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 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,605 2,796 4,795
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.54% 18.95% 16.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.58% 19.94% 17.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,842 1,849 4,019
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,195 £56,250 £52,665
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 £83,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,900
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

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 15,714 14,020 28,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 95.03% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,570 9,106 23,433
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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.

1 581 (22.30%) Azure
2 531 (20.38%) Mentoring
3 522 (20.04%) Agile
4 446 (17.12%) AWS
5 385 (14.78%) CI/CD
6 374 (14.36%) Software Engineering
6 374 (14.36%) SQL
7 356 (13.67%) Coaching
7 356 (13.67%) DevOps
8 318 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
9 314 (12.05%) Microsoft
10 310 (11.90%) Python
11 306 (11.75%) AI
12 288 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 260 (9.98%) Degree
14 240 (9.21%) Security Cleared
15 217 (8.33%) Java
16 216 (8.29%) Analytics
17 215 (8.25%) Roadmaps
18 209 (8.02%) .NET
18 209 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
19 206 (7.91%) SaaS
20 192 (7.37%) GCP
21 188 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
22 187 (7.18%) Kubernetes
23 178 (6.83%) Test Automation
24 176 (6.76%) SC Cleared
25 175 (6.72%) Terraform
26 170 (6.53%) Docker
27 169 (6.49%) C#

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 62 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.88%) WordPress
5 22 (0.84%) Confluence
6 21 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
7 15 (0.58%) CMS
8 14 (0.54%) Apache
9 11 (0.42%) JBoss
9 11 (0.42%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.23%) SAS
11 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.12%) IIS
12 3 (0.12%) nginx
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.077%) Anypoint
14 1 (0.038%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
Applications
1 46 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.38%) InDesign
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
5 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.23%) Sketch
7 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.15%) Maya
8 4 (0.15%) MotionBuilder
9 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.12%) InVision
9 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.12%) Trello
9 3 (0.12%) Weka
10 2 (0.077%) Revit
10 2 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.038%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.038%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.038%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 31 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
2 23 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
3 22 (0.84%) Shopify
4 21 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
4 21 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
6 15 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
7 13 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
8 10 (0.38%) Hyperion Planning
8 10 (0.38%) Visualfiles
9 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.19%) Magento
10 5 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 581 (22.30%) Azure
2 446 (17.12%) AWS
3 206 (7.91%) SaaS
4 192 (7.37%) GCP
5 125 (4.80%) GitHub
6 113 (4.34%) Entra ID
6 113 (4.34%) Power Platform
7 110 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
9 84 (3.22%) Serverless
10 61 (2.34%) dbt
11 59 (2.26%) Snowflake
12 47 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
13 41 (1.57%) PowerApps
14 40 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
15 37 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
16 36 (1.38%) GitHub Copilot
17 34 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
18 32 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
18 32 (1.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 98 (3.76%) Broadband
2 64 (2.46%) Firewall
3 46 (1.77%) VPN
4 43 (1.65%) WAN
5 39 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 36 (1.38%) DNS
7 32 (1.23%) DHCP
8 28 (1.07%) SD-WAN
9 27 (1.04%) LAN
9 27 (1.04%) Network Security
10 18 (0.69%) BGP
10 18 (0.69%) Ethernet
11 16 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (0.61%) Wireless
12 13 (0.50%) RS-232
13 11 (0.42%) HTTP
14 10 (0.38%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (0.35%) OSPF
16 7 (0.27%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 83 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
3 81 (3.11%) Power BI
4 62 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 41 (1.57%) Data Lake
6 41 (1.57%) Metadata
7 33 (1.27%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.15%) BigQuery
9 28 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
10 27 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
11 26 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
11 26 (1.00%) MySQL
12 25 (0.96%) Redis
12 25 (0.96%) Tableau
13 21 (0.81%) OLTP
14 18 (0.69%) DynamoDB
14 18 (0.69%) Relational Database
15 15 (0.58%) Delta Lake
15 15 (0.58%) Looker
Development Applications
1 78 (2.99%) JIRA
2 70 (2.69%) Git
3 59 (2.26%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
5 33 (1.27%) TeamCity
6 23 (0.88%) GitLab
7 21 (0.81%) Selenium
8 11 (0.42%) Claude Code
8 11 (0.42%) Postman
9 10 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.35%) MLflow
11 8 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.31%) Subversion
11 8 (0.31%) webpack
12 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.27%) git-flow
12 7 (0.27%) JUnit
12 7 (0.27%) SoapUI
12 7 (0.27%) WebDriver
13 6 (0.23%) Babel
General
1 576 (22.11%) Finance
2 534 (20.50%) Social Skills
3 269 (10.33%) Public Sector
4 183 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 158 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
6 127 (4.88%) Retail
7 126 (4.84%) Law
8 122 (4.68%) Marketing
9 100 (3.84%) Banking
10 82 (3.15%) Legal
11 81 (3.11%) Telecoms
12 78 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (2.61%) Games
14 51 (1.96%) Financial Institution
15 42 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.50%) Manufacturing
17 29 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (0.88%) Back Office
19 20 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
20 19 (0.73%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (8.02%) .NET
2 133 (5.11%) React
3 122 (4.68%) REST
4 110 (4.22%) SOAP
5 85 (3.26%) HTML
6 82 (3.15%) RESTful
7 70 (2.69%) GraphQL
8 67 (2.57%) Node.js
9 66 (2.53%) OAuth
10 59 (2.26%) CSS
11 55 (2.11%) Spring
12 51 (1.96%) Kafka
13 44 (1.69%) OpenID
14 43 (1.65%) Spring Boot
15 42 (1.61%) SAML
16 38 (1.46%) XML
17 36 (1.38%) .NET Core
17 36 (1.38%) LDAP
18 28 (1.07%) Django
18 28 (1.07%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 174 (6.68%) Cloud Native
2 97 (3.72%) Onboarding
3 92 (3.53%) Product Ownership
4 63 (2.42%) Social Media
5 60 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
7 42 (1.61%) Public Cloud
8 40 (1.54%) Cyberattack
9 37 (1.42%) Data Centre
9 37 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
11 35 (1.34%) Mobile App
12 30 (1.15%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
14 26 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
15 25 (0.96%) Data Structures
15 25 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
16 23 (0.88%) Low-Code
16 23 (0.88%) Management Information System
17 21 (0.81%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 135 (5.18%) Linux
2 83 (3.19%) Windows
3 62 (2.38%) Android
4 51 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 38 (1.46%) Windows Server
6 32 (1.23%) Unix
7 24 (0.92%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.46%) VMS
9 11 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.077%) CentOS
11 2 (0.077%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (20.38%) Mentoring
2 522 (20.04%) Agile
3 385 (14.78%) CI/CD
4 374 (14.36%) Software Engineering
5 356 (13.67%) Coaching
5 356 (13.67%) DevOps
6 318 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
7 306 (11.75%) AI
8 288 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 216 (8.29%) Analytics
10 215 (8.25%) Roadmaps
11 209 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
12 188 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
13 178 (6.83%) Test Automation
14 167 (6.41%) Microservices
15 151 (5.80%) User Experience
16 142 (5.45%) Full-Stack Development
17 141 (5.41%) Decision-Making
18 139 (5.34%) Infrastructure as Code
19 134 (5.14%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 374 (14.36%) SQL
2 310 (11.90%) Python
3 217 (8.33%) Java
4 169 (6.49%) C#
5 152 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 132 (5.07%) TypeScript
7 85 (3.26%) PowerShell
8 75 (2.88%) Bash
9 66 (2.53%) Go
10 61 (2.34%) C++
11 52 (2.00%) PL/SQL
12 51 (1.96%) PHP
13 46 (1.77%) Scala
14 38 (1.46%) T-SQL
15 33 (1.27%) Kotlin
16 30 (1.15%) C
17 20 (0.77%) Bicep
17 20 (0.77%) VBA
18 16 (0.61%) Shell Script
19 15 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 260 (9.98%) Degree
2 240 (9.21%) Security Cleared
3 176 (6.76%) SC Cleared
4 83 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (1.73%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.54%) ACCA
6 40 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (1.31%) CISSP
8 32 (1.23%) Azure Certification
9 29 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (1.00%) PMI Certification
11 22 (0.84%) Master's Degree
12 20 (0.77%) CIMA
13 17 (0.65%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (0.65%) CISM
14 15 (0.58%) CCNP
15 14 (0.54%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.46%) OSCP
17 11 (0.42%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (3.57%) QA
2 57 (2.19%) Accessibility
3 56 (2.15%) Data Quality
3 56 (2.15%) NIST
4 54 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 52 (2.00%) GDPR
6 35 (1.34%) NCSC
7 21 (0.81%) IFRS
8 15 (0.58%) PMO
9 14 (0.54%) GRC
9 14 (0.54%) P3O
10 11 (0.42%) IEC 61508
10 11 (0.42%) MISRA
10 11 (0.42%) MISRA C
11 9 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.35%) SLA
12 8 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.31%) GAAP
System Software
1 170 (6.53%) Docker
2 113 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.38%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.27%) Firmware
7 6 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.19%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.15%) vSphere
10 2 (0.077%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.077%) vCloud
10 2 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.038%) Ceph
11 1 (0.038%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.038%) Lustre
11 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 187 (7.18%) Kubernetes
2 175 (6.72%) Terraform
3 58 (2.23%) Grafana
4 47 (1.80%) Ansible
5 44 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 38 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (0.92%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.46%) SCCM
9 11 (0.42%) Functional Safety
10 9 (0.35%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.23%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.19%) Argo
12 5 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.19%) Puppet
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) cPanel
13 3 (0.12%) FlexNet
13 3 (0.12%) Plesk
14 2 (0.077%) Nagios
14 2 (0.077%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 314 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 136 (5.22%) Oracle
3 77 (2.96%) Databricks
4 58 (2.23%) Google
5 53 (2.03%) VMware
6 51 (1.96%) Cisco
6 51 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 50 (1.92%) Adobe
7 50 (1.92%) SAP
8 28 (1.07%) Okta
9 26 (1.00%) ServiceNow
10 19 (0.73%) Apple
11 18 (0.69%) Workday
12 14 (0.54%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.54%) Screaming Frog
13 13 (0.50%) Palo Alto
14 12 (0.46%) Samsung
14 12 (0.46%) Talend
15 11 (0.42%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.42%) Wrike