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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 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 3,432 2,310 5,272
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.83% 14.01% 18.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.83% 15.20% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,321 1,505 3,820
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,196 £56,250 £53,250
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 £97,500
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 20,395 15,201 27,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.20% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,769 9,441 20,973
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £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 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -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 23 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 23 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.

1 694 (20.22%) Agile
2 682 (19.87%) Mentoring
3 642 (18.71%) Azure
4 605 (17.63%) AWS
5 580 (16.90%) Software Engineering
6 531 (15.47%) AI
7 525 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 497 (14.48%) CI/CD
9 480 (13.99%) Python
10 464 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
11 433 (12.62%) DevOps
12 431 (12.56%) Microsoft
13 362 (10.55%) SQL
14 353 (10.29%) Coaching
15 320 (9.32%) Degree
16 317 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
17 310 (9.03%) Analytics
18 304 (8.86%) Project Delivery
19 291 (8.48%) Security Cleared
20 280 (8.16%) Decision-Making
21 276 (8.04%) Roadmaps
22 267 (7.78%) C#
22 267 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 260 (7.58%) Test Automation
24 237 (6.91%) JavaScript
25 233 (6.79%) SC Cleared
26 223 (6.50%) QA
27 221 (6.44%) .NET
28 220 (6.41%) GCP
28 220 (6.41%) 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 27 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (0.64%) CMS
5 19 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.50%) Confluence
7 15 (0.44%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) IIS
9 11 (0.32%) WordPress
10 8 (0.23%) Apache
10 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.087%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.087%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.087%) Artix
12 3 (0.087%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.087%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.058%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.029%) Appian
14 1 (0.029%) Moodle
Applications
1 82 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (1.02%) 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%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.15%) InDesign
9 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
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%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.23%) Visualfiles
7 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.15%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.15%) Shopify
9 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
10 3 (0.087%) Infor SunSystems
10 3 (0.087%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.087%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 642 (18.71%) Azure
2 605 (17.63%) AWS
3 220 (6.41%) GCP
3 220 (6.41%) SaaS
4 147 (4.28%) Power Platform
5 141 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
6 137 (3.99%) Entra ID
7 126 (3.67%) Serverless
8 92 (2.68%) GitHub
9 87 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
11 47 (1.37%) PowerApps
12 44 (1.28%) Power Automate
13 43 (1.25%) Amazon S3
14 42 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
15 41 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
16 39 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
17 34 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
18 33 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
19 32 (0.93%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 132 (3.85%) Firewall
2 110 (3.21%) Broadband
3 70 (2.04%) DNS
4 65 (1.89%) Network Security
5 60 (1.75%) VPN
6 56 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
7 51 (1.49%) VLAN
7 51 (1.49%) WAN
8 48 (1.40%) Wireless
9 45 (1.31%) DHCP
10 44 (1.28%) LAN
11 37 (1.08%) TCP/IP
12 26 (0.76%) BGP
13 23 (0.67%) RS-232
14 21 (0.61%) SD-WAN
15 19 (0.55%) OSPF
16 16 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
16 16 (0.47%) WLAN
17 15 (0.44%) Bluetooth
17 15 (0.44%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (3.21%) Power BI
2 107 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
3 84 (2.45%) SQL Server
4 64 (1.86%) MongoDB
5 47 (1.37%) Metadata
6 39 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 38 (1.11%) MySQL
8 33 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
9 30 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 30 (0.87%) Tableau
10 28 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 27 (0.79%) OLTP
12 26 (0.76%) NoSQL
13 25 (0.73%) BigQuery
14 17 (0.50%) Data Lake
14 17 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
15 15 (0.44%) Big Data
15 15 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 102 (2.97%) Git
2 54 (1.57%) JIRA
3 40 (1.17%) GitLab
4 34 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.73%) Snyk
6 22 (0.64%) Claude Code
6 22 (0.64%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.38%) Selenium
8 10 (0.29%) JUnit
9 9 (0.26%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.26%) Postman
10 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
11 7 (0.20%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.20%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.17%) Gatling
13 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.12%) MLflow
14 4 (0.12%) NUnit
General
1 819 (23.86%) Social Skills
2 553 (16.11%) Finance
3 375 (10.93%) Public Sector
4 266 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 259 (7.55%) Legal
6 223 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
7 221 (6.44%) Law
8 124 (3.61%) Banking
9 119 (3.47%) Marketing
10 83 (2.42%) Retail
11 72 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 63 (1.84%) Games
13 62 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 55 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 53 (1.54%) Telecoms
16 42 (1.22%) Legal Technology
17 41 (1.19%) Electronics
18 40 (1.17%) Local Government
19 29 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
20 25 (0.73%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (6.44%) .NET
2 147 (4.28%) React
3 110 (3.21%) Node.js
4 81 (2.36%) REST
5 80 (2.33%) HTML
6 76 (2.21%) RESTful
7 64 (1.86%) CSS
8 49 (1.43%) Spring
9 38 (1.11%) Vue
10 36 (1.05%) Kafka
11 35 (1.02%) HTML5 Canvas
11 35 (1.02%) Spring Boot
12 32 (0.93%) SOAP
13 30 (0.87%) AngularJS
14 28 (0.82%) Laravel
15 27 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
16 26 (0.76%) JSON
16 26 (0.76%) OAuth
16 26 (0.76%) SPFx
17 25 (0.73%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 217 (6.32%) Cloud Native
2 102 (2.97%) Product Ownership
3 81 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
4 64 (1.86%) Data Centre
4 64 (1.86%) Virtual Team
5 62 (1.81%) Driving Licence
6 56 (1.63%) Social Media
7 49 (1.43%) AI Agents
8 48 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 47 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 43 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
11 42 (1.22%) Data Structures
12 41 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 38 (1.11%) Security Posture
14 37 (1.08%) Mobile App
15 35 (1.02%) Algorithms
16 34 (0.99%) Management Information System
17 33 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
17 33 (0.96%) Low-Code
17 33 (0.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 165 (4.81%) Linux
2 125 (3.64%) Windows
3 47 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 46 (1.34%) Apple iOS
5 45 (1.31%) Unix
6 42 (1.22%) Android
7 27 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
8 10 (0.29%) VMS
9 9 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
9 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.17%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.087%) Debian
11 3 (0.087%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.029%) AIX
12 1 (0.029%) CentOS
12 1 (0.029%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 694 (20.22%) Agile
2 682 (19.87%) Mentoring
3 580 (16.90%) Software Engineering
4 531 (15.47%) AI
5 525 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 497 (14.48%) CI/CD
7 464 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
8 433 (12.62%) DevOps
9 353 (10.29%) Coaching
10 317 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
11 310 (9.03%) Analytics
12 304 (8.86%) Project Delivery
13 280 (8.16%) Decision-Making
14 276 (8.04%) Roadmaps
15 267 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 260 (7.58%) Test Automation
17 206 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
18 195 (5.68%) Infrastructure as Code
19 187 (5.45%) Microservices
20 185 (5.39%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 480 (13.99%) Python
2 362 (10.55%) SQL
3 267 (7.78%) C#
4 237 (6.91%) JavaScript
5 216 (6.29%) Java
6 205 (5.97%) TypeScript
7 137 (3.99%) PowerShell
8 95 (2.77%) C++
9 61 (1.78%) Go
10 58 (1.69%) PHP
11 51 (1.49%) C
12 48 (1.40%) Bash
13 47 (1.37%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.73%) Bicep
14 25 (0.73%) Embedded C
15 22 (0.64%) Scala
16 21 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.58%) R
17 20 (0.58%) Rust
17 20 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 320 (9.32%) Degree
2 291 (8.48%) Security Cleared
3 233 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 99 (2.88%) CISSP
5 90 (2.62%) 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 53 (1.54%) Azure Certification
10 40 (1.17%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 37 (1.08%) AWS Certification
12 37 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 37 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 27 (0.79%) PhD
14 26 (0.76%) ACCA
15 25 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
16 24 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 21 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (6.50%) QA
2 83 (2.42%) Accessibility
3 80 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 74 (2.16%) Data Quality
5 68 (1.98%) NIST
6 54 (1.57%) GDPR
7 48 (1.40%) GRC
8 31 (0.90%) PMO
9 22 (0.64%) SLA
10 19 (0.55%) NCSC
11 15 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.35%) WCAG
13 9 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.20%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.17%) COBIT
15 6 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.17%) GAAP
15 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 155 (4.52%) Docker
2 138 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.17%) 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
1 197 (5.74%) Kubernetes
2 179 (5.22%) Terraform
3 93 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.05%) Ansible
5 29 (0.84%) Grafana
6 21 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 18 (0.52%) Argo
8 11 (0.32%) 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%) Proxmox
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 431 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 131 (3.82%) Oracle
3 109 (3.18%) Adobe
4 68 (1.98%) Palo Alto
5 65 (1.89%) VMware
6 64 (1.86%) Cisco
6 64 (1.86%) Google
6 64 (1.86%) SAP
7 60 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 60 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 54 (1.57%) CyberArk
9 47 (1.37%) Databricks
10 40 (1.17%) Apple
11 31 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (0.82%) Dell
12 28 (0.82%) Pega
13 27 (0.79%) Tenable
14 21 (0.61%) Informatica
15 20 (0.58%) Aruba
15 20 (0.58%) Computacenter