Senior Software Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Software Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Software Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £64,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 384 372
Rank change year-on-year -20 -12 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 53 206 257
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.60% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.63% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 46 180 215
10th Percentile £51,875 £46,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -9.42% +15.00%
75th Percentile £74,815 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £95,436
UK median annual salary £64,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -3.70% -

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 18,832 32,819 34,592
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 96.20% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,508 24,686 25,631
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -9.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Software Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Software Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Software Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior Software Developer over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Senior Software Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Senior Software Developer 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 Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 32 (60.38%) React
1 32 (60.38%) AWS
2 27 (50.94%) TypeScript
3 22 (41.51%) Serverless
4 21 (39.62%) Agile
5 20 (37.74%) Software Engineering
5 20 (37.74%) AWS Lambda
6 19 (35.85%) Full-Stack Development
7 18 (33.96%) DynamoDB
7 18 (33.96%) QA
8 17 (32.08%) Python
9 16 (30.19%) C#
10 15 (28.30%) SQL
10 15 (28.30%) Node.js
10 15 (28.30%) Microservices
11 13 (24.53%) Clean Code
11 13 (24.53%) Unit Testing
12 12 (22.64%) Software Testing
12 12 (22.64%) Test Automation
12 12 (22.64%) TDD
12 12 (22.64%) Event-Driven
12 12 (22.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 11 (20.75%) GraphQL
13 11 (20.75%) Kanban
13 11 (20.75%) Azure
14 10 (18.87%) RESTful
14 10 (18.87%) Degree
14 10 (18.87%) Scrum
14 10 (18.87%) C++
14 10 (18.87%) Functional Programming

Senior Software Developer 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 2 (3.77%) CMS
1 2 (3.77%) Headless CMS
2 1 (1.89%) EPiServer
2 1 (1.89%) OpenEdge
2 1 (1.89%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 32 (60.38%) AWS
2 22 (41.51%) Serverless
3 20 (37.74%) AWS Lambda
4 11 (20.75%) Azure
5 5 (9.43%) GCP
6 3 (5.66%) GitHub
6 3 (5.66%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.77%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.77%) SaaS
8 1 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.89%) Contentful
8 1 (1.89%) Datadog
8 1 (1.89%) dbt
8 1 (1.89%) IaaS
8 1 (1.89%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.43%) BGP
1 5 (9.43%) IPsec
1 5 (9.43%) MPLS
1 5 (9.43%) OSPF
2 3 (5.66%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (33.96%) DynamoDB
2 7 (13.21%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (7.55%) NoSQL
4 3 (5.66%) MySQL
4 3 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (3.77%) Metadata
5 2 (3.77%) MongoDB
5 2 (3.77%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.77%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) JIRA
2 4 (7.55%) Git
3 2 (3.77%) Gradle
3 2 (3.77%) Maven
4 1 (1.89%) Grunt
4 1 (1.89%) gulp
4 1 (1.89%) Subversion
4 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (16.98%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Health Technology
2 8 (15.09%) Publishing
2 8 (15.09%) Tech for Good
3 4 (7.55%) Banking
4 3 (5.66%) Retail
5 2 (3.77%) Games
5 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Advertising
6 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Finance
6 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (60.38%) React
2 15 (28.30%) Node.js
3 11 (20.75%) GraphQL
4 10 (18.87%) RESTful
5 8 (15.09%) .NET
6 7 (13.21%) Swagger
7 5 (9.43%) ASP.NET
8 4 (7.55%) CSS
9 3 (5.66%) AngularJS
9 3 (5.66%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (5.66%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (5.66%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (5.66%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (5.66%) pytest
9 3 (5.66%) Tailwind CSS
10 2 (3.77%) .NET Core
10 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET Web API
10 2 (3.77%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (3.77%) React Native
10 2 (3.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Algorithms
2 4 (7.55%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.66%) Derivative
3 3 (5.66%) Fixed Income
3 3 (5.66%) Legacy Code
3 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.77%) Acoustics
4 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.77%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.77%) Mobile Games
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Linux
2 3 (5.66%) Unix
3 2 (3.77%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.89%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) Agile
2 20 (37.74%) Software Engineering
3 19 (35.85%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (28.30%) Microservices
5 13 (24.53%) Clean Code
5 13 (24.53%) Unit Testing
6 12 (22.64%) Event-Driven
6 12 (22.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 12 (22.64%) Software Testing
6 12 (22.64%) TDD
6 12 (22.64%) Test Automation
7 11 (20.75%) Kanban
8 10 (18.87%) Functional Programming
8 10 (18.87%) Scrum
8 10 (18.87%) Secure Coding
8 10 (18.87%) Technology Strategy
9 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
9 9 (16.98%) Pair Programming
9 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (15.09%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 27 (50.94%) TypeScript
2 17 (32.08%) Python
3 16 (30.19%) C#
4 15 (28.30%) SQL
5 10 (18.87%) C++
6 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
7 4 (7.55%) C
7 4 (7.55%) Java
8 2 (3.77%) Bash
8 2 (3.77%) Fortran
9 1 (1.89%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.89%) OpenEdge ABL
9 1 (1.89%) Ruby
9 1 (1.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Degree
2 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.77%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.77%) PhD
4 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.96%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.77%) Argo
2 2 (3.77%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.89%) Grafana
3 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (3.77%) Google
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
1 2 (3.77%) New Relic
2 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
2 1 (1.89%) Optimizely