Software Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Engineer salary in Work from Home is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 35 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2,399 2,963 6,537
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.09% 7.33% 9.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.38% 7.64% 9.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,783 1,806 2,123
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,563 £40,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

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 32,493 38,794 68,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 95.92% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,878 27,614 41,915
10th Percentile £33,009 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £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%

Software Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software 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 Engineer.

Software Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Engineer over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Software Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Software 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 2,384 (99.37%) Software Engineering
2 1,016 (42.35%) Agile
3 1,011 (42.14%) Python
4 993 (41.39%) AWS
5 793 (33.06%) JavaScript
6 644 (26.84%) Azure
7 635 (26.47%) Java
8 607 (25.30%) React
9 579 (24.14%) .NET
10 577 (24.05%) C#
11 503 (20.97%) DevOps
12 466 (19.42%) Security Cleared
13 409 (17.05%) Finance
14 405 (16.88%) TypeScript
15 398 (16.59%) Linux
16 372 (15.51%) C
16 372 (15.51%) SQL
17 362 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
18 344 (14.34%) PostgreSQL
19 317 (13.21%) SC Cleared
20 311 (12.96%) Degree
21 305 (12.71%) Actionable Insight
22 298 (12.42%) .NET Core
23 293 (12.21%) GCP
24 283 (11.80%) C++
25 271 (11.30%) Microservices
26 260 (10.84%) Full Stack Development
27 256 (10.67%) CSS
28 253 (10.55%) Social Skills
29 251 (10.46%) AngularJS

Software 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
1 221 (9.21%) ArcGIS
2 214 (8.92%) GeoServer
3 180 (7.50%) Apache Airflow
4 179 (7.46%) Apache
5 44 (1.83%) Apache Spark
6 13 (0.54%) NServiceBus
7 6 (0.25%) Confluence
7 6 (0.25%) nginx
7 6 (0.25%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.13%) CMS
8 3 (0.13%) Drupal
9 2 (0.083%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.083%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.042%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.042%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.042%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.042%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.042%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (1.75%) Simulink
2 7 (0.29%) Stateflow
3 6 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.13%) Sketch
6 2 (0.083%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.042%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.042%) UXPin
7 1 (0.042%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 8 (0.33%) Siebel CRM
2 7 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.042%) Endur
4 1 (0.042%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 993 (41.39%) AWS
2 644 (26.84%) Azure
3 293 (12.21%) GCP
4 149 (6.21%) dbt
5 132 (5.50%) Serverless
6 126 (5.25%) SaaS
7 120 (5.00%) Snowflake
8 70 (2.92%) GitHub
9 58 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
10 49 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (1.67%) Amazon S3
12 30 (1.25%) Amazon SQS
13 24 (1.00%) Slack
14 23 (0.96%) Google Docs
14 23 (0.96%) Lucidchart
14 23 (0.96%) Miro
15 21 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
17 11 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
18 9 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 60 (2.50%) TCP/IP
2 46 (1.92%) RS-232
3 45 (1.88%) Wireless
4 39 (1.63%) Ethernet
5 29 (1.21%) Network Security
6 26 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (0.96%) HTTP
8 17 (0.71%) Bluetooth
8 17 (0.71%) Modbus
9 15 (0.63%) Internet
9 15 (0.63%) RS-485
10 14 (0.58%) ZigBee
11 8 (0.33%) VoIP
12 7 (0.29%) Firewall
13 6 (0.25%) 5G
14 4 (0.17%) 3GPP
14 4 (0.17%) Profibus
14 4 (0.17%) RS-422
15 2 (0.083%) MQTT
15 2 (0.083%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 344 (14.34%) PostgreSQL
2 234 (9.75%) GIS
3 214 (8.92%) QGIS
4 165 (6.88%) MySQL
5 163 (6.79%) Apache Ignite
6 149 (6.21%) Amazon Athena
6 149 (6.21%) Apache Arrow
6 149 (6.21%) Dremio
7 121 (5.04%) Data Lake
8 93 (3.88%) SQL Server
9 91 (3.79%) Relational Database
10 85 (3.54%) NoSQL
11 60 (2.50%) Redis
12 56 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
13 47 (1.96%) Oracle Database
14 45 (1.88%) MongoDB
15 40 (1.67%) RDBMS
16 35 (1.46%) Big Data
17 29 (1.21%) DynamoDB
18 25 (1.04%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 206 (8.59%) Git
2 69 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 63 (2.63%) JIRA
4 58 (2.42%) GitLab
5 36 (1.50%) JDeveloper
6 33 (1.38%) Subversion
7 29 (1.21%) Visual Studio
8 23 (0.96%) Maven
9 19 (0.79%) LabVIEW
10 17 (0.71%) Vagrant
11 16 (0.67%) TeamCity
12 15 (0.63%) CMake
12 15 (0.63%) Cypress.io
13 14 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
14 13 (0.54%) Selenium
15 10 (0.42%) Rational Rhapsody
16 9 (0.38%) Gradle
16 9 (0.38%) IBM UrbanCode
17 8 (0.33%) Postman
17 8 (0.33%) Spinnaker
General
1 409 (17.05%) Finance
2 253 (10.55%) Social Skills
3 236 (9.84%) Front Office
4 202 (8.42%) Banking
5 151 (6.29%) Investment Banking
6 139 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 105 (4.38%) Electronics
8 93 (3.88%) Manufacturing
9 71 (2.96%) Automotive
10 65 (2.71%) Analytical Skills
11 55 (2.29%) Public Sector
12 50 (2.08%) Retail
12 50 (2.08%) Tech for Good
13 46 (1.92%) Back Office
14 40 (1.67%) Law
15 38 (1.58%) Aerospace
16 35 (1.46%) Games
17 30 (1.25%) Legal
18 27 (1.13%) Military
19 23 (0.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 607 (25.30%) React
2 579 (24.14%) .NET
3 298 (12.42%) .NET Core
4 256 (10.67%) CSS
5 251 (10.46%) AngularJS
6 216 (9.00%) Node.js
7 215 (8.96%) Leaflet
7 215 (8.96%) OpenLayers
7 215 (8.96%) PostGIS
8 180 (7.50%) gRPC
9 175 (7.29%) Protocol Buffers
10 166 (6.92%) Pandas
11 159 (6.63%) NumPy
12 156 (6.50%) RESTful
13 149 (6.21%) SciPy
13 149 (6.21%) Vue
14 113 (4.71%) ASP.NET
15 105 (4.38%) Redux
16 93 (3.88%) Kafka
17 90 (3.75%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 236 (9.84%) Fixed Income
2 189 (7.88%) Derivative
2 189 (7.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 186 (7.75%) Equities
4 173 (7.21%) Hedge funds
5 104 (4.34%) Algorithms
6 72 (3.00%) Data Structures
7 66 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
8 65 (2.71%) IoT
9 64 (2.67%) Client/Server
10 56 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
11 48 (2.00%) Cloud Native
12 44 (1.83%) Device Driver
13 38 (1.58%) Mobile App
14 36 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
15 31 (1.29%) Virtual Team
16 30 (1.25%) Pricing Data
17 29 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
18 27 (1.13%) Product Ownership
19 21 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 398 (16.59%) Linux
2 130 (5.42%) Windows
3 111 (4.63%) Embedded Linux
4 82 (3.42%) Ubuntu
5 73 (3.04%) Android
6 51 (2.13%) Apple iOS
7 25 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
8 24 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.96%) Unix
10 17 (0.71%) CentOS
11 12 (0.50%) Debian
12 8 (0.33%) Mac OS
13 6 (0.25%) Windows Server
14 5 (0.21%) ThreadX
14 5 (0.21%) VxWorks
15 3 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 1 (0.042%) Alpine Linux
16 1 (0.042%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,384 (99.37%) Software Engineering
2 1,016 (42.35%) Agile
3 503 (20.97%) DevOps
4 362 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
5 305 (12.71%) Actionable Insight
6 271 (11.30%) Microservices
7 260 (10.84%) Full Stack Development
8 250 (10.42%) Web Development
9 238 (9.92%) Asset Management
10 236 (9.84%) Mentoring
11 231 (9.63%) Computer Science
12 208 (8.67%) Investment Management
13 206 (8.59%) TDD
14 187 (7.79%) CI/CD
15 176 (7.34%) Test Automation
16 157 (6.54%) SDLC
17 144 (6.00%) OOP
18 128 (5.34%) Code Quality
19 127 (5.29%) Design Patterns
20 124 (5.17%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,011 (42.14%) Python
2 793 (33.06%) JavaScript
3 635 (26.47%) Java
4 577 (24.05%) C#
5 405 (16.88%) TypeScript
6 372 (15.51%) C
6 372 (15.51%) SQL
7 283 (11.80%) C++
8 154 (6.42%) Bash
9 121 (5.04%) Embedded C
10 114 (4.75%) Kotlin
11 111 (4.63%) Go
12 78 (3.25%) PHP
13 75 (3.13%) Ruby
14 73 (3.04%) Rust
15 61 (2.54%) Scala
16 44 (1.83%) Perl
17 43 (1.79%) T-SQL
18 26 (1.08%) Ada
19 16 (0.67%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 466 (19.42%) Security Cleared
2 317 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 311 (12.96%) Degree
4 105 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (1.71%) Master's Degree
6 39 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (1.42%) DV Cleared
8 19 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 16 (0.67%) PhD
10 11 (0.46%) HND
11 10 (0.42%) HNC
12 7 (0.29%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.13%) Sun Certification
14 2 (0.083%) Chartered Engineer
14 2 (0.083%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.042%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.042%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (4.21%) QA
2 46 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 25 (1.04%) MISRA
4 23 (0.96%) Software Quality Assurance
5 10 (0.42%) Def Stans
6 6 (0.25%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.21%) IEC 61508
7 5 (0.21%) MISRA C
8 4 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.17%) ISO 13485
9 3 (0.13%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.083%) EMIR
10 2 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.083%) MiFID
10 2 (0.083%) SEPA
11 1 (0.042%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.042%) JTAG
11 1 (0.042%) PMO
System Software
1 171 (7.13%) Docker
2 71 (2.96%) Firmware
3 33 (1.38%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.083%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.042%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 169 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 139 (5.79%) Terraform
3 67 (2.79%) Ansible
4 16 (0.67%) Progress Chef
5 8 (0.33%) Grafana
6 3 (0.13%) Consul
6 3 (0.13%) Packer
7 2 (0.083%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.042%) Argo
8 1 (0.042%) Istio
8 1 (0.042%) Kibana
8 1 (0.042%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 215 (8.96%) ESRI
2 101 (4.21%) Microsoft
3 67 (2.79%) Oracle
4 59 (2.46%) Google
5 33 (1.38%) Dell
6 24 (1.00%) IBM
7 16 (0.67%) Xilinx
8 15 (0.63%) Xamarin
9 12 (0.50%) DevExpress
10 10 (0.42%) Siemens
11 9 (0.38%) SAP
11 9 (0.38%) Twitter
12 8 (0.33%) Siebel
13 7 (0.29%) Confluent
13 7 (0.29%) Lauterbach
14 6 (0.25%) Facebook
14 6 (0.25%) QNX
15 5 (0.21%) CrowdStrike
15 5 (0.21%) Dynatrace
15 5 (0.21%) YouTube