Hybrid/Remote Development Officer Job Trends

Development Officer
UK > Work from Home

The median Development Officer salary for remote or hybrid work is £34,480 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 414 489 534
Rank change year-on-year +75 +45 +332
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Officer 2 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.012% 0.021% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.022% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £22,184 -
25th Percentile £33,539 - £36,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,480 £22,460 £37,403
Median % change year-on-year +53.52% -39.95% +9.85%
75th Percentile £35,422 - £38,387
90th Percentile - £22,484 -
UK median annual salary £35,000 £22,500 £36,701
% change year-on-year +55.56% -38.69% +3.41%

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 15,079 22,412 24,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 96.23% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,021 14,652 20,287
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,738 £47,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Development Officer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Development Officer
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Development Officer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Development Officer job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Development Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) Podcast
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Learning Management System
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

Development Officer 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Learning Management System
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Podcast
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Content Development
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft