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

 6 months to
12 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,558 3,491 7,257
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.25% 25.14% 24.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.89% 26.37% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,690 2,264 6,063
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,969 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,929 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,194 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.47% +11.20% -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 14,297 13,240 27,544
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.26% 95.33% 92.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9,336 8,795 22,823
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £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 12 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 (3.28%) Confluence
2 38 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.33%) CMS
4 21 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.55%) Apache
6 11 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.39%) SAS
8 8 (0.31%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.23%) IIS
9 6 (0.23%) nginx
9 6 (0.23%) 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 (0.078%) Mendix
Applications
1 46 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.49%) Adobe XD
3 34 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.59%) Chatbot
6 15 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.59%) UserZoom
7 10 (0.39%) Sketch
8 6 (0.23%) 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 (0.078%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.078%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
13 1 (0.039%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.039%) EngageOne
13 1 (0.039%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 31 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.59%) SAP ERP
5 14 (0.55%) Shopify
6 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 4 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
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 (0.078%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.078%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.078%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.078%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.078%) Workfront
9 1 (0.039%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 761 (29.75%) Azure
2 566 (22.13%) AWS
3 258 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
4 201 (7.86%) GitHub
5 183 (7.15%) Power Platform
6 175 (6.84%) SaaS
7 169 (6.61%) GCP
8 140 (5.47%) Serverless
9 110 (4.30%) Adobe Analytics
10 103 (4.03%) Figma
11 72 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
12 71 (2.78%) Snowflake
13 68 (2.66%) GitHub Copilot
14 67 (2.62%) Amazon S3
15 65 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
16 63 (2.46%) dbt
17 58 (2.27%) Entra ID
18 55 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
19 52 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
20 49 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 261 (10.20%) Broadband
2 29 (1.13%) TCP/IP
3 23 (0.90%) CHAP
4 21 (0.82%) DNS
5 14 (0.55%) 4G
6 11 (0.43%) BGP
6 11 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.43%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.43%) MPLS
6 11 (0.43%) WAN
7 10 (0.39%) DHCP
7 10 (0.39%) Ethernet
7 10 (0.39%) Firewall
7 10 (0.39%) RS-232
8 7 (0.27%) VPN
9 6 (0.23%) LAN
10 5 (0.20%) Internet
10 5 (0.20%) Network Security
10 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (5.16%) SQL Server
2 99 (3.87%) NoSQL
3 98 (3.83%) Power BI
4 89 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
5 79 (3.09%) MySQL
6 76 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
7 69 (2.70%) MongoDB
8 66 (2.58%) Relational Database
9 56 (2.19%) Data Lake
10 47 (1.84%) Metadata
11 45 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
12 29 (1.13%) Tableau
13 24 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
14 22 (0.86%) DynamoDB
14 22 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (0.78%) RDBMS
16 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
17 13 (0.51%) Redis
17 13 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 206 (8.05%) JIRA
2 178 (6.96%) Git
3 132 (5.16%) Jenkins
4 91 (3.56%) GitLab
5 53 (2.07%) Selenium
6 48 (1.88%) SonarQube
7 40 (1.56%) Postman
8 36 (1.41%) WebDriver
9 31 (1.21%) Cypress.io
10 30 (1.17%) TeamCity
11 29 (1.13%) SoapUI
12 28 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
13 27 (1.06%) Balsamiq
13 27 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
14 26 (1.02%) Axure RP
15 19 (0.74%) Jaeger
16 14 (0.55%) JMeter
17 13 (0.51%) Cucumber
18 10 (0.39%) SpecFlow
19 9 (0.35%) git-flow
General
1 790 (30.88%) Finance
2 774 (30.26%) Social Skills
3 313 (12.24%) Public Sector
4 283 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
5 271 (10.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 217 (8.48%) Games
7 165 (6.45%) Law
8 128 (5.00%) Marketing
9 124 (4.85%) Legal
10 116 (4.53%) Banking
11 72 (2.81%) Retail
12 69 (2.70%) Front Office
12 69 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
13 62 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
14 60 (2.35%) Telecoms
15 53 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
16 44 (1.72%) Manufacturing
17 34 (1.33%) Financial Institution
18 30 (1.17%) Local Government
19 29 (1.13%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 546 (21.34%) Developer
2 526 (20.56%) Senior
3 392 (15.32%) Lead
4 254 (9.93%) Analyst
5 203 (7.94%) Software Engineer
6 170 (6.65%) Architect
7 160 (6.25%) Business Analyst
8 125 (4.89%) Project Manager
9 112 (4.38%) Senior Manager
10 103 (4.03%) Software Developer
11 88 (3.44%) Lead Developer
12 87 (3.40%) .NET Developer
13 78 (3.05%) Designer
14 75 (2.93%) C# Developer
15 72 (2.81%) Data Engineer
16 71 (2.78%) Consultant
17 66 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
17 66 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
18 65 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
19 60 (2.35%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (12.86%) .NET
2 295 (11.53%) React
3 179 (7.00%) HTML
4 169 (6.61%) CSS
5 151 (5.90%) REST
6 143 (5.59%) SOAP
7 138 (5.39%) RESTful
8 121 (4.73%) Node.js
9 91 (3.56%) Kafka
10 86 (3.36%) AngularJS
11 83 (3.24%) Lightning Web Components
12 80 (3.13%) .NET Core
13 65 (2.54%) .NET Framework
13 65 (2.54%) Spring
14 64 (2.50%) ASP.NET
15 63 (2.46%) GraphQL
15 63 (2.46%) Vue
16 61 (2.38%) Visualforce
17 57 (2.23%) Spring Boot
18 51 (1.99%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 352 (13.76%) Product Ownership
2 204 (7.97%) Cloud Native
3 119 (4.65%) Social Media
4 78 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 65 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 64 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
6 64 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 61 (2.38%) Management Information System
8 56 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 55 (2.15%) Fixed Income
10 52 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
10 52 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
11 49 (1.92%) Low-Code
12 31 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 29 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
13 29 (1.13%) NHS
14 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
15 25 (0.98%) Over-the-Top Content
15 25 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
16 24 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 123 (4.81%) Linux
2 59 (2.31%) Android
3 53 (2.07%) Apple iOS
3 53 (2.07%) Windows
4 37 (1.45%) Unix
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (0.23%) CentOS
8 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.078%) VMS
11 1 (0.039%) AIX
11 1 (0.039%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 658 (25.72%) DevOps
2 645 (25.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 601 (23.49%) CI/CD
4 593 (23.18%) Mentoring
5 482 (18.84%) Coaching
6 469 (18.33%) Roadmaps
7 432 (16.89%) AI
8 430 (16.81%) Scrum
9 429 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
10 409 (15.99%) Software Engineering
11 371 (14.50%) Analytics
12 293 (11.45%) Test Automation
13 263 (10.28%) Project Management
14 262 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
15 243 (9.50%) Full-Stack Development
16 229 (8.95%) Microservices
17 204 (7.97%) Data Modelling
17 204 (7.97%) User Experience
18 203 (7.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 187 (7.31%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 494 (19.31%) SQL
2 425 (16.61%) Python
3 376 (14.70%) Java
4 345 (13.49%) JavaScript
5 336 (13.14%) C#
6 223 (8.72%) TypeScript
7 85 (3.32%) Apex Code
8 83 (3.24%) Go
9 78 (3.05%) PHP
10 70 (2.74%) C++
11 66 (2.58%) PowerShell
12 58 (2.27%) Bash
13 48 (1.88%) C
14 40 (1.56%) SOQL
14 40 (1.56%) SOSL
15 37 (1.45%) Scala
16 35 (1.37%) Shell Script
17 30 (1.17%) PL/SQL
18 19 (0.74%) VBA
19 17 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 348 (13.60%) Degree
2 302 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 216 (8.44%) SC Cleared
4 87 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (2.46%) DV Cleared
6 59 (2.31%) PMI Certification
7 46 (1.80%) PMP
8 40 (1.56%) ISTQB
9 37 (1.45%) CISSP
10 32 (1.25%) DBS Check
11 31 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 29 (1.13%) AWS Certification
13 27 (1.06%) SANS
14 24 (0.94%) CISM
15 23 (0.90%) CGEIT
15 23 (0.90%) CISA
15 23 (0.90%) FFIEC
16 22 (0.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 18 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.63%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (10.95%) Accessibility
2 214 (8.37%) QA
3 75 (2.93%) WCAG
4 52 (2.03%) GDPR
5 46 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 39 (1.52%) NIST
7 32 (1.25%) PMO
8 24 (0.94%) COBIT
9 21 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.35%) GRC
12 6 (0.23%) P3O
13 5 (0.20%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.16%) NCSC
14 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.12%) IFRS
15 3 (0.12%) MiFID
15 3 (0.12%) SLA
16 2 (0.078%) Cyber Essentials
16 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 216 (8.44%) Docker
2 62 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.23%) Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.039%) vCloud
8 1 (0.039%) Xen
Systems Management
1 221 (8.64%) Terraform
2 203 (7.94%) Kubernetes
3 66 (2.58%) Ansible
4 39 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 37 (1.45%) Grafana
6 35 (1.37%) Argo
7 31 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.74%) Kustomize
9 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.31%) Kibana
11 6 (0.23%) 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 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.078%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.078%) Packer
Vendors
1 376 (14.70%) Microsoft
2 153 (5.98%) Adobe
3 121 (4.73%) Salesforce
4 104 (4.07%) Google
5 73 (2.85%) Oracle
6 70 (2.74%) SAP
7 68 (2.66%) Databricks
8 50 (1.95%) Splunk
9 47 (1.84%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.06%) MuleSoft
11 26 (1.02%) Blue Prism
12 24 (0.94%) IBM
13 18 (0.70%) Okta
14 13 (0.51%) Cisco
15 12 (0.47%) Workday
16 11 (0.43%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.39%) Talend
18 9 (0.35%) Mercator
19 8 (0.31%) PagerDuty
19 8 (0.31%) Xamarin
1,591 hybrid/remote Agile jobs