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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,637 3,303 7,338
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.42% 24.62% 24.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.19% 25.87% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,694 2,253 6,049
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £96,250 £79,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -4.36%

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 14,496 12,767 28,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.79% 95.16% 91.97%
Number of salaries quoted 9,559 8,815 23,028
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 22 March 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 82 (3.11%) Confluence
2 37 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.29%) CMS
4 19 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.57%) Apache
6 10 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 9 (0.34%) SAS
8 8 (0.30%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.23%) nginx
10 6 (0.23%) WordPress
11 5 (0.19%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.19%) IIS
12 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
12 4 (0.15%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
13 3 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 46 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.44%) Adobe XD
3 34 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.83%) UserZoom
5 20 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.61%) Chatbot
8 15 (0.57%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.34%) Sketch
10 6 (0.23%) Trello
11 5 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
11 5 (0.19%) Photoshop
12 4 (0.15%) InVision
13 2 (0.076%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.076%) Pro Tools
14 1 (0.038%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.038%) EngageOne
14 1 (0.038%) InDesign
14 1 (0.038%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 28 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.61%) SAP ERP
5 14 (0.53%) Shopify
6 10 (0.38%) Workfront
7 5 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.15%) Primavera
9 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.11%) Maximo
9 3 (0.11%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.076%) SAP IBP
10 2 (0.076%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.076%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.076%) SAP SCM
10 2 (0.076%) Workday HCM
11 1 (0.038%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 765 (29.01%) Azure
2 586 (22.22%) AWS
3 249 (9.44%) Azure DevOps
4 193 (7.32%) GitHub
5 177 (6.71%) GCP
6 164 (6.22%) Power Platform
7 162 (6.14%) SaaS
8 143 (5.42%) Adobe Analytics
8 143 (5.42%) Serverless
9 110 (4.17%) Figma
10 82 (3.11%) Snowflake
11 75 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
12 70 (2.65%) Amazon S3
13 65 (2.46%) GitHub Copilot
14 62 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
15 59 (2.24%) dbt
16 56 (2.12%) Entra ID
17 55 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
18 50 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
19 48 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 328 (12.44%) Broadband
2 30 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 24 (0.91%) CHAP
4 23 (0.87%) DNS
5 14 (0.53%) 4G
6 12 (0.46%) Firewall
6 12 (0.46%) WAN
7 11 (0.42%) BGP
7 11 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.42%) DHCP
7 11 (0.42%) Ethernet
7 11 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.42%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.42%) MPLS
7 11 (0.42%) RS-232
8 8 (0.30%) VPN
9 7 (0.27%) LAN
10 6 (0.23%) Network Security
11 5 (0.19%) Internet
11 5 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 105 (3.98%) NoSQL
3 90 (3.41%) Power BI
4 83 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 75 (2.84%) MongoDB
5 75 (2.84%) MySQL
6 73 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
7 61 (2.31%) Metadata
7 61 (2.31%) Relational Database
8 52 (1.97%) Data Lake
9 46 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
10 26 (0.99%) Tableau
11 25 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (0.83%) DynamoDB
12 22 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (0.76%) RDBMS
14 14 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.49%) Redis
16 11 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
16 11 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 204 (7.74%) JIRA
2 172 (6.52%) Git
3 135 (5.12%) Jenkins
4 93 (3.53%) GitLab
5 54 (2.05%) Selenium
6 49 (1.86%) SonarQube
7 40 (1.52%) Postman
8 36 (1.37%) Cypress.io
9 34 (1.29%) WebDriver
10 29 (1.10%) SoapUI
10 29 (1.10%) TeamCity
11 28 (1.06%) Balsamiq
12 27 (1.02%) Axure RP
13 26 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
14 25 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
15 19 (0.72%) Jaeger
16 16 (0.61%) JMeter
17 13 (0.49%) Cucumber
18 10 (0.38%) CircleCI
18 10 (0.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 788 (29.88%) Finance
2 779 (29.54%) Social Skills
3 320 (12.14%) Public Sector
4 292 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
5 281 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 250 (9.48%) Games
7 176 (6.67%) Law
8 149 (5.65%) Marketing
9 128 (4.85%) Banking
10 126 (4.78%) Legal
11 80 (3.03%) Retail
12 71 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
13 66 (2.50%) Front Office
14 62 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (2.28%) Telecoms
16 58 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
17 44 (1.67%) Manufacturing
18 35 (1.33%) Back Office
19 34 (1.29%) Financial Institution
20 30 (1.14%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 537 (20.36%) Developer
2 535 (20.29%) Senior
3 413 (15.66%) Lead
4 256 (9.71%) Analyst
5 210 (7.96%) Software Engineer
6 174 (6.60%) Architect
7 165 (6.26%) Business Analyst
8 129 (4.89%) Project Manager
9 117 (4.44%) Senior Manager
10 102 (3.87%) Software Developer
11 85 (3.22%) Lead Developer
12 84 (3.19%) Designer
13 80 (3.03%) .NET Developer
14 77 (2.92%) C# Developer
15 72 (2.73%) Consultant
16 71 (2.69%) Data Engineer
17 68 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
18 66 (2.50%) Delivery Manager
19 64 (2.43%) Product Manager
20 62 (2.35%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 314 (11.91%) .NET
2 299 (11.34%) React
3 176 (6.67%) HTML
4 172 (6.52%) CSS
5 149 (5.65%) REST
6 139 (5.27%) SOAP
7 135 (5.12%) RESTful
8 125 (4.74%) Node.js
9 88 (3.34%) Kafka
10 84 (3.19%) Lightning Web Components
11 81 (3.07%) .NET Core
11 81 (3.07%) AngularJS
12 67 (2.54%) ASP.NET
13 65 (2.46%) Spring
14 63 (2.39%) .NET Framework
14 63 (2.39%) Visualforce
15 62 (2.35%) Vue
16 61 (2.31%) GraphQL
17 56 (2.12%) Spring Boot
18 51 (1.93%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 371 (14.07%) Product Ownership
2 215 (8.15%) Cloud Native
3 168 (6.37%) Social Media
4 78 (2.96%) Mobile App
5 64 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
5 64 (2.43%) Onboarding
5 64 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
6 61 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
7 59 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 54 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 52 (1.97%) Fixed Income
10 49 (1.86%) Low-Code
11 45 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
12 40 (1.52%) Over-the-Top Content
13 32 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 32 (1.21%) NHS
14 29 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
15 28 (1.06%) Virtual Team
16 27 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
17 25 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 134 (5.08%) Linux
2 57 (2.16%) Android
3 52 (1.97%) Windows
4 50 (1.90%) Apple iOS
5 38 (1.44%) Unix
6 16 (0.61%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
8 7 (0.27%) CentOS
9 5 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.11%) OpenWrt
11 3 (0.11%) VMS
12 2 (0.076%) Debian
12 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.038%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 659 (24.99%) DevOps
2 646 (24.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 616 (23.36%) CI/CD
4 606 (22.98%) Mentoring
5 531 (20.14%) Roadmaps
6 490 (18.58%) Coaching
7 478 (18.13%) AI
8 443 (16.80%) Scrum
9 440 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
10 408 (15.47%) Software Engineering
11 394 (14.94%) Analytics
12 307 (11.64%) Test Automation
13 267 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 262 (9.94%) Project Management
15 252 (9.56%) Full-Stack Development
16 231 (8.76%) Customer Experience
17 229 (8.68%) Microservices
18 212 (8.04%) Product Roadmap
19 209 (7.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 207 (7.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 492 (18.66%) SQL
2 433 (16.42%) Python
3 390 (14.79%) Java
4 346 (13.12%) JavaScript
5 332 (12.59%) C#
6 216 (8.19%) TypeScript
7 86 (3.26%) Apex Code
8 83 (3.15%) Go
9 82 (3.11%) PHP
10 77 (2.92%) C++
11 62 (2.35%) PowerShell
12 56 (2.12%) Bash
13 47 (1.78%) C
14 41 (1.55%) SOQL
14 41 (1.55%) SOSL
15 36 (1.37%) Scala
16 32 (1.21%) Shell Script
17 27 (1.02%) PL/SQL
18 18 (0.68%) VBA
19 16 (0.61%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 348 (13.20%) Degree
2 298 (11.30%) Security Cleared
3 212 (8.04%) SC Cleared
4 88 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (2.46%) DV Cleared
6 61 (2.31%) PMI Certification
7 48 (1.82%) PMP
8 39 (1.48%) CISSP
9 38 (1.44%) ISTQB
10 32 (1.21%) DBS Check
11 30 (1.14%) AWS Certification
12 29 (1.10%) SANS
13 28 (1.06%) Master's Degree
14 25 (0.95%) CISM
15 24 (0.91%) CGEIT
15 24 (0.91%) CISA
15 24 (0.91%) FFIEC
16 21 (0.80%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 16 (0.61%) Azure Certification
18 14 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (12.21%) Accessibility
2 213 (8.08%) QA
3 86 (3.26%) WCAG
4 51 (1.93%) GDPR
5 49 (1.86%) Data Quality
6 41 (1.55%) NIST
7 32 (1.21%) PMO
8 25 (0.95%) COBIT
9 20 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 14 (0.53%) GRC
11 10 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.19%) P3O
12 5 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.15%) IFRS
13 4 (0.15%) NCSC
14 3 (0.11%) GAAP
14 3 (0.11%) MiFID
15 2 (0.076%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.076%) SLA
System Software
1 223 (8.46%) Docker
2 59 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 25 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.19%) Firmware
7 4 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.038%) vCloud
8 1 (0.038%) Xen
Systems Management
1 217 (8.23%) Terraform
2 205 (7.77%) Kubernetes
3 69 (2.62%) Ansible
4 40 (1.52%) Grafana
5 39 (1.48%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.33%) Argo
7 27 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.72%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.27%) Kibana
11 6 (0.23%) Podman
12 5 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.19%) SCCM
13 4 (0.15%) logstash
13 4 (0.15%) Puppet
14 3 (0.11%) Control-M
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 3 (0.11%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.076%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.076%) Packer
Vendors
1 386 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 201 (7.62%) Adobe
3 121 (4.59%) Salesforce
4 117 (4.44%) Google
5 81 (3.07%) Databricks
6 72 (2.73%) Oracle
7 68 (2.58%) SAP
8 51 (1.93%) Splunk
9 47 (1.78%) ServiceNow
10 26 (0.99%) MuleSoft
11 24 (0.91%) IBM
12 17 (0.64%) Blue Prism
12 17 (0.64%) Okta
13 14 (0.53%) Cisco
14 12 (0.46%) Workday
15 11 (0.42%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.38%) Foundry
16 10 (0.38%) Talend
17 8 (0.30%) IFS
17 8 (0.30%) PagerDuty