Hybrid/Remote Software Developer Job Trends

Software Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Developer salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 222 99
Rank change year-on-year +58 -123 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 314 233 994
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.58% 1.52% 2.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 1.65% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 297 142 881
10th Percentile £24,000 £41,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £122,500 £111,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 18,713 14,121 33,212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.11% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,634 8,624 25,955
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,005
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Software Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Software Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Software Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Software Developer job vacancies

Software Developer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Software Developer over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Software Developer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 121 (38.54%) C#
2 118 (37.58%) Azure
3 108 (34.39%) SQL
4 107 (34.08%) Agile
5 92 (29.30%) AWS
6 87 (27.71%) Computer Science
7 77 (24.52%) PHP
8 75 (23.89%) Full-Stack Development
9 74 (23.57%) SQL Server
10 63 (20.06%) Degree
11 61 (19.43%) .NET
12 58 (18.47%) Java
13 56 (17.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 56 (17.83%) JavaScript
14 47 (14.97%) Software Engineering
15 46 (14.65%) CI/CD
16 45 (14.33%) Mentoring
16 45 (14.33%) MVC
17 44 (14.01%) TypeScript
18 43 (13.69%) Python
19 41 (13.06%) DevOps
20 39 (12.42%) Node.js
21 38 (12.10%) C++
21 38 (12.10%) CSS
21 38 (12.10%) React
22 34 (10.83%) Clean Code
22 34 (10.83%) OOP
22 34 (10.83%) SaaS
23 31 (9.87%) jQuery
24 30 (9.55%) Microsoft

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.27%) Apache
1 4 (1.27%) IIS
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.32%) CMS
3 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.32%) nginx
3 1 (0.32%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Shopify
2 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 118 (37.58%) Azure
2 92 (29.30%) AWS
3 34 (10.83%) SaaS
4 29 (9.24%) Serverless
5 17 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.82%) Amazon S3
8 7 (2.23%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.27%) GCP
9 4 (1.27%) GitHub
9 4 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.27%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.96%) Azure Functions
10 3 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (0.96%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.64%) Azure Event Grid
11 2 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.64%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.50%) Broadband
2 6 (1.91%) VoIP
3 1 (0.32%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (0.32%) FTP
3 1 (0.32%) HTTP
3 1 (0.32%) Internet
3 1 (0.32%) RTP
3 1 (0.32%) RTSP
3 1 (0.32%) SCTP
3 1 (0.32%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.32%) SS7
3 1 (0.32%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (23.57%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.46%) MySQL
3 9 (2.87%) Redis
4 6 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.27%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.27%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.96%) Power BI
8 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.64%) Big Data
8 2 (0.64%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (5.41%) Git
2 6 (1.91%) TeamCity
3 4 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.27%) NUnit
4 3 (0.96%) Selenium
4 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.96%) Subversion
4 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.64%) Jasmine
5 2 (0.64%) JIRA
5 2 (0.64%) JUnit
5 2 (0.64%) Postman
5 2 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.32%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.32%) Gatling
6 1 (0.32%) GitLab
6 1 (0.32%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.32%) MLflow
6 1 (0.32%) Vite
General
1 61 (19.43%) Finance
2 29 (9.24%) Social Skills
3 12 (3.82%) Public Sector
4 8 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (2.55%) Manufacturing
5 7 (2.23%) Law
5 7 (2.23%) Legal
6 6 (1.91%) Local Government
7 4 (1.27%) Banking
8 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.96%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.64%) Aviation
9 2 (0.64%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.64%) Publishing
10 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.32%) Automotive
10 1 (0.32%) Electronics
10 1 (0.32%) Front Office
10 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (19.43%) .NET
2 39 (12.42%) Node.js
3 38 (12.10%) CSS
3 38 (12.10%) React
4 31 (9.87%) jQuery
5 22 (7.01%) HTML
6 19 (6.05%) AngularJS
7 17 (5.41%) ASP.NET
8 14 (4.46%) Vue
9 13 (4.14%) .NET Framework
10 12 (3.82%) Spring
11 10 (3.18%) REST
11 10 (3.18%) RESTful
11 10 (3.18%) Spring Boot
12 9 (2.87%) .NET Core
12 9 (2.87%) Entity Framework
13 6 (1.91%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (1.91%) Blazor
14 4 (1.27%) Akka
14 4 (1.27%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.10%) Virtual Team
2 14 (4.46%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.55%) NHS
5 7 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.91%) IoT
7 5 (1.59%) Video\Live Streaming
8 4 (1.27%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.27%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.27%) Over-the-Top Content
8 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.96%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.96%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.96%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.64%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.55%) Windows
2 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.96%) Linux
4 2 (0.64%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (34.08%) Agile
2 87 (27.71%) Computer Science
3 75 (23.89%) Full-Stack Development
4 47 (14.97%) Software Engineering
5 46 (14.65%) CI/CD
6 45 (14.33%) Mentoring
6 45 (14.33%) MVC
7 41 (13.06%) DevOps
8 34 (10.83%) Clean Code
8 34 (10.83%) OOP
9 26 (8.28%) Microservices
10 24 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (6.69%) TDD
12 20 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (5.73%) OO
13 18 (5.73%) Scrum
14 17 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
15 16 (5.10%) SDLC
16 14 (4.46%) Infrastructure as Code
16 14 (4.46%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 121 (38.54%) C#
2 108 (34.39%) SQL
3 77 (24.52%) PHP
4 58 (18.47%) Java
5 56 (17.83%) JavaScript
6 44 (14.01%) TypeScript
7 43 (13.69%) Python
8 38 (12.10%) C++
9 11 (3.50%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.23%) Rust
11 6 (1.91%) Scala
12 5 (1.59%) Go
13 4 (1.27%) Bicep
13 4 (1.27%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.27%) VBA
13 4 (1.27%) VBScript
14 3 (0.96%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.32%) C
15 1 (0.32%) Delphi
15 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 63 (20.06%) Degree
2 56 (17.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.14%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.87%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.50%) QA
2 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.32%) HL7
4 1 (0.32%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 25 (7.96%) Docker
2 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (5.73%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.14%) Terraform
3 2 (0.64%) Grafana
3 2 (0.64%) MIIS
Vendors
1 30 (9.55%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.27%) iManage
2 4 (1.27%) Xamarin
3 2 (0.64%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.32%) Google
4 1 (0.32%) IBM
4 1 (0.32%) SYSPRO