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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,490 3,254 5,604
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.07% 19.66% 22.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.33% 21.15% 25.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,304 2,045 3,519
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% +3.85% -0.10%
75th Percentile £78,312 £92,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £139,000
UK median annual salary £63,038 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.61% +3.85% -0.37%

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 19,038 15,384 21,698
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.21% 92.95% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,740 8,914 14,935
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 25 August 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
1 108 (3.09%) Confluence
2 81 (2.32%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.06%) CMS
4 25 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.60%) Apache
6 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 16 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.34%) SAS
8 11 (0.32%) WordPress
9 10 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.14%) Camunda
10 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.11%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.11%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.086%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.086%) Kentico
12 3 (0.086%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 125 (3.58%) Microsoft Project
2 98 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 52 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 43 (1.23%) UserZoom
6 27 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 23 (0.66%) Chatbot
8 21 (0.60%) MS Visio
9 18 (0.52%) Trello
10 17 (0.49%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.11%) Revit
12 4 (0.11%) Sketch
12 4 (0.11%) Windchill
13 3 (0.086%) Blender
13 3 (0.086%) Maya
13 3 (0.086%) Productboard
14 2 (0.057%) PlantUML
14 2 (0.057%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 66 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.12%) Workfront
3 21 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.29%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.23%) Primavera
7 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.17%) Shopify
9 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
11 3 (0.086%) Carpe Diem
11 3 (0.086%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.086%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,250 (35.82%) Azure
2 862 (24.70%) AWS
3 348 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
4 243 (6.96%) SaaS
5 220 (6.30%) GCP
6 193 (5.53%) Power Platform
7 189 (5.42%) GitHub
8 159 (4.56%) Azure AI
9 143 (4.10%) Serverless
10 137 (3.93%) Adobe Analytics
11 92 (2.64%) GitHub Copilot
12 84 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
13 80 (2.29%) Figma
14 75 (2.15%) Snowflake
15 71 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
15 71 (2.03%) PowerApps
16 68 (1.95%) Power Automate
17 65 (1.86%) Azure Machine Learning
17 65 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 62 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 267 (7.65%) Broadband
2 39 (1.12%) Network Security
3 20 (0.57%) Internet
3 20 (0.57%) WAN
4 19 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 19 (0.54%) VPN
5 18 (0.52%) LAN
6 16 (0.46%) Firewall
7 13 (0.37%) VoIP
8 12 (0.34%) DNS
9 11 (0.32%) CTI
10 10 (0.29%) 5G
10 10 (0.29%) Ethernet
10 10 (0.29%) RS-232
11 8 (0.23%) CHAP
11 8 (0.23%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.23%) SMS
11 8 (0.23%) Wireless
12 7 (0.20%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (10.80%) MongoDB
2 366 (10.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 210 (6.02%) SQL Server
4 147 (4.21%) Elasticsearch
5 140 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
6 125 (3.58%) Power BI
7 103 (2.95%) Metadata
8 83 (2.38%) NoSQL
9 81 (2.32%) MySQL
10 60 (1.72%) Relational Database
11 51 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
12 47 (1.35%) DynamoDB
13 39 (1.12%) Data Lake
14 28 (0.80%) Big Data
15 27 (0.77%) Tableau
16 24 (0.69%) Redis
17 21 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
19 18 (0.52%) BigQuery
20 14 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 265 (7.59%) JIRA
2 198 (5.67%) Git
3 90 (2.58%) GitLab
4 88 (2.52%) Jenkins
5 36 (1.03%) Cypress.io
6 34 (0.97%) Selenium
7 29 (0.83%) JUnit
8 23 (0.66%) SonarQube
9 21 (0.60%) Claude Code
9 21 (0.60%) Postman
10 17 (0.49%) Maven
10 17 (0.49%) Mockito
11 16 (0.46%) Cucumber
12 15 (0.43%) Visual Studio
13 12 (0.34%) CircleCI
14 10 (0.29%) Balsamiq
14 10 (0.29%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.29%) JMeter
15 9 (0.26%) Gatling
16 8 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 1,042 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 873 (25.01%) Finance
3 516 (14.79%) Public Sector
4 395 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 394 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
6 305 (8.74%) Law
7 223 (6.39%) Legal
8 205 (5.87%) Games
9 188 (5.39%) Marketing
10 186 (5.33%) Retail
11 125 (3.58%) Banking
12 117 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
13 94 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
14 87 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
15 79 (2.26%) Aerospace
16 64 (1.83%) Advertising
17 49 (1.40%) Legal Technology
18 43 (1.23%) Manufacturing
19 38 (1.09%) Back Office
20 28 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 858 (24.58%) Developer
2 725 (20.77%) Senior
3 419 (12.01%) Lead
4 372 (10.66%) .NET Developer
5 321 (9.20%) Analyst
6 282 (8.08%) Architect
7 269 (7.71%) Project Manager
8 252 (7.22%) Software Engineer
9 215 (6.16%) Business Analyst
10 178 (5.10%) Senior Developer
11 152 (4.36%) Senior Manager
12 139 (3.98%) IT Manager
13 112 (3.21%) Software Developer
14 100 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
15 97 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
16 95 (2.72%) Senior Project Manager
17 89 (2.55%) Full-Stack Developer
18 86 (2.46%) Product Owner
19 78 (2.23%) Technical Architect
20 76 (2.18%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 637 (18.25%) .NET
2 465 (13.32%) React
3 392 (11.23%) ASP.NET
4 383 (10.97%) .NET Core
5 357 (10.23%) ASP.NET Core
6 314 (9.00%) Node.js
7 224 (6.42%) CSS
8 218 (6.25%) RESTful
9 207 (5.93%) HTML
10 178 (5.10%) Blazor
11 173 (4.96%) Terraform
12 163 (4.67%) Entity Framework
13 162 (4.64%) AngularJS
14 137 (3.93%) Vue
15 127 (3.64%) REST
16 125 (3.58%) ASP.NET Web API
17 101 (2.89%) .NET Framework
18 96 (2.75%) ML.NET
18 96 (2.75%) Spring
19 89 (2.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 397 (11.38%) Product Ownership
2 302 (8.65%) Cloud Native
3 198 (5.67%) Social Media
4 154 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
5 103 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
6 89 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
7 73 (2.09%) Mobile App
8 72 (2.06%) Management Information System
9 63 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
10 62 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
10 62 (1.78%) Marketing Technology
10 62 (1.78%) Onboarding
11 53 (1.52%) Over-the-Top Content
12 52 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
13 49 (1.40%) Driving Licence
14 44 (1.26%) Virtual Team
15 35 (1.00%) AI Agents
16 34 (0.97%) Blog
17 30 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
18 28 (0.80%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 141 (4.04%) Linux
2 73 (2.09%) Windows
3 50 (1.43%) Android
4 38 (1.09%) Unix
5 26 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 10 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.17%) CentOS
10 5 (0.14%) Debian
11 3 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.057%) Windows Server
13 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 877 (25.13%) CI/CD
2 873 (25.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 852 (24.41%) DevOps
4 800 (22.92%) AI
5 720 (20.63%) Mentoring
6 675 (19.34%) Roadmaps
6 675 (19.34%) Scrum
7 636 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
8 588 (16.85%) Full-Stack Development
9 535 (15.33%) Coaching
10 532 (15.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 526 (15.07%) Software Engineering
12 478 (13.70%) Microservices
13 452 (12.95%) Decision-Making
14 442 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 430 (12.32%) Analytics
16 414 (11.86%) Project Delivery
17 397 (11.38%) Test Automation
18 367 (10.52%) Project Management
19 362 (10.37%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 844 (24.18%) SQL
2 762 (21.83%) C#
3 557 (15.96%) JavaScript
4 384 (11.00%) Python
5 347 (9.94%) Java
6 324 (9.28%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.46%) C++
8 83 (2.38%) PHP
9 68 (1.95%) Bash
10 45 (1.29%) Ruby
11 42 (1.20%) PowerShell
12 40 (1.15%) Go
13 36 (1.03%) C
14 25 (0.72%) Apex Code
14 25 (0.72%) PL/SQL
15 22 (0.63%) T-SQL
16 17 (0.49%) Bicep
16 17 (0.49%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.43%) Rust
17 15 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 502 (14.38%) Degree
2 491 (14.07%) Security Cleared
3 389 (11.15%) SC Cleared
4 123 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 111 (3.18%) PMI Certification
6 106 (3.04%) PMP
7 104 (2.98%) CISSP
8 98 (2.81%) CISM
9 88 (2.52%) DV Cleared
10 77 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 76 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 64 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
13 47 (1.35%) Azure Certification
14 37 (1.06%) DBS Check
15 34 (0.97%) Master's Degree
16 30 (0.86%) AWS Certification
16 30 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
17 25 (0.72%) CISA
17 25 (0.72%) ISTQB
18 17 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 376 (10.77%) Accessibility
2 302 (8.65%) QA
3 140 (4.01%) Data Quality
4 112 (3.21%) NIST
5 89 (2.55%) GDPR
6 85 (2.44%) WCAG
7 72 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 63 (1.81%) PMO
9 49 (1.40%) ISO 22301
10 36 (1.03%) GRC
11 32 (0.92%) NCSC
12 28 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 15 (0.43%) COBIT
14 14 (0.40%) NIST 800
15 12 (0.34%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
16 10 (0.29%) GxP
16 10 (0.29%) PCI DSS
17 9 (0.26%) SLA
18 8 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 304 (8.71%) Docker
2 61 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
3 36 (1.03%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.37%) vSphere
6 12 (0.34%) Firmware
6 12 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.029%) GPFS
9 1 (0.029%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.029%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 272 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 52 (1.49%) Ansible
3 39 (1.12%) Grafana
4 29 (0.83%) Argo
5 26 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.34%) Podman
7 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Puppet
9 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.11%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.086%) Packer
11 3 (0.086%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.057%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.029%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.029%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.029%) linkerd
13 1 (0.029%) Rundeck
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 816 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 221 (6.33%) Adobe
3 139 (3.98%) Google
4 109 (3.12%) Oracle
5 105 (3.01%) Databricks
6 91 (2.61%) SAP
7 88 (2.52%) Salesforce
8 64 (1.83%) ServiceNow
9 46 (1.32%) YouTube
10 40 (1.15%) Facebook
11 31 (0.89%) OpenAI
12 26 (0.74%) Cisco
13 22 (0.63%) Splunk
14 21 (0.60%) Workday
15 20 (0.57%) VMware
16 19 (0.54%) IFS
16 19 (0.54%) Yahoo!
17 18 (0.52%) Apple
18 17 (0.49%) Sony
19 16 (0.46%) IBM