Developer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 4,825 6,279 19,271
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.27% 19.13% 24.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.94% 19.96% 25.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,097 5,491 12,303
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,319 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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 26,891 31,453 76,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.84% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19,582 23,849 44,441
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,749 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,728 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Developer.

Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Developer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 1,758 (36.44%) JavaScript
2 1,587 (32.89%) C#
3 1,554 (32.21%) .NET
4 1,417 (29.37%) Agile
5 1,396 (28.93%) Azure
6 1,136 (23.54%) SQL
7 1,024 (21.22%) AWS
8 983 (20.37%) Full Stack Development
9 958 (19.85%) HTML
10 934 (19.36%) React
11 923 (19.13%) Social Skills
12 867 (17.97%) Software Engineering
13 840 (17.41%) Microsoft
14 834 (17.28%) CSS
15 831 (17.22%) Finance
16 797 (16.52%) TypeScript
17 795 (16.48%) SQL Server
18 729 (15.11%) DevOps
19 697 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
20 692 (14.34%) AngularJS
21 648 (13.43%) Python
22 627 (12.99%) Java
23 561 (11.63%) .NET Core
24 559 (11.59%) ASP.NET
25 519 (10.76%) MVC
26 488 (10.11%) Degree
27 482 (9.99%) TDD
28 474 (9.82%) Microservices
29 468 (9.70%) PHP
30 465 (9.64%) Git

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
1 190 (3.94%) Apache
2 178 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
3 118 (2.45%) SharePoint
4 117 (2.42%) IIS
5 115 (2.38%) CMS
6 99 (2.05%) WordPress
7 57 (1.18%) Umbraco
8 35 (0.73%) Sitecore CMS
9 33 (0.68%) nginx
10 30 (0.62%) Headless CMS
10 30 (0.62%) Kentico
11 28 (0.58%) Appian
12 24 (0.50%) SAS
13 23 (0.48%) Drupal
14 19 (0.39%) Confluence
15 15 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
16 14 (0.29%) Mendix
16 14 (0.29%) OpenEdge
17 10 (0.21%) Apache Solr
18 7 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 35 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (0.70%) Simulink
3 21 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.15%) Adobe XD
4 7 (0.15%) GNU Octave
5 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.12%) InfoPath
6 5 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.10%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.062%) S-PLUS
8 3 (0.062%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.041%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.041%) InDesign
9 2 (0.041%) Notion
9 2 (0.041%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.041%) PrintSoft PReS
9 2 (0.041%) Sketch
9 2 (0.041%) Stateflow
10 1 (0.021%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 70 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.73%) Magento
3 27 (0.56%) Shopify
4 17 (0.35%) Visualfiles
5 13 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
6 10 (0.21%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 6 (0.12%) Sage 50
8 5 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.10%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.10%) Odoo
8 5 (0.10%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.083%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.062%) ProductWriter
11 2 (0.041%) SAP MII
12 1 (0.021%) Dynamics AX
12 1 (0.021%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 1 (0.021%) Infor M3
12 1 (0.021%) nopCommerce
12 1 (0.021%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 1,396 (28.93%) Azure
2 1,024 (21.22%) AWS
3 337 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 326 (6.76%) Power Platform
5 302 (6.26%) GCP
6 249 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
7 246 (5.10%) SaaS
8 195 (4.04%) Serverless
9 156 (3.23%) dbt
10 152 (3.15%) Power Automate
11 146 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
12 143 (2.96%) GitHub
13 136 (2.82%) PowerApps
14 114 (2.36%) Snowflake
15 64 (1.33%) Azure Functions
16 63 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
17 62 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
18 56 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
19 51 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
20 49 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (0.79%) TCP/IP
2 35 (0.73%) Internet
3 24 (0.50%) DNS
4 23 (0.48%) Firewall
5 22 (0.46%) SSL
6 12 (0.25%) Broadband
7 9 (0.19%) Network Security
8 7 (0.15%) Mobile Broadband
8 7 (0.15%) VPN
9 6 (0.12%) HTTP
9 6 (0.12%) MQTT
9 6 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.10%) AMQP
10 5 (0.10%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.083%) 4G
11 4 (0.083%) 5G
11 4 (0.083%) Wireless
12 3 (0.062%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.062%) Intranet
12 3 (0.062%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 795 (16.48%) SQL Server
2 286 (5.93%) MySQL
3 189 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 182 (3.77%) Power BI
5 171 (3.54%) Apache Ignite
5 171 (3.54%) Relational Database
6 136 (2.82%) Amazon Athena
6 136 (2.82%) Apache Arrow
6 136 (2.82%) Dremio
7 130 (2.69%) MongoDB
8 125 (2.59%) Data Lake
9 101 (2.09%) NoSQL
10 95 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
10 95 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
11 93 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 82 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 58 (1.20%) Oracle Database
14 55 (1.14%) DynamoDB
15 49 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 43 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 465 (9.64%) Git
2 121 (2.51%) Visual Studio
3 88 (1.82%) JIRA
4 87 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 65 (1.35%) GitLab
6 44 (0.91%) Bitbucket
7 39 (0.81%) Jasmine
8 35 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
8 35 (0.73%) webpack
9 29 (0.60%) Karma Test Runner
10 25 (0.52%) Cypress.io
11 23 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
11 23 (0.48%) Selenium
12 22 (0.46%) NUnit
13 21 (0.44%) TeamCity
14 20 (0.41%) gulp
14 20 (0.41%) JUnit
14 20 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
15 15 (0.31%) Moq
15 15 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 923 (19.13%) Social Skills
2 831 (17.22%) Finance
3 267 (5.53%) Front Office
4 196 (4.06%) Banking
5 186 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 170 (3.52%) Marketing
7 152 (3.15%) Law
8 144 (2.98%) Investment Banking
9 141 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 141 (2.92%) Retail
10 123 (2.55%) Public Sector
11 98 (2.03%) Games
12 65 (1.35%) Back Office
13 61 (1.26%) Legal
13 61 (1.26%) Tech for Good
14 59 (1.22%) Telecoms
15 52 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 38 (0.79%) Advertising
17 36 (0.75%) Automotive
18 33 (0.68%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,554 (32.21%) .NET
2 958 (19.85%) HTML
3 934 (19.36%) React
4 834 (17.28%) CSS
5 692 (14.34%) AngularJS
6 561 (11.63%) .NET Core
7 559 (11.59%) ASP.NET
8 460 (9.53%) Node.js
9 439 (9.10%) .NET Framework
10 418 (8.66%) Vue
11 332 (6.88%) RESTful
12 330 (6.84%) REST
13 306 (6.34%) ASP.NET MVC
14 289 (5.99%) Entity Framework
15 276 (5.72%) Web Services
16 269 (5.58%) Laravel
17 265 (5.49%) HTML5
18 231 (4.79%) ASP.NET Web API
19 227 (4.70%) gRPC
20 219 (4.54%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 241 (4.99%) Fixed Income
2 227 (4.70%) Greenfield Project
3 185 (3.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 173 (3.59%) Equities
5 166 (3.44%) Derivative
5 166 (3.44%) Mobile App
6 164 (3.40%) Hedge funds
7 102 (2.11%) Product Ownership
8 101 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 89 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
10 88 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
11 71 (1.47%) IoT
12 58 (1.20%) Algorithms
12 58 (1.20%) NHS
13 57 (1.18%) Client/Server
13 57 (1.18%) Cloud Native
14 50 (1.04%) Data Structures
14 50 (1.04%) Onboarding
15 49 (1.02%) Low-Code
16 31 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 199 (4.12%) Linux
2 123 (2.55%) Windows
3 121 (2.51%) Android
4 90 (1.87%) Apple iOS
5 39 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
6 21 (0.44%) Unix
7 20 (0.41%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.083%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.062%) CentOS
10 3 (0.062%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.062%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.041%) Windows Mobile
12 1 (0.021%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.021%) Solaris
12 1 (0.021%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,417 (29.37%) Agile
2 983 (20.37%) Full Stack Development
3 867 (17.97%) Software Engineering
4 729 (15.11%) DevOps
5 697 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
6 519 (10.76%) MVC
7 482 (9.99%) TDD
8 474 (9.82%) Microservices
9 449 (9.31%) CI/CD
10 372 (7.71%) Computer Science
11 359 (7.44%) Front End Development
12 350 (7.25%) Web Development
13 330 (6.84%) Scrum
14 294 (6.09%) Continuous Integration
14 294 (6.09%) Unit Testing
15 293 (6.07%) Mentoring
16 284 (5.89%) User Experience
17 275 (5.70%) Business Intelligence
18 262 (5.43%) Asset Management
19 253 (5.24%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1,758 (36.44%) JavaScript
2 1,587 (32.89%) C#
3 1,136 (23.54%) SQL
4 797 (16.52%) TypeScript
5 648 (13.43%) Python
6 627 (12.99%) Java
7 468 (9.70%) PHP
8 157 (3.25%) C++
9 142 (2.94%) T-SQL
10 133 (2.76%) C
11 103 (2.13%) VB.NET
12 96 (1.99%) Go
13 86 (1.78%) Kotlin
14 82 (1.70%) PL/SQL
15 61 (1.26%) PowerShell
16 52 (1.08%) Ruby
17 43 (0.89%) VB
18 40 (0.83%) Swift
19 30 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 30 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 488 (10.11%) Degree
2 305 (6.32%) Security Cleared
3 265 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 199 (4.12%) SC Cleared
5 51 (1.06%) DBS Check
6 47 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 42 (0.87%) DV Cleared
8 26 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (0.41%) PhD
10 19 (0.39%) Azure Certification
11 18 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.25%) AWS Certification
12 12 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
13 7 (0.15%) CIPD
14 5 (0.10%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.062%) PMI Certification
15 3 (0.062%) Postgraduate
16 2 (0.041%) AWS Certified Developer
16 2 (0.041%) HNC
16 2 (0.041%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (3.98%) QA
2 63 (1.31%) Accessibility
3 30 (0.62%) Data Quality
4 17 (0.35%) GDPR
5 10 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.19%) WCAG
7 5 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.083%) EMIR
8 4 (0.083%) MiFID
8 4 (0.083%) Software Quality Assurance
9 3 (0.062%) GRC
10 2 (0.041%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.041%) MISRA
10 2 (0.041%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.041%) SLA
System Software
1 359 (7.44%) Docker
2 23 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.27%) Firmware
4 7 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.062%) KVM
6 3 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.021%) GlusterFS
7 1 (0.021%) GridGain
7 1 (0.021%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 205 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 97 (2.01%) Terraform
3 39 (0.81%) Ansible
4 17 (0.35%) Grafana
5 11 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.21%) Kibana
7 8 (0.17%) MIIS
8 5 (0.10%) Rancher
9 4 (0.083%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (0.062%) Galera Cluster
11 2 (0.041%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.041%) Packer
11 2 (0.041%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.021%) Hadoop YARN
12 1 (0.021%) Plesk
Vendors
1 840 (17.41%) Microsoft
2 142 (2.94%) Oracle
3 82 (1.70%) Google
4 71 (1.47%) ServiceNow
5 51 (1.06%) Xamarin
6 39 (0.81%) Bloomberg
7 37 (0.77%) Sitecore
8 36 (0.75%) Facebook
9 35 (0.73%) Adobe
10 32 (0.66%) Xilinx
11 31 (0.64%) Optimizely
12 30 (0.62%) Reuters
13 28 (0.58%) Salesforce
13 28 (0.58%) SAP
14 20 (0.41%) WooCommerce
15 18 (0.37%) UiPath
16 15 (0.31%) Apple
16 15 (0.31%) IBM
16 15 (0.31%) OpenAI
17 13 (0.27%) BT