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 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,649 2,454 5,119
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.59% 18.81% 16.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.62% 19.92% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,885 1,772 4,228
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £52,860
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,001 £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 15,942 12,321 29,330
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.44% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,910 8,879 24,249
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £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 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 24 March 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 24 March 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.

1 570 (21.52%) Azure
2 537 (20.27%) Agile
3 536 (20.23%) Mentoring
4 454 (17.14%) AWS
5 386 (14.57%) Software Engineering
6 379 (14.31%) SQL
7 377 (14.23%) CI/CD
8 352 (13.29%) Coaching
9 347 (13.10%) DevOps
10 330 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
11 321 (12.12%) Microsoft
12 315 (11.89%) AI
13 314 (11.85%) Python
14 297 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
15 258 (9.74%) Degree
16 239 (9.02%) Security Cleared
17 229 (8.64%) Roadmaps
18 222 (8.38%) Analytics
19 219 (8.27%) Java
20 208 (7.85%) Cybersecurity
21 206 (7.78%) .NET
22 205 (7.74%) SaaS
23 204 (7.70%) GCP
24 193 (7.29%) Test Automation
25 192 (7.25%) Kubernetes
26 187 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
27 174 (6.57%) Docker
28 173 (6.53%) Microservices
28 173 (6.53%) Terraform
29 172 (6.49%) SC Cleared

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 62 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.87%) WordPress
5 22 (0.83%) Confluence
6 21 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 18 (0.68%) CMS
8 12 (0.45%) Apache
9 11 (0.42%) JBoss
9 11 (0.42%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.23%) SAS
11 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.19%) IIS
12 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.076%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.076%) nginx
14 1 (0.038%) Anypoint
14 1 (0.038%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
5 9 (0.34%) InDesign
6 7 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.23%) Sketch
8 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.11%) InVision
9 3 (0.11%) Trello
9 3 (0.11%) Weka
10 2 (0.076%) Maya
10 2 (0.076%) MotionBuilder
10 2 (0.076%) Revit
11 1 (0.038%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.038%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.038%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.038%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 27 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
2 26 (0.98%) Oracle Financials
3 23 (0.87%) Shopify
4 21 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
4 21 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
6 16 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
7 12 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.42%) Visualfiles
9 10 (0.38%) Hyperion Planning
10 7 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
11 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
11 6 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
12 5 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
12 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
12 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
12 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
12 5 (0.19%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 570 (21.52%) Azure
2 454 (17.14%) AWS
3 205 (7.74%) SaaS
4 204 (7.70%) GCP
5 114 (4.30%) GitHub
6 112 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 106 (4.00%) Entra ID
8 101 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
9 95 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
10 85 (3.21%) Serverless
11 58 (2.19%) dbt
12 56 (2.11%) Snowflake
13 44 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
14 40 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
15 39 (1.47%) PowerApps
16 36 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
16 36 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
17 33 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
17 33 (1.25%) GitHub Copilot
18 32 (1.21%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 109 (4.11%) Broadband
2 69 (2.60%) Firewall
3 47 (1.77%) VPN
4 45 (1.70%) WAN
5 43 (1.62%) DNS
6 40 (1.51%) TCP/IP
7 37 (1.40%) DHCP
8 29 (1.09%) SD-WAN
9 27 (1.02%) Network Security
10 26 (0.98%) LAN
11 18 (0.68%) Ethernet
12 17 (0.64%) Wireless
13 16 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (0.57%) BGP
14 15 (0.57%) RS-232
15 12 (0.45%) HTTP
15 12 (0.45%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (0.34%) OSPF
17 7 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 83 (3.13%) Power BI
3 72 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (1.59%) Metadata
5 42 (1.59%) NoSQL
6 34 (1.28%) Data Lake
6 34 (1.28%) MongoDB
7 31 (1.17%) BigQuery
8 27 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
8 27 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
9 26 (0.98%) Tableau
10 25 (0.94%) MySQL
10 25 (0.94%) Redis
11 23 (0.87%) OLTP
12 20 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 18 (0.68%) DynamoDB
14 16 (0.60%) Looker
14 16 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 77 (2.91%) JIRA
2 75 (2.83%) Git
3 63 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.43%) TeamCity
5 33 (1.25%) Oracle Forms
6 27 (1.02%) GitLab
7 22 (0.83%) Selenium
8 15 (0.57%) Claude Code
9 11 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.38%) MLflow
11 9 (0.34%) Postman
12 8 (0.30%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.30%) JUnit
12 8 (0.30%) Subversion
12 8 (0.30%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.30%) webpack
13 7 (0.26%) git-flow
13 7 (0.26%) JMeter
13 7 (0.26%) SoapUI
General
1 572 (21.59%) Finance
2 533 (20.12%) Social Skills
3 288 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 167 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 165 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (4.91%) Marketing
7 126 (4.76%) Law
8 113 (4.27%) Retail
9 103 (3.89%) Banking
10 84 (3.17%) Legal
11 81 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
12 75 (2.83%) Telecoms
13 73 (2.76%) Games
14 43 (1.62%) Financial Institution
15 40 (1.51%) Manufacturing
15 40 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (0.98%) Back Office
18 20 (0.76%) Publishing
19 18 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (7.78%) .NET
2 132 (4.98%) React
3 116 (4.38%) REST
4 99 (3.74%) SOAP
5 83 (3.13%) HTML
6 77 (2.91%) RESTful
7 67 (2.53%) Node.js
8 66 (2.49%) GraphQL
9 64 (2.42%) OAuth
10 58 (2.19%) CSS
11 54 (2.04%) Spring
12 51 (1.93%) Kafka
13 44 (1.66%) OpenID
14 42 (1.59%) Spring Boot
15 39 (1.47%) SAML
16 35 (1.32%) .NET Core
17 34 (1.28%) LDAP
18 33 (1.25%) XML
19 31 (1.17%) Django
20 27 (1.02%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 174 (6.57%) Cloud Native
2 94 (3.55%) Product Ownership
3 82 (3.10%) Onboarding
4 63 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (2.34%) Social Media
6 53 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 41 (1.55%) Cyberattack
8 40 (1.51%) Mobile App
8 40 (1.51%) Public Cloud
9 38 (1.43%) Data Centre
10 36 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 35 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
12 32 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
12 32 (1.21%) Security Posture
13 30 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
14 29 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
15 28 (1.06%) Low-Code
16 27 (1.02%) Data Structures
17 25 (0.94%) Management Information System
18 24 (0.91%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 142 (5.36%) Linux
2 95 (3.59%) Windows
3 68 (2.57%) Android
4 56 (2.11%) Apple iOS
5 46 (1.74%) Windows Server
6 31 (1.17%) Unix
7 24 (0.91%) Windows 10
8 13 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
9 12 (0.45%) VMS
10 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.076%) CentOS
12 2 (0.076%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (20.27%) Agile
2 536 (20.23%) Mentoring
3 386 (14.57%) Software Engineering
4 377 (14.23%) CI/CD
5 352 (13.29%) Coaching
6 347 (13.10%) DevOps
7 330 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
8 315 (11.89%) AI
9 297 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 229 (8.64%) Roadmaps
11 222 (8.38%) Analytics
12 208 (7.85%) Cybersecurity
13 193 (7.29%) Test Automation
14 187 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 173 (6.53%) Microservices
16 156 (5.89%) User Experience
17 149 (5.62%) Full-Stack Development
18 146 (5.51%) Decision-Making
19 141 (5.32%) Infrastructure as Code
20 136 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 379 (14.31%) SQL
2 314 (11.85%) Python
3 219 (8.27%) Java
4 163 (6.15%) C#
5 148 (5.59%) JavaScript
6 130 (4.91%) TypeScript
7 82 (3.10%) PowerShell
8 71 (2.68%) Go
9 68 (2.57%) Bash
10 64 (2.42%) C++
11 51 (1.93%) PHP
12 50 (1.89%) PL/SQL
13 46 (1.74%) Scala
14 37 (1.40%) T-SQL
15 35 (1.32%) Kotlin
16 30 (1.13%) C
17 22 (0.83%) Bicep
18 20 (0.76%) VBA
19 14 (0.53%) Ruby
19 14 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 258 (9.74%) Degree
2 239 (9.02%) Security Cleared
3 172 (6.49%) SC Cleared
4 80 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.51%) ACCA
6 40 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.21%) CISSP
8 26 (0.98%) PMI Certification
9 24 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 21 (0.79%) CIMA
12 18 (0.68%) CISM
13 17 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.57%) PhD
15 14 (0.53%) AWS Certification
15 14 (0.53%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.45%) OSCP
17 11 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (3.55%) QA
2 59 (2.23%) Accessibility
3 58 (2.19%) NIST
4 57 (2.15%) Data Quality
4 57 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (1.74%) GDPR
6 33 (1.25%) NCSC
7 20 (0.76%) IFRS
8 17 (0.64%) PMO
9 14 (0.53%) P3O
10 13 (0.49%) GRC
11 11 (0.42%) IEC 61508
11 11 (0.42%) MISRA
11 11 (0.42%) MISRA C
11 11 (0.42%) SLA
12 9 (0.34%) GAAP
12 9 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 9 (0.34%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.34%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 174 (6.57%) Docker
2 112 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.45%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.34%) Firmware
7 7 (0.26%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.26%) vSphere
8 4 (0.15%) vCloud
9 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.076%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.038%) Ceph
11 1 (0.038%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.038%) Lustre
11 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 192 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 173 (6.53%) Terraform
3 53 (2.00%) Grafana
4 43 (1.62%) Ansible
5 42 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 30 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (0.87%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.49%) SCCM
9 11 (0.42%) Functional Safety
10 10 (0.38%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.23%) 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%) Plesk
15 2 (0.076%) Nagios
Vendors
1 321 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 130 (4.91%) Oracle
3 74 (2.79%) Databricks
4 65 (2.45%) Google
5 62 (2.34%) VMware
6 59 (2.23%) Adobe
7 52 (1.96%) Cisco
8 51 (1.93%) SAP
9 48 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 26 (0.98%) Okta
11 24 (0.91%) ServiceNow
12 19 (0.72%) Apple
13 17 (0.64%) Dell
14 15 (0.57%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.53%) Screaming Frog
16 13 (0.49%) Fortinet
17 12 (0.45%) Samsung
17 12 (0.45%) Workday
18 11 (0.42%) Hootsuite
18 11 (0.42%) Meraki