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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,302 3,367 7,829
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.96% 21.32% 23.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.43% 22.69% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,236 2,100 5,720
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 16,995 14,837 29,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 93.93% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,422 8,708 22,912
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £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 £78,750 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 30 June 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
1 102 (3.09%) Confluence
2 57 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.30%) CMS
4 21 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (0.58%) 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%) Kentico
12 3 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.091%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 115 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
2 92 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 45 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 45 (1.36%) UserZoom
5 22 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 17 (0.51%) Adobe XD
7 14 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 13 (0.39%) Trello
9 11 (0.33%) MS Visio
10 6 (0.18%) Sketch
11 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.12%) Revit
11 4 (0.12%) Windchill
12 3 (0.091%) Blender
12 3 (0.091%) InVision
12 3 (0.091%) Maya
12 3 (0.091%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.091%) Productboard
13 2 (0.061%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 63 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.21%) Workfront
3 20 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.18%) Shopify
5 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.091%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.061%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.061%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.061%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,088 (32.95%) Azure
2 771 (23.35%) AWS
3 307 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
4 226 (6.84%) GCP
5 192 (5.81%) Adobe Analytics
6 174 (5.27%) Power Platform
7 170 (5.15%) SaaS
8 163 (4.94%) GitHub
9 153 (4.63%) Serverless
10 150 (4.54%) Azure AI
11 109 (3.30%) Figma
12 72 (2.18%) PowerApps
13 70 (2.12%) Contentsquare
13 70 (2.12%) GitHub Copilot
14 65 (1.97%) Azure Machine Learning
14 65 (1.97%) Snowflake
15 63 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
15 63 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
16 61 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 59 (1.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 412 (12.48%) Broadband
2 26 (0.79%) Network Security
2 26 (0.79%) TCP/IP
3 21 (0.64%) VPN
4 20 (0.61%) Internet
5 17 (0.51%) CHAP
5 17 (0.51%) WAN
6 15 (0.45%) Ethernet
6 15 (0.45%) Firewall
6 15 (0.45%) RS-232
7 14 (0.42%) DNS
7 14 (0.42%) LAN
8 13 (0.39%) 4G
9 10 (0.30%) 5G
9 10 (0.30%) BGP
9 10 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
9 10 (0.30%) IOS XR
9 10 (0.30%) MPLS
10 9 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 347 (10.51%) MongoDB
2 328 (9.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 181 (5.48%) SQL Server
4 139 (4.21%) Elasticsearch
5 128 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
6 106 (3.21%) NoSQL
7 102 (3.09%) Metadata
8 88 (2.67%) Power BI
9 76 (2.30%) MySQL
10 43 (1.30%) Relational Database
11 33 (1.00%) DynamoDB
12 31 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
13 29 (0.88%) Data Lake
14 22 (0.67%) Redis
15 19 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
15 19 (0.58%) Big Data
15 19 (0.58%) BigQuery
16 18 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
16 18 (0.55%) Tableau
17 17 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 230 (6.97%) JIRA
2 162 (4.91%) Git
3 115 (3.48%) Jenkins
4 102 (3.09%) GitLab
5 41 (1.24%) SonarQube
6 36 (1.09%) Selenium
7 33 (1.00%) Cypress.io
8 27 (0.82%) Postman
9 20 (0.61%) Claude Code
10 19 (0.58%) 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
15 12 (0.36%) WebDriver
16 11 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 913 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 795 (24.08%) Finance
3 468 (14.17%) Public Sector
4 330 (9.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 320 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
6 313 (9.48%) Games
7 213 (6.45%) Law
8 184 (5.57%) Marketing
9 170 (5.15%) Retail
10 150 (4.54%) Legal
11 140 (4.24%) Banking
12 84 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 75 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
14 66 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
15 57 (1.73%) Advertising
16 50 (1.51%) Front Office
17 44 (1.33%) Telecoms
18 35 (1.06%) Back Office
19 34 (1.03%) Manufacturing
20 31 (0.94%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 773 (23.41%) Developer
2 658 (19.93%) Senior
3 473 (14.32%) Lead
4 341 (10.33%) .NET Developer
5 298 (9.02%) Analyst
6 267 (8.09%) Software Engineer
7 265 (8.03%) Architect
8 241 (7.30%) Project Manager
9 194 (5.88%) Business Analyst
10 190 (5.75%) Senior Manager
11 112 (3.39%) Delivery Manager
12 107 (3.24%) Software Developer
13 99 (3.00%) Senior Project Manager
14 94 (2.85%) IT Manager
15 88 (2.67%) Engineering Manager
15 88 (2.67%) Product Owner
16 84 (2.54%) Senior Developer
17 82 (2.48%) Consultant
18 81 (2.45%) Graduate
18 81 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 535 (16.20%) .NET
2 443 (13.42%) React
3 341 (10.33%) ASP.NET
4 334 (10.12%) .NET Core
5 320 (9.69%) ASP.NET Core
6 287 (8.69%) Node.js
7 204 (6.18%) RESTful
8 195 (5.91%) CSS
9 187 (5.66%) HTML
10 154 (4.66%) Blazor
11 153 (4.63%) AngularJS
12 131 (3.97%) Vue
13 129 (3.91%) Entity Framework
14 125 (3.79%) REST
15 112 (3.39%) ASP.NET Web API
16 88 (2.67%) ML.NET
17 81 (2.45%) Kafka
17 81 (2.45%) Spring
18 80 (2.42%) .NET Framework
19 64 (1.94%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 416 (12.60%) Product Ownership
2 283 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 255 (7.72%) Social Media
4 115 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
5 96 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
6 85 (2.57%) Mobile App
7 74 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 72 (2.18%) Onboarding
9 70 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 68 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
11 65 (1.97%) Over-the-Top Content
12 57 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
13 55 (1.67%) 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 (4.75%) Linux
2 67 (2.03%) Android
3 63 (1.91%) Windows
4 53 (1.61%) Unix
5 45 (1.36%) 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
1 784 (23.74%) DevOps
2 764 (23.14%) Roadmaps
3 739 (22.38%) CI/CD
4 737 (22.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 736 (22.29%) Mentoring
6 722 (21.87%) AI
7 630 (19.08%) Scrum
8 559 (16.93%) Coaching
9 551 (16.69%) Full-Stack Development
10 506 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
11 448 (13.57%) Analytics
12 445 (13.48%) Software Engineering
13 397 (12.02%) Microservices
14 390 (11.81%) Customer Experience
15 384 (11.63%) Decision-Making
16 383 (11.60%) Stakeholder Management
17 364 (11.02%) Project Management
18 342 (10.36%) Test Automation
19 310 (9.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 304 (9.21%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 772 (23.38%) SQL
2 612 (18.53%) C#
3 504 (15.26%) JavaScript
4 397 (12.02%) Python
5 395 (11.96%) Java
6 320 (9.69%) TypeScript
7 89 (2.70%) PHP
8 84 (2.54%) C++
9 74 (2.24%) Bash
10 68 (2.06%) Go
11 54 (1.64%) Apex Code
12 44 (1.33%) PowerShell
13 40 (1.21%) C
14 35 (1.06%) SOQL
15 34 (1.03%) SOSL
16 30 (0.91%) Ruby
17 22 (0.67%) VBA
18 21 (0.64%) T-SQL
19 19 (0.58%) Scala
20 17 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 442 (13.39%) Degree
2 351 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 267 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 99 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 85 (2.57%) PMI Certification
6 77 (2.33%) PMP
7 72 (2.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 62 (1.88%) CISSP
9 49 (1.48%) CISM
10 44 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 44 (1.33%) DBS Check
11 43 (1.30%) DV Cleared
12 31 (0.94%) AWS Certification
13 30 (0.91%) CISA
14 28 (0.85%) ISTQB
15 27 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
16 22 (0.67%) SANS
17 18 (0.55%) Master's Degree
18 17 (0.51%) CGEIT
18 17 (0.51%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 367 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 240 (7.27%) QA
3 96 (2.91%) Data Quality
4 79 (2.39%) WCAG
5 72 (2.18%) GDPR
6 60 (1.82%) NIST
7 51 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 46 (1.39%) PMO
9 25 (0.76%) GRC
10 24 (0.73%) COBIT
11 18 (0.55%) NCSC
12 17 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (0.33%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.21%) SOC 1
15 7 (0.21%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.18%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 5 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 290 (8.78%) Docker
2 60 (1.82%) 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 (0.061%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.030%) GPFS
8 1 (0.030%) Lustre
8 1 (0.030%) Xen
Systems Management
1 273 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 173 (5.24%) Terraform
3 73 (2.21%) Ansible
4 44 (1.33%) Grafana
5 41 (1.24%) Argo
6 40 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.48%) Kustomize
8 12 (0.36%) Podman
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%) Microsoft Intune
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 (0.061%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.061%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 719 (21.77%) Microsoft
2 266 (8.06%) Adobe
3 138 (4.18%) Google
4 105 (3.18%) Salesforce
5 98 (2.97%) Oracle
6 96 (2.91%) Databricks
7 80 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 77 (2.33%) SAP
9 40 (1.21%) Splunk
10 37 (1.12%) Facebook
11 25 (0.76%) Cisco
12 19 (0.58%) YouTube
13 18 (0.55%) VMware
14 17 (0.51%) Apple
15 16 (0.48%) IFS
15 16 (0.48%) Sony
15 16 (0.48%) Yahoo!
16 15 (0.45%) IBM
17 14 (0.42%) OpenAI
18 13 (0.39%) MuleSoft