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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 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 2,851 2,367 5,631
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.05% 17.82% 17.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.15% 19.18% 18.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,036 1,703 4,347
10th Percentile £47,500 £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 £106,250 £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 16,623 12,344 31,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 92.95% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,964 9,039 24,993
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,833
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,950 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 19 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 19 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.

1 585 (20.52%) Mentoring
2 576 (20.20%) Azure
3 549 (19.26%) Agile
4 483 (16.94%) AWS
5 421 (14.77%) Software Engineering
6 386 (13.54%) SQL
7 378 (13.26%) CI/CD
8 361 (12.66%) Coaching
9 360 (12.63%) DevOps
10 354 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
11 351 (12.31%) Microsoft
12 350 (12.28%) AI
13 320 (11.22%) Python
14 289 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 258 (9.05%) Roadmaps
16 257 (9.01%) Security Cleared
17 249 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
18 248 (8.70%) Degree
19 221 (7.75%) Java
20 219 (7.68%) Analytics
21 215 (7.54%) GCP
22 197 (6.91%) SC Cleared
23 195 (6.84%) .NET
24 193 (6.77%) Kubernetes
25 190 (6.66%) Test Automation
26 184 (6.45%) SaaS
27 180 (6.31%) Terraform
28 178 (6.24%) Stakeholder Management
29 171 (6.00%) Microservices
30 170 (5.96%) Docker

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 74 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (0.81%) Apache Spark
3 23 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (0.77%) CMS
4 22 (0.77%) Confluence
5 10 (0.35%) JBoss
5 10 (0.35%) WebSphere
6 9 (0.32%) Apache
7 7 (0.25%) IIS
7 7 (0.25%) WordPress
8 6 (0.21%) SAS
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.14%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.070%) nginx
12 2 (0.070%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.035%) Appian
13 1 (0.035%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 34 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.25%) Sketch
8 5 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.18%) DaVinci Resolve
9 4 (0.14%) InVision
9 4 (0.14%) Trello
10 3 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.11%) InDesign
10 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.11%) Weka
11 2 (0.070%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.070%) Maya
11 2 (0.070%) Revit
Business Applications
1 31 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
2 23 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 21 (0.74%) Oracle Assets
3 21 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
4 20 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
5 16 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
6 13 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
7 11 (0.39%) Visualfiles
8 10 (0.35%) Hyperion Planning
9 9 (0.32%) Cloudability
9 9 (0.32%) 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 (0.18%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.18%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 576 (20.20%) Azure
2 483 (16.94%) AWS
3 215 (7.54%) GCP
4 184 (6.45%) SaaS
5 114 (4.00%) GitHub
6 111 (3.89%) Power Platform
7 100 (3.51%) Entra ID
8 98 (3.44%) Serverless
9 96 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
9 96 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
10 51 (1.79%) Snowflake
11 48 (1.68%) dbt
12 42 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
12 42 (1.47%) PowerApps
13 41 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 39 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
15 38 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
16 36 (1.26%) GitHub Copilot
17 34 (1.19%) Figma
18 32 (1.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 117 (4.10%) Broadband
2 81 (2.84%) Firewall
3 56 (1.96%) VPN
4 53 (1.86%) DNS
5 50 (1.75%) WAN
6 45 (1.58%) DHCP
7 42 (1.47%) TCP/IP
8 33 (1.16%) SD-WAN
9 31 (1.09%) LAN
10 27 (0.95%) Network Security
11 21 (0.74%) BGP
11 21 (0.74%) 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 (0.39%) OSPF
15 9 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (0.32%) MPLS
16 8 (0.28%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (3.89%) SQL Server
2 83 (2.91%) Power BI
3 74 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
4 56 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (1.54%) Metadata
5 44 (1.54%) NoSQL
6 41 (1.44%) MongoDB
7 33 (1.16%) BigQuery
8 30 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 27 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 27 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 25 (0.88%) Tableau
12 24 (0.84%) OLTP
12 24 (0.84%) Redis
13 21 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 21 (0.74%) MySQL
14 18 (0.63%) Relational Database
14 18 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 81 (2.84%) Git
2 74 (2.60%) JIRA
3 56 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.33%) TeamCity
5 37 (1.30%) GitLab
6 29 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
7 20 (0.70%) Selenium
8 15 (0.53%) Claude Code
9 12 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.39%) Snyk
11 10 (0.35%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.35%) MLflow
12 9 (0.32%) Postman
13 8 (0.28%) JUnit
13 8 (0.28%) Subversion
14 7 (0.25%) JMeter
14 7 (0.25%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.25%) webpack
14 7 (0.25%) XCUITest
General
1 588 (20.62%) Finance
2 548 (19.22%) Social Skills
3 333 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 187 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 171 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (4.56%) Law
6 130 (4.56%) Marketing
7 122 (4.28%) Banking
8 101 (3.54%) Retail
9 97 (3.40%) Legal
10 87 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 72 (2.53%) Games
12 71 (2.49%) Telecoms
13 49 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 48 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
15 40 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
16 33 (1.16%) Financial Institution
17 27 (0.95%) Back Office
18 20 (0.70%) Electronics
18 20 (0.70%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (6.84%) .NET
2 137 (4.81%) React
3 123 (4.31%) REST
4 87 (3.05%) SOAP
5 79 (2.77%) Node.js
6 77 (2.70%) HTML
7 72 (2.53%) RESTful
8 65 (2.28%) GraphQL
9 64 (2.24%) OAuth
10 54 (1.89%) CSS
11 51 (1.79%) Spring
12 48 (1.68%) Kafka
13 44 (1.54%) OpenID
14 40 (1.40%) Spring Boot
15 38 (1.33%) SAML
16 36 (1.26%) .NET Core
17 32 (1.12%) LDAP
17 32 (1.12%) React Native
18 31 (1.09%) Django
19 30 (1.05%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 178 (6.24%) Cloud Native
2 98 (3.44%) Product Ownership
3 63 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
4 61 (2.14%) Onboarding
5 60 (2.10%) Social Media
6 56 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
7 55 (1.93%) Data Centre
8 50 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 47 (1.65%) Mobile App
10 41 (1.44%) Cyberattack
11 37 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 35 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
13 32 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
13 32 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
13 32 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
14 30 (1.05%) Data Structures
14 30 (1.05%) Management Information System
14 30 (1.05%) Over-the-Top Content
15 29 (1.02%) Driving Licence
15 29 (1.02%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 151 (5.30%) Linux
2 114 (4.00%) Windows
3 73 (2.56%) Android
4 61 (2.14%) Apple iOS
5 53 (1.86%) Windows Server
6 35 (1.23%) Unix
7 21 (0.74%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.32%) VMS
10 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.11%) CentOS
11 3 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.070%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.070%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.035%) AIX
13 1 (0.035%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (20.52%) Mentoring
2 549 (19.26%) Agile
3 421 (14.77%) Software Engineering
4 378 (13.26%) CI/CD
5 361 (12.66%) Coaching
6 360 (12.63%) DevOps
7 354 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
8 350 (12.28%) AI
9 289 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 258 (9.05%) Roadmaps
11 249 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
12 219 (7.68%) Analytics
13 190 (6.66%) Test Automation
14 178 (6.24%) Stakeholder Management
15 171 (6.00%) Microservices
16 168 (5.89%) Decision-Making
17 167 (5.86%) User Experience
18 151 (5.30%) Infrastructure as Code
19 150 (5.26%) Full-Stack Development
20 134 (4.70%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 386 (13.54%) SQL
2 320 (11.22%) Python
3 221 (7.75%) Java
4 156 (5.47%) C#
5 147 (5.16%) JavaScript
6 137 (4.81%) TypeScript
7 94 (3.30%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.53%) Go
9 69 (2.42%) Bash
9 69 (2.42%) C++
10 55 (1.93%) PHP
11 47 (1.65%) PL/SQL
12 46 (1.61%) Scala
13 38 (1.33%) T-SQL
14 37 (1.30%) Kotlin
15 36 (1.26%) C
16 23 (0.81%) Bicep
16 23 (0.81%) VBA
17 16 (0.56%) R
18 14 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 257 (9.01%) Security Cleared
2 248 (8.70%) Degree
3 197 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 81 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (1.68%) DV Cleared
6 38 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (1.26%) ACCA
7 36 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 30 (1.05%) CISSP
9 27 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (0.91%) CIMA
10 26 (0.91%) PMI Certification
11 25 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 20 (0.70%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (0.56%) CISM
15 15 (0.53%) CIPFA
15 15 (0.53%) CREST Certified
15 15 (0.53%) PhD
16 13 (0.46%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (3.23%) QA
2 70 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 62 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 58 (2.03%) NIST
5 51 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (1.44%) GDPR
7 31 (1.09%) NCSC
8 22 (0.77%) GRC
9 17 (0.60%) PMO
9 17 (0.60%) SLA
10 14 (0.49%) P3O
11 12 (0.42%) IFRS
12 11 (0.39%) IEC 61508
12 11 (0.39%) MISRA
12 11 (0.39%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 9 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 170 (5.96%) Docker
2 115 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 42 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.56%) VMware NSX
6 13 (0.46%) Firmware
6 13 (0.46%) vSphere
7 8 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.21%) vCloud
8 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.070%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.035%) Ceph
11 1 (0.035%) Lustre
11 1 (0.035%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.035%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 193 (6.77%) Kubernetes
2 180 (6.31%) Terraform
3 52 (1.82%) Grafana
4 44 (1.54%) Ansible
5 37 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 26 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (0.49%) SCCM
9 11 (0.39%) FortiGate
9 11 (0.39%) Functional Safety
10 9 (0.32%) Argo
11 7 (0.25%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.18%) Puppet
12 5 (0.18%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.14%) Istio
13 4 (0.14%) Plesk
14 3 (0.11%) cPanel
14 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 351 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 137 (4.81%) Oracle
3 84 (2.95%) Adobe
4 71 (2.49%) VMware
5 67 (2.35%) Databricks
6 65 (2.28%) Google
7 62 (2.17%) SAP
8 48 (1.68%) Cisco
9 47 (1.65%) Salesforce
10 37 (1.30%) ServiceNow
11 28 (0.98%) Apple
11 28 (0.98%) Palo Alto
12 25 (0.88%) Okta
13 20 (0.70%) Dell
14 14 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
15 13 (0.46%) Citrix
15 13 (0.46%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.42%) Samsung
16 12 (0.42%) SolarWinds
16 12 (0.42%) Splunk