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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,404 4,030 5,919
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.75% 24.61% 25.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.10% 26.17% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 2,306 4,920
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £42,439
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £93,778 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £97,290
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

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 13,279 15,397 21,384
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.01% 94.02% 93.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8,444 9,059 17,420
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -7.26%

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 19 January 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 91 (3.79%) Confluence
2 55 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
3 46 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 34 (1.41%) Apache
5 26 (1.08%) CMS
6 17 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.33%) nginx
9 8 (0.33%) SAS
10 6 (0.25%) IIS
11 5 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.17%) WordPress
13 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
14 2 (0.083%) Drupal
14 2 (0.083%) EPiServer
Applications
1 63 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.66%) Adobe XD
2 40 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.71%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.42%) Sketch
8 8 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.29%) Trello
10 6 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
11 5 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
11 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.12%) InVision
12 3 (0.12%) Notion
13 2 (0.083%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.083%) InDesign
13 2 (0.083%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.083%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 48 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.79%) Shopify
4 15 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.62%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.33%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.21%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.21%) Primavera
7 4 (0.17%) Hyperion Planning
7 4 (0.17%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.12%) Maximo
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 824 (34.28%) Azure
2 531 (22.09%) AWS
3 311 (12.94%) Azure DevOps
4 216 (8.99%) GitHub
5 215 (8.94%) SaaS
6 214 (8.90%) Power Platform
7 167 (6.95%) GCP
8 133 (5.53%) Serverless
9 110 (4.58%) Snowflake
10 93 (3.87%) dbt
11 76 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
12 75 (3.12%) GitHub Copilot
13 74 (3.08%) Entra ID
14 72 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
15 62 (2.58%) Figma
16 58 (2.41%) Amazon S3
17 56 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
18 51 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
19 48 (2.00%) OCI
20 46 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 99 (4.12%) Broadband
2 25 (1.04%) TCP/IP
3 20 (0.83%) DNS
4 14 (0.58%) CHAP
5 13 (0.54%) 4G
6 12 (0.50%) BGP
7 11 (0.46%) Wireless
8 10 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
8 10 (0.42%) Firewall
8 10 (0.42%) IOS XR
8 10 (0.42%) MPLS
9 9 (0.37%) Software-Defined Radio
10 8 (0.33%) WAN
11 7 (0.29%) VPN
12 6 (0.25%) DHCP
13 5 (0.21%) Network Security
13 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.17%) Ethernet
14 4 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 121 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
3 120 (4.99%) Power BI
4 88 (3.66%) MySQL
5 85 (3.54%) NoSQL
6 83 (3.45%) Data Lake
7 78 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
8 71 (2.95%) MongoDB
9 69 (2.87%) Relational Database
10 59 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 48 (2.00%) Apache Iceberg
12 47 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
13 46 (1.91%) Tableau
14 44 (1.83%) Apache Arrow
14 44 (1.83%) Dremio
15 37 (1.54%) Metadata
16 34 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
17 31 (1.29%) DynamoDB
18 24 (1.00%) Apache Ignite
19 17 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 231 (9.61%) JIRA
2 181 (7.53%) Git
3 119 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 67 (2.79%) Selenium
5 62 (2.58%) GitLab
6 51 (2.12%) Postman
7 48 (2.00%) Oracle Forms
8 42 (1.75%) WebDriver
9 38 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
10 36 (1.50%) Cypress.io
10 36 (1.50%) SoapUI
11 30 (1.25%) TeamCity
12 29 (1.21%) Balsamiq
13 28 (1.16%) Axure RP
14 24 (1.00%) SonarQube
15 13 (0.54%) Jaeger
15 13 (0.54%) JMeter
16 12 (0.50%) ER Studio
16 12 (0.50%) ERwin
17 10 (0.42%) git-flow
General
1 841 (34.98%) Finance
2 796 (33.11%) Social Skills
3 301 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
4 229 (9.53%) Public Sector
5 207 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 142 (5.91%) Law
7 123 (5.12%) Marketing
8 106 (4.41%) Legal
9 99 (4.12%) Banking
10 83 (3.45%) Front Office
11 69 (2.87%) Games
12 67 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
13 66 (2.75%) Retail
14 61 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
15 60 (2.50%) Telecoms
16 44 (1.83%) Manufacturing
17 43 (1.79%) Investment Banking
18 38 (1.58%) Tech for Good
19 37 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
20 35 (1.46%) Billing
Job Titles
1 577 (24.00%) Developer
2 511 (21.26%) Senior
3 279 (11.61%) Analyst
4 269 (11.19%) Lead
5 176 (7.32%) Software Engineer
6 155 (6.45%) Business Analyst
7 144 (5.99%) Architect
8 125 (5.20%) Software Developer
9 116 (4.83%) .NET Developer
10 103 (4.28%) Project Manager
11 91 (3.79%) Senior Developer
12 79 (3.29%) Data Engineer
13 73 (3.04%) Python Developer
14 70 (2.91%) Cloud Engineer
15 69 (2.87%) Senior Software Engineer
16 63 (2.62%) C# Developer
16 63 (2.62%) Python Engineer
17 60 (2.50%) Product Manager
17 60 (2.50%) Senior Manager
18 59 (2.45%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 369 (15.35%) .NET
2 304 (12.65%) React
3 192 (7.99%) HTML
4 174 (7.24%) CSS
5 160 (6.66%) RESTful
6 135 (5.62%) SOAP
7 134 (5.57%) REST
8 122 (5.07%) Node.js
9 102 (4.24%) AngularJS
10 84 (3.49%) .NET Core
11 80 (3.33%) ASP.NET
11 80 (3.33%) Vue
12 71 (2.95%) .NET Framework
13 60 (2.50%) Spring
14 59 (2.45%) Kafka
15 58 (2.41%) Entity Framework
16 56 (2.33%) Web Services
17 54 (2.25%) Spring Boot
18 48 (2.00%) JSON
19 46 (1.91%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 313 (13.02%) Product Ownership
2 196 (8.15%) Cloud Native
3 84 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 75 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
5 66 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
7 58 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 55 (2.29%) Mobile App
9 53 (2.20%) Fixed Income
10 52 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
11 50 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 44 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 44 (1.83%) Equities
13 43 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
14 41 (1.71%) Low-Code
15 32 (1.33%) Hedge funds
16 30 (1.25%) Derivative
17 27 (1.12%) Data Structures
17 27 (1.12%) NHS
17 27 (1.12%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 111 (4.62%) Linux
2 68 (2.83%) Windows
3 30 (1.25%) Unix
4 25 (1.04%) Android
4 25 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 21 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (0.25%) CentOS
8 4 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.083%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.083%) Solaris
10 2 (0.083%) VMS
11 1 (0.042%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 669 (27.83%) DevOps
2 605 (25.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 566 (23.54%) CI/CD
4 493 (20.51%) Mentoring
5 440 (18.30%) Coaching
6 439 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
7 424 (17.64%) Software Engineering
8 384 (15.97%) Scrum
9 379 (15.77%) AI
10 373 (15.52%) Roadmaps
11 298 (12.40%) Analytics
12 278 (11.56%) Asset Management
12 278 (11.56%) Test Automation
13 259 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
14 246 (10.23%) Microservices
15 238 (9.90%) Project Management
16 207 (8.61%) Data Modelling
17 205 (8.53%) Full-Stack Development
17 205 (8.53%) User Experience
18 196 (8.15%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 565 (23.50%) SQL
2 461 (19.18%) Python
3 378 (15.72%) JavaScript
4 361 (15.02%) C#
5 349 (14.52%) Java
6 253 (10.52%) TypeScript
7 91 (3.79%) PowerShell
8 83 (3.45%) C++
9 76 (3.16%) PHP
10 60 (2.50%) Bash
11 52 (2.16%) Shell Script
12 50 (2.08%) C
13 49 (2.04%) Go
14 48 (2.00%) Apex Code
14 48 (2.00%) Scala
15 45 (1.87%) PL/SQL
16 17 (0.71%) Ruby
16 17 (0.71%) T-SQL
17 15 (0.62%) SOQL
17 15 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 349 (14.52%) Degree
2 262 (10.90%) Security Cleared
3 192 (7.99%) SC Cleared
4 104 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (2.50%) DV Cleared
6 58 (2.41%) ISTQB
7 50 (2.08%) PMI Certification
8 45 (1.87%) Master's Degree
9 36 (1.50%) PMP
10 31 (1.29%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 25 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 20 (0.83%) Azure Certification
13 19 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (0.75%) CISSP
15 15 (0.62%) CISM
16 14 (0.58%) CGEIT
16 14 (0.58%) CISA
16 14 (0.58%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (8.86%) QA
2 180 (7.49%) Accessibility
3 50 (2.08%) WCAG
4 45 (1.87%) GDPR
5 41 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 39 (1.62%) PMO
7 30 (1.25%) NIST
8 18 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (0.62%) COBIT
10 7 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.29%) NCSC
11 6 (0.25%) P3O
11 6 (0.25%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.21%) SLA
13 4 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.083%) ECSS
14 2 (0.083%) GRC
14 2 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.083%) Software Quality Assurance
15 1 (0.042%) IFRS
System Software
1 186 (7.74%) Docker
2 74 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.62%) Firmware
5 14 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.042%) HDFS
9 1 (0.042%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 219 (9.11%) Terraform
2 173 (7.20%) Kubernetes
3 52 (2.16%) Ansible
4 50 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
5 36 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 31 (1.29%) Argo
6 31 (1.29%) Grafana
7 23 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.54%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.46%) SCCM
10 7 (0.29%) Kibana
11 4 (0.17%) logstash
11 4 (0.17%) Puppet
12 3 (0.12%) Control-M
12 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.083%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.042%) HP Fortify
14 1 (0.042%) Rancher
Vendors
1 403 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 92 (3.83%) Oracle
3 84 (3.49%) Google
4 80 (3.33%) SAP
5 78 (3.24%) Databricks
6 76 (3.16%) Salesforce
7 56 (2.33%) Adobe
8 45 (1.87%) Blue Prism
9 32 (1.33%) ServiceNow
10 25 (1.04%) MuleSoft
10 25 (1.04%) Splunk
11 21 (0.87%) IBM
12 20 (0.83%) Okta
13 17 (0.71%) Workday
14 13 (0.54%) Guidewire
15 10 (0.42%) Cisco
15 10 (0.42%) Talend
16 9 (0.37%) Mercator
17 8 (0.33%) IFS
18 7 (0.29%) Informatica