Software Development Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Development Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Development Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 585 803
Rank change year-on-year +8 +218 -284
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 25 48 98
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.070% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22 41 21
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,350 £47,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £60,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -18.75% +45.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £90,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £69,875 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £76,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -14.47% +32.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +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 Development Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Development Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development 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 Development Engineer.

Software Development Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Development Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Software Development Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Software Development 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 Development Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (56.00%) Software Testing
3 12 (48.00%) C#
4 11 (44.00%) SDET
5 10 (40.00%) Agile
5 10 (40.00%) Test Automation
5 10 (40.00%) Azure
6 9 (36.00%) SQL
6 9 (36.00%) DevOps
6 9 (36.00%) Full Stack Development
7 8 (32.00%) .NET
8 7 (28.00%) Python
9 6 (24.00%) Linux
9 6 (24.00%) Workflow
9 6 (24.00%) AWS
9 6 (24.00%) Git
9 6 (24.00%) Life Science
9 6 (24.00%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (24.00%) Open Source
9 6 (24.00%) Bash
9 6 (24.00%) Ruby
9 6 (24.00%) OpenStack
9 6 (24.00%) GitHub
9 6 (24.00%) IaaS
9 6 (24.00%) Containerisation
9 6 (24.00%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
9 6 (24.00%) Coaching
10 5 (20.00%) Social Skills

Software Development 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 6 (24.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 10 (40.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) AWS
2 6 (24.00%) GitHub
2 6 (24.00%) IaaS
3 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Bluetooth
2 3 (12.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (12.00%) HTTPS
2 3 (12.00%) Modbus
2 3 (12.00%) MQTT
2 3 (12.00%) RS-232
2 3 (12.00%) RS-422
2 3 (12.00%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Git
2 3 (12.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 5 (20.00%) Electronics
1 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (32.00%) .NET
2 3 (12.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (12.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (12.00%) Gherkin
2 3 (12.00%) Kendo UI
2 3 (12.00%) REST
3 2 (8.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (8.00%) CSS
4 1 (4.00%) Playwright
4 1 (4.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Life Science
2 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (56.00%) Software Testing
3 11 (44.00%) SDET
4 10 (40.00%) Agile
4 10 (40.00%) Test Automation
5 9 (36.00%) DevOps
5 9 (36.00%) Full Stack Development
6 6 (24.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (24.00%) Coaching
6 6 (24.00%) Containerisation
6 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (24.00%) Open Source
6 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (24.00%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (24.00%) Workflow
7 5 (20.00%) Project Management
7 5 (20.00%) Quality Management
7 5 (20.00%) Requirements Management
7 5 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) C#
2 9 (36.00%) SQL
3 7 (28.00%) Python
4 6 (24.00%) Bash
4 6 (24.00%) Ruby
5 3 (12.00%) Ada
5 3 (12.00%) C
5 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (8.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Telerik
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft