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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,317 3,135 4,709
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.23% 18.97% 22.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.41% 20.22% 25.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,198 1,925 2,662
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,775 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,307 £50,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,011 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% -7.14% +7.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,300 £130,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,076 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.55% - +3.29%

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 20,211 15,506 18,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,358 8,387 11,009
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,031 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 14 October 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
1 105 (3.17%) Confluence
2 96 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 27 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.60%) Apache
4 20 (0.60%) CMS
5 17 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.42%) WordPress
7 13 (0.39%) SAS
8 12 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 11 (0.33%) Jupyter
10 10 (0.30%) WebLogic
11 5 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
11 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.090%) DNN
13 3 (0.090%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.090%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 132 (3.98%) Microsoft Project
2 101 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 23 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 19 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.54%) UserZoom
9 17 (0.51%) Trello
10 14 (0.42%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.18%) Notion
11 6 (0.18%) Revit
12 5 (0.15%) Simulink
12 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
13 4 (0.12%) Windchill
14 3 (0.090%) Blender
14 3 (0.090%) Maya
14 3 (0.090%) Productboard
14 3 (0.090%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 81 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.60%) Workfront
3 19 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.33%) Primavera
4 11 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 10 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.18%) Shopify
8 5 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
9 4 (0.12%) SAP GRC
10 3 (0.090%) Adobe Campaign
10 3 (0.090%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 1,177 (35.48%) Azure
2 817 (24.63%) AWS
3 352 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
4 255 (7.69%) SaaS
5 232 (6.99%) Power Platform
6 199 (6.00%) GitHub
7 186 (5.61%) GCP
8 149 (4.49%) Serverless
9 109 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
10 96 (2.89%) Azure AI
11 93 (2.80%) GitHub Copilot
12 91 (2.74%) Power Automate
13 88 (2.65%) PowerApps
14 75 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
14 75 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
15 72 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
16 62 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 54 (1.63%) Amazon S3
17 54 (1.63%) PaaS
18 50 (1.51%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 77 (2.32%) Broadband
2 38 (1.15%) Network Security
3 20 (0.60%) Internet
4 18 (0.54%) LAN
4 18 (0.54%) VPN
4 18 (0.54%) WAN
5 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.39%) VoIP
7 11 (0.33%) 5G
7 11 (0.33%) CTI
7 11 (0.33%) Firewall
8 10 (0.30%) DNS
9 9 (0.27%) SMS
9 9 (0.27%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.24%) TETRA
11 7 (0.21%) HTTP
11 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
11 7 (0.21%) WLAN
12 6 (0.18%) Wireless
13 5 (0.15%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 364 (10.97%) MongoDB
2 359 (10.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 152 (4.58%) Power BI
4 145 (4.37%) Elasticsearch
4 145 (4.37%) SQL Server
5 142 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
6 91 (2.74%) Metadata
7 80 (2.41%) MySQL
8 71 (2.14%) Relational Database
9 68 (2.05%) NoSQL
10 67 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
11 47 (1.42%) Data Lake
11 47 (1.42%) DynamoDB
12 30 (0.90%) Tableau
13 29 (0.87%) Big Data
14 27 (0.81%) Redis
15 21 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
15 21 (0.63%) Spark SQL
15 21 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 20 (0.60%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 272 (8.20%) JIRA
2 218 (6.57%) Git
3 74 (2.23%) GitLab
4 70 (2.11%) Jenkins
5 35 (1.06%) JUnit
6 27 (0.81%) Claude Code
6 27 (0.81%) Selenium
7 23 (0.69%) Mockito
8 22 (0.66%) Cypress.io
9 18 (0.54%) Maven
9 18 (0.54%) Postman
10 15 (0.45%) Visual Studio
11 13 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.39%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
13 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.24%) Balsamiq
15 7 (0.21%) NUnit
15 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
16 6 (0.18%) Storybook
General
1 1,037 (31.26%) Social Skills
2 765 (23.06%) Finance
3 588 (17.73%) Public Sector
4 429 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
5 373 (11.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 266 (8.02%) Law
7 206 (6.21%) Legal
8 192 (5.79%) Retail
9 150 (4.52%) Marketing
10 131 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
11 111 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
12 95 (2.86%) Aerospace
13 83 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
14 81 (2.44%) Banking
15 71 (2.14%) Games
16 55 (1.66%) Advertising
17 51 (1.54%) Manufacturing
18 42 (1.27%) Legal Technology
19 31 (0.93%) Aviation
20 30 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 838 (25.26%) Developer
2 775 (23.36%) Senior
3 365 (11.00%) .NET Developer
4 356 (10.73%) Lead
5 291 (8.77%) Analyst
6 280 (8.44%) Architect
7 252 (7.60%) Project Manager
8 221 (6.66%) Software Engineer
9 195 (5.88%) Business Analyst
9 195 (5.88%) Senior Developer
10 167 (5.03%) Senior Manager
11 161 (4.85%) Delivery Manager
12 139 (4.19%) IT Manager
13 94 (2.83%) Senior Project Manager
14 86 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
15 83 (2.50%) Agile Delivery Manager
16 82 (2.47%) DevOps Engineer
17 80 (2.41%) Data Engineer
17 80 (2.41%) Full-Stack Developer
17 80 (2.41%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 632 (19.05%) .NET
2 403 (12.15%) React
3 383 (11.55%) ASP.NET
4 374 (11.28%) .NET Core
5 347 (10.46%) ASP.NET Core
6 282 (8.50%) Node.js
7 221 (6.66%) RESTful
8 199 (6.00%) HTML
9 194 (5.85%) CSS
10 176 (5.31%) Blazor
11 164 (4.94%) Terraform
12 158 (4.76%) Entity Framework
13 153 (4.61%) AngularJS
14 141 (4.25%) REST
15 126 (3.80%) Vue
16 122 (3.68%) ASP.NET Web API
17 114 (3.44%) Spring
18 104 (3.14%) Middleware
19 96 (2.89%) .NET Framework
20 91 (2.74%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 309 (9.32%) Product Ownership
2 287 (8.65%) Cloud Native
3 169 (5.09%) Enterprise Software
4 109 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
5 97 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
6 81 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 72 (2.17%) Social Media
8 70 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
9 68 (2.05%) Onboarding
10 61 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
10 61 (1.84%) Mobile App
11 55 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
12 49 (1.48%) Driving Licence
13 41 (1.24%) AI Agents
14 37 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
15 36 (1.09%) Blog
16 34 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 31 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
18 30 (0.90%) Virtual Team
19 28 (0.84%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 134 (4.04%) Linux
2 86 (2.59%) Windows
3 51 (1.54%) Unix
4 42 (1.27%) Android
5 20 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.36%) VMS
7 8 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.060%) CentOS
10 2 (0.060%) Debian
10 2 (0.060%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.060%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.030%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 882 (26.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 878 (26.47%) CI/CD
3 857 (25.84%) DevOps
4 763 (23.00%) Mentoring
5 690 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
6 677 (20.41%) AI
7 631 (19.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 616 (18.57%) Scrum
9 589 (17.76%) Coaching
10 540 (16.28%) Full-Stack Development
11 517 (15.59%) Software Engineering
12 478 (14.41%) Microservices
13 438 (13.20%) Decision-Making
14 436 (13.14%) Roadmaps
15 433 (13.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 416 (12.54%) Project Delivery
17 382 (11.52%) Analytics
18 376 (11.34%) Test Automation
19 360 (10.85%) Waterfall
20 355 (10.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 807 (24.33%) SQL
2 740 (22.31%) C#
3 539 (16.25%) JavaScript
4 380 (11.46%) Python
5 323 (9.74%) Java
6 296 (8.92%) TypeScript
7 77 (2.32%) C++
8 68 (2.05%) Bash
9 56 (1.69%) PHP
10 55 (1.66%) PowerShell
11 44 (1.33%) Go
12 41 (1.24%) Ruby
13 30 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 29 (0.87%) C
15 25 (0.75%) T-SQL
16 22 (0.66%) Bicep
17 18 (0.54%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.45%) Rust
19 14 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
19 14 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 550 (16.58%) Security Cleared
2 504 (15.19%) Degree
3 438 (13.20%) SC Cleared
4 101 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 99 (2.98%) CISSP
6 94 (2.83%) PMI Certification
7 93 (2.80%) PMP
8 91 (2.74%) DV Cleared
9 89 (2.68%) CISM
10 87 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 84 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 64 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
13 54 (1.63%) Azure Certification
14 39 (1.18%) DBS Check
15 34 (1.03%) Master's Degree
16 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
17 29 (0.87%) AWS Certification
18 25 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
19 23 (0.69%) CISA
20 22 (0.66%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (8.68%) Accessibility
2 268 (8.08%) QA
3 187 (5.64%) Data Quality
4 110 (3.32%) GDPR
5 104 (3.14%) NIST
6 70 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 62 (1.87%) PMO
8 54 (1.63%) ISO 22301
9 41 (1.24%) WCAG
10 35 (1.06%) NCSC
11 27 (0.81%) GRC
12 26 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 11 (0.33%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.30%) SLA
16 9 (0.27%) GxP
16 9 (0.27%) PCI DSS
17 8 (0.24%) COBIT
System Software
1 307 (9.26%) Docker
2 43 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.36%) Firmware
4 12 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.36%) vSphere
5 4 (0.12%) IAG
6 3 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.030%) GPFS
8 1 (0.030%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.030%) Lustre
8 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 288 (8.68%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.06%) Ansible
3 31 (0.93%) Grafana
4 26 (0.78%) Argo
5 23 (0.69%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.18%) Packer
9 5 (0.15%) Istio
9 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.090%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.090%) SQL Sentry
12 2 (0.060%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.060%) Kibana
12 2 (0.060%) logstash
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.030%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.030%) Opsview
Vendors
1 797 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 136 (4.10%) Oracle
3 120 (3.62%) Google
4 91 (2.74%) SAP
5 89 (2.68%) YouTube
6 86 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 84 (2.53%) Adobe
8 59 (1.78%) ServiceNow
9 58 (1.75%) Databricks
10 41 (1.24%) Facebook
11 31 (0.93%) OpenAI
12 27 (0.81%) Workday
13 26 (0.78%) Cisco
14 19 (0.57%) Informatica
14 19 (0.57%) VMware
15 18 (0.54%) IFS
15 18 (0.54%) Yahoo!
16 17 (0.51%) Apple
17 16 (0.48%) Sony
18 15 (0.45%) Splunk