Backend Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Backend Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Backend Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 480 424
Rank change year-on-year +146 -56 -101
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 63 112 267
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.33% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.34% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 60 98 241
10th Percentile £51,125 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,686 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £66,296 £81,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £90,500 £95,375 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £68,162
% change year-on-year +4.00% -8.31% +4.86%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Backend Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Backend Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Backend Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Backend Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Backend Developer.

Backend Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Backend Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Backend Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Backend Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Backend 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 40 (63.49%) SQL
2 36 (57.14%) Azure
3 31 (49.21%) Agile
4 29 (46.03%) Docker
5 28 (44.44%) Containerisation
6 26 (41.27%) Unit Testing
7 25 (39.68%) AWS
8 23 (36.51%) C#
9 21 (33.33%) Microservices
9 21 (33.33%) React
10 20 (31.75%) CI/CD
10 20 (31.75%) JUnit
11 19 (30.16%) Linux
11 19 (30.16%) AngularJS
11 19 (30.16%) DevOps
12 18 (28.57%) NoSQL
12 18 (28.57%) Java
13 17 (26.98%) JavaScript
13 17 (26.98%) .NET
13 17 (26.98%) Algorithms
14 16 (25.40%) Karma Test Runner
14 16 (25.40%) Protractor
14 16 (25.40%) Eclipse
14 16 (25.40%) IntelliJ
14 16 (25.40%) IBM
14 16 (25.40%) Hibernate
14 16 (25.40%) Mockito
14 16 (25.40%) SaaS
14 16 (25.40%) Jasmine
14 16 (25.40%) RabbitMQ

Backend 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 6 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 36 (57.14%) Azure
2 25 (39.68%) AWS
3 16 (25.40%) SaaS
4 12 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (14.29%) GitHub
5 9 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (7.94%) Serverless
7 2 (3.17%) GCP
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon MSK
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (1.59%) AWS IoT
8 1 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.59%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) HTTP
2 1 (1.59%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (28.57%) NoSQL
2 12 (19.05%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (12.70%) Redis
4 6 (9.52%) SQL Server
5 4 (6.35%) MongoDB
6 2 (3.17%) MySQL
6 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.59%) DocumentDB
7 1 (1.59%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.59%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (31.75%) JUnit
2 16 (25.40%) Eclipse
2 16 (25.40%) IntelliJ
2 16 (25.40%) Jasmine
2 16 (25.40%) Karma Test Runner
2 16 (25.40%) Mockito
2 16 (25.40%) Protractor
3 14 (22.22%) Git
4 6 (9.52%) JIRA
4 6 (9.52%) SonarQube
5 5 (7.94%) NUnit
6 1 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.35%) Agriculture
4 4 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.76%) Banking
6 2 (3.17%) Finance
7 1 (1.59%) Games
7 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Law
7 1 (1.59%) Marketing
7 1 (1.59%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (33.33%) React
2 19 (30.16%) AngularJS
3 17 (26.98%) .NET
4 16 (25.40%) Hibernate
4 16 (25.40%) JPA
4 16 (25.40%) RabbitMQ
5 15 (23.81%) Node.js
6 12 (19.05%) RESTful
7 9 (14.29%) GraphQL
8 7 (11.11%) OAuth
9 6 (9.52%) .NET Core
9 6 (9.52%) .NET Framework
9 6 (9.52%) Django
9 6 (9.52%) Flask
9 6 (9.52%) HTML
9 6 (9.52%) Jest
9 6 (9.52%) Keycloak
9 6 (9.52%) pytest
9 6 (9.52%) SQLAlchemy
9 6 (9.52%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) Algorithms
2 6 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.35%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.17%) IoT
6 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.59%) EPoS
6 1 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.59%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.59%) NHS
6 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (30.16%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (49.21%) Agile
2 28 (44.44%) Containerisation
3 26 (41.27%) Unit Testing
4 21 (33.33%) Microservices
5 20 (31.75%) CI/CD
6 19 (30.16%) DevOps
7 14 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (14.29%) Code Quality
8 9 (14.29%) Design Patterns
8 9 (14.29%) Front End Development
9 8 (12.70%) Continuous Delivery
10 7 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (9.52%) Conversational UI
11 6 (9.52%) OO
11 6 (9.52%) OOP
11 6 (9.52%) Scrum
11 6 (9.52%) TDD
12 5 (7.94%) Clean Code
12 5 (7.94%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 40 (63.49%) SQL
2 23 (36.51%) C#
3 18 (28.57%) Java
4 17 (26.98%) JavaScript
5 15 (23.81%) Python
6 7 (11.11%) C++
6 7 (11.11%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.17%) Bash
7 2 (3.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Degree
2 7 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.76%) PhD
5 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) QA
2 1 (1.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (46.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (9.52%) Grafana
2 6 (9.52%) Prometheus
3 2 (3.17%) Ansible
3 2 (3.17%) Rundeck
4 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (25.40%) IBM
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.52%) Oracle
3 6 (9.52%) PayPal
4 4 (6.35%) Okta
5 1 (1.59%) Google