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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,357 3,198 5,265
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.05% 19.65% 22.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.27% 21.10% 25.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,226 2,013 2,986
10th Percentile £41,125 £40,945 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £78,312 £91,934 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.93% +3.85% -0.54%

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 19,442 15,153 20,421
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.35% 93.11% 87.69%
Number of salaries quoted 13,983 8,632 12,822
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,854 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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
1 109 (3.25%) Confluence
2 88 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 31 (0.92%) CMS
4 27 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.54%) Apache
6 14 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (0.39%) WordPress
8 12 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.36%) SAS
9 10 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 10 (0.30%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.089%) Kentico
12 3 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 127 (3.78%) Microsoft Project
2 95 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 29 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (0.86%) UserZoom
6 23 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 22 (0.66%) MS Visio
8 18 (0.54%) Trello
9 15 (0.45%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.12%) Revit
11 4 (0.12%) Simulink
11 4 (0.12%) Sketch
11 4 (0.12%) Windchill
12 3 (0.089%) Blender
12 3 (0.089%) Maya
12 3 (0.089%) Productboard
13 2 (0.060%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 69 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (0.89%) Workfront
3 21 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.33%) Primavera
5 10 (0.30%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.18%) Shopify
9 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
11 3 (0.089%) Carpe Diem
11 3 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
11 3 (0.089%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.089%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.089%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.089%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,238 (36.88%) Azure
2 841 (25.05%) AWS
3 342 (10.19%) Azure DevOps
4 233 (6.94%) SaaS
5 217 (6.46%) GCP
6 204 (6.08%) Power Platform
7 181 (5.39%) GitHub
8 155 (4.62%) Azure AI
9 153 (4.56%) Serverless
10 91 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
11 88 (2.62%) GitHub Copilot
12 86 (2.56%) Adobe Analytics
13 77 (2.29%) Power Automate
13 77 (2.29%) PowerApps
14 76 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
15 75 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 75 (2.23%) Snowflake
16 68 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
17 65 (1.94%) Azure Machine Learning
18 63 (1.88%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 182 (5.42%) Broadband
2 43 (1.28%) Network Security
3 20 (0.60%) WAN
4 19 (0.57%) Internet
4 19 (0.57%) LAN
5 17 (0.51%) VPN
6 16 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.39%) Firewall
7 13 (0.39%) VoIP
8 11 (0.33%) 5G
8 11 (0.33%) CTI
9 10 (0.30%) DNS
10 9 (0.27%) SMS
11 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
11 8 (0.24%) RS-232
11 8 (0.24%) Unified Communications
11 8 (0.24%) Wireless
12 7 (0.21%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.21%) TETRA
12 7 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 365 (10.87%) MongoDB
2 361 (10.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 201 (5.99%) SQL Server
4 142 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
5 133 (3.96%) Power BI
6 132 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
7 97 (2.89%) Metadata
8 78 (2.32%) NoSQL
9 76 (2.26%) MySQL
10 64 (1.91%) Relational Database
11 60 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
12 50 (1.49%) DynamoDB
13 48 (1.43%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.86%) Big Data
14 29 (0.86%) Tableau
15 24 (0.71%) Redis
16 21 (0.63%) Spark SQL
17 20 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
18 19 (0.57%) Semantic Layer
18 19 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 264 (7.86%) JIRA
2 204 (6.08%) Git
3 80 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 77 (2.29%) GitLab
5 32 (0.95%) Cypress.io
6 31 (0.92%) Selenium
7 30 (0.89%) JUnit
8 22 (0.66%) Claude Code
9 21 (0.63%) Postman
10 18 (0.54%) Maven
10 18 (0.54%) Mockito
11 17 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 15 (0.45%) Visual Studio
13 14 (0.42%) Cucumber
14 12 (0.36%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.30%) CircleCI
16 8 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 8 (0.24%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.21%) NUnit
17 7 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1,021 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 827 (24.64%) Finance
3 549 (16.35%) Public Sector
4 401 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
5 371 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 284 (8.46%) Law
7 207 (6.17%) Legal
8 181 (5.39%) Retail
9 160 (4.77%) Marketing
10 141 (4.20%) Games
11 113 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
12 104 (3.10%) Banking
13 100 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
14 86 (2.56%) Aerospace
15 83 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
16 60 (1.79%) Advertising
17 48 (1.43%) Manufacturing
18 45 (1.34%) Legal Technology
19 30 (0.89%) Aviation
19 30 (0.89%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 815 (24.28%) Developer
2 733 (21.83%) Senior
3 379 (11.29%) Lead
4 360 (10.72%) .NET Developer
5 307 (9.15%) Analyst
6 292 (8.70%) Architect
7 252 (7.51%) Project Manager
8 230 (6.85%) Software Engineer
9 204 (6.08%) Business Analyst
10 176 (5.24%) Senior Developer
11 153 (4.56%) Senior Manager
12 130 (3.87%) IT Manager
13 112 (3.34%) Delivery Manager
14 95 (2.83%) Software Developer
15 94 (2.80%) Senior Project Manager
16 92 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
17 81 (2.41%) Full-Stack Developer
17 81 (2.41%) Technical Architect
18 79 (2.35%) Data Engineer
19 77 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 622 (18.53%) .NET
2 428 (12.75%) React
3 376 (11.20%) ASP.NET
4 370 (11.02%) .NET Core
5 345 (10.28%) ASP.NET Core
6 300 (8.94%) Node.js
7 210 (6.26%) RESTful
8 209 (6.23%) CSS
9 196 (5.84%) HTML
10 174 (5.18%) Blazor
11 165 (4.92%) Terraform
12 156 (4.65%) Entity Framework
13 155 (4.62%) AngularJS
14 130 (3.87%) Vue
15 124 (3.69%) REST
16 122 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
17 99 (2.95%) Spring
18 96 (2.86%) Middleware
19 93 (2.77%) .NET Framework
20 92 (2.74%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 356 (10.60%) Product Ownership
2 290 (8.64%) Cloud Native
3 159 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
4 139 (4.14%) Social Media
5 97 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
6 96 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 76 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 63 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 61 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 61 (1.82%) Onboarding
10 57 (1.70%) Mobile App
11 54 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
12 48 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
13 46 (1.37%) Driving Licence
14 43 (1.28%) Virtual Team
15 38 (1.13%) AI Agents
15 38 (1.13%) Over-the-Top Content
16 36 (1.07%) Blog
17 34 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
18 32 (0.95%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 138 (4.11%) Linux
2 80 (2.38%) Windows
3 43 (1.28%) Unix
4 38 (1.13%) Android
5 15 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.45%) VMS
6 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.18%) CentOS
9 5 (0.15%) Debian
10 3 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.060%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.060%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.060%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.030%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 861 (25.65%) CI/CD
1 861 (25.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 836 (24.90%) DevOps
3 758 (22.58%) AI
4 749 (22.31%) Mentoring
5 656 (19.54%) Scrum
6 647 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
7 580 (17.28%) Roadmaps
8 568 (16.92%) Coaching
9 562 (16.74%) Full-Stack Development
10 555 (16.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 506 (15.07%) Software Engineering
12 471 (14.03%) Microservices
13 446 (13.29%) Decision-Making
14 430 (12.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 415 (12.36%) Project Delivery
16 402 (11.97%) Analytics
17 367 (10.93%) Test Automation
18 355 (10.57%) Waterfall
19 347 (10.34%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 843 (25.11%) SQL
2 742 (22.10%) C#
3 549 (16.35%) JavaScript
4 376 (11.20%) Python
5 344 (10.25%) Java
6 306 (9.12%) TypeScript
7 96 (2.86%) C++
8 70 (2.09%) PHP
9 65 (1.94%) Bash
10 50 (1.49%) PowerShell
11 43 (1.28%) Ruby
12 34 (1.01%) C
13 33 (0.98%) Go
14 29 (0.86%) PL/SQL
15 20 (0.60%) T-SQL
16 18 (0.54%) Kotlin
17 17 (0.51%) Bicep
18 16 (0.48%) Apex Code
19 15 (0.45%) Rust
20 14 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 518 (15.43%) Security Cleared
2 503 (14.98%) Degree
3 406 (12.09%) SC Cleared
4 118 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 105 (3.13%) CISSP
6 103 (3.07%) PMI Certification
7 100 (2.98%) PMP
8 96 (2.86%) CISM
9 90 (2.68%) DV Cleared
10 77 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 77 (2.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 64 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
12 48 (1.43%) Azure Certification
13 39 (1.16%) DBS Check
14 35 (1.04%) Master's Degree
15 31 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
16 30 (0.89%) AWS Certification
17 29 (0.86%) ISTQB
18 24 (0.71%) CISA
19 20 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 323 (9.62%) Accessibility
2 286 (8.52%) QA
3 176 (5.24%) Data Quality
4 110 (3.28%) NIST
5 96 (2.86%) GDPR
6 75 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 62 (1.85%) WCAG
8 61 (1.82%) PMO
9 49 (1.46%) ISO 22301
10 34 (1.01%) NCSC
11 33 (0.98%) GRC
12 29 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 12 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 12 (0.36%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.33%) COBIT
16 10 (0.30%) GxP
16 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
17 9 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
17 9 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 293 (8.73%) Docker
2 59 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
3 38 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.39%) vSphere
6 12 (0.36%) Firmware
6 12 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.089%) IAG
9 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.030%) GPFS
10 1 (0.030%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.030%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 263 (7.83%) Kubernetes
2 49 (1.46%) Ansible
3 32 (0.95%) Grafana
4 29 (0.86%) Argo
5 25 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.30%) Podman
7 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.15%) Istio
8 5 (0.15%) Packer
8 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.12%) Puppet
10 3 (0.089%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.060%) Kibana
12 1 (0.030%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.030%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.030%) linkerd
12 1 (0.030%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 815 (24.28%) Microsoft
2 155 (4.62%) Adobe
3 139 (4.14%) Google
4 116 (3.46%) Oracle
5 107 (3.19%) Databricks
6 91 (2.71%) SAP
7 83 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 67 (2.00%) ServiceNow
9 65 (1.94%) YouTube
10 41 (1.22%) Facebook
11 31 (0.92%) OpenAI
12 27 (0.80%) Cisco
13 23 (0.69%) Workday
14 20 (0.60%) VMware
15 19 (0.57%) IFS
15 19 (0.57%) Yahoo!
16 18 (0.54%) Apple
17 17 (0.51%) Informatica
17 17 (0.51%) Sony
18 16 (0.48%) Splunk