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 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,283 2,231 6,129
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.14% 14.34% 17.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.18% 15.56% 18.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,329 1,389 4,559
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,845 £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 £82,500 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £96,500
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 19,113 14,337 33,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 92.14% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13,948 8,797 25,968
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,922
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 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 23 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 23 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.

1 650 (19.80%) Agile
2 614 (18.70%) Mentoring
3 581 (17.70%) Azure
4 553 (16.84%) AWS
5 488 (14.86%) Software Engineering
6 446 (13.59%) AI
7 408 (12.43%) CI/CD
8 393 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
9 388 (11.82%) Python
10 378 (11.51%) Coaching
11 369 (11.24%) Microsoft
11 369 (11.24%) SQL
12 358 (10.90%) DevOps
13 333 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 307 (9.35%) Degree
15 303 (9.23%) Analytics
16 296 (9.02%) Roadmaps
17 295 (8.99%) Security Cleared
18 239 (7.28%) Decision-Making
19 238 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
20 234 (7.13%) Java
21 231 (7.04%) SC Cleared
22 223 (6.79%) Project Delivery
23 214 (6.52%) Test Automation
24 201 (6.12%) GCP
25 199 (6.06%) Kubernetes
26 194 (5.91%) Stakeholder Management
27 180 (5.48%) .NET
27 180 (5.48%) Infrastructure as Code
28 179 (5.45%) 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 92 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (0.70%) CMS
5 18 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.46%) Confluence
7 11 (0.34%) SAS
8 10 (0.30%) IIS
8 10 (0.30%) WordPress
9 8 (0.24%) Apache
9 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.091%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.091%) Artix
10 3 (0.091%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.091%) JBoss
10 3 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.091%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.061%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.061%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.030%) Appian
Applications
1 84 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 29 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.30%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.18%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
9 5 (0.15%) InDesign
10 4 (0.12%) Civil 3D
10 4 (0.12%) Trello
11 3 (0.091%) Blender
11 3 (0.091%) InVision
11 3 (0.091%) Maya
11 3 (0.091%) Sketch
12 2 (0.061%) SPSS
12 2 (0.061%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.73%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
3 14 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
5 11 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.27%) Visualfiles
7 8 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.15%) Shopify
10 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.091%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.091%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.091%) NEC Housing
11 3 (0.091%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.091%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.091%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.091%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 581 (17.70%) Azure
2 553 (16.84%) AWS
3 201 (6.12%) GCP
4 179 (5.45%) SaaS
5 143 (4.36%) Power Platform
6 134 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
7 123 (3.75%) Serverless
8 94 (2.86%) Entra ID
9 81 (2.47%) GitHub
10 80 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
11 53 (1.61%) PowerApps
12 46 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
13 43 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
13 43 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
14 40 (1.22%) Power Automate
15 39 (1.19%) Figma
16 35 (1.07%) Amazon S3
17 34 (1.04%) Azure AKS
17 34 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
17 34 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 149 (4.54%) Broadband
2 105 (3.20%) Firewall
3 68 (2.07%) DNS
4 63 (1.92%) VPN
5 47 (1.43%) WAN
6 44 (1.34%) DHCP
7 39 (1.19%) Network Security
8 36 (1.10%) Wireless
9 35 (1.07%) LAN
10 33 (1.01%) TCP/IP
11 31 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (0.85%) BGP
13 27 (0.82%) SD-WAN
14 23 (0.70%) RS-232
15 21 (0.64%) VLAN
16 20 (0.61%) OSPF
17 17 (0.52%) Ethernet
18 14 (0.43%) HTTP
19 13 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
20 12 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (3.11%) Power BI
2 91 (2.77%) SQL Server
3 89 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (1.98%) MongoDB
5 52 (1.58%) Metadata
6 35 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 32 (0.97%) OLTP
9 31 (0.94%) BigQuery
9 31 (0.94%) NoSQL
10 30 (0.91%) Relational Database
11 28 (0.85%) MySQL
12 27 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 27 (0.82%) Tableau
13 26 (0.79%) DynamoDB
14 22 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
15 21 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (0.52%) Data Lake
16 17 (0.52%) Delta Lake
16 17 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 84 (2.56%) Git
2 59 (1.80%) JIRA
3 47 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.19%) GitLab
4 39 (1.19%) TeamCity
5 25 (0.76%) Snyk
6 24 (0.73%) Claude Code
7 16 (0.49%) Selenium
8 11 (0.34%) Postman
9 8 (0.24%) MLflow
9 8 (0.24%) XCUITest
10 7 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.21%) JMeter
10 7 (0.21%) JUnit
10 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.18%) NUnit
12 5 (0.15%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 666 (20.29%) Social Skills
2 549 (16.72%) Finance
3 414 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 237 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 214 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 134 (4.08%) Law
7 125 (3.81%) Banking
8 123 (3.75%) Marketing
9 99 (3.02%) Legal
10 82 (2.50%) Retail
11 79 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
12 77 (2.35%) Games
13 58 (1.77%) Manufacturing
14 53 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
15 50 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 31 (0.94%) Local Government
17 30 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
18 27 (0.82%) Financial Institution
19 25 (0.76%) Electronics
20 24 (0.73%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (5.48%) .NET
2 141 (4.29%) React
3 94 (2.86%) Node.js
4 93 (2.83%) REST
5 77 (2.35%) HTML
6 68 (2.07%) RESTful
7 57 (1.74%) SOAP
8 56 (1.71%) CSS
9 52 (1.58%) Spring
10 38 (1.16%) Spring Boot
11 37 (1.13%) GraphQL
11 37 (1.13%) Vue
12 35 (1.07%) OAuth
13 33 (1.01%) OpenID
14 32 (0.97%) HTML5 Canvas
15 31 (0.94%) SAML
16 29 (0.88%) .NET Core
16 29 (0.88%) JSON
17 27 (0.82%) AngularJS
17 27 (0.82%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 206 (6.27%) Cloud Native
2 109 (3.32%) Product Ownership
3 73 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 71 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
5 61 (1.86%) Social Media
6 57 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
7 55 (1.68%) Driving Licence
8 47 (1.43%) Cyberattack
9 44 (1.34%) Low-Code
9 44 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (1.28%) Mobile App
11 40 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
11 40 (1.22%) Data Structures
11 40 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 38 (1.16%) Onboarding
13 38 (1.16%) Public Cloud
14 37 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
15 36 (1.10%) Security Posture
15 36 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 161 (4.90%) Linux
2 122 (3.72%) Windows
3 53 (1.61%) Apple iOS
4 46 (1.40%) Android
5 44 (1.34%) Windows Server
6 38 (1.16%) Unix
7 20 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
8 15 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.27%) VMS
10 8 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
11 6 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.091%) Debian
12 3 (0.091%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) CentOS
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 650 (19.80%) Agile
2 614 (18.70%) Mentoring
3 488 (14.86%) Software Engineering
4 446 (13.59%) AI
5 408 (12.43%) CI/CD
6 393 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
7 378 (11.51%) Coaching
8 358 (10.90%) DevOps
9 333 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 303 (9.23%) Analytics
11 296 (9.02%) Roadmaps
12 239 (7.28%) Decision-Making
13 238 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
14 223 (6.79%) Project Delivery
15 214 (6.52%) Test Automation
16 194 (5.91%) Stakeholder Management
17 180 (5.48%) Infrastructure as Code
18 177 (5.39%) Full-Stack Development
18 177 (5.39%) Project Management
19 157 (4.78%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 388 (11.82%) Python
2 369 (11.24%) SQL
3 234 (7.13%) Java
4 175 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 165 (5.03%) C#
6 150 (4.57%) TypeScript
7 98 (2.99%) PowerShell
8 85 (2.59%) C++
9 67 (2.04%) Bash
9 67 (2.04%) Go
10 56 (1.71%) PHP
11 53 (1.61%) PL/SQL
12 42 (1.28%) Scala
13 41 (1.25%) C
14 35 (1.07%) T-SQL
15 25 (0.76%) Kotlin
15 25 (0.76%) VBA
16 23 (0.70%) Bicep
17 20 (0.61%) R
18 19 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 307 (9.35%) Degree
2 295 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 231 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 66 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 49 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 49 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 42 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (1.22%) CISSP
9 39 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 28 (0.85%) CISM
11 28 (0.85%) Master's Degree
12 27 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 24 (0.73%) ACCA
13 24 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 24 (0.73%) PhD
14 21 (0.64%) CIMA
14 21 (0.64%) PMI Certification
15 20 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (3.66%) QA
2 81 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 79 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 67 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 66 (2.01%) NIST
6 45 (1.37%) GDPR
7 41 (1.25%) GRC
8 29 (0.88%) PMO
9 28 (0.85%) NCSC
10 16 (0.49%) SLA
11 12 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (0.37%) P3O
12 8 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.21%) IEC 61508
13 7 (0.21%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.21%) MISRA
13 7 (0.21%) MISRA C
13 7 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 149 (4.54%) Docker
2 103 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 52 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 47 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 31 (0.94%) vSphere
6 19 (0.58%) Firmware
7 18 (0.55%) VMware NSX
8 12 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.34%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.27%) vCloud
11 6 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 5 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (0.091%) iptables
14 2 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.030%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.030%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 199 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 158 (4.81%) Terraform
3 40 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.10%) Ansible
5 32 (0.97%) Grafana
6 20 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 19 (0.58%) Argo
8 14 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 14 (0.43%) SCCM
9 7 (0.21%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.21%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.21%) Puppet
9 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.18%) Avamar
10 6 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (0.18%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.18%) VxRail
11 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 369 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 133 (4.05%) Oracle
3 116 (3.53%) Adobe
4 71 (2.16%) VMware
5 65 (1.98%) Palo Alto
6 64 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 61 (1.86%) Salesforce
8 60 (1.83%) SAP
9 59 (1.80%) Google
10 56 (1.71%) Cisco
10 56 (1.71%) Databricks
11 41 (1.25%) Apple
12 32 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (0.85%) Dell
14 26 (0.79%) Tenable
15 20 (0.61%) Computacenter
16 17 (0.52%) Fortinet
16 17 (0.52%) Meraki
16 17 (0.52%) OpenAI
17 16 (0.49%) Pega