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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,278 2,227 6,013
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.09% 14.24% 17.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.13% 15.45% 18.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,332 1,391 4,467
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £59,830 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,018 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.42% +10.43% -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 19,133 14,417 32,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 92.16% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13,988 8,856 25,390
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,786
Median % change year-on-year - +7.55% -10.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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.

1 655 (19.98%) Agile
2 609 (18.58%) Mentoring
3 577 (17.60%) Azure
4 557 (16.99%) AWS
5 493 (15.04%) Software Engineering
6 448 (13.67%) AI
7 413 (12.60%) CI/CD
8 398 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
9 389 (11.87%) Python
10 379 (11.56%) Coaching
11 371 (11.32%) Microsoft
12 362 (11.04%) DevOps
12 362 (11.04%) SQL
13 338 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 309 (9.43%) Degree
15 306 (9.33%) Analytics
16 297 (9.06%) Roadmaps
17 294 (8.97%) Security Cleared
18 243 (7.41%) Decision-Making
19 233 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
20 231 (7.05%) Java
20 231 (7.05%) SC Cleared
21 226 (6.89%) Project Delivery
22 213 (6.50%) Test Automation
23 202 (6.16%) GCP
24 199 (6.07%) Kubernetes
25 197 (6.01%) Stakeholder Management
26 183 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
27 178 (5.43%) JavaScript
27 178 (5.43%) Project Management

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 93 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (0.70%) CMS
5 17 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.43%) Confluence
7 11 (0.34%) SAS
8 10 (0.31%) IIS
9 9 (0.27%) WordPress
10 8 (0.24%) Apache
10 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.092%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.092%) Artix
11 3 (0.092%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.092%) JBoss
11 3 (0.092%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.092%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.061%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.061%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.031%) Appian
Applications
1 83 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 29 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.31%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.18%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
9 5 (0.15%) InDesign
10 4 (0.12%) Civil 3D
10 4 (0.12%) Trello
11 3 (0.092%) Blender
11 3 (0.092%) InVision
11 3 (0.092%) Maya
11 3 (0.092%) Sketch
12 2 (0.061%) SPSS
12 2 (0.061%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.73%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
3 14 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
5 11 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.27%) Visualfiles
7 7 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
10 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.12%) Shopify
11 3 (0.092%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.092%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.092%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.092%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.092%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.092%) SAP FSCM
12 2 (0.061%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 577 (17.60%) Azure
2 557 (16.99%) AWS
3 202 (6.16%) GCP
4 177 (5.40%) SaaS
5 145 (4.42%) Power Platform
6 136 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
7 125 (3.81%) Serverless
8 91 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 83 (2.53%) GitHub
10 81 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
11 54 (1.65%) PowerApps
12 48 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
13 44 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
14 43 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
15 41 (1.25%) Power Automate
16 39 (1.19%) Figma
17 37 (1.13%) Amazon S3
18 35 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
19 34 (1.04%) Azure AKS
19 34 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 144 (4.39%) Broadband
2 106 (3.23%) Firewall
3 69 (2.10%) DNS
4 65 (1.98%) VPN
5 47 (1.43%) WAN
6 45 (1.37%) DHCP
7 38 (1.16%) Wireless
8 36 (1.10%) LAN
8 36 (1.10%) Network Security
9 34 (1.04%) TCP/IP
10 31 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (0.82%) BGP
11 27 (0.82%) SD-WAN
12 24 (0.73%) RS-232
13 21 (0.64%) VLAN
14 19 (0.58%) OSPF
15 15 (0.46%) Ethernet
16 14 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
17 13 (0.40%) Bluetooth
17 13 (0.40%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (3.11%) Power BI
2 90 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 89 (2.72%) SQL Server
4 65 (1.98%) MongoDB
5 54 (1.65%) Metadata
6 34 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (1.01%) OLTP
8 31 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 30 (0.92%) BigQuery
9 30 (0.92%) NoSQL
10 29 (0.88%) MySQL
11 27 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 27 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 27 (0.82%) Tableau
12 21 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 16 (0.49%) Data Lake
15 16 (0.49%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 87 (2.65%) Git
2 55 (1.68%) JIRA
3 48 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.19%) GitLab
4 39 (1.19%) TeamCity
5 25 (0.76%) Snyk
6 24 (0.73%) Claude Code
7 16 (0.49%) Selenium
8 11 (0.34%) Postman
9 8 (0.24%) XCUITest
10 7 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.21%) JMeter
10 7 (0.21%) JUnit
10 7 (0.21%) MLflow
10 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.18%) NUnit
12 5 (0.15%) LabVIEW
12 5 (0.15%) REST Assured
General
1 671 (20.47%) Social Skills
2 548 (16.72%) Finance
3 414 (12.63%) Public Sector
4 240 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 215 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
6 136 (4.15%) Law
7 126 (3.84%) Banking
8 119 (3.63%) Marketing
9 100 (3.05%) Legal
10 82 (2.50%) Retail
11 79 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
12 77 (2.35%) Games
13 60 (1.83%) Manufacturing
14 54 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (1.43%) Telecoms
16 32 (0.98%) Local Government
17 29 (0.88%) Electronics
18 28 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
19 27 (0.82%) Financial Institution
20 23 (0.70%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (5.37%) .NET
2 143 (4.36%) React
3 97 (2.96%) Node.js
4 86 (2.62%) REST
5 77 (2.35%) HTML
6 68 (2.07%) RESTful
7 57 (1.74%) CSS
8 52 (1.59%) SOAP
8 52 (1.59%) Spring
9 38 (1.16%) Spring Boot
10 37 (1.13%) Vue
11 34 (1.04%) GraphQL
12 33 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
13 32 (0.98%) OAuth
14 30 (0.92%) OpenID
15 28 (0.85%) .NET Core
15 28 (0.85%) Kafka
15 28 (0.85%) SAML
16 27 (0.82%) AngularJS
16 27 (0.82%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 210 (6.41%) Cloud Native
2 108 (3.29%) Product Ownership
3 72 (2.20%) Data Centre
4 71 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
5 58 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
6 57 (1.74%) Social Media
7 55 (1.68%) Driving Licence
8 44 (1.34%) Cyberattack
8 44 (1.34%) Low-Code
9 43 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (1.28%) Mobile App
11 41 (1.25%) AI Agents
11 41 (1.25%) Data Structures
11 41 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (1.16%) Onboarding
12 38 (1.16%) Security Posture
13 37 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
13 37 (1.13%) Public Cloud
14 36 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
14 36 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 160 (4.88%) Linux
2 124 (3.78%) Windows
3 53 (1.62%) Apple iOS
4 46 (1.40%) Android
5 45 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 39 (1.19%) Unix
7 21 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
8 15 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.31%) VMS
10 9 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
11 6 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.092%) Debian
12 3 (0.092%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.031%) AIX
13 1 (0.031%) CentOS
13 1 (0.031%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 655 (19.98%) Agile
2 609 (18.58%) Mentoring
3 493 (15.04%) Software Engineering
4 448 (13.67%) AI
5 413 (12.60%) CI/CD
6 398 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
7 379 (11.56%) Coaching
8 362 (11.04%) DevOps
9 338 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 306 (9.33%) Analytics
11 297 (9.06%) Roadmaps
12 243 (7.41%) Decision-Making
13 233 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
14 226 (6.89%) Project Delivery
15 213 (6.50%) Test Automation
16 197 (6.01%) Stakeholder Management
17 183 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
18 178 (5.43%) Project Management
19 176 (5.37%) Full-Stack Development
20 156 (4.76%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 389 (11.87%) Python
2 362 (11.04%) SQL
3 231 (7.05%) Java
4 178 (5.43%) JavaScript
5 164 (5.00%) C#
6 152 (4.64%) TypeScript
7 97 (2.96%) PowerShell
8 86 (2.62%) C++
9 66 (2.01%) Go
10 65 (1.98%) Bash
11 57 (1.74%) PHP
12 53 (1.62%) PL/SQL
13 43 (1.31%) C
14 42 (1.28%) Scala
15 31 (0.95%) T-SQL
16 25 (0.76%) Kotlin
16 25 (0.76%) VBA
17 24 (0.73%) Bicep
18 20 (0.61%) R
19 18 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 309 (9.43%) Degree
2 294 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 231 (7.05%) SC Cleared
4 66 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 49 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 49 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 43 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.19%) CISSP
9 38 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 30 (0.92%) Master's Degree
12 28 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 27 (0.82%) CISM
14 26 (0.79%) PhD
15 25 (0.76%) ACCA
16 24 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 21 (0.64%) CIMA
18 20 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
18 20 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (3.60%) QA
2 84 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 79 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 66 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 64 (1.95%) NIST
6 46 (1.40%) GDPR
7 41 (1.25%) GRC
8 29 (0.88%) PMO
9 25 (0.76%) NCSC
10 16 (0.49%) SLA
11 12 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (0.37%) P3O
12 8 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.21%) IEC 61508
13 7 (0.21%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.21%) MISRA
13 7 (0.21%) MISRA C
13 7 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 148 (4.51%) Docker
2 102 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 53 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.98%) vSphere
6 20 (0.61%) Firmware
7 18 (0.55%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.34%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.27%) vCloud
11 6 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.092%) iptables
13 2 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.031%) GPFS
14 1 (0.031%) Lustre
14 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.031%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 199 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 161 (4.91%) Terraform
3 40 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (1.13%) Ansible
5 33 (1.01%) Grafana
6 21 (0.64%) FortiGate
7 19 (0.58%) Argo
8 15 (0.46%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.43%) SCCM
10 7 (0.21%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.21%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.21%) Puppet
10 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.18%) Avamar
11 6 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (0.18%) EMC VPLEX
11 6 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.18%) VxRail
12 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 371 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 134 (4.09%) Oracle
3 116 (3.54%) Adobe
4 72 (2.20%) VMware
5 66 (2.01%) Palo Alto
6 63 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 62 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 61 (1.86%) SAP
9 59 (1.80%) Google
10 56 (1.71%) Cisco
11 54 (1.65%) Databricks
12 41 (1.25%) Apple
13 32 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
14 28 (0.85%) Dell
15 26 (0.79%) Tenable
16 20 (0.61%) Computacenter
17 18 (0.55%) Pega
18 17 (0.52%) Fortinet
18 17 (0.52%) Meraki
18 17 (0.52%) OpenAI