Hybrid/Remote SOLID Job Trends

SOLID Principles
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SOLID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 261 325
Rank change year-on-year -56 +64 -73
Permanent jobs citing SOLID 57 191 169
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 1.16% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 1.24% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 44 132 162
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £47,625
25th Percentile £54,625 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -5.88%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £127,500 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

SOLID 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 13,245 15,409 20,193
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.44% 93.79% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,423 9,065 16,344
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,781 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SOLID
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

SOLID job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SOLID
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

SOLID
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOLID over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

SOLID salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SOLID
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 2 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (3.51%) Apache Spark
1 2 (3.51%) Luigi
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 34 (59.65%) AWS
2 28 (49.12%) Azure
3 15 (26.32%) GCP
4 12 (21.05%) GitHub
5 10 (17.54%) GitHub Copilot
6 9 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (10.53%) Serverless
8 3 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (3.51%) Amazon S3
9 2 (3.51%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.75%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (1.75%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (1.75%) Azure Functions
10 1 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) SQL Server
2 8 (14.04%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (7.02%) NoSQL
4 3 (5.26%) MySQL
4 3 (5.26%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.51%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (3.51%) Hadoop
5 2 (3.51%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.75%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.75%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Android Studio
2 1 (1.75%) Moq
General
1 17 (29.82%) Influencing Skills
2 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Finance
4 10 (17.54%) Banking
5 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (40.35%) Developer
1 23 (40.35%) Senior
2 17 (29.82%) Senior Software Engineer
2 17 (29.82%) Software Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) Development Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) Senior Development Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) Senior Software Development Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) Software Development Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Applications Developer
5 5 (8.77%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Senior C# Software Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Software Developer
6 4 (7.02%) Senior Developer
7 3 (5.26%) Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (5.26%) Python Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Technical Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (52.63%) .NET
2 16 (28.07%) .NET Core
3 13 (22.81%) REST
4 10 (17.54%) Kafka
4 10 (17.54%) React
5 9 (15.79%) AngularJS
6 5 (8.77%) ASP.NET
6 5 (8.77%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (8.77%) CSS
6 5 (8.77%) Django
6 5 (8.77%) HTML
6 5 (8.77%) Web Services
7 4 (7.02%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (7.02%) Entity Framework
7 4 (7.02%) RESTful
7 4 (7.02%) Vue
7 4 (7.02%) YAML
8 3 (5.26%) .NET Framework
8 3 (5.26%) Node.js
8 3 (5.26%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Public Cloud
2 8 (14.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 5 (8.77%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 3 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.51%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (68.42%) Agile
2 29 (50.88%) Software Engineering
3 26 (45.61%) OO
4 25 (43.86%) CI/CD
4 25 (43.86%) Microservices
4 25 (43.86%) TDD
5 24 (42.11%) Mentoring
6 22 (38.60%) SDLC
7 17 (29.82%) Full-Stack Development
7 17 (29.82%) SOA
8 14 (24.56%) AI
8 14 (24.56%) DevOps
9 13 (22.81%) Architectural Design
9 13 (22.81%) Clean Code
10 12 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (21.05%) Containerisation
10 12 (21.05%) User Experience
11 11 (19.30%) Roadmaps
12 10 (17.54%) Product Roadmap
12 10 (17.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 35 (61.40%) C#
2 21 (36.84%) Java
3 10 (17.54%) JavaScript
4 7 (12.28%) Python
5 6 (10.53%) SQL
6 4 (7.02%) VB.NET
7 2 (3.51%) Scala
7 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.75%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.75%) PHP
8 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Degree
2 4 (7.02%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) GDPR
1 1 (1.75%) HL7
1 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (14.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (14.04%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.51%) Ansible
2 2 (3.51%) Progress Chef
2 2 (3.51%) Puppet
2 2 (3.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) DevExpress
3 3 (5.26%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce