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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,747 3,039 8,042
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.13% 22.50% 24.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.27% 23.75% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,773 2,256 6,027
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,479 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.37% -5.84%
75th Percentile £81,250 £98,474 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,000 £125,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

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 15,038 12,797 29,634
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.83% 94.76% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,506 8,904 23,499
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%

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 28 April 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
1 102 (3.71%) Confluence
2 48 (1.75%) CMS
3 45 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 17 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 10 (0.36%) Apache
6 10 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.22%) nginx
8 6 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.22%) SAS
9 5 (0.18%) WordPress
10 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.073%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.036%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.036%) Drupal
12 1 (0.036%) JBoss
12 1 (0.036%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.036%) WildFly
Applications
1 43 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.09%) Adobe XD
4 30 (1.09%) UserZoom
5 28 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 12 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.33%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.33%) Sketch
9 5 (0.18%) InVision
10 4 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.15%) Trello
11 2 (0.073%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.073%) Pro Tools
11 2 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.036%) EngageOne
12 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (0.73%) Workfront
4 19 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.25%) Shopify
7 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.073%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.073%) SAP IBP
10 2 (0.073%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.073%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.073%) SAP SCM
11 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.036%) Maximo
11 1 (0.036%) Remedy ITSM
11 1 (0.036%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.036%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 785 (28.58%) Azure
2 617 (22.46%) AWS
3 229 (8.34%) Azure DevOps
4 193 (7.03%) GCP
5 183 (6.66%) Adobe Analytics
6 163 (5.93%) GitHub
7 146 (5.31%) SaaS
8 145 (5.28%) Serverless
9 142 (5.17%) Power Platform
10 132 (4.81%) Figma
11 106 (3.86%) Snowflake
12 69 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
12 69 (2.51%) Azure AI
12 69 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 66 (2.40%) Amazon S3
14 64 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
15 55 (2.00%) Contentsquare
15 55 (2.00%) GitHub Copilot
16 48 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
16 48 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 386 (14.05%) Broadband
2 27 (0.98%) CHAP
3 26 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 23 (0.84%) DNS
5 14 (0.51%) 4G
5 14 (0.51%) Ethernet
5 14 (0.51%) Network Security
5 14 (0.51%) RS-232
6 13 (0.47%) WAN
7 12 (0.44%) Firewall
8 11 (0.40%) BGP
8 11 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (0.40%) IOS XR
8 11 (0.40%) MPLS
9 9 (0.33%) DHCP
10 8 (0.29%) LAN
10 8 (0.29%) VPN
11 6 (0.22%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (6.70%) SQL Server
2 107 (3.90%) NoSQL
3 90 (3.28%) MongoDB
4 84 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
5 82 (2.99%) Power BI
6 79 (2.88%) Metadata
7 66 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
8 62 (2.26%) MySQL
9 48 (1.75%) Relational Database
10 47 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
11 42 (1.53%) Data Lake
12 26 (0.95%) DynamoDB
12 26 (0.95%) Tableau
13 24 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
14 22 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
15 19 (0.69%) RDBMS
16 14 (0.51%) Redis
17 11 (0.40%) Flink
18 10 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 9 (0.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 219 (7.97%) JIRA
2 164 (5.97%) Git
3 121 (4.40%) Jenkins
4 106 (3.86%) GitLab
5 53 (1.93%) Selenium
6 42 (1.53%) Postman
6 42 (1.53%) SonarQube
7 33 (1.20%) Cypress.io
8 29 (1.06%) WebDriver
9 28 (1.02%) SoapUI
10 27 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
10 27 (0.98%) TeamCity
11 24 (0.87%) Balsamiq
12 23 (0.84%) Axure RP
13 19 (0.69%) Jaeger
13 19 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
14 15 (0.55%) JMeter
15 14 (0.51%) CircleCI
16 13 (0.47%) Cucumber
16 13 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 820 (29.85%) Finance
2 789 (28.72%) Social Skills
3 358 (13.03%) Public Sector
4 302 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
5 284 (10.34%) Games
6 281 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 195 (7.10%) Law
8 156 (5.68%) Banking
9 151 (5.50%) Marketing
10 121 (4.40%) Legal
11 107 (3.90%) Retail
12 70 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
13 59 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
14 57 (2.07%) Front Office
15 53 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
16 52 (1.89%) Telecoms
17 40 (1.46%) Manufacturing
18 36 (1.31%) Back Office
18 36 (1.31%) Financial Institution
19 28 (1.02%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 564 (20.53%) Senior
2 497 (18.09%) Developer
3 462 (16.82%) Lead
4 264 (9.61%) Analyst
5 212 (7.72%) Software Engineer
6 175 (6.37%) Architect
7 174 (6.33%) Business Analyst
8 150 (5.46%) Project Manager
9 137 (4.99%) Senior Manager
10 111 (4.04%) Software Developer
11 97 (3.53%) Designer
12 86 (3.13%) Lead Developer
13 85 (3.09%) C# Developer
14 81 (2.95%) Delivery Manager
15 79 (2.88%) Engineering Manager
16 78 (2.84%) Product Manager
17 72 (2.62%) Graduate
18 71 (2.58%) Data Engineer
18 71 (2.58%) Graduate Developer
18 71 (2.58%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 287 (10.45%) React
2 283 (10.30%) .NET
3 148 (5.39%) CSS
4 144 (5.24%) HTML
5 140 (5.10%) Node.js
6 126 (4.59%) REST
7 116 (4.22%) RESTful
8 113 (4.11%) SOAP
9 83 (3.02%) Kafka
10 79 (2.88%) AngularJS
11 72 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
12 66 (2.40%) .NET Core
13 62 (2.26%) Spring
14 58 (2.11%) ASP.NET
14 58 (2.11%) Vue
15 56 (2.04%) GraphQL
16 54 (1.97%) Visualforce
17 53 (1.93%) Spring Boot
18 48 (1.75%) Middleware
19 47 (1.71%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 401 (14.60%) Product Ownership
2 229 (8.34%) Cloud Native
3 210 (7.64%) Social Media
4 78 (2.84%) Mobile App
5 73 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
6 69 (2.51%) Onboarding
7 68 (2.48%) Management Information System
8 58 (2.11%) Over-the-Top Content
9 56 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
10 50 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
11 48 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
12 46 (1.67%) Fixed Income
13 39 (1.42%) Virtual Team
14 36 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
15 35 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
15 35 (1.27%) Low-Code
16 32 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
17 30 (1.09%) Data Structures
17 30 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
18 26 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 138 (5.02%) Linux
2 61 (2.22%) Android
3 49 (1.78%) Windows
4 48 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 43 (1.57%) Unix
6 14 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
7 10 (0.36%) Windows Server
8 9 (0.33%) CentOS
9 6 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.15%) Debian
10 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.11%) VMS
12 2 (0.073%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.073%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.036%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 648 (23.59%) DevOps
3 647 (23.55%) Mentoring
4 622 (22.64%) Roadmaps
5 619 (22.53%) CI/CD
6 537 (19.55%) AI
7 506 (18.42%) Coaching
8 490 (17.84%) Scrum
9 446 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
10 423 (15.40%) Analytics
11 391 (14.23%) Software Engineering
12 332 (12.09%) Test Automation
13 290 (10.56%) Customer Experience
14 278 (10.12%) Project Management
15 270 (9.83%) Decision-Making
16 268 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
17 260 (9.46%) Full-Stack Development
17 260 (9.46%) Product Roadmap
18 257 (9.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 254 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 489 (17.80%) SQL
2 414 (15.07%) Python
3 391 (14.23%) Java
4 322 (11.72%) C#
5 321 (11.69%) JavaScript
6 220 (8.01%) TypeScript
7 89 (3.24%) PHP
8 84 (3.06%) C++
9 81 (2.95%) Go
10 75 (2.73%) Apex Code
11 56 (2.04%) Bash
12 49 (1.78%) C
13 48 (1.75%) PowerShell
14 36 (1.31%) Scala
15 35 (1.27%) SOQL
16 34 (1.24%) SOSL
17 22 (0.80%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.76%) Shell Script
19 20 (0.73%) VBA
20 19 (0.69%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 361 (13.14%) Degree
2 309 (11.25%) Security Cleared
3 218 (7.94%) SC Cleared
4 88 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 59 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 54 (1.97%) CISSP
7 54 (1.97%) PMP
8 47 (1.71%) ISTQB
9 46 (1.67%) DBS Check
10 40 (1.46%) CISM
11 33 (1.20%) CISA
12 32 (1.16%) AWS Certification
12 32 (1.16%) SANS
13 27 (0.98%) CGEIT
13 27 (0.98%) FFIEC
14 22 (0.80%) Azure Certification
15 21 (0.76%) Master's Degree
16 18 (0.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 15 (0.55%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 347 (12.63%) Accessibility
2 227 (8.26%) QA
3 95 (3.46%) WCAG
4 59 (2.15%) Data Quality
5 58 (2.11%) NIST
6 53 (1.93%) GDPR
7 35 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 30 (1.09%) PMO
9 29 (1.06%) COBIT
10 22 (0.80%) GRC
11 11 (0.40%) NCSC
12 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (0.25%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.15%) IFRS
15 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.15%) MiFID
15 4 (0.15%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 225 (8.19%) Docker
2 60 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
3 46 (1.67%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.18%) Firmware
5 5 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.036%) vSphere
8 1 (0.036%) Xen
Systems Management
1 224 (8.15%) Kubernetes
2 218 (7.94%) Terraform
3 83 (3.02%) Ansible
4 48 (1.75%) Argo
5 46 (1.67%) Grafana
6 43 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.84%) Kustomize
8 19 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.44%) Podman
10 7 (0.25%) Puppet
11 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.15%) Istio
13 4 (0.15%) logstash
13 4 (0.15%) Packer
13 4 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.15%) SCCM
14 3 (0.11%) Control-M
14 3 (0.11%) Kibana
14 3 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 406 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 250 (9.10%) Adobe
3 119 (4.33%) Google
4 118 (4.30%) Databricks
5 112 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 76 (2.77%) Oracle
7 65 (2.37%) SAP
8 55 (2.00%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.49%) Splunk
10 19 (0.69%) IBM
11 17 (0.62%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.55%) Cisco
13 13 (0.47%) Okta
14 11 (0.40%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.40%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.36%) Foundry
15 10 (0.36%) VMware
16 7 (0.25%) IFS
16 7 (0.25%) Informatica
16 7 (0.25%) Planon