Hybrid/Remote Software Engineering Job Trends

Software Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 2,272 1,603 3,496
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.72% 9.99% 14.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.87% 10.75% 16.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,533 953 2,600
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £90,921 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +15.38% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,138 14,917 20,728
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 92.96% 87.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,805 8,582 13,608
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,266 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Software Engineering
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Software Engineering over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

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

Software Engineering
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 18 (0.79%) Confluence
2 14 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (0.35%) Apache
3 8 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (0.26%) CMS
5 5 (0.22%) Camunda
5 5 (0.22%) FactoryTalk
5 5 (0.22%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.22%) WordPress
6 4 (0.18%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.088%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.044%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.044%) Drupal
8 1 (0.044%) IIS
8 1 (0.044%) Moodle
8 1 (0.044%) nginx
8 1 (0.044%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.044%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.044%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.40%) Simulink
4 4 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.18%) Lightworks
4 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.18%) Trello
4 4 (0.18%) Windchill
5 3 (0.13%) Blender
5 3 (0.13%) Maya
5 3 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.088%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.044%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.044%) Notion
7 1 (0.044%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.088%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.088%) Shopify
4 1 (0.044%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 765 (33.67%) AWS
2 485 (21.35%) Azure
3 293 (12.90%) GCP
4 237 (10.43%) SaaS
5 118 (5.19%) GitHub
6 67 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (2.77%) Amazon EKS
8 56 (2.46%) Serverless
9 49 (2.16%) Anthropic Claude
10 45 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
12 35 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (1.32%) Power Platform
14 29 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (1.10%) Amazon S3
16 19 (0.84%) Cloud Run
17 17 (0.75%) Firebase
18 16 (0.70%) Amazon Bedrock
18 16 (0.70%) Azure AI
19 15 (0.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 87 (3.83%) Broadband
2 35 (1.54%) HTTP
3 34 (1.50%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.45%) Wireless
5 21 (0.92%) Bluetooth
6 20 (0.88%) Modbus
6 20 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (0.84%) RS-232
8 17 (0.75%) Ethernet
9 13 (0.57%) LTE
10 11 (0.48%) ATM
11 10 (0.44%) RS-485
12 9 (0.40%) Profibus
12 9 (0.40%) ZigBee
13 6 (0.26%) DNS
14 5 (0.22%) MQTT
14 5 (0.22%) VoIP
15 4 (0.18%) Internet
15 4 (0.18%) Network Security
16 3 (0.13%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (4.75%) SQL Server
3 85 (3.74%) MongoDB
4 74 (3.26%) MySQL
5 64 (2.82%) Relational Database
6 52 (2.29%) NoSQL
7 17 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (0.70%) Chroma
8 16 (0.70%) Pinecone
9 14 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (0.57%) Power BI
10 13 (0.57%) Redis
11 11 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.48%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.35%) MariaDB
12 8 (0.35%) Metadata
13 7 (0.31%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
15 5 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 153 (6.73%) Git
2 58 (2.55%) TeamCity
3 51 (2.24%) JIRA
4 36 (1.58%) Claude Code
5 27 (1.19%) Jenkins
6 26 (1.14%) GitLab
7 10 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.40%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.31%) NUnit
11 6 (0.26%) MLflow
11 6 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.22%) CMake
12 5 (0.22%) JUnit
12 5 (0.22%) Subversion
13 4 (0.18%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.18%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.18%) Poetry
14 3 (0.13%) Postman
General
1 491 (21.61%) Finance
2 450 (19.81%) Social Skills
3 209 (9.20%) Banking
4 178 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 169 (7.44%) Law
6 153 (6.73%) Legal
7 128 (5.63%) Public Sector
8 93 (4.09%) Retail
9 76 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
10 64 (2.82%) Financial Institution
11 57 (2.51%) Back Office
11 57 (2.51%) Electronics
12 52 (2.29%) Aerospace
13 51 (2.24%) Games
14 42 (1.85%) Legal Technology
15 33 (1.45%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.14%) Military
17 22 (0.97%) Marketing
18 18 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
19 17 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,223 (53.83%) Software Engineer
2 621 (27.33%) Senior
3 298 (13.12%) Senior Software Engineer
4 295 (12.98%) Lead
5 280 (12.32%) Developer
6 148 (6.51%) Lead Software Engineer
7 124 (5.46%) Embedded Engineer
8 113 (4.97%) Software Manager
9 111 (4.89%) Python Engineer
10 110 (4.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 110 (4.84%) Engineering Manager
11 103 (4.53%) Senior Developer
12 102 (4.49%) C# Software Engineer
12 102 (4.49%) Principal Engineer
13 98 (4.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 92 (4.05%) C++ Software Engineer
15 85 (3.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 84 (3.70%) Java Engineer
16 84 (3.70%) Senior Manager
17 79 (3.48%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 328 (14.44%) .NET
2 264 (11.62%) React
3 175 (7.70%) Terraform
4 144 (6.34%) Node.js
5 141 (6.21%) REST
6 118 (5.19%) RESTful
7 92 (4.05%) Spring
8 79 (3.48%) CSS
9 71 (3.13%) AngularJS
10 70 (3.08%) Vue
11 61 (2.68%) HTML
12 57 (2.51%) Spring Boot
13 55 (2.42%) PyTorch
14 54 (2.38%) TensorFlow
15 50 (2.20%) .NET Core
16 48 (2.11%) LangChain
17 43 (1.89%) .NET Framework
18 37 (1.63%) Kafka
18 37 (1.63%) Next.js
19 31 (1.36%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 288 (12.68%) Cloud Native
2 211 (9.29%) Product Ownership
3 182 (8.01%) Distributed Systems
4 107 (4.71%) AI Agents
5 78 (3.43%) Public Cloud
6 65 (2.86%) Virtual Team
7 63 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
8 59 (2.60%) Algorithms
9 55 (2.42%) Embedded Systems
10 49 (2.16%) Video\Live Streaming
11 40 (1.76%) Distributed Architecture
12 36 (1.58%) Low-Code
13 35 (1.54%) Blog
14 34 (1.50%) Data Structures
15 33 (1.45%) Robotics
16 32 (1.41%) Management Information System
17 31 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
18 29 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
19 27 (1.19%) IoT
19 27 (1.19%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 141 (6.21%) Linux
2 32 (1.41%) Embedded Linux
3 27 (1.19%) Unix
3 27 (1.19%) Windows
4 18 (0.79%) Android
5 14 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
6 9 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.31%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.26%) Debian
9 5 (0.22%) VxWorks
10 3 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.088%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.088%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.044%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.044%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 640 (28.17%) CI/CD
2 507 (22.32%) Agile
3 484 (21.30%) AI
4 431 (18.97%) Mentoring
5 394 (17.34%) DevOps
6 386 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 366 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
8 339 (14.92%) Test Automation
9 336 (14.79%) Full-Stack Development
10 317 (13.95%) Microservices
11 268 (11.80%) Technical Leadership
12 258 (11.36%) Roadmaps
13 202 (8.89%) Infrastructure as Code
14 196 (8.63%) Coaching
15 195 (8.58%) Clean Code
16 191 (8.41%) Machine Learning
17 185 (8.14%) Observability
18 170 (7.48%) SDLC
19 158 (6.95%) Collaborative Culture
20 153 (6.73%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 590 (25.97%) Python
2 447 (19.67%) C#
3 423 (18.62%) Java
4 319 (14.04%) JavaScript
5 283 (12.46%) TypeScript
6 250 (11.00%) C++
7 217 (9.55%) SQL
8 120 (5.28%) Go
9 103 (4.53%) C
10 71 (3.13%) PHP
11 57 (2.51%) PowerShell
12 50 (2.20%) Rust
13 37 (1.63%) Embedded C
14 26 (1.14%) Kotlin
15 25 (1.10%) Scala
16 23 (1.01%) Ada
17 20 (0.88%) Ruby
18 11 (0.48%) Embedded C++
18 11 (0.48%) MATLAB
19 10 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 242 (10.65%) Security Cleared
2 198 (8.71%) SC Cleared
3 194 (8.54%) Degree
4 79 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 76 (3.35%) DV Cleared
6 44 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (0.92%) Master's Degree
8 15 (0.66%) DBS Check
9 13 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 10 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.44%) PMI Certification
11 9 (0.40%) Azure Certification
11 9 (0.40%) PMP
12 7 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
13 6 (0.26%) PhD
14 5 (0.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 3 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.13%) ICAEW
15 3 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (7.04%) QA
2 82 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 20 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.84%) SLA
5 18 (0.79%) Def Stans
6 13 (0.57%) NIST
7 11 (0.48%) GDPR
7 11 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.44%) GRC
9 6 (0.26%) NCSC
10 4 (0.18%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.13%) ECSS
11 3 (0.13%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.13%) JTAG
11 3 (0.13%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.13%) WCAG
12 2 (0.088%) Automotive SPICE
12 2 (0.088%) AUTOSAR
12 2 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 216 (9.51%) Docker
2 62 (2.73%) Firmware
3 23 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.044%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.044%) KVM
5 1 (0.044%) QEMU
5 1 (0.044%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 199 (8.76%) Kubernetes
2 76 (3.35%) Grafana
3 12 (0.53%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.48%) Ansible
5 5 (0.22%) Podman
6 4 (0.18%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.13%) Plesk
7 3 (0.13%) Puppet
8 2 (0.088%) Argo
8 2 (0.088%) Consul
8 2 (0.088%) Packer
9 1 (0.044%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.044%) OpenView
9 1 (0.044%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.044%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 139 (6.12%) Microsoft
2 44 (1.94%) Google
3 36 (1.58%) Databricks
4 18 (0.79%) Oracle
4 18 (0.79%) Salesforce
4 18 (0.79%) Typelevel
5 15 (0.66%) Okta
5 15 (0.66%) OpenAI
5 15 (0.66%) Ping Identity
6 13 (0.57%) Foundry
7 8 (0.35%) Splunk
7 8 (0.35%) YouTube
8 6 (0.26%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.26%) Rockwell
8 6 (0.26%) SAP
9 5 (0.22%) ForgeRock
9 5 (0.22%) New Relic
9 5 (0.22%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.22%) Siemens
9 5 (0.22%) Yahoo!