Senior Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote or hybrid work is £67,626 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,973 6,191 5,809
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.41% 18.19% 16.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.75% 18.91% 16.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,531 4,374 4,475
10th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,145 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,626 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,225 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £101,700
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.45%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 18,881 32,734 34,586
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 96.20% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,537 24,599 25,656
10th Percentile £25,267 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,549
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior.

Senior salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Senior salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior in the job title.

1 1,203 (40.46%) Agile
2 962 (32.36%) Python
3 914 (30.74%) AWS
4 805 (27.08%) Azure
5 790 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
6 782 (26.30%) Mentoring
7 673 (22.64%) Software Engineering
8 632 (21.26%) Social Skills
9 607 (20.42%) Broadband
10 600 (20.18%) Finance
11 587 (19.74%) Degree
12 569 (19.14%) JavaScript
13 568 (19.11%) CI/CD
14 545 (18.33%) TypeScript
15 528 (17.76%) GCP
16 491 (16.52%) Artificial Intelligence
17 490 (16.48%) Machine Learning
18 450 (15.14%) Self-Motivation
19 435 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
20 418 (14.06%) Java
21 398 (13.39%) Serverless
22 389 (13.08%) SQL
23 384 (12.92%) AWS Lambda
24 376 (12.65%) .NET
25 375 (12.61%) User Experience
26 369 (12.41%) Clean Code
27 361 (12.14%) Games
28 359 (12.08%) Microservices
29 349 (11.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
30 332 (11.17%) Prototyping

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 95 (3.20%) Apache
2 87 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
3 38 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 36 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (0.87%) Confluence
6 24 (0.81%) SharePoint
7 23 (0.77%) Jupyter
8 15 (0.50%) IIS
9 10 (0.34%) CMS
10 9 (0.30%) SAS
11 8 (0.27%) Headless CMS
12 7 (0.24%) Appian
13 3 (0.10%) nginx
14 2 (0.067%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.067%) NetWeaver
14 2 (0.067%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.067%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.034%) Alfresco
15 1 (0.034%) EPiServer
15 1 (0.034%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 65 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (1.35%) Simulink
4 13 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.10%) Maya
7 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.067%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.067%) MotionBuilder
8 2 (0.067%) Sketch
8 2 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.067%) Stata
9 1 (0.034%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.034%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.034%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.034%) Blender
9 1 (0.034%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.034%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 33 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 9 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 9 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
5 8 (0.27%) Shopify
6 6 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite
6 6 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 6 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.10%) Oracle Payroll
8 3 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.034%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.034%) FastStats PeopleStage
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.034%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.034%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 914 (30.74%) AWS
2 805 (27.08%) Azure
3 528 (17.76%) GCP
4 398 (13.39%) Serverless
5 384 (12.92%) AWS Lambda
6 139 (4.68%) Power Platform
7 135 (4.54%) SaaS
8 115 (3.87%) Amazon S3
9 96 (3.23%) Snowflake
10 86 (2.89%) dbt
11 74 (2.49%) AWS Step Functions
12 67 (2.25%) GitHub
13 66 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
14 62 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
15 53 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
16 36 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
17 35 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
18 33 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
19 31 (1.04%) PowerApps
20 29 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 607 (20.42%) Broadband
2 54 (1.82%) Firewall
3 41 (1.38%) TCP/IP
4 27 (0.91%) DNS
5 24 (0.81%) VPN
5 24 (0.81%) WAN
6 22 (0.74%) HTTP
7 21 (0.71%) Wireless
8 15 (0.50%) BGP
8 15 (0.50%) Network Security
8 15 (0.50%) OSPF
9 14 (0.47%) DHCP
10 13 (0.44%) Internet
10 13 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.40%) Ethernet
11 12 (0.40%) RS-232
12 11 (0.37%) LAN
12 11 (0.37%) SSL
13 10 (0.34%) Modbus
14 9 (0.30%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 120 (4.04%) DynamoDB
3 111 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
4 98 (3.30%) Power BI
5 89 (2.99%) Data Lake
6 85 (2.86%) Big Data
7 72 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
8 66 (2.22%) Apache Arrow
8 66 (2.22%) Apache Iceberg
8 66 (2.22%) Apache Ignite
8 66 (2.22%) Dremio
9 59 (1.98%) NoSQL
10 54 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
10 54 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
11 51 (1.72%) MySQL
12 47 (1.58%) Tableau
13 43 (1.45%) Relational Database
13 43 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 36 (1.21%) MongoDB
15 35 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 170 (5.72%) Git
2 70 (2.35%) JIRA
3 69 (2.32%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.28%) Visual Studio
5 27 (0.91%) JUnit
6 26 (0.87%) Maven
7 20 (0.67%) GitLab
8 17 (0.57%) SonarQube
9 16 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
10 15 (0.50%) Selenium
11 13 (0.44%) NUnit
12 12 (0.40%) TeamCity
13 10 (0.34%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.34%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.34%) IntelliJ
13 10 (0.34%) Mockito
14 9 (0.30%) Jasmine
15 8 (0.27%) Subversion
15 8 (0.27%) webpack
16 7 (0.24%) Moq
General
1 632 (21.26%) Social Skills
2 600 (20.18%) Finance
3 435 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 361 (12.14%) Games
5 349 (11.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 292 (9.82%) Banking
7 113 (3.80%) Marketing
8 100 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
8 100 (3.36%) Retail
9 93 (3.13%) Front Office
10 83 (2.79%) Advertising
11 72 (2.42%) Investment Banking
12 69 (2.32%) Legal
13 62 (2.09%) Public Sector
14 60 (2.02%) Telecoms
15 59 (1.98%) Law
16 52 (1.75%) Aerospace
16 52 (1.75%) Electronics
17 33 (1.11%) Tech for Good
18 31 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 376 (12.65%) .NET
2 328 (11.03%) GraphQL
3 283 (9.52%) React
4 264 (8.88%) Node.js
5 216 (7.27%) WebGL
6 215 (7.23%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 116 (3.90%) HTML
8 88 (2.96%) RESTful
9 87 (2.93%) CSS
10 84 (2.83%) AngularJS
11 79 (2.66%) Pandas
12 73 (2.46%) REST
13 72 (2.42%) Serverless Framework
14 68 (2.29%) gRPC
15 66 (2.22%) NumPy
15 66 (2.22%) Protocol Buffers
15 66 (2.22%) SciPy
16 62 (2.09%) .NET Core
17 61 (2.05%) .NET Framework
18 48 (1.61%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 450 (15.14%) Self-Motivation
2 219 (7.37%) Animation
3 204 (6.86%) Cyberattack
4 181 (6.09%) Linux Command Line
5 135 (4.54%) Product Ownership
6 129 (4.34%) Management Information System
7 80 (2.69%) Derivative
8 79 (2.66%) Video\Live Streaming
9 78 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 72 (2.42%) Fixed Income
11 70 (2.35%) Algorithms
12 69 (2.32%) Hedge funds
13 66 (2.22%) Equities
14 61 (2.05%) Pricing Data
15 60 (2.02%) Cloud Native
16 50 (1.68%) Digital Media
17 49 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
18 47 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
19 45 (1.51%) Social Media
20 43 (1.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 321 (10.80%) Linux
2 111 (3.73%) Windows
3 57 (1.92%) Unix
4 30 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 26 (0.87%) Android
5 26 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.27%) CentOS
9 7 (0.24%) Solaris
9 7 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.20%) zOS
11 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
12 4 (0.13%) HPUX
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.10%) AIX
13 3 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
13 3 (0.10%) VMS
13 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,203 (40.46%) Agile
2 790 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
3 782 (26.30%) Mentoring
4 673 (22.64%) Software Engineering
5 568 (19.11%) CI/CD
6 491 (16.52%) Artificial Intelligence
7 490 (16.48%) Machine Learning
8 375 (12.61%) User Experience
9 369 (12.41%) Clean Code
10 359 (12.08%) Microservices
11 332 (11.17%) Prototyping
12 323 (10.86%) Project Management
13 321 (10.80%) Data Science
14 294 (9.89%) DevOps
15 257 (8.64%) Storytelling
16 253 (8.51%) Scrum
17 234 (7.87%) Performance Metrics
18 229 (7.70%) Creative Thinking
19 227 (7.64%) Data Engineering
20 217 (7.30%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 962 (32.36%) Python
2 569 (19.14%) JavaScript
3 545 (18.33%) TypeScript
4 418 (14.06%) Java
5 389 (13.08%) SQL
6 270 (9.08%) C++
7 228 (7.67%) C#
8 215 (7.23%) HLSL
9 214 (7.20%) Go
10 184 (6.19%) Rust
11 70 (2.35%) C
12 50 (1.68%) PowerShell
13 48 (1.61%) T-SQL
14 46 (1.55%) PHP
15 40 (1.35%) Bash
16 28 (0.94%) PL/SQL
16 28 (0.94%) R
17 24 (0.81%) Scala
18 16 (0.54%) Embedded C
19 14 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 587 (19.74%) Degree
2 325 (10.93%) Security Cleared
3 289 (9.72%) AWS Certification
4 223 (7.50%) DV Cleared
5 222 (7.47%) PhD
6 194 (6.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 179 (6.02%) AWS Certified Developer
8 145 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 93 (3.13%) SC Cleared
10 63 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 49 (1.65%) DBS Check
12 40 (1.35%) Azure Certification
13 35 (1.18%) Master's Degree
14 29 (0.98%) Chartered Engineer
15 28 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
16 20 (0.67%) MRICS
17 17 (0.57%) CISA
18 15 (0.50%) CISSP
19 13 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
19 13 (0.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (5.01%) Accessibility
2 93 (3.13%) QA
3 44 (1.48%) GDPR
4 35 (1.18%) Data Quality
5 22 (0.74%) PMO
6 19 (0.64%) NIST
7 17 (0.57%) ITGC
8 16 (0.54%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.27%) CDISC
12 7 (0.24%) NCSC
12 7 (0.24%) SLA
13 4 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.10%) COREP
14 3 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.10%) GRC
14 3 (0.10%) JTAG
15 2 (0.067%) WCAG
System Software
1 175 (5.89%) Docker
2 43 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 38 (1.28%) Firmware
4 32 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (0.10%) vSphere
10 2 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.034%) IAG
11 1 (0.034%) NFS
11 1 (0.034%) XenApp
11 1 (0.034%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 179 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 162 (5.45%) Terraform
3 75 (2.52%) Ansible
4 23 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.64%) Grafana
5 19 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.57%) Istio
7 14 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
8 13 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.40%) SCCM
10 11 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
11 9 (0.30%) Argo
12 7 (0.24%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
13 5 (0.17%) Nagios
13 5 (0.17%) Puppet
13 5 (0.17%) SCOM
14 3 (0.10%) SCOrch
14 3 (0.10%) SmoothWall
15 2 (0.067%) Packer
Vendors
1 316 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 132 (4.44%) ServiceNow
3 96 (3.23%) Google
4 69 (2.32%) Databricks
4 69 (2.32%) Oracle
5 54 (1.82%) Cisco
5 54 (1.82%) VMware
6 52 (1.75%) SAP
7 40 (1.35%) MathWorks
8 34 (1.14%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.01%) IBM
10 25 (0.84%) Apple
11 20 (0.67%) Adobe
12 17 (0.57%) SolarWinds
13 15 (0.50%) Meraki
14 14 (0.47%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.44%) EMC
16 10 (0.34%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.34%) Rollbar
16 10 (0.34%) TikTok