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 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 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 2,726 2,407 5,249
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.87% 18.66% 16.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.92% 19.84% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,948 1,751 4,294
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,626 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +5.53% -8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 16,107 12,129 30,083
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 94.01% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,572 8,999 24,602
10th Percentile £31,660 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 7 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 7 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.

1 572 (20.98%) Azure
2 546 (20.03%) Mentoring
3 540 (19.81%) Agile
4 469 (17.20%) AWS
5 407 (14.93%) Software Engineering
6 382 (14.01%) SQL
7 375 (13.76%) CI/CD
8 357 (13.10%) DevOps
9 344 (12.62%) Coaching
10 342 (12.55%) Microsoft
11 335 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
12 327 (12.00%) AI
13 311 (11.41%) Python
14 285 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 255 (9.35%) Degree
16 253 (9.28%) Security Cleared
17 243 (8.91%) Roadmaps
18 226 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
19 221 (8.11%) Analytics
20 217 (7.96%) Java
21 210 (7.70%) GCP
22 205 (7.52%) .NET
23 199 (7.30%) SaaS
24 193 (7.08%) Kubernetes
25 190 (6.97%) SC Cleared
26 187 (6.86%) Test Automation
27 181 (6.64%) Stakeholder Management
28 174 (6.38%) Microservices
29 173 (6.35%) Docker
30 170 (6.24%) Terraform

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 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 22 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (0.77%) Confluence
6 20 (0.73%) CMS
7 12 (0.44%) Apache
8 11 (0.40%) JBoss
8 11 (0.40%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.29%) WordPress
10 7 (0.26%) IIS
11 6 (0.22%) SAS
12 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
13 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.073%) nginx
14 2 (0.073%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.037%) Anypoint
15 1 (0.037%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 43 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.33%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.29%) InDesign
7 7 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.26%) Sketch
8 4 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.15%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
8 4 (0.15%) InVision
8 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.11%) Trello
9 3 (0.11%) Weka
10 2 (0.073%) Maya
10 2 (0.073%) MotionBuilder
10 2 (0.073%) Revit
11 1 (0.037%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.037%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 29 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
2 23 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
3 21 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
3 21 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
4 20 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
5 14 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
6 13 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
7 11 (0.40%) Visualfiles
8 10 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
8 10 (0.37%) Hyperion Planning
8 10 (0.37%) Shopify
9 6 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.22%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.18%) Magento
10 5 (0.18%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.18%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.18%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 572 (20.98%) Azure
2 469 (17.20%) AWS
3 210 (7.70%) GCP
4 199 (7.30%) SaaS
5 115 (4.22%) Power Platform
6 110 (4.04%) GitHub
7 101 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
8 100 (3.67%) Entra ID
9 93 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
10 92 (3.37%) Serverless
11 53 (1.94%) dbt
12 52 (1.91%) Snowflake
13 44 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
14 42 (1.54%) PowerApps
15 40 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
16 38 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
17 36 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
18 34 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
19 33 (1.21%) GitHub Copilot
20 32 (1.17%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 113 (4.15%) Broadband
2 76 (2.79%) Firewall
3 54 (1.98%) VPN
4 48 (1.76%) DNS
4 48 (1.76%) WAN
5 40 (1.47%) DHCP
5 40 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 32 (1.17%) SD-WAN
7 29 (1.06%) LAN
8 27 (0.99%) Network Security
9 19 (0.70%) BGP
9 19 (0.70%) Ethernet
9 19 (0.70%) Wireless
10 17 (0.62%) HTTP
10 17 (0.62%) RS-232
10 17 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.48%) Unified Communications
12 10 (0.37%) OSPF
13 9 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (0.29%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 86 (3.15%) Power BI
3 68 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
4 64 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 43 (1.58%) Metadata
7 35 (1.28%) MongoDB
8 33 (1.21%) BigQuery
9 32 (1.17%) Data Lake
10 29 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
12 27 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 25 (0.92%) Redis
13 25 (0.92%) Tableau
14 23 (0.84%) MySQL
14 23 (0.84%) OLTP
14 23 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 19 (0.70%) DynamoDB
16 17 (0.62%) Looker
16 17 (0.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 78 (2.86%) Git
2 70 (2.57%) JIRA
3 57 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.39%) TeamCity
5 29 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
6 28 (1.03%) GitLab
7 21 (0.77%) Selenium
8 15 (0.55%) Claude Code
9 12 (0.44%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.37%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.37%) MLflow
11 9 (0.33%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.29%) JUnit
12 8 (0.29%) Postman
12 8 (0.29%) Subversion
12 8 (0.29%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.29%) webpack
13 7 (0.26%) JMeter
13 7 (0.26%) XCUITest
14 6 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 567 (20.80%) Finance
2 534 (19.59%) Social Skills
3 306 (11.23%) Public Sector
4 175 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
6 128 (4.70%) Law
6 128 (4.70%) Marketing
7 115 (4.22%) Banking
8 111 (4.07%) Retail
9 89 (3.26%) Legal
10 83 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
11 74 (2.71%) Games
12 72 (2.64%) Telecoms
13 43 (1.58%) Manufacturing
14 40 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
15 36 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
16 33 (1.21%) Financial Institution
17 27 (0.99%) Back Office
18 20 (0.73%) Publishing
19 18 (0.66%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (7.52%) .NET
2 140 (5.14%) React
3 118 (4.33%) REST
4 89 (3.26%) SOAP
5 83 (3.04%) HTML
6 76 (2.79%) RESTful
7 71 (2.60%) Node.js
8 66 (2.42%) GraphQL
9 63 (2.31%) OAuth
10 58 (2.13%) CSS
11 53 (1.94%) Spring
12 50 (1.83%) Kafka
13 44 (1.61%) OpenID
14 41 (1.50%) Spring Boot
15 37 (1.36%) .NET Core
15 37 (1.36%) SAML
16 32 (1.17%) Django
16 32 (1.17%) LDAP
17 30 (1.10%) XML
18 27 (0.99%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 172 (6.31%) Cloud Native
2 91 (3.34%) Product Ownership
3 76 (2.79%) Onboarding
4 64 (2.35%) Social Media
5 62 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
6 55 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
7 47 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 45 (1.65%) Public Cloud
9 44 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 41 (1.50%) Cyberattack
11 35 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
12 33 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
14 30 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
15 29 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 28 (1.03%) Data Structures
16 28 (1.03%) Low-Code
16 28 (1.03%) Management Information System
16 28 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
17 27 (0.99%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 144 (5.28%) Linux
2 104 (3.82%) Windows
3 70 (2.57%) Android
4 57 (2.09%) Apple iOS
5 49 (1.80%) Windows Server
6 31 (1.14%) Unix
7 23 (0.84%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
9 10 (0.37%) VMS
10 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.11%) CentOS
11 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.073%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.073%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.037%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (20.03%) Mentoring
2 540 (19.81%) Agile
3 407 (14.93%) Software Engineering
4 375 (13.76%) CI/CD
5 357 (13.10%) DevOps
6 344 (12.62%) Coaching
7 335 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
8 327 (12.00%) AI
9 285 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 243 (8.91%) Roadmaps
11 226 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
12 221 (8.11%) Analytics
13 187 (6.86%) Test Automation
14 181 (6.64%) Stakeholder Management
15 174 (6.38%) Microservices
16 162 (5.94%) User Experience
17 152 (5.58%) Decision-Making
18 151 (5.54%) Full-Stack Development
19 142 (5.21%) Infrastructure as Code
20 139 (5.10%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 382 (14.01%) SQL
2 311 (11.41%) Python
3 217 (7.96%) Java
4 163 (5.98%) C#
5 153 (5.61%) JavaScript
6 141 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 86 (3.15%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.64%) Go
9 67 (2.46%) Bash
10 65 (2.38%) C++
11 53 (1.94%) PHP
12 47 (1.72%) Scala
13 46 (1.69%) PL/SQL
14 37 (1.36%) T-SQL
15 36 (1.32%) Kotlin
16 32 (1.17%) C
17 22 (0.81%) Bicep
17 22 (0.81%) VBA
18 17 (0.62%) R
19 14 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 255 (9.35%) Degree
2 253 (9.28%) Security Cleared
3 190 (6.97%) SC Cleared
4 82 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 42 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.43%) ACCA
8 34 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.17%) CISSP
10 25 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 24 (0.88%) CIMA
11 24 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 18 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 18 (0.66%) CISM
13 17 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.55%) PhD
15 14 (0.51%) CREST Certified
16 13 (0.48%) CIPFA
17 12 (0.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (3.41%) QA
2 67 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 62 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 60 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 59 (2.16%) NIST
6 46 (1.69%) GDPR
7 32 (1.17%) NCSC
8 19 (0.70%) GRC
9 17 (0.62%) IFRS
10 16 (0.59%) PMO
11 14 (0.51%) P3O
11 14 (0.51%) SLA
12 11 (0.40%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.40%) MISRA
12 11 (0.40%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.29%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 173 (6.35%) Docker
2 111 (4.07%) Active Directory
3 38 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.40%) Firmware
7 9 (0.33%) vSphere
8 7 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.15%) vCloud
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.037%) Ceph
12 1 (0.037%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.037%) Lustre
12 1 (0.037%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 193 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 170 (6.24%) Terraform
3 53 (1.94%) Grafana
4 43 (1.58%) Ansible
5 39 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 25 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.51%) SCCM
8 11 (0.40%) Functional Safety
9 10 (0.37%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.26%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.18%) Puppet
12 4 (0.15%) Argo
12 4 (0.15%) Istio
12 4 (0.15%) Plesk
12 4 (0.15%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.11%) cPanel
13 3 (0.11%) FlexNet
13 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 342 (12.55%) Microsoft
2 131 (4.81%) Oracle
3 76 (2.79%) Adobe
4 73 (2.68%) Databricks
5 67 (2.46%) Google
5 67 (2.46%) VMware
6 55 (2.02%) SAP
7 54 (1.98%) Cisco
8 45 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 29 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 24 (0.88%) Apple
11 23 (0.84%) Okta
11 23 (0.84%) Palo Alto
12 17 (0.62%) Dell
13 13 (0.48%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.44%) Citrix
14 12 (0.44%) Samsung
15 11 (0.40%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.40%) Instagram
15 11 (0.40%) Wrike