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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,535 4,414 5,821
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.60% 22.46% 27.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.28% 24.85% 29.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,874 2,616 4,774
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,370 £43,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.11% +0.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £125,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All Process and 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 13,869 17,760 19,877
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.80% 90.35% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,747 10,711 16,110
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 29 November 2025.

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 (4.58%) Apache Airflow
2 103 (4.06%) Confluence
3 63 (2.49%) Apache
4 48 (1.89%) SharePoint
5 31 (1.22%) CMS
6 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 13 (0.51%) IIS
8 12 (0.47%) Appian
9 10 (0.39%) Headless CMS
10 8 (0.32%) Apache Spark
10 8 (0.32%) WordPress
11 7 (0.28%) SAS
12 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
13 5 (0.20%) Drupal
13 5 (0.20%) nginx
14 4 (0.16%) WebLogic
15 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
15 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 69 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.42%) Adobe XD
4 32 (1.26%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.43%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.32%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.32%) Trello
9 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.20%) Sketch
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.12%) InDesign
12 3 (0.12%) Notion
13 2 (0.079%) Elementor
14 1 (0.039%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.039%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.039%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 40 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
2 32 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 29 (1.14%) Shopify
5 8 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.24%) Primavera
6 6 (0.24%) SAP SCM
7 5 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
9 3 (0.12%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 869 (34.28%) Azure
2 630 (24.85%) AWS
3 307 (12.11%) Azure DevOps
4 248 (9.78%) SaaS
5 224 (8.84%) Power Platform
6 211 (8.32%) GCP
7 195 (7.69%) GitHub
8 146 (5.76%) dbt
9 131 (5.17%) Snowflake
10 128 (5.05%) Serverless
11 81 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
12 79 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
13 72 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
14 67 (2.64%) Entra ID
15 63 (2.49%) GitHub Copilot
16 62 (2.45%) Figma
17 58 (2.29%) Amazon S3
18 56 (2.21%) Power Automate
19 53 (2.09%) PaaS
20 51 (2.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.26%) Broadband
2 26 (1.03%) TCP/IP
3 22 (0.87%) Wireless
4 18 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
5 13 (0.51%) DNS
6 12 (0.47%) Firewall
7 8 (0.32%) WAN
8 6 (0.24%) CHAP
9 5 (0.20%) DHCP
9 5 (0.20%) VPN
9 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.16%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.16%) Internet
10 4 (0.16%) Network Security
10 4 (0.16%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.16%) SSH
10 4 (0.16%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.12%) GPON
11 3 (0.12%) Modbus
11 3 (0.12%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (7.57%) SQL Server
2 133 (5.25%) Power BI
3 116 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
4 114 (4.50%) MySQL
4 114 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
5 106 (4.18%) Amazon Athena
5 106 (4.18%) Apache Iceberg
6 103 (4.06%) Apache Arrow
6 103 (4.06%) Data Lake
6 103 (4.06%) Dremio
7 91 (3.59%) MongoDB
8 82 (3.23%) NoSQL
9 71 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
10 66 (2.60%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.09%) Apache Ignite
12 48 (1.89%) Tableau
13 46 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
14 35 (1.38%) DynamoDB
15 20 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 18 (0.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 235 (9.27%) JIRA
2 175 (6.90%) Git
3 96 (3.79%) Jenkins
4 57 (2.25%) GitLab
5 52 (2.05%) Selenium
6 49 (1.93%) Cypress.io
7 43 (1.70%) Oracle Forms
8 32 (1.26%) Postman
9 28 (1.10%) SonarQube
10 27 (1.07%) Balsamiq
10 27 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
11 26 (1.03%) WebDriver
12 25 (0.99%) Axure RP
13 19 (0.75%) SoapUI
14 13 (0.51%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.39%) git-flow
16 9 (0.36%) ER Studio
16 9 (0.36%) ERwin
17 8 (0.32%) JMeter
17 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 959 (37.83%) Finance
2 819 (32.31%) Social Skills
3 295 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
4 200 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 179 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 177 (6.98%) Front Office
7 155 (6.11%) Law
8 146 (5.76%) Marketing
9 123 (4.85%) Banking
10 108 (4.26%) Legal
11 95 (3.75%) Retail
12 74 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
13 73 (2.88%) Investment Banking
14 70 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
15 57 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
16 48 (1.89%) Manufacturing
17 46 (1.81%) Games
18 43 (1.70%) Local Government
18 43 (1.70%) Tech for Good
19 38 (1.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 731 (28.84%) Developer
2 518 (20.43%) Senior
3 278 (10.97%) Analyst
4 257 (10.14%) Software Engineer
5 256 (10.10%) Lead
6 158 (6.23%) Architect
7 141 (5.56%) Business Analyst
8 132 (5.21%) .NET Developer
9 130 (5.13%) Software Developer
10 123 (4.85%) Senior Developer
11 118 (4.65%) Python Engineer
12 116 (4.58%) AWS Engineer
13 107 (4.22%) Project Manager
14 106 (4.18%) Python Developer
15 105 (4.14%) AWS Software Engineer
16 104 (4.10%) Python Software Engineer
17 87 (3.43%) Senior Software Engineer
18 84 (3.31%) AWS Developer
19 81 (3.20%) Developer/Software Engineer
19 81 (3.20%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 402 (15.86%) .NET
2 385 (15.19%) React
3 216 (8.52%) CSS
4 210 (8.28%) HTML
5 201 (7.93%) Node.js
6 181 (7.14%) RESTful
7 168 (6.63%) AngularJS
8 140 (5.52%) REST
9 134 (5.29%) Vue
10 110 (4.34%) Pandas
10 110 (4.34%) SOAP
11 105 (4.14%) NumPy
12 104 (4.10%) ASP.NET
13 103 (4.06%) SciPy
14 101 (3.98%) .NET Core
15 96 (3.79%) .NET Framework
16 84 (3.31%) Kafka
17 82 (3.23%) GraphQL
18 76 (3.00%) Entity Framework
19 66 (2.60%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 294 (11.60%) Product Ownership
2 189 (7.46%) Cloud Native
3 142 (5.60%) Fixed Income
4 117 (4.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 110 (4.34%) Equities
6 102 (4.02%) Management Information System
7 76 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
8 67 (2.64%) Derivative
9 64 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
10 63 (2.49%) Hedge funds
10 63 (2.49%) Mobile App
11 59 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
11 59 (2.33%) Onboarding
12 53 (2.09%) Pricing Data
13 50 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
14 47 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
15 40 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
16 35 (1.38%) NHS
17 33 (1.30%) Low-Code
18 29 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (4.06%) Linux
2 66 (2.60%) Windows
3 27 (1.07%) Apple iOS
4 24 (0.95%) Android
5 21 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
5 21 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.63%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) CentOS
8 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.12%) VMS
9 2 (0.079%) Solaris
9 2 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 646 (25.48%) DevOps
2 602 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 558 (22.01%) CI/CD
4 504 (19.88%) Software Engineering
5 475 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
6 446 (17.59%) Mentoring
7 402 (15.86%) Scrum
8 358 (14.12%) AI
9 353 (13.93%) Roadmaps
10 347 (13.69%) Coaching
11 302 (11.91%) Asset Management
12 284 (11.20%) Analytics
13 275 (10.85%) Stakeholder Management
14 270 (10.65%) Microservices
15 262 (10.34%) Test Automation
16 258 (10.18%) Project Management
17 251 (9.90%) Full-Stack Development
18 225 (8.88%) User Experience
19 208 (8.21%) Project Delivery
20 201 (7.93%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 583 (23.00%) SQL
2 529 (20.87%) Python
3 511 (20.16%) JavaScript
4 414 (16.33%) C#
5 390 (15.38%) Java
6 373 (14.71%) TypeScript
7 104 (4.10%) C++
8 97 (3.83%) PHP
9 92 (3.63%) PowerShell
10 57 (2.25%) C
11 48 (1.89%) Bash
11 48 (1.89%) Go
12 47 (1.85%) Shell Script
13 42 (1.66%) PL/SQL
14 41 (1.62%) Apex Code
15 24 (0.95%) Scala
16 21 (0.83%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.79%) Ruby
18 19 (0.75%) Swift
18 19 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 369 (14.56%) Degree
2 249 (9.82%) Security Cleared
3 202 (7.97%) SC Cleared
4 136 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (2.05%) Master's Degree
6 48 (1.89%) ISTQB
7 47 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 40 (1.58%) PMI Certification
9 36 (1.42%) PMP
10 35 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 32 (1.26%) AWS Certification
12 20 (0.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (0.67%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 12 (0.47%) CISSP
16 12 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 11 (0.43%) CISM
18 10 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (8.88%) QA
2 161 (6.35%) Accessibility
3 57 (2.25%) GDPR
4 49 (1.93%) PMO
5 46 (1.81%) WCAG
6 34 (1.34%) Data Quality
7 27 (1.07%) NIST
8 20 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.39%) NCSC
10 7 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.28%) COBIT
10 7 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.28%) SLA
11 6 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.20%) P3O
13 3 (0.12%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.079%) GxP
14 2 (0.079%) HL7
14 2 (0.079%) MiFID
System Software
1 161 (6.35%) Docker
2 55 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 24 (0.95%) Firmware
4 21 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
4 21 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.039%) HDFS
7 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.039%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 166 (6.55%) Terraform
2 130 (5.13%) Kubernetes
3 41 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
4 32 (1.26%) Ansible
5 30 (1.18%) Grafana
6 23 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 21 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (0.59%) Argo
9 8 (0.32%) SCCM
10 7 (0.28%) Kibana
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.12%) Puppet
12 2 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.079%) logstash
13 1 (0.039%) Automic
13 1 (0.039%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.039%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.039%) QRadar
13 1 (0.039%) Rancher
Vendors
1 407 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 92 (3.63%) Oracle
3 83 (3.27%) SAP
4 76 (3.00%) Databricks
5 70 (2.76%) Salesforce
6 69 (2.72%) Google
7 48 (1.89%) Adobe
8 45 (1.78%) Blue Prism
9 27 (1.07%) MuleSoft
9 27 (1.07%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.03%) Guidewire
10 26 (1.03%) Splunk
11 18 (0.71%) IBM
11 18 (0.71%) Okta
11 18 (0.71%) Workday
12 10 (0.39%) Apple
12 10 (0.39%) DevExpress
13 9 (0.36%) Informatica
13 9 (0.36%) Mercator
13 9 (0.36%) Talend