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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,588 3,319 5,624
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.83% 20.13% 22.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.09% 21.66% 25.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,356 2,070 3,717
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,529 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £78,312 £93,778 £91,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £63,500 £68,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.62% +4.62% -

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 18,792 15,324 21,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,561 9,021 15,723
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +0.34% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 8 August 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
1 116 (3.23%) Confluence
2 68 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.20%) CMS
4 24 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.59%) Apache
6 16 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 16 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (0.36%) SAS
8 12 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.31%) WordPress
10 10 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 9 (0.25%) Jupyter
12 5 (0.14%) Camunda
12 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.11%) PowerFactory
14 3 (0.084%) Kentico
14 3 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.084%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 125 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
2 97 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 53 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 44 (1.23%) UserZoom
6 23 (0.64%) Chatbot
7 22 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 19 (0.53%) Trello
9 17 (0.47%) Adobe XD
10 16 (0.45%) MS Visio
11 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.11%) Revit
12 4 (0.11%) Sketch
12 4 (0.11%) Windchill
13 3 (0.084%) Blender
13 3 (0.084%) Maya
13 3 (0.084%) Productboard
14 2 (0.056%) PlantUML
14 2 (0.056%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 61 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.11%) Workfront
3 22 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.28%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (0.20%) Shopify
7 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
9 3 (0.084%) Carpe Diem
9 3 (0.084%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.084%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,267 (35.31%) Azure
2 896 (24.97%) AWS
3 346 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
4 235 (6.55%) GCP
5 232 (6.47%) SaaS
6 189 (5.27%) GitHub
7 180 (5.02%) Power Platform
8 171 (4.77%) Adobe Analytics
9 159 (4.43%) Azure AI
10 151 (4.21%) Serverless
11 105 (2.93%) Figma
12 89 (2.48%) GitHub Copilot
13 76 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
14 74 (2.06%) Snowflake
15 68 (1.90%) Azure Machine Learning
15 68 (1.90%) Contentsquare
15 68 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
16 65 (1.81%) PowerApps
17 63 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 62 (1.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 326 (9.09%) Broadband
2 32 (0.89%) Network Security
3 25 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.59%) Internet
5 20 (0.56%) VPN
6 18 (0.50%) WAN
7 16 (0.45%) LAN
8 15 (0.42%) DNS
8 15 (0.42%) Firewall
9 13 (0.36%) VoIP
10 12 (0.33%) Ethernet
10 12 (0.33%) RS-232
11 11 (0.31%) CTI
12 10 (0.28%) 5G
13 9 (0.25%) CHAP
14 8 (0.22%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.22%) SMS
14 8 (0.22%) Wireless
15 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
15 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (10.59%) MongoDB
2 362 (10.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 204 (5.69%) SQL Server
4 154 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
5 153 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
6 108 (3.01%) Power BI
7 101 (2.81%) Metadata
8 96 (2.68%) NoSQL
9 90 (2.51%) MySQL
10 46 (1.28%) Relational Database
11 42 (1.17%) DynamoDB
12 39 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
13 34 (0.95%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.81%) Redis
15 26 (0.72%) Big Data
16 23 (0.64%) Tableau
17 20 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.53%) BigQuery
18 19 (0.53%) Semantic Layer
19 16 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 272 (7.58%) JIRA
2 197 (5.49%) Git
3 102 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 101 (2.81%) GitLab
5 37 (1.03%) Cypress.io
5 37 (1.03%) Selenium
6 33 (0.92%) SonarQube
7 29 (0.81%) JUnit
8 24 (0.67%) Postman
9 21 (0.59%) Claude Code
10 18 (0.50%) Maven
11 17 (0.47%) Mockito
12 16 (0.45%) Cucumber
13 15 (0.42%) Visual Studio
14 13 (0.36%) CircleCI
15 10 (0.28%) Balsamiq
15 10 (0.28%) JMeter
16 9 (0.25%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.25%) Gatling
17 8 (0.22%) Axure RP
General
1 1,027 (28.62%) Social Skills
2 896 (24.97%) Finance
3 508 (14.16%) Public Sector
4 402 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 378 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
6 310 (8.64%) Law
7 255 (7.11%) Games
8 238 (6.63%) Legal
9 199 (5.55%) Marketing
10 194 (5.41%) Retail
11 126 (3.51%) Banking
12 106 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
13 90 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
14 89 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
15 70 (1.95%) Aerospace
16 62 (1.73%) Advertising
17 48 (1.34%) Legal Technology
18 42 (1.17%) Manufacturing
19 39 (1.09%) Front Office
20 38 (1.06%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 889 (24.78%) Developer
2 740 (20.62%) Senior
3 464 (12.93%) Lead
4 378 (10.54%) .NET Developer
5 313 (8.72%) Analyst
6 286 (7.97%) Architect
7 284 (7.92%) Software Engineer
8 257 (7.16%) Project Manager
9 210 (5.85%) Business Analyst
10 169 (4.71%) Senior Developer
11 163 (4.54%) Senior Manager
12 138 (3.85%) IT Manager
13 111 (3.09%) Software Developer
14 106 (2.95%) Delivery Manager
15 96 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
16 94 (2.62%) Consultant
16 94 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
17 91 (2.54%) Senior Project Manager
18 88 (2.45%) Product Owner
19 82 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 640 (17.84%) .NET
2 490 (13.66%) React
3 391 (10.90%) ASP.NET
4 384 (10.70%) .NET Core
5 357 (9.95%) ASP.NET Core
6 326 (9.09%) Node.js
7 229 (6.38%) RESTful
8 223 (6.22%) CSS
9 205 (5.71%) HTML
10 177 (4.93%) Blazor
11 168 (4.68%) AngularJS
12 162 (4.52%) Entity Framework
13 143 (3.99%) REST
13 143 (3.99%) Vue
14 126 (3.51%) ASP.NET Web API
15 103 (2.87%) .NET Framework
16 96 (2.68%) ML.NET
17 94 (2.62%) Spring
18 85 (2.37%) Middleware
19 80 (2.23%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 416 (11.59%) Product Ownership
2 317 (8.84%) Cloud Native
3 226 (6.30%) Social Media
4 142 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
5 106 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
6 89 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 84 (2.34%) Mobile App
8 79 (2.20%) Management Information System
9 69 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 64 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
11 63 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 62 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
13 54 (1.51%) Over-the-Top Content
14 51 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
15 49 (1.37%) Driving Licence
16 47 (1.31%) Virtual Team
17 31 (0.86%) Fixed Income
18 30 (0.84%) AI Agents
18 30 (0.84%) Blog
19 28 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 149 (4.15%) Linux
2 68 (1.90%) Windows
3 63 (1.76%) Android
4 43 (1.20%) Unix
5 39 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.42%) VMS
7 12 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.14%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.084%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.028%) AIX
11 1 (0.028%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 887 (24.72%) CI/CD
2 874 (24.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 871 (24.28%) DevOps
4 807 (22.49%) AI
5 765 (21.32%) Mentoring
6 737 (20.54%) Roadmaps
7 679 (18.92%) Scrum
8 640 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
9 612 (17.06%) Full-Stack Development
10 552 (15.38%) Coaching
11 539 (15.02%) Software Engineering
12 498 (13.88%) Microservices
13 482 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
14 448 (12.49%) Analytics
15 444 (12.37%) Decision-Making
16 438 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 420 (11.71%) Test Automation
18 383 (10.67%) Project Delivery
19 365 (10.17%) Customer Experience
19 365 (10.17%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 843 (23.49%) SQL
2 758 (21.13%) C#
3 565 (15.75%) JavaScript
4 412 (11.48%) Python
5 389 (10.84%) Java
6 344 (9.59%) TypeScript
7 91 (2.54%) PHP
8 89 (2.48%) C++
9 66 (1.84%) Bash
10 53 (1.48%) Go
11 46 (1.28%) Ruby
12 41 (1.14%) Apex Code
13 40 (1.11%) C
13 40 (1.11%) PowerShell
14 26 (0.72%) SOQL
15 25 (0.70%) SOSL
16 24 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 21 (0.59%) T-SQL
18 17 (0.47%) Bicep
19 14 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 509 (14.19%) Degree
2 484 (13.49%) Security Cleared
3 390 (10.87%) SC Cleared
4 124 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 109 (3.04%) CISSP
6 106 (2.95%) PMI Certification
7 100 (2.79%) PMP
8 97 (2.70%) CISM
9 76 (2.12%) DV Cleared
10 75 (2.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 64 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
12 59 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 49 (1.37%) Azure Certification
14 37 (1.03%) DBS Check
15 31 (0.86%) Master's Degree
16 27 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (0.72%) AWS Certification
17 26 (0.72%) CISA
18 22 (0.61%) ISTQB
19 21 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 401 (11.18%) Accessibility
2 307 (8.56%) QA
3 128 (3.57%) Data Quality
4 113 (3.15%) NIST
5 90 (2.51%) WCAG
6 86 (2.40%) GDPR
7 67 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 58 (1.62%) PMO
9 49 (1.37%) ISO 22301
10 36 (1.00%) GRC
11 29 (0.81%) NCSC
12 25 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (0.45%) COBIT
14 14 (0.39%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 9 (0.25%) SLA
17 8 (0.22%) GxP
18 7 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 309 (8.61%) Docker
2 60 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
3 34 (0.95%) Active Directory
4 15 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.36%) vSphere
6 11 (0.31%) Firmware
7 4 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.028%) GPFS
9 1 (0.028%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 277 (7.72%) Kubernetes
2 174 (4.85%) Terraform
3 58 (1.62%) Ansible
4 43 (1.20%) Grafana
5 29 (0.81%) Argo
5 29 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.33%) Podman
7 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Puppet
10 4 (0.11%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.11%) Packer
11 3 (0.084%) Kibana
11 3 (0.084%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.056%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.028%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.028%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 790 (22.02%) Microsoft
2 248 (6.91%) Adobe
3 145 (4.04%) Google
4 111 (3.09%) Oracle
5 105 (2.93%) Databricks
6 101 (2.81%) Salesforce
7 88 (2.45%) SAP
8 76 (2.12%) ServiceNow
9 40 (1.11%) Facebook
10 29 (0.81%) OpenAI
10 29 (0.81%) Splunk
11 24 (0.67%) Cisco
12 21 (0.59%) YouTube
13 19 (0.53%) Apple
13 19 (0.53%) Workday
13 19 (0.53%) Yahoo!
14 18 (0.50%) IFS
15 17 (0.47%) IBM
15 17 (0.47%) Sony
15 17 (0.47%) VMware
1,891 hybrid/remote Agile jobs