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 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 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 2,674 2,404 5,188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.85% 18.73% 16.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.91% 19.91% 17.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,913 1,743 4,281
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,750
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 £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 15,809 12,076 29,857
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 94.11% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,321 8,912 24,562
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £32,754
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £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 £54,995
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.10% -8.34%

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 3 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 3 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.

1 563 (21.05%) Azure
2 538 (20.12%) Mentoring
3 534 (19.97%) Agile
4 461 (17.24%) AWS
5 400 (14.96%) Software Engineering
6 379 (14.17%) SQL
7 369 (13.80%) CI/CD
8 347 (12.98%) Coaching
8 347 (12.98%) DevOps
9 334 (12.49%) Microsoft
10 328 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
11 320 (11.97%) AI
12 309 (11.56%) Python
13 285 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 253 (9.46%) Degree
15 250 (9.35%) Security Cleared
16 240 (8.98%) Roadmaps
17 220 (8.23%) Analytics
18 219 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
19 217 (8.12%) Java
20 207 (7.74%) GCP
21 205 (7.67%) .NET
22 202 (7.55%) SaaS
23 192 (7.18%) Kubernetes
24 187 (6.99%) SC Cleared
25 186 (6.96%) Test Automation
26 178 (6.66%) Stakeholder Management
27 173 (6.47%) Microservices
28 172 (6.43%) Docker
29 169 (6.32%) 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 67 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 21 (0.79%) Confluence
4 21 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (0.75%) CMS
6 16 (0.60%) WordPress
7 12 (0.45%) Apache
8 11 (0.41%) JBoss
8 11 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.22%) IIS
9 6 (0.22%) SAS
10 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.075%) nginx
12 2 (0.075%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.037%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.037%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 44 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.34%) InDesign
6 7 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.26%) Sketch
7 4 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.15%) InVision
7 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.11%) Trello
8 3 (0.11%) Weka
9 2 (0.075%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.075%) DaVinci Resolve
9 2 (0.075%) Maya
9 2 (0.075%) MotionBuilder
9 2 (0.075%) Revit
10 1 (0.037%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.037%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
2 23 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
3 21 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
3 21 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
4 20 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
5 18 (0.67%) Shopify
6 16 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
7 13 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.41%) Visualfiles
9 10 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
9 10 (0.37%) Hyperion Planning
10 6 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.22%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.19%) Magento
11 5 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 563 (21.05%) Azure
2 461 (17.24%) AWS
3 207 (7.74%) GCP
4 202 (7.55%) SaaS
5 113 (4.23%) Power Platform
6 106 (3.96%) GitHub
7 100 (3.74%) Entra ID
8 98 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
9 91 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (3.25%) Serverless
11 53 (1.98%) dbt
12 52 (1.94%) Snowflake
13 43 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
14 40 (1.50%) PowerApps
15 39 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
16 37 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
17 36 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
18 33 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
19 32 (1.20%) Figma
19 32 (1.20%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 113 (4.23%) Broadband
2 74 (2.77%) Firewall
3 52 (1.94%) VPN
4 46 (1.72%) WAN
5 45 (1.68%) DNS
6 40 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 38 (1.42%) DHCP
8 32 (1.20%) SD-WAN
9 29 (1.08%) LAN
10 27 (1.01%) Network Security
11 19 (0.71%) Ethernet
11 19 (0.71%) Wireless
12 18 (0.67%) BGP
13 17 (0.64%) RS-232
13 17 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (0.60%) HTTP
15 13 (0.49%) Unified Communications
16 10 (0.37%) OSPF
17 9 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
18 8 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 85 (3.18%) Power BI
3 66 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (1.61%) Metadata
5 43 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 34 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 33 (1.23%) BigQuery
8 32 (1.20%) Data Lake
9 28 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 28 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
10 27 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
11 26 (0.97%) Redis
12 25 (0.93%) Tableau
13 23 (0.86%) OLTP
14 22 (0.82%) MySQL
14 22 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (0.64%) DynamoDB
15 17 (0.64%) Looker
15 17 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 77 (2.88%) Git
2 70 (2.62%) JIRA
3 57 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.42%) TeamCity
5 29 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
6 28 (1.05%) GitLab
7 21 (0.79%) Selenium
8 15 (0.56%) Claude Code
9 12 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.37%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.37%) MLflow
11 8 (0.30%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.30%) JUnit
11 8 (0.30%) Postman
11 8 (0.30%) Subversion
11 8 (0.30%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.30%) webpack
12 7 (0.26%) JMeter
12 7 (0.26%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.22%) Babel
General
1 559 (20.91%) Finance
2 529 (19.78%) Social Skills
3 304 (11.37%) Public Sector
4 166 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 130 (4.86%) Marketing
6 126 (4.71%) Law
7 114 (4.26%) Banking
8 112 (4.19%) Retail
9 88 (3.29%) Legal
10 83 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
11 74 (2.77%) Games
12 73 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 43 (1.61%) Manufacturing
14 40 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 35 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (1.27%) Financial Institution
17 26 (0.97%) Back Office
18 20 (0.75%) Publishing
19 18 (0.67%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (7.67%) .NET
2 135 (5.05%) React
3 116 (4.34%) REST
4 89 (3.33%) SOAP
5 83 (3.10%) HTML
6 75 (2.80%) RESTful
7 70 (2.62%) Node.js
8 66 (2.47%) GraphQL
9 62 (2.32%) OAuth
10 58 (2.17%) CSS
11 53 (1.98%) Spring
12 50 (1.87%) Kafka
13 44 (1.65%) OpenID
14 41 (1.53%) Spring Boot
15 37 (1.38%) SAML
16 36 (1.35%) .NET Core
17 32 (1.20%) Django
17 32 (1.20%) LDAP
18 30 (1.12%) XML
19 26 (0.97%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 168 (6.28%) Cloud Native
2 90 (3.37%) Product Ownership
3 76 (2.84%) Onboarding
4 65 (2.43%) Social Media
5 63 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
6 55 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
7 44 (1.65%) Public Cloud
8 42 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 42 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 41 (1.53%) Cyberattack
10 35 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
11 32 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
12 31 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
13 29 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
13 29 (1.08%) Security Posture
14 28 (1.05%) Data Structures
14 28 (1.05%) Low-Code
14 28 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
15 27 (1.01%) Over-the-Top Content
16 26 (0.97%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 141 (5.27%) Linux
2 99 (3.70%) Windows
3 69 (2.58%) Android
4 57 (2.13%) Apple iOS
5 48 (1.80%) Windows Server
6 30 (1.12%) Unix
7 24 (0.90%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
9 10 (0.37%) VMS
10 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.075%) CentOS
12 2 (0.075%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.037%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (20.12%) Mentoring
2 534 (19.97%) Agile
3 400 (14.96%) Software Engineering
4 369 (13.80%) CI/CD
5 347 (12.98%) Coaching
5 347 (12.98%) DevOps
6 328 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
7 320 (11.97%) AI
8 285 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 240 (8.98%) Roadmaps
10 220 (8.23%) Analytics
11 219 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
12 186 (6.96%) Test Automation
13 178 (6.66%) Stakeholder Management
14 173 (6.47%) Microservices
15 159 (5.95%) User Experience
16 150 (5.61%) Decision-Making
16 150 (5.61%) Full-Stack Development
17 141 (5.27%) Infrastructure as Code
18 140 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 379 (14.17%) SQL
2 309 (11.56%) Python
3 217 (8.12%) Java
4 162 (6.06%) C#
5 151 (5.65%) JavaScript
6 137 (5.12%) TypeScript
7 83 (3.10%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.69%) Go
9 67 (2.51%) Bash
10 66 (2.47%) C++
11 52 (1.94%) PHP
12 47 (1.76%) Scala
13 46 (1.72%) PL/SQL
14 37 (1.38%) T-SQL
15 36 (1.35%) Kotlin
16 32 (1.20%) C
17 21 (0.79%) Bicep
17 21 (0.79%) VBA
18 17 (0.64%) R
19 14 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 253 (9.46%) Degree
2 250 (9.35%) Security Cleared
3 187 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 79 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.46%) ACCA
8 33 (1.23%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.20%) CISSP
10 25 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 24 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (0.86%) CIMA
12 23 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.67%) CISM
14 17 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.56%) AWS Certification
15 15 (0.56%) PhD
16 14 (0.52%) CREST Certified
17 12 (0.45%) CIPFA
17 12 (0.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (3.44%) QA
2 63 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 62 (2.32%) Data Quality
4 60 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 57 (2.13%) NIST
6 44 (1.65%) GDPR
7 32 (1.20%) NCSC
8 18 (0.67%) IFRS
9 17 (0.64%) PMO
10 15 (0.56%) GRC
11 14 (0.52%) P3O
12 13 (0.49%) SLA
13 11 (0.41%) IEC 61508
13 11 (0.41%) MISRA
13 11 (0.41%) MISRA C
14 10 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.34%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.34%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.30%) GAAP
System Software
1 172 (6.43%) Docker
2 109 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.45%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.41%) Firmware
7 7 (0.26%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.26%) vSphere
8 4 (0.15%) vCloud
8 4 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.037%) Ceph
10 1 (0.037%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.037%) Lustre
10 1 (0.037%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 192 (7.18%) Kubernetes
2 169 (6.32%) Terraform
3 52 (1.94%) Grafana
4 42 (1.57%) Ansible
5 40 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (0.90%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.49%) SCCM
9 11 (0.41%) Functional Safety
10 10 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.26%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.19%) Puppet
13 4 (0.15%) Argo
13 4 (0.15%) Istio
14 3 (0.11%) Control-M
14 3 (0.11%) cPanel
14 3 (0.11%) FlexNet
14 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.11%) Plesk
Vendors
1 334 (12.49%) Microsoft
2 129 (4.82%) Oracle
3 73 (2.73%) Databricks
4 71 (2.66%) Adobe
5 67 (2.51%) Google
6 65 (2.43%) VMware
7 55 (2.06%) Cisco
8 53 (1.98%) SAP
9 42 (1.57%) Salesforce
10 24 (0.90%) ServiceNow
11 23 (0.86%) Okta
12 21 (0.79%) Apple
13 19 (0.71%) Palo Alto
14 16 (0.60%) Dell
15 13 (0.49%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.45%) Meraki
16 12 (0.45%) Samsung
17 11 (0.41%) Hootsuite
17 11 (0.41%) Instagram
17 11 (0.41%) Wrike