Programmer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Programmer
UK > Work from Home

The median Programmer salary for remote or hybrid work is £52,500 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 383 552 572
Rank change year-on-year +169 +20 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 14 40 101
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.094% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.12% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7 26 78
10th Percentile £42,200 £31,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £32,188 £51,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £64,029
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -37.53% +16.42%
75th Percentile £68,420 £57,813 £74,375
90th Percentile £76,840 £73,125 £117,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +9.09%

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% -

Programmer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Programmer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Programmer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Programmer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Programmer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Programmer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 4 (28.57%) SAS
1 4 (28.57%) Mainframe
1 4 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
1 4 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
1 4 (28.57%) R
1 4 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (28.57%) DBS Check
1 4 (28.57%) Biopharmaceutical
1 4 (28.57%) Immunology
2 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) DB2
3 2 (14.29%) C++
3 2 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) QAD
3 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 2 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (14.29%) WhatsApp
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Clean Code
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving

Programmer 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 4 (28.57%) SAS
2 1 (7.14%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) DB2
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 4 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Games
4 1 (7.14%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.14%) ISPF
1 1 (7.14%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Biopharmaceutical
1 4 (28.57%) Mainframe
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Immunology
1 4 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
2 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 2 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (7.14%) Clean Code
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (7.14%) Multithreading
4 1 (7.14%) Physics
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.14%) Software Architecture
4 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) R
2 2 (14.29%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) C#
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.14%) JCL
3 1 (7.14%) Kotlin
3 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) QAD
2 1 (7.14%) ATG
2 1 (7.14%) IBM
2 1 (7.14%) Infor
2 1 (7.14%) Optimizely
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) SAP