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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,491 4,400 5,821
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.41% 22.60% 27.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.16% 24.97% 29.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,837 2,612 4,783
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,449 £43,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.11% +0.54%
75th Percentile £86,253 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £125,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All Process and 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 13,718 17,618 19,851
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.39% 90.49% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,628 10,643 16,088
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 30 November 2025.

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
1 116 (4.66%) Apache Airflow
2 100 (4.01%) Confluence
3 63 (2.53%) Apache
4 48 (1.93%) SharePoint
5 30 (1.20%) CMS
6 14 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.44%) IIS
8 10 (0.40%) Headless CMS
9 8 (0.32%) Apache Spark
10 7 (0.28%) SAS
10 7 (0.28%) WordPress
11 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
12 5 (0.20%) nginx
13 4 (0.16%) Drupal
13 4 (0.16%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
14 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
15 2 (0.080%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 69 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.45%) Adobe XD
4 32 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 26 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.32%) Trello
9 7 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
11 5 (0.20%) Sketch
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
13 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.12%) InDesign
13 3 (0.12%) Notion
14 1 (0.040%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.040%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.040%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.040%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 40 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
2 30 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 29 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 28 (1.12%) Shopify
5 8 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.24%) Primavera
6 6 (0.24%) SAP SCM
7 5 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
9 3 (0.12%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 861 (34.56%) Azure
2 620 (24.89%) AWS
3 305 (12.24%) Azure DevOps
4 244 (9.80%) SaaS
5 218 (8.75%) Power Platform
6 210 (8.43%) GCP
7 194 (7.79%) GitHub
8 146 (5.86%) dbt
9 130 (5.22%) Serverless
9 130 (5.22%) Snowflake
10 81 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
11 79 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
12 68 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
13 67 (2.69%) Entra ID
14 63 (2.53%) GitHub Copilot
15 61 (2.45%) Figma
16 58 (2.33%) Amazon S3
17 56 (2.25%) Power Automate
18 53 (2.13%) PaaS
19 51 (2.05%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.28%) Broadband
2 26 (1.04%) TCP/IP
3 21 (0.84%) Wireless
4 17 (0.68%) Software-Defined Radio
5 13 (0.52%) DNS
6 11 (0.44%) Firewall
7 8 (0.32%) WAN
8 6 (0.24%) CHAP
9 5 (0.20%) DHCP
10 4 (0.16%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.16%) Internet
10 4 (0.16%) Network Security
10 4 (0.16%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.16%) SSH
10 4 (0.16%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.16%) VPN
10 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.12%) GPON
11 3 (0.12%) Modbus
11 3 (0.12%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (7.43%) SQL Server
2 130 (5.22%) Power BI
3 116 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
4 114 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
5 108 (4.34%) MySQL
6 106 (4.26%) Amazon Athena
6 106 (4.26%) Apache Iceberg
7 103 (4.13%) Apache Arrow
7 103 (4.13%) Data Lake
7 103 (4.13%) Dremio
8 89 (3.57%) MongoDB
9 81 (3.25%) NoSQL
10 70 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
11 65 (2.61%) Relational Database
12 53 (2.13%) Apache Ignite
13 46 (1.85%) Tableau
14 43 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
15 35 (1.41%) DynamoDB
16 19 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 18 (0.72%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 233 (9.35%) JIRA
2 167 (6.70%) Git
3 94 (3.77%) Jenkins
4 56 (2.25%) GitLab
5 52 (2.09%) Selenium
6 48 (1.93%) Cypress.io
7 43 (1.73%) Oracle Forms
8 32 (1.28%) Postman
9 28 (1.12%) SonarQube
10 27 (1.08%) Balsamiq
10 27 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
11 26 (1.04%) WebDriver
12 25 (1.00%) Axure RP
13 19 (0.76%) SoapUI
14 10 (0.40%) git-flow
14 10 (0.40%) TeamCity
15 9 (0.36%) ER Studio
15 9 (0.36%) ERwin
16 8 (0.32%) JMeter
16 8 (0.32%) Storybook
General
1 941 (37.78%) Finance
2 810 (32.52%) Social Skills
3 293 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 176 (7.07%) Public Sector
6 175 (7.03%) Front Office
7 152 (6.10%) Law
8 145 (5.82%) Marketing
9 119 (4.78%) Banking
10 110 (4.42%) Legal
11 93 (3.73%) Retail
12 74 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
13 72 (2.89%) Investment Banking
14 70 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
15 57 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
16 48 (1.93%) Manufacturing
17 43 (1.73%) Tech for Good
18 42 (1.69%) Games
18 42 (1.69%) Local Government
19 38 (1.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 697 (27.98%) Developer
2 504 (20.23%) Senior
3 277 (11.12%) Analyst
4 255 (10.24%) Software Engineer
5 253 (10.16%) Lead
6 159 (6.38%) Architect
7 141 (5.66%) Business Analyst
8 131 (5.26%) Software Developer
9 129 (5.18%) .NET Developer
10 118 (4.74%) Python Engineer
11 116 (4.66%) AWS Engineer
12 110 (4.42%) Senior Developer
13 107 (4.30%) Project Manager
14 105 (4.22%) AWS Software Engineer
15 104 (4.18%) Python Developer
15 104 (4.18%) Python Software Engineer
16 87 (3.49%) Senior Software Engineer
17 84 (3.37%) AWS Developer
18 81 (3.25%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 81 (3.25%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 394 (15.82%) .NET
2 379 (15.21%) React
3 210 (8.43%) CSS
4 202 (8.11%) HTML
5 199 (7.99%) Node.js
6 176 (7.07%) RESTful
7 163 (6.54%) AngularJS
8 139 (5.58%) REST
9 128 (5.14%) Vue
10 110 (4.42%) SOAP
11 109 (4.38%) Pandas
12 105 (4.22%) NumPy
13 103 (4.13%) SciPy
14 100 (4.01%) ASP.NET
15 99 (3.97%) .NET Core
16 93 (3.73%) .NET Framework
17 84 (3.37%) Kafka
18 82 (3.29%) GraphQL
19 75 (3.01%) Entity Framework
20 66 (2.65%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 290 (11.64%) Product Ownership
2 188 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 142 (5.70%) Fixed Income
4 117 (4.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 110 (4.42%) Equities
6 101 (4.05%) Management Information System
7 76 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 65 (2.61%) Derivative
9 63 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
9 63 (2.53%) Hedge funds
10 60 (2.41%) Mobile App
11 59 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
12 58 (2.33%) Onboarding
13 53 (2.13%) Pricing Data
14 50 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
15 47 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
16 39 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
17 35 (1.41%) NHS
18 31 (1.24%) Low-Code
19 29 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (4.05%) Linux
2 65 (2.61%) Windows
3 26 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 22 (0.88%) Android
5 20 (0.80%) Embedded Linux
5 20 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.64%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) CentOS
8 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.12%) VMS
9 2 (0.080%) Solaris
9 2 (0.080%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (25.61%) DevOps
2 586 (23.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 546 (21.92%) CI/CD
4 496 (19.91%) Software Engineering
5 469 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
6 442 (17.74%) Mentoring
7 390 (15.66%) Scrum
8 358 (14.37%) AI
9 351 (14.09%) Roadmaps
10 348 (13.97%) Coaching
11 302 (12.12%) Asset Management
12 280 (11.24%) Analytics
13 274 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 268 (10.76%) Microservices
15 260 (10.44%) Test Automation
16 256 (10.28%) Project Management
17 244 (9.80%) Full-Stack Development
18 222 (8.91%) User Experience
19 207 (8.31%) Project Delivery
20 193 (7.75%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 576 (23.12%) SQL
2 520 (20.88%) Python
3 496 (19.91%) JavaScript
4 405 (16.26%) C#
5 385 (15.46%) Java
6 367 (14.73%) TypeScript
7 103 (4.13%) C++
8 94 (3.77%) PHP
9 91 (3.65%) PowerShell
10 56 (2.25%) C
11 48 (1.93%) Bash
11 48 (1.93%) Go
12 47 (1.89%) Shell Script
13 42 (1.69%) PL/SQL
14 40 (1.61%) Apex Code
15 24 (0.96%) Scala
16 21 (0.84%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.80%) Ruby
18 19 (0.76%) Swift
18 19 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 362 (14.53%) Degree
2 242 (9.71%) Security Cleared
3 195 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 131 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (2.09%) Master's Degree
6 48 (1.93%) ISTQB
7 47 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 40 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 36 (1.45%) PMP
10 34 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 32 (1.28%) AWS Certification
12 20 (0.80%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 19 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (0.68%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 12 (0.48%) CISSP
16 12 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 11 (0.44%) CISM
18 10 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (8.63%) QA
2 160 (6.42%) Accessibility
3 57 (2.29%) GDPR
4 49 (1.97%) PMO
5 46 (1.85%) WCAG
6 34 (1.36%) Data Quality
7 27 (1.08%) NIST
8 20 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.40%) NCSC
10 7 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.28%) COBIT
10 7 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.28%) SLA
11 6 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.20%) P3O
13 3 (0.12%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.080%) GxP
14 2 (0.080%) HL7
14 2 (0.080%) MiFID
System Software
1 159 (6.38%) Docker
2 55 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 23 (0.92%) Firmware
4 21 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
6 18 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.040%) HDFS
8 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.040%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 162 (6.50%) Terraform
2 127 (5.10%) Kubernetes
3 41 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
4 32 (1.28%) Ansible
5 29 (1.16%) Grafana
6 22 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 21 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (0.60%) Argo
9 8 (0.32%) SCCM
10 7 (0.28%) Kibana
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.12%) Puppet
12 2 (0.080%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.080%) logstash
13 1 (0.040%) Automic
13 1 (0.040%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.040%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.040%) QRadar
13 1 (0.040%) Rancher
Vendors
1 393 (15.78%) Microsoft
2 91 (3.65%) Oracle
3 82 (3.29%) SAP
4 76 (3.05%) Databricks
5 68 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 67 (2.69%) Google
7 48 (1.93%) Adobe
8 45 (1.81%) Blue Prism
9 27 (1.08%) MuleSoft
9 27 (1.08%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.04%) Guidewire
10 26 (1.04%) Splunk
11 18 (0.72%) IBM
11 18 (0.72%) Workday
12 17 (0.68%) Okta
13 10 (0.40%) Apple
14 9 (0.36%) DevExpress
14 9 (0.36%) Informatica
14 9 (0.36%) Mercator
14 9 (0.36%) Talend