Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,036 6,281 8,230
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.42% 18.57% 19.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.80% 19.34% 20.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,669 5,571 7,003
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +8.33%

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 13,761 32,474 40,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,932 24,947 29,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,008 £36,711
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,447
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 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Developer over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 3 May 2025, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 824 (40.47%) JavaScript
2 765 (37.57%) Agile
3 656 (32.22%) C#
4 632 (31.04%) .NET
5 616 (30.26%) SQL
6 615 (30.21%) Azure
7 551 (27.06%) AWS
8 527 (25.88%) React
9 486 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
10 480 (23.58%) Finance
11 458 (22.50%) Social Skills
12 442 (21.71%) HTML
13 423 (20.78%) Python
14 393 (19.30%) TypeScript
15 380 (18.66%) Java
16 377 (18.52%) CSS
17 373 (18.32%) Software Engineering
18 343 (16.85%) Node.js
19 324 (15.91%) Full-Stack Development
20 323 (15.86%) DevOps
21 316 (15.52%) CI/CD
22 302 (14.83%) Microsoft
23 293 (14.39%) Git
23 293 (14.39%) AngularJS
24 284 (13.95%) SQL Server
25 277 (13.61%) Degree
26 267 (13.11%) Docker
27 256 (12.57%) Microservices
28 239 (11.74%) User Experience
29 229 (11.25%) C++

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 85 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 59 (2.90%) CMS
3 55 (2.70%) SharePoint
4 52 (2.55%) OpenEdge
5 45 (2.21%) WordPress
6 43 (2.11%) Apache
7 29 (1.42%) Confluence
8 14 (0.69%) Drupal
9 10 (0.49%) Umbraco
10 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
11 8 (0.39%) IIS
12 7 (0.34%) nginx
13 5 (0.25%) Headless CMS
14 4 (0.20%) Apache Solr
14 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
14 4 (0.20%) JBoss
14 4 (0.20%) NServiceBus
14 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 3 (0.15%) ColdFusion
15 3 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (2.85%) Chatbot
2 20 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.44%) Adobe XD
4 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.34%) Sketch
4 7 (0.34%) Trello
5 6 (0.29%) Revit
6 3 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.049%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.049%) Blender
7 1 (0.049%) InVision
7 1 (0.049%) Maya
7 1 (0.049%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.049%) Moqups
7 1 (0.049%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.049%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 61 (3.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.08%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.83%) Sage 200
3 17 (0.83%) Sage 50
4 15 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
6 11 (0.54%) JDE OneWorld
7 10 (0.49%) Shopify
8 8 (0.39%) Magento
9 5 (0.25%) Infor CloudSuite
9 5 (0.25%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 4 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
10 4 (0.20%) Orchestrade
10 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.098%) Endur
11 2 (0.098%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 2 (0.098%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.098%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 615 (30.21%) Azure
2 551 (27.06%) AWS
3 213 (10.46%) Power Platform
4 158 (7.76%) GCP
5 137 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
6 127 (6.24%) Power Automate
6 127 (6.24%) Serverless
7 121 (5.94%) PowerApps
8 118 (5.80%) SaaS
9 112 (5.50%) GitHub
10 108 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
11 81 (3.98%) AWS Lambda
12 78 (3.83%) dbt
13 68 (3.34%) Amazon EKS
14 54 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
15 35 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
16 33 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
17 32 (1.57%) Amazon S3
18 31 (1.52%) Figma
19 28 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.33%) TCP/IP
2 15 (0.74%) HTTP
3 8 (0.39%) 5G
4 6 (0.29%) Broadband
4 6 (0.29%) Network Security
5 5 (0.25%) BGP
5 5 (0.25%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.25%) Internet
5 5 (0.25%) IPsec
5 5 (0.25%) MPLS
5 5 (0.25%) OSPF
6 4 (0.20%) 3GPP
6 4 (0.20%) Intranet
7 3 (0.15%) MQTT
7 3 (0.15%) Multicast
8 2 (0.098%) DNS
9 1 (0.049%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.049%) FTP
9 1 (0.049%) SMTP
9 1 (0.049%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 284 (13.95%) SQL Server
2 168 (8.25%) MySQL
3 164 (8.06%) PostgreSQL
4 138 (6.78%) Power BI
5 81 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
6 80 (3.93%) MongoDB
7 77 (3.78%) Amazon Athena
8 76 (3.73%) Apache Arrow
8 76 (3.73%) Apache Iceberg
8 76 (3.73%) Dremio
9 74 (3.63%) NoSQL
10 65 (3.19%) Relational Database
11 52 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 50 (2.46%) DynamoDB
13 49 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
13 49 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 46 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
15 32 (1.57%) Redis
16 24 (1.18%) Apache Ignite
17 19 (0.93%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 293 (14.39%) Git
2 83 (4.08%) JIRA
3 76 (3.73%) Visual Studio
4 63 (3.09%) Jenkins
5 55 (2.70%) JUnit
6 40 (1.96%) Mockito
7 36 (1.77%) IntelliJ
8 33 (1.62%) Jasmine
9 31 (1.52%) GitLab
10 29 (1.42%) webpack
11 27 (1.33%) Karma Test Runner
12 25 (1.23%) Maven
13 23 (1.13%) Protractor
14 22 (1.08%) Eclipse
15 18 (0.88%) Gradle
16 17 (0.83%) NUnit
17 15 (0.74%) Grunt
17 15 (0.74%) SonarQube
18 14 (0.69%) Bitbucket
18 14 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 480 (23.58%) Finance
2 458 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 162 (7.96%) Front Office
4 155 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
5 147 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 133 (6.53%) Banking
7 93 (4.57%) Retail
8 73 (3.59%) Law
9 69 (3.39%) Games
9 69 (3.39%) Marketing
10 46 (2.26%) Public Sector
11 45 (2.21%) Investment Banking
12 35 (1.72%) Tech for Good
13 32 (1.57%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.18%) Back Office
16 20 (0.98%) Health Technology
17 19 (0.93%) Automotive
18 17 (0.83%) Local Government
18 17 (0.83%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 632 (31.04%) .NET
2 527 (25.88%) React
3 442 (21.71%) HTML
4 377 (18.52%) CSS
5 343 (16.85%) Node.js
6 293 (14.39%) AngularJS
7 196 (9.63%) Vue
8 195 (9.58%) RESTful
9 185 (9.09%) ASP.NET
10 181 (8.89%) .NET Core
11 176 (8.64%) .NET Framework
12 148 (7.27%) REST
13 118 (5.80%) jQuery
14 112 (5.50%) Pandas
15 109 (5.35%) Web Services
16 106 (5.21%) HTML5
17 98 (4.81%) Entity Framework
18 87 (4.27%) Redux
19 82 (4.03%) ASP.NET Web API
20 81 (3.98%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 130 (6.39%) Fixed Income
2 98 (4.81%) Mobile App
3 71 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
4 69 (3.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 61 (3.00%) Equities
6 53 (2.60%) Algorithms
7 50 (2.46%) Product Ownership
8 49 (2.41%) Cyberattack
9 43 (2.11%) Virtual Team
10 40 (1.96%) Cloud Native
10 40 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
11 37 (1.82%) Hedge funds
12 36 (1.77%) Management Information System
12 36 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (1.52%) Data Structures
13 31 (1.52%) Mobile Games
14 24 (1.18%) Derivative
15 23 (1.13%) Educational Technology
16 19 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 180 (8.84%) Linux
2 105 (5.16%) Android
3 52 (2.55%) Apple iOS
4 42 (2.06%) Windows
5 12 (0.59%) Unix
6 6 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.25%) Rocky
7 5 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (37.57%) Agile
2 486 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
3 373 (18.32%) Software Engineering
4 324 (15.91%) Full-Stack Development
5 323 (15.86%) DevOps
6 316 (15.52%) CI/CD
7 256 (12.57%) Microservices
8 239 (11.74%) User Experience
9 213 (10.46%) OO
10 199 (9.77%) OOP
11 197 (9.68%) Front End Development
12 184 (9.04%) MVC
13 180 (8.84%) Fintech
14 173 (8.50%) Design Patterns
15 164 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
16 161 (7.91%) Computer Science
17 158 (7.76%) Clean Code
18 151 (7.42%) Unit Testing
19 149 (7.32%) TDD
20 146 (7.17%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 824 (40.47%) JavaScript
2 656 (32.22%) C#
3 616 (30.26%) SQL
4 423 (20.78%) Python
5 393 (19.30%) TypeScript
6 380 (18.66%) Java
7 229 (11.25%) C++
8 197 (9.68%) PHP
9 68 (3.34%) Go
10 59 (2.90%) T-SQL
11 55 (2.70%) Rust
12 51 (2.50%) C
13 48 (2.36%) PowerShell
14 41 (2.01%) Kotlin
15 37 (1.82%) VB.NET
16 36 (1.77%) PL/SQL
17 28 (1.38%) Objective-C
17 28 (1.38%) Swift
18 23 (1.13%) Ruby
19 17 (0.83%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 277 (13.61%) Degree
2 138 (6.78%) Security Cleared
3 127 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 62 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 59 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 26 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 20 (0.98%) Master's Degree
9 12 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.59%) PhD
10 9 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.20%) HND
14 2 (0.098%) ACCA
15 1 (0.049%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.049%) BC Cleared
15 1 (0.049%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.049%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (6.43%) QA
2 70 (3.44%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 9 (0.44%) WCAG
5 6 (0.29%) GDPR
6 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.20%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.20%) NCSC
8 3 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.049%) CDISC
9 1 (0.049%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.049%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.049%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.049%) PMO
9 1 (0.049%) SLA
System Software
1 267 (13.11%) Docker
2 10 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.049%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 167 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 99 (4.86%) Terraform
3 67 (3.29%) Ansible
4 14 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (0.39%) Grafana
8 7 (0.34%) Argo
9 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.15%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.098%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.049%) CloudHub
12 1 (0.049%) cPanel
12 1 (0.049%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 302 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 78 (3.83%) Oracle
3 52 (2.55%) PayPal
4 46 (2.26%) Progress
5 45 (2.21%) IBM
6 34 (1.67%) Google
7 33 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.03%) Adobe
9 18 (0.88%) Xamarin
10 17 (0.83%) Sage
11 16 (0.79%) ServiceNow
12 15 (0.74%) Databricks
13 14 (0.69%) MuleSoft
13 14 (0.69%) New Relic
13 14 (0.69%) SAP
14 13 (0.64%) UiPath
15 11 (0.54%) Dell
16 9 (0.44%) VMware
17 8 (0.39%) Okta
18 5 (0.25%) Red Hat