Programmer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Programmer
UK > Work from Home

The median Programmer salary in Work from Home is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 543 454
Rank change year-on-year 0 -89 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 42 109 494
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.27% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.29% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 28 78 179
10th Percentile £31,000 £44,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £35,938 £51,833 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £64,029 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.53% +6.72% +50.00%
75th Percentile £55,938 £74,375 £116,250
90th Percentile £71,375 £117,500 £187,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +9.09% -2.22%

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 33,036 38,142 71,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 95.90% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 25,238 27,095 42,472
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Programmer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Programmer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Programmer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Programmer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Programmer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Programmer over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Programmer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 20 (47.62%) RPG
2 15 (35.71%) SQL
2 15 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (30.95%) Degree
4 11 (26.19%) REST
4 11 (26.19%) SDLC
4 11 (26.19%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (23.81%) Modular Programming
5 10 (23.81%) JSON
5 10 (23.81%) Systems Analysis
5 10 (23.81%) Web Services
5 10 (23.81%) XML
5 10 (23.81%) XSL
5 10 (23.81%) Eclipse
5 10 (23.81%) EDI
6 8 (19.05%) AS400
7 7 (16.67%) IBM
7 7 (16.67%) Python
7 7 (16.67%) Social Skills
8 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (14.29%) C#
8 6 (14.29%) Software Engineering
8 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 5 (11.90%) Mathematics
9 5 (11.90%) Physics
9 5 (11.90%) PhD
9 5 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (9.52%) Mathematical Modelling
10 4 (9.52%) Code Quality

Programmer 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 4 (9.52%) SAS
2 1 (2.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Base SAS
2 1 (2.38%) MySQL
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Games
4 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.38%) Aviation
5 1 (2.38%) Law
5 1 (2.38%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (26.19%) REST
2 10 (23.81%) EDI
2 10 (23.81%) JSON
2 10 (23.81%) Web Services
2 10 (23.81%) XML
2 10 (23.81%) XSL
3 2 (4.76%) .NET
3 2 (4.76%) CSS
3 2 (4.76%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (4.76%) HTML
3 2 (4.76%) ISPF
3 2 (4.76%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.38%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) AS400
2 2 (4.76%) Equities
2 2 (4.76%) FPGA
2 2 (4.76%) Life Science
2 2 (4.76%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.38%) iSeries
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.38%) Mobile Games
3 1 (2.38%) Oculus
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Linux
2 2 (4.76%) zOS
3 1 (2.38%) Unix
3 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (26.19%) Requirements Gathering
2 11 (26.19%) SDLC
3 10 (23.81%) Modular Programming
3 10 (23.81%) Systems Analysis
4 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 5 (11.90%) Mathematics
5 5 (11.90%) Physics
6 4 (9.52%) Code Quality
6 4 (9.52%) Data Migration
6 4 (9.52%) ERP
6 4 (9.52%) Mathematical Modelling
6 4 (9.52%) Migration
6 4 (9.52%) System Testing
7 2 (4.76%) Data Science
7 2 (4.76%) High-Frequency Trading
7 2 (4.76%) Market Making
7 2 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (47.62%) RPG
2 15 (35.71%) SQL
3 7 (16.67%) Python
4 6 (14.29%) C#
5 4 (9.52%) Java
5 4 (9.52%) MATLAB
6 3 (7.14%) C++
7 2 (4.76%) Assembly Language
7 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.76%) JCL
7 2 (4.76%) REXX
7 2 (4.76%) SAS Macro
8 1 (2.38%) C
8 1 (2.38%) PHP
8 1 (2.38%) R
8 1 (2.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (30.95%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (11.90%) PhD
3 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) CDISC
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) ACF2
1 2 (4.76%) RACF
1 2 (4.76%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) OMEGAMON
2 1 (2.38%) cPanel
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) IBM
2 2 (4.76%) Broadcom
2 2 (4.76%) Splunk