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 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,163 2,231 5,886
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.48% 15.07% 17.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.51% 16.37% 18.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,238 1,373 4,452
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,626 £64,290
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +5.19% -8.16%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £97,425
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 18,061 13,626 31,898
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 92.06% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 13,290 8,411 25,279
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 30 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 30 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.

1 627 (19.82%) Agile
2 605 (19.13%) Mentoring
3 568 (17.96%) Azure
4 521 (16.47%) AWS
5 458 (14.48%) Software Engineering
6 424 (13.40%) AI
7 395 (12.49%) Coaching
8 384 (12.14%) SQL
9 382 (12.08%) CI/CD
10 365 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
11 362 (11.44%) Python
12 355 (11.22%) Microsoft
13 343 (10.84%) DevOps
14 312 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 306 (9.67%) Degree
16 291 (9.20%) Analytics
17 282 (8.92%) Security Cleared
18 278 (8.79%) Roadmaps
19 251 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
20 241 (7.62%) Java
21 220 (6.96%) SC Cleared
22 210 (6.64%) Test Automation
23 208 (6.58%) Decision-Making
24 199 (6.29%) GCP
24 199 (6.29%) Project Delivery
25 187 (5.91%) Kubernetes
26 184 (5.82%) .NET
27 182 (5.75%) Project Management
28 180 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
29 178 (5.63%) 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 85 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 31 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.73%) CMS
5 21 (0.66%) Confluence
6 20 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.28%) SAS
8 8 (0.25%) Apache
8 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (0.25%) WordPress
9 7 (0.22%) IIS
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.13%) JBoss
10 4 (0.13%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.095%) Artix
12 2 (0.063%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.063%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.063%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.032%) Appian
13 1 (0.032%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 90 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.25%) Adobe XD
5 8 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.19%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.16%) Trello
9 4 (0.13%) InVision
9 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.095%) Oracle Smart View
10 3 (0.095%) Revit
11 2 (0.063%) Blender
11 2 (0.063%) Maya
11 2 (0.063%) SPSS
11 2 (0.063%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.76%) Cloudability
2 18 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
3 17 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
4 16 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
5 15 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
6 11 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
7 10 (0.32%) Visualfiles
8 9 (0.28%) Shopify
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
9 7 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.19%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.19%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.16%) Magento
11 5 (0.16%) SAP Business One
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 568 (17.96%) Azure
2 521 (16.47%) AWS
3 199 (6.29%) GCP
4 178 (5.63%) SaaS
5 130 (4.11%) Power Platform
6 118 (3.73%) Serverless
7 115 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
8 92 (2.91%) Entra ID
9 86 (2.72%) GitHub
10 78 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
11 46 (1.45%) PowerApps
12 42 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
13 37 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 37 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
14 36 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
14 36 (1.14%) Figma
14 36 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 35 (1.11%) Snowflake
16 34 (1.07%) Amazon S3
16 34 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 135 (4.27%) Broadband
2 81 (2.56%) Firewall
3 58 (1.83%) DNS
4 54 (1.71%) VPN
5 45 (1.42%) WAN
6 39 (1.23%) DHCP
7 35 (1.11%) TCP/IP
8 33 (1.04%) SD-WAN
9 32 (1.01%) Wireless
10 30 (0.95%) LAN
10 30 (0.95%) Network Security
11 27 (0.85%) BGP
12 21 (0.66%) RS-232
13 19 (0.60%) OSPF
13 19 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
14 18 (0.57%) Ethernet
15 16 (0.51%) HTTP
16 13 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
17 11 (0.35%) VXLAN
18 10 (0.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 98 (3.10%) Power BI
3 80 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
4 61 (1.93%) MongoDB
5 51 (1.61%) Metadata
6 40 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (1.04%) OLTP
8 32 (1.01%) BigQuery
8 32 (1.01%) NoSQL
9 30 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 28 (0.89%) Relational Database
11 27 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 27 (0.85%) Tableau
12 25 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 25 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
12 25 (0.79%) MySQL
13 23 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (0.57%) Data Lake
14 18 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.54%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 79 (2.50%) Git
2 67 (2.12%) JIRA
3 47 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.14%) GitLab
4 36 (1.14%) TeamCity
5 25 (0.79%) Snyk
6 24 (0.76%) Claude Code
7 17 (0.54%) Selenium
8 13 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (0.35%) Postman
10 10 (0.32%) MLflow
11 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.22%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.22%) JMeter
12 7 (0.22%) JUnit
12 7 (0.22%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.22%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.19%) SoapUI
14 5 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 630 (19.92%) Social Skills
2 561 (17.74%) Finance
3 403 (12.74%) Public Sector
4 226 (7.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 199 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
6 131 (4.14%) Law
6 131 (4.14%) Marketing
7 123 (3.89%) Banking
8 99 (3.13%) Legal
9 88 (2.78%) Retail
10 81 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 69 (2.18%) Games
12 54 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 49 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 45 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
16 28 (0.89%) Local Government
17 27 (0.85%) Back Office
17 27 (0.85%) Financial Institution
18 24 (0.76%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (5.82%) .NET
2 140 (4.43%) React
3 106 (3.35%) REST
4 95 (3.00%) Node.js
5 77 (2.43%) HTML
6 73 (2.31%) SOAP
7 65 (2.06%) RESTful
8 52 (1.64%) CSS
9 46 (1.45%) Spring
10 45 (1.42%) GraphQL
11 43 (1.36%) OAuth
12 37 (1.17%) OpenID
12 37 (1.17%) Spring Boot
13 34 (1.07%) SAML
14 32 (1.01%) JSON
15 31 (0.98%) .NET Core
15 31 (0.98%) Kafka
16 29 (0.92%) Vue
17 27 (0.85%) AngularJS
17 27 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 187 (5.91%) Cloud Native
2 110 (3.48%) Product Ownership
3 76 (2.40%) Data Centre
4 60 (1.90%) Social Media
5 58 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
6 57 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
7 44 (1.39%) Cyberattack
7 44 (1.39%) Driving Licence
8 43 (1.36%) Mobile App
8 43 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
9 42 (1.33%) Onboarding
9 42 (1.33%) Public Cloud
10 39 (1.23%) Low-Code
11 38 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.17%) Data Structures
13 36 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
14 35 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
15 33 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
16 32 (1.01%) Management Information System
16 32 (1.01%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 144 (4.55%) Linux
2 103 (3.26%) Windows
3 57 (1.80%) Apple iOS
4 55 (1.74%) Android
5 38 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 35 (1.11%) Unix
7 18 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
7 18 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.16%) VMS
10 3 (0.095%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.095%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) CentOS
11 1 (0.032%) Debian
11 1 (0.032%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 627 (19.82%) Agile
2 605 (19.13%) Mentoring
3 458 (14.48%) Software Engineering
4 424 (13.40%) AI
5 395 (12.49%) Coaching
6 382 (12.08%) CI/CD
7 365 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
8 343 (10.84%) DevOps
9 312 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 291 (9.20%) Analytics
11 278 (8.79%) Roadmaps
12 251 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
13 210 (6.64%) Test Automation
14 208 (6.58%) Decision-Making
15 199 (6.29%) Project Delivery
16 182 (5.75%) Project Management
17 180 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
18 167 (5.28%) Full-Stack Development
19 163 (5.15%) Infrastructure as Code
20 149 (4.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 384 (12.14%) SQL
2 362 (11.44%) Python
3 241 (7.62%) Java
4 171 (5.41%) JavaScript
5 158 (5.00%) C#
6 150 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 94 (2.97%) PowerShell
8 88 (2.78%) C++
9 71 (2.24%) Go
10 66 (2.09%) Bash
11 57 (1.80%) PHP
12 56 (1.77%) PL/SQL
13 48 (1.52%) Scala
14 41 (1.30%) C
15 40 (1.26%) T-SQL
16 29 (0.92%) Kotlin
17 23 (0.73%) VBA
18 20 (0.63%) R
19 19 (0.60%) Rust
20 17 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 306 (9.67%) Degree
2 282 (8.92%) Security Cleared
3 220 (6.96%) SC Cleared
4 67 (2.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 56 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (1.55%) DV Cleared
7 47 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 43 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 31 (0.98%) CISSP
12 26 (0.82%) ACCA
13 25 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 24 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 24 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 24 (0.76%) PMI Certification
15 22 (0.70%) CIMA
16 18 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
16 18 (0.57%) CISM
16 18 (0.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (3.67%) QA
2 78 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 77 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 55 (1.74%) NIST
5 51 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (1.30%) GDPR
7 38 (1.20%) GRC
8 28 (0.89%) PMO
9 26 (0.82%) NCSC
10 17 (0.54%) SLA
11 12 (0.38%) P3O
12 11 (0.35%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.35%) MISRA
12 11 (0.35%) MISRA C
12 11 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.25%) WCAG
15 7 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.22%) JSP 440
16 6 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 141 (4.46%) Docker
2 99 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 47 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (0.79%) vSphere
6 20 (0.63%) VMware NSX
7 19 (0.60%) Firmware
8 10 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 9 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.28%) vCloud
10 5 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.032%) iptables
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.032%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.032%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 187 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 162 (5.12%) Terraform
3 36 (1.14%) Ansible
4 35 (1.11%) Grafana
5 31 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (0.63%) Argo
6 20 (0.63%) FortiGate
7 18 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 14 (0.44%) SCCM
8 14 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.35%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.22%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.19%) Avamar
11 6 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (0.19%) EMC VPLEX
11 6 (0.19%) VxRail
12 5 (0.16%) Istio
12 5 (0.16%) Puppet
12 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 355 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 147 (4.65%) Oracle
3 112 (3.54%) Adobe
4 70 (2.21%) VMware
5 67 (2.12%) SAP
6 65 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 58 (1.83%) Databricks
7 58 (1.83%) Google
7 58 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 55 (1.74%) Palo Alto
9 50 (1.58%) Cisco
10 41 (1.30%) Apple
11 32 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (0.89%) Dell
13 26 (0.82%) Tenable
14 18 (0.57%) Fortinet
15 17 (0.54%) Computacenter
16 16 (0.51%) Okta
17 15 (0.47%) NetApp
17 15 (0.47%) Nimble Storage