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 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,721 2,183 4,288
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.57% 13.41% 18.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.59% 14.48% 19.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,442 1,447 2,607
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,272 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,888 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.48% +3.08% -7.14%

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 22,435 15,079 22,412
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 92.66% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15,834 9,021 14,652
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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.

1 733 (19.70%) Agile
2 711 (19.11%) Mentoring
3 688 (18.49%) Azure
4 626 (16.82%) Software Engineering
5 620 (16.66%) AWS
6 608 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 577 (15.51%) AI
8 561 (15.08%) CI/CD
9 509 (13.68%) Python
10 484 (13.01%) DevOps
11 471 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
12 465 (12.50%) Microsoft
13 409 (10.99%) SQL
14 371 (9.97%) Coaching
15 366 (9.84%) Degree
16 355 (9.54%) Project Delivery
17 352 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
18 342 (9.19%) Decision-Making
19 339 (9.11%) Security Cleared
20 330 (8.87%) Analytics
21 302 (8.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 288 (7.74%) SC Cleared
23 269 (7.23%) C#
24 254 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
25 248 (6.66%) Roadmaps
26 235 (6.32%) Test Automation
27 233 (6.26%) JavaScript
28 231 (6.21%) QA
29 229 (6.15%) GCP
30 226 (6.07%) Infrastructure as Code

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 98 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (0.59%) Confluence
4 20 (0.54%) CMS
5 19 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
6 14 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (0.35%) WordPress
8 12 (0.32%) Apache Spark
9 11 (0.30%) IIS
10 10 (0.27%) Apache
10 10 (0.27%) SAS
11 9 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 8 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.081%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.081%) Artix
13 3 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.081%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.081%) Moodle
14 2 (0.054%) Apache Solr
15 1 (0.027%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 75 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (0.54%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.43%) AutoCAD
6 12 (0.32%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.27%) Civil 3D
8 9 (0.24%) InDesign
8 9 (0.24%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 7 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 5 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
12 3 (0.081%) Blender
12 3 (0.081%) Maya
12 3 (0.081%) Trello
13 2 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.054%) Revit
13 2 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
13 2 (0.054%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (0.64%) Cloudability
2 19 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
5 13 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 13 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
7 10 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
8 9 (0.24%) Shopify
9 8 (0.21%) NetSuite
10 7 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
11 6 (0.16%) Primavera
12 5 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
12 5 (0.13%) SAP Business One
13 3 (0.081%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 3 (0.081%) Misys Midas
13 3 (0.081%) SAP BPC
13 3 (0.081%) SAP Payroll
14 2 (0.054%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 688 (18.49%) Azure
2 620 (16.66%) AWS
3 229 (6.15%) GCP
4 215 (5.78%) SaaS
5 164 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
6 151 (4.06%) Power Platform
7 138 (3.71%) Entra ID
8 111 (2.98%) Serverless
9 107 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
10 100 (2.69%) GitHub
11 52 (1.40%) Amazon S3
12 46 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
13 45 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
14 44 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
15 43 (1.16%) PowerApps
16 41 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
16 41 (1.10%) Azure AKS
17 40 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
17 40 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
18 39 (1.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 156 (4.19%) Firewall
2 89 (2.39%) Network Security
3 78 (2.10%) DNS
4 76 (2.04%) VLAN
5 67 (1.80%) Broadband
6 61 (1.64%) VPN
7 57 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
8 52 (1.40%) TCP/IP
8 52 (1.40%) WAN
9 51 (1.37%) Wireless
10 47 (1.26%) DHCP
11 46 (1.24%) LAN
12 29 (0.78%) BGP
13 22 (0.59%) OSPF
14 21 (0.56%) SMS
15 19 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
16 17 (0.46%) RS-232
16 17 (0.46%) VXLAN
17 16 (0.43%) HTTP
18 15 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
2 116 (3.12%) Power BI
3 95 (2.55%) SQL Server
4 66 (1.77%) Metadata
5 63 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 53 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
7 49 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 46 (1.24%) MySQL
9 43 (1.16%) NoSQL
10 42 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
11 39 (1.05%) DynamoDB
12 25 (0.67%) Tableau
13 24 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 23 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 19 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
16 18 (0.48%) OLTP
17 17 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
18 16 (0.43%) Big Data
19 14 (0.38%) BigQuery
19 14 (0.38%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 127 (3.41%) Git
2 58 (1.56%) JIRA
3 38 (1.02%) GitLab
4 28 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.67%) Snyk
6 17 (0.46%) TeamCity
7 14 (0.38%) JUnit
8 13 (0.35%) Selenium
9 11 (0.30%) Claude Code
9 11 (0.30%) LabVIEW
10 10 (0.27%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.27%) Postman
11 9 (0.24%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.24%) Maven
12 7 (0.19%) Mockito
13 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.13%) Gatling
13 5 (0.13%) Poetry
14 4 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
15 3 (0.081%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 936 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 603 (16.21%) Finance
3 426 (11.45%) Public Sector
4 329 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 279 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 262 (7.04%) Legal
7 230 (6.18%) Law
8 143 (3.84%) Banking
9 126 (3.39%) Marketing
10 95 (2.55%) Retail
11 73 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
12 66 (1.77%) Manufacturing
13 63 (1.69%) Telecoms
14 61 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
16 56 (1.50%) Local Government
17 53 (1.42%) Electronics
18 50 (1.34%) Games
19 42 (1.13%) Legal Technology
20 41 (1.10%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (5.59%) Terraform
2 203 (5.46%) .NET
3 156 (4.19%) React
4 120 (3.22%) Node.js
5 96 (2.58%) REST
6 92 (2.47%) HTML
7 85 (2.28%) CSS
8 77 (2.07%) RESTful
9 65 (1.75%) Spring
10 44 (1.18%) Spring Boot
11 42 (1.13%) PySpark
12 41 (1.10%) AngularJS
13 37 (0.99%) Kafka
14 35 (0.94%) Laravel
15 33 (0.89%) Vue
16 31 (0.83%) Next.js
17 30 (0.81%) .NET Core
18 27 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
18 27 (0.73%) JSON
19 26 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 212 (5.70%) Cloud Native
2 102 (2.74%) Driving Licence
3 95 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
3 95 (2.55%) Product Ownership
4 77 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
5 72 (1.93%) Virtual Team
6 56 (1.50%) Data Centre
7 55 (1.48%) Management Information System
8 54 (1.45%) AI Agents
9 48 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
10 42 (1.13%) Onboarding
11 40 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
12 39 (1.05%) Blog
12 39 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 35 (0.94%) Algorithms
14 34 (0.91%) Security Posture
15 31 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
15 31 (0.83%) Low-Code
16 28 (0.75%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 161 (4.33%) Linux
2 146 (3.92%) Windows
3 62 (1.67%) Unix
4 59 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 29 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 24 (0.64%) Android
7 21 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
8 12 (0.32%) Ubuntu
9 11 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
10 9 (0.24%) VMS
11 6 (0.16%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.081%) Debian
14 2 (0.054%) VxWorks
15 1 (0.027%) AIX
15 1 (0.027%) CentOS
15 1 (0.027%) Solaris
15 1 (0.027%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 733 (19.70%) Agile
2 711 (19.11%) Mentoring
3 626 (16.82%) Software Engineering
4 608 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 577 (15.51%) AI
6 561 (15.08%) CI/CD
7 484 (13.01%) DevOps
8 471 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
9 371 (9.97%) Coaching
10 355 (9.54%) Project Delivery
11 352 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
12 342 (9.19%) Decision-Making
13 330 (8.87%) Analytics
14 302 (8.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 254 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
16 248 (6.66%) Roadmaps
17 235 (6.32%) Test Automation
18 226 (6.07%) Infrastructure as Code
19 192 (5.16%) Technical Leadership
20 186 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 509 (13.68%) Python
2 409 (10.99%) SQL
3 269 (7.23%) C#
4 233 (6.26%) JavaScript
5 212 (5.70%) Java
6 203 (5.46%) TypeScript
7 137 (3.68%) PowerShell
8 96 (2.58%) C++
9 54 (1.45%) PL/SQL
10 52 (1.40%) Go
10 52 (1.40%) PHP
11 47 (1.26%) C
12 44 (1.18%) Kotlin
13 33 (0.89%) Bash
14 26 (0.70%) Bicep
15 23 (0.62%) Embedded C
16 21 (0.56%) R
16 21 (0.56%) Swift
17 20 (0.54%) Ruby
18 18 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 366 (9.84%) Degree
2 339 (9.11%) Security Cleared
3 288 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 97 (2.61%) CISSP
5 91 (2.45%) CISM
6 68 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 54 (1.45%) A+ Certification
7 54 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
8 52 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 50 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 49 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 43 (1.16%) DV Cleared
12 40 (1.07%) Master's Degree
13 38 (1.02%) HNC
14 37 (0.99%) AWS Certification
14 37 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
15 32 (0.86%) DBS Check
16 27 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
17 24 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 23 (0.62%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (6.21%) QA
2 123 (3.31%) Accessibility
3 103 (2.77%) Data Quality
4 80 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 66 (1.77%) GDPR
6 60 (1.61%) NIST
7 48 (1.29%) GRC
8 31 (0.83%) PMO
9 23 (0.62%) WCAG
10 22 (0.59%) SLA
11 20 (0.54%) NCSC
12 12 (0.32%) NIST 800
13 11 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 10 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.27%) COBIT
15 9 (0.24%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.21%) GxP
17 7 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 7 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 5 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 173 (4.65%) Docker
2 140 (3.76%) Active Directory
3 48 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 35 (0.94%) vSphere
6 26 (0.70%) Firmware
7 22 (0.59%) Hyper-V
8 16 (0.43%) VMware NSX
9 13 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
10 9 (0.24%) vCloud
11 7 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.081%) iptables
13 2 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.027%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.027%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.027%) GPFS
14 1 (0.027%) Lustre
14 1 (0.027%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.027%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 192 (5.16%) Kubernetes
2 104 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.07%) Ansible
4 23 (0.62%) Grafana
5 17 (0.46%) Argo
5 17 (0.46%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.16%) Avamar
8 6 (0.16%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.16%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.16%) VxRail
9 5 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.13%) Puppet
9 5 (0.13%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.11%) Istio
11 3 (0.081%) CASB
Vendors
1 465 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 122 (3.28%) Oracle
3 89 (2.39%) Adobe
4 82 (2.20%) Google
5 68 (1.83%) VMware
6 65 (1.75%) Cisco
7 62 (1.67%) Palo Alto
8 61 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 60 (1.61%) ServiceNow
10 54 (1.45%) CyberArk
11 53 (1.42%) SAP
12 47 (1.26%) Databricks
13 35 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
14 30 (0.81%) Apple
14 30 (0.81%) Informatica
14 30 (0.81%) OpenAI
15 28 (0.75%) Tenable
16 27 (0.73%) Pega
17 22 (0.59%) Dell
18 20 (0.54%) Veeam