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 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,794 2,387 5,538
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.02% 18.17% 17.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.10% 19.40% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,994 1,721 4,302
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 £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 £106,250 £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 16,341 12,304 30,552
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.64% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,731 9,044 24,777
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,199 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +6.57% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 14 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 14 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.

1 576 (20.62%) Azure
2 569 (20.37%) Mentoring
3 544 (19.47%) Agile
4 479 (17.14%) AWS
5 410 (14.67%) Software Engineering
6 384 (13.74%) SQL
7 379 (13.56%) CI/CD
8 360 (12.88%) DevOps
9 352 (12.60%) Coaching
10 349 (12.49%) Microsoft
11 346 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
12 345 (12.35%) AI
13 318 (11.38%) Python
14 285 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
15 259 (9.27%) Security Cleared
16 253 (9.06%) Roadmaps
17 252 (9.02%) Degree
18 244 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
19 223 (7.98%) Analytics
20 218 (7.80%) Java
21 216 (7.73%) GCP
22 198 (7.09%) .NET
22 198 (7.09%) SC Cleared
23 196 (7.02%) Kubernetes
24 191 (6.84%) SaaS
25 188 (6.73%) Test Automation
26 179 (6.41%) Stakeholder Management
27 178 (6.37%) Terraform
28 174 (6.23%) Docker
29 171 (6.12%) 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 71 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 23 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (0.79%) CMS
4 22 (0.79%) Confluence
5 10 (0.36%) JBoss
5 10 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 9 (0.32%) Apache
7 7 (0.25%) IIS
7 7 (0.25%) WordPress
8 6 (0.21%) SAS
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.14%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.072%) nginx
12 2 (0.072%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.036%) Appian
13 1 (0.036%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 38 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.25%) Sketch
8 6 (0.21%) InDesign
9 5 (0.18%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.18%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.14%) InVision
10 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.14%) Trello
11 3 (0.11%) Weka
12 2 (0.072%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.072%) Maya
12 2 (0.072%) MotionBuilder
12 2 (0.072%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.072%) Revit
Business Applications
1 30 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
2 23 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
3 21 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
3 21 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
4 20 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
7 13 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
8 11 (0.39%) Visualfiles
9 10 (0.36%) Hyperion Planning
10 9 (0.32%) Cloudability
10 9 (0.32%) Shopify
11 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.21%) NEC Housing
11 6 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
12 5 (0.18%) SAP CO
12 5 (0.18%) SAP FI
12 5 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 576 (20.62%) Azure
2 479 (17.14%) AWS
3 216 (7.73%) GCP
4 191 (6.84%) SaaS
5 111 (3.97%) GitHub
5 111 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 99 (3.54%) Entra ID
6 99 (3.54%) Serverless
7 97 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
8 95 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (1.83%) Snowflake
10 50 (1.79%) dbt
11 43 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
12 41 (1.47%) PowerApps
13 40 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
13 40 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
14 38 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
15 34 (1.22%) GitHub Copilot
16 33 (1.18%) Figma
17 32 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 117 (4.19%) Broadband
2 80 (2.86%) Firewall
3 55 (1.97%) VPN
4 51 (1.83%) DNS
5 50 (1.79%) WAN
6 43 (1.54%) DHCP
7 41 (1.47%) TCP/IP
8 32 (1.15%) SD-WAN
9 30 (1.07%) LAN
10 27 (0.97%) Network Security
11 20 (0.72%) BGP
11 20 (0.72%) Ethernet
11 20 (0.72%) Wireless
12 19 (0.68%) RS-232
13 17 (0.61%) HTTP
13 17 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (0.39%) Unified Communications
15 10 (0.36%) OSPF
16 9 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (0.32%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (4.01%) SQL Server
2 83 (2.97%) Power BI
3 73 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
4 60 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 44 (1.57%) Metadata
7 39 (1.40%) MongoDB
8 33 (1.18%) BigQuery
9 29 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
10 28 (1.00%) Data Lake
10 28 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
11 26 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
12 25 (0.89%) Redis
12 25 (0.89%) Tableau
13 24 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 22 (0.79%) MySQL
15 21 (0.75%) DynamoDB
15 21 (0.75%) OLTP
16 18 (0.64%) Looker
16 18 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 81 (2.90%) Git
2 71 (2.54%) JIRA
3 56 (2.00%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.36%) TeamCity
5 34 (1.22%) GitLab
6 29 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (0.75%) Selenium
8 15 (0.54%) Claude Code
9 11 (0.39%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.39%) Snyk
10 10 (0.36%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.36%) MLflow
11 9 (0.32%) Postman
12 8 (0.29%) JUnit
12 8 (0.29%) Subversion
12 8 (0.29%) webpack
13 7 (0.25%) JMeter
13 7 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.25%) XCUITest
General
1 573 (20.51%) Finance
2 537 (19.22%) Social Skills
3 327 (11.70%) Public Sector
4 177 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 169 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
6 129 (4.62%) Law
6 129 (4.62%) Marketing
7 120 (4.29%) Banking
8 103 (3.69%) Retail
9 93 (3.33%) Legal
10 84 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
11 72 (2.58%) Telecoms
12 71 (2.54%) Games
13 45 (1.61%) Manufacturing
14 43 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
16 33 (1.18%) Financial Institution
17 27 (0.97%) Back Office
18 20 (0.72%) Electronics
18 20 (0.72%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (7.09%) .NET
2 139 (4.97%) React
3 121 (4.33%) REST
4 86 (3.08%) SOAP
5 78 (2.79%) HTML
6 76 (2.72%) Node.js
7 72 (2.58%) RESTful
8 65 (2.33%) GraphQL
9 64 (2.29%) OAuth
10 56 (2.00%) CSS
11 51 (1.83%) Spring
12 50 (1.79%) Kafka
13 44 (1.57%) OpenID
14 40 (1.43%) Spring Boot
15 38 (1.36%) SAML
16 34 (1.22%) .NET Core
17 32 (1.15%) Django
17 32 (1.15%) LDAP
18 30 (1.07%) React Native
19 28 (1.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 179 (6.41%) Cloud Native
2 96 (3.44%) Product Ownership
3 64 (2.29%) Onboarding
4 63 (2.25%) Social Media
5 62 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
6 56 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 52 (1.86%) Data Centre
8 47 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 45 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 41 (1.47%) Cyberattack
11 36 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 35 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
13 32 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
14 31 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
15 30 (1.07%) Over-the-Top Content
16 29 (1.04%) Data Structures
16 29 (1.04%) Low-Code
16 29 (1.04%) Management Information System
16 29 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
17 28 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 150 (5.37%) Linux
2 110 (3.94%) Windows
3 71 (2.54%) Android
4 59 (2.11%) Apple iOS
5 52 (1.86%) Windows Server
6 35 (1.25%) Unix
7 21 (0.75%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.32%) VMS
10 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.11%) CentOS
12 2 (0.072%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.072%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.072%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.036%) AIX
13 1 (0.036%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (20.37%) Mentoring
2 544 (19.47%) Agile
3 410 (14.67%) Software Engineering
4 379 (13.56%) CI/CD
5 360 (12.88%) DevOps
6 352 (12.60%) Coaching
7 346 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
8 345 (12.35%) AI
9 285 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 253 (9.06%) Roadmaps
11 244 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
12 223 (7.98%) Analytics
13 188 (6.73%) Test Automation
14 179 (6.41%) Stakeholder Management
15 171 (6.12%) Microservices
16 162 (5.80%) Decision-Making
16 162 (5.80%) User Experience
17 151 (5.40%) Full-Stack Development
18 150 (5.37%) Infrastructure as Code
19 136 (4.87%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 384 (13.74%) SQL
2 318 (11.38%) Python
3 218 (7.80%) Java
4 159 (5.69%) C#
5 150 (5.37%) JavaScript
6 138 (4.94%) TypeScript
7 91 (3.26%) PowerShell
8 73 (2.61%) Go
9 69 (2.47%) Bash
10 67 (2.40%) C++
11 53 (1.90%) PHP
12 46 (1.65%) Scala
13 44 (1.57%) PL/SQL
14 37 (1.32%) T-SQL
15 35 (1.25%) Kotlin
16 34 (1.22%) C
17 23 (0.82%) VBA
18 22 (0.79%) Bicep
19 17 (0.61%) R
20 14 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 259 (9.27%) Security Cleared
2 252 (9.02%) Degree
3 198 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 83 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 39 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.36%) ACCA
8 34 (1.22%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.15%) CISSP
10 26 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (0.89%) CIMA
11 25 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 25 (0.89%) PMI Certification
12 21 (0.75%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (0.64%) CISM
14 15 (0.54%) CREST Certified
14 15 (0.54%) PhD
15 14 (0.50%) CIPFA
16 13 (0.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.19%) QA
2 70 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 63 (2.25%) Data Quality
4 58 (2.08%) NIST
5 57 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 45 (1.61%) GDPR
7 32 (1.15%) NCSC
8 24 (0.86%) GRC
9 16 (0.57%) PMO
9 16 (0.57%) SLA
10 15 (0.54%) IFRS
11 14 (0.50%) P3O
12 11 (0.39%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.39%) MISRA
12 11 (0.39%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.25%) GAAP
System Software
1 174 (6.23%) Docker
2 114 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 39 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.50%) VMware NSX
6 12 (0.43%) Firmware
7 10 (0.36%) vSphere
8 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.14%) vCloud
11 2 (0.072%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.036%) Ceph
12 1 (0.036%) Lustre
12 1 (0.036%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 196 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 178 (6.37%) Terraform
3 53 (1.90%) Grafana
4 45 (1.61%) Ansible
5 37 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 26 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (0.50%) SCCM
9 11 (0.39%) FortiGate
9 11 (0.39%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.25%) Argo
10 7 (0.25%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.18%) Puppet
11 5 (0.18%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.14%) Istio
12 4 (0.14%) Plesk
13 3 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.11%) cPanel
13 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 349 (12.49%) Microsoft
2 135 (4.83%) Oracle
3 83 (2.97%) Adobe
4 71 (2.54%) Databricks
5 68 (2.43%) VMware
6 66 (2.36%) Google
7 59 (2.11%) SAP
8 50 (1.79%) Cisco
9 46 (1.65%) Salesforce
10 35 (1.25%) ServiceNow
11 28 (1.00%) Apple
11 28 (1.00%) Palo Alto
12 24 (0.86%) Okta
13 17 (0.61%) Dell
14 14 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
15 13 (0.47%) Citrix
15 13 (0.47%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.43%) Samsung
16 12 (0.43%) Splunk
17 11 (0.39%) Hootsuite