Hybrid/Remote Agile Job Trends

Agile Software Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,576 3,319 5,693
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.82% 20.13% 22.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.09% 21.66% 25.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,361 2,072 3,772
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,288 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £63,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.30% +5.38% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Agile falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,735 15,321 22,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.93% 87.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,552 9,025 15,867
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.02% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agile and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Agile job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Agile
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Agile over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Agile salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 115 (3.22%) Confluence
2 67 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.20%) CMS
4 23 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.56%) Apache
6 16 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 16 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (0.36%) SAS
8 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.31%) WordPress
10 10 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 9 (0.25%) Jupyter
12 5 (0.14%) Camunda
12 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.11%) PowerFactory
14 3 (0.084%) Kentico
14 3 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.084%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 124 (3.47%) Microsoft Project
2 95 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 53 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 44 (1.23%) UserZoom
6 23 (0.64%) Chatbot
7 21 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 18 (0.50%) Trello
9 17 (0.48%) Adobe XD
10 16 (0.45%) MS Visio
11 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.11%) Revit
12 4 (0.11%) Sketch
12 4 (0.11%) Windchill
13 3 (0.084%) Blender
13 3 (0.084%) Maya
13 3 (0.084%) Productboard
14 2 (0.056%) PlantUML
15 1 (0.028%) Notion
Business Applications
1 60 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.12%) Workfront
3 22 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.28%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (0.20%) Shopify
7 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
9 3 (0.084%) Carpe Diem
9 3 (0.084%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.084%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.084%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.084%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,262 (35.29%) Azure
2 899 (25.14%) AWS
3 346 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
4 233 (6.52%) GCP
5 231 (6.46%) SaaS
6 189 (5.29%) GitHub
7 179 (5.01%) Power Platform
8 171 (4.78%) Adobe Analytics
9 159 (4.45%) Azure AI
10 150 (4.19%) Serverless
11 105 (2.94%) Figma
12 89 (2.49%) GitHub Copilot
13 76 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
14 74 (2.07%) Snowflake
15 68 (1.90%) Azure Machine Learning
15 68 (1.90%) Contentsquare
15 68 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
16 64 (1.79%) PowerApps
17 63 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 61 (1.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 327 (9.14%) Broadband
2 32 (0.89%) Network Security
3 25 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.59%) Internet
5 20 (0.56%) VPN
6 18 (0.50%) WAN
7 16 (0.45%) LAN
8 15 (0.42%) DNS
8 15 (0.42%) Firewall
9 13 (0.36%) VoIP
10 12 (0.34%) Ethernet
10 12 (0.34%) RS-232
11 11 (0.31%) CTI
12 10 (0.28%) 5G
13 9 (0.25%) CHAP
14 8 (0.22%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.22%) SMS
14 8 (0.22%) Wireless
15 7 (0.20%) DHCP
15 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (10.63%) MongoDB
2 362 (10.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 203 (5.68%) SQL Server
4 154 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
5 153 (4.28%) Elasticsearch
6 106 (2.96%) Power BI
7 98 (2.74%) Metadata
8 96 (2.68%) NoSQL
9 90 (2.52%) MySQL
10 46 (1.29%) Relational Database
11 42 (1.17%) DynamoDB
12 38 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
13 34 (0.95%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.81%) Redis
15 26 (0.73%) Big Data
16 22 (0.62%) Tableau
17 20 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.53%) BigQuery
18 19 (0.53%) Semantic Layer
19 16 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 271 (7.58%) JIRA
2 194 (5.43%) Git
3 103 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 102 (2.85%) GitLab
5 37 (1.03%) Cypress.io
5 37 (1.03%) Selenium
6 34 (0.95%) SonarQube
7 29 (0.81%) JUnit
8 24 (0.67%) Postman
9 21 (0.59%) Claude Code
10 18 (0.50%) Maven
11 17 (0.48%) Mockito
12 16 (0.45%) Cucumber
13 15 (0.42%) Visual Studio
14 13 (0.36%) CircleCI
15 10 (0.28%) Balsamiq
15 10 (0.28%) JMeter
16 9 (0.25%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.25%) Gatling
17 8 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 1,019 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 893 (24.97%) Finance
3 503 (14.07%) Public Sector
4 392 (10.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 371 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
6 307 (8.59%) Law
7 256 (7.16%) Games
8 237 (6.63%) Legal
9 200 (5.59%) Marketing
10 195 (5.45%) Retail
11 126 (3.52%) Banking
12 105 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
13 90 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
14 87 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
15 62 (1.73%) Advertising
15 62 (1.73%) Aerospace
16 48 (1.34%) Legal Technology
17 47 (1.31%) Front Office
18 43 (1.20%) Manufacturing
19 38 (1.06%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 897 (25.08%) Developer
2 735 (20.55%) Senior
3 468 (13.09%) Lead
4 379 (10.60%) .NET Developer
5 309 (8.64%) Analyst
6 288 (8.05%) Software Engineer
7 283 (7.91%) Architect
8 253 (7.07%) Project Manager
9 207 (5.79%) Business Analyst
10 169 (4.73%) Senior Developer
11 162 (4.53%) Senior Manager
12 136 (3.80%) IT Manager
13 111 (3.10%) Software Developer
14 105 (2.94%) Delivery Manager
15 96 (2.68%) Full-Stack Developer
16 94 (2.63%) Consultant
17 93 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
18 91 (2.54%) Senior Project Manager
19 87 (2.43%) Product Owner
20 81 (2.27%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 639 (17.87%) .NET
2 497 (13.90%) React
3 389 (10.88%) ASP.NET
4 382 (10.68%) .NET Core
5 356 (9.96%) ASP.NET Core
6 334 (9.34%) Node.js
7 228 (6.38%) RESTful
8 223 (6.24%) CSS
9 205 (5.73%) HTML
10 177 (4.95%) Blazor
11 169 (4.73%) AngularJS
12 160 (4.47%) Entity Framework
13 144 (4.03%) Vue
14 143 (4.00%) REST
15 126 (3.52%) ASP.NET Web API
16 102 (2.85%) .NET Framework
17 96 (2.68%) ML.NET
18 93 (2.60%) Spring
19 87 (2.43%) Kafka
20 85 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 414 (11.58%) Product Ownership
2 315 (8.81%) Cloud Native
3 225 (6.29%) Social Media
4 142 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
5 106 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
6 89 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 84 (2.35%) Mobile App
8 78 (2.18%) Management Information System
9 69 (1.93%) Onboarding
10 64 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 63 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 62 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
13 54 (1.51%) Over-the-Top Content
14 51 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
15 48 (1.34%) Driving Licence
16 47 (1.31%) Virtual Team
17 39 (1.09%) Fixed Income
18 30 (0.84%) AI Agents
19 29 (0.81%) Blog
20 28 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 149 (4.17%) Linux
2 68 (1.90%) Windows
3 63 (1.76%) Android
4 43 (1.20%) Unix
5 39 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.42%) VMS
7 12 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.14%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.084%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.028%) AIX
11 1 (0.028%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 887 (24.80%) CI/CD
2 872 (24.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 871 (24.36%) DevOps
4 805 (22.51%) AI
5 762 (21.31%) Mentoring
6 733 (20.50%) Roadmaps
7 676 (18.90%) Scrum
8 636 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
9 617 (17.25%) Full-Stack Development
10 548 (15.32%) Coaching
11 543 (15.18%) Software Engineering
12 496 (13.87%) Microservices
13 477 (13.34%) Stakeholder Management
14 446 (12.47%) Analytics
15 442 (12.36%) Decision-Making
16 436 (12.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 420 (11.74%) Test Automation
18 380 (10.63%) Project Delivery
19 365 (10.21%) Customer Experience
20 360 (10.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 843 (23.57%) SQL
2 757 (21.17%) C#
3 572 (16.00%) JavaScript
4 418 (11.69%) Python
5 396 (11.07%) Java
6 351 (9.82%) TypeScript
7 91 (2.54%) PHP
8 87 (2.43%) C++
9 66 (1.85%) Bash
10 61 (1.71%) Go
11 46 (1.29%) Ruby
12 42 (1.17%) Apex Code
13 40 (1.12%) C
13 40 (1.12%) PowerShell
14 27 (0.76%) SOQL
15 26 (0.73%) SOSL
16 24 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 21 (0.59%) T-SQL
18 17 (0.48%) Bicep
19 14 (0.39%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 500 (13.98%) Degree
2 471 (13.17%) Security Cleared
3 379 (10.60%) SC Cleared
4 121 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 109 (3.05%) CISSP
6 104 (2.91%) PMI Certification
7 98 (2.74%) PMP
8 97 (2.71%) CISM
9 75 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 70 (1.96%) DV Cleared
11 64 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
12 53 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
13 47 (1.31%) Azure Certification
14 37 (1.03%) DBS Check
15 31 (0.87%) Master's Degree
16 27 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (0.73%) CISA
18 24 (0.67%) AWS Certification
19 22 (0.62%) ISTQB
20 19 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 395 (11.05%) Accessibility
2 307 (8.59%) QA
3 127 (3.55%) Data Quality
4 112 (3.13%) NIST
5 90 (2.52%) WCAG
6 85 (2.38%) GDPR
7 67 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 58 (1.62%) PMO
9 49 (1.37%) ISO 22301
10 35 (0.98%) GRC
11 28 (0.78%) NCSC
12 25 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (0.45%) COBIT
14 13 (0.36%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 9 (0.25%) SLA
17 8 (0.22%) GxP
18 7 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 307 (8.59%) Docker
2 60 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
3 34 (0.95%) Active Directory
4 15 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.36%) vSphere
6 10 (0.28%) Firmware
7 4 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.028%) GPFS
9 1 (0.028%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 275 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 173 (4.84%) Terraform
3 58 (1.62%) Ansible
4 43 (1.20%) Grafana
5 29 (0.81%) Argo
5 29 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.34%) Podman
7 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Puppet
10 4 (0.11%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.11%) Packer
11 3 (0.084%) Kibana
11 3 (0.084%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.056%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.028%) linkerd
13 1 (0.028%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 788 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 248 (6.94%) Adobe
3 143 (4.00%) Google
4 111 (3.10%) Oracle
5 105 (2.94%) Databricks
6 102 (2.85%) Salesforce
7 88 (2.46%) SAP
8 76 (2.13%) ServiceNow
9 40 (1.12%) Facebook
10 30 (0.84%) Splunk
11 29 (0.81%) OpenAI
12 24 (0.67%) Cisco
13 21 (0.59%) YouTube
14 19 (0.53%) Apple
14 19 (0.53%) Workday
14 19 (0.53%) Yahoo!
15 18 (0.50%) IFS
16 17 (0.48%) IBM
16 17 (0.48%) Sony
16 17 (0.48%) VMware
1,872 hybrid/remote Agile jobs