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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,538 3,860 6,932
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.51% 24.78% 25.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.00% 26.12% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,741 2,252 5,819
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £54,439 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,290 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,810
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,968
% change year-on-year -3.70% +7.20% -6.02%

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 14,103 14,778 25,599
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.18% 94.85% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,134 8,791 21,233
10th Percentile £30,538 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,249 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

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 18 February 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 90 (3.55%) Confluence
2 40 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (0.95%) CMS
5 19 (0.75%) Apache
6 16 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.43%) SAS
8 9 (0.35%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.32%) nginx
10 6 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.20%) WordPress
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
13 2 (0.079%) Mendix
13 2 (0.079%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 57 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.46%) Adobe XD
3 31 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.59%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.39%) Sketch
9 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.20%) Trello
10 5 (0.20%) UserZoom
11 4 (0.16%) InVision
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.079%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.079%) InDesign
12 2 (0.079%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.039%) Notion
13 1 (0.039%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 46 (1.81%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.59%) SAP ERP
4 15 (0.59%) Shopify
5 7 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.28%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.20%) Primavera
8 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperion Planning
9 3 (0.12%) Maximo
9 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 838 (33.02%) Azure
2 563 (22.18%) AWS
3 295 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
4 220 (8.67%) Power Platform
5 214 (8.43%) GitHub
6 210 (8.27%) SaaS
7 187 (7.37%) GCP
8 130 (5.12%) Serverless
9 93 (3.66%) Snowflake
10 80 (3.15%) dbt
11 76 (2.99%) Figma
12 73 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
13 72 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
14 71 (2.80%) Entra ID
15 66 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
16 61 (2.40%) Amazon S3
17 56 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
18 52 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
19 49 (1.93%) Adobe Analytics
20 46 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 177 (6.97%) Broadband
2 29 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 19 (0.75%) CHAP
4 18 (0.71%) 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
7 10 (0.39%) WAN
8 8 (0.32%) DHCP
8 8 (0.32%) Firewall
9 7 (0.28%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.28%) RS-232
10 6 (0.24%) VPN
11 5 (0.20%) LAN
11 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.16%) Internet
12 4 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (5.40%) SQL Server
2 118 (4.65%) Power BI
3 109 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 93 (3.66%) NoSQL
5 85 (3.35%) MySQL
6 83 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
7 71 (2.80%) Relational Database
8 69 (2.72%) MongoDB
9 67 (2.64%) Data Lake
10 51 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
11 44 (1.73%) Metadata
12 43 (1.69%) Tableau
13 31 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
14 28 (1.10%) Apache Iceberg
15 26 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
16 24 (0.95%) Apache Arrow
16 24 (0.95%) Dremio
17 23 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
18 21 (0.83%) RDBMS
19 20 (0.79%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 223 (8.79%) JIRA
2 182 (7.17%) Git
3 126 (4.96%) Jenkins
4 73 (2.88%) GitLab
5 58 (2.29%) Selenium
6 44 (1.73%) Oracle Forms
6 44 (1.73%) Postman
7 39 (1.54%) WebDriver
8 37 (1.46%) SonarQube
9 31 (1.22%) SoapUI
10 30 (1.18%) Cypress.io
10 30 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
11 29 (1.14%) TeamCity
12 26 (1.02%) Balsamiq
13 25 (0.99%) Axure RP
14 19 (0.75%) Jaeger
15 11 (0.43%) ER Studio
15 11 (0.43%) ERwin
16 10 (0.39%) JMeter
17 9 (0.35%) Cucumber
General
1 846 (33.33%) Finance
2 799 (31.48%) Social Skills
3 305 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 304 (11.98%) Public Sector
5 243 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 152 (5.99%) Law
7 139 (5.48%) Games
8 121 (4.77%) Marketing
9 105 (4.14%) Banking
9 105 (4.14%) Legal
10 75 (2.96%) Front Office
11 72 (2.84%) Retail
12 65 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 64 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
14 60 (2.36%) Telecoms
15 44 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
16 43 (1.69%) Manufacturing
17 33 (1.30%) Tech for Good
18 30 (1.18%) Billing
18 30 (1.18%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 582 (22.93%) Developer
2 540 (21.28%) Senior
3 337 (13.28%) Lead
4 268 (10.56%) Analyst
5 188 (7.41%) Software Engineer
6 162 (6.38%) Architect
7 154 (6.07%) Business Analyst
8 123 (4.85%) Software Developer
9 114 (4.49%) .NET Developer
10 109 (4.29%) Project Manager
11 102 (4.02%) Senior Manager
12 81 (3.19%) Data Engineer
13 74 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 73 (2.88%) Lead Developer
15 69 (2.72%) Designer
16 66 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
17 65 (2.56%) Consultant
17 65 (2.56%) Senior Developer
18 63 (2.48%) Engineering Manager
19 60 (2.36%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (14.50%) .NET
2 297 (11.70%) React
3 181 (7.13%) HTML
4 162 (6.38%) CSS
5 152 (5.99%) RESTful
6 151 (5.95%) REST
7 145 (5.71%) SOAP
8 121 (4.77%) Node.js
9 101 (3.98%) AngularJS
10 80 (3.15%) .NET Core
11 76 (2.99%) Vue
12 75 (2.96%) Kafka
13 70 (2.76%) .NET Framework
14 69 (2.72%) ASP.NET
14 69 (2.72%) Lightning Web Components
15 63 (2.48%) Spring
16 56 (2.21%) Spring Boot
17 54 (2.13%) Entity Framework
17 54 (2.13%) Web Services
18 53 (2.09%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 344 (13.55%) Product Ownership
2 203 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 74 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
4 73 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 69 (2.72%) Social Media
6 67 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
6 67 (2.64%) Mobile App
7 66 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 65 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
9 57 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
10 53 (2.09%) Fixed Income
11 51 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
12 49 (1.93%) Low-Code
13 46 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
14 29 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 29 (1.14%) NHS
15 28 (1.10%) Equities
16 27 (1.06%) Data Structures
17 25 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
18 24 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (4.61%) Linux
2 67 (2.64%) Windows
3 47 (1.85%) Android
4 44 (1.73%) Apple iOS
5 42 (1.65%) Unix
6 22 (0.87%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.24%) CentOS
9 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.079%) Solaris
11 2 (0.079%) VMS
12 1 (0.039%) AIX
12 1 (0.039%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 682 (26.87%) DevOps
2 646 (25.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 589 (23.21%) CI/CD
4 578 (22.77%) Mentoring
5 518 (20.41%) Coaching
6 449 (17.69%) Roadmaps
7 445 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
8 431 (16.98%) Software Engineering
9 425 (16.75%) AI
10 409 (16.12%) Scrum
11 338 (13.32%) Analytics
12 291 (11.47%) Test Automation
13 270 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
14 250 (9.85%) Microservices
15 245 (9.65%) Project Management
16 239 (9.42%) Asset Management
17 221 (8.71%) Full-Stack Development
18 214 (8.43%) Data Modelling
19 209 (8.23%) User Experience
20 192 (7.57%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 548 (21.59%) SQL
2 463 (18.24%) Python
3 375 (14.78%) Java
4 374 (14.74%) JavaScript
5 341 (13.44%) C#
6 241 (9.50%) TypeScript
7 87 (3.43%) PowerShell
8 71 (2.80%) Apex Code
9 67 (2.64%) C++
9 67 (2.64%) Go
9 67 (2.64%) PHP
10 63 (2.48%) Bash
11 51 (2.01%) Shell Script
12 45 (1.77%) C
13 41 (1.62%) Scala
14 40 (1.58%) PL/SQL
15 28 (1.10%) SOQL
15 28 (1.10%) SOSL
16 21 (0.83%) VBA
17 17 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 348 (13.71%) Degree
2 302 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 217 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 93 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (2.64%) DV Cleared
6 53 (2.09%) PMI Certification
7 45 (1.77%) ISTQB
8 42 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 40 (1.58%) PMP
10 34 (1.34%) AWS Certification
11 29 (1.14%) CISSP
11 29 (1.14%) DBS Check
12 25 (0.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 21 (0.83%) SANS
14 20 (0.79%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (0.79%) CISM
15 19 (0.75%) CGEIT
15 19 (0.75%) CISA
15 19 (0.75%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (8.59%) Accessibility
2 209 (8.23%) QA
3 53 (2.09%) GDPR
4 47 (1.85%) WCAG
5 43 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 33 (1.30%) NIST
7 28 (1.10%) PMO
8 20 (0.79%) COBIT
8 20 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.24%) P3O
10 6 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.16%) GRC
11 4 (0.16%) NCSC
12 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.12%) SLA
13 2 (0.079%) ECSS
13 2 (0.079%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.079%) SEPA
14 1 (0.039%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 201 (7.92%) Docker
2 71 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.24%) Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.039%) HDFS
8 1 (0.039%) vCloud
8 1 (0.039%) Xen
Systems Management
1 228 (8.98%) Terraform
2 190 (7.49%) Kubernetes
3 59 (2.32%) Ansible
4 45 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
5 38 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.38%) Argo
7 32 (1.26%) Grafana
8 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.75%) Kustomize
10 10 (0.39%) SCCM
11 7 (0.28%) Kibana
12 5 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.16%) logstash
14 3 (0.12%) Control-M
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 2 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.079%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.079%) Packer
15 2 (0.079%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.079%) Puppet
Vendors
1 404 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 106 (4.18%) Salesforce
3 101 (3.98%) Google
4 93 (3.66%) Oracle
5 90 (3.55%) Adobe
6 81 (3.19%) SAP
7 78 (3.07%) Databricks
8 50 (1.97%) ServiceNow
9 45 (1.77%) Blue Prism
10 38 (1.50%) Splunk
11 30 (1.18%) MuleSoft
12 21 (0.83%) IBM
12 21 (0.83%) Okta
13 17 (0.67%) Workday
14 12 (0.47%) Cisco
15 10 (0.39%) Talend
16 9 (0.35%) Mercator
17 8 (0.32%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.32%) Guidewire
17 8 (0.32%) Xamarin