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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,429 3,340 6,666
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.87% 20.27% 22.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.18% 21.74% 25.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,314 2,091 4,674
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,698 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,009 £68,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% +7.87% -2.31%
75th Percentile £78,750 £96,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £64,500 £70,000 £63,165
% change year-on-year -7.86% +10.82% -2.82%

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 17,875 15,362 25,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.25% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,022 9,082 19,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 21 July 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
1 106 (3.09%) Confluence
2 58 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.20%) CMS
4 21 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.52%) Apache
6 16 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 16 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.44%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.26%) WordPress
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.15%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.087%) Camunda
13 3 (0.087%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.087%) Immediacy CMS
13 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 123 (3.59%) Microsoft Project
2 94 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 46 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
5 44 (1.28%) UserZoom
6 20 (0.58%) Chatbot
6 20 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 17 (0.50%) Trello
8 16 (0.47%) Adobe XD
9 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.15%) Sketch
11 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.12%) Revit
11 4 (0.12%) Windchill
12 3 (0.087%) Blender
12 3 (0.087%) Maya
12 3 (0.087%) Productboard
13 2 (0.058%) InVision
13 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
14 1 (0.029%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 64 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.17%) Workfront
3 19 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.17%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.15%) Shopify
7 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 3 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.087%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,200 (35.00%) Azure
2 838 (24.44%) AWS
3 328 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
4 225 (6.56%) GCP
5 218 (6.36%) SaaS
6 189 (5.51%) Adobe Analytics
7 171 (4.99%) GitHub
8 170 (4.96%) Power Platform
9 157 (4.58%) Azure AI
10 146 (4.26%) Serverless
11 109 (3.18%) Figma
12 80 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
13 72 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
14 69 (2.01%) Contentsquare
15 67 (1.95%) PowerApps
16 66 (1.92%) Snowflake
17 65 (1.90%) Azure Machine Learning
17 65 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
18 62 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 60 (1.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 359 (10.47%) Broadband
2 28 (0.82%) Network Security
3 25 (0.73%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.61%) Internet
5 19 (0.55%) WAN
6 18 (0.52%) VPN
7 16 (0.47%) LAN
8 14 (0.41%) DNS
8 14 (0.41%) Ethernet
8 14 (0.41%) Firewall
8 14 (0.41%) RS-232
9 13 (0.38%) CHAP
9 13 (0.38%) VoIP
10 11 (0.32%) CTI
11 10 (0.29%) 5G
12 9 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.23%) Wireless
14 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
14 7 (0.20%) Intranet
14 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (10.94%) MongoDB
2 360 (10.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 187 (5.45%) SQL Server
4 153 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
5 136 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
6 97 (2.83%) Metadata
7 92 (2.68%) NoSQL
7 92 (2.68%) Power BI
8 79 (2.30%) MySQL
9 36 (1.05%) Relational Database
10 33 (0.96%) DynamoDB
11 30 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 28 (0.82%) Data Lake
13 25 (0.73%) Redis
14 21 (0.61%) Big Data
15 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (0.58%) Tableau
16 19 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (0.55%) BigQuery
16 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 245 (7.14%) JIRA
2 159 (4.64%) Git
3 103 (3.00%) Jenkins
4 102 (2.97%) GitLab
5 39 (1.14%) SonarQube
6 34 (0.99%) Cypress.io
7 32 (0.93%) Selenium
8 21 (0.61%) Claude Code
8 21 (0.61%) JUnit
9 19 (0.55%) Postman
10 14 (0.41%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.41%) Maven
10 14 (0.41%) Visual Studio
11 13 (0.38%) CircleCI
11 13 (0.38%) Mockito
12 10 (0.29%) JMeter
13 8 (0.23%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
14 7 (0.20%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 939 (27.38%) Social Skills
2 816 (23.80%) Finance
3 477 (13.91%) Public Sector
4 342 (9.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 323 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
6 291 (8.49%) Games
7 285 (8.31%) Law
8 210 (6.12%) Legal
9 192 (5.60%) Marketing
10 177 (5.16%) Retail
11 130 (3.79%) Banking
12 94 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
13 79 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
14 73 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (1.75%) Advertising
16 49 (1.43%) Front Office
17 47 (1.37%) Legal Technology
18 35 (1.02%) Back Office
18 35 (1.02%) Manufacturing
19 27 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 870 (25.37%) Developer
2 686 (20.01%) Senior
3 467 (13.62%) Lead
4 381 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 284 (8.28%) Analyst
6 283 (8.25%) Architect
7 264 (7.70%) Software Engineer
8 247 (7.20%) Project Manager
9 184 (5.37%) Business Analyst
10 178 (5.19%) Senior Manager
11 144 (4.20%) Senior Developer
12 141 (4.11%) IT Manager
13 108 (3.15%) Software Developer
14 106 (3.09%) Delivery Manager
15 95 (2.77%) Senior Project Manager
16 89 (2.60%) Consultant
17 88 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
18 84 (2.45%) Engineering Manager
19 82 (2.39%) Product Owner
20 81 (2.36%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 616 (17.96%) .NET
2 455 (13.27%) React
3 385 (11.23%) ASP.NET
4 365 (10.64%) .NET Core
5 354 (10.32%) ASP.NET Core
6 313 (9.13%) Node.js
7 222 (6.47%) RESTful
8 204 (5.95%) CSS
9 192 (5.60%) HTML
10 173 (5.05%) Blazor
11 158 (4.61%) AngularJS
12 151 (4.40%) Entity Framework
13 140 (4.08%) Vue
14 127 (3.70%) REST
15 126 (3.67%) ASP.NET Web API
16 95 (2.77%) .NET Framework
16 95 (2.77%) ML.NET
17 83 (2.42%) Kafka
18 82 (2.39%) Spring
19 80 (2.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 404 (11.78%) Product Ownership
2 292 (8.52%) Cloud Native
3 243 (7.09%) Social Media
4 128 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 104 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
6 83 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 72 (2.10%) Management Information System
7 72 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 71 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 67 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
10 64 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
11 57 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
12 54 (1.57%) Over-the-Top Content
13 48 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
14 47 (1.37%) Virtual Team
15 46 (1.34%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.20%) Fixed Income
17 29 (0.85%) Security Posture
18 27 (0.79%) Data Centre
19 26 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 148 (4.32%) Linux
2 65 (1.90%) Android
3 64 (1.87%) Windows
4 42 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 42 (1.22%) Unix
5 15 (0.44%) VMS
6 14 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.15%) CentOS
8 5 (0.15%) Debian
9 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.058%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (24.32%) DevOps
2 816 (23.80%) CI/CD
3 812 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 764 (22.28%) AI
5 747 (21.78%) Roadmaps
6 736 (21.46%) Mentoring
7 651 (18.99%) Scrum
8 597 (17.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 574 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
10 538 (15.69%) Coaching
11 475 (13.85%) Microservices
12 468 (13.65%) Software Engineering
13 443 (12.92%) Analytics
14 407 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 403 (11.75%) Decision-Making
16 402 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 390 (11.37%) Test Automation
18 375 (10.94%) Customer Experience
19 359 (10.47%) Project Delivery
20 358 (10.44%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 809 (23.59%) SQL
2 718 (20.94%) C#
3 529 (15.43%) JavaScript
4 386 (11.26%) Python
5 373 (10.88%) Java
6 335 (9.77%) TypeScript
7 88 (2.57%) PHP
8 83 (2.42%) C++
9 60 (1.75%) Bash
10 54 (1.57%) Go
11 50 (1.46%) Apex Code
12 42 (1.22%) PowerShell
13 41 (1.20%) C
14 37 (1.08%) Ruby
15 35 (1.02%) SOQL
16 34 (0.99%) SOSL
17 21 (0.61%) T-SQL
18 20 (0.58%) PL/SQL
19 17 (0.50%) Bicep
20 16 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 446 (13.01%) Degree
2 385 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 307 (8.95%) SC Cleared
4 110 (3.21%) CISSP
5 106 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 97 (2.83%) CISM
7 93 (2.71%) PMI Certification
8 89 (2.60%) PMP
9 72 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 56 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
11 44 (1.28%) Azure Certification
12 37 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 33 (0.96%) DBS Check
14 30 (0.87%) CISA
15 26 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
16 24 (0.70%) Master's Degree
17 23 (0.67%) ISTQB
18 20 (0.58%) AWS Certification
19 18 (0.52%) SANS
20 17 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 372 (10.85%) Accessibility
2 287 (8.37%) QA
3 109 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 107 (3.12%) NIST
5 84 (2.45%) WCAG
6 77 (2.25%) GDPR
7 59 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 50 (1.46%) PMO
9 46 (1.34%) ISO 22301
10 32 (0.93%) GRC
11 23 (0.67%) NCSC
12 22 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 20 (0.58%) COBIT
14 11 (0.32%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.29%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.23%) SLA
17 7 (0.20%) SOC 1
17 7 (0.20%) SOC 2
18 6 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 281 (8.19%) Docker
2 60 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
3 32 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 14 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.38%) vSphere
6 4 (0.12%) Firmware
6 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.029%) GPFS
7 1 (0.029%) Lustre
7 1 (0.029%) Xen
Systems Management
1 259 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 155 (4.52%) Terraform
3 56 (1.63%) Ansible
4 42 (1.22%) Grafana
5 29 (0.85%) Argo
6 26 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.35%) Podman
8 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.15%) Istio
10 5 (0.15%) Packer
10 5 (0.15%) Puppet
11 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
12 3 (0.087%) Kibana
12 3 (0.087%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.058%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.029%) linkerd
14 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 774 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 263 (7.67%) Adobe
3 134 (3.91%) Google
4 104 (3.03%) Oracle
5 102 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 98 (2.86%) Databricks
7 81 (2.36%) SAP
7 81 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 40 (1.17%) Facebook
9 38 (1.11%) Splunk
10 26 (0.76%) OpenAI
11 21 (0.61%) YouTube
12 19 (0.55%) Cisco
12 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
13 18 (0.52%) Apple
14 17 (0.50%) IBM
14 17 (0.50%) IFS
14 17 (0.50%) Sony
15 16 (0.47%) VMware
15 16 (0.47%) Workday