Developer/Software Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Engineer/Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Engineer/Developer salary in Work from Home is £102,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 401 486
Rank change year-on-year -22 +85 -208
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer/Software Engineer 173 283 405
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.51% 0.68% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.71% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 169 273 314
10th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £102,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £142,500 £122,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £165,000 £151,250 £130,000
UK median annual salary £110,000 £92,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year +18.92% -2.63% +22.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,500 39,912 66,911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.98% 96.00% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,881 28,336 41,924
10th Percentile £33,013 £36,733 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Developer/Software Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Developer/Software Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Developer/Software Engineer
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/Software Engineer.

Developer/Software Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Developer/Software Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Developer/Software Engineer over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Developer/Software Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Developer/Software 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 remote work options featuring Developer/Software Engineer in the job title.

1 166 (95.95%) AWS
2 165 (95.38%) Software Engineering
3 161 (93.06%) Python
4 157 (90.75%) Finance
4 157 (90.75%) Agile
5 154 (89.02%) JavaScript
6 153 (88.44%) GCP
7 151 (87.28%) Front Office
7 151 (87.28%) Asset Management
8 150 (86.71%) Fixed Income
9 146 (84.39%) TypeScript
10 123 (71.10%) Investment Management
11 103 (59.54%) Derivative
12 102 (58.96%) Equities
12 102 (58.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 102 (58.96%) React
13 91 (52.60%) gRPC
13 91 (52.60%) Apache Airflow
13 91 (52.60%) Protocol Buffers
14 90 (52.02%) Hedge funds
15 84 (48.55%) Redux
16 79 (45.66%) Apache Ignite
16 79 (45.66%) Pandas
16 79 (45.66%) Java
16 79 (45.66%) Apache
17 67 (38.73%) SciPy
17 67 (38.73%) NumPy
17 67 (38.73%) AngularJS
17 67 (38.73%) Vue
17 67 (38.73%) Amazon Athena

Developer/Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 91 (52.60%) Apache Airflow
2 79 (45.66%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 166 (95.95%) AWS
2 153 (88.44%) GCP
3 67 (38.73%) dbt
4 64 (36.99%) Azure
5 40 (23.12%) Snowflake
6 8 (4.62%) Serverless
7 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (45.66%) Apache Ignite
2 67 (38.73%) Amazon Athena
2 67 (38.73%) Apache Arrow
2 67 (38.73%) Dremio
3 40 (23.12%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.62%) NoSQL
5 7 (4.05%) SQL Server
6 6 (3.47%) MySQL
7 2 (1.16%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (3.47%) JIRA
2 3 (1.73%) Git
3 2 (1.16%) Maven
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 157 (90.75%) Finance
2 151 (87.28%) Front Office
3 61 (35.26%) Banking
4 55 (31.79%) Investment Banking
5 43 (24.86%) Back Office
6 4 (2.31%) Retail
7 2 (1.16%) Automotive
7 2 (1.16%) Social Skills
8 1 (0.58%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (58.96%) React
2 91 (52.60%) gRPC
2 91 (52.60%) Protocol Buffers
3 84 (48.55%) Redux
4 79 (45.66%) Pandas
5 67 (38.73%) AngularJS
5 67 (38.73%) NumPy
5 67 (38.73%) SciPy
5 67 (38.73%) Vue
6 50 (28.90%) Node.js
7 44 (25.43%) .NET
8 30 (17.34%) Material-UI
9 29 (16.76%) ASP.NET
10 27 (15.61%) ASP.NET Core
11 19 (10.98%) GraphQL
12 15 (8.67%) .NET Core
13 5 (2.89%) RESTful
14 4 (2.31%) HTML
15 3 (1.73%) CSS
15 3 (1.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 150 (86.71%) Fixed Income
2 103 (59.54%) Derivative
3 102 (58.96%) Equities
3 102 (58.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 90 (52.02%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.16%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.16%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.16%) IoT
5 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.58%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.78%) Linux
2 8 (4.62%) Unix
3 6 (3.47%) Android
3 6 (3.47%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (95.38%) Software Engineering
2 157 (90.75%) Agile
3 151 (87.28%) Asset Management
4 123 (71.10%) Investment Management
5 45 (26.01%) Analytics
6 42 (24.28%) Fintech
6 42 (24.28%) Performance Attribution
7 41 (23.70%) Full Stack Development
8 40 (23.12%) Line Management
9 21 (12.14%) Mentoring
10 18 (10.40%) Risk Analytics
11 14 (8.09%) User Experience
12 12 (6.94%) Credit Risk Analysis
12 12 (6.94%) Front End Development
13 9 (5.20%) CI/CD
13 9 (5.20%) Data Architecture
14 8 (4.62%) Product Management
15 6 (3.47%) Cybersecurity
15 6 (3.47%) Data Engineering
15 6 (3.47%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 161 (93.06%) Python
2 154 (89.02%) JavaScript
3 146 (84.39%) TypeScript
4 79 (45.66%) Java
5 46 (26.59%) SQL
6 44 (25.43%) C#
7 24 (13.87%) Kotlin
8 15 (8.67%) Ruby
9 9 (5.20%) Scala
10 7 (4.05%) PowerShell
11 6 (3.47%) Perl
12 4 (2.31%) Rust
13 2 (1.16%) Objective-C
13 2 (1.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 6 (3.47%) AWS Certification
1 6 (3.47%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.58%) EMIR
1 1 (0.58%) MiFID
1 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (3.47%) Facebook
2 2 (1.16%) Google
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.16%) QNX