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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,460 4,376 5,807
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.28% 22.68% 27.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.04% 25.02% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,813 2,598 4,768
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,290 £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 £86,253 £95,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £116,000 £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 13,636 17,488 19,782
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.23% 90.62% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,573 10,553 16,034
10th Percentile £29,250 £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 £80,070
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 1 December 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
1 110 (4.47%) Apache Airflow
2 98 (3.98%) Confluence
3 63 (2.56%) Apache
4 48 (1.95%) SharePoint
5 30 (1.22%) CMS
6 14 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.41%) Headless CMS
7 10 (0.41%) IIS
8 8 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.28%) SAS
9 7 (0.28%) WordPress
10 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.20%) nginx
10 5 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.16%) Drupal
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
13 2 (0.081%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 69 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.46%) Adobe XD
4 32 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 26 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.45%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.33%) Trello
9 7 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
11 5 (0.20%) Sketch
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
13 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.12%) InDesign
13 3 (0.12%) Notion
14 1 (0.041%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.041%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.041%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.041%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 40 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
2 29 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 27 (1.10%) Shopify
4 8 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
4 8 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.24%) Primavera
7 5 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.20%) SAP SCM
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
1 857 (34.84%) Azure
2 607 (24.67%) AWS
3 305 (12.40%) Azure DevOps
4 242 (9.84%) SaaS
5 215 (8.74%) Power Platform
6 202 (8.21%) GCP
7 192 (7.80%) GitHub
8 140 (5.69%) dbt
9 130 (5.28%) Serverless
10 129 (5.24%) Snowflake
11 81 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
12 79 (3.21%) AWS Lambda
13 68 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
14 67 (2.72%) Entra ID
15 63 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
16 60 (2.44%) Figma
17 58 (2.36%) Amazon S3
18 56 (2.28%) Power Automate
19 53 (2.15%) PaaS
20 50 (2.03%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.30%) Broadband
2 26 (1.06%) TCP/IP
3 21 (0.85%) Wireless
4 17 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
5 14 (0.57%) DNS
6 11 (0.45%) Firewall
7 8 (0.33%) WAN
8 6 (0.24%) CHAP
9 5 (0.20%) DHCP
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
10 4 (0.16%) VPN
10 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.12%) GPON
11 3 (0.12%) Modbus
11 3 (0.12%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (7.36%) SQL Server
2 128 (5.20%) Power BI
3 116 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
4 107 (4.35%) MySQL
4 107 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
5 103 (4.19%) Data Lake
6 101 (4.11%) Amazon Athena
6 101 (4.11%) Apache Iceberg
7 98 (3.98%) Apache Arrow
7 98 (3.98%) Dremio
8 87 (3.54%) MongoDB
9 81 (3.29%) NoSQL
10 70 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 64 (2.60%) Relational Database
12 53 (2.15%) Apache Ignite
13 45 (1.83%) Tableau
14 42 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
15 35 (1.42%) DynamoDB
16 19 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 18 (0.73%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 231 (9.39%) JIRA
2 165 (6.71%) Git
3 93 (3.78%) Jenkins
4 57 (2.32%) GitLab
5 52 (2.11%) Selenium
6 48 (1.95%) Cypress.io
7 43 (1.75%) Oracle Forms
8 32 (1.30%) Postman
9 28 (1.14%) SonarQube
10 27 (1.10%) Balsamiq
10 27 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 26 (1.06%) WebDriver
12 25 (1.02%) Axure RP
13 19 (0.77%) SoapUI
14 10 (0.41%) git-flow
15 9 (0.37%) ER Studio
15 9 (0.37%) ERwin
15 9 (0.37%) TeamCity
16 8 (0.33%) JMeter
16 8 (0.33%) Storybook
General
1 926 (37.64%) Finance
2 801 (32.56%) Social Skills
3 288 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 193 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 175 (7.11%) Public Sector
6 165 (6.71%) Front Office
7 151 (6.14%) Law
8 145 (5.89%) Marketing
9 116 (4.72%) Banking
10 110 (4.47%) Legal
11 91 (3.70%) Retail
12 73 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
13 72 (2.93%) Investment Banking
14 70 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
15 57 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
16 48 (1.95%) Manufacturing
17 43 (1.75%) Tech for Good
18 42 (1.71%) Local Government
19 41 (1.67%) Games
20 38 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 676 (27.48%) Developer
2 499 (20.28%) Senior
3 276 (11.22%) Analyst
4 252 (10.24%) Lead
5 247 (10.04%) Software Engineer
6 158 (6.42%) Architect
7 140 (5.69%) Business Analyst
8 131 (5.33%) Software Developer
9 127 (5.16%) .NET Developer
10 115 (4.67%) Python Engineer
11 111 (4.51%) AWS Engineer
12 106 (4.31%) Project Manager
12 106 (4.31%) Senior Developer
13 101 (4.11%) Python Software Engineer
14 100 (4.07%) AWS Software Engineer
15 98 (3.98%) Python Developer
16 87 (3.54%) Senior Software Engineer
17 79 (3.21%) AWS Developer
17 79 (3.21%) Java Engineer
18 74 (3.01%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 388 (15.77%) .NET
2 364 (14.80%) React
3 202 (8.21%) CSS
4 194 (7.89%) HTML
5 192 (7.80%) Node.js
6 173 (7.03%) RESTful
7 154 (6.26%) AngularJS
8 135 (5.49%) REST
9 121 (4.92%) Vue
10 108 (4.39%) SOAP
11 102 (4.15%) Pandas
12 99 (4.02%) .NET Core
12 99 (4.02%) ASP.NET
13 98 (3.98%) NumPy
13 98 (3.98%) SciPy
14 90 (3.66%) .NET Framework
15 83 (3.37%) Kafka
16 82 (3.33%) GraphQL
17 74 (3.01%) Entity Framework
18 66 (2.68%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 288 (11.71%) Product Ownership
2 188 (7.64%) Cloud Native
3 135 (5.49%) Fixed Income
4 110 (4.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 103 (4.19%) Equities
6 101 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 75 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 64 (2.60%) Derivative
9 63 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
10 59 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
10 59 (2.40%) Hedge funds
10 59 (2.40%) Mobile App
11 57 (2.32%) Onboarding
12 53 (2.15%) Pricing Data
13 49 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
14 46 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
15 39 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
16 35 (1.42%) NHS
17 30 (1.22%) Low-Code
18 29 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 100 (4.07%) Linux
2 65 (2.64%) Windows
3 25 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 21 (0.85%) Android
5 20 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
5 20 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.65%) 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 (0.081%) Solaris
9 2 (0.081%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 636 (25.85%) DevOps
2 579 (23.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 541 (21.99%) CI/CD
4 487 (19.80%) Software Engineering
5 462 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
6 438 (17.80%) Mentoring
7 386 (15.69%) Scrum
8 357 (14.51%) AI
9 350 (14.23%) Roadmaps
10 347 (14.11%) Coaching
11 294 (11.95%) Asset Management
12 274 (11.14%) Analytics
13 268 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
14 267 (10.85%) Microservices
15 260 (10.57%) Test Automation
16 254 (10.33%) Project Management
17 240 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
18 218 (8.86%) User Experience
19 205 (8.33%) Project Delivery
20 189 (7.68%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 570 (23.17%) SQL
2 509 (20.69%) Python
3 480 (19.51%) JavaScript
4 398 (16.18%) C#
5 379 (15.41%) Java
6 357 (14.51%) TypeScript
7 103 (4.19%) C++
8 94 (3.82%) PHP
9 90 (3.66%) PowerShell
10 56 (2.28%) C
11 48 (1.95%) Bash
11 48 (1.95%) Go
12 47 (1.91%) Shell Script
13 41 (1.67%) PL/SQL
14 40 (1.63%) Apex Code
15 23 (0.93%) Scala
16 20 (0.81%) Kotlin
16 20 (0.81%) Ruby
17 18 (0.73%) Swift
18 17 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 357 (14.51%) Degree
2 240 (9.76%) Security Cleared
3 193 (7.85%) SC Cleared
4 130 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.07%) Master's Degree
6 48 (1.95%) ISTQB
7 47 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 39 (1.59%) PMI Certification
9 35 (1.42%) PMP
10 33 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 31 (1.26%) AWS Certification
12 20 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 19 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (0.69%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 12 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 11 (0.45%) CISSP
18 10 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 10 (0.41%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (8.74%) QA
2 158 (6.42%) Accessibility
3 56 (2.28%) GDPR
4 49 (1.99%) PMO
5 46 (1.87%) WCAG
6 34 (1.38%) Data Quality
7 27 (1.10%) NIST
8 20 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.41%) 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 (0.081%) GRC
14 2 (0.081%) GxP
14 2 (0.081%) HL7
System Software
1 158 (6.42%) Docker
2 55 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 23 (0.93%) Firmware
4 21 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
6 18 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.041%) HDFS
8 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.041%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 161 (6.54%) Terraform
2 126 (5.12%) Kubernetes
3 41 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 32 (1.30%) Ansible
5 29 (1.18%) Grafana
6 22 (0.89%) Prometheus
7 21 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (0.61%) Argo
9 8 (0.33%) 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 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.081%) logstash
13 1 (0.041%) Automic
13 1 (0.041%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.041%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.041%) QRadar
13 1 (0.041%) Rancher
Vendors
1 387 (15.73%) Microsoft
2 88 (3.58%) Oracle
3 80 (3.25%) SAP
4 77 (3.13%) Databricks
5 68 (2.76%) Salesforce
6 66 (2.68%) Google
7 48 (1.95%) Adobe
8 45 (1.83%) Blue Prism
9 27 (1.10%) MuleSoft
10 26 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.06%) Splunk
11 23 (0.93%) Guidewire
12 18 (0.73%) IBM
12 18 (0.73%) Workday
13 17 (0.69%) Okta
14 10 (0.41%) Apple
15 9 (0.37%) DevExpress
15 9 (0.37%) Informatica
15 9 (0.37%) Mercator
15 9 (0.37%) Talend