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 27 April 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,924 2,320 5,641
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.14% 17.18% 17.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.24% 18.73% 18.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,082 1,670 4,340
10th Percentile £46,750 £50,000 £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 £110,000 £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 16,960 12,386 31,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 91.71% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,249 9,040 24,943
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,335 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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.

1 597 (20.42%) Mentoring
2 581 (19.87%) Azure
3 563 (19.25%) Agile
4 487 (16.66%) AWS
5 430 (14.71%) Software Engineering
6 396 (13.54%) SQL
7 374 (12.79%) CI/CD
8 370 (12.65%) Coaching
9 363 (12.41%) AI
10 358 (12.24%) DevOps
11 354 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
12 353 (12.07%) Microsoft
13 328 (11.22%) Python
14 288 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 268 (9.17%) Roadmaps
16 264 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
17 256 (8.76%) Security Cleared
18 251 (8.58%) Degree
19 233 (7.97%) Java
20 226 (7.73%) Analytics
21 206 (7.05%) GCP
22 200 (6.84%) .NET
23 198 (6.77%) SC Cleared
24 194 (6.63%) Test Automation
25 188 (6.43%) Kubernetes
26 180 (6.16%) User Experience
27 178 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
28 177 (6.05%) SaaS
29 171 (5.85%) Decision-Making
30 170 (5.81%) Microservices

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 81 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 24 (0.82%) CMS
3 24 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.79%) Confluence
5 10 (0.34%) Apache
6 9 (0.31%) JBoss
6 9 (0.31%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.24%) IIS
8 6 (0.21%) SAS
8 6 (0.21%) WordPress
9 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.14%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.068%) nginx
12 2 (0.068%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.034%) Appian
13 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 33 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
5 8 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.24%) Sketch
7 6 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.21%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.14%) InVision
9 4 (0.14%) Trello
10 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.068%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.068%) Maya
11 2 (0.068%) MotionBuilder
11 2 (0.068%) Revit
11 2 (0.068%) Weka
Business Applications
1 29 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 19 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
3 19 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
3 19 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
4 18 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
5 14 (0.48%) Cloudability
6 13 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
6 13 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 13 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
7 11 (0.38%) Visualfiles
8 9 (0.31%) Hyperion Planning
8 9 (0.31%) Shopify
9 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.21%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.17%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 581 (19.87%) Azure
2 487 (16.66%) AWS
3 206 (7.05%) GCP
4 177 (6.05%) SaaS
5 115 (3.93%) GitHub
5 115 (3.93%) Power Platform
6 101 (3.45%) Serverless
7 100 (3.42%) Entra ID
7 100 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
8 97 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (1.71%) Snowflake
10 46 (1.57%) PowerApps
11 43 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
12 42 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
13 39 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
13 39 (1.33%) dbt
14 37 (1.27%) Figma
14 37 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
15 36 (1.23%) Power Automate
16 35 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 118 (4.04%) Broadband
2 80 (2.74%) Firewall
3 57 (1.95%) VPN
4 55 (1.88%) DNS
5 51 (1.74%) WAN
6 46 (1.57%) DHCP
7 38 (1.30%) TCP/IP
8 32 (1.09%) LAN
8 32 (1.09%) SD-WAN
9 28 (0.96%) Network Security
10 22 (0.75%) RS-232
10 22 (0.75%) Wireless
11 21 (0.72%) Ethernet
11 21 (0.72%) HTTP
12 20 (0.68%) BGP
13 17 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.34%) OSPF
15 9 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (0.31%) MPLS
16 8 (0.27%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 86 (2.94%) Power BI
3 72 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
4 54 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (1.64%) Metadata
6 45 (1.54%) MongoDB
7 42 (1.44%) NoSQL
8 33 (1.13%) BigQuery
9 30 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 27 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
11 26 (0.89%) OLTP
11 26 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 25 (0.85%) Data Lake
12 25 (0.85%) Tableau
13 22 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
14 21 (0.72%) DynamoDB
15 19 (0.65%) MySQL
15 19 (0.65%) Relational Database
16 18 (0.62%) Redis
16 18 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 80 (2.74%) Git
2 72 (2.46%) JIRA
3 54 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 42 (1.44%) GitLab
5 34 (1.16%) TeamCity
6 28 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
7 20 (0.68%) Selenium
8 16 (0.55%) Claude Code
9 15 (0.51%) Snyk
10 12 (0.41%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.34%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.34%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.34%) MLflow
12 9 (0.31%) Postman
13 8 (0.27%) JUnit
13 8 (0.27%) Subversion
14 7 (0.24%) JMeter
14 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.24%) webpack
14 7 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 586 (20.04%) Finance
2 556 (19.02%) Social Skills
3 351 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 192 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 174 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
6 128 (4.38%) Marketing
7 124 (4.24%) Law
8 123 (4.21%) Banking
9 102 (3.49%) Legal
10 95 (3.25%) Retail
11 87 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.50%) Games
13 69 (2.36%) Telecoms
14 51 (1.74%) Manufacturing
15 46 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
16 40 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
17 27 (0.92%) Financial Institution
18 24 (0.82%) Back Office
19 21 (0.72%) Electronics
19 21 (0.72%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (6.84%) .NET
2 138 (4.72%) React
3 123 (4.21%) REST
4 88 (3.01%) Node.js
5 87 (2.98%) SOAP
6 78 (2.67%) HTML
7 73 (2.50%) RESTful
8 61 (2.09%) GraphQL
8 61 (2.09%) OAuth
9 54 (1.85%) CSS
10 50 (1.71%) Spring
11 47 (1.61%) Kafka
12 43 (1.47%) OpenID
13 40 (1.37%) Spring Boot
14 39 (1.33%) .NET Core
15 38 (1.30%) SAML
16 33 (1.13%) JSON
16 33 (1.13%) React Native
17 32 (1.09%) LDAP
18 30 (1.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 173 (5.92%) Cloud Native
2 100 (3.42%) Product Ownership
3 61 (2.09%) Onboarding
4 59 (2.02%) Data Centre
5 58 (1.98%) Social Media
6 57 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
7 56 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
8 50 (1.71%) Public Cloud
9 49 (1.68%) Mobile App
10 42 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
11 41 (1.40%) Cyberattack
12 35 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
13 33 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
13 33 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
14 32 (1.09%) Driving Licence
15 31 (1.06%) Management Information System
16 30 (1.03%) Data Structures
16 30 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
16 30 (1.03%) Over-the-Top Content
17 29 (0.99%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 141 (4.82%) Linux
2 112 (3.83%) Windows
3 74 (2.53%) Android
4 62 (2.12%) Apple iOS
5 48 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 35 (1.20%) Unix
7 21 (0.72%) Windows 10
8 17 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.27%) VMS
10 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.10%) CentOS
12 3 (0.10%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.068%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.034%) AIX
14 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (20.42%) Mentoring
2 563 (19.25%) Agile
3 430 (14.71%) Software Engineering
4 374 (12.79%) CI/CD
5 370 (12.65%) Coaching
6 363 (12.41%) AI
7 358 (12.24%) DevOps
8 354 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
9 288 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 268 (9.17%) Roadmaps
11 264 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
12 226 (7.73%) Analytics
13 194 (6.63%) Test Automation
14 180 (6.16%) User Experience
15 178 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
16 171 (5.85%) Decision-Making
17 170 (5.81%) Microservices
18 153 (5.23%) Full-Stack Development
19 140 (4.79%) Infrastructure as Code
20 136 (4.65%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 396 (13.54%) SQL
2 328 (11.22%) Python
3 233 (7.97%) Java
4 162 (5.54%) C#
5 151 (5.16%) JavaScript
6 141 (4.82%) TypeScript
7 95 (3.25%) PowerShell
8 73 (2.50%) C++
8 73 (2.50%) Go
9 67 (2.29%) Bash
10 55 (1.88%) PHP
11 50 (1.71%) PL/SQL
12 47 (1.61%) Scala
13 40 (1.37%) C
13 40 (1.37%) T-SQL
14 36 (1.23%) Kotlin
15 23 (0.79%) VBA
16 21 (0.72%) Bicep
17 16 (0.55%) R
17 16 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 256 (8.76%) Security Cleared
2 251 (8.58%) Degree
3 198 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 78 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (1.57%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.13%) ACCA
8 33 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (0.92%) CISSP
10 25 (0.85%) CIMA
10 25 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 25 (0.85%) PMI Certification
11 24 (0.82%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.51%) CIPFA
13 15 (0.51%) CISM
13 15 (0.51%) PhD
14 14 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (3.28%) QA
2 73 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 60 (2.05%) Data Quality
4 55 (1.88%) NIST
5 45 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (1.30%) GDPR
7 31 (1.06%) NCSC
8 25 (0.85%) GRC
9 20 (0.68%) SLA
10 17 (0.58%) PMO
11 13 (0.44%) P3O
12 11 (0.38%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.38%) MISRA
12 11 (0.38%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.31%) IFRS
15 8 (0.27%) WCAG
16 7 (0.24%) JSP 440
16 7 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 158 (5.40%) Docker
2 115 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 44 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 15 (0.51%) Firmware
7 14 (0.48%) vSphere
8 9 (0.31%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.21%) vCloud
10 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.034%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 188 (6.43%) Kubernetes
2 169 (5.78%) Terraform
3 47 (1.61%) Grafana
4 40 (1.37%) Ansible
5 37 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (0.51%) Argo
9 14 (0.48%) SCCM
10 13 (0.44%) FortiGate
11 11 (0.38%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.24%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.17%) Puppet
13 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.14%) Istio
15 3 (0.10%) FlexNet
15 3 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.10%) Plesk
Vendors
1 353 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 140 (4.79%) Oracle
3 93 (3.18%) Adobe
4 69 (2.36%) VMware
5 66 (2.26%) Databricks
6 61 (2.09%) SAP
7 60 (2.05%) Google
8 47 (1.61%) Salesforce
9 45 (1.54%) Cisco
10 44 (1.50%) ServiceNow
11 33 (1.13%) Apple
12 32 (1.09%) Palo Alto
13 25 (0.85%) Okta
14 22 (0.75%) Dell
15 18 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
16 15 (0.51%) Tenable
17 14 (0.48%) Fortinet
18 13 (0.44%) Citrix
18 13 (0.44%) SolarWinds
19 12 (0.41%) Samsung