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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,580 3,332 7,272
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.31% 24.85% 24.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.02% 26.09% 26.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 2,247 6,072
10th Percentile £39,238 £44,956 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -4.04%

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 14,314 12,772 27,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.91% 95.24% 92.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,412 8,783 22,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 19 March 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 83 (3.22%) Confluence
2 37 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.32%) CMS
4 19 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.58%) Apache
6 10 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 9 (0.35%) SAS
8 8 (0.31%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.23%) nginx
10 6 (0.23%) WordPress
11 5 (0.19%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.19%) IIS
12 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
12 4 (0.16%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.12%) NServiceBus
13 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 45 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.47%) Adobe XD
3 34 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.85%) UserZoom
5 18 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 18 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.62%) Chatbot
7 15 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.35%) Sketch
9 6 (0.23%) Trello
10 5 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.16%) InVision
12 2 (0.078%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.078%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.039%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.039%) EngageOne
13 1 (0.039%) InDesign
13 1 (0.039%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 28 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.62%) SAP ERP
5 14 (0.54%) Shopify
6 10 (0.39%) Workfront
7 5 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.16%) Primavera
9 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.12%) Maximo
9 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.078%) SAP IBP
10 2 (0.078%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.078%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.078%) SAP SCM
10 2 (0.078%) Workday HCM
11 1 (0.039%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 745 (28.88%) Azure
2 578 (22.40%) AWS
3 248 (9.61%) Azure DevOps
4 194 (7.52%) GitHub
5 176 (6.82%) GCP
6 164 (6.36%) Power Platform
7 161 (6.24%) SaaS
8 143 (5.54%) Serverless
9 125 (4.84%) Adobe Analytics
10 103 (3.99%) Figma
11 75 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
12 70 (2.71%) Amazon S3
13 67 (2.60%) Snowflake
14 65 (2.52%) GitHub Copilot
15 62 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
16 59 (2.29%) dbt
17 55 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
18 54 (2.09%) Entra ID
19 50 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
20 47 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 310 (12.02%) Broadband
2 29 (1.12%) TCP/IP
3 24 (0.93%) CHAP
4 22 (0.85%) DNS
5 14 (0.54%) 4G
6 12 (0.47%) Firewall
6 12 (0.47%) WAN
7 11 (0.43%) BGP
7 11 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.43%) Ethernet
7 11 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.43%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.43%) MPLS
7 11 (0.43%) RS-232
8 10 (0.39%) DHCP
9 8 (0.31%) VPN
10 7 (0.27%) LAN
11 6 (0.23%) Network Security
12 5 (0.19%) Internet
12 5 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 105 (4.07%) NoSQL
3 90 (3.49%) Power BI
4 83 (3.22%) Data Warehouse
5 76 (2.95%) MySQL
6 74 (2.87%) MongoDB
7 73 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
8 63 (2.44%) Relational Database
9 61 (2.36%) Metadata
10 52 (2.02%) Data Lake
11 44 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (1.01%) Tableau
13 25 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
14 22 (0.85%) DynamoDB
15 21 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
16 20 (0.78%) RDBMS
17 14 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 13 (0.50%) Redis
19 11 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
19 11 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 203 (7.87%) JIRA
2 171 (6.63%) Git
3 134 (5.19%) Jenkins
4 92 (3.57%) GitLab
5 54 (2.09%) Selenium
6 49 (1.90%) SonarQube
7 40 (1.55%) Postman
8 36 (1.40%) Cypress.io
9 34 (1.32%) WebDriver
10 29 (1.12%) SoapUI
10 29 (1.12%) TeamCity
11 28 (1.09%) Balsamiq
12 27 (1.05%) Axure RP
13 26 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
14 25 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
15 19 (0.74%) Jaeger
16 16 (0.62%) JMeter
17 13 (0.50%) Cucumber
18 10 (0.39%) CircleCI
18 10 (0.39%) SpecFlow
General
1 769 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 760 (29.46%) Finance
3 317 (12.29%) Public Sector
4 290 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
5 277 (10.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 232 (8.99%) Games
7 172 (6.67%) Law
8 146 (5.66%) Marketing
9 124 (4.81%) Legal
10 123 (4.77%) Banking
11 74 (2.87%) Retail
12 71 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
13 65 (2.52%) Front Office
14 62 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
15 61 (2.36%) Telecoms
16 55 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
17 45 (1.74%) Manufacturing
18 34 (1.32%) Financial Institution
19 32 (1.24%) Back Office
20 30 (1.16%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 531 (20.58%) Developer
2 530 (20.54%) Senior
3 404 (15.66%) Lead
4 252 (9.77%) Analyst
5 208 (8.06%) Software Engineer
6 171 (6.63%) Architect
7 161 (6.24%) Business Analyst
8 125 (4.84%) Project Manager
9 113 (4.38%) Senior Manager
10 98 (3.80%) Software Developer
11 86 (3.33%) Lead Developer
12 79 (3.06%) .NET Developer
13 78 (3.02%) Designer
14 73 (2.83%) C# Developer
15 71 (2.75%) Consultant
15 71 (2.75%) Data Engineer
16 67 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
17 66 (2.56%) Full-Stack Developer
18 62 (2.40%) Product Manager
18 62 (2.40%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 314 (12.17%) .NET
2 296 (11.47%) React
3 177 (6.86%) HTML
4 168 (6.51%) CSS
5 149 (5.78%) REST
6 139 (5.39%) SOAP
7 134 (5.19%) RESTful
8 125 (4.84%) Node.js
9 88 (3.41%) Kafka
10 84 (3.26%) Lightning Web Components
11 82 (3.18%) AngularJS
12 79 (3.06%) .NET Core
13 66 (2.56%) ASP.NET
14 65 (2.52%) Spring
15 63 (2.44%) .NET Framework
15 63 (2.44%) Visualforce
16 61 (2.36%) GraphQL
17 60 (2.33%) Vue
18 56 (2.17%) Spring Boot
19 50 (1.94%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 372 (14.42%) Product Ownership
2 209 (8.10%) Cloud Native
3 149 (5.78%) Social Media
4 78 (3.02%) Mobile App
5 64 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 62 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
8 59 (2.29%) Management Information System
9 58 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
10 55 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
11 52 (2.02%) Fixed Income
12 49 (1.90%) Low-Code
13 45 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
14 40 (1.55%) Over-the-Top Content
15 32 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 30 (1.16%) NHS
17 29 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
18 26 (1.01%) Public Cloud
19 25 (0.97%) Video\Live Streaming
20 24 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 131 (5.08%) Linux
2 57 (2.21%) Android
3 52 (2.02%) Windows
4 51 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 37 (1.43%) Unix
6 16 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
8 7 (0.27%) CentOS
9 5 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
11 3 (0.12%) VMS
12 2 (0.078%) Debian
12 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.039%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (25.31%) DevOps
2 646 (25.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 611 (23.68%) CI/CD
4 598 (23.18%) Mentoring
5 494 (19.15%) Roadmaps
6 483 (18.72%) Coaching
7 445 (17.25%) AI
8 443 (17.17%) Scrum
9 436 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
10 405 (15.70%) Software Engineering
11 378 (14.65%) Analytics
12 303 (11.74%) Test Automation
13 263 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 261 (10.12%) Project Management
15 249 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
16 229 (8.88%) Microservices
17 211 (8.18%) Customer Experience
18 206 (7.98%) User Experience
19 203 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 202 (7.83%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 469 (18.18%) SQL
2 426 (16.51%) Python
3 382 (14.81%) Java
4 342 (13.26%) JavaScript
5 327 (12.67%) C#
6 217 (8.41%) TypeScript
7 86 (3.33%) Apex Code
8 83 (3.22%) Go
9 78 (3.02%) PHP
10 71 (2.75%) C++
11 62 (2.40%) PowerShell
12 56 (2.17%) Bash
13 46 (1.78%) C
14 41 (1.59%) SOQL
14 41 (1.59%) SOSL
15 36 (1.40%) Scala
16 32 (1.24%) Shell Script
17 27 (1.05%) PL/SQL
18 18 (0.70%) VBA
19 16 (0.62%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 339 (13.14%) Degree
2 294 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 209 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 82 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 60 (2.33%) PMI Certification
7 47 (1.82%) PMP
8 38 (1.47%) CISSP
8 38 (1.47%) ISTQB
9 32 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 30 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 28 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 28 (1.09%) SANS
12 25 (0.97%) CISM
13 24 (0.93%) CGEIT
13 24 (0.93%) CISA
13 24 (0.93%) FFIEC
14 21 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 16 (0.62%) Azure Certification
16 15 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 214 (8.29%) QA
3 82 (3.18%) WCAG
4 51 (1.98%) GDPR
5 48 (1.86%) Data Quality
6 40 (1.55%) NIST
7 31 (1.20%) PMO
8 25 (0.97%) COBIT
9 20 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 12 (0.47%) GRC
11 10 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.19%) P3O
12 5 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.16%) IFRS
13 4 (0.16%) NCSC
14 3 (0.12%) GAAP
14 3 (0.12%) MiFID
15 2 (0.078%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.078%) SLA
System Software
1 223 (8.64%) Docker
2 58 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.19%) Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.039%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.039%) vCloud
8 1 (0.039%) Xen
Systems Management
1 217 (8.41%) Terraform
2 202 (7.83%) Kubernetes
3 67 (2.60%) Ansible
4 40 (1.55%) Grafana
5 39 (1.51%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.36%) Argo
7 27 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.74%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.27%) Kibana
11 6 (0.23%) Podman
12 5 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.19%) SCCM
13 4 (0.16%) logstash
13 4 (0.16%) Puppet
14 3 (0.12%) Control-M
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.078%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.078%) Packer
Vendors
1 363 (14.07%) Microsoft
2 183 (7.09%) Adobe
3 122 (4.73%) Salesforce
4 115 (4.46%) Google
5 71 (2.75%) Oracle
6 69 (2.67%) SAP
7 66 (2.56%) Databricks
8 51 (1.98%) Splunk
9 46 (1.78%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.01%) MuleSoft
11 24 (0.93%) IBM
12 17 (0.66%) Blue Prism
13 16 (0.62%) Okta
14 14 (0.54%) Cisco
15 12 (0.47%) Workday
16 11 (0.43%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.39%) Foundry
17 10 (0.39%) Talend
18 9 (0.35%) Mercator
19 8 (0.31%) PagerDuty