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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,454 3,181 5,267
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.52% 19.65% 22.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.73% 21.13% 25.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,289 2,010 3,007
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £78,312 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,700 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,076 £67,500 £65,465
% change year-on-year -6.55% +3.11% +0.61%

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 19,480 15,052 20,418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.91% 92.98% 87.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14,035 8,660 12,878
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,838 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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
1 113 (3.27%) Confluence
2 88 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.07%) CMS
4 27 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.58%) Apache
6 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 15 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 13 (0.38%) WordPress
9 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (0.35%) SAS
10 10 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.14%) Camunda
11 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.087%) Kentico
13 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.087%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 128 (3.71%) Microsoft Project
2 97 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 51 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 34 (0.98%) UserZoom
6 29 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 23 (0.67%) Chatbot
8 22 (0.64%) MS Visio
9 18 (0.52%) Trello
10 16 (0.46%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.12%) Revit
12 4 (0.12%) Simulink
12 4 (0.12%) Sketch
12 4 (0.12%) Windchill
13 3 (0.087%) Blender
13 3 (0.087%) Maya
13 3 (0.087%) Productboard
14 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 69 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (1.10%) Workfront
3 24 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.32%) Primavera
5 10 (0.29%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.17%) Shopify
9 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
11 3 (0.087%) Carpe Diem
11 3 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
11 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,259 (36.45%) Azure
2 861 (24.93%) AWS
3 351 (10.16%) Azure DevOps
4 242 (7.01%) SaaS
5 222 (6.43%) GCP
6 202 (5.85%) Power Platform
7 187 (5.41%) GitHub
8 159 (4.60%) Azure AI
9 154 (4.46%) Serverless
10 97 (2.81%) Adobe Analytics
11 92 (2.66%) GitHub Copilot
12 88 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
13 77 (2.23%) PowerApps
14 76 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
14 76 (2.20%) Power Automate
15 75 (2.17%) Snowflake
16 72 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 70 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
17 70 (2.03%) Figma
18 65 (1.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 215 (6.22%) Broadband
2 43 (1.24%) Network Security
3 20 (0.58%) Internet
3 20 (0.58%) WAN
4 19 (0.55%) LAN
4 19 (0.55%) VPN
5 17 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.43%) Firewall
7 13 (0.38%) VoIP
8 12 (0.35%) DNS
9 11 (0.32%) CTI
10 10 (0.29%) 5G
11 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.26%) RS-232
12 8 (0.23%) SMS
12 8 (0.23%) Unified Communications
12 8 (0.23%) Wireless
13 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
13 7 (0.20%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (11.00%) MongoDB
2 371 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 205 (5.94%) SQL Server
4 146 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
5 136 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
6 131 (3.79%) Power BI
7 109 (3.16%) Metadata
8 83 (2.40%) NoSQL
9 78 (2.26%) MySQL
10 63 (1.82%) Relational Database
11 59 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
12 51 (1.48%) DynamoDB
13 44 (1.27%) Data Lake
14 30 (0.87%) Big Data
15 28 (0.81%) Tableau
16 24 (0.69%) Redis
17 21 (0.61%) Spark SQL
18 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
20 18 (0.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 270 (7.82%) JIRA
2 203 (5.88%) Git
3 89 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 87 (2.52%) GitLab
5 37 (1.07%) Cypress.io
6 34 (0.98%) Selenium
7 30 (0.87%) JUnit
8 22 (0.64%) Postman
8 22 (0.64%) SonarQube
9 19 (0.55%) Claude Code
10 18 (0.52%) Maven
10 18 (0.52%) Mockito
11 15 (0.43%) Visual Studio
12 14 (0.41%) Cucumber
13 12 (0.35%) CircleCI
14 11 (0.32%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.26%) Balsamiq
15 9 (0.26%) Gatling
16 8 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 7 (0.20%) Axure RP
General
1 1,045 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 846 (24.49%) Finance
3 549 (15.89%) Public Sector
4 402 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
5 391 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 299 (8.66%) Law
7 214 (6.20%) Legal
8 189 (5.47%) Marketing
9 187 (5.41%) Retail
10 158 (4.57%) Games
11 118 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
12 117 (3.39%) Banking
13 99 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
14 89 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
15 84 (2.43%) Aerospace
16 62 (1.80%) Advertising
17 49 (1.42%) Manufacturing
18 48 (1.39%) Legal Technology
19 38 (1.10%) Back Office
20 32 (0.93%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 835 (24.17%) Developer
2 747 (21.63%) Senior
3 387 (11.20%) Lead
4 370 (10.71%) .NET Developer
5 318 (9.21%) Analyst
6 293 (8.48%) Architect
7 259 (7.50%) Project Manager
8 234 (6.77%) Software Engineer
9 211 (6.11%) Business Analyst
10 178 (5.15%) Senior Developer
11 155 (4.49%) Senior Manager
12 133 (3.85%) IT Manager
13 110 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
14 99 (2.87%) Software Developer
15 97 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
16 93 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
17 84 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
18 80 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
19 78 (2.26%) Consultant
19 78 (2.26%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 637 (18.44%) .NET
2 445 (12.88%) React
3 388 (11.23%) ASP.NET
4 381 (11.03%) .NET Core
5 356 (10.31%) ASP.NET Core
6 309 (8.95%) Node.js
7 218 (6.31%) CSS
7 218 (6.31%) RESTful
8 205 (5.94%) HTML
9 178 (5.15%) Blazor
10 169 (4.89%) Terraform
11 161 (4.66%) Entity Framework
12 156 (4.52%) AngularJS
13 134 (3.88%) Vue
14 130 (3.76%) REST
15 125 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
16 96 (2.78%) .NET Framework
16 96 (2.78%) ML.NET
16 96 (2.78%) Spring
17 92 (2.66%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 389 (11.26%) Product Ownership
2 296 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 159 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
4 158 (4.57%) Social Media
5 102 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
6 94 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
7 74 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 64 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 62 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
9 62 (1.80%) Mobile App
10 61 (1.77%) Marketing Technology
11 59 (1.71%) Onboarding
12 54 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
13 52 (1.51%) Over-the-Top Content
14 48 (1.39%) Driving Licence
15 42 (1.22%) Virtual Team
16 36 (1.04%) Blog
17 35 (1.01%) AI Agents
18 34 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
19 32 (0.93%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 143 (4.14%) Linux
2 82 (2.37%) Windows
3 43 (1.24%) Unix
4 42 (1.22%) Android
5 19 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 9 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.17%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.058%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.029%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.029%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 888 (25.71%) CI/CD
2 884 (25.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 851 (24.64%) DevOps
4 770 (22.29%) AI
5 757 (21.92%) Mentoring
6 677 (19.60%) Scrum
7 650 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
8 624 (18.07%) Roadmaps
9 588 (17.02%) Full-Stack Development
10 577 (16.71%) Coaching
11 561 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 511 (14.79%) Software Engineering
13 475 (13.75%) Microservices
14 468 (13.55%) Decision-Making
15 434 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 420 (12.16%) Project Delivery
17 408 (11.81%) Analytics
18 388 (11.23%) Test Automation
19 363 (10.51%) Waterfall
20 357 (10.34%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 855 (24.75%) SQL
2 759 (21.97%) C#
3 564 (16.33%) JavaScript
4 381 (11.03%) Python
5 345 (9.99%) Java
6 316 (9.15%) TypeScript
7 98 (2.84%) C++
8 74 (2.14%) PHP
9 67 (1.94%) Bash
10 49 (1.42%) PowerShell
11 44 (1.27%) Ruby
12 35 (1.01%) C
13 33 (0.96%) Go
14 27 (0.78%) PL/SQL
15 21 (0.61%) Apex Code
15 21 (0.61%) T-SQL
16 18 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.46%) Bicep
18 15 (0.43%) Rust
19 14 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 510 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 506 (14.65%) Degree
3 401 (11.61%) SC Cleared
4 121 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 108 (3.13%) PMI Certification
6 107 (3.10%) CISSP
7 104 (3.01%) PMP
8 98 (2.84%) CISM
9 89 (2.58%) DV Cleared
10 78 (2.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 77 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 65 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
13 49 (1.42%) Azure Certification
14 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
15 34 (0.98%) Master's Degree
16 31 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
17 30 (0.87%) AWS Certification
18 29 (0.84%) ISTQB
19 26 (0.75%) CISA
20 20 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 333 (9.64%) Accessibility
2 293 (8.48%) QA
3 171 (4.95%) Data Quality
4 112 (3.24%) NIST
5 96 (2.78%) GDPR
6 76 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 69 (2.00%) WCAG
8 61 (1.77%) PMO
9 49 (1.42%) ISO 22301
10 38 (1.10%) GRC
11 34 (0.98%) NCSC
12 29 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.41%) NIST 800
14 13 (0.38%) COBIT
15 12 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
16 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
17 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
17 10 (0.29%) GxP
18 9 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 300 (8.69%) Docker
2 61 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
3 37 (1.07%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.38%) vSphere
6 12 (0.35%) Firmware
6 12 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.087%) IAG
9 2 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.029%) GPFS
10 1 (0.029%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.029%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 269 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 51 (1.48%) Ansible
3 36 (1.04%) Grafana
4 29 (0.84%) Argo
5 26 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.35%) Podman
7 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.12%) Puppet
11 3 (0.087%) Packer
11 3 (0.087%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.029%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.029%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.029%) Kibana
13 1 (0.029%) linkerd
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 830 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 180 (5.21%) Adobe
3 142 (4.11%) Google
4 116 (3.36%) Oracle
5 107 (3.10%) Databricks
6 96 (2.78%) SAP
7 89 (2.58%) Salesforce
8 68 (1.97%) ServiceNow
9 59 (1.71%) YouTube
10 41 (1.19%) Facebook
11 31 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 27 (0.78%) Cisco
13 23 (0.67%) Workday
14 21 (0.61%) Splunk
15 20 (0.58%) VMware
16 19 (0.55%) IFS
16 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
17 18 (0.52%) Apple
18 17 (0.49%) Informatica
18 17 (0.49%) Sony