Hybrid/Remote Senior Job Trends

Senior
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,014 3,639 3,617
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.87% 18.29% 16.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.72% 18.93% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,477 2,337 3,032
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,818 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £81,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,682 19,223 20,992
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 96.64% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9,133 12,023 17,121
10th Percentile £29,520 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +0.19%
75th Percentile £77,284 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025, 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.

1 528 (26.22%) Agile
2 468 (23.24%) Azure
3 415 (20.61%) AWS
4 362 (17.97%) Python
5 335 (16.63%) SQL
6 321 (15.94%) Mentoring
7 311 (15.44%) CI/CD
8 298 (14.80%) DevOps
9 287 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
10 269 (13.36%) Microsoft
11 268 (13.31%) Software Engineering
12 227 (11.27%) Degree
13 224 (11.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 218 (10.82%) JavaScript
15 206 (10.23%) TypeScript
16 194 (9.63%) C#
17 193 (9.58%) Java
18 186 (9.24%) AI
19 181 (8.99%) Analytics
20 178 (8.84%) .NET
21 177 (8.79%) Coaching
22 161 (7.99%) Asset Management
22 161 (7.99%) React
22 161 (7.99%) Terraform
23 152 (7.55%) Security Cleared
24 146 (7.25%) SaaS
25 139 (6.90%) Kubernetes
26 129 (6.41%) Microservices
27 126 (6.26%) Roadmaps
27 126 (6.26%) Test Automation

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 69 (3.43%) Apache Airflow
2 68 (3.38%) Apache
3 42 (2.09%) SharePoint
4 27 (1.34%) IIS
5 24 (1.19%) Confluence
6 23 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 18 (0.89%) WordPress
8 14 (0.70%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.40%) Headless CMS
10 7 (0.35%) Appian
11 6 (0.30%) JBoss
11 6 (0.30%) WebSphere
12 5 (0.25%) CMS
13 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.20%) SAS
14 3 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
15 2 (0.099%) Anypoint
15 2 (0.099%) HCL Notes
15 2 (0.099%) nginx
15 2 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 58 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.50%) InDesign
5 8 (0.40%) Maya
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.35%) MotionBuilder
6 7 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.15%) Sketch
9 2 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.099%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.099%) OrCAD
9 2 (0.099%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.099%) Simulink
9 2 (0.099%) Trello
10 1 (0.050%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.050%) Blender
10 1 (0.050%) Weka
Business Applications
1 28 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
2 23 (1.14%) Shopify
3 21 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
4 17 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
4 17 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
4 17 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
5 16 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
6 14 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.40%) Hyperion Planning
7 8 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
7 8 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 8 (0.40%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.40%) SAP FI
7 8 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.40%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.30%) NEC Housing
9 5 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 468 (23.24%) Azure
2 415 (20.61%) AWS
3 146 (7.25%) SaaS
4 119 (5.91%) GCP
5 117 (5.81%) GitHub
5 117 (5.81%) Power Platform
6 105 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
7 102 (5.06%) Snowflake
8 96 (4.77%) Serverless
9 95 (4.72%) dbt
10 81 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
11 70 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
12 60 (2.98%) Entra ID
13 48 (2.38%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
15 40 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
16 35 (1.74%) PowerApps
17 33 (1.64%) Power Automate
18 32 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
19 30 (1.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.13%) Firewall
2 39 (1.94%) Network Security
3 38 (1.89%) VPN
4 35 (1.74%) Broadband
5 31 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 29 (1.44%) DNS
6 29 (1.44%) WAN
7 27 (1.34%) LAN
8 22 (1.09%) Unified Communications
9 17 (0.84%) BGP
10 14 (0.70%) DHCP
11 13 (0.65%) Ethernet
11 13 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.50%) OSPF
12 10 (0.50%) RS-232
12 10 (0.50%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.50%) Wireless
13 7 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (0.35%) MPLS
13 7 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (5.26%) Data Lake
2 89 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 84 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 84 (4.17%) Power BI
4 64 (3.18%) Amazon Athena
5 59 (2.93%) Apache Arrow
5 59 (2.93%) Apache Iceberg
5 59 (2.93%) Apache Ignite
5 59 (2.93%) Dremio
6 51 (2.53%) NoSQL
7 49 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
8 45 (2.23%) DynamoDB
9 35 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (1.54%) MongoDB
10 31 (1.54%) MySQL
11 27 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
13 20 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 20 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 18 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 77 (3.82%) Git
2 69 (3.43%) JIRA
3 50 (2.48%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.49%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (1.29%) Selenium
6 21 (1.04%) GitLab
7 20 (0.99%) TeamCity
8 17 (0.84%) Cypress.io
9 16 (0.79%) Postman
10 11 (0.55%) WebDriver
11 10 (0.50%) SoapUI
12 9 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
13 8 (0.40%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.35%) git-flow
14 7 (0.35%) JUnit
15 6 (0.30%) Babel
15 6 (0.30%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.30%) Jasmine
15 6 (0.30%) NUnit
15 6 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 518 (25.72%) Finance
2 479 (23.78%) Social Skills
3 159 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 157 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
5 139 (6.90%) Banking
6 112 (5.56%) Retail
7 88 (4.37%) Public Sector
8 84 (4.17%) Front Office
9 82 (4.07%) Marketing
10 71 (3.53%) Law
11 64 (3.18%) Investment Banking
11 64 (3.18%) Legal
12 58 (2.88%) Telecoms
13 52 (2.58%) Games
14 49 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (1.89%) Financial Institution
15 38 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.44%) Advertising
17 26 (1.29%) Electronics
18 24 (1.19%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (8.84%) .NET
2 161 (7.99%) React
3 88 (4.37%) HTML
4 86 (4.27%) RESTful
5 73 (3.62%) gRPC
5 73 (3.62%) REST
6 72 (3.57%) CSS
7 62 (3.08%) Pandas
8 61 (3.03%) SOAP
9 60 (2.98%) NumPy
10 59 (2.93%) Protocol Buffers
10 59 (2.93%) SciPy
11 58 (2.88%) Node.js
12 49 (2.43%) GraphQL
13 38 (1.89%) Spring
14 36 (1.79%) AngularJS
15 32 (1.59%) .NET Core
15 32 (1.59%) .NET Framework
15 32 (1.59%) Spring Boot
16 31 (1.54%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 117 (5.81%) Cloud Native
2 92 (4.57%) Onboarding
3 74 (3.67%) Product Ownership
4 72 (3.57%) Derivative
5 65 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 62 (3.08%) Hedge funds
7 61 (3.03%) Fixed Income
8 59 (2.93%) Equities
8 59 (2.93%) Pricing Data
9 48 (2.38%) Data Centre
10 46 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
11 44 (2.18%) Management Information System
12 35 (1.74%) Social Media
13 29 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
14 28 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
15 24 (1.19%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.14%) Driving Licence
16 23 (1.14%) FPGA
17 19 (0.94%) NHS
17 19 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 83 (4.12%) Linux
2 77 (3.82%) Windows
3 37 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 32 (1.59%) Unix
5 29 (1.44%) Android
6 28 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.50%) VMS
8 6 (0.30%) CentOS
8 6 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.20%) HPUX
10 4 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.099%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.050%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (26.22%) Agile
2 321 (15.94%) Mentoring
3 311 (15.44%) CI/CD
4 298 (14.80%) DevOps
5 287 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
6 268 (13.31%) Software Engineering
7 224 (11.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 186 (9.24%) AI
9 181 (8.99%) Analytics
10 177 (8.79%) Coaching
11 161 (7.99%) Asset Management
12 129 (6.41%) Microservices
13 126 (6.26%) Roadmaps
13 126 (6.26%) Test Automation
14 124 (6.16%) Cybersecurity
15 121 (6.01%) Business Intelligence
16 120 (5.96%) Decision-Making
16 120 (5.96%) Infrastructure as Code
17 117 (5.81%) Clean Code
18 116 (5.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 362 (17.97%) Python
2 335 (16.63%) SQL
3 218 (10.82%) JavaScript
4 206 (10.23%) TypeScript
5 194 (9.63%) C#
6 193 (9.58%) Java
7 68 (3.38%) PowerShell
8 41 (2.04%) Bash
9 34 (1.69%) Go
10 32 (1.59%) C++
11 26 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 24 (1.19%) PHP
13 21 (1.04%) Bicep
13 21 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 20 (0.99%) Kotlin
15 18 (0.89%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.79%) Ruby
17 15 (0.74%) Scala
18 13 (0.65%) C
19 12 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 227 (11.27%) Degree
2 152 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 117 (5.81%) SC Cleared
4 63 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (2.48%) ACCA
6 43 (2.14%) AWS Certification
7 42 (2.09%) CISSP
8 38 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (1.79%) DV Cleared
10 35 (1.74%) Azure Certification
11 30 (1.49%) CISM
12 28 (1.39%) CIMA
13 24 (1.19%) CCNP
14 22 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
15 18 (0.89%) AAT
16 17 (0.84%) CESG Certified Professional
17 16 (0.79%) CCNA
17 16 (0.79%) CISMP
17 16 (0.79%) IISP
18 15 (0.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (4.82%) QA
2 70 (3.48%) Accessibility
3 69 (3.43%) GDPR
4 51 (2.53%) NIST
5 44 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.34%) PMO
7 25 (1.24%) NCSC
8 20 (0.99%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.84%) IFRS
9 17 (0.84%) NIST 800
10 16 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 16 (0.79%) JSP 440
10 16 (0.79%) RMADS
11 15 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.55%) GRC
12 11 (0.55%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.45%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.40%) WCAG
15 6 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.25%) GAAP
System Software
1 117 (5.81%) Docker
2 60 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.60%) Firmware
5 11 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.45%) vSphere
7 4 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.099%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.099%) pfSense
9 2 (0.099%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.050%) Ceph
10 1 (0.050%) Lustre
10 1 (0.050%) vCloud
10 1 (0.050%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 161 (7.99%) Terraform
2 139 (6.90%) Kubernetes
3 53 (2.63%) Ansible
4 44 (2.18%) Grafana
5 33 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 30 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.70%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.25%) Argo
9 4 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.20%) Nessus
10 3 (0.15%) SCOM
11 2 (0.099%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.099%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.099%) SCCM
12 1 (0.050%) cPanel
12 1 (0.050%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.050%) Icinga
12 1 (0.050%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.050%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 269 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 92 (4.57%) Oracle
3 61 (3.03%) Databricks
4 56 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 54 (2.68%) Cisco
6 50 (2.48%) SAP
7 48 (2.38%) Google
8 39 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 38 (1.89%) VMware
10 28 (1.39%) Adobe
11 19 (0.94%) Workday
12 17 (0.84%) Okta
13 16 (0.79%) Apple
14 14 (0.70%) Xero
15 13 (0.65%) EMC
15 13 (0.65%) Meraki
15 13 (0.65%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.65%) Screaming Frog
16 12 (0.60%) Sage
17 10 (0.50%) Infor