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 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 36 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2,356 2,992 6,341
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.99% 7.24% 9.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.28% 7.54% 9.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,748 1,831 2,114
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,375 £40,764
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 32,351 39,695 67,533
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 96.00% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,813 28,246 42,069
10th Percentile £33,036 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,318 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +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 13 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 13 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 2,341 (99.36%) Software Engineering
2 994 (42.19%) Agile
3 984 (41.77%) Python
4 971 (41.21%) AWS
5 768 (32.60%) JavaScript
6 635 (26.95%) Azure
7 621 (26.36%) Java
8 601 (25.51%) React
9 577 (24.49%) .NET
10 573 (24.32%) C#
11 493 (20.93%) DevOps
12 453 (19.23%) Security Cleared
13 398 (16.89%) Linux
14 395 (16.77%) Finance
15 381 (16.17%) TypeScript
16 374 (15.87%) C
17 369 (15.66%) SQL
18 353 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
19 341 (14.47%) PostgreSQL
20 308 (13.07%) SC Cleared
20 308 (13.07%) Degree
21 305 (12.95%) Actionable Insight
22 301 (12.78%) .NET Core
23 292 (12.39%) GCP
24 280 (11.88%) C++
25 270 (11.46%) Microservices
26 256 (10.87%) CSS
27 252 (10.70%) Full Stack Development
28 251 (10.65%) Web Development
29 247 (10.48%) Social Skills

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 (9.38%) ArcGIS
2 214 (9.08%) GeoServer
3 164 (6.96%) Apache Airflow
4 163 (6.92%) Apache
5 45 (1.91%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.47%) NServiceBus
7 6 (0.25%) Confluence
7 6 (0.25%) nginx
7 6 (0.25%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.13%) CMS
9 2 (0.085%) Drupal
9 2 (0.085%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.085%) 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 40 (1.70%) Simulink
2 7 (0.30%) Stateflow
3 6 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.13%) Sketch
6 2 (0.085%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.042%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.042%) UXPin
7 1 (0.042%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 8 (0.34%) Siebel CRM
2 7 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.085%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.042%) Endur
4 1 (0.042%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 971 (41.21%) AWS
2 635 (26.95%) Azure
3 292 (12.39%) GCP
4 135 (5.73%) dbt
5 129 (5.48%) Serverless
6 126 (5.35%) SaaS
7 108 (4.58%) Snowflake
8 68 (2.89%) GitHub
9 55 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
10 47 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (1.70%) Amazon S3
12 30 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
13 24 (1.02%) Slack
14 23 (0.98%) Google Docs
14 23 (0.98%) Lucidchart
14 23 (0.98%) Miro
15 21 (0.89%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
18 9 (0.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 62 (2.63%) TCP/IP
2 47 (1.99%) RS-232
3 46 (1.95%) Wireless
4 41 (1.74%) Ethernet
5 29 (1.23%) Network Security
6 27 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (0.93%) HTTP
8 18 (0.76%) Modbus
9 17 (0.72%) Bluetooth
10 15 (0.64%) Internet
10 15 (0.64%) RS-485
11 14 (0.59%) ZigBee
12 8 (0.34%) VoIP
13 7 (0.30%) 5G
13 7 (0.30%) Firewall
14 4 (0.17%) 3GPP
14 4 (0.17%) Profibus
14 4 (0.17%) RS-422
15 2 (0.085%) NGN
15 2 (0.085%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 341 (14.47%) PostgreSQL
2 234 (9.93%) GIS
3 214 (9.08%) QGIS
4 164 (6.96%) MySQL
5 147 (6.24%) Apache Ignite
6 135 (5.73%) Amazon Athena
6 135 (5.73%) Apache Arrow
6 135 (5.73%) Dremio
7 109 (4.63%) Data Lake
8 91 (3.86%) SQL Server
9 90 (3.82%) Relational Database
10 81 (3.44%) NoSQL
11 59 (2.50%) Redis
12 56 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
13 48 (2.04%) Oracle Database
14 45 (1.91%) MongoDB
15 40 (1.70%) RDBMS
16 36 (1.53%) Big Data
17 26 (1.10%) DynamoDB
17 26 (1.10%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 199 (8.45%) Git
2 70 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 64 (2.72%) JIRA
4 55 (2.33%) GitLab
5 36 (1.53%) JDeveloper
6 33 (1.40%) Subversion
7 31 (1.32%) Visual Studio
8 23 (0.98%) Maven
9 19 (0.81%) LabVIEW
10 16 (0.68%) CMake
10 16 (0.68%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.64%) Cypress.io
11 15 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
11 15 (0.64%) Vagrant
12 13 (0.55%) Selenium
13 10 (0.42%) IBM UrbanCode
13 10 (0.42%) Rational Rhapsody
14 9 (0.38%) Gradle
15 8 (0.34%) Postman
15 8 (0.34%) Spinnaker
General
1 395 (16.77%) Finance
2 247 (10.48%) Social Skills
3 222 (9.42%) Front Office
4 192 (8.15%) Banking
5 139 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 139 (5.90%) Investment Banking
6 105 (4.46%) Electronics
7 90 (3.82%) Manufacturing
8 68 (2.89%) Automotive
9 62 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
10 55 (2.33%) Public Sector
11 51 (2.16%) Tech for Good
12 47 (1.99%) Retail
13 46 (1.95%) Back Office
14 40 (1.70%) Aerospace
14 40 (1.70%) Law
15 35 (1.49%) Games
16 30 (1.27%) Legal
17 27 (1.15%) Military
18 22 (0.93%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 601 (25.51%) React
2 577 (24.49%) .NET
3 301 (12.78%) .NET Core
4 256 (10.87%) CSS
5 246 (10.44%) AngularJS
6 215 (9.13%) Leaflet
6 215 (9.13%) OpenLayers
6 215 (9.13%) PostGIS
7 210 (8.91%) Node.js
8 164 (6.96%) gRPC
9 159 (6.75%) Protocol Buffers
10 152 (6.45%) Pandas
11 151 (6.41%) RESTful
12 145 (6.15%) NumPy
13 143 (6.07%) Vue
14 135 (5.73%) SciPy
15 113 (4.80%) ASP.NET
16 103 (4.37%) Redux
17 95 (4.03%) Kafka
18 90 (3.82%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 222 (9.42%) Fixed Income
2 177 (7.51%) Derivative
2 177 (7.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 174 (7.39%) Equities
4 161 (6.83%) Hedge funds
5 105 (4.46%) Algorithms
6 72 (3.06%) Data Structures
7 65 (2.76%) Embedded Systems
7 65 (2.76%) IoT
8 64 (2.72%) Client/Server
9 58 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
10 48 (2.04%) Cloud Native
11 45 (1.91%) Device Driver
12 38 (1.61%) Mobile App
13 37 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
14 31 (1.32%) Virtual Team
15 29 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
16 27 (1.15%) Product Ownership
17 24 (1.02%) Pricing Data
18 21 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 398 (16.89%) Linux
2 126 (5.35%) Windows
3 111 (4.71%) Embedded Linux
4 80 (3.40%) Ubuntu
5 69 (2.93%) Android
6 50 (2.12%) Apple iOS
7 25 (1.06%) FreeRTOS
8 24 (1.02%) Unix
9 23 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.64%) CentOS
11 11 (0.47%) Debian
12 8 (0.34%) Mac OS
13 6 (0.25%) VxWorks
14 5 (0.21%) ThreadX
15 3 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
15 3 (0.13%) Windows Server
16 1 (0.042%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,341 (99.36%) Software Engineering
2 994 (42.19%) Agile
3 493 (20.93%) DevOps
4 353 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
5 305 (12.95%) Actionable Insight
6 270 (11.46%) Microservices
7 252 (10.70%) Full Stack Development
8 251 (10.65%) Web Development
9 232 (9.85%) Mentoring
10 231 (9.80%) Computer Science
11 224 (9.51%) Asset Management
12 197 (8.36%) TDD
13 194 (8.23%) Investment Management
14 182 (7.72%) CI/CD
15 174 (7.39%) Test Automation
16 156 (6.62%) SDLC
17 142 (6.03%) OOP
18 128 (5.43%) Code Quality
19 127 (5.39%) Design Patterns
20 123 (5.22%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 984 (41.77%) Python
2 768 (32.60%) JavaScript
3 621 (26.36%) Java
4 573 (24.32%) C#
5 381 (16.17%) TypeScript
6 374 (15.87%) C
7 369 (15.66%) SQL
8 280 (11.88%) C++
9 156 (6.62%) Bash
10 122 (5.18%) Embedded C
11 115 (4.88%) Kotlin
12 112 (4.75%) Go
13 77 (3.27%) PHP
13 77 (3.27%) Ruby
14 73 (3.10%) Rust
15 64 (2.72%) Scala
16 45 (1.91%) Perl
17 44 (1.87%) T-SQL
18 25 (1.06%) Ada
19 16 (0.68%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 453 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 308 (13.07%) Degree
2 308 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 101 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (1.74%) Master's Degree
5 40 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 26 (1.10%) DV Cleared
7 17 (0.72%) PhD
8 16 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 11 (0.47%) HND
10 10 (0.42%) HNC
11 7 (0.30%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.13%) Sun Certification
13 2 (0.085%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.085%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.042%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.042%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (4.24%) QA
2 40 (1.70%) Data Quality
3 25 (1.06%) MISRA
4 23 (0.98%) 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 2 (0.085%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.085%) EMIR
9 2 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.085%) MiFID
9 2 (0.085%) PMO
9 2 (0.085%) SEPA
10 1 (0.042%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.042%) JTAG
System Software
1 173 (7.34%) Docker
2 72 (3.06%) Firmware
3 34 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.085%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.085%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.042%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 165 (7.00%) Kubernetes
2 136 (5.77%) Terraform
3 65 (2.76%) Ansible
4 16 (0.68%) Progress Chef
5 7 (0.30%) Grafana
6 3 (0.13%) Consul
6 3 (0.13%) Packer
7 2 (0.085%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.085%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.042%) Argo
8 1 (0.042%) Istio
8 1 (0.042%) Kibana
8 1 (0.042%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.042%) Rancher
Vendors
1 215 (9.13%) ESRI
2 101 (4.29%) Microsoft
3 68 (2.89%) Oracle
4 61 (2.59%) Google
5 34 (1.44%) Dell
6 25 (1.06%) IBM
7 14 (0.59%) Xamarin
7 14 (0.59%) Xilinx
8 12 (0.51%) DevExpress
9 10 (0.42%) Siemens
10 9 (0.38%) SAP
10 9 (0.38%) Twitter
11 8 (0.34%) Siebel
12 7 (0.30%) Confluent
12 7 (0.30%) Lauterbach
13 6 (0.25%) Facebook
13 6 (0.25%) QNX
14 5 (0.21%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (0.21%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.21%) YouTube