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 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 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 2,876 2,355 5,587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.10% 17.62% 17.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.19% 18.96% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,055 1,696 4,317
10th Percentile £46,750 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.34% -8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £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 16,732 12,418 31,034
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 92.90% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 12,058 9,097 24,874
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,599 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 22 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 22 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.

1 596 (20.72%) Mentoring
2 582 (20.24%) Azure
3 549 (19.09%) Agile
4 487 (16.93%) AWS
5 426 (14.81%) Software Engineering
6 387 (13.46%) SQL
7 380 (13.21%) CI/CD
8 364 (12.66%) Coaching
9 361 (12.55%) DevOps
10 357 (12.41%) Microsoft
11 354 (12.31%) AI
12 352 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
13 326 (11.34%) Python
14 287 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
15 260 (9.04%) Roadmaps
16 259 (9.01%) Security Cleared
17 255 (8.87%) Cybersecurity
18 246 (8.55%) Degree
19 228 (7.93%) Java
20 219 (7.61%) Analytics
21 216 (7.51%) GCP
22 198 (6.88%) SC Cleared
23 197 (6.85%) .NET
24 194 (6.75%) Test Automation
25 191 (6.64%) Kubernetes
26 181 (6.29%) SaaS
27 179 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
27 179 (6.22%) Terraform
28 178 (6.19%) User Experience
29 171 (5.95%) Microservices

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 78 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.80%) CMS
4 23 (0.80%) Confluence
5 9 (0.31%) Apache
5 9 (0.31%) JBoss
5 9 (0.31%) WebSphere
6 7 (0.24%) IIS
6 7 (0.24%) WordPress
7 6 (0.21%) SAS
8 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
9 4 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.070%) nginx
11 2 (0.070%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.035%) Appian
12 1 (0.035%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 34 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
5 8 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.24%) Sketch
7 6 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.14%) InVision
9 4 (0.14%) Trello
10 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.10%) InDesign
10 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.070%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.070%) Maya
11 2 (0.070%) MotionBuilder
11 2 (0.070%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (1.01%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 19 (0.66%) Oracle Assets
3 19 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
3 19 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 18 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 16 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
6 13 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
7 12 (0.42%) Cloudability
8 11 (0.38%) Visualfiles
9 9 (0.31%) Hyperion Planning
9 9 (0.31%) Shopify
10 6 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.21%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
11 5 (0.17%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 582 (20.24%) Azure
2 487 (16.93%) AWS
3 216 (7.51%) GCP
4 181 (6.29%) SaaS
5 116 (4.03%) GitHub
6 114 (3.96%) Power Platform
7 100 (3.48%) Entra ID
7 100 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
8 98 (3.41%) Serverless
9 96 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (1.74%) Snowflake
11 46 (1.60%) dbt
12 45 (1.56%) PowerApps
13 44 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
14 43 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
15 38 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
16 37 (1.29%) Figma
17 36 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
17 36 (1.25%) GitHub Copilot
18 35 (1.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 118 (4.10%) Broadband
2 82 (2.85%) Firewall
3 56 (1.95%) VPN
4 54 (1.88%) DNS
5 52 (1.81%) WAN
6 46 (1.60%) DHCP
7 43 (1.50%) TCP/IP
8 34 (1.18%) SD-WAN
9 33 (1.15%) LAN
10 27 (0.94%) Network Security
11 21 (0.73%) BGP
11 21 (0.73%) Wireless
12 20 (0.70%) Ethernet
12 20 (0.70%) HTTP
12 20 (0.70%) RS-232
13 18 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (0.38%) OSPF
15 9 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (0.31%) MPLS
16 8 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 84 (2.92%) Power BI
3 76 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
4 54 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (1.60%) Metadata
6 44 (1.53%) MongoDB
6 44 (1.53%) NoSQL
7 33 (1.15%) BigQuery
8 30 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 27 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
10 26 (0.90%) Data Lake
11 25 (0.87%) OLTP
11 25 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 25 (0.87%) Tableau
12 24 (0.83%) Redis
13 21 (0.73%) MySQL
14 20 (0.70%) DynamoDB
15 18 (0.63%) Looker
15 18 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 80 (2.78%) Git
2 72 (2.50%) JIRA
3 54 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 40 (1.39%) GitLab
5 36 (1.25%) TeamCity
6 28 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
7 20 (0.70%) Selenium
8 15 (0.52%) Claude Code
9 13 (0.45%) Snyk
10 12 (0.42%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.35%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.35%) MLflow
12 9 (0.31%) Postman
13 8 (0.28%) JUnit
13 8 (0.28%) Subversion
14 7 (0.24%) JMeter
14 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.24%) webpack
14 7 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 582 (20.24%) Finance
2 548 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 340 (11.82%) Public Sector
4 191 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 170 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
6 129 (4.49%) Marketing
7 128 (4.45%) Law
8 120 (4.17%) Banking
9 99 (3.44%) Legal
10 98 (3.41%) Retail
11 86 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.54%) Games
13 70 (2.43%) Telecoms
14 49 (1.70%) Manufacturing
15 48 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
16 40 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (1.08%) Financial Institution
18 26 (0.90%) Back Office
19 20 (0.70%) Electronics
19 20 (0.70%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (6.85%) .NET
2 137 (4.76%) React
3 122 (4.24%) REST
4 86 (2.99%) SOAP
5 83 (2.89%) Node.js
6 79 (2.75%) HTML
7 73 (2.54%) RESTful
8 63 (2.19%) OAuth
9 62 (2.16%) GraphQL
10 56 (1.95%) CSS
11 50 (1.74%) Spring
12 47 (1.63%) Kafka
13 44 (1.53%) OpenID
14 40 (1.39%) Spring Boot
15 38 (1.32%) .NET Core
15 38 (1.32%) SAML
16 32 (1.11%) JSON
16 32 (1.11%) LDAP
16 32 (1.11%) React Native
17 30 (1.04%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 173 (6.02%) Cloud Native
2 101 (3.51%) Product Ownership
3 64 (2.23%) Onboarding
4 63 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
5 60 (2.09%) Social Media
6 57 (1.98%) Data Centre
6 57 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (1.74%) Public Cloud
8 47 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 42 (1.46%) Cyberattack
10 40 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 35 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
12 32 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
12 32 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 31 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
14 30 (1.04%) Management Information System
14 30 (1.04%) Over-the-Top Content
15 29 (1.01%) Driving Licence
15 29 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 148 (5.15%) Linux
2 112 (3.89%) Windows
3 73 (2.54%) Android
4 61 (2.12%) Apple iOS
5 50 (1.74%) Windows Server
6 38 (1.32%) Unix
7 21 (0.73%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.31%) VMS
10 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.10%) CentOS
12 3 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
13 2 (0.070%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.070%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.035%) AIX
14 1 (0.035%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 596 (20.72%) Mentoring
2 549 (19.09%) Agile
3 426 (14.81%) Software Engineering
4 380 (13.21%) CI/CD
5 364 (12.66%) Coaching
6 361 (12.55%) DevOps
7 354 (12.31%) AI
8 352 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
9 287 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 260 (9.04%) Roadmaps
11 255 (8.87%) Cybersecurity
12 219 (7.61%) Analytics
13 194 (6.75%) Test Automation
14 179 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
15 178 (6.19%) User Experience
16 171 (5.95%) Microservices
17 168 (5.84%) Decision-Making
18 151 (5.25%) Full-Stack Development
19 150 (5.22%) Infrastructure as Code
20 136 (4.73%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 387 (13.46%) SQL
2 326 (11.34%) Python
3 228 (7.93%) Java
4 158 (5.49%) C#
5 152 (5.29%) JavaScript
6 139 (4.83%) TypeScript
7 95 (3.30%) PowerShell
8 73 (2.54%) Go
9 70 (2.43%) C++
10 67 (2.33%) Bash
11 56 (1.95%) PHP
12 48 (1.67%) PL/SQL
13 47 (1.63%) Scala
14 38 (1.32%) T-SQL
15 37 (1.29%) C
16 36 (1.25%) Kotlin
17 23 (0.80%) VBA
18 21 (0.73%) Bicep
19 16 (0.56%) R
19 16 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 259 (9.01%) Security Cleared
2 246 (8.55%) Degree
3 198 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 79 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (1.67%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (1.22%) ACCA
7 35 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 30 (1.04%) CISSP
9 28 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (0.87%) CIMA
10 25 (0.87%) Master's Degree
10 25 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 23 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.56%) CISM
14 15 (0.52%) CIPFA
14 15 (0.52%) PhD
15 13 (0.45%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (3.27%) QA
2 73 (2.54%) Accessibility
3 62 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 57 (1.98%) NIST
5 50 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (1.43%) GDPR
7 31 (1.08%) NCSC
8 24 (0.83%) GRC
9 20 (0.70%) SLA
10 17 (0.59%) PMO
11 13 (0.45%) P3O
12 12 (0.42%) IFRS
13 11 (0.38%) IEC 61508
13 11 (0.38%) MISRA
13 11 (0.38%) MISRA C
14 10 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (0.28%) WCAG
17 7 (0.24%) JSP 440
17 7 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 167 (5.81%) Docker
2 116 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 43 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.59%) VMware NSX
6 14 (0.49%) vSphere
7 13 (0.45%) Firmware
8 8 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.21%) vCloud
9 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.070%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.035%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.035%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 191 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 179 (6.22%) Terraform
3 49 (1.70%) Grafana
4 41 (1.43%) Ansible
5 37 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 25 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.49%) SCCM
8 12 (0.42%) Argo
8 12 (0.42%) FortiGate
9 11 (0.38%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.24%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.17%) Puppet
11 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.14%) Istio
12 4 (0.14%) Plesk
13 3 (0.10%) FlexNet
13 3 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 357 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 137 (4.76%) Oracle
3 91 (3.16%) Adobe
4 71 (2.47%) VMware
5 66 (2.29%) Databricks
5 66 (2.29%) Google
6 63 (2.19%) SAP
7 49 (1.70%) Cisco
8 47 (1.63%) Salesforce
9 41 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 31 (1.08%) Apple
11 30 (1.04%) Palo Alto
12 25 (0.87%) Okta
13 21 (0.73%) Dell
14 16 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
15 14 (0.49%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.45%) Citrix
16 13 (0.45%) SolarWinds
16 13 (0.45%) Tenable
17 12 (0.42%) Samsung