Pair Programming Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Pair Programming
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Pair Programming skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pair Programming over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 481 474
Rank change year-on-year +195 -7 -254
Permanent jobs citing Pair Programming 113 111 204
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.76% 0.33% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.36% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 94 62 162
10th Percentile £49,300 £46,375 £50,125
25th Percentile £62,875 £56,250 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -6.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £140,000 £91,934 £96,250
90th Percentile £144,613 £120,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.83% -3.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Pair Programming falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Pair Programming
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Pair Programming as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Pair Programming trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Pair Programming
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Pair Programming salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Pair Programming
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Pair Programming salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Pair Programming
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 2 (1.77%) Apache
1 2 (1.77%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 39 (34.51%) AWS
2 25 (22.12%) Serverless
3 22 (19.47%) Azure
4 21 (18.58%) AWS Lambda
5 16 (14.16%) GCP
6 11 (9.73%) Amazon S3
7 8 (7.08%) Amazon SQS
8 5 (4.42%) GitHub
8 5 (4.42%) SaaS
9 4 (3.54%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (3.54%) Google Analytics
10 3 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (2.65%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.77%) Amazon EMR
11 2 (1.77%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (1.77%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.27%) DynamoDB
2 11 (9.73%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (3.54%) Redis
4 3 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (2.65%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.65%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.77%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.77%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.88%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 17 (15.04%) Git
1 17 (15.04%) Jenkins
2 14 (12.39%) webpack
3 8 (7.08%) Maven
4 5 (4.42%) Cypress.io
4 5 (4.42%) Vite
5 4 (3.54%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.65%) Xcode
6 3 (2.65%) XCTest
6 3 (2.65%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.88%) git-flow
7 1 (0.88%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.88%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.88%) Protractor
General
1 26 (23.01%) Banking
2 24 (21.24%) Finance
3 22 (19.47%) Tech for Good
4 20 (17.70%) Health Technology
5 18 (15.93%) Publishing
6 16 (14.16%) Law
7 14 (12.39%) Games
8 13 (11.50%) Social Skills
9 12 (10.62%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (7.08%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
12 4 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.77%) Retail
15 1 (0.88%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 58 (51.33%) Senior
2 46 (40.71%) Software Engineer
3 43 (38.05%) Developer
4 27 (23.89%) Senior Software Engineer
5 22 (19.47%) Lead
5 22 (19.47%) Senior Developer
6 12 (10.62%) Java Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Java Software Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Senior Java Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Senior Java Software Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Software Developer
7 10 (8.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 10 (8.85%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 9 (7.96%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 9 (7.96%) Gen AI Engineer
8 9 (7.96%) Python Developer
8 9 (7.96%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 8 (7.08%) Android Engineer
10 7 (6.19%) Lead Software Engineer
11 6 (5.31%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (33.63%) React
2 31 (27.43%) RESTful
3 25 (22.12%) .NET
4 17 (15.04%) Node.js
5 15 (13.27%) CSS
6 14 (12.39%) Vue
7 13 (11.50%) HTML
8 12 (10.62%) Android Jetpack
8 12 (10.62%) Jetpack Compose
8 12 (10.62%) REST
9 11 (9.73%) Jest
10 10 (8.85%) Next.js
10 10 (8.85%) Swagger
11 9 (7.96%) .NET Core
11 9 (7.96%) Enzyme
11 9 (7.96%) Redux
11 9 (7.96%) Spring
11 9 (7.96%) Spring Boot
12 6 (5.31%) .NET Framework
12 6 (5.31%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Mobile App
2 13 (11.50%) Product Ownership
3 12 (10.62%) Algorithms
3 12 (10.62%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (7.08%) Online Banking
4 8 (7.08%) Virtual Team
5 6 (5.31%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.54%) Housing Association
6 4 (3.54%) NHS
7 3 (2.65%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.77%) Online Games
9 1 (0.88%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.62%) Android
2 7 (6.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (63.72%) TDD
2 62 (54.87%) Software Engineering
3 55 (48.67%) Agile
4 54 (47.79%) CI/CD
5 38 (33.63%) DevOps
6 29 (25.66%) Continuous Integration
7 27 (23.89%) Full-Stack Development
8 26 (23.01%) Test Automation
9 23 (20.35%) Mentoring
9 23 (20.35%) Microservices
10 22 (19.47%) Scrum
10 22 (19.47%) User Experience
11 20 (17.70%) Extreme Programming
12 18 (15.93%) Artificial Intelligence
12 18 (15.93%) BDD
12 18 (15.93%) Continuous Delivery
12 18 (15.93%) Operational Stability
13 16 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (14.16%) Customer Experience
13 16 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 42 (37.17%) Python
2 37 (32.74%) JavaScript
3 30 (26.55%) TypeScript
4 28 (24.78%) Java
5 25 (22.12%) C#
6 21 (18.58%) Go
7 18 (15.93%) SQL
8 8 (7.08%) Kotlin
9 7 (6.19%) Swift
10 6 (5.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (2.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (1.77%) Degree
3 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (23.01%) QA
2 16 (14.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (13.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 37 (32.74%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.88%) Grafana
3 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (5.31%) Google
2 4 (3.54%) Adobe
2 4 (3.54%) Tealium
3 3 (2.65%) Databricks
3 3 (2.65%) Microsoft