Software Development Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Development Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Development Engineer salary in Work from Home is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 620 759
Rank change year-on-year +67 +139 -239
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 22 55 66
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.065% 0.13% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.13% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 19 45 18
10th Percentile - £46,350 £47,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £60,000 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -21.21% +57.14%
75th Percentile £62,625 £85,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £65,750 £100,000 £98,475
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% -3.70% +17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,487 41,727 64,825
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 96.06% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,961 29,529 41,700
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £79,600
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Software Development Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Software Development Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Development Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Development Engineer.

Software Development Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Development Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Software Development Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Software Development Engineer 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 remote work options featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Software Engineering
2 11 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 10 (45.45%) Azure
4 9 (40.91%) Test Automation
4 9 (40.91%) C#
4 9 (40.91%) Full Stack Development
5 8 (36.36%) SDET
5 8 (36.36%) Agile
6 7 (31.82%) SQL
6 7 (31.82%) Python
6 7 (31.82%) DevOps
7 6 (27.27%) IaaS
7 6 (27.27%) OpenStack
7 6 (27.27%) GitHub
7 6 (27.27%) AWS
7 6 (27.27%) Open Source
7 6 (27.27%) Bash
7 6 (27.27%) Ruby
7 6 (27.27%) Life Science
7 6 (27.27%) Linux
7 6 (27.27%) .NET
7 6 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (27.27%) Workflow
7 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
7 6 (27.27%) Coaching
7 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (27.27%) Containerisation
8 5 (22.73%) Verification and Validation
8 5 (22.73%) Battery Management

Software Development Engineer 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 6 (27.27%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) AWS
2 6 (27.27%) GitHub
2 6 (27.27%) IaaS
3 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Bluetooth
2 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
2 3 (13.64%) HTTPS
2 3 (13.64%) Modbus
2 3 (13.64%) MQTT
2 3 (13.64%) RS-232
2 3 (13.64%) RS-422
2 3 (13.64%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Git
2 3 (13.64%) Bitbucket
General
1 5 (22.73%) Electronics
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) AngularJS
2 3 (13.64%) Kendo UI
2 3 (13.64%) REST
3 2 (9.09%) ASP.NET
3 2 (9.09%) CSS
4 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.55%) Gherkin
4 1 (4.55%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Life Science
2 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.55%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Software Engineering
2 11 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 9 (40.91%) Full Stack Development
3 9 (40.91%) Test Automation
4 8 (36.36%) Agile
4 8 (36.36%) SDET
5 7 (31.82%) DevOps
6 6 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (27.27%) Coaching
6 6 (27.27%) Containerisation
6 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
6 6 (27.27%) Open Source
6 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (27.27%) Workflow
7 5 (22.73%) Project Management
7 5 (22.73%) Quality Management
7 5 (22.73%) Requirements Management
7 5 (22.73%) Validation
7 5 (22.73%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) C#
2 7 (31.82%) Python
2 7 (31.82%) SQL
3 6 (27.27%) Bash
3 6 (27.27%) Ruby
4 3 (13.64%) Ada
4 3 (13.64%) C
4 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
5 2 (9.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Telerik
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft