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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,314 3,161 5,069
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.29% 18.81% 23.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.49% 20.05% 26.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,216 1,935 2,727
10th Percentile £40,825 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,289 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,700 £65,000 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% -4.41% +4.05%
75th Percentile £78,312 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,076 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.55% - +3.29%

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 20,103 15,768 19,267
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.63% 93.81% 88.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,356 8,416 11,421
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,026
25th Percentile £44,652 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 7 October 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
1 112 (3.38%) Confluence
2 93 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 29 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 27 (0.81%) CMS
5 19 (0.57%) Apache
6 17 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.42%) WordPress
8 13 (0.39%) SAS
9 12 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 11 (0.33%) Jupyter
11 6 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.12%) Camunda
13 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
14 3 (0.091%) DNN
14 3 (0.091%) Kentico
14 3 (0.091%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 128 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
2 96 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 30 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 23 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 20 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.54%) Trello
8 18 (0.54%) UserZoom
9 14 (0.42%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.15%) Revit
10 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.12%) Notion
11 4 (0.12%) Simulink
11 4 (0.12%) Windchill
12 3 (0.091%) Blender
12 3 (0.091%) Maya
12 3 (0.091%) Productboard
12 3 (0.091%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 79 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.63%) 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%) Dynamics GP
9 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
9 4 (0.12%) SAP GRC
10 3 (0.091%) Carpe Diem
10 3 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.091%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,204 (36.33%) Azure
2 833 (25.14%) AWS
3 347 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
4 251 (7.57%) SaaS
5 225 (6.79%) Power Platform
6 202 (6.10%) GCP
7 194 (5.85%) GitHub
8 154 (4.65%) Serverless
9 115 (3.47%) Azure AI
10 103 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
11 93 (2.81%) GitHub Copilot
12 87 (2.63%) Power Automate
13 84 (2.53%) PowerApps
14 77 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
15 71 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
16 69 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
17 58 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 56 (1.69%) Amazon S3
19 53 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
20 51 (1.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (2.96%) Broadband
2 40 (1.21%) Network Security
3 20 (0.60%) Internet
4 18 (0.54%) WAN
5 17 (0.51%) LAN
5 17 (0.51%) VPN
6 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.39%) VoIP
8 11 (0.33%) 5G
8 11 (0.33%) CTI
8 11 (0.33%) DNS
8 11 (0.33%) Firewall
9 9 (0.27%) SMS
9 9 (0.27%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.21%) TETRA
10 7 (0.21%) WLAN
11 6 (0.18%) Ethernet
11 6 (0.18%) HTTP
11 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
11 6 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 368 (11.10%) MongoDB
2 356 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 168 (5.07%) SQL Server
4 146 (4.41%) Power BI
5 142 (4.28%) Elasticsearch
5 142 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
6 89 (2.69%) Metadata
7 79 (2.38%) MySQL
8 74 (2.23%) NoSQL
9 72 (2.17%) Relational Database
10 66 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
11 49 (1.48%) DynamoDB
12 47 (1.42%) Data Lake
13 31 (0.94%) Tableau
14 30 (0.91%) Big Data
15 29 (0.88%) Redis
16 21 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
16 21 (0.63%) Spark SQL
16 21 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 20 (0.60%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 275 (8.30%) JIRA
2 215 (6.49%) Git
3 79 (2.38%) GitLab
4 70 (2.11%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.97%) JUnit
6 30 (0.91%) Selenium
7 28 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 27 (0.81%) Claude Code
9 20 (0.60%) Mockito
9 20 (0.60%) Postman
10 18 (0.54%) Maven
11 16 (0.48%) Visual Studio
12 14 (0.42%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.39%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
15 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
16 8 (0.24%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 7 (0.21%) NUnit
18 6 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 1,036 (31.26%) Social Skills
2 788 (23.78%) Finance
3 574 (17.32%) Public Sector
4 418 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
5 368 (11.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 273 (8.24%) Law
7 214 (6.46%) Legal
8 191 (5.76%) Retail
9 149 (4.50%) Marketing
10 128 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
11 106 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
12 90 (2.72%) Aerospace
12 90 (2.72%) Banking
13 85 (2.56%) Games
14 83 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
15 56 (1.69%) Advertising
16 50 (1.51%) Manufacturing
17 42 (1.27%) Legal Technology
18 31 (0.94%) Back Office
19 30 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 832 (25.11%) Developer
2 756 (22.81%) Senior
3 360 (10.86%) .NET Developer
4 358 (10.80%) Lead
5 294 (8.87%) Analyst
6 284 (8.57%) Architect
7 245 (7.39%) Project Manager
8 220 (6.64%) Software Engineer
9 199 (6.00%) Business Analyst
10 187 (5.64%) Senior Developer
11 157 (4.74%) Senior Manager
12 139 (4.19%) Delivery Manager
13 135 (4.07%) IT Manager
14 94 (2.84%) Senior Project Manager
15 85 (2.56%) Software Developer
16 84 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
17 80 (2.41%) Data Engineer
18 79 (2.38%) DevOps Engineer
18 79 (2.38%) Full-Stack Developer
18 79 (2.38%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 626 (18.89%) .NET
2 406 (12.25%) React
3 380 (11.47%) ASP.NET
4 371 (11.19%) .NET Core
5 344 (10.38%) ASP.NET Core
6 289 (8.72%) Node.js
7 215 (6.49%) RESTful
8 197 (5.94%) CSS
8 197 (5.94%) HTML
9 173 (5.22%) Blazor
10 165 (4.98%) Terraform
11 156 (4.71%) Entity Framework
12 151 (4.56%) AngularJS
13 132 (3.98%) REST
14 125 (3.77%) Vue
15 120 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
16 108 (3.26%) Spring
17 104 (3.14%) Middleware
18 95 (2.87%) .NET Framework
19 91 (2.75%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 314 (9.47%) Product Ownership
2 283 (8.54%) Cloud Native
3 163 (4.92%) Enterprise Software
4 100 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 98 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
6 81 (2.44%) Social Media
7 80 (2.41%) Management Information System
8 66 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 64 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
10 62 (1.87%) Mobile App
11 58 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
12 55 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
13 47 (1.42%) Driving Licence
14 42 (1.27%) AI Agents
15 36 (1.09%) Blog
16 35 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
17 34 (1.03%) Virtual Team
18 33 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 31 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
19 31 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 138 (4.16%) Linux
2 89 (2.69%) Windows
3 53 (1.60%) Unix
4 44 (1.33%) Android
5 21 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.39%) VMS
7 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.12%) CentOS
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.091%) 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
1 878 (26.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 877 (26.46%) CI/CD
3 846 (25.53%) DevOps
4 756 (22.81%) Mentoring
5 691 (20.85%) AI
6 679 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
7 631 (19.04%) Scrum
8 606 (18.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 579 (17.47%) Coaching
10 547 (16.51%) Full-Stack Development
11 510 (15.39%) Software Engineering
12 472 (14.24%) Microservices
13 469 (14.15%) Roadmaps
14 436 (13.16%) Decision-Making
15 431 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 411 (12.40%) Project Delivery
17 386 (11.65%) Analytics
18 371 (11.19%) Test Automation
19 352 (10.62%) Waterfall
20 350 (10.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 823 (24.83%) SQL
2 744 (22.45%) C#
3 536 (16.17%) JavaScript
4 377 (11.38%) Python
5 328 (9.90%) Java
6 297 (8.96%) TypeScript
7 84 (2.53%) C++
8 68 (2.05%) Bash
9 63 (1.90%) PHP
10 54 (1.63%) PowerShell
11 42 (1.27%) Ruby
12 41 (1.24%) Go
13 30 (0.91%) C
13 30 (0.91%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.75%) T-SQL
15 20 (0.60%) Bicep
16 19 (0.57%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.48%) Rust
18 14 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
18 14 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 535 (16.14%) Security Cleared
2 505 (15.24%) Degree
3 426 (12.85%) SC Cleared
4 107 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 103 (3.11%) CISSP
6 94 (2.84%) CISM
7 92 (2.78%) PMI Certification
8 90 (2.72%) DV Cleared
9 89 (2.69%) PMP
10 83 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 82 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 64 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
13 51 (1.54%) Azure Certification
14 41 (1.24%) DBS Check
15 33 (1.00%) Master's Degree
16 30 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
17 29 (0.88%) AWS Certification
18 26 (0.78%) ISTQB
19 25 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
20 24 (0.72%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (8.66%) Accessibility
2 271 (8.18%) QA
3 183 (5.52%) Data Quality
4 111 (3.35%) GDPR
5 109 (3.29%) NIST
6 76 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 62 (1.87%) PMO
8 52 (1.57%) ISO 22301
9 45 (1.36%) WCAG
10 35 (1.06%) NCSC
11 27 (0.81%) GRC
11 27 (0.81%) 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%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.30%) COBIT
14 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.30%) SLA
15 9 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 304 (9.17%) Docker
2 42 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.66%) 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
1 282 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 40 (1.21%) Ansible
3 33 (1.00%) Grafana
4 29 (0.88%) Argo
5 25 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.27%) 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 3 (0.091%) SQL Sentry
13 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.060%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.060%) Oracle RMAN
14 1 (0.030%) Data Guard
14 1 (0.030%) SCCM
14 1 (0.030%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.030%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 802 (24.20%) Microsoft
2 132 (3.98%) Oracle
3 128 (3.86%) Google
4 95 (2.87%) Adobe
5 90 (2.72%) SAP
6 83 (2.50%) Salesforce
7 82 (2.47%) YouTube
8 75 (2.26%) Databricks
9 64 (1.93%) ServiceNow
10 41 (1.24%) Facebook
11 31 (0.94%) OpenAI
12 27 (0.81%) Workday
13 25 (0.75%) Cisco
14 21 (0.63%) VMware
15 19 (0.57%) IFS
16 18 (0.54%) Informatica
16 18 (0.54%) Yahoo!
17 17 (0.51%) Apple
18 16 (0.48%) Sony
19 14 (0.42%) Pega