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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,510 3,631 7,086
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.28% 24.75% 24.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.86% 26.02% 26.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,681 2,210 5,927
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,935 £41,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £54,439 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,241 £95,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £68,525 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.14% +9.64% -6.16%

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 14,057 13,953 26,346
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.59% 95.12% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,126 8,602 21,863
10th Percentile £30,994 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 2 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 (3.27%) Confluence
2 41 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.16%) CMS
4 26 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.56%) Apache
5 14 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 11 (0.44%) SAS
7 8 (0.32%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.28%) nginx
9 6 (0.24%) IIS
9 6 (0.24%) WordPress
10 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.080%) Mendix
Applications
1 50 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.47%) Adobe XD
3 32 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.56%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.52%) UserZoom
8 10 (0.40%) Sketch
9 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.24%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.24%) Trello
10 4 (0.16%) InVision
11 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.080%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.080%) InDesign
12 2 (0.080%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.080%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.040%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 39 (1.55%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.64%) Shopify
5 15 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.16%) Primavera
8 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.12%) Maximo
8 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.080%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.080%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.080%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 781 (31.12%) Azure
2 549 (21.87%) AWS
3 274 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
4 210 (8.37%) Power Platform
5 204 (8.13%) GitHub
6 183 (7.29%) SaaS
7 177 (7.05%) GCP
8 130 (5.18%) Serverless
9 87 (3.47%) Figma
10 86 (3.43%) Adobe Analytics
11 80 (3.19%) Snowflake
12 70 (2.79%) dbt
13 69 (2.75%) GitHub Copilot
13 69 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
14 66 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
15 65 (2.59%) Entra ID
16 64 (2.55%) Amazon S3
17 54 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
18 53 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
19 46 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 229 (9.12%) Broadband
2 29 (1.16%) TCP/IP
3 21 (0.84%) CHAP
4 20 (0.80%) DNS
5 14 (0.56%) 4G
6 12 (0.48%) WAN
7 11 (0.44%) BGP
7 11 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.44%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.44%) MPLS
8 10 (0.40%) DHCP
9 8 (0.32%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.32%) Firewall
9 8 (0.32%) RS-232
10 6 (0.24%) LAN
10 6 (0.24%) VPN
11 5 (0.20%) Network Security
11 5 (0.20%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 110 (4.38%) Power BI
3 97 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
4 93 (3.71%) NoSQL
5 76 (3.03%) MySQL
6 74 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
7 70 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 63 (2.51%) MongoDB
9 59 (2.35%) Data Lake
10 46 (1.83%) Metadata
11 43 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 36 (1.43%) Tableau
13 24 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (0.84%) RDBMS
15 20 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
16 19 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
17 18 (0.72%) DynamoDB
18 17 (0.68%) Apache Iceberg
19 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 204 (8.13%) JIRA
2 176 (7.01%) Git
3 128 (5.10%) Jenkins
4 79 (3.15%) GitLab
5 56 (2.23%) Selenium
6 41 (1.63%) Postman
6 41 (1.63%) SonarQube
7 38 (1.51%) WebDriver
8 36 (1.43%) Oracle Forms
9 29 (1.16%) Cypress.io
9 29 (1.16%) SoapUI
9 29 (1.16%) TeamCity
10 28 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 26 (1.04%) Balsamiq
12 25 (1.00%) Axure RP
13 19 (0.76%) Jaeger
14 12 (0.48%) Cucumber
15 11 (0.44%) JMeter
16 10 (0.40%) SpecFlow
17 9 (0.36%) ERwin
General
1 804 (32.03%) Finance
2 773 (30.80%) Social Skills
3 306 (12.19%) Public Sector
4 290 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
5 251 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 190 (7.57%) Games
7 150 (5.98%) Law
8 115 (4.58%) Marketing
9 113 (4.50%) Legal
10 104 (4.14%) Banking
11 68 (2.71%) Front Office
11 68 (2.71%) Retail
12 67 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
13 64 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
14 60 (2.39%) Telecoms
15 47 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
16 42 (1.67%) Manufacturing
17 30 (1.20%) Financial Institution
18 28 (1.12%) Electronics
18 28 (1.12%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 543 (21.63%) Developer
2 519 (20.68%) Senior
3 368 (14.66%) Lead
4 255 (10.16%) Analyst
5 192 (7.65%) Software Engineer
6 166 (6.61%) Architect
7 151 (6.02%) Business Analyst
8 111 (4.42%) Project Manager
9 110 (4.38%) Software Developer
10 105 (4.18%) Senior Manager
11 97 (3.86%) .NET Developer
12 79 (3.15%) Lead Developer
13 77 (3.07%) Data Engineer
14 71 (2.83%) Consultant
15 70 (2.79%) Designer
16 69 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
17 64 (2.55%) C# Developer
18 63 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
19 61 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
20 56 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 337 (13.43%) .NET
2 284 (11.31%) React
3 176 (7.01%) HTML
4 160 (6.37%) CSS
5 151 (6.02%) REST
6 144 (5.74%) SOAP
7 141 (5.62%) RESTful
8 114 (4.54%) Node.js
9 93 (3.71%) AngularJS
10 83 (3.31%) Kafka
11 76 (3.03%) .NET Core
12 75 (2.99%) Lightning Web Components
13 68 (2.71%) Vue
14 66 (2.63%) Spring
15 65 (2.59%) .NET Framework
16 59 (2.35%) Spring Boot
17 57 (2.27%) GraphQL
18 56 (2.23%) ASP.NET
19 52 (2.07%) Visualforce
20 49 (1.95%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 337 (13.43%) Product Ownership
2 201 (8.01%) Cloud Native
3 101 (4.02%) Social Media
4 75 (2.99%) Mobile App
5 72 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
6 68 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 66 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 64 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
9 62 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
10 56 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
11 51 (2.03%) Fixed Income
12 50 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
13 48 (1.91%) Low-Code
14 36 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
15 29 (1.16%) NHS
16 27 (1.08%) Data Structures
17 26 (1.04%) Public Cloud
18 25 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
19 24 (0.96%) Over-the-Top Content
19 24 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (4.70%) Linux
2 57 (2.27%) Android
2 57 (2.27%) Windows
3 51 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 37 (1.47%) Unix
5 16 (0.64%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (0.24%) CentOS
8 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.080%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.080%) VMS
11 1 (0.040%) AIX
11 1 (0.040%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 666 (26.53%) DevOps
2 639 (25.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 592 (23.59%) CI/CD
4 587 (23.39%) Mentoring
5 502 (20.00%) Coaching
6 465 (18.53%) Roadmaps
7 433 (17.25%) AI
8 422 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
9 411 (16.37%) Software Engineering
10 405 (16.14%) Scrum
11 357 (14.22%) Analytics
12 293 (11.67%) Test Automation
13 259 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 253 (10.08%) Project Management
15 236 (9.40%) Microservices
16 223 (8.88%) Full-Stack Development
17 210 (8.37%) User Experience
18 202 (8.05%) Data Modelling
19 197 (7.85%) Asset Management
20 188 (7.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 514 (20.48%) SQL
2 435 (17.33%) Python
3 376 (14.98%) Java
4 345 (13.75%) JavaScript
5 323 (12.87%) C#
6 222 (8.84%) TypeScript
7 77 (3.07%) Apex Code
8 75 (2.99%) PowerShell
9 73 (2.91%) Go
10 66 (2.63%) PHP
11 63 (2.51%) C++
12 61 (2.43%) Bash
13 46 (1.83%) C
14 41 (1.63%) Shell Script
15 37 (1.47%) Scala
16 36 (1.43%) PL/SQL
17 33 (1.31%) SOQL
17 33 (1.31%) SOSL
18 21 (0.84%) VBA
19 17 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 338 (13.47%) Degree
2 309 (12.31%) Security Cleared
3 220 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 84 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 66 (2.63%) DV Cleared
6 54 (2.15%) PMI Certification
7 42 (1.67%) ISTQB
8 41 (1.63%) PMP
9 36 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 35 (1.39%) CISSP
11 31 (1.24%) AWS Certification
12 30 (1.20%) DBS Check
13 25 (1.00%) SANS
14 23 (0.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 22 (0.88%) CISM
16 21 (0.84%) CGEIT
16 21 (0.84%) CISA
16 21 (0.84%) FFIEC
17 20 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
18 18 (0.72%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (10.16%) Accessibility
2 210 (8.37%) QA
3 69 (2.75%) WCAG
4 54 (2.15%) GDPR
5 43 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 37 (1.47%) NIST
7 30 (1.20%) PMO
8 22 (0.88%) COBIT
9 19 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.24%) P3O
12 5 (0.20%) GRC
13 4 (0.16%) NCSC
13 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.12%) SLA
15 2 (0.080%) HL7
15 2 (0.080%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.080%) MiFID
15 2 (0.080%) SEPA
System Software
1 209 (8.33%) Docker
2 68 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.24%) Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.040%) vCloud
8 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 222 (8.84%) Terraform
2 195 (7.77%) Kubernetes
3 62 (2.47%) Ansible
4 39 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 38 (1.51%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.39%) Argo
7 34 (1.35%) Grafana
8 19 (0.76%) Kustomize
9 17 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.32%) Kibana
10 8 (0.32%) SCCM
11 5 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
12 4 (0.16%) logstash
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.080%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.080%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.080%) Packer
14 2 (0.080%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.080%) Puppet
Vendors
1 388 (15.46%) Microsoft
2 128 (5.10%) Adobe
3 112 (4.46%) Salesforce
4 104 (4.14%) Google
5 82 (3.27%) Oracle
6 71 (2.83%) Databricks
6 71 (2.83%) SAP
7 48 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 43 (1.71%) Splunk
9 42 (1.67%) Blue Prism
10 29 (1.16%) MuleSoft
11 21 (0.84%) Okta
12 19 (0.76%) IBM
13 15 (0.60%) Workday
14 13 (0.52%) Cisco
15 10 (0.40%) Atlassian
15 10 (0.40%) Talend
16 9 (0.36%) Mercator
17 8 (0.32%) PagerDuty
17 8 (0.32%) Xamarin