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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,310 3,376 7,850
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.90% 21.15% 23.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.31% 22.54% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,229 2,108 5,734
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £78,750 £98,474 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £112,500
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 17,138 14,975 29,784
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.33% 93.80% 89.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,509 8,834 22,919
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
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 £80,000 £75,662
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 2 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
1 103 (3.11%) Confluence
2 58 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.30%) CMS
4 21 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (0.57%) Apache
6 16 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 16 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 12 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.36%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.24%) WordPress
10 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.091%) Camunda
12 3 (0.091%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.091%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 116 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
2 93 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 46 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 46 (1.39%) UserZoom
5 22 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.48%) Adobe XD
7 14 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 14 (0.42%) Trello
8 11 (0.33%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) Sketch
10 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.12%) Revit
10 4 (0.12%) Windchill
11 3 (0.091%) Blender
11 3 (0.091%) Maya
11 3 (0.091%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.091%) Productboard
12 2 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.060%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 65 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.21%) Workfront
3 20 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.18%) Shopify
6 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.12%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.091%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.060%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,099 (33.20%) Azure
2 784 (23.69%) AWS
3 305 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
4 225 (6.80%) GCP
5 193 (5.83%) Adobe Analytics
6 183 (5.53%) SaaS
7 173 (5.23%) Power Platform
8 162 (4.89%) GitHub
9 154 (4.65%) Serverless
10 150 (4.53%) Azure AI
11 108 (3.26%) Figma
12 73 (2.21%) PowerApps
13 71 (2.15%) Contentsquare
14 70 (2.11%) GitHub Copilot
15 65 (1.96%) Azure Machine Learning
15 65 (1.96%) Snowflake
16 64 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
17 62 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
18 61 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 59 (1.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 405 (12.24%) Broadband
2 27 (0.82%) Network Security
3 26 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.63%) VPN
5 20 (0.60%) Internet
6 19 (0.57%) WAN
7 16 (0.48%) Firewall
7 16 (0.48%) LAN
8 15 (0.45%) CHAP
8 15 (0.45%) Ethernet
8 15 (0.45%) RS-232
9 14 (0.42%) DNS
10 13 (0.39%) 4G
11 10 (0.30%) 5G
11 10 (0.30%) BGP
11 10 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
11 10 (0.30%) IOS XR
11 10 (0.30%) MPLS
12 9 (0.27%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 346 (10.45%) MongoDB
2 328 (9.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 182 (5.50%) SQL Server
4 139 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
5 128 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
6 104 (3.14%) NoSQL
7 102 (3.08%) Metadata
8 89 (2.69%) Power BI
9 76 (2.30%) MySQL
10 43 (1.30%) Relational Database
11 33 (1.00%) DynamoDB
12 32 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
13 29 (0.88%) Data Lake
14 23 (0.69%) Redis
15 19 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
15 19 (0.57%) Big Data
15 19 (0.57%) BigQuery
15 19 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 18 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
16 18 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 229 (6.92%) JIRA
2 159 (4.80%) Git
3 114 (3.44%) Jenkins
4 100 (3.02%) GitLab
5 41 (1.24%) SonarQube
6 33 (1.00%) Selenium
7 31 (0.94%) Cypress.io
8 24 (0.73%) Postman
9 20 (0.60%) Claude Code
10 19 (0.57%) JUnit
11 16 (0.48%) Cucumber
12 15 (0.45%) JMeter
13 14 (0.42%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.42%) Visual Studio
14 13 (0.39%) CircleCI
14 13 (0.39%) Maven
15 12 (0.36%) Jaeger
15 12 (0.36%) Mockito
16 11 (0.33%) SpecFlow
16 11 (0.33%) WebDriver
General
1 902 (27.25%) Social Skills
2 788 (23.81%) Finance
3 465 (14.05%) Public Sector
4 328 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 320 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
6 305 (9.21%) Games
7 241 (7.28%) Law
8 183 (5.53%) Marketing
9 171 (5.17%) Retail
10 161 (4.86%) Legal
11 137 (4.14%) Banking
12 84 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 74 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
14 68 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
15 58 (1.75%) Advertising
16 50 (1.51%) Front Office
17 37 (1.12%) Telecoms
18 35 (1.06%) Back Office
19 34 (1.03%) Manufacturing
20 31 (0.94%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 782 (23.63%) Developer
2 666 (20.12%) Senior
3 475 (14.35%) Lead
4 339 (10.24%) .NET Developer
5 292 (8.82%) Analyst
6 267 (8.07%) Software Engineer
7 258 (7.79%) Architect
8 241 (7.28%) Project Manager
9 190 (5.74%) Senior Manager
10 188 (5.68%) Business Analyst
11 114 (3.44%) Delivery Manager
12 109 (3.29%) IT Manager
13 108 (3.26%) Software Developer
14 99 (2.99%) Senior Project Manager
15 97 (2.93%) Senior Developer
16 88 (2.66%) Engineering Manager
17 87 (2.63%) Product Owner
18 83 (2.51%) Consultant
19 81 (2.45%) Graduate
20 80 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 545 (16.47%) .NET
2 442 (13.35%) React
3 341 (10.30%) ASP.NET
4 334 (10.09%) .NET Core
5 320 (9.67%) ASP.NET Core
6 289 (8.73%) Node.js
7 206 (6.22%) RESTful
8 193 (5.83%) CSS
9 184 (5.56%) HTML
10 154 (4.65%) Blazor
11 152 (4.59%) AngularJS
12 132 (3.99%) Vue
13 129 (3.90%) Entity Framework
14 125 (3.78%) REST
15 112 (3.38%) ASP.NET Web API
16 88 (2.66%) ML.NET
17 81 (2.45%) Kafka
18 79 (2.39%) .NET Framework
18 79 (2.39%) Spring
19 63 (1.90%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 413 (12.48%) Product Ownership
2 282 (8.52%) Cloud Native
3 256 (7.73%) Social Media
4 117 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 97 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
6 84 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 73 (2.21%) Management Information System
8 71 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 70 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
10 69 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
11 65 (1.96%) Over-the-Top Content
12 58 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
13 55 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
14 47 (1.42%) Virtual Team
15 45 (1.36%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.24%) Fixed Income
17 34 (1.03%) Security Posture
18 33 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
19 32 (0.97%) Public Cloud
20 29 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 157 (4.74%) Linux
2 65 (1.96%) Android
3 64 (1.93%) Windows
4 53 (1.60%) Unix
5 44 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (0.45%) VMS
7 8 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.21%) CentOS
9 6 (0.18%) Debian
10 5 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.030%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (23.93%) DevOps
2 759 (22.93%) Roadmaps
3 748 (22.60%) CI/CD
4 747 (22.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 735 (22.21%) Mentoring
6 722 (21.81%) AI
7 630 (19.03%) Scrum
8 554 (16.74%) Coaching
9 548 (16.56%) Full-Stack Development
10 516 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
11 452 (13.66%) Software Engineering
12 451 (13.63%) Analytics
13 408 (12.33%) Microservices
14 388 (11.72%) Decision-Making
15 383 (11.57%) Customer Experience
16 380 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
17 362 (10.94%) Project Management
18 354 (10.69%) Test Automation
19 323 (9.76%) Project Delivery
19 323 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 767 (23.17%) SQL
2 624 (18.85%) C#
3 507 (15.32%) JavaScript
4 399 (12.05%) Python
5 391 (11.81%) Java
6 319 (9.64%) TypeScript
7 89 (2.69%) PHP
8 84 (2.54%) C++
9 74 (2.24%) Bash
10 68 (2.05%) Go
11 54 (1.63%) Apex Code
12 44 (1.33%) PowerShell
13 40 (1.21%) C
14 35 (1.06%) SOQL
15 34 (1.03%) SOSL
16 31 (0.94%) Ruby
17 22 (0.66%) VBA
18 21 (0.63%) T-SQL
19 19 (0.57%) Scala
20 17 (0.51%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 433 (13.08%) Degree
2 345 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 266 (8.04%) SC Cleared
4 98 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 80 (2.42%) PMI Certification
6 76 (2.30%) PMP
7 75 (2.27%) CISSP
8 72 (2.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 62 (1.87%) CISM
10 44 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 44 (1.33%) DBS Check
10 44 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 31 (0.94%) AWS Certification
12 28 (0.85%) CISA
13 27 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
14 25 (0.76%) ISTQB
15 24 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
16 20 (0.60%) Master's Degree
16 20 (0.60%) SANS
17 15 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 367 (11.09%) Accessibility
2 248 (7.49%) QA
3 98 (2.96%) Data Quality
4 79 (2.39%) WCAG
5 73 (2.21%) NIST
6 72 (2.18%) GDPR
7 52 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 47 (1.42%) PMO
9 26 (0.79%) GRC
10 22 (0.66%) COBIT
11 18 (0.54%) NCSC
12 17 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 15 (0.45%) ISO 22301
14 11 (0.33%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
16 7 (0.21%) SLA
16 7 (0.21%) SOC 1
16 7 (0.21%) SOC 2
17 6 (0.18%) NIST 800
18 5 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 289 (8.73%) Docker
2 60 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 37 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.39%) vSphere
6 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.060%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.030%) GPFS
8 1 (0.030%) Lustre
8 1 (0.030%) Xen
Systems Management
1 271 (8.19%) Kubernetes
2 172 (5.20%) Terraform
3 72 (2.18%) Ansible
4 43 (1.30%) Grafana
5 41 (1.24%) Argo
6 39 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.48%) Kustomize
8 12 (0.36%) Podman
9 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.18%) Puppet
10 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.15%) Istio
10 5 (0.15%) Packer
11 3 (0.091%) Kibana
11 3 (0.091%) SCCM
11 3 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.091%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.060%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 717 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 266 (8.04%) Adobe
3 139 (4.20%) Google
4 105 (3.17%) Salesforce
5 99 (2.99%) Oracle
6 95 (2.87%) Databricks
7 80 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 76 (2.30%) SAP
9 40 (1.21%) Splunk
10 37 (1.12%) Facebook
11 25 (0.76%) Cisco
12 19 (0.57%) YouTube
13 18 (0.54%) VMware
14 17 (0.51%) Apple
15 16 (0.48%) IBM
15 16 (0.48%) IFS
15 16 (0.48%) Sony
15 16 (0.48%) Yahoo!
16 14 (0.42%) OpenAI
16 14 (0.42%) Workday