Hybrid/Remote Developer Job Trends

Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Developer salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,852 2,032 6,154
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.69% 15.62% 19.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.41% 16.66% 20.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,566 1,725 5,610
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £91,318
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 16,233 12,194 30,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 93.72% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 11,654 8,992 24,790
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,256 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Developer job vacancies

Developer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Developer over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Developer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 11 April 2026, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Developer in the job title.

1 510 (27.54%) Agile
2 468 (25.27%) SQL
3 462 (24.95%) Full-Stack Development
4 458 (24.73%) Azure
5 429 (23.16%) JavaScript
6 416 (22.46%) C#
7 396 (21.38%) AWS
8 391 (21.11%) .NET
9 373 (20.14%) React
10 331 (17.87%) CI/CD
11 312 (16.85%) Python
12 308 (16.63%) Software Engineering
13 296 (15.98%) Java
14 285 (15.39%) TypeScript
15 282 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
16 264 (14.25%) Microsoft
17 252 (13.61%) DevOps
18 234 (12.63%) CSS
19 228 (12.31%) Mentoring
20 225 (12.15%) HTML
21 212 (11.45%) Node.js
22 198 (10.69%) Microservices
23 190 (10.26%) Degree
24 182 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
25 175 (9.45%) Docker
26 165 (8.91%) PHP
27 162 (8.75%) SaaS
28 161 (8.69%) Git
29 160 (8.64%) AI
30 155 (8.37%) Computer Science

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 58 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.30%) CMS
3 8 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.38%) WordPress
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.27%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.22%) Confluence
7 4 (0.22%) JBoss
8 3 (0.16%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.16%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.16%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.16%) WebLogic Portal
9 2 (0.11%) Apache
9 2 (0.11%) Drupal
9 2 (0.11%) Mendix
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.054%) Ethereum
Applications
1 9 (0.49%) Chatbot
1 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.32%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.054%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.054%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.054%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.81%) Visualfiles
3 8 (0.43%) Shopify
4 5 (0.27%) Maximo
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.16%) Primavera
5 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.054%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.054%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.054%) Magento
7 1 (0.054%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 458 (24.73%) Azure
2 396 (21.38%) AWS
3 162 (8.75%) SaaS
4 153 (8.26%) Serverless
5 139 (7.51%) Power Platform
6 123 (6.64%) GitHub
7 106 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
8 97 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
9 86 (4.64%) Amazon S3
10 82 (4.43%) PowerApps
11 74 (4.00%) Power Automate
12 65 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
13 63 (3.40%) GCP
14 62 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
15 59 (3.19%) Amazon SQS
16 41 (2.21%) Entra ID
17 40 (2.16%) Amazon ECS
17 40 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
18 35 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
19 31 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.19%) Broadband
2 24 (1.30%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.43%) VoIP
4 7 (0.38%) Internet
5 6 (0.32%) HTTP
6 4 (0.22%) AMQP
6 4 (0.22%) Intranet
6 4 (0.22%) SSL
7 3 (0.16%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.16%) RTP
7 3 (0.16%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.16%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.11%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.054%) ADSL
9 1 (0.054%) DNS
9 1 (0.054%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.054%) Multicast
9 1 (0.054%) SMS
9 1 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (8.32%) SQL Server
2 89 (4.81%) MySQL
3 83 (4.48%) MongoDB
4 80 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
5 77 (4.16%) Power BI
6 66 (3.56%) NoSQL
7 54 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 36 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 34 (1.84%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
11 23 (1.24%) DynamoDB
12 21 (1.13%) OLTP
13 17 (0.92%) Redis
14 15 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
15 14 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
16 13 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 12 (0.65%) Tableau
18 11 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
19 10 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
19 10 (0.54%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 161 (8.69%) Git
2 37 (2.00%) Cypress.io
3 35 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.03%) JIRA
5 14 (0.76%) GitLab
6 13 (0.70%) Selenium
6 13 (0.70%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.59%) JUnit
7 11 (0.59%) Maven
8 9 (0.49%) webpack
9 8 (0.43%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.38%) Storybook
11 6 (0.32%) Babel
11 6 (0.32%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.27%) git-flow
12 5 (0.27%) NUnit
13 4 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
13 4 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 321 (17.33%) Social Skills
2 261 (14.09%) Finance
3 101 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (5.02%) Public Sector
5 89 (4.81%) Law
6 62 (3.35%) Front Office
7 59 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (2.59%) Games
9 39 (2.11%) Banking
10 37 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (1.94%) Marketing
12 33 (1.78%) Tech for Good
13 28 (1.51%) Retail
14 27 (1.46%) Health Technology
15 26 (1.40%) Investment Banking
16 20 (1.08%) Legal
17 14 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (0.76%) Publishing
18 13 (0.70%) Manufacturing
19 10 (0.54%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 391 (21.11%) .NET
2 373 (20.14%) React
3 234 (12.63%) CSS
4 225 (12.15%) HTML
5 212 (11.45%) Node.js
6 142 (7.67%) REST
7 126 (6.80%) RESTful
8 122 (6.59%) .NET Core
9 98 (5.29%) Vue
10 95 (5.13%) AngularJS
11 87 (4.70%) GraphQL
12 81 (4.37%) ASP.NET
13 80 (4.32%) SOAP
14 75 (4.05%) Spring
15 74 (4.00%) React Native
16 66 (3.56%) Spring Boot
17 63 (3.40%) Laravel
18 59 (3.19%) Kafka
19 58 (3.13%) .NET Framework
20 52 (2.81%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.43%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.83%) Product Ownership
3 66 (3.56%) Mobile App
4 48 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
5 43 (2.32%) Fixed Income
6 39 (2.11%) Low-Code
7 37 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 36 (1.94%) Data Structures
9 27 (1.46%) Video\Live Streaming
10 26 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
11 25 (1.35%) Virtual Team
12 24 (1.30%) Algorithms
13 22 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
13 22 (1.19%) Cyberattack
13 22 (1.19%) Over-the-Top Content
13 22 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 20 (1.08%) FPGA
14 20 (1.08%) Hedge funds
15 18 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (3.46%) Linux
2 42 (2.27%) Apple iOS
3 40 (2.16%) Android
4 19 (1.03%) Windows
5 4 (0.22%) Unix
6 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.054%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.054%) VMS
7 1 (0.054%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (27.54%) Agile
2 462 (24.95%) Full-Stack Development
3 331 (17.87%) CI/CD
4 308 (16.63%) Software Engineering
5 282 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
6 252 (13.61%) DevOps
7 228 (12.31%) Mentoring
8 198 (10.69%) Microservices
9 182 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 160 (8.64%) AI
11 155 (8.37%) Computer Science
12 151 (8.15%) Front End Development
13 141 (7.61%) Clean Code
14 112 (6.05%) SDLC
15 100 (5.40%) Business Intelligence
16 97 (5.24%) Technical Leadership
17 94 (5.08%) Scrum
18 93 (5.02%) User Experience
19 92 (4.97%) OO
20 90 (4.86%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 468 (25.27%) SQL
2 429 (23.16%) JavaScript
3 416 (22.46%) C#
4 312 (16.85%) Python
5 296 (15.98%) Java
6 285 (15.39%) TypeScript
7 165 (8.91%) PHP
8 77 (4.16%) C++
9 65 (3.51%) Go
10 41 (2.21%) T-SQL
11 36 (1.94%) Apex Code
11 36 (1.94%) PL/SQL
12 34 (1.84%) PowerShell
13 32 (1.73%) C
14 23 (1.24%) Bash
14 23 (1.24%) Scala
15 22 (1.19%) Kotlin
15 22 (1.19%) Ruby
16 19 (1.03%) Rust
17 11 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 190 (10.26%) Degree
2 100 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 99 (5.35%) Security Cleared
4 87 (4.70%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (0.81%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.49%) Azure Certification
7 9 (0.49%) DBS Check
8 8 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.38%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.27%) PhD
12 4 (0.22%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.16%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.11%) IBM Certification
15 1 (0.054%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (3.08%) QA
2 52 (2.81%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.13%) NCSC
3 21 (1.13%) NIST
4 19 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 18 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.38%) WCAG
7 6 (0.32%) GDPR
8 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.11%) HL7
10 2 (0.11%) SLA
11 1 (0.054%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.054%) GRC
11 1 (0.054%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 175 (9.45%) Docker
2 35 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.16%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 85 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.48%) Terraform
3 12 (0.65%) Grafana
4 9 (0.49%) Ansible
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
5 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.16%) cPanel
6 3 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.16%) Plesk
6 3 (0.16%) Podman
6 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.11%) Kibana
7 2 (0.11%) MIIS
Vendors
1 264 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.24%) Oracle
3 45 (2.43%) Salesforce
4 27 (1.46%) JDA
4 27 (1.46%) ServiceNow
5 24 (1.30%) MuleSoft
6 17 (0.92%) SAP
7 15 (0.81%) Adobe
7 15 (0.81%) Google
7 15 (0.81%) Typelevel
8 14 (0.76%) IBM
9 11 (0.59%) Databricks
10 8 (0.43%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.27%) Apple
11 5 (0.27%) Facebook
11 5 (0.27%) Foundry
12 4 (0.22%) Xamarin
13 3 (0.16%) ESRI
13 3 (0.16%) IFS
13 3 (0.16%) Motorola