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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,315 3,167 5,206
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.35% 19.13% 23.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.49% 20.42% 26.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,198 1,954 2,789
10th Percentile £40,825 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,320 £66,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -1.48% +3.74%
75th Percentile £78,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,076 £67,500 £66,690
% change year-on-year -6.55% +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 20,108 15,510 19,787
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.96% 93.68% 88.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,355 8,405 11,799
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,188
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,015 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -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 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 29 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
1 110 (3.32%) Confluence
2 90 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 27 (0.81%) CMS
5 18 (0.54%) Apache
5 18 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.39%) WordPress
7 12 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 12 (0.36%) SAS
8 10 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 10 (0.30%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.12%) Camunda
10 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
10 4 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.090%) Kentico
11 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 128 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
2 98 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 35 (1.06%) 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 14 (0.42%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.15%) Revit
11 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.12%) Simulink
12 4 (0.12%) Windchill
13 3 (0.090%) Blender
13 3 (0.090%) Maya
13 3 (0.090%) Productboard
13 3 (0.090%) Sketch
14 2 (0.060%) Notion
Business Applications
1 72 (2.17%) 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 10 (0.30%) 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
8 5 (0.15%) 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 1,204 (36.32%) Azure
2 837 (25.25%) AWS
3 345 (10.41%) Azure DevOps
4 249 (7.51%) SaaS
5 215 (6.49%) Power Platform
6 207 (6.24%) GCP
7 192 (5.79%) GitHub
8 155 (4.68%) Serverless
9 117 (3.53%) Azure AI
10 96 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
11 91 (2.75%) GitHub Copilot
12 81 (2.44%) Power Automate
13 79 (2.38%) PowerApps
14 77 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
15 70 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
16 64 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
17 58 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 56 (1.69%) Amazon S3
19 53 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
20 50 (1.51%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 120 (3.62%) Broadband
2 41 (1.24%) 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 (11.04%) MongoDB
2 358 (10.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 165 (4.98%) SQL Server
4 142 (4.28%) Elasticsearch
4 142 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
5 139 (4.19%) Power BI
6 100 (3.02%) Metadata
7 78 (2.35%) MySQL
8 73 (2.20%) NoSQL
8 73 (2.20%) Relational Database
9 67 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
10 51 (1.54%) DynamoDB
11 49 (1.48%) Data Lake
12 30 (0.90%) Tableau
13 29 (0.87%) Big Data
13 29 (0.87%) Redis
14 21 (0.63%) Spark SQL
14 21 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
15 20 (0.60%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 273 (8.24%) JIRA
2 217 (6.55%) Git
3 79 (2.38%) GitLab
4 72 (2.17%) 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 13 (0.39%) 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 1,036 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 789 (23.80%) Finance
3 569 (17.16%) Public Sector
4 415 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
5 374 (11.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 279 (8.42%) Law
7 209 (6.30%) Legal
8 189 (5.70%) Retail
9 160 (4.83%) Marketing
10 122 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
11 107 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
12 93 (2.81%) Games
13 92 (2.78%) Banking
14 90 (2.71%) Aerospace
15 84 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
16 56 (1.69%) Advertising
17 51 (1.54%) Manufacturing
18 42 (1.27%) Legal Technology
19 31 (0.94%) Back Office
20 29 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 823 (24.83%) Developer
2 748 (22.56%) Senior
3 359 (10.83%) .NET Developer
4 358 (10.80%) Lead
5 299 (9.02%) Analyst
6 283 (8.54%) Architect
7 248 (7.48%) Project Manager
8 222 (6.70%) Software Engineer
9 201 (6.06%) Business Analyst
10 186 (5.61%) Senior Developer
11 151 (4.56%) Senior Manager
12 132 (3.98%) IT Manager
13 123 (3.71%) Delivery Manager
14 92 (2.78%) Senior Project Manager
15 88 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
16 86 (2.59%) Software Developer
17 82 (2.47%) Data Engineer
18 81 (2.44%) Technical Architect
19 78 (2.35%) Full-Stack Developer
20 76 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 621 (18.73%) .NET
2 419 (12.64%) React
3 379 (11.43%) ASP.NET
4 370 (11.16%) .NET Core
5 344 (10.38%) ASP.NET Core
6 295 (8.90%) Node.js
7 217 (6.55%) RESTful
8 196 (5.91%) CSS
9 194 (5.85%) HTML
10 172 (5.19%) Blazor
11 168 (5.07%) Terraform
12 157 (4.74%) AngularJS
13 156 (4.71%) Entity Framework
14 128 (3.86%) REST
15 126 (3.80%) Vue
16 120 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
17 106 (3.20%) Spring
18 105 (3.17%) Middleware
19 95 (2.87%) .NET Framework
20 91 (2.75%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 338 (10.20%) Product Ownership
2 287 (8.66%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.83%) Enterprise Software
4 103 (3.11%) Social Media
5 99 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
6 98 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
7 80 (2.41%) Management Information System
8 68 (2.05%) Onboarding
9 65 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
10 60 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 60 (1.81%) Mobile App
11 54 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
12 46 (1.39%) Driving Licence
12 46 (1.39%) Marketing Technology
13 41 (1.24%) AI Agents
14 36 (1.09%) Blog
15 35 (1.06%) Over-the-Top Content
15 35 (1.06%) Virtual Team
16 34 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
17 32 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 138 (4.16%) Linux
2 89 (2.68%) Windows
3 49 (1.48%) Unix
4 43 (1.30%) Android
5 20 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.39%) VMS
7 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.12%) CentOS
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.090%) Debian
11 2 (0.060%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.060%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.030%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 880 (26.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 870 (26.24%) CI/CD
3 837 (25.25%) DevOps
4 748 (22.56%) Mentoring
5 694 (20.94%) AI
6 672 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
7 636 (19.19%) Scrum
8 589 (17.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 574 (17.32%) Coaching
10 554 (16.71%) Full-Stack Development
11 514 (15.51%) Software Engineering
12 490 (14.78%) Roadmaps
13 476 (14.36%) Microservices
14 448 (13.51%) Decision-Making
15 434 (13.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 419 (12.64%) Project Delivery
17 385 (11.61%) Analytics
18 368 (11.10%) Test Automation
19 354 (10.68%) Waterfall
20 352 (10.62%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 817 (24.65%) SQL
2 741 (22.35%) C#
3 532 (16.05%) JavaScript
4 375 (11.31%) Python
5 331 (9.98%) Java
6 306 (9.23%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.59%) C++
8 67 (2.02%) Bash
9 62 (1.87%) PHP
10 52 (1.57%) PowerShell
11 42 (1.27%) Ruby
12 38 (1.15%) Go
13 32 (0.97%) C
14 31 (0.94%) PL/SQL
15 22 (0.66%) T-SQL
16 20 (0.60%) Kotlin
17 18 (0.54%) Bicep
18 15 (0.45%) Rust
19 14 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
19 14 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 538 (16.23%) Security Cleared
2 510 (15.38%) Degree
3 425 (12.82%) SC Cleared
4 109 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 104 (3.14%) CISSP
6 96 (2.90%) PMI Certification
7 95 (2.87%) CISM
8 93 (2.81%) PMP
9 90 (2.71%) DV Cleared
10 82 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 80 (2.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 64 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
13 49 (1.48%) Azure Certification
14 44 (1.33%) DBS Check
15 33 (1.00%) Master's Degree
16 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
17 29 (0.87%) AWS Certification
18 28 (0.84%) ISTQB
19 24 (0.72%) CISA
20 23 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 281 (8.48%) QA
3 176 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 110 (3.32%) NIST
5 107 (3.23%) GDPR
6 77 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 65 (1.96%) PMO
8 50 (1.51%) ISO 22301
9 44 (1.33%) WCAG
10 36 (1.09%) NCSC
11 29 (0.87%) GRC
11 29 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 14 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 12 (0.36%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.30%) COBIT
14 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.30%) SLA
15 9 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 303 (9.14%) Docker
2 39 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 23 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
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 2 (0.060%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.030%) GPFS
9 1 (0.030%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.030%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 281 (8.48%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.39%) Ansible
3 33 (1.00%) 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 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.060%) Kibana
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.060%) Puppet
12 2 (0.060%) SQL Sentry
13 1 (0.030%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.030%) SCCM
Vendors
1 796 (24.01%) Microsoft
2 128 (3.86%) Google
3 126 (3.80%) Oracle
4 116 (3.50%) Adobe
5 88 (2.65%) SAP
6 80 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 77 (2.32%) Databricks
7 77 (2.32%) YouTube
8 65 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.24%) Facebook
10 31 (0.94%) OpenAI
11 26 (0.78%) Workday
12 25 (0.75%) Cisco
13 21 (0.63%) VMware
14 19 (0.57%) IFS
15 18 (0.54%) Informatica
15 18 (0.54%) Yahoo!
16 17 (0.51%) Apple
17 16 (0.48%) Sony
18 15 (0.45%) IBM