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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,324 3,191 5,213
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.32% 18.97% 23.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.45% 20.22% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,219 1,975 2,796
10th Percentile £40,825 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -3.70% +3.74%
75th Percentile £78,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £93,657 £132,500 £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 20,204 15,782 19,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.97% 93.81% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,422 8,452 11,768
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,243
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,274
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.62% -2.88%

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 1 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
1 114 (3.43%) Confluence
2 93 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 27 (0.81%) CMS
5 18 (0.54%) Apache
5 18 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.42%) WordPress
7 13 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 12 (0.36%) SAS
9 10 (0.30%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
11 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
11 4 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.090%) Kentico
12 3 (0.090%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 129 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
2 98 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 30 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 23 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 20 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.54%) Trello
8 18 (0.54%) UserZoom
9 14 (0.42%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.15%) Revit
10 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.12%) Simulink
11 4 (0.12%) Windchill
12 3 (0.090%) Blender
12 3 (0.090%) Maya
12 3 (0.090%) Notion
12 3 (0.090%) Productboard
12 3 (0.090%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 76 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.63%) Workfront
3 20 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.33%) Primavera
4 11 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 10 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
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%) Shopify
8 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
9 4 (0.12%) SAP GRC
10 3 (0.090%) Carpe Diem
10 3 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.090%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.090%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,213 (36.49%) Azure
2 847 (25.48%) AWS
3 348 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
4 251 (7.55%) SaaS
5 220 (6.62%) Power Platform
6 208 (6.26%) GCP
7 194 (5.84%) GitHub
8 159 (4.78%) Serverless
9 117 (3.52%) Azure AI
10 99 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
11 91 (2.74%) GitHub Copilot
12 84 (2.53%) Power Automate
13 82 (2.47%) PowerApps
14 79 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
15 70 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
16 67 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
17 58 (1.74%) Amazon S3
17 58 (1.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 53 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
19 50 (1.50%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 98 (2.95%) Broadband
2 41 (1.23%) Network Security
3 20 (0.60%) Internet
4 18 (0.54%) WAN
5 17 (0.51%) LAN
5 17 (0.51%) VPN
6 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.39%) VoIP
8 11 (0.33%) 5G
8 11 (0.33%) CTI
8 11 (0.33%) Firewall
9 10 (0.30%) DNS
10 9 (0.27%) SMS
10 9 (0.27%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.21%) TETRA
11 7 (0.21%) WLAN
12 6 (0.18%) Ethernet
12 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
12 6 (0.18%) RS-232
12 6 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 369 (11.10%) MongoDB
2 358 (10.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 167 (5.02%) SQL Server
4 144 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
5 143 (4.30%) Power BI
6 142 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
7 86 (2.59%) Metadata
8 80 (2.41%) MySQL
9 77 (2.32%) NoSQL
10 73 (2.20%) Relational Database
11 67 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
12 51 (1.53%) DynamoDB
13 49 (1.47%) Data Lake
14 30 (0.90%) Big Data
14 30 (0.90%) Tableau
15 29 (0.87%) Redis
16 22 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 21 (0.63%) Spark SQL
18 20 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
18 20 (0.60%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 279 (8.39%) JIRA
2 218 (6.56%) Git
3 80 (2.41%) GitLab
4 73 (2.20%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.90%) JUnit
5 30 (0.90%) Selenium
6 28 (0.84%) Cypress.io
7 25 (0.75%) Claude Code
8 21 (0.63%) Postman
9 18 (0.54%) Maven
9 18 (0.54%) Mockito
10 16 (0.48%) Visual Studio
11 13 (0.39%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.36%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
13 10 (0.30%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (0.24%) Balsamiq
15 7 (0.21%) NUnit
16 6 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,050 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 797 (23.98%) Finance
3 581 (17.48%) Public Sector
4 419 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
5 376 (11.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 281 (8.45%) Law
7 211 (6.35%) Legal
8 192 (5.78%) Retail
9 148 (4.45%) Marketing
10 123 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
11 107 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
12 94 (2.83%) Banking
13 90 (2.71%) Aerospace
14 86 (2.59%) Games
15 85 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
16 56 (1.68%) Advertising
17 51 (1.53%) Manufacturing
18 42 (1.26%) Legal Technology
19 32 (0.96%) Back Office
20 29 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 828 (24.91%) Developer
2 756 (22.74%) Senior
3 359 (10.80%) .NET Developer
4 353 (10.62%) Lead
5 301 (9.06%) Analyst
6 284 (8.54%) Architect
7 250 (7.52%) Project Manager
8 223 (6.71%) Software Engineer
9 203 (6.11%) Business Analyst
10 187 (5.63%) Senior Developer
11 154 (4.63%) Senior Manager
12 134 (4.03%) IT Manager
13 129 (3.88%) Delivery Manager
14 92 (2.77%) Senior Project Manager
15 88 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
16 85 (2.56%) Software Developer
17 82 (2.47%) Data Engineer
18 81 (2.44%) Technical Architect
19 79 (2.38%) Full-Stack Developer
20 76 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 624 (18.77%) .NET
2 417 (12.55%) React
3 379 (11.40%) ASP.NET
4 370 (11.13%) .NET Core
5 344 (10.35%) ASP.NET Core
6 295 (8.87%) Node.js
7 219 (6.59%) RESTful
8 197 (5.93%) CSS
9 196 (5.90%) HTML
10 172 (5.17%) Blazor
11 168 (5.05%) Terraform
12 156 (4.69%) Entity Framework
13 155 (4.66%) AngularJS
14 129 (3.88%) REST
15 126 (3.79%) Vue
16 120 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
17 108 (3.25%) Spring
18 105 (3.16%) Middleware
19 95 (2.86%) .NET Framework
20 91 (2.74%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 325 (9.78%) Product Ownership
2 292 (8.78%) Cloud Native
3 161 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
4 99 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
4 99 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 81 (2.44%) Social Media
6 80 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 68 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 65 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
9 63 (1.90%) Mobile App
10 60 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
11 54 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
12 47 (1.41%) Driving Licence
13 42 (1.26%) AI Agents
14 36 (1.08%) Blog
15 35 (1.05%) Virtual Team
16 34 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
17 33 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
18 31 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 31 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 140 (4.21%) Linux
2 89 (2.68%) Windows
3 53 (1.59%) Unix
4 44 (1.32%) Android
5 21 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.39%) VMS
7 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.12%) CentOS
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.090%) Debian
11 2 (0.060%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.060%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.030%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 892 (26.84%) Continuous Improvement
2 881 (26.50%) CI/CD
3 846 (25.45%) DevOps
4 761 (22.89%) Mentoring
5 692 (20.82%) AI
6 681 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
7 642 (19.31%) Scrum
8 600 (18.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 587 (17.66%) Coaching
10 554 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
11 517 (15.55%) Software Engineering
12 479 (14.41%) Microservices
13 473 (14.23%) Roadmaps
14 437 (13.15%) Decision-Making
15 436 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 422 (12.70%) Project Delivery
17 382 (11.49%) Analytics
18 375 (11.28%) Test Automation
19 358 (10.77%) Waterfall
20 355 (10.68%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 824 (24.79%) SQL
2 742 (22.32%) C#
3 538 (16.19%) JavaScript
4 383 (11.52%) Python
5 334 (10.05%) Java
6 307 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 84 (2.53%) C++
8 68 (2.05%) Bash
9 63 (1.90%) PHP
10 53 (1.59%) PowerShell
11 42 (1.26%) Ruby
12 39 (1.17%) Go
13 31 (0.93%) PL/SQL
14 30 (0.90%) C
15 24 (0.72%) T-SQL
16 20 (0.60%) Kotlin
17 18 (0.54%) Bicep
18 15 (0.45%) Rust
19 14 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
19 14 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 539 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 513 (15.43%) Degree
3 427 (12.85%) SC Cleared
4 109 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 104 (3.13%) CISSP
6 96 (2.89%) PMI Certification
7 95 (2.86%) CISM
8 93 (2.80%) PMP
9 90 (2.71%) DV Cleared
10 82 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 82 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 64 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
12 50 (1.50%) Azure Certification
13 44 (1.32%) DBS Check
14 34 (1.02%) Master's Degree
15 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
16 29 (0.87%) AWS Certification
17 28 (0.84%) ISTQB
18 24 (0.72%) CISA
18 24 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (8.54%) Accessibility
2 280 (8.42%) QA
3 180 (5.42%) Data Quality
4 110 (3.31%) NIST
5 108 (3.25%) GDPR
6 77 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 65 (1.96%) PMO
8 52 (1.56%) ISO 22301
9 44 (1.32%) WCAG
10 36 (1.08%) NCSC
11 29 (0.87%) GRC
11 29 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 14 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 12 (0.36%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.30%) COBIT
14 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.30%) SLA
15 9 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 305 (9.18%) Docker
2 40 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 23 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
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%) IAG
8 2 (0.060%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.030%) GPFS
9 1 (0.030%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.030%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 288 (8.66%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.38%) Ansible
3 33 (0.99%) Grafana
4 29 (0.87%) Argo
5 26 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.21%) Packer
9 6 (0.18%) Podman
10 5 (0.15%) Istio
10 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.060%) Kibana
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.060%) Puppet
12 2 (0.060%) SQL Sentry
13 1 (0.030%) SCCM
13 1 (0.030%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 801 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 128 (3.85%) Google
2 128 (3.85%) Oracle
3 95 (2.86%) Adobe
4 90 (2.71%) SAP
5 82 (2.47%) YouTube
6 81 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 77 (2.32%) Databricks
8 66 (1.99%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.23%) Facebook
10 31 (0.93%) OpenAI
11 27 (0.81%) Workday
12 25 (0.75%) Cisco
13 21 (0.63%) VMware
14 20 (0.60%) IFS
15 18 (0.54%) Informatica
15 18 (0.54%) Yahoo!
16 17 (0.51%) Apple
17 16 (0.48%) Sony
18 15 (0.45%) IBM