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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 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 3,126 2,343 5,732
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.65% 15.63% 17.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.75% 16.96% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,192 1,485 4,354
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
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 17,615 13,816 31,234
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 92.18% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 12,966 8,735 24,848
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £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 21 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 21 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.

1 626 (20.03%) Agile
2 617 (19.74%) Mentoring
3 578 (18.49%) Azure
4 508 (16.25%) AWS
5 457 (14.62%) Software Engineering
6 418 (13.37%) Coaching
7 414 (13.24%) AI
8 392 (12.54%) SQL
9 387 (12.38%) CI/CD
10 356 (11.39%) Python
11 352 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
12 351 (11.23%) DevOps
13 349 (11.16%) Microsoft
14 310 (9.92%) Degree
15 304 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
16 276 (8.83%) Security Cleared
17 274 (8.77%) Roadmaps
18 273 (8.73%) Analytics
19 255 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
20 245 (7.84%) Java
21 216 (6.91%) SC Cleared
22 208 (6.65%) Test Automation
23 199 (6.37%) GCP
24 197 (6.30%) Decision-Making
25 195 (6.24%) Project Delivery
26 193 (6.17%) .NET
27 181 (5.79%) Kubernetes
28 180 (5.76%) Project Management
29 178 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
30 171 (5.47%) 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 83 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 30 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.77%) CMS
3 24 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 21 (0.67%) Confluence
5 9 (0.29%) SAS
6 8 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.22%) Apache
7 7 (0.22%) WordPress
8 6 (0.19%) IIS
9 5 (0.16%) JBoss
9 5 (0.16%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.096%) Artix
11 3 (0.096%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.064%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.064%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.032%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.032%) nginx
Applications
1 91 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.22%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.19%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.13%) InVision
9 4 (0.13%) Trello
10 3 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.096%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.064%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.064%) Civil 3D
11 2 (0.064%) Revit
11 2 (0.064%) SPSS
11 2 (0.064%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.77%) Cloudability
2 23 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
3 22 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 12 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 12 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 11 (0.35%) Visualfiles
8 10 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
9 9 (0.29%) Shopify
10 6 (0.19%) Hyperion Planning
10 6 (0.19%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.16%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 578 (18.49%) Azure
2 508 (16.25%) AWS
3 199 (6.37%) GCP
4 171 (5.47%) SaaS
5 123 (3.93%) Power Platform
6 118 (3.77%) Serverless
7 104 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
8 97 (3.10%) GitHub
9 92 (2.94%) Entra ID
10 91 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (1.50%) PowerApps
12 42 (1.34%) Snowflake
13 39 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
13 39 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
14 37 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
15 36 (1.15%) Figma
15 36 (1.15%) Power Automate
16 35 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
17 34 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
17 34 (1.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 132 (4.22%) Broadband
2 78 (2.50%) Firewall
3 57 (1.82%) DNS
4 54 (1.73%) VPN
5 46 (1.47%) WAN
6 40 (1.28%) DHCP
7 36 (1.15%) TCP/IP
8 33 (1.06%) SD-WAN
9 30 (0.96%) LAN
9 30 (0.96%) Network Security
10 28 (0.90%) Wireless
11 27 (0.86%) BGP
12 20 (0.64%) RS-232
13 18 (0.58%) Ethernet
13 18 (0.58%) HTTP
13 18 (0.58%) OSPF
13 18 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (0.32%) VSAN
15 10 (0.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 94 (3.01%) Power BI
3 80 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (1.89%) MongoDB
5 52 (1.66%) Metadata
6 46 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
7 34 (1.09%) NoSQL
8 33 (1.06%) OLTP
9 32 (1.02%) BigQuery
10 31 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 27 (0.86%) Tableau
12 25 (0.80%) DynamoDB
12 25 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
13 24 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
13 24 (0.77%) MySQL
14 22 (0.70%) Relational Database
15 19 (0.61%) Data Lake
15 19 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 17 (0.54%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (2.46%) Git
2 68 (2.18%) JIRA
3 49 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.18%) GitLab
5 36 (1.15%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.80%) Snyk
7 22 (0.70%) Claude Code
7 22 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
8 14 (0.45%) Selenium
9 10 (0.32%) MLflow
10 9 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.29%) Postman
11 7 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.22%) JMeter
11 7 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.22%) XCUITest
12 6 (0.19%) SoapUI
13 5 (0.16%) Maven
13 5 (0.16%) NUnit
13 5 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 601 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 578 (18.49%) Finance
3 390 (12.48%) Public Sector
4 221 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 187 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (4.22%) Law
7 127 (4.06%) Marketing
8 124 (3.97%) Banking
9 102 (3.26%) Legal
10 91 (2.91%) Retail
11 85 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
12 70 (2.24%) Games
13 52 (1.66%) Manufacturing
14 51 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 44 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
16 38 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
17 27 (0.86%) Back Office
18 26 (0.83%) Financial Institution
19 24 (0.77%) Local Government
19 24 (0.77%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (6.17%) .NET
2 137 (4.38%) React
3 114 (3.65%) REST
4 93 (2.98%) Node.js
5 80 (2.56%) SOAP
6 75 (2.40%) HTML
7 72 (2.30%) RESTful
8 52 (1.66%) GraphQL
9 49 (1.57%) CSS
10 45 (1.44%) OAuth
10 45 (1.44%) Spring
11 37 (1.18%) OpenID
11 37 (1.18%) Spring Boot
12 36 (1.15%) .NET Core
13 34 (1.09%) SAML
14 33 (1.06%) JSON
15 30 (0.96%) XML
16 29 (0.93%) Kafka
16 29 (0.93%) React Native
17 28 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 185 (5.92%) Cloud Native
2 114 (3.65%) Product Ownership
3 75 (2.40%) Data Centre
4 59 (1.89%) Social Media
5 58 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
6 53 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
7 45 (1.44%) Mobile App
8 44 (1.41%) Cyberattack
8 44 (1.41%) Public Cloud
9 43 (1.38%) Driving Licence
9 43 (1.38%) Onboarding
10 40 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
11 38 (1.22%) Low-Code
12 35 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
12 35 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
13 34 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
14 32 (1.02%) Data Structures
14 32 (1.02%) Over-the-Top Content
15 31 (0.99%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 141 (4.51%) Linux
2 103 (3.29%) Windows
3 60 (1.92%) Android
4 57 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 38 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 35 (1.12%) Unix
7 19 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 17 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
9 6 (0.19%) VMS
10 5 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.096%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.064%) CentOS
14 1 (0.032%) AIX
14 1 (0.032%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.032%) Solaris
14 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (20.03%) Agile
2 617 (19.74%) Mentoring
3 457 (14.62%) Software Engineering
4 418 (13.37%) Coaching
5 414 (13.24%) AI
6 387 (12.38%) CI/CD
7 352 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
8 351 (11.23%) DevOps
9 304 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 274 (8.77%) Roadmaps
11 273 (8.73%) Analytics
12 255 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
13 208 (6.65%) Test Automation
14 197 (6.30%) Decision-Making
15 195 (6.24%) Project Delivery
16 180 (5.76%) Project Management
17 178 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
18 170 (5.44%) Full-Stack Development
19 161 (5.15%) Infrastructure as Code
19 161 (5.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 392 (12.54%) SQL
2 356 (11.39%) Python
3 245 (7.84%) Java
4 164 (5.25%) C#
5 162 (5.18%) JavaScript
6 142 (4.54%) TypeScript
7 97 (3.10%) PowerShell
8 85 (2.72%) C++
9 69 (2.21%) Go
10 66 (2.11%) Bash
11 57 (1.82%) PL/SQL
12 54 (1.73%) PHP
13 46 (1.47%) Scala
14 39 (1.25%) C
14 39 (1.25%) T-SQL
15 31 (0.99%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.74%) VBA
17 19 (0.61%) R
17 19 (0.61%) Rust
18 18 (0.58%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 310 (9.92%) Degree
2 276 (8.83%) Security Cleared
3 216 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 67 (2.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 62 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (1.54%) DV Cleared
7 45 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 41 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 29 (0.93%) ACCA
12 28 (0.90%) CISSP
13 27 (0.86%) Master's Degree
14 24 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 24 (0.77%) CIMA
14 24 (0.77%) PMI Certification
15 21 (0.67%) DBS Check
16 17 (0.54%) PhD
17 16 (0.51%) CIPFA
17 16 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (3.55%) QA
2 84 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 70 (2.24%) Data Quality
4 51 (1.63%) NIST
5 44 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (1.22%) GDPR
7 35 (1.12%) GRC
8 26 (0.83%) NCSC
9 25 (0.80%) PMO
10 18 (0.58%) 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 9 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.22%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 142 (4.54%) Docker
2 100 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
3 46 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (0.70%) vSphere
5 20 (0.64%) VMware NSX
6 18 (0.58%) Firmware
7 9 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 9 (0.29%) vCloud
8 8 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.032%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.032%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 181 (5.79%) Kubernetes
2 170 (5.44%) Terraform
3 38 (1.22%) Ansible
3 38 (1.22%) Grafana
4 29 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 20 (0.64%) Argo
7 19 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 17 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (0.45%) SCCM
10 11 (0.35%) Functional Safety
11 7 (0.22%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.16%) Istio
12 5 (0.16%) Puppet
12 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.13%) Avamar
13 4 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
13 4 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 349 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 153 (4.89%) Oracle
3 111 (3.55%) Adobe
4 66 (2.11%) VMware
5 64 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 63 (2.02%) SAP
7 59 (1.89%) Google
8 58 (1.86%) Databricks
9 52 (1.66%) Palo Alto
9 52 (1.66%) Salesforce
10 46 (1.47%) Cisco
11 41 (1.31%) Apple
12 31 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
13 26 (0.83%) Dell
14 25 (0.80%) Tenable
15 19 (0.61%) Okta
16 16 (0.51%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.45%) Citrix
17 14 (0.45%) Computacenter
18 13 (0.42%) NetApp