Software Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Engineer salary in Work from Home is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 36 31
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2,331 3,054 6,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.89% 7.18% 8.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.18% 7.48% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,708 1,846 2,105
10th Percentile £41,425 £43,750 £40,399
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £71,450 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +9.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.60% +6.84% +13.04%

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 32,479 40,829 66,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.03% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,933 29,012 42,088
10th Percentile £33,036 £36,532 £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 £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Software Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Software Engineer.

Software Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Software Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2,317 (99.40%) Software Engineering
2 978 (41.96%) Agile
3 972 (41.70%) Python
4 947 (40.63%) AWS
5 736 (31.57%) JavaScript
6 631 (27.07%) Azure
7 625 (26.81%) Java
8 611 (26.21%) React
9 584 (25.05%) C#
10 572 (24.54%) .NET
11 493 (21.15%) DevOps
12 441 (18.92%) Security Cleared
13 400 (17.16%) Linux
14 376 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
15 374 (16.04%) C
16 373 (16.00%) Finance
17 360 (15.44%) SQL
18 342 (14.67%) TypeScript
19 336 (14.41%) PostgreSQL
20 327 (14.03%) Actionable Insight
21 309 (13.26%) Degree
22 300 (12.87%) .NET Core
23 299 (12.83%) SC Cleared
24 291 (12.48%) Microservices
25 281 (12.05%) GCP
26 275 (11.80%) C++
27 256 (10.98%) CSS
28 255 (10.94%) Web Development
29 253 (10.85%) Mentoring
29 253 (10.85%) Full Stack Development

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
1 221 (9.48%) ArcGIS
2 214 (9.18%) GeoServer
3 140 (6.01%) Apache Airflow
4 139 (5.96%) Apache
5 43 (1.84%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.47%) NServiceBus
7 9 (0.39%) Confluence
8 6 (0.26%) nginx
8 6 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.13%) CMS
9 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.086%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.086%) Drupal
10 2 (0.086%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.086%) WordPress
11 1 (0.043%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.043%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.043%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.043%) Umbraco
Applications
1 37 (1.59%) Simulink
2 7 (0.30%) Stateflow
3 6 (0.26%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.13%) Sketch
6 2 (0.086%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.043%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.043%) UXPin
7 1 (0.043%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 8 (0.34%) Siebel CRM
2 7 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.043%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.043%) Endur
3 1 (0.043%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 947 (40.63%) AWS
2 631 (27.07%) Azure
3 281 (12.05%) GCP
4 147 (6.31%) Serverless
5 126 (5.41%) SaaS
6 113 (4.85%) dbt
7 88 (3.78%) Snowflake
8 69 (2.96%) GitHub
9 55 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
10 48 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
11 39 (1.67%) Amazon S3
12 29 (1.24%) Amazon SQS
13 24 (1.03%) Slack
14 23 (0.99%) Google Docs
14 23 (0.99%) Lucidchart
14 23 (0.99%) Miro
15 19 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
17 10 (0.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.62%) TCP/IP
2 50 (2.15%) Wireless
3 48 (2.06%) RS-232
4 42 (1.80%) Ethernet
5 29 (1.24%) Network Security
6 28 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (0.94%) HTTP
8 18 (0.77%) Modbus
9 17 (0.73%) Bluetooth
10 15 (0.64%) Internet
10 15 (0.64%) RS-485
11 14 (0.60%) ZigBee
12 9 (0.39%) 5G
13 8 (0.34%) VoIP
14 7 (0.30%) Firewall
15 4 (0.17%) 3GPP
15 4 (0.17%) Profibus
15 4 (0.17%) RS-422
15 4 (0.17%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (14.41%) PostgreSQL
2 234 (10.04%) GIS
3 214 (9.18%) QGIS
4 165 (7.08%) MySQL
5 123 (5.28%) Apache Ignite
6 113 (4.85%) Amazon Athena
6 113 (4.85%) Apache Arrow
6 113 (4.85%) Dremio
7 92 (3.95%) SQL Server
8 89 (3.82%) Data Lake
9 88 (3.78%) Relational Database
10 76 (3.26%) NoSQL
11 58 (2.49%) Redis
12 55 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
13 47 (2.02%) Oracle Database
14 45 (1.93%) MongoDB
15 40 (1.72%) RDBMS
16 36 (1.54%) Big Data
17 26 (1.12%) Hadoop
18 23 (0.99%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 218 (9.35%) Git
2 76 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 68 (2.92%) JIRA
4 55 (2.36%) GitLab
5 36 (1.54%) JDeveloper
6 35 (1.50%) Subversion
6 35 (1.50%) Visual Studio
7 24 (1.03%) Maven
8 19 (0.82%) LabVIEW
9 18 (0.77%) CMake
10 16 (0.69%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
12 13 (0.56%) Cypress.io
12 13 (0.56%) Vagrant
13 12 (0.51%) Selenium
14 11 (0.47%) IBM UrbanCode
15 10 (0.43%) Rational Rhapsody
15 10 (0.43%) Spinnaker
16 9 (0.39%) Postman
17 8 (0.34%) Gradle
General
1 373 (16.00%) Finance
2 243 (10.42%) Social Skills
3 198 (8.49%) Front Office
4 178 (7.64%) Banking
5 137 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 119 (5.11%) Investment Banking
7 105 (4.50%) Electronics
8 90 (3.86%) Manufacturing
9 68 (2.92%) Automotive
10 61 (2.62%) Analytical Skills
11 57 (2.45%) Public Sector
12 48 (2.06%) Tech for Good
13 46 (1.97%) Retail
14 45 (1.93%) Back Office
15 40 (1.72%) Aerospace
16 38 (1.63%) Law
17 35 (1.50%) Games
18 29 (1.24%) Legal
19 28 (1.20%) Military
20 21 (0.90%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 611 (26.21%) React
2 572 (24.54%) .NET
3 300 (12.87%) .NET Core
4 256 (10.98%) CSS
5 243 (10.42%) AngularJS
6 215 (9.22%) Leaflet
6 215 (9.22%) OpenLayers
6 215 (9.22%) PostGIS
7 200 (8.58%) Node.js
8 153 (6.56%) RESTful
9 139 (5.96%) gRPC
9 139 (5.96%) Vue
10 135 (5.79%) Protocol Buffers
11 128 (5.49%) Pandas
12 121 (5.19%) NumPy
13 113 (4.85%) ASP.NET
13 113 (4.85%) SciPy
14 100 (4.29%) Spring
15 97 (4.16%) Redux
16 96 (4.12%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 198 (8.49%) Fixed Income
2 157 (6.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 156 (6.69%) Derivative
4 152 (6.52%) Equities
5 141 (6.05%) Hedge funds
6 106 (4.55%) Algorithms
7 71 (3.05%) Data Structures
8 64 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
8 64 (2.75%) IoT
9 62 (2.66%) Client/Server
10 59 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
11 47 (2.02%) Cloud Native
12 46 (1.97%) Device Driver
13 38 (1.63%) Mobile App
14 36 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
15 31 (1.33%) Virtual Team
16 29 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
17 26 (1.12%) Product Ownership
18 21 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
18 21 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 400 (17.16%) Linux
2 120 (5.15%) Windows
3 111 (4.76%) Embedded Linux
4 78 (3.35%) Ubuntu
5 65 (2.79%) Android
6 48 (2.06%) Apple iOS
7 25 (1.07%) FreeRTOS
8 24 (1.03%) Unix
9 22 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.56%) CentOS
11 11 (0.47%) Debian
12 9 (0.39%) Mac OS
13 5 (0.21%) ThreadX
13 5 (0.21%) VxWorks
14 3 (0.13%) Windows Server
15 2 (0.086%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 1 (0.043%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,317 (99.40%) Software Engineering
2 978 (41.96%) Agile
3 493 (21.15%) DevOps
4 376 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 327 (14.03%) Actionable Insight
6 291 (12.48%) Microservices
7 255 (10.94%) Web Development
8 253 (10.85%) Full Stack Development
8 253 (10.85%) Mentoring
9 233 (10.00%) Computer Science
10 197 (8.45%) Asset Management
11 193 (8.28%) TDD
12 180 (7.72%) CI/CD
13 173 (7.42%) Investment Management
13 173 (7.42%) Test Automation
14 157 (6.74%) SDLC
15 148 (6.35%) Code Quality
16 147 (6.31%) Design Patterns
17 144 (6.18%) Unit Testing
18 143 (6.13%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 972 (41.70%) Python
2 736 (31.57%) JavaScript
3 625 (26.81%) Java
4 584 (25.05%) C#
5 374 (16.04%) C
6 360 (15.44%) SQL
7 342 (14.67%) TypeScript
8 275 (11.80%) C++
9 157 (6.74%) Bash
10 123 (5.28%) Embedded C
11 111 (4.76%) Go
12 108 (4.63%) Kotlin
13 95 (4.08%) Ruby
14 79 (3.39%) PHP
15 72 (3.09%) Rust
16 62 (2.66%) Scala
17 47 (2.02%) Perl
18 45 (1.93%) T-SQL
19 25 (1.07%) Ada
20 16 (0.69%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 441 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 309 (13.26%) Degree
3 299 (12.83%) SC Cleared
4 101 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (1.80%) Master's Degree
6 40 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (0.82%) DV Cleared
8 18 (0.77%) PhD
9 16 (0.69%) DBS Check
10 11 (0.47%) HNC
10 11 (0.47%) HND
11 7 (0.30%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.13%) Sun Certification
13 2 (0.086%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.086%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.043%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.043%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (4.29%) QA
2 34 (1.46%) Data Quality
3 24 (1.03%) MISRA
4 23 (0.99%) Software Quality Assurance
5 10 (0.43%) Def Stans
6 6 (0.26%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.21%) IEC 61508
8 4 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.17%) ISO 13485
8 4 (0.17%) MISRA C
8 4 (0.17%) PMO
9 2 (0.086%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.086%) SEPA
10 1 (0.043%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.043%) EMIR
10 1 (0.043%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.043%) JTAG
10 1 (0.043%) MiFID
System Software
1 178 (7.64%) Docker
2 73 (3.13%) Firmware
3 36 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.086%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.043%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 161 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 135 (5.79%) Terraform
3 63 (2.70%) Ansible
4 16 (0.69%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.26%) Grafana
6 3 (0.13%) Consul
6 3 (0.13%) Packer
7 2 (0.086%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.086%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.043%) Argo
8 1 (0.043%) Istio
8 1 (0.043%) Kibana
8 1 (0.043%) Rancher
8 1 (0.043%) SCCM
Vendors
1 215 (9.22%) ESRI
2 101 (4.33%) Microsoft
3 67 (2.87%) Oracle
4 63 (2.70%) Google
5 35 (1.50%) Dell
6 26 (1.12%) IBM
7 14 (0.60%) Xamarin
8 12 (0.51%) DevExpress
8 12 (0.51%) Xilinx
9 10 (0.43%) SAP
9 10 (0.43%) Siemens
10 9 (0.39%) Twitter
11 8 (0.34%) Siebel
12 7 (0.30%) Confluent
12 7 (0.30%) Lauterbach
13 6 (0.26%) Facebook
13 6 (0.26%) QNX
14 5 (0.21%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (0.21%) YouTube
15 4 (0.17%) Dynatrace