Backend Developer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Backend Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Backend Developer salary in Work from Home is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 473 418 318
Rank change year-on-year -55 -100 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 112 262 763
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.62% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.64% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 98 236 281
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,686 £54,688 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £91,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,375 £105,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +14.52%

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 32,433 40,693 66,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,885 28,909 42,146
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,626 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Backend Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Backend Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Backend Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Backend Developer.

Backend Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Backend Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Backend Developer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Backend Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Backend 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 remote work options featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 61 (54.46%) AWS
2 47 (41.96%) Microservices
3 46 (41.07%) Agile
4 45 (40.18%) Node.js
5 42 (37.50%) TypeScript
6 38 (33.93%) Social Skills
7 34 (30.36%) C#
8 33 (29.46%) Serverless
9 32 (28.57%) Software Engineering
10 31 (27.68%) SQL
11 29 (25.89%) .NET
12 28 (25.00%) JavaScript
13 26 (23.21%) Finance
14 24 (21.43%) Java
15 23 (20.54%) DynamoDB
15 23 (20.54%) CI/CD
16 21 (18.75%) Azure
17 20 (17.86%) Docker
17 20 (17.86%) Clean Code
17 20 (17.86%) OO
17 20 (17.86%) Python
18 19 (16.96%) GraphQL
18 19 (16.96%) GitHub
19 18 (16.07%) DevOps
19 18 (16.07%) Spring Boot
19 18 (16.07%) Front End Development
19 18 (16.07%) AWS Lambda
19 18 (16.07%) Spring
20 17 (15.18%) Artificial Intelligence
20 17 (15.18%) Test Automation

Backend 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 6 (5.36%) nginx
2 3 (2.68%) CMS
3 2 (1.79%) IIS
3 2 (1.79%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.79%) WordPress
4 1 (0.89%) Apache
4 1 (0.89%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (54.46%) AWS
2 33 (29.46%) Serverless
3 21 (18.75%) Azure
4 19 (16.96%) GitHub
5 18 (16.07%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (11.61%) SaaS
7 10 (8.93%) GCP
8 8 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (5.36%) npm
10 6 (5.36%) Yarn
11 5 (4.46%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (2.68%) Azure Storage
12 3 (2.68%) Entra ID
13 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (1.79%) Firebase
13 2 (1.79%) Google Analytics
13 2 (1.79%) WhatsApp
14 1 (0.89%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.36%) AMQP
1 6 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (20.54%) DynamoDB
2 17 (15.18%) Relational Database
3 11 (9.82%) MySQL
4 10 (8.93%) MongoDB
5 7 (6.25%) SQL Server
6 6 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (5.36%) DB2
7 5 (4.46%) NoSQL
7 5 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (4.46%) Redis
8 3 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.89%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Git
2 6 (5.36%) Bitbucket
2 6 (5.36%) Cypress.io
2 6 (5.36%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.36%) Mocha
3 4 (3.57%) Maven
4 2 (1.79%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.79%) Postman
4 2 (1.79%) Subversion
General
1 38 (33.93%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.21%) Finance
3 10 (8.93%) Banking
4 8 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.25%) Health Technology
6 5 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.68%) Retail
8 2 (1.79%) Marketing
9 1 (0.89%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (40.18%) Node.js
2 29 (25.89%) .NET
3 19 (16.96%) GraphQL
4 18 (16.07%) Spring
4 18 (16.07%) Spring Boot
5 16 (14.29%) AngularJS
6 15 (13.39%) OAuth
7 14 (12.50%) HTML
7 14 (12.50%) Kafka
8 13 (11.61%) JSON
8 13 (11.61%) OpenAPI
9 11 (9.82%) REST
10 10 (8.93%) CSS
10 10 (8.93%) RESTful
11 9 (8.04%) Laravel
11 9 (8.04%) React
12 8 (7.14%) Express.js
12 8 (7.14%) NestJS
12 8 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (7.14%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.39%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (7.14%) IoT
3 6 (5.36%) Mobile App
3 6 (5.36%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.57%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.57%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.68%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.79%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.89%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.79%) Linux
1 2 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (41.96%) Microservices
2 46 (41.07%) Agile
3 32 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 23 (20.54%) CI/CD
5 20 (17.86%) Clean Code
5 20 (17.86%) OO
6 18 (16.07%) DevOps
6 18 (16.07%) Front End Development
7 17 (15.18%) Artificial Intelligence
7 17 (15.18%) Event-Driven
7 17 (15.18%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 17 (15.18%) Test Automation
8 16 (14.29%) TDD
9 15 (13.39%) IT Strategy
9 15 (13.39%) Kanban
10 14 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 14 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (12.50%) Unit Testing
11 13 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (11.61%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 42 (37.50%) TypeScript
2 34 (30.36%) C#
3 31 (27.68%) SQL
4 28 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 24 (21.43%) Java
6 20 (17.86%) Python
7 10 (8.93%) PHP
8 7 (6.25%) Go
8 7 (6.25%) Shell Script
9 6 (5.36%) C
9 6 (5.36%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.79%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.79%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.89%) C++
11 1 (0.89%) Ruby
11 1 (0.89%) Rust
11 1 (0.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (13.39%) Degree
2 10 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.46%) DV Cleared
3 5 (4.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.89%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (17.86%) Docker
2 9 (8.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (15.18%) Kubernetes
2 10 (8.93%) Terraform
3 6 (5.36%) Grafana
3 6 (5.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (7.14%) Oracle
2 3 (2.68%) Google
2 3 (2.68%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.89%) Adobe
3 1 (0.89%) Salesforce