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 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,439 2,313 5,196
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.85% 14.05% 18.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.84% 15.23% 19.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,319 1,508 3,746
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,196 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +6.74% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £100,000
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 20,416 15,183 27,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.20% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,769 9,436 20,549
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,903 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,389
% change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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.

1 698 (20.30%) Agile
2 678 (19.72%) Mentoring
3 643 (18.70%) Azure
4 606 (17.62%) AWS
5 586 (17.04%) Software Engineering
6 535 (15.56%) AI
7 525 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 500 (14.54%) CI/CD
9 484 (14.07%) Python
10 466 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
11 436 (12.68%) DevOps
12 426 (12.39%) Microsoft
13 361 (10.50%) SQL
14 349 (10.15%) Coaching
15 318 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
15 318 (9.25%) Degree
16 310 (9.01%) Analytics
17 301 (8.75%) Project Delivery
18 299 (8.69%) Security Cleared
19 279 (8.11%) Decision-Making
20 273 (7.94%) Roadmaps
21 271 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 266 (7.73%) C#
23 260 (7.56%) Test Automation
24 241 (7.01%) JavaScript
24 241 (7.01%) SC Cleared
25 221 (6.43%) .NET
26 220 (6.40%) GCP
26 220 (6.40%) QA
27 219 (6.37%) SaaS

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 91 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (0.67%) CMS
5 19 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.49%) Confluence
7 15 (0.44%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) IIS
8 12 (0.35%) WordPress
9 8 (0.23%) Apache
9 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.087%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.087%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.087%) Artix
11 3 (0.087%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.087%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.058%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.029%) Appian
13 1 (0.029%) Moodle
Applications
1 82 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
3 34 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (0.38%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.20%) Civil 3D
7 7 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.15%) InDesign
9 4 (0.12%) Trello
10 3 (0.087%) Blender
10 3 (0.087%) Maya
11 2 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.058%) InVision
11 2 (0.058%) Sketch
11 2 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (0.70%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
3 15 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 11 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.23%) Visualfiles
8 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.20%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.15%) Shopify
10 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.087%) SAP BPC
11 3 (0.087%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 643 (18.70%) Azure
2 606 (17.62%) AWS
3 220 (6.40%) GCP
4 219 (6.37%) SaaS
5 145 (4.22%) Power Platform
6 140 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
7 136 (3.95%) Entra ID
8 124 (3.61%) Serverless
9 91 (2.65%) GitHub
10 88 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
11 52 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
12 44 (1.28%) Power Automate
12 44 (1.28%) PowerApps
13 43 (1.25%) Amazon S3
14 39 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
14 39 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
15 38 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
16 34 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
16 34 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
17 33 (0.96%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 131 (3.81%) Firewall
2 110 (3.20%) Broadband
3 68 (1.98%) DNS
4 64 (1.86%) Network Security
5 58 (1.69%) VPN
6 57 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
7 51 (1.48%) VLAN
8 50 (1.45%) WAN
9 48 (1.40%) Wireless
10 44 (1.28%) LAN
11 43 (1.25%) DHCP
12 37 (1.08%) TCP/IP
13 26 (0.76%) BGP
14 23 (0.67%) RS-232
15 20 (0.58%) SD-WAN
16 19 (0.55%) OSPF
17 17 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
18 16 (0.47%) WLAN
19 15 (0.44%) Ethernet
19 15 (0.44%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (3.23%) Power BI
2 108 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
3 84 (2.44%) SQL Server
4 64 (1.86%) MongoDB
5 46 (1.34%) Metadata
6 39 (1.13%) MySQL
6 39 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 33 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 30 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 30 (0.87%) Tableau
9 28 (0.81%) DynamoDB
10 27 (0.79%) OLTP
11 26 (0.76%) NoSQL
12 25 (0.73%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.52%) Data Lake
14 17 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
15 15 (0.44%) Big Data
15 15 (0.44%) Redis
15 15 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 106 (3.08%) Git
2 54 (1.57%) JIRA
3 41 (1.19%) GitLab
4 34 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.73%) Snyk
6 22 (0.64%) Claude Code
7 21 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 14 (0.41%) Selenium
9 11 (0.32%) JUnit
10 10 (0.29%) Postman
11 9 (0.26%) LabVIEW
12 8 (0.23%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
13 7 (0.20%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.20%) Gatling
14 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.15%) MLflow
15 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
16 4 (0.12%) NUnit
16 4 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 816 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 552 (16.05%) Finance
3 370 (10.76%) Public Sector
4 272 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 261 (7.59%) Legal
6 229 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
7 220 (6.40%) Law
8 122 (3.55%) Banking
9 121 (3.52%) Marketing
10 81 (2.36%) Retail
11 72 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
12 63 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 62 (1.80%) Games
14 55 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 53 (1.54%) Telecoms
16 42 (1.22%) Legal Technology
17 41 (1.19%) Electronics
17 41 (1.19%) Local Government
18 29 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
19 24 (0.70%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (6.43%) .NET
2 152 (4.42%) React
3 113 (3.29%) Node.js
4 83 (2.41%) HTML
4 83 (2.41%) REST
5 77 (2.24%) RESTful
6 67 (1.95%) CSS
7 49 (1.42%) Spring
8 38 (1.10%) Vue
9 36 (1.05%) Kafka
9 36 (1.05%) Spring Boot
10 34 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
11 31 (0.90%) AngularJS
11 31 (0.90%) SOAP
12 29 (0.84%) Laravel
13 27 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
14 26 (0.76%) JSON
14 26 (0.76%) OAuth
14 26 (0.76%) SPFx
15 25 (0.73%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.22%) Cloud Native
2 102 (2.97%) Product Ownership
3 84 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
4 66 (1.92%) Driving Licence
5 65 (1.89%) Virtual Team
6 64 (1.86%) Data Centre
7 55 (1.60%) Social Media
8 49 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 48 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 43 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 43 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 42 (1.22%) Data Structures
12 41 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 38 (1.10%) Mobile App
14 37 (1.08%) Security Posture
15 35 (1.02%) Algorithms
16 34 (0.99%) Management Information System
16 34 (0.99%) Onboarding
17 33 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
18 32 (0.93%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 165 (4.80%) Linux
2 123 (3.58%) Windows
3 47 (1.37%) Unix
4 46 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 44 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 42 (1.22%) Android
7 27 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
8 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.26%) VMS
9 5 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.087%) Debian
10 3 (0.087%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) CentOS
11 1 (0.029%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 698 (20.30%) Agile
2 678 (19.72%) Mentoring
3 586 (17.04%) Software Engineering
4 535 (15.56%) AI
5 525 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 500 (14.54%) CI/CD
7 466 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
8 436 (12.68%) DevOps
9 349 (10.15%) Coaching
10 318 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
11 310 (9.01%) Analytics
12 301 (8.75%) Project Delivery
13 279 (8.11%) Decision-Making
14 273 (7.94%) Roadmaps
15 271 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 260 (7.56%) Test Automation
17 204 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
18 197 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
19 187 (5.44%) Microservices
20 185 (5.38%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 484 (14.07%) Python
2 361 (10.50%) SQL
3 266 (7.73%) C#
4 241 (7.01%) JavaScript
5 213 (6.19%) Java
6 205 (5.96%) TypeScript
7 136 (3.95%) PowerShell
8 96 (2.79%) C++
9 60 (1.74%) Go
9 60 (1.74%) PHP
10 52 (1.51%) C
11 48 (1.40%) Bash
12 47 (1.37%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.76%) Embedded C
14 25 (0.73%) Bicep
15 22 (0.64%) Scala
16 21 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.58%) R
17 20 (0.58%) T-SQL
18 19 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 318 (9.25%) Degree
2 299 (8.69%) Security Cleared
3 241 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 98 (2.85%) CISSP
5 89 (2.59%) CISM
6 66 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 55 (1.60%) A+ Certification
7 55 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
8 54 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 52 (1.51%) Azure Certification
10 40 (1.16%) DV Cleared
11 39 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 37 (1.08%) AWS Certification
12 37 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 37 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 26 (0.76%) ACCA
13 26 (0.76%) PhD
14 25 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 24 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 20 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (6.40%) QA
2 87 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 79 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 73 (2.12%) Data Quality
5 67 (1.95%) NIST
6 55 (1.60%) GDPR
7 48 (1.40%) GRC
8 31 (0.90%) PMO
9 21 (0.61%) SLA
10 20 (0.58%) NCSC
11 15 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 14 (0.41%) WCAG
13 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.20%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.17%) COBIT
16 6 (0.17%) GAAP
16 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 157 (4.57%) Docker
2 136 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 31 (0.90%) vSphere
6 22 (0.64%) Firmware
7 14 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
7 14 (0.41%) VMware NSX
8 12 (0.35%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.26%) vCloud
10 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.087%) iptables
12 2 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.029%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.029%) GPFS
13 1 (0.029%) Lustre
13 1 (0.029%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.029%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.029%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 194 (5.64%) Kubernetes
2 180 (5.23%) Terraform
3 92 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (1.02%) Ansible
5 27 (0.79%) Grafana
6 21 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 18 (0.52%) Argo
8 10 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (0.23%) SCCM
10 6 (0.17%) Avamar
10 6 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (0.17%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (0.17%) Puppet
10 6 (0.17%) VxRail
11 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.15%) Istio
11 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.15%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 426 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 130 (3.78%) Oracle
3 108 (3.14%) Adobe
4 69 (2.01%) Palo Alto
5 67 (1.95%) Google
6 65 (1.89%) Cisco
7 64 (1.86%) SAP
8 62 (1.80%) VMware
9 61 (1.77%) ServiceNow
10 60 (1.74%) Salesforce
11 54 (1.57%) CyberArk
12 50 (1.45%) Databricks
13 39 (1.13%) Apple
14 31 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
15 28 (0.81%) Dell
15 28 (0.81%) Pega
16 27 (0.79%) Tenable
17 21 (0.61%) Aruba
17 21 (0.61%) Informatica
18 20 (0.58%) Computacenter