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

 6 months to
11 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,527 3,512 7,267
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.20% 25.17% 24.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.84% 26.41% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,673 2,277 6,069
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,733 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.80% +10.40% -4.58%

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 14,163 13,299 27,577
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.18% 95.33% 92.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,242 8,824 22,844
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,415 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

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 11 March 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 84 (3.32%) Confluence
2 39 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.31%) CMS
4 21 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.55%) Apache
6 11 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.40%) SAS
8 8 (0.32%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.24%) IIS
9 6 (0.24%) nginx
9 6 (0.24%) WordPress
10 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.12%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
13 2 (0.079%) Mendix
Applications
1 47 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.50%) Adobe XD
3 33 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.59%) Chatbot
6 15 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.59%) UserZoom
7 10 (0.40%) Sketch
8 6 (0.24%) Trello
9 5 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.20%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.16%) InVision
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.079%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.079%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
13 1 (0.040%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.040%) EngageOne
13 1 (0.040%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 31 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.59%) SAP ERP
4 15 (0.59%) Shopify
5 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 4 (0.16%) Primavera
6 4 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.12%) Maximo
7 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.12%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.079%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.079%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.079%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.079%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.079%) Workfront
9 1 (0.040%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 752 (29.76%) Azure
2 558 (22.08%) AWS
3 256 (10.13%) Azure DevOps
4 200 (7.91%) GitHub
5 186 (7.36%) Power Platform
6 169 (6.69%) SaaS
7 168 (6.65%) GCP
8 137 (5.42%) Serverless
9 110 (4.35%) Adobe Analytics
10 104 (4.12%) Figma
11 71 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
11 71 (2.81%) Snowflake
12 67 (2.65%) Amazon S3
12 67 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
13 64 (2.53%) GitHub Copilot
14 63 (2.49%) dbt
15 58 (2.30%) Entra ID
16 56 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
17 52 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
18 48 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 260 (10.29%) Broadband
2 29 (1.15%) TCP/IP
3 23 (0.91%) CHAP
4 21 (0.83%) DNS
5 14 (0.55%) 4G
6 11 (0.44%) BGP
6 11 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.44%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.44%) MPLS
6 11 (0.44%) WAN
7 10 (0.40%) DHCP
7 10 (0.40%) Firewall
8 9 (0.36%) Ethernet
8 9 (0.36%) RS-232
9 7 (0.28%) VPN
10 6 (0.24%) LAN
11 5 (0.20%) Network Security
11 5 (0.20%) SSL
11 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 101 (4.00%) Power BI
3 98 (3.88%) NoSQL
4 89 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
5 78 (3.09%) MySQL
6 73 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
7 66 (2.61%) Relational Database
8 60 (2.37%) MongoDB
9 56 (2.22%) Data Lake
10 47 (1.86%) Metadata
11 37 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 29 (1.15%) Tableau
13 23 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (0.83%) DynamoDB
14 21 (0.83%) RDBMS
15 18 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
16 14 (0.55%) Redis
16 14 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
17 13 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 202 (7.99%) JIRA
2 173 (6.85%) Git
3 132 (5.22%) Jenkins
4 89 (3.52%) GitLab
5 52 (2.06%) Selenium
6 48 (1.90%) SonarQube
7 40 (1.58%) Postman
8 36 (1.42%) WebDriver
9 30 (1.19%) TeamCity
10 29 (1.15%) Cypress.io
10 29 (1.15%) SoapUI
11 28 (1.11%) Oracle Forms
12 27 (1.07%) Balsamiq
12 27 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
13 26 (1.03%) Axure RP
14 19 (0.75%) Jaeger
15 13 (0.51%) Cucumber
15 13 (0.51%) JMeter
16 10 (0.40%) SpecFlow
17 9 (0.36%) git-flow
General
1 780 (30.87%) Finance
2 768 (30.39%) Social Skills
3 312 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 282 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 262 (10.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 218 (8.63%) Games
7 158 (6.25%) Law
8 122 (4.83%) Legal
9 120 (4.75%) Marketing
10 110 (4.35%) Banking
11 70 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
12 69 (2.73%) Front Office
13 68 (2.69%) Retail
14 63 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (2.37%) Telecoms
16 49 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
17 44 (1.74%) Manufacturing
18 32 (1.27%) Financial Institution
19 30 (1.19%) Local Government
20 28 (1.11%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 530 (20.97%) Developer
2 518 (20.50%) Senior
3 390 (15.43%) Lead
4 256 (10.13%) Analyst
5 202 (7.99%) Software Engineer
6 170 (6.73%) Architect
7 160 (6.33%) Business Analyst
8 120 (4.75%) Project Manager
9 112 (4.43%) Senior Manager
10 105 (4.16%) Software Developer
11 87 (3.44%) Lead Developer
12 79 (3.13%) .NET Developer
13 78 (3.09%) Designer
14 75 (2.97%) C# Developer
15 72 (2.85%) Data Engineer
16 70 (2.77%) Consultant
17 66 (2.61%) Delivery Manager
18 65 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
19 64 (2.53%) Cloud Engineer
20 61 (2.41%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 323 (12.78%) .NET
2 287 (11.36%) React
3 176 (6.96%) HTML
4 166 (6.57%) CSS
5 152 (6.02%) REST
6 143 (5.66%) SOAP
7 134 (5.30%) RESTful
8 115 (4.55%) Node.js
9 91 (3.60%) Kafka
10 85 (3.36%) AngularJS
11 83 (3.28%) Lightning Web Components
12 72 (2.85%) .NET Core
13 66 (2.61%) .NET Framework
13 66 (2.61%) Spring
14 63 (2.49%) GraphQL
15 61 (2.41%) Visualforce
15 61 (2.41%) Vue
16 59 (2.33%) Spring Boot
17 55 (2.18%) ASP.NET
18 49 (1.94%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 352 (13.93%) Product Ownership
2 199 (7.87%) Cloud Native
3 119 (4.71%) Social Media
4 78 (3.09%) Mobile App
5 65 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 64 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 64 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 61 (2.41%) Management Information System
8 55 (2.18%) Fixed Income
8 55 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
9 52 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
10 50 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
11 49 (1.94%) Low-Code
12 30 (1.19%) NHS
13 29 (1.15%) Data Structures
14 28 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
15 26 (1.03%) Public Cloud
16 25 (0.99%) Over-the-Top Content
16 25 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
17 24 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 120 (4.75%) Linux
2 57 (2.26%) Android
3 54 (2.14%) Windows
4 51 (2.02%) Apple iOS
5 37 (1.46%) Unix
6 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.24%) CentOS
9 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.079%) VMS
12 1 (0.040%) AIX
12 1 (0.040%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (25.84%) DevOps
2 638 (25.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 596 (23.59%) CI/CD
4 587 (23.23%) Mentoring
5 479 (18.96%) Coaching
6 462 (18.28%) Roadmaps
7 426 (16.86%) AI
8 424 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
9 423 (16.74%) Scrum
10 408 (16.15%) Software Engineering
11 371 (14.68%) Analytics
12 285 (11.28%) Test Automation
13 259 (10.25%) Project Management
14 258 (10.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 230 (9.10%) Full-Stack Development
16 229 (9.06%) Microservices
17 209 (8.27%) User Experience
18 203 (8.03%) Data Modelling
18 203 (8.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 182 (7.20%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 485 (19.19%) SQL
2 424 (16.78%) Python
3 375 (14.84%) Java
4 339 (13.42%) JavaScript
5 327 (12.94%) C#
6 218 (8.63%) TypeScript
7 85 (3.36%) Apex Code
8 83 (3.28%) Go
9 76 (3.01%) PHP
10 68 (2.69%) C++
11 67 (2.65%) PowerShell
12 58 (2.30%) Bash
13 47 (1.86%) C
14 40 (1.58%) SOQL
14 40 (1.58%) SOSL
15 37 (1.46%) Scala
16 35 (1.39%) Shell Script
17 30 (1.19%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.83%) VBA
19 16 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 348 (13.77%) Degree
2 303 (11.99%) Security Cleared
3 217 (8.59%) SC Cleared
4 89 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (2.49%) DV Cleared
6 57 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 44 (1.74%) PMP
8 40 (1.58%) ISTQB
9 37 (1.46%) CISSP
10 33 (1.31%) Master's Degree
11 32 (1.27%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.15%) AWS Certification
13 27 (1.07%) SANS
14 24 (0.95%) CISM
15 23 (0.91%) CGEIT
15 23 (0.91%) CISA
15 23 (0.91%) FFIEC
16 22 (0.87%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 18 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (0.59%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (11.04%) Accessibility
2 214 (8.47%) QA
3 75 (2.97%) WCAG
4 52 (2.06%) GDPR
5 45 (1.78%) Data Quality
6 39 (1.54%) NIST
7 32 (1.27%) PMO
8 24 (0.95%) COBIT
9 20 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.32%) GRC
12 6 (0.24%) P3O
13 4 (0.16%) NCSC
13 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.12%) IFRS
14 3 (0.12%) MiFID
14 3 (0.12%) SLA
15 2 (0.079%) ECSS
15 2 (0.079%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 210 (8.31%) Docker
2 62 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.24%) Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.040%) vCloud
8 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 218 (8.63%) Terraform
2 199 (7.87%) Kubernetes
3 65 (2.57%) Ansible
4 38 (1.50%) Prometheus
5 36 (1.42%) Grafana
6 35 (1.39%) Argo
7 31 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.75%) Kustomize
9 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.32%) Kibana
11 6 (0.24%) SCCM
12 5 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.16%) logstash
14 3 (0.12%) Control-M
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.12%) Puppet
15 2 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.079%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.079%) Packer
Vendors
1 364 (14.40%) Microsoft
2 153 (6.05%) Adobe
3 120 (4.75%) Salesforce
4 103 (4.08%) Google
5 73 (2.89%) Oracle
6 68 (2.69%) Databricks
6 68 (2.69%) SAP
7 50 (1.98%) Splunk
8 46 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 27 (1.07%) MuleSoft
10 26 (1.03%) Blue Prism
11 24 (0.95%) IBM
12 18 (0.71%) Okta
13 13 (0.51%) Cisco
14 12 (0.47%) Workday
15 11 (0.44%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.40%) Talend
17 9 (0.36%) Mercator
18 8 (0.32%) PagerDuty
18 8 (0.32%) Xamarin
1,792 hybrid/remote Agile jobs