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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,472 3,867 6,947
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.31% 24.65% 25.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.75% 26.01% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,702 2,249 5,835
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £48,917 £54,439 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,085 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,445
UK median annual salary £65,000 £68,513 £63,000
% change year-on-year -5.13% +8.75% -6.67%

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 13,929 14,866 25,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.27% 94.76% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,007 8,893 21,194
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,549
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.09% -7.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,700 £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 13 February 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 92 (3.72%) Confluence
2 42 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 24 (0.97%) Apache
5 23 (0.93%) CMS
6 17 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.40%) SAS
8 9 (0.36%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.32%) nginx
10 6 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.20%) WordPress
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
13 2 (0.081%) Mendix
13 2 (0.081%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 59 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.54%) Adobe XD
3 32 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.61%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.40%) Sketch
9 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
10 5 (0.20%) Trello
11 4 (0.16%) InVision
11 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.16%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.081%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.081%) InDesign
12 2 (0.081%) Notion
12 2 (0.081%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 49 (1.98%) Oracle ERP
2 22 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.61%) SAP ERP
4 15 (0.61%) Shopify
5 9 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
6 8 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.32%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.20%) Primavera
8 4 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
8 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.12%) Maximo
9 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 825 (33.37%) Azure
2 531 (21.48%) AWS
3 301 (12.18%) Azure DevOps
4 220 (8.90%) Power Platform
5 215 (8.70%) GitHub
6 208 (8.41%) SaaS
7 168 (6.80%) GCP
8 128 (5.18%) Serverless
9 100 (4.05%) Snowflake
10 80 (3.24%) dbt
11 75 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
12 74 (2.99%) Entra ID
12 74 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
13 68 (2.75%) Figma
14 64 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
15 59 (2.39%) Amazon S3
16 56 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
17 50 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
18 46 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
19 45 (1.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 159 (6.43%) Broadband
2 24 (0.97%) TCP/IP
3 19 (0.77%) CHAP
4 18 (0.73%) DNS
5 14 (0.57%) 4G
6 11 (0.44%) BGP
6 11 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.44%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.44%) MPLS
7 10 (0.40%) WAN
8 9 (0.36%) Firewall
9 7 (0.28%) DHCP
10 6 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 6 (0.24%) RS-232
10 6 (0.24%) VPN
11 5 (0.20%) LAN
11 5 (0.20%) Network Security
11 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 119 (4.81%) Power BI
3 112 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
4 89 (3.60%) NoSQL
5 82 (3.32%) MySQL
6 75 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
7 73 (2.95%) Relational Database
8 71 (2.87%) Data Lake
9 66 (2.67%) MongoDB
10 51 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
11 46 (1.86%) Tableau
12 42 (1.70%) Metadata
13 34 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
14 32 (1.29%) Apache Iceberg
15 28 (1.13%) Apache Arrow
15 28 (1.13%) Dremio
16 22 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
17 21 (0.85%) RDBMS
18 20 (0.81%) DynamoDB
19 17 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 224 (9.06%) JIRA
2 182 (7.36%) Git
3 127 (5.14%) Jenkins
4 73 (2.95%) GitLab
5 57 (2.31%) Selenium
6 48 (1.94%) Oracle Forms
7 42 (1.70%) Postman
8 38 (1.54%) WebDriver
9 37 (1.50%) SonarQube
10 31 (1.25%) SoapUI
10 31 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
11 30 (1.21%) Cypress.io
12 29 (1.17%) TeamCity
13 27 (1.09%) Balsamiq
14 26 (1.05%) Axure RP
15 19 (0.77%) Jaeger
16 12 (0.49%) ER Studio
16 12 (0.49%) ERwin
17 10 (0.40%) JMeter
18 9 (0.36%) Cucumber
General
1 838 (33.90%) Finance
2 785 (31.76%) Social Skills
3 301 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
4 285 (11.53%) Public Sector
5 230 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 144 (5.83%) Law
7 126 (5.10%) Games
8 122 (4.94%) Marketing
9 104 (4.21%) Banking
10 101 (4.09%) Legal
11 70 (2.83%) Front Office
12 67 (2.71%) Retail
13 64 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
14 63 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
15 59 (2.39%) Telecoms
16 39 (1.58%) Manufacturing
16 39 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
17 34 (1.38%) Investment Banking
18 32 (1.29%) Tech for Good
19 30 (1.21%) Billing
Job Titles
1 567 (22.94%) Developer
2 526 (21.28%) Senior
3 313 (12.66%) Lead
4 268 (10.84%) Analyst
5 174 (7.04%) Software Engineer
6 162 (6.55%) Architect
7 150 (6.07%) Business Analyst
8 122 (4.94%) Software Developer
9 115 (4.65%) .NET Developer
10 108 (4.37%) Project Manager
11 94 (3.80%) Senior Manager
12 79 (3.20%) Data Engineer
13 75 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
14 67 (2.71%) Senior Developer
15 65 (2.63%) Designer
15 65 (2.63%) Lead Developer
16 62 (2.51%) C# Developer
17 60 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
17 60 (2.43%) Senior Software Engineer
18 59 (2.39%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (14.81%) .NET
2 290 (11.73%) React
3 183 (7.40%) HTML
4 163 (6.59%) CSS
5 152 (6.15%) RESTful
6 150 (6.07%) REST
7 145 (5.87%) SOAP
8 113 (4.57%) Node.js
9 97 (3.92%) AngularJS
10 78 (3.16%) .NET Core
11 74 (2.99%) Vue
12 69 (2.79%) .NET Framework
13 68 (2.75%) ASP.NET
14 66 (2.67%) Lightning Web Components
15 65 (2.63%) Kafka
16 62 (2.51%) Spring
17 56 (2.27%) Web Services
18 55 (2.22%) Spring Boot
19 53 (2.14%) Entity Framework
20 47 (1.90%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 339 (13.71%) Product Ownership
2 196 (7.93%) Cloud Native
3 75 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 72 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
5 68 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 64 (2.59%) Onboarding
7 62 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
8 60 (2.43%) Mobile App
8 60 (2.43%) Social Media
9 54 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
10 51 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
11 49 (1.98%) Low-Code
12 47 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 47 (1.90%) Fixed Income
13 33 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 30 (1.21%) Equities
14 30 (1.21%) NHS
15 27 (1.09%) Data Structures
16 25 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
17 23 (0.93%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 111 (4.49%) Linux
2 68 (2.75%) Windows
3 39 (1.58%) Android
4 37 (1.50%) Apple iOS
4 37 (1.50%) Unix
5 23 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) CentOS
6 6 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.081%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.081%) Solaris
9 2 (0.081%) VMS
10 1 (0.040%) AIX
10 1 (0.040%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 675 (27.31%) DevOps
2 633 (25.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 576 (23.30%) CI/CD
4 545 (22.05%) Mentoring
5 501 (20.27%) Coaching
6 433 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
7 431 (17.44%) Roadmaps
8 417 (16.87%) Software Engineering
9 410 (16.59%) AI
10 398 (16.10%) Scrum
11 326 (13.19%) Analytics
12 284 (11.49%) Test Automation
13 269 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
14 256 (10.36%) Asset Management
15 242 (9.79%) Microservices
16 240 (9.71%) Project Management
17 212 (8.58%) Data Modelling
18 211 (8.54%) Full-Stack Development
19 209 (8.45%) User Experience
20 187 (7.56%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 546 (22.09%) SQL
2 455 (18.41%) Python
3 369 (14.93%) JavaScript
4 355 (14.36%) Java
5 344 (13.92%) C#
6 235 (9.51%) TypeScript
7 91 (3.68%) PowerShell
8 68 (2.75%) Apex Code
8 68 (2.75%) PHP
9 67 (2.71%) C++
10 65 (2.63%) Bash
11 58 (2.35%) Go
12 53 (2.14%) Shell Script
13 44 (1.78%) C
14 42 (1.70%) PL/SQL
15 41 (1.66%) Scala
16 28 (1.13%) SOQL
16 28 (1.13%) SOSL
17 21 (0.85%) VBA
18 17 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 336 (13.59%) Degree
2 285 (11.53%) Security Cleared
3 204 (8.25%) SC Cleared
4 93 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 66 (2.67%) DV Cleared
6 48 (1.94%) PMI Certification
7 46 (1.86%) ISTQB
8 42 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 35 (1.42%) PMP
10 34 (1.38%) AWS Certification
11 28 (1.13%) DBS Check
12 26 (1.05%) CISSP
13 25 (1.01%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 20 (0.81%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (0.81%) CISM
14 20 (0.81%) SANS
15 19 (0.77%) CGEIT
15 19 (0.77%) CISA
15 19 (0.77%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (8.41%) Accessibility
2 204 (8.25%) QA
3 50 (2.02%) GDPR
4 47 (1.90%) WCAG
5 42 (1.70%) Data Quality
6 32 (1.29%) NIST
7 29 (1.17%) PMO
8 20 (0.81%) COBIT
9 19 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.24%) P3O
11 6 (0.24%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.20%) NCSC
13 3 (0.12%) GRC
13 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.12%) SLA
14 2 (0.081%) ECSS
14 2 (0.081%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.040%) Def Stans
15 1 (0.040%) SEPA
System Software
1 192 (7.77%) Docker
2 72 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.49%) 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%) HDFS
8 1 (0.040%) vCloud
8 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 224 (9.06%) Terraform
2 186 (7.52%) Kubernetes
3 56 (2.27%) Ansible
4 48 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
5 37 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.42%) Argo
7 30 (1.21%) Grafana
8 23 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.77%) Kustomize
10 11 (0.44%) SCCM
11 8 (0.32%) Kibana
12 4 (0.16%) logstash
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.081%) Packer
14 2 (0.081%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.081%) Puppet
15 1 (0.040%) Opsgenie
15 1 (0.040%) Rancher
Vendors
1 402 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 101 (4.09%) Salesforce
3 95 (3.84%) Oracle
4 92 (3.72%) Google
5 83 (3.36%) Adobe
6 79 (3.20%) SAP
7 78 (3.16%) Databricks
8 47 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 45 (1.82%) Blue Prism
10 38 (1.54%) Splunk
11 29 (1.17%) MuleSoft
12 21 (0.85%) Okta
13 20 (0.81%) IBM
14 18 (0.73%) Workday
15 12 (0.49%) Cisco
16 10 (0.40%) Talend
17 9 (0.36%) Guidewire
17 9 (0.36%) Mercator
18 8 (0.32%) Atlassian
18 8 (0.32%) Xamarin