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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,336 3,217 5,252
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.50% 19.51% 22.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.63% 20.89% 25.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,233 1,993 2,872
10th Percentile £40,825 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.74%
75th Percentile £78,312 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,813 £67,500 £66,690
% change year-on-year -5.46% +1.22% +2.05%

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 20,059 15,400 20,238
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.18% 93.41% 87.87%
Number of salaries quoted 14,331 8,552 12,205
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,537 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -4.07%

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 25 September 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
1 112 (3.36%) Confluence
2 91 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 28 (0.84%) CMS
4 18 (0.54%) Apache
5 16 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.39%) WordPress
7 12 (0.36%) SAS
8 11 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 10 (0.30%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
11 4 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.090%) Kentico
12 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 128 (3.84%) Microsoft Project
2 98 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 35 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 30 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 25 (0.75%) UserZoom
7 23 (0.69%) MS Visio
8 22 (0.66%) Chatbot
9 18 (0.54%) Trello
10 15 (0.45%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.15%) Revit
13 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
13 4 (0.12%) Simulink
13 4 (0.12%) Sketch
13 4 (0.12%) Windchill
14 3 (0.090%) Blender
14 3 (0.090%) Maya
14 3 (0.090%) Productboard
15 2 (0.060%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 73 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (0.87%) Workfront
3 19 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.33%) Primavera
4 11 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.18%) Shopify
8 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
9 4 (0.12%) SAP GRC
10 3 (0.090%) Carpe Diem
10 3 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.090%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.090%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,231 (36.90%) Azure
2 835 (25.03%) AWS
3 347 (10.40%) Azure DevOps
4 246 (7.37%) SaaS
5 215 (6.44%) Power Platform
6 207 (6.21%) GCP
7 192 (5.76%) GitHub
8 154 (4.62%) Serverless
9 136 (4.08%) Azure AI
10 97 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
11 91 (2.73%) GitHub Copilot
12 81 (2.43%) Power Automate
13 80 (2.40%) PowerApps
14 76 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
15 70 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
16 65 (1.95%) Snowflake
17 64 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
18 61 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 58 (1.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 55 (1.65%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 121 (3.63%) Broadband
2 41 (1.23%) Network Security
3 20 (0.60%) Internet
4 18 (0.54%) WAN
5 17 (0.51%) LAN
5 17 (0.51%) VPN
6 16 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.39%) VoIP
8 11 (0.33%) 5G
8 11 (0.33%) CTI
8 11 (0.33%) Firewall
9 9 (0.27%) DNS
9 9 (0.27%) SMS
9 9 (0.27%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.21%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.21%) RS-232
10 7 (0.21%) TETRA
10 7 (0.21%) WLAN
11 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
11 6 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (10.97%) MongoDB
2 361 (10.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 188 (5.64%) SQL Server
4 142 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
5 139 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
5 139 (4.17%) Power BI
6 101 (3.03%) Metadata
7 78 (2.34%) MySQL
8 74 (2.22%) NoSQL
9 71 (2.13%) Relational Database
10 65 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
11 51 (1.53%) DynamoDB
12 49 (1.47%) Data Lake
13 29 (0.87%) Big Data
13 29 (0.87%) Tableau
14 27 (0.81%) Redis
15 21 (0.63%) Spark SQL
16 20 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
16 20 (0.60%) BigQuery
16 20 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 274 (8.21%) JIRA
2 212 (6.35%) Git
3 75 (2.25%) GitLab
4 71 (2.13%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.90%) JUnit
5 30 (0.90%) Selenium
6 28 (0.84%) Cypress.io
7 25 (0.75%) Claude Code
8 21 (0.63%) Postman
9 18 (0.54%) Maven
9 18 (0.54%) Mockito
10 16 (0.48%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.36%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
13 10 (0.30%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (0.24%) Balsamiq
15 7 (0.21%) NUnit
16 6 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,038 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 818 (24.52%) Finance
3 568 (17.03%) Public Sector
4 410 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
5 372 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 281 (8.42%) Law
7 209 (6.26%) Legal
8 184 (5.52%) Retail
9 158 (4.74%) Marketing
10 121 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
11 106 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
12 98 (2.94%) Banking
13 96 (2.88%) Games
14 89 (2.67%) Aerospace
15 85 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
16 57 (1.71%) Advertising
17 51 (1.53%) Manufacturing
18 42 (1.26%) Legal Technology
19 30 (0.90%) Back Office
20 29 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 827 (24.79%) Developer
2 746 (22.36%) Senior
3 363 (10.88%) Lead
4 360 (10.79%) .NET Developer
5 303 (9.08%) Analyst
6 286 (8.57%) Architect
7 250 (7.49%) Project Manager
8 223 (6.68%) Software Engineer
9 203 (6.09%) Business Analyst
10 183 (5.49%) Senior Developer
11 152 (4.56%) Senior Manager
12 133 (3.99%) IT Manager
13 122 (3.66%) Delivery Manager
14 91 (2.73%) Senior Project Manager
15 90 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
15 90 (2.70%) Software Developer
16 81 (2.43%) Data Engineer
16 81 (2.43%) Technical Architect
17 78 (2.34%) Full-Stack Developer
18 76 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 624 (18.71%) .NET
2 423 (12.68%) React
3 378 (11.33%) ASP.NET
4 369 (11.06%) .NET Core
5 343 (10.28%) ASP.NET Core
6 295 (8.84%) Node.js
7 214 (6.41%) RESTful
8 201 (6.03%) CSS
9 195 (5.85%) HTML
10 173 (5.19%) Blazor
11 167 (5.01%) Terraform
12 158 (4.74%) AngularJS
13 156 (4.68%) Entity Framework
14 127 (3.81%) Vue
15 126 (3.78%) REST
16 121 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
17 103 (3.09%) Middleware
17 103 (3.09%) Spring
18 95 (2.85%) .NET Framework
19 91 (2.73%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 341 (10.22%) Product Ownership
2 283 (8.48%) Cloud Native
3 162 (4.86%) Enterprise Software
4 102 (3.06%) Social Media
5 98 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
6 97 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
7 81 (2.43%) Management Information System
8 67 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 63 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
10 61 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 60 (1.80%) Mobile App
12 54 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
13 47 (1.41%) Driving Licence
14 46 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
15 41 (1.23%) AI Agents
16 38 (1.14%) Virtual Team
17 36 (1.08%) Blog
18 35 (1.05%) Over-the-Top Content
19 34 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
20 31 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 138 (4.14%) Linux
2 89 (2.67%) Windows
3 48 (1.44%) Unix
4 43 (1.29%) Android
5 20 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.15%) CentOS
10 4 (0.12%) Debian
10 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.060%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.060%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.030%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 868 (26.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 862 (25.84%) CI/CD
3 840 (25.18%) DevOps
4 752 (22.54%) Mentoring
5 717 (21.49%) AI
6 667 (19.99%) Problem-Solving
7 643 (19.27%) Scrum
8 588 (17.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 577 (17.30%) Coaching
10 558 (16.73%) Full-Stack Development
11 515 (15.44%) Roadmaps
12 513 (15.38%) Software Engineering
13 474 (14.21%) Microservices
14 450 (13.49%) Decision-Making
15 439 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 421 (12.62%) Project Delivery
17 384 (11.51%) Analytics
18 368 (11.03%) Test Automation
19 356 (10.67%) Waterfall
20 352 (10.55%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 835 (25.03%) SQL
2 746 (22.36%) C#
3 537 (16.10%) JavaScript
4 376 (11.27%) Python
5 329 (9.86%) Java
6 310 (9.29%) TypeScript
7 90 (2.70%) C++
8 66 (1.98%) Bash
8 66 (1.98%) PHP
9 51 (1.53%) PowerShell
10 42 (1.26%) Ruby
11 36 (1.08%) Go
12 32 (0.96%) C
13 30 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 23 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 20 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 18 (0.54%) Bicep
17 15 (0.45%) Rust
18 14 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
18 14 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 532 (15.95%) Security Cleared
2 515 (15.44%) Degree
3 420 (12.59%) SC Cleared
4 116 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 104 (3.12%) CISSP
6 99 (2.97%) PMI Certification
7 95 (2.85%) CISM
7 95 (2.85%) PMP
8 89 (2.67%) DV Cleared
9 81 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 79 (2.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 64 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
12 50 (1.50%) Azure Certification
13 42 (1.26%) DBS Check
14 34 (1.02%) Master's Degree
15 31 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (0.84%) AWS Certification
16 28 (0.84%) ISTQB
17 24 (0.72%) CISA
18 23 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (8.48%) Accessibility
2 282 (8.45%) QA
3 176 (5.28%) Data Quality
4 109 (3.27%) NIST
5 104 (3.12%) GDPR
6 77 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 64 (1.92%) PMO
8 50 (1.50%) ISO 22301
9 46 (1.38%) WCAG
10 35 (1.05%) NCSC
11 30 (0.90%) GRC
12 29 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 12 (0.36%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.30%) COBIT
15 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.30%) SLA
16 9 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
16 9 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 301 (9.02%) Docker
2 42 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
3 38 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.39%) vSphere
6 12 (0.36%) Firmware
6 12 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) IAG
8 3 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.030%) GPFS
10 1 (0.030%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.030%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 274 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.38%) Ansible
3 34 (1.02%) Grafana
4 29 (0.87%) Argo
5 26 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.21%) Packer
9 6 (0.18%) Podman
10 5 (0.15%) Istio
10 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
12 3 (0.090%) Puppet
13 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.060%) Kibana
13 2 (0.060%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.030%) HP Quality Center
14 1 (0.030%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 1 (0.030%) Oracle RMAN
14 1 (0.030%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 818 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 128 (3.84%) Google
3 125 (3.75%) Oracle
4 118 (3.54%) Adobe
5 94 (2.82%) Databricks
6 90 (2.70%) SAP
7 80 (2.40%) Salesforce
8 76 (2.28%) YouTube
9 65 (1.95%) ServiceNow
10 40 (1.20%) Facebook
11 31 (0.93%) OpenAI
12 26 (0.78%) Workday
13 25 (0.75%) Cisco
14 21 (0.63%) VMware
15 19 (0.57%) IFS
15 19 (0.57%) Informatica
16 18 (0.54%) Yahoo!
17 17 (0.51%) Apple
18 16 (0.48%) Sony
19 15 (0.45%) IBM