Hybrid/Remote Senior Backend Developer Job Trends

Senior Backend Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Backend Developer salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 416 460
Rank change year-on-year +55 +44 +197
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Backend Developer 11 29 14
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.072% 0.17% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.17% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 10 21 14
10th Percentile £57,500 - £52,375
25th Percentile £63,750 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -2.99% -16.25%
75th Percentile £81,563 £75,000 £73,688
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £89,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +19.23% -10.34% -9.38%

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 remote/hybrid work 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 14,256 16,805 18,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.24% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 10,446 15,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Backend Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Backend Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Backend Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Backend Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Backend Developer job vacancies

Senior Backend Developer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior Backend Developer over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Senior Backend Developer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Senior Backend Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Agile
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Collaborative Culture
2 7 (63.64%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Mentoring
3 5 (45.45%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (45.45%) Elixir
3 5 (45.45%) Go
3 5 (45.45%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 5 (45.45%) QA
3 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
3 5 (45.45%) Ruby
4 4 (36.36%) Node.js
4 4 (36.36%) TypeScript
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (27.27%) Data Strategy
5 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) Front End Development
5 3 (27.27%) Git
5 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
5 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
5 3 (27.27%) SOLID
5 3 (27.27%) SQL
6 2 (18.18%) .NET
6 2 (18.18%) Azure

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Node.js
2 2 (18.18%) .NET
3 1 (9.09%) React
3 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) IoT
2 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Agile
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Collaborative Culture
2 7 (63.64%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Mentoring
3 5 (45.45%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (45.45%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) Data Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Front End Development
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 3 (27.27%) SOLID
5 1 (9.09%) API Development
5 1 (9.09%) API Integration
5 1 (9.09%) BDD
5 1 (9.09%) Secure Coding
5 1 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Elixir
1 5 (45.45%) Go
1 5 (45.45%) Ruby
2 4 (36.36%) TypeScript
3 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform