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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,745 3,080 8,090
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.30% 23.08% 24.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.40% 24.37% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,775 2,266 6,059
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,956 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.37% -5.84%
75th Percentile £81,250 £98,474 £79,375
90th Percentile £101,500 £125,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

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 14,918 12,640 29,709
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.13% 94.72% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 10,427 8,943 23,621
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 24 April 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
1 101 (3.68%) Confluence
2 48 (1.75%) CMS
3 44 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 17 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 11 (0.40%) Apache
7 9 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.22%) nginx
9 6 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.22%) SAS
10 5 (0.18%) WordPress
11 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.073%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.036%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.036%) Camunda
13 1 (0.036%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.036%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 43 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 31 (1.13%) Adobe XD
5 30 (1.09%) UserZoom
6 28 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
7 18 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 12 (0.44%) Chatbot
9 9 (0.33%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.33%) Sketch
10 5 (0.18%) InVision
11 4 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.15%) Trello
12 2 (0.073%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.073%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
13 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.036%) EngageOne
13 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (0.73%) Workfront
4 19 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.29%) Shopify
7 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.073%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.073%) SAP IBP
10 2 (0.073%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.073%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.073%) SAP SCM
11 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.036%) Maximo
11 1 (0.036%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 1 (0.036%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.036%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 787 (28.67%) Azure
2 617 (22.48%) AWS
3 231 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
4 191 (6.96%) GCP
5 183 (6.67%) Adobe Analytics
6 165 (6.01%) GitHub
7 147 (5.36%) Serverless
8 144 (5.25%) SaaS
9 138 (5.03%) Power Platform
10 133 (4.85%) Figma
11 107 (3.90%) Snowflake
12 73 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
13 70 (2.55%) Azure AI
14 68 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 67 (2.44%) Amazon S3
16 64 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
17 56 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
18 55 (2.00%) Contentsquare
19 49 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
19 49 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 386 (14.06%) Broadband
2 26 (0.95%) CHAP
2 26 (0.95%) TCP/IP
3 23 (0.84%) DNS
4 15 (0.55%) Ethernet
4 15 (0.55%) RS-232
5 14 (0.51%) 4G
6 13 (0.47%) Network Security
6 13 (0.47%) WAN
7 12 (0.44%) Firewall
8 11 (0.40%) BGP
8 11 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (0.40%) IOS XR
8 11 (0.40%) MPLS
9 9 (0.33%) DHCP
10 8 (0.29%) LAN
10 8 (0.29%) VPN
11 6 (0.22%) Internet
11 6 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 110 (4.01%) NoSQL
3 90 (3.28%) MongoDB
4 82 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
5 79 (2.88%) Metadata
5 79 (2.88%) Power BI
6 66 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
7 62 (2.26%) MySQL
8 50 (1.82%) Relational Database
9 48 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
10 42 (1.53%) Data Lake
11 27 (0.98%) DynamoDB
12 26 (0.95%) Tableau
13 25 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (0.73%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.44%) Redis
17 10 (0.36%) Flink
17 10 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 7 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 216 (7.87%) JIRA
2 172 (6.27%) Git
3 118 (4.30%) Jenkins
4 102 (3.72%) GitLab
5 52 (1.89%) Selenium
6 42 (1.53%) SonarQube
7 41 (1.49%) Postman
8 34 (1.24%) Cypress.io
9 28 (1.02%) SoapUI
9 28 (1.02%) WebDriver
10 27 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
10 27 (0.98%) TeamCity
11 25 (0.91%) Balsamiq
12 24 (0.87%) Axure RP
13 19 (0.69%) Jaeger
14 17 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
15 15 (0.55%) JMeter
16 14 (0.51%) CircleCI
17 13 (0.47%) Cucumber
17 13 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 819 (29.84%) Finance
2 797 (29.03%) Social Skills
3 352 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 298 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
5 284 (10.35%) Games
6 279 (10.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 194 (7.07%) Law
8 152 (5.54%) Banking
8 152 (5.54%) Marketing
9 122 (4.44%) Legal
10 102 (3.72%) Retail
11 70 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
12 60 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
13 57 (2.08%) Front Office
14 53 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
14 53 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 40 (1.46%) Manufacturing
16 36 (1.31%) Back Office
17 35 (1.28%) Financial Institution
18 25 (0.91%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 563 (20.51%) Senior
2 500 (18.21%) Developer
3 458 (16.68%) Lead
4 258 (9.40%) Analyst
5 214 (7.80%) Software Engineer
6 176 (6.41%) Architect
7 173 (6.30%) Business Analyst
8 149 (5.43%) Project Manager
9 136 (4.95%) Senior Manager
10 110 (4.01%) Software Developer
11 98 (3.57%) Designer
12 86 (3.13%) Lead Developer
13 85 (3.10%) C# Developer
14 80 (2.91%) Delivery Manager
15 78 (2.84%) Engineering Manager
15 78 (2.84%) Product Manager
16 74 (2.70%) Product Owner
17 72 (2.62%) Graduate
18 71 (2.59%) Data Engineer
18 71 (2.59%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 291 (10.60%) React
2 286 (10.42%) .NET
3 153 (5.57%) CSS
4 149 (5.43%) HTML
5 140 (5.10%) Node.js
6 127 (4.63%) REST
7 119 (4.34%) RESTful
8 114 (4.15%) SOAP
9 82 (2.99%) Kafka
10 78 (2.84%) AngularJS
11 72 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
12 68 (2.48%) .NET Core
13 64 (2.33%) Spring
14 60 (2.19%) ASP.NET
15 56 (2.04%) GraphQL
15 56 (2.04%) Vue
16 54 (1.97%) Visualforce
17 53 (1.93%) Spring Boot
18 48 (1.75%) Middleware
19 47 (1.71%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 402 (14.64%) Product Ownership
2 229 (8.34%) Cloud Native
3 210 (7.65%) Social Media
4 78 (2.84%) Mobile App
5 70 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
5 70 (2.55%) Onboarding
6 67 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 58 (2.11%) Over-the-Top Content
8 56 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
9 51 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
9 51 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
10 46 (1.68%) Fixed Income
11 39 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 36 (1.31%) Low-Code
12 36 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
13 35 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
14 31 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
15 30 (1.09%) Data Structures
16 29 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
17 26 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 140 (5.10%) Linux
2 61 (2.22%) Android
3 48 (1.75%) Apple iOS
3 48 (1.75%) Windows
4 43 (1.57%) Unix
5 15 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
6 10 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.33%) CentOS
8 6 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.15%) Debian
9 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.11%) VMS
11 2 (0.073%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.073%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.036%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 656 (23.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 649 (23.64%) DevOps
3 644 (23.46%) Mentoring
4 624 (22.73%) Roadmaps
5 618 (22.51%) CI/CD
6 535 (19.49%) AI
7 510 (18.58%) Coaching
8 491 (17.89%) Scrum
9 446 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
10 422 (15.37%) Analytics
11 393 (14.32%) Software Engineering
12 328 (11.95%) Test Automation
13 291 (10.60%) Customer Experience
14 275 (10.02%) Project Management
15 268 (9.76%) Decision-Making
15 268 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 261 (9.51%) Full-Stack Development
17 259 (9.44%) Product Roadmap
18 258 (9.40%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 250 (9.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 488 (17.78%) SQL
2 416 (15.15%) Python
3 393 (14.32%) Java
4 328 (11.95%) JavaScript
5 324 (11.80%) C#
6 220 (8.01%) TypeScript
7 90 (3.28%) PHP
8 85 (3.10%) C++
9 80 (2.91%) Go
10 75 (2.73%) Apex Code
11 56 (2.04%) Bash
12 51 (1.86%) C
13 50 (1.82%) PowerShell
14 35 (1.28%) Scala
14 35 (1.28%) SOQL
15 34 (1.24%) SOSL
16 22 (0.80%) Shell Script
17 20 (0.73%) Embedded C
17 20 (0.73%) VBA
18 19 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 358 (13.04%) Degree
2 306 (11.15%) Security Cleared
3 214 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 89 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 61 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 54 (1.97%) PMP
8 51 (1.86%) CISSP
9 45 (1.64%) ISTQB
10 44 (1.60%) DBS Check
11 37 (1.35%) CISM
12 31 (1.13%) CISA
12 31 (1.13%) SANS
13 30 (1.09%) AWS Certification
14 26 (0.95%) CGEIT
14 26 (0.95%) FFIEC
15 22 (0.80%) Master's Degree
16 20 (0.73%) Azure Certification
17 18 (0.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 15 (0.55%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 349 (12.71%) Accessibility
2 226 (8.23%) QA
3 96 (3.50%) WCAG
4 58 (2.11%) Data Quality
5 55 (2.00%) NIST
6 53 (1.93%) GDPR
7 33 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 30 (1.09%) PMO
9 28 (1.02%) COBIT
10 21 (0.77%) GRC
11 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.33%) NCSC
13 7 (0.26%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.15%) IFRS
15 4 (0.15%) MiFID
15 4 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.11%) GAAP
16 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 227 (8.27%) Docker
2 60 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
3 46 (1.68%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.18%) Firmware
5 5 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.036%) vSphere
8 1 (0.036%) Xen
Systems Management
1 226 (8.23%) Kubernetes
2 220 (8.01%) Terraform
3 82 (2.99%) Ansible
4 49 (1.79%) Argo
5 46 (1.68%) Grafana
6 43 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.84%) Kustomize
8 19 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.44%) Podman
10 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.26%) Puppet
12 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.15%) Istio
13 4 (0.15%) logstash
13 4 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.15%) SCCM
14 3 (0.11%) Control-M
14 3 (0.11%) Kibana
14 3 (0.11%) Packer
14 3 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 407 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 251 (9.14%) Adobe
3 119 (4.34%) Google
4 118 (4.30%) Databricks
5 112 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 74 (2.70%) Oracle
7 67 (2.44%) SAP
8 55 (2.00%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.49%) Splunk
10 20 (0.73%) IBM
11 18 (0.66%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.55%) Cisco
13 13 (0.47%) Okta
14 11 (0.40%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.40%) Foundry
14 11 (0.40%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.36%) VMware
16 8 (0.29%) PagerDuty
17 7 (0.26%) Planon
17 7 (0.26%) Talend