project Delivery
13 291 (8.32%) Decision-Making
14 282 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 269 (7.69%) Roadmaps
16 259 (7.40%) Test Automation
17 212 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
18 210 (6.00%) Infrastructure as Code
19 187 (5.34%) Microservices
20 184 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 500 (14.29%) Python
2 368 (10.52%) SQL
3 269 (7.69%) C#
4 249 (7.12%) JavaScript
5 208 (5.94%) Java
6 206 (5.89%) TypeScript
7 134 (3.83%) PowerShell
8 97 (2.77%) C++
9 63 (1.80%) PHP
10 60 (1.71%) Go
11 49 (1.40%) C
11 49 (1.40%) PL/SQL
12 45 (1.29%) Bash
13 26 (0.74%) Embedded C
14 25 (0.71%) Bicep
15 23 (0.66%) R
16 22 (0.63%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.57%) Rust
17 20 (0.57%) Scala
18 19 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 330 (9.43%) Degree
2 312 (8.92%) Security Cleared
3 257 (7.34%) SC Cleared
4 100 (2.86%) CISSP
5 91 (2.60%) CISM
6 66 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 55 (1.57%) A+ Certification
7 55 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
8 53 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 51 (1.46%) Azure Certification
10 44 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 41 (1.17%) Master's Degree
12 40 (1.14%) DV Cleared
13 38 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
14 36 (1.03%) AWS Certification
15 28 (0.80%) PhD
16 26 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
17 24 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 23 (0.66%) ACCA
19 20 (0.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (6.46%) QA
2 98 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 81 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 73 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 67 (1.91%) NIST
6 59 (1.69%) GDPR
7 49 (1.40%) GRC
8 29 (0.83%) PMO
9 21 (0.60%) SLA
10 19 (0.54%) NCSC
11 16 (0.46%) WCAG
12 15 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.29%) COBIT
15 9 (0.26%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.17%) GAAP
17 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 164 (4.69%) Docker
2 133 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.91%) vSphere
6 26 (0.74%) Firmware
7 15 (0.43%) Hyper-V
8 14 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
8 14 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 9 (0.26%) vCloud
10 7 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.086%) iptables
13 2 (0.057%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.029%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.029%) GPFS
14 1 (0.029%) Lustre
14 1 (0.029%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.029%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.029%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 199 (5.69%) Kubernetes
2 193 (5.52%) Terraform
3 94 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (1.00%) Ansible
5 27 (0.77%) Grafana
6 21 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 18 (0.51%) Argo
8 9 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.17%) Avamar
10 6 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (0.17%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.17%) Puppet
10 6 (0.17%) SCCM
10 6 (0.17%) VxRail
11 5 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 437 (12.49%) Microsoft
2 130 (3.72%) Oracle
3 103 (2.94%) Adobe
4 77 (2.20%) Google
5 69 (1.97%) Palo Alto
6 68 (1.94%) Cisco
7 65 (1.86%) SAP
8 63 (1.80%) VMware
9 62 (1.77%) ServiceNow
10 59 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 54 (1.54%) CyberArk
12 49 (1.40%) Databricks
13 38 (1.09%) Apple
14 33 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
15 28 (0.80%) Dell
15 28 (0.80%) Pega
16 27 (0.77%) Tenable
17 22 (0.63%) Informatica
18 20 (0.57%) Aruba
19 19 (0.54%) Veeam