Senior Software Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior Software Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Work from Home is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 212 138
Rank change year-on-year +107 -74 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 941 717 1,919
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.79% 1.66% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.91% 1.73% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 621 541 588
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,250 £57,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £98,355
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,387 41,467 65,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.98% 96.10% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,861 29,388 41,856
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Software Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior Software Engineer.

Senior Software Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior Software Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Senior Software Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 941 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 523 (55.58%) Agile
3 486 (51.65%) AWS
4 436 (46.33%) Python
5 399 (42.40%) Azure
6 373 (39.64%) JavaScript
7 352 (37.41%) .NET
8 349 (37.09%) React
9 290 (30.82%) DevOps
10 286 (30.39%) C#
11 284 (30.18%) Security Cleared
12 265 (28.16%) PostgreSQL
13 237 (25.19%) SC Cleared
14 229 (24.34%) .NET Core
15 221 (23.49%) Web Development
16 218 (23.17%) Actionable Insight
17 214 (22.74%) GeoServer
17 214 (22.74%) OpenLayers
17 214 (22.74%) QGIS
17 214 (22.74%) PostGIS
17 214 (22.74%) Leaflet
17 214 (22.74%) GIS
17 214 (22.74%) ESRI
17 214 (22.74%) ArcGIS
18 211 (22.42%) CSS
19 184 (19.55%) Linux
20 176 (18.70%) SQL
21 163 (17.32%) TypeScript
22 157 (16.68%) Java
23 153 (16.26%) Finance

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 214 (22.74%) ArcGIS
1 214 (22.74%) GeoServer
2 52 (5.53%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (4.36%) Apache
4 8 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.21%) Confluence
5 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 486 (51.65%) AWS
2 399 (42.40%) Azure
3 94 (9.99%) GCP
4 43 (4.57%) SaaS
5 38 (4.04%) dbt
6 34 (3.61%) Snowflake
7 28 (2.98%) Serverless
8 19 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.91%) GitHub
10 11 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (0.74%) Azure API Management
11 7 (0.74%) Azure Event Grid
11 7 (0.74%) Azure Functions
11 7 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (0.53%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.32%) OpenShift
15 2 (0.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 2 (0.21%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.44%) Wireless
2 22 (2.34%) Ethernet
3 19 (2.02%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.91%) RS-232
5 14 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.38%) Modbus
7 10 (1.06%) Network Security
8 7 (0.74%) HTTP
9 5 (0.53%) Internet
10 4 (0.43%) 5G
10 4 (0.43%) Profibus
10 4 (0.43%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.43%) WAN
11 1 (0.11%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (28.16%) PostgreSQL
2 214 (22.74%) GIS
2 214 (22.74%) QGIS
3 60 (6.38%) MySQL
4 45 (4.78%) NoSQL
5 41 (4.36%) MongoDB
6 38 (4.04%) Amazon Athena
6 38 (4.04%) Apache Arrow
6 38 (4.04%) Apache Ignite
6 38 (4.04%) Dremio
7 35 (3.72%) Data Lake
8 33 (3.51%) SQL Server
9 15 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (1.38%) Redis
11 8 (0.85%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.85%) SQLite
12 5 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.32%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.21%) Big Data
14 2 (0.21%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 41 (4.36%) Git
2 27 (2.87%) JIRA
3 24 (2.55%) GitLab
4 21 (2.23%) Subversion
5 20 (2.13%) Visual Studio
6 18 (1.91%) CMake
7 13 (1.38%) Jenkins
8 7 (0.74%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.53%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.43%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.43%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.32%) Maven
11 3 (0.32%) Postman
11 3 (0.32%) Selenium
11 3 (0.32%) Spinnaker
12 2 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.21%) JUnit
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
13 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 153 (16.26%) Finance
2 94 (9.99%) Front Office
3 56 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 49 (5.21%) Manufacturing
4 49 (5.21%) Social Skills
5 46 (4.89%) Banking
6 42 (4.46%) Back Office
7 38 (4.04%) Investment Banking
8 36 (3.83%) Public Sector
9 29 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
10 26 (2.76%) Games
11 25 (2.66%) Military
12 18 (1.91%) Electronics
13 16 (1.70%) Retail
14 15 (1.59%) Tech for Good
15 14 (1.49%) Automotive
16 11 (1.17%) Legal
17 10 (1.06%) Advertising
17 10 (1.06%) Health Technology
18 9 (0.96%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 352 (37.41%) .NET
2 349 (37.09%) React
3 229 (24.34%) .NET Core
4 214 (22.74%) Leaflet
4 214 (22.74%) OpenLayers
4 214 (22.74%) PostGIS
5 211 (22.42%) CSS
6 119 (12.65%) AngularJS
7 99 (10.52%) Vue
8 86 (9.14%) ASP.NET
9 69 (7.33%) RESTful
10 56 (5.95%) Django
11 54 (5.74%) ASP.NET Core
12 52 (5.53%) gRPC
12 52 (5.53%) Pandas
12 52 (5.53%) Protocol Buffers
13 45 (4.78%) HTML
14 44 (4.68%) .NET Framework
14 44 (4.68%) Redux
15 43 (4.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.20%) Derivative
1 96 (10.20%) Equities
1 96 (10.20%) Fixed Income
1 96 (10.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 81 (8.61%) Hedge funds
3 34 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
4 21 (2.23%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (2.13%) Algorithms
5 20 (2.13%) Device Driver
6 15 (1.59%) Virtual Team
7 14 (1.49%) Client/Server
8 12 (1.28%) Pricing Data
9 9 (0.96%) Data Structures
9 9 (0.96%) IoT
9 9 (0.96%) Mobile App
9 9 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (0.85%) Hackathon
11 7 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (0.74%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 184 (19.55%) Linux
2 65 (6.91%) Embedded Linux
3 60 (6.38%) Windows
4 48 (5.10%) Ubuntu
5 16 (1.70%) Android
6 12 (1.28%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.17%) Unix
8 9 (0.96%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.53%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 941 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 523 (55.58%) Agile
3 290 (30.82%) DevOps
4 221 (23.49%) Web Development
5 218 (23.17%) Actionable Insight
6 110 (11.69%) Microservices
7 95 (10.10%) Asset Management
8 91 (9.67%) Mentoring
9 86 (9.14%) TDD
10 80 (8.50%) Investment Management
11 77 (8.18%) Computer Science
12 69 (7.33%) Problem-Solving
13 68 (7.23%) Test Automation
14 57 (6.06%) Full Stack Development
15 56 (5.95%) CI/CD
16 54 (5.74%) Cybersecurity
17 52 (5.53%) Coaching
18 48 (5.10%) Multithreading
19 45 (4.78%) Design Patterns
20 44 (4.68%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 436 (46.33%) Python
2 373 (39.64%) JavaScript
3 286 (30.39%) C#
4 176 (18.70%) SQL
5 163 (17.32%) TypeScript
6 157 (16.68%) Java
7 120 (12.75%) C++
8 102 (10.84%) C
9 53 (5.63%) Embedded C
10 36 (3.83%) Bash
11 28 (2.98%) Rust
12 18 (1.91%) Go
13 17 (1.81%) Kotlin
14 14 (1.49%) PHP
15 13 (1.38%) T-SQL
16 12 (1.28%) Ruby
17 10 (1.06%) Scala
18 8 (0.85%) Ada
18 8 (0.85%) Shell Script
19 7 (0.74%) XAML
Qualifications
1 284 (30.18%) Security Cleared
2 237 (25.19%) SC Cleared
3 81 (8.61%) Degree
4 38 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.17%) Master's Degree
6 8 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.74%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.43%) HND
9 2 (0.21%) PhD
10 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.34%) Data Quality
2 7 (0.74%) QA
3 6 (0.64%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (0.43%) ISO 13485
4 4 (0.43%) PMO
5 2 (0.21%) SEPA
5 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 65 (6.91%) Docker
2 20 (2.13%) Firmware
3 6 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 35 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.98%) Terraform
3 2 (0.21%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.11%) Argo
4 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 214 (22.74%) ESRI
2 14 (1.49%) Microsoft
3 12 (1.28%) DevExpress
4 9 (0.96%) Dell
4 9 (0.96%) Xamarin
5 8 (0.85%) Google
6 5 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.43%) Apple
7 4 (0.43%) QNX
8 3 (0.32%) Databricks
9 2 (0.21%) IFS
9 2 (0.21%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle
10 1 (0.11%) Coverity
10 1 (0.11%) Klocwork
10 1 (0.11%) SAP
10 1 (0.11%) Thales