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 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,073 2,401 5,669
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.58% 16.41% 17.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.69% 17.78% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,158 1,525 4,337
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,331 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.34% -8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 17,375 13,504 31,108
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 92.30% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,760 8,780 24,806
10th Percentile £33,975 £31,250 £33,189
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,359
Median % change year-on-year - +6.46% -9.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,525 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,508
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.51% -12.49%

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 15 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 15 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.

1 613 (19.95%) Mentoring
2 590 (19.20%) Agile
3 579 (18.84%) Azure
4 505 (16.43%) AWS
5 452 (14.71%) Software Engineering
6 404 (13.15%) AI
7 391 (12.72%) Coaching
8 390 (12.69%) CI/CD
9 388 (12.63%) SQL
10 356 (11.58%) DevOps
11 350 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
12 347 (11.29%) Microsoft
13 346 (11.26%) Python
14 298 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
15 284 (9.24%) Degree
16 269 (8.75%) Roadmaps
16 269 (8.75%) Security Cleared
17 265 (8.62%) Analytics
18 263 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
19 240 (7.81%) Java
20 210 (6.83%) SC Cleared
21 204 (6.64%) Test Automation
22 202 (6.57%) GCP
23 195 (6.35%) .NET
24 192 (6.25%) Decision-Making
25 182 (5.92%) Kubernetes
26 176 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
27 173 (5.63%) SaaS
27 173 (5.63%) Terraform
28 170 (5.53%) Full-Stack Development

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 84 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 30 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.78%) CMS
4 23 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 22 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 22 (0.72%) Confluence
6 8 (0.26%) Apache
6 8 (0.26%) SAS
7 7 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.23%) WordPress
8 5 (0.16%) IIS
8 5 (0.16%) JBoss
8 5 (0.16%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.098%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.065%) Apache Pulsar
11 2 (0.065%) Artix
11 2 (0.065%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.033%) nginx
Applications
1 66 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.20%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.13%) InVision
10 3 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.098%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.098%) Trello
11 2 (0.065%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.065%) Civil 3D
11 2 (0.065%) Revit
11 2 (0.065%) Weka
12 1 (0.033%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (0.78%) Cloudability
2 23 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
3 21 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 12 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
6 12 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
7 11 (0.36%) Visualfiles
8 10 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
9 9 (0.29%) Shopify
10 6 (0.20%) Hyperion Planning
10 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.16%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 579 (18.84%) Azure
2 505 (16.43%) AWS
3 202 (6.57%) GCP
4 173 (5.63%) SaaS
5 122 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 117 (3.81%) Serverless
7 101 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
8 100 (3.25%) GitHub
9 94 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (2.96%) Entra ID
11 47 (1.53%) PowerApps
12 41 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
12 41 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 41 (1.33%) Snowflake
13 39 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
14 36 (1.17%) Figma
14 36 (1.17%) Power Automate
15 35 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
15 35 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
15 35 (1.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 129 (4.20%) Broadband
2 80 (2.60%) Firewall
3 57 (1.85%) DNS
4 55 (1.79%) VPN
5 46 (1.50%) WAN
6 41 (1.33%) DHCP
7 36 (1.17%) TCP/IP
8 33 (1.07%) SD-WAN
9 30 (0.98%) LAN
9 30 (0.98%) Network Security
10 27 (0.88%) BGP
10 27 (0.88%) Wireless
11 20 (0.65%) HTTP
11 20 (0.65%) RS-232
12 19 (0.62%) Ethernet
13 18 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (0.55%) OSPF
15 12 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
16 10 (0.33%) VSAN
17 9 (0.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 93 (3.03%) Power BI
3 82 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
4 60 (1.95%) MongoDB
5 52 (1.69%) Metadata
6 46 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (1.14%) NoSQL
8 32 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 31 (1.01%) BigQuery
9 31 (1.01%) OLTP
10 27 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.88%) Tableau
11 25 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (0.81%) DynamoDB
11 25 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
12 24 (0.78%) MySQL
12 24 (0.78%) Relational Database
13 21 (0.68%) Data Lake
14 19 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.55%) Looker
Development Applications
1 83 (2.70%) Git
2 68 (2.21%) JIRA
3 47 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.24%) GitLab
5 36 (1.17%) TeamCity
6 24 (0.78%) Snyk
7 22 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
8 20 (0.65%) Claude Code
9 14 (0.46%) Selenium
10 10 (0.33%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.33%) MLflow
11 9 (0.29%) Postman
12 7 (0.23%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.23%) JMeter
12 7 (0.23%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.23%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.20%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.20%) Subversion
13 6 (0.20%) webpack
14 5 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 580 (18.87%) Finance
2 575 (18.71%) Social Skills
3 381 (12.40%) Public Sector
4 217 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 185 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (4.30%) Law
7 129 (4.20%) Marketing
8 127 (4.13%) Banking
9 101 (3.29%) Legal
10 90 (2.93%) Retail
11 86 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.41%) Games
13 53 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 53 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 44 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
15 40 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 27 (0.88%) Back Office
17 26 (0.85%) Financial Institution
18 24 (0.78%) Publishing
19 22 (0.72%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (6.35%) .NET
2 140 (4.56%) React
3 115 (3.74%) REST
4 94 (3.06%) Node.js
5 79 (2.57%) HTML
5 79 (2.57%) SOAP
6 74 (2.41%) RESTful
7 53 (1.72%) CSS
7 53 (1.72%) GraphQL
8 48 (1.56%) OAuth
9 42 (1.37%) Spring
10 39 (1.27%) OpenID
11 38 (1.24%) .NET Core
12 35 (1.14%) SAML
12 35 (1.14%) Spring Boot
13 34 (1.11%) JSON
14 33 (1.07%) Kafka
15 31 (1.01%) React Native
16 30 (0.98%) XML
17 28 (0.91%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 183 (5.96%) Cloud Native
2 110 (3.58%) Product Ownership
3 75 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 58 (1.89%) Social Media
5 56 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 54 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
7 46 (1.50%) Public Cloud
8 45 (1.46%) Mobile App
8 45 (1.46%) Onboarding
9 44 (1.43%) Cyberattack
10 42 (1.37%) Driving Licence
11 40 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
13 38 (1.24%) Low-Code
14 35 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
14 35 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
15 34 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
16 32 (1.04%) Data Structures
16 32 (1.04%) Management Information System
16 32 (1.04%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 140 (4.56%) Linux
2 106 (3.45%) Windows
3 63 (2.05%) Android
4 58 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 40 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.17%) Unix
7 20 (0.65%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
9 7 (0.23%) VMS
10 4 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.098%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.065%) CentOS
13 1 (0.033%) AIX
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.033%) Solaris
13 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (19.95%) Mentoring
2 590 (19.20%) Agile
3 452 (14.71%) Software Engineering
4 404 (13.15%) AI
5 391 (12.72%) Coaching
6 390 (12.69%) CI/CD
7 356 (11.58%) DevOps
8 350 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
9 298 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 269 (8.75%) Roadmaps
11 265 (8.62%) Analytics
12 263 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
13 204 (6.64%) Test Automation
14 192 (6.25%) Decision-Making
15 176 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
16 170 (5.53%) Full-Stack Development
16 170 (5.53%) Project Delivery
17 167 (5.43%) User Experience
18 160 (5.21%) Infrastructure as Code
19 154 (5.01%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 388 (12.63%) SQL
2 346 (11.26%) Python
3 240 (7.81%) Java
4 163 (5.30%) JavaScript
5 162 (5.27%) C#
6 143 (4.65%) TypeScript
7 95 (3.09%) PowerShell
8 80 (2.60%) C++
9 72 (2.34%) Go
10 65 (2.12%) Bash
11 56 (1.82%) PHP
12 54 (1.76%) PL/SQL
13 46 (1.50%) Scala
14 39 (1.27%) T-SQL
15 38 (1.24%) C
16 33 (1.07%) Kotlin
17 23 (0.75%) VBA
18 21 (0.68%) Bicep
19 19 (0.62%) R
20 18 (0.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 284 (9.24%) Degree
2 269 (8.75%) Security Cleared
3 210 (6.83%) SC Cleared
4 67 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 42 (1.37%) Azure Certification
6 42 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 40 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 36 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 30 (0.98%) ACCA
11 27 (0.88%) CISSP
12 26 (0.85%) Master's Degree
13 24 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 24 (0.78%) CIMA
13 24 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 21 (0.68%) DBS Check
15 16 (0.52%) CIPFA
15 16 (0.52%) PhD
16 15 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (3.61%) QA
2 80 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 66 (2.15%) Data Quality
4 50 (1.63%) NIST
5 42 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 37 (1.20%) GDPR
7 33 (1.07%) GRC
8 26 (0.85%) NCSC
9 24 (0.78%) PMO
10 19 (0.62%) SLA
11 12 (0.39%) P3O
12 11 (0.36%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA
12 11 (0.36%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.23%) IFRS
14 7 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 144 (4.69%) Docker
2 101 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 20 (0.65%) vSphere
6 17 (0.55%) Firmware
7 10 (0.33%) vCloud
8 9 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 8 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.033%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 182 (5.92%) Kubernetes
2 173 (5.63%) Terraform
3 39 (1.27%) Ansible
3 39 (1.27%) Grafana
4 31 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.62%) Argo
7 18 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 18 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (0.46%) SCCM
9 11 (0.36%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.23%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.16%) Istio
11 5 (0.16%) Plesk
11 5 (0.16%) Puppet
11 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.098%) Avamar
13 3 (0.098%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 347 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 148 (4.82%) Oracle
3 110 (3.58%) Adobe
4 67 (2.18%) VMware
5 63 (2.05%) SAP
6 60 (1.95%) Google
7 59 (1.92%) Databricks
8 55 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.59%) Palo Alto
9 49 (1.59%) Salesforce
10 45 (1.46%) Cisco
11 41 (1.33%) Apple
12 29 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
13 25 (0.81%) Dell
14 24 (0.78%) Tenable
15 20 (0.65%) Okta
16 14 (0.46%) Citrix
17 13 (0.42%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.42%) NetApp
17 13 (0.42%) SolarWinds