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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,463 3,226 5,504
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.83% 19.68% 22.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.09% 21.17% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,292 2,052 3,329
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% +3.11% +0.61%
75th Percentile £78,250 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +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 19,145 15,240 21,286
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 92.98% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 13,809 8,865 14,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%

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 2 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
1 111 (3.21%) Confluence
2 82 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.07%) CMS
4 25 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.58%) Apache
6 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 15 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.35%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) WordPress
9 10 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.14%) Camunda
10 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.087%) Kentico
12 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.087%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 126 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
2 95 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 52 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 34 (0.98%) UserZoom
6 28 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 24 (0.69%) Chatbot
8 22 (0.64%) MS Visio
9 18 (0.52%) Trello
10 16 (0.46%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.12%) Revit
12 4 (0.12%) Sketch
12 4 (0.12%) Windchill
13 3 (0.087%) Blender
13 3 (0.087%) Maya
13 3 (0.087%) Productboard
14 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
14 2 (0.058%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 69 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.13%) Workfront
3 23 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.29%) Primavera
4 10 (0.29%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.17%) Shopify
8 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.087%) Carpe Diem
10 3 (0.087%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.087%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,256 (36.27%) Azure
2 865 (24.98%) AWS
3 349 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
4 240 (6.93%) SaaS
5 223 (6.44%) GCP
6 197 (5.69%) Power Platform
7 187 (5.40%) GitHub
8 159 (4.59%) Azure AI
9 153 (4.42%) Serverless
10 113 (3.26%) Adobe Analytics
11 92 (2.66%) GitHub Copilot
12 83 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
13 79 (2.28%) Figma
14 75 (2.17%) PowerApps
14 75 (2.17%) Snowflake
15 74 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
15 74 (2.14%) Power Automate
16 71 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
17 67 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 65 (1.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 235 (6.79%) Broadband
2 42 (1.21%) Network Security
3 20 (0.58%) Internet
4 19 (0.55%) VPN
4 19 (0.55%) WAN
5 18 (0.52%) LAN
5 18 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.43%) Firewall
7 13 (0.38%) VoIP
8 12 (0.35%) DNS
9 11 (0.32%) CTI
10 10 (0.29%) 5G
11 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.26%) RS-232
12 8 (0.23%) SMS
12 8 (0.23%) Wireless
13 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
13 7 (0.20%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.20%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 379 (10.94%) MongoDB
2 369 (10.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 205 (5.92%) SQL Server
4 147 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
5 134 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
6 128 (3.70%) Power BI
7 108 (3.12%) Metadata
8 81 (2.34%) NoSQL
9 78 (2.25%) MySQL
10 62 (1.79%) Relational Database
11 54 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
12 49 (1.41%) DynamoDB
13 40 (1.16%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.84%) Big Data
15 27 (0.78%) Tableau
16 24 (0.69%) Redis
17 21 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
18 19 (0.55%) Spark SQL
19 18 (0.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 267 (7.71%) JIRA
2 197 (5.69%) Git
3 89 (2.57%) GitLab
3 89 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.04%) Cypress.io
5 33 (0.95%) Selenium
6 29 (0.84%) JUnit
7 23 (0.66%) SonarQube
8 22 (0.64%) Postman
9 19 (0.55%) Claude Code
10 17 (0.49%) Maven
10 17 (0.49%) Mockito
11 15 (0.43%) Visual Studio
12 13 (0.38%) Cucumber
13 12 (0.35%) CircleCI
14 10 (0.29%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.26%) Balsamiq
15 9 (0.26%) Gatling
16 8 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 8 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 1,038 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 854 (24.66%) Finance
3 543 (15.68%) Public Sector
4 400 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
5 390 (11.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 300 (8.66%) Law
7 222 (6.41%) Legal
8 190 (5.49%) Marketing
9 186 (5.37%) Retail
10 176 (5.08%) Games
11 121 (3.49%) Banking
12 119 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
13 97 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
14 88 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
15 79 (2.28%) Aerospace
16 62 (1.79%) Advertising
17 49 (1.41%) Legal Technology
18 47 (1.36%) Manufacturing
19 38 (1.10%) Back Office
20 31 (0.90%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 840 (24.26%) Developer
2 740 (21.37%) Senior
3 396 (11.44%) Lead
4 370 (10.68%) .NET Developer
5 321 (9.27%) Analyst
6 292 (8.43%) Architect
7 257 (7.42%) Project Manager
8 236 (6.81%) Software Engineer
9 214 (6.18%) Business Analyst
10 179 (5.17%) Senior Developer
11 153 (4.42%) Senior Manager
12 134 (3.87%) IT Manager
13 105 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
14 104 (3.00%) Software Developer
15 96 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
16 93 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
17 83 (2.40%) Full-Stack Developer
18 81 (2.34%) Product Owner
19 79 (2.28%) Technical Architect
20 78 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 642 (18.54%) .NET
2 451 (13.02%) React
3 389 (11.23%) ASP.NET
4 381 (11.00%) .NET Core
5 356 (10.28%) ASP.NET Core
6 309 (8.92%) Node.js
7 219 (6.32%) CSS
8 216 (6.24%) RESTful
9 205 (5.92%) HTML
10 178 (5.14%) Blazor
11 168 (4.85%) Terraform
12 162 (4.68%) Entity Framework
13 156 (4.50%) AngularJS
14 133 (3.84%) Vue
15 130 (3.75%) REST
16 125 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
17 97 (2.80%) .NET Framework
18 96 (2.77%) ML.NET
19 95 (2.74%) Spring
20 90 (2.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 394 (11.38%) Product Ownership
2 299 (8.63%) Cloud Native
3 175 (5.05%) Social Media
4 156 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
5 103 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
6 91 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 73 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 64 (1.85%) Mobile App
9 62 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 62 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
10 61 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
11 58 (1.67%) Onboarding
12 54 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
13 53 (1.53%) Over-the-Top Content
14 48 (1.39%) Driving Licence
15 42 (1.21%) Virtual Team
16 35 (1.01%) AI Agents
16 35 (1.01%) Blog
17 33 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
18 31 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 143 (4.13%) Linux
2 80 (2.31%) Windows
3 43 (1.24%) Unix
4 42 (1.21%) Android
5 19 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 9 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.17%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.058%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 886 (25.58%) CI/CD
2 878 (25.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 848 (24.49%) DevOps
4 788 (22.75%) AI
5 748 (21.60%) Mentoring
6 676 (19.52%) Scrum
7 645 (18.63%) Roadmaps
8 642 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
9 590 (17.04%) Full-Stack Development
10 575 (16.60%) Coaching
11 545 (15.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 511 (14.76%) Software Engineering
13 474 (13.69%) Microservices
14 467 (13.49%) Decision-Making
15 434 (12.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 418 (12.07%) Analytics
17 414 (11.95%) Project Delivery
18 390 (11.26%) Test Automation
19 359 (10.37%) Waterfall
20 354 (10.22%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 852 (24.60%) SQL
2 765 (22.09%) C#
3 561 (16.20%) JavaScript
4 378 (10.92%) Python
5 343 (9.90%) Java
6 319 (9.21%) TypeScript
7 97 (2.80%) C++
8 78 (2.25%) PHP
9 67 (1.93%) Bash
10 46 (1.33%) PowerShell
11 45 (1.30%) Ruby
12 34 (0.98%) C
13 33 (0.95%) Go
14 26 (0.75%) PL/SQL
15 24 (0.69%) Apex Code
16 22 (0.64%) T-SQL
17 18 (0.52%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.46%) Bicep
19 15 (0.43%) Rust
19 15 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 498 (14.38%) Degree
2 496 (14.32%) Security Cleared
3 392 (11.32%) SC Cleared
4 120 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 106 (3.06%) CISSP
5 106 (3.06%) PMI Certification
6 102 (2.95%) PMP
7 98 (2.83%) CISM
8 89 (2.57%) DV Cleared
9 77 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 76 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 64 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
12 48 (1.39%) Azure Certification
13 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
14 33 (0.95%) Master's Degree
15 30 (0.87%) AWS Certification
15 30 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (0.81%) ISTQB
17 25 (0.72%) CISA
18 19 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 347 (10.02%) Accessibility
2 296 (8.55%) QA
3 165 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 112 (3.23%) NIST
5 93 (2.69%) GDPR
6 76 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 69 (1.99%) WCAG
8 59 (1.70%) PMO
9 49 (1.41%) ISO 22301
10 37 (1.07%) GRC
11 34 (0.98%) NCSC
12 29 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.40%) NIST 800
14 13 (0.38%) COBIT
15 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
16 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
17 10 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
17 10 (0.29%) GxP
18 9 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 299 (8.63%) Docker
2 61 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
3 35 (1.01%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.38%) vSphere
6 12 (0.35%) Firmware
6 12 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.058%) IAG
8 2 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.029%) GPFS
9 1 (0.029%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.029%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 265 (7.65%) Kubernetes
2 50 (1.44%) Ansible
3 36 (1.04%) Grafana
4 29 (0.84%) Argo
5 26 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.35%) Podman
7 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.12%) Puppet
11 3 (0.087%) Packer
11 3 (0.087%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.029%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.029%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.029%) Kibana
13 1 (0.029%) linkerd
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 818 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 197 (5.69%) Adobe
3 142 (4.10%) Google
4 115 (3.32%) Oracle
5 104 (3.00%) Databricks
6 93 (2.69%) SAP
7 90 (2.60%) Salesforce
8 64 (1.85%) ServiceNow
9 56 (1.62%) YouTube
10 41 (1.18%) Facebook
11 31 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 26 (0.75%) Cisco
13 23 (0.66%) Splunk
13 23 (0.66%) Workday
14 20 (0.58%) VMware
15 19 (0.55%) IFS
15 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
16 18 (0.52%) Apple
17 17 (0.49%) Sony
18 15 (0.43%) IBM