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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,410 3,883 6,992
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.07% 24.61% 25.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.43% 26.00% 27.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,676 2,226 5,875
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,956 £42,059
25th Percentile £49,938 £54,439 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,290 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,063
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £63,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +6.30% -5.93%

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 13,823 14,932 25,659
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.43% 94.64% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8,809 8,819 21,220
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 9 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 88 (3.65%) Confluence
2 44 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
3 42 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.00%) Apache
5 23 (0.95%) CMS
6 17 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.41%) SAS
9 8 (0.33%) nginx
10 6 (0.25%) IIS
11 5 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.21%) WordPress
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
13 2 (0.083%) Luigi
13 2 (0.083%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 62 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (1.62%) Adobe XD
3 35 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 27 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.62%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.54%) Chatbot
8 11 (0.46%) Sketch
9 6 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
10 5 (0.21%) Trello
11 4 (0.17%) InVision
11 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.17%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.083%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.083%) InDesign
12 2 (0.083%) Notion
12 2 (0.083%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 48 (1.99%) Oracle ERP
2 22 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.62%) SAP ERP
4 15 (0.62%) Shopify
5 9 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
6 8 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.33%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.21%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.21%) Primavera
8 4 (0.17%) Hyperion Planning
8 4 (0.17%) 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
1 815 (33.82%) Azure
2 523 (21.70%) AWS
3 299 (12.41%) Azure DevOps
4 221 (9.17%) Power Platform
5 214 (8.88%) GitHub
6 208 (8.63%) SaaS
7 167 (6.93%) GCP
8 124 (5.15%) Serverless
9 100 (4.15%) Snowflake
10 80 (3.32%) dbt
11 75 (3.11%) GitHub Copilot
11 75 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
12 74 (3.07%) Entra ID
13 67 (2.78%) Figma
14 65 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
15 58 (2.41%) Amazon S3
16 56 (2.32%) Azure Data Factory
17 49 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
18 46 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
19 45 (1.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 143 (5.93%) Broadband
2 23 (0.95%) TCP/IP
3 18 (0.75%) CHAP
4 17 (0.71%) DNS
5 14 (0.58%) 4G
6 11 (0.46%) BGP
6 11 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.46%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.46%) MPLS
7 9 (0.37%) WAN
8 8 (0.33%) Firewall
9 7 (0.29%) DHCP
10 6 (0.25%) Ethernet
10 6 (0.25%) RS-232
11 5 (0.21%) VPN
11 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.17%) LAN
12 4 (0.17%) SSH
12 4 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (5.89%) SQL Server
2 120 (4.98%) Power BI
3 112 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
4 85 (3.53%) NoSQL
5 80 (3.32%) MySQL
6 73 (3.03%) Relational Database
7 71 (2.95%) Data Lake
8 70 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
9 65 (2.70%) MongoDB
10 57 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
11 46 (1.91%) Tableau
12 41 (1.70%) Metadata
13 32 (1.33%) Apache Iceberg
14 31 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
15 28 (1.16%) Apache Arrow
15 28 (1.16%) Dremio
16 27 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
17 22 (0.91%) DynamoDB
18 21 (0.87%) RDBMS
19 16 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 217 (9.00%) JIRA
2 178 (7.39%) Git
3 124 (5.15%) Jenkins
4 69 (2.86%) GitLab
5 57 (2.37%) Selenium
6 48 (1.99%) Oracle Forms
7 41 (1.70%) Postman
8 38 (1.58%) WebDriver
9 33 (1.37%) SonarQube
10 32 (1.33%) Team Foundation Server
11 31 (1.29%) SoapUI
12 30 (1.24%) Cypress.io
12 30 (1.24%) TeamCity
13 27 (1.12%) Balsamiq
14 26 (1.08%) Axure RP
15 19 (0.79%) Jaeger
16 12 (0.50%) ER Studio
16 12 (0.50%) ERwin
17 10 (0.41%) JMeter
18 9 (0.37%) Cucumber
General
1 828 (34.36%) Finance
2 777 (32.24%) Social Skills
3 296 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (10.83%) Public Sector
5 217 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 136 (5.64%) Law
7 114 (4.73%) Marketing
8 108 (4.48%) Games
9 100 (4.15%) Legal
10 96 (3.98%) Banking
11 71 (2.95%) Front Office
12 64 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
13 63 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
14 59 (2.45%) Retail
14 59 (2.45%) Telecoms
15 39 (1.62%) Manufacturing
16 36 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
17 33 (1.37%) Investment Banking
17 33 (1.37%) Tech for Good
18 31 (1.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 569 (23.61%) Developer
2 513 (21.29%) Senior
3 299 (12.41%) Lead
4 267 (11.08%) Analyst
5 166 (6.89%) Software Engineer
6 153 (6.35%) Architect
7 150 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 122 (5.06%) Software Developer
9 118 (4.90%) .NET Developer
10 104 (4.32%) Project Manager
11 84 (3.49%) Senior Manager
12 81 (3.36%) Data Engineer
13 74 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
14 71 (2.95%) Senior Developer
15 66 (2.74%) C# Developer
16 63 (2.61%) Lead Developer
17 61 (2.53%) Designer
17 61 (2.53%) Python Developer
18 60 (2.49%) Senior Software Engineer
19 59 (2.45%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 373 (15.48%) .NET
2 290 (12.03%) React
3 182 (7.55%) HTML
4 164 (6.80%) CSS
5 147 (6.10%) RESTful
6 145 (6.02%) REST
7 140 (5.81%) SOAP
8 114 (4.73%) Node.js
9 100 (4.15%) AngularJS
10 85 (3.53%) .NET Core
11 78 (3.24%) ASP.NET
12 76 (3.15%) Vue
13 71 (2.95%) .NET Framework
14 67 (2.78%) Kafka
15 62 (2.57%) Lightning Web Components
16 61 (2.53%) Spring
17 58 (2.41%) Entity Framework
18 56 (2.32%) Web Services
19 55 (2.28%) Spring Boot
20 48 (1.99%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 327 (13.57%) Product Ownership
2 180 (7.47%) Cloud Native
3 76 (3.15%) Management Information System
4 69 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
4 69 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 60 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
5 60 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 57 (2.37%) Mobile App
7 54 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 52 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
9 50 (2.07%) Social Media
10 49 (2.03%) Low-Code
11 47 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 47 (1.95%) Fixed Income
12 33 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 30 (1.24%) Equities
13 30 (1.24%) NHS
14 29 (1.20%) Data Structures
15 25 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
16 23 (0.95%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 109 (4.52%) Linux
2 67 (2.78%) Windows
3 36 (1.49%) Unix
4 35 (1.45%) Android
5 33 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 22 (0.91%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.25%) CentOS
7 6 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
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 (0.041%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (27.39%) DevOps
2 615 (25.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 568 (23.57%) CI/CD
4 518 (21.49%) Mentoring
5 475 (19.71%) Coaching
6 428 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
7 411 (17.05%) Software Engineering
8 410 (17.01%) Roadmaps
9 398 (16.51%) AI
10 391 (16.22%) Scrum
11 313 (12.99%) Analytics
12 276 (11.45%) Test Automation
13 263 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
14 258 (10.71%) Asset Management
15 238 (9.88%) Microservices
16 235 (9.75%) Project Management
17 209 (8.67%) Data Modelling
17 209 (8.67%) Full-Stack Development
18 206 (8.55%) User Experience
19 187 (7.76%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 551 (22.86%) SQL
2 455 (18.88%) Python
3 372 (15.44%) JavaScript
4 351 (14.56%) C#
5 350 (14.52%) Java
6 236 (9.79%) TypeScript
7 90 (3.73%) PowerShell
8 71 (2.95%) C++
8 71 (2.95%) PHP
9 64 (2.66%) Apex Code
9 64 (2.66%) Bash
10 59 (2.45%) Go
11 53 (2.20%) Shell Script
12 43 (1.78%) C
12 43 (1.78%) Scala
13 42 (1.74%) PL/SQL
14 24 (1.00%) SOQL
14 24 (1.00%) SOSL
15 21 (0.87%) VBA
16 17 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 338 (14.02%) Degree
2 273 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 196 (8.13%) SC Cleared
4 96 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (2.61%) DV Cleared
6 47 (1.95%) ISTQB
6 47 (1.95%) PMI Certification
7 42 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 35 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.41%) PMP
10 28 (1.16%) DBS Check
11 25 (1.04%) CISSP
11 25 (1.04%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 20 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.79%) CISM
13 19 (0.79%) SANS
14 18 (0.75%) Azure Certification
14 18 (0.75%) CGEIT
14 18 (0.75%) CISA
14 18 (0.75%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (8.38%) QA
2 197 (8.17%) Accessibility
3 49 (2.03%) GDPR
3 49 (2.03%) WCAG
4 41 (1.70%) Data Quality
5 31 (1.29%) NIST
5 31 (1.29%) PMO
6 19 (0.79%) COBIT
6 19 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.25%) P3O
8 6 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.21%) NCSC
10 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.12%) SLA
11 2 (0.083%) ECSS
11 2 (0.083%) GRC
11 2 (0.083%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.041%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.041%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 187 (7.76%) Docker
2 73 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.25%) Firmware
5 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.041%) HDFS
8 1 (0.041%) vCloud
8 1 (0.041%) Xen
Systems Management
1 220 (9.13%) Terraform
2 178 (7.39%) Kubernetes
3 56 (2.32%) Ansible
4 49 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
5 36 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.45%) Argo
7 26 (1.08%) Grafana
8 23 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.79%) Kustomize
10 11 (0.46%) SCCM
11 7 (0.29%) Kibana
12 4 (0.17%) logstash
12 4 (0.17%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.17%) Puppet
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.083%) Docker Swarm
15 1 (0.041%) HP Fortify
15 1 (0.041%) Packer
15 1 (0.041%) Rancher
Vendors
1 409 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 96 (3.98%) Salesforce
3 94 (3.90%) Oracle
4 91 (3.78%) Google
5 79 (3.28%) SAP
6 78 (3.24%) Databricks
7 74 (3.07%) Adobe
8 45 (1.87%) Blue Prism
9 39 (1.62%) ServiceNow
10 34 (1.41%) Splunk
11 29 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 21 (0.87%) Okta
13 20 (0.83%) IBM
14 18 (0.75%) Workday
15 11 (0.46%) Cisco
16 10 (0.41%) Talend
17 9 (0.37%) Guidewire
17 9 (0.37%) Mercator
18 8 (0.33%) Atlassian
18 8 (0.33%) IFS