Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,084 3,615 3,644
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.05% 18.20% 16.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.87% 18.83% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,465 2,285 3,075
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,958 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £81,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 15,030 19,200 21,229
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 96.66% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,036 11,975 17,333
10th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,265 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -4.00% +1.08%
75th Percentile £77,063 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025, 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.

1 625 (29.99%) Agile
2 515 (24.71%) Azure
3 477 (22.89%) AWS
4 433 (20.78%) Python
5 374 (17.95%) Mentoring
6 331 (15.88%) Software Engineering
7 330 (15.83%) SQL
8 301 (14.44%) CI/CD
9 293 (14.06%) JavaScript
10 290 (13.92%) DevOps
11 283 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
12 265 (12.72%) Microsoft
13 254 (12.19%) Java
14 233 (11.18%) .NET
15 230 (11.04%) Degree
16 216 (10.36%) TypeScript
17 214 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
18 212 (10.17%) Security Cleared
19 200 (9.60%) User Experience
20 192 (9.21%) C#
21 182 (8.73%) AI
22 180 (8.64%) Microservices
23 178 (8.54%) Analytics
24 169 (8.11%) GCP
25 166 (7.97%) React
26 165 (7.92%) Coaching
27 160 (7.68%) Terraform
28 158 (7.58%) Asset Management
29 147 (7.05%) Stakeholder Management
30 145 (6.96%) Linux

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 73 (3.50%) Apache
2 72 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 28 (1.34%) IIS
5 25 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 24 (1.15%) Confluence
7 18 (0.86%) WordPress
8 15 (0.72%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.38%) Headless CMS
10 7 (0.34%) Appian
11 4 (0.19%) CMS
11 4 (0.19%) JBoss
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.19%) SAS
11 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.096%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.096%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.096%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.048%) nginx
Applications
1 58 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.48%) InDesign
5 8 (0.38%) Maya
5 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.34%) MotionBuilder
6 7 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.14%) Sketch
9 2 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.096%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.096%) OrCAD
9 2 (0.096%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.096%) Simulink
9 2 (0.096%) Trello
10 1 (0.048%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.048%) Blender
10 1 (0.048%) Weka
Business Applications
1 26 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
2 23 (1.10%) Shopify
3 20 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
4 15 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
4 15 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
4 15 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
5 14 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
6 13 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.38%) Infor CloudSuite
7 8 (0.38%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 8 (0.38%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.38%) SAP FI
7 8 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.38%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.34%) Hyperion Planning
9 6 (0.29%) NEC Housing
10 5 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.19%) SAP PP
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 515 (24.71%) Azure
2 477 (22.89%) AWS
3 169 (8.11%) GCP
4 139 (6.67%) SaaS
5 120 (5.76%) Power Platform
6 111 (5.33%) GitHub
7 103 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
8 102 (4.89%) Snowflake
9 98 (4.70%) Serverless
10 95 (4.56%) dbt
11 81 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
12 72 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
13 56 (2.69%) Entra ID
14 48 (2.30%) Amazon S3
15 41 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
16 40 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
17 35 (1.68%) PowerApps
18 33 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 33 (1.58%) Power Automate
19 30 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.02%) Firewall
2 40 (1.92%) Network Security
3 39 (1.87%) VPN
4 34 (1.63%) Broadband
5 29 (1.39%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.30%) DNS
7 25 (1.20%) WAN
8 24 (1.15%) LAN
9 22 (1.06%) Unified Communications
10 17 (0.82%) BGP
11 14 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (0.62%) Ethernet
13 11 (0.53%) DHCP
14 10 (0.48%) OSPF
14 10 (0.48%) RS-232
14 10 (0.48%) Wireless
15 9 (0.43%) SD-WAN
16 7 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
16 7 (0.34%) MPLS
17 6 (0.29%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (5.23%) Data Lake
2 89 (4.27%) SQL Server
3 86 (4.13%) Power BI
4 80 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
5 68 (3.26%) Amazon Athena
6 63 (3.02%) Apache Arrow
6 63 (3.02%) Apache Iceberg
6 63 (3.02%) Apache Ignite
6 63 (3.02%) Dremio
7 46 (2.21%) NoSQL
7 46 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
8 45 (2.16%) DynamoDB
9 37 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
10 34 (1.63%) MySQL
11 30 (1.44%) MongoDB
12 29 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
13 26 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
14 21 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
14 21 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 18 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 79 (3.79%) Git
2 72 (3.45%) JIRA
3 49 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 29 (1.39%) Selenium
5 27 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
6 19 (0.91%) GitLab
6 19 (0.91%) TeamCity
7 17 (0.82%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.77%) Postman
9 11 (0.53%) WebDriver
10 10 (0.48%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (0.38%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.34%) Jasmine
13 7 (0.34%) JUnit
13 7 (0.34%) NUnit
14 6 (0.29%) Babel
14 6 (0.29%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.29%) git-flow
14 6 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 551 (26.44%) Finance
2 465 (22.31%) Social Skills
3 215 (10.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 175 (8.40%) Banking
5 159 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
6 104 (4.99%) Retail
7 87 (4.17%) Front Office
7 87 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 80 (3.84%) Marketing
9 69 (3.31%) Law
10 67 (3.21%) Investment Banking
10 67 (3.21%) Legal
11 54 (2.59%) Games
12 53 (2.54%) Telecoms
13 52 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
15 36 (1.73%) Financial Institution
16 28 (1.34%) Advertising
17 26 (1.25%) Electronics
18 23 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (11.18%) .NET
2 166 (7.97%) React
3 121 (5.81%) Node.js
4 92 (4.41%) HTML
5 80 (3.84%) RESTful
6 78 (3.74%) CSS
7 74 (3.55%) gRPC
8 68 (3.26%) REST
9 65 (3.12%) Pandas
10 64 (3.07%) NumPy
11 63 (3.02%) Protocol Buffers
11 63 (3.02%) SciPy
12 56 (2.69%) SOAP
13 49 (2.35%) GraphQL
14 38 (1.82%) AngularJS
15 36 (1.73%) Spring
16 33 (1.58%) .NET Framework
17 32 (1.54%) ASP.NET
17 32 (1.54%) Spring Boot
18 31 (1.49%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 109 (5.23%) Cloud Native
2 93 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
3 89 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 77 (3.69%) Derivative
5 74 (3.55%) Product Ownership
6 71 (3.41%) Cyberattack
7 69 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 66 (3.17%) Hedge funds
8 66 (3.17%) Linux Command Line
9 65 (3.12%) Fixed Income
10 63 (3.02%) Equities
10 63 (3.02%) Pricing Data
11 50 (2.40%) Data Centre
12 43 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
12 43 (2.06%) Management Information System
13 36 (1.73%) Social Media
14 27 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
15 25 (1.20%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.10%) Driving Licence
17 22 (1.06%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 145 (6.96%) Linux
2 73 (3.50%) Windows
3 34 (1.63%) Unix
4 33 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 26 (1.25%) Android
5 26 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.43%) VMS
7 6 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.24%) CentOS
8 5 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.24%) Solaris
8 5 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.19%) HPUX
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 625 (29.99%) Agile
2 374 (17.95%) Mentoring
3 331 (15.88%) Software Engineering
4 301 (14.44%) CI/CD
5 290 (13.92%) DevOps
6 283 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
7 214 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 200 (9.60%) User Experience
9 182 (8.73%) AI
10 180 (8.64%) Microservices
11 178 (8.54%) Analytics
12 165 (7.92%) Coaching
13 158 (7.58%) Asset Management
14 147 (7.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 144 (6.91%) Project Management
16 134 (6.43%) Scrum
17 123 (5.90%) Business Intelligence
18 122 (5.85%) Test Automation
19 121 (5.81%) Decision-Making
19 121 (5.81%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 433 (20.78%) Python
2 330 (15.83%) SQL
3 293 (14.06%) JavaScript
4 254 (12.19%) Java
5 216 (10.36%) TypeScript
6 192 (9.21%) C#
7 94 (4.51%) Go
8 91 (4.37%) C++
9 69 (3.31%) PowerShell
10 66 (3.17%) Rust
11 41 (1.97%) Bash
12 25 (1.20%) PHP
12 25 (1.20%) PL/SQL
13 22 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 20 (0.96%) Bicep
14 20 (0.96%) Kotlin
15 17 (0.82%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.77%) Ruby
17 15 (0.72%) Scala
18 12 (0.58%) C
Qualifications
1 230 (11.04%) Degree
2 212 (10.17%) Security Cleared
3 116 (5.57%) SC Cleared
4 108 (5.18%) AWS Certification
5 97 (4.65%) DV Cleared
6 77 (3.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 64 (3.07%) AWS Certified Developer
8 62 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 48 (2.30%) ACCA
10 42 (2.02%) CISSP
11 36 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
12 34 (1.63%) Azure Certification
13 29 (1.39%) CISM
14 27 (1.30%) CIMA
15 24 (1.15%) CCNP
16 23 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
17 17 (0.82%) AAT
17 17 (0.82%) CESG Certified Professional
18 16 (0.77%) DBS Check
18 16 (0.77%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (5.09%) Accessibility
2 98 (4.70%) QA
3 67 (3.21%) GDPR
4 50 (2.40%) NIST
5 42 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (1.25%) PMO
7 23 (1.10%) NCSC
8 19 (0.91%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.82%) NIST 800
10 16 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 16 (0.77%) IFRS
10 16 (0.77%) JSP 440
10 16 (0.77%) RMADS
11 15 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.53%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.43%) GRC
13 9 (0.43%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.34%) WCAG
15 6 (0.29%) ITGC
16 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 111 (5.33%) Docker
2 56 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.58%) Firmware
5 11 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.43%) vSphere
8 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.096%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.096%) pfSense
9 2 (0.096%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.048%) Ceph
10 1 (0.048%) Lustre
10 1 (0.048%) vCloud
10 1 (0.048%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 160 (7.68%) Terraform
2 135 (6.48%) Kubernetes
3 56 (2.69%) Ansible
4 42 (2.02%) Grafana
5 33 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 28 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.67%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.29%) Argo
9 5 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.19%) Nessus
11 3 (0.14%) SCOM
12 2 (0.096%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.096%) Plesk
12 2 (0.096%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.096%) SCCM
12 2 (0.096%) SmoothWall
13 1 (0.048%) cPanel
13 1 (0.048%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 1 (0.048%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 265 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 90 (4.32%) Oracle
3 60 (2.88%) Databricks
4 55 (2.64%) ServiceNow
5 54 (2.59%) Cisco
5 54 (2.59%) SAP
6 47 (2.26%) Google
7 38 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 36 (1.73%) VMware
9 27 (1.30%) Adobe
10 20 (0.96%) Workday
11 16 (0.77%) Apple
12 15 (0.72%) Okta
12 15 (0.72%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.67%) EMC
13 14 (0.67%) Meraki
13 14 (0.67%) Xero
14 13 (0.62%) Screaming Frog
15 12 (0.58%) Sage
16 10 (0.48%) Infor