Software Developer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Developer salary in Work from Home is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 131 140
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 819 1,111 1,950
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.43% 2.68% 2.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% 2.79% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 718 978 1,314
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,830 £96,250 £79,880
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

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 32,404 39,812 66,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.99% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,887 28,282 41,688
10th Percentile £33,127 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £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 £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Developer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Software Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 441 (53.85%) C#
2 385 (47.01%) .NET
3 287 (35.04%) Agile
4 280 (34.19%) JavaScript
5 245 (29.91%) Software Engineering
6 231 (28.21%) Social Skills
7 215 (26.25%) Azure
8 214 (26.13%) SQL
9 199 (24.30%) AWS
10 181 (22.10%) DevOps
10 181 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
11 172 (21.00%) Java
12 164 (20.02%) SQL Server
13 161 (19.66%) Python
14 147 (17.95%) Finance
15 139 (16.97%) Degree
16 134 (16.36%) TypeScript
17 132 (16.12%) HTML
18 121 (14.77%) .NET Core
19 119 (14.53%) Full Stack Development
19 119 (14.53%) CSS
20 112 (13.68%) Computer Science
21 111 (13.55%) ASP.NET
22 109 (13.31%) React
23 108 (13.19%) .NET Framework
24 107 (13.06%) Microservices
25 101 (12.33%) MVC
26 99 (12.09%) Microsoft
27 92 (11.23%) AngularJS
27 92 (11.23%) Docker

Software Developer 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 65 (7.94%) Apache
2 55 (6.72%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.59%) CMS
3 13 (1.59%) Mendix
4 5 (0.61%) Drupal
4 5 (0.61%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.49%) IIS
5 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.49%) OpenEdge
6 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.24%) Confluence
8 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (1.71%) Simulink
2 1 (0.12%) Mathematica
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Shopify
2 2 (0.24%) Endur
2 2 (0.24%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 215 (26.25%) Azure
2 199 (24.30%) AWS
3 88 (10.74%) Azure DevOps
4 72 (8.79%) GCP
5 55 (6.72%) dbt
6 49 (5.98%) SaaS
7 44 (5.37%) Snowflake
8 39 (4.76%) Serverless
9 38 (4.64%) GitHub
10 21 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (2.20%) Power Platform
12 15 (1.83%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (0.85%) Amazon S3
15 7 (0.85%) Pulumi
16 6 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (0.73%) Azure Storage
16 6 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.47%) Internet
2 7 (0.85%) Network Security
2 7 (0.85%) Wireless
3 5 (0.61%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.49%) 4G
4 4 (0.49%) 5G
5 1 (0.12%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.12%) HTTP
5 1 (0.12%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (20.02%) SQL Server
2 56 (6.84%) MySQL
3 55 (6.72%) Amazon Athena
3 55 (6.72%) Apache Arrow
3 55 (6.72%) Apache Ignite
3 55 (6.72%) Dremio
4 40 (4.88%) Data Lake
5 23 (2.81%) Relational Database
6 20 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (2.32%) NoSQL
8 17 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (1.95%) DynamoDB
9 16 (1.95%) Redis
10 10 (1.22%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.85%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.61%) Power BI
15 3 (0.37%) Couchbase
15 3 (0.37%) DB2
Development Applications
1 85 (10.38%) Git
2 47 (5.74%) Visual Studio
3 29 (3.54%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.32%) JIRA
5 14 (1.71%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (1.59%) Selenium
7 12 (1.47%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
10 7 (0.85%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.85%) CMake
10 7 (0.85%) Jasmine
10 7 (0.85%) NUnit
11 6 (0.73%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.61%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.61%) Bugzilla
12 5 (0.61%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.61%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.49%) Maven
14 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 231 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 147 (17.95%) Finance
3 62 (7.57%) Banking
4 56 (6.84%) Front Office
4 56 (6.84%) Investment Banking
5 38 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (3.79%) Retail
7 30 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (3.30%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.69%) Marketing
10 18 (2.20%) Automotive
10 18 (2.20%) Electronics
11 17 (2.08%) Tech for Good
12 14 (1.71%) Law
13 13 (1.59%) Publishing
14 11 (1.34%) Fire and Rescue
14 11 (1.34%) Health Technology
14 11 (1.34%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.34%) Police
15 10 (1.22%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 385 (47.01%) .NET
2 132 (16.12%) HTML
3 121 (14.77%) .NET Core
4 119 (14.53%) CSS
5 111 (13.55%) ASP.NET
6 109 (13.31%) React
7 108 (13.19%) .NET Framework
8 92 (11.23%) AngularJS
9 69 (8.42%) Entity Framework
9 69 (8.42%) RESTful
10 61 (7.45%) Node.js
11 55 (6.72%) gRPC
11 55 (6.72%) NumPy
11 55 (6.72%) Pandas
11 55 (6.72%) Protocol Buffers
11 55 (6.72%) SciPy
12 39 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
12 39 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
13 37 (4.52%) Blazor
14 33 (4.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.59%) Fixed Income
2 51 (6.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 48 (5.86%) Derivative
3 48 (5.86%) Equities
3 48 (5.86%) Hedge funds
4 35 (4.27%) Mobile App
5 33 (4.03%) Greenfield Project
6 29 (3.54%) IoT
7 27 (3.30%) Client/Server
8 25 (3.05%) Algorithms
9 22 (2.69%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.71%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.22%) CUDA
13 10 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.22%) Podcast
14 8 (0.98%) Cloud Native
14 8 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
15 7 (0.85%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 60 (7.33%) Windows
2 58 (7.08%) Linux
3 39 (4.76%) Apple iOS
4 29 (3.54%) Android
5 14 (1.71%) Embedded Linux
5 14 (1.71%) Unix
6 7 (0.85%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.61%) Windows Mobile
8 2 (0.24%) AIX
8 2 (0.24%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (35.04%) Agile
2 245 (29.91%) Software Engineering
3 181 (22.10%) DevOps
3 181 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (14.53%) Full Stack Development
5 112 (13.68%) Computer Science
6 107 (13.06%) Microservices
7 101 (12.33%) MVC
8 78 (9.52%) CI/CD
9 69 (8.42%) Mentoring
9 69 (8.42%) Test Automation
10 68 (8.30%) Clean Code
11 66 (8.06%) Code Quality
11 66 (8.06%) SDLC
12 63 (7.69%) TDD
13 62 (7.57%) Unit Testing
14 61 (7.45%) Asset Management
15 56 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 55 (6.72%) Web Development
17 53 (6.47%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 441 (53.85%) C#
2 280 (34.19%) JavaScript
3 214 (26.13%) SQL
4 172 (21.00%) Java
5 161 (19.66%) Python
6 134 (16.36%) TypeScript
7 61 (7.45%) C
8 52 (6.35%) PHP
9 46 (5.62%) C++
10 39 (4.76%) VB.NET
11 35 (4.27%) Ruby
12 17 (2.08%) Go
13 12 (1.47%) PowerShell
14 11 (1.34%) Embedded C
15 10 (1.22%) Bicep
15 10 (1.22%) Kotlin
16 9 (1.10%) Scala
16 9 (1.10%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.85%) Perl
18 6 (0.73%) Rust
Qualifications
1 139 (16.97%) Degree
2 58 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (3.79%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 15 (1.83%) PhD
6 14 (1.71%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.98%) SC Cleared
9 6 (0.73%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.49%) CIPD
10 4 (0.49%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.37%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.37%) QA
2 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.24%) WCAG
4 1 (0.12%) GDPR
System Software
1 92 (11.23%) Docker
2 8 (0.98%) Firmware
3 7 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (8.42%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.08%) Terraform
3 10 (1.22%) Ansible
4 7 (0.85%) Kibana
4 7 (0.85%) MIIS
5 5 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.49%) Grafana
6 4 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 99 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.17%) Google
3 20 (2.44%) Xamarin
4 14 (1.71%) Oracle
4 14 (1.71%) Xilinx
5 10 (1.22%) Facebook
6 9 (1.10%) NVIDIA
7 5 (0.61%) HP
7 5 (0.61%) New Relic
7 5 (0.61%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.61%) Twitter
8 4 (0.49%) Databricks
8 4 (0.49%) Peregrine
8 4 (0.49%) Splunk
9 3 (0.37%) Rackspace
9 3 (0.37%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.24%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.24%) SAP
10 2 (0.24%) Sybase
10 2 (0.24%) TIBCO