Software Support Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Support Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 572 618
Rank change year-on-year +116 +46 +241
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Support Engineer 7 36 13
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.036% 0.10% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.10% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 5 36 12
10th Percentile - £36,250 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +31.03% +16.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £39,500 £41,250 £34,000
% change year-on-year -4.24% +21.32% -11.69%

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 17,798 34,345 35,611
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 96.29% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,732 25,947 26,063
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Software Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Software Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Support Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Software Support Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Software Support Engineer.

Software Support Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 15 June 2025, Software Support 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Software Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) SSH
1 5 (71.43%) Incident Management
1 5 (71.43%) Telematics
1 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Thinking
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Vehicle Telematics
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) DBS Check

Software Support 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) SSH
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Thinking
1 5 (71.43%) Incident Management
1 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Telematics
1 5 (71.43%) Vehicle Telematics
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
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