Computer Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Computer Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Computer Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £30,500 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 395 590 668
Rank change year-on-year +195 +78 +179
Permanent jobs requiring a Computer Engineer 2 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.013% 0.006% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.006% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £68,500 £52,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £73,750 £53,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £82,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -63.03% +39.83% -23.87%
75th Percentile £31,750 £91,250 £65,313
90th Percentile - £96,500 £70,375
UK median annual salary £44,000 £28,500 £54,750
% change year-on-year +54.39% -47.95% +30.36%

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% -

Computer Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Computer Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Computer Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Computer Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) OpenVINO
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Parallel Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) OpenCV
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning

Computer 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (50.00%) OpenVINO
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (50.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (50.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (50.00%) Parallel Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PhD
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft