Development Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Development Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Development Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £53,750 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 372 553 583
Rank change year-on-year +181 +30 +170
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Engineer 25 39 90
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.12% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12 32 74
10th Percentile £46,750 £37,500 £46,350
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -26.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £71,125 £65,938 £77,542
90th Percentile £101,575 £85,000 £94,625
UK median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -19.23% +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 13,554 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% -

Development Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Development Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Development Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Development Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Development Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Development Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Development 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 Development Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 11 (44.00%) Degree
3 9 (36.00%) Mentoring
4 8 (32.00%) C
4 8 (32.00%) Python
5 7 (28.00%) HTTP
5 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (24.00%) Business Development
6 6 (24.00%) NHS
6 6 (24.00%) Project Management
6 6 (24.00%) Local Government
6 6 (24.00%) Strategic Planning
6 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (24.00%) Finance
6 6 (24.00%) LabVIEW
6 6 (24.00%) Manufacturing
6 6 (24.00%) Accessibility
6 6 (24.00%) Line Management
6 6 (24.00%) Due Diligence
6 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (24.00%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (24.00%) Project Delivery
7 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.00%) 5G
7 5 (20.00%) SDET
7 5 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 5 (20.00%) Linux

Development 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:

Applications
1 4 (16.00%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.00%) Maple
3 1 (4.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (4.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) HTTP
2 5 (20.00%) 5G
3 4 (16.00%) DNS
3 4 (16.00%) Internet
3 4 (16.00%) SD-WAN
3 4 (16.00%) SMTP
3 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (16.00%) WAN
4 1 (4.00%) 3GPP
4 1 (4.00%) 4G
4 1 (4.00%) BGP
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.00%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (4.00%) DMVPN
4 1 (4.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (4.00%) OSPF
4 1 (4.00%) SCTP
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) LabVIEW
2 5 (20.00%) Git
3 4 (16.00%) Subversion
4 3 (12.00%) Jenkins
5 2 (8.00%) Appium
5 2 (8.00%) Xcode
5 2 (8.00%) XCUITest
6 1 (4.00%) Cucumber
6 1 (4.00%) GitLab
6 1 (4.00%) JMeter
6 1 (4.00%) Robot Framework
6 1 (4.00%) Selenium
General
1 6 (24.00%) Finance
1 6 (24.00%) Local Government
1 6 (24.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Electronics
5 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.00%) Automotive
5 1 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) REST
2 2 (8.00%) JSON
2 2 (8.00%) Web Services
3 1 (4.00%) gRPC
3 1 (4.00%) OpenAPI
3 1 (4.00%) RESTful
3 1 (4.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 6 (24.00%) NHS
2 4 (16.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (16.00%) FPGA
2 4 (16.00%) GNSS
2 4 (16.00%) MicroBlaze
2 4 (16.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 4 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.00%) Tandem
3 1 (4.00%) CAN bus
3 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.00%) Unix
2 4 (16.00%) Windows
3 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.00%) Debian
4 1 (4.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (36.00%) Mentoring
3 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (24.00%) Business Development
4 6 (24.00%) Due Diligence
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (24.00%) Line Management
4 6 (24.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (24.00%) Project Management
4 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
4 6 (24.00%) Strategic Planning
5 5 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.00%) SDET
6 4 (16.00%) Digital Signal Processing
6 4 (16.00%) Mathematics
6 4 (16.00%) Open Source
6 4 (16.00%) Signal Processing
6 4 (16.00%) Test Assurance
6 4 (16.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) C
1 8 (32.00%) Python
2 5 (20.00%) C++
3 4 (16.00%) C#
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded C
4 2 (8.00%) Swift
5 1 (4.00%) Go
5 1 (4.00%) Java
5 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) CCA
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (16.00%) Firmware
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Mentor Graphics
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco
2 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (4.00%) Juniper
2 1 (4.00%) Lotus
2 1 (4.00%) McAfee