Pay report
Remote Software & IT Salaries: What the Work Pays Per Hour
Remote software & it jobs pay a median of $50 to $100 an hour, and the best-paid listing reaches $350. Counted from 19 live listings that publish both ends of their hourly range; updated .
- Median hourly range
- $50–$100
- Middle half of listings
- $35–$125
- Highest published rate
- $350/hr
- Open roles right now
- 27
How Much Do Remote Software & IT Jobs Pay?
Across 19 live remote software & it listings that publish an hourly range, the median runs from $50 to $100 an hour. The middle half of listings sits between $35 and $125, the lowest published rate is $30 and the highest is $350.
Hourly pay at a glance
| Lowest published rate | $30 |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile (range floor) | $35 |
| Median range floor | $50 |
| Median range ceiling | $100 |
| 75th percentile (range ceiling) | $125 |
| Highest published rate | $350 |
How Many Remote Software & IT Jobs Pay $100 an Hour or More?
Most of them: 14 of 19 hourly software & it listings (74%) reach $100 an hour at the top of their range, and 5 reach $150.
- $50/hr or more19 listings · 100%
- $100/hr or more14 listings · 74%
- $150/hr or more5 listings · 26%
- $200/hr or more3 listings · 16%
- $300/hr or more2 listings · 11%
Which Software & IT Skills Pay the Most?
JAVA is both the skill software & it listings ask for most and the best paid, at a median of $50–$100 an hour across 11 listings.
| Skill | Listings | Median range | Top rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAVA | 11 | $50–$100 | $300 |
| Typescript | 11 | $50–$100 | $300 |
| Rust | 11 | $50–$100 | $300 |
| Basics C++ | 10 | $38–$100 | $150 |
| Algorithms | 9 | $30–$100 | $280 |
| Python3 | 9 | $30–$100 | $150 |
| Bug fixing | 8 | $30–$100 | $100 |
| Codebase refactoring | 8 | $30–$100 | $100 |
| Performance optimization | 8 | $30–$100 | $100 |
| Feature implementation | 8 | $30–$100 | $100 |
What Are the Highest-Paying Remote Software & IT Jobs Right Now?
The best-paid open software & it roles today, by the top of their published range. Each links to the listing, so the figure can be checked against the employer’s own posting.
Are Remote Software & IT Jobs Full-Time, Part-Time or Contract?
Of the 27 open software & it listings, 9 are contract roles, 0 part-time and 2 full-time, with 16 not saying. Most are contract work, usually paid by the hour for the hours you actually work.
How Long Do Remote Software & IT Jobs Stay Open?
Closed remote software & it roles on RemoteJobsOne stayed open a median of 42 days, counted over the 32 that have closed so far. 5 new software & it roles were posted in the last seven days, so applying within the first week or two of a listing matters.
How Does Software & IT Pay Compare With Other Remote Work?
Software & IT ranks 6th of 16 fields by median hourly pay on RemoteJobsOne. Its median ceiling of $100 an hour is in line with the $100 median across all remote listings.
Pay reports for other fields
- Science & Research · $100–$200
- Healthcare · $100–$200
- Legal · $100–$180
- Finance · $90–$145
- Engineering · $50–$100
- Design · $40–$90
- Media & Production · $15–$80
- Sales & Marketing · $40–$80
- Business & Operations · $40–$80
- General · $40–$75
- Language & Translation · $30–$65
- AI Training · $25–$60
- Data · $41–$60
- Customer Service · $24–$43
- Robotics · $30–$30
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do remote software & it jobs pay per hour?
Across 19 live remote software & it listings that publish an hourly range, the median runs from $50 to $100 an hour. The middle half of listings sits between $35 and $125, the lowest published rate is $30 and the highest is $350.
What is the highest-paying remote software & it job?
The highest published rate is $350 an hour, for the Software Engineering Specialist role. 3 software & it listings pay $200 an hour or more at the top of their range.
Are remote software & it jobs full-time, part-time or contract?
Of the 27 open software & it listings, 9 are contract roles, 0 part-time and 2 full-time, with 16 not saying. Most are contract work, usually paid by the hour for the hours you actually work.
How long do remote software & it jobs stay open?
Closed remote software & it roles on RemoteJobsOne stayed open a median of 42 days, counted over the 32 that have closed so far. 5 new software & it roles were posted in the last seven days, so applying within the first week or two of a listing matters.
How These Figures Are Calculated
Every figure on this page is counted from the remote software & it listings live on RemoteJobsOne when the page was last refreshed. Hourly figures use only listings that publish both the floor and the ceiling of their range, so a half-stated range cannot pull one median without the other. Medians are used rather than averages, because a single unusually high rate would move an average somewhere no reader will be offered. Figures from fewer than five listings are not reported. The rates are the employers’ own published figures; nothing is estimated.
See the site-wide remote salary report for every field side by side, or how remote job pay works for what a published range does and does not promise.