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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,462 3,351 6,573
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.97% 20.33% 22.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.28% 21.81% 25.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,325 2,107 4,603
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,850 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,724 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £68,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.27% +6.25% -1.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £95,625 £84,964
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £64,500 £70,000 £63,376
% change year-on-year -7.86% +10.45% -2.50%

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 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 July 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
1 108 (3.12%) Confluence
2 58 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.18%) CMS
4 22 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (0.55%) Apache
5 19 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 15 (0.43%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.26%) WordPress
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.087%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.087%) Kentico
13 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.087%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 123 (3.55%) Microsoft Project
2 95 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 51 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 44 (1.27%) UserZoom
6 22 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 20 (0.58%) Chatbot
8 17 (0.49%) Trello
9 16 (0.46%) Adobe XD
10 12 (0.35%) MS Visio
11 5 (0.14%) Sketch
12 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.12%) Revit
12 4 (0.12%) Windchill
13 3 (0.087%) Blender
13 3 (0.087%) Maya
13 3 (0.087%) Productboard
14 2 (0.058%) InVision
14 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
15 1 (0.029%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 62 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.16%) Workfront
3 20 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.17%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.14%) Shopify
7 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 3 (0.087%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.087%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,205 (34.81%) Azure
2 846 (24.44%) AWS
3 329 (9.50%) Azure DevOps
4 224 (6.47%) SaaS
5 221 (6.38%) GCP
6 189 (5.46%) Adobe Analytics
7 174 (5.03%) GitHub
8 169 (4.88%) Power Platform
9 157 (4.53%) Azure AI
10 144 (4.16%) Serverless
11 109 (3.15%) Figma
12 82 (2.37%) GitHub Copilot
13 72 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
14 70 (2.02%) Snowflake
15 69 (1.99%) Contentsquare
16 65 (1.88%) Azure Machine Learning
16 65 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
17 62 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 62 (1.79%) PowerApps
18 59 (1.70%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 359 (10.37%) Broadband
2 29 (0.84%) Network Security
3 26 (0.75%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.61%) Internet
5 19 (0.55%) VPN
5 19 (0.55%) WAN
6 16 (0.46%) LAN
7 15 (0.43%) Firewall
8 14 (0.40%) DNS
8 14 (0.40%) Ethernet
8 14 (0.40%) RS-232
9 13 (0.38%) VoIP
10 11 (0.32%) CHAP
10 11 (0.32%) CTI
11 10 (0.29%) 5G
12 9 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.23%) Wireless
14 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
14 7 (0.20%) Intranet
14 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 376 (10.86%) MongoDB
2 360 (10.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 187 (5.40%) SQL Server
4 153 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
5 141 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
6 96 (2.77%) Metadata
6 96 (2.77%) Power BI
7 94 (2.72%) NoSQL
8 80 (2.31%) MySQL
9 37 (1.07%) Relational Database
10 34 (0.98%) DynamoDB
11 32 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
12 29 (0.84%) Data Lake
13 26 (0.75%) Redis
14 23 (0.66%) Big Data
15 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (0.58%) Tableau
16 19 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (0.55%) BigQuery
16 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 251 (7.25%) JIRA
2 167 (4.82%) Git
3 104 (3.00%) GitLab
4 103 (2.98%) Jenkins
5 38 (1.10%) SonarQube
6 35 (1.01%) Cypress.io
7 33 (0.95%) Selenium
8 22 (0.64%) JUnit
9 21 (0.61%) Claude Code
10 20 (0.58%) Postman
11 15 (0.43%) Cucumber
12 14 (0.40%) Maven
12 14 (0.40%) Visual Studio
13 13 (0.38%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.38%) Mockito
14 10 (0.29%) JMeter
15 8 (0.23%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
16 7 (0.20%) Bitbucket
16 7 (0.20%) Gatling
General
1 954 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 821 (23.71%) Finance
3 474 (13.69%) Public Sector
4 350 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 332 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
6 291 (8.41%) Games
7 286 (8.26%) Law
8 214 (6.18%) Legal
9 193 (5.57%) Marketing
10 181 (5.23%) Retail
11 126 (3.64%) Banking
12 98 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
13 80 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
14 76 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
15 61 (1.76%) Advertising
16 49 (1.42%) Front Office
17 47 (1.36%) Legal Technology
18 37 (1.07%) Manufacturing
19 36 (1.04%) Back Office
20 33 (0.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 876 (25.30%) Developer
2 694 (20.05%) Senior
3 471 (13.60%) Lead
4 377 (10.89%) .NET Developer
5 290 (8.38%) Analyst
6 278 (8.03%) Architect
7 268 (7.74%) Software Engineer
8 246 (7.11%) Project Manager
9 189 (5.46%) Business Analyst
10 171 (4.94%) Senior Manager
11 150 (4.33%) Senior Developer
12 143 (4.13%) IT Manager
13 108 (3.12%) Software Developer
14 106 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
15 94 (2.72%) Senior Project Manager
16 89 (2.57%) Consultant
16 89 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
17 84 (2.43%) Engineering Manager
18 81 (2.34%) Product Owner
18 81 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 619 (17.88%) .NET
2 462 (13.34%) React
3 386 (11.15%) ASP.NET
4 365 (10.54%) .NET Core
5 354 (10.23%) ASP.NET Core
6 317 (9.16%) Node.js
7 222 (6.41%) RESTful
8 208 (6.01%) CSS
9 192 (5.55%) HTML
10 172 (4.97%) Blazor
11 161 (4.65%) AngularJS
12 151 (4.36%) Entity Framework
13 142 (4.10%) Vue
14 132 (3.81%) REST
15 125 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
16 95 (2.74%) ML.NET
17 94 (2.72%) .NET Framework
18 85 (2.46%) Kafka
19 83 (2.40%) Spring
20 82 (2.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 402 (11.61%) Product Ownership
2 295 (8.52%) Cloud Native
3 244 (7.05%) Social Media
4 131 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
5 105 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
6 87 (2.51%) Mobile App
7 73 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 71 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 71 (2.05%) Onboarding
9 65 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 63 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
11 59 (1.70%) Marketing Technology
12 54 (1.56%) Over-the-Top Content
13 51 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
14 47 (1.36%) Virtual Team
15 46 (1.33%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.18%) Fixed Income
17 28 (0.81%) Security Posture
18 27 (0.78%) Data Centre
19 26 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 149 (4.30%) Linux
2 68 (1.96%) Android
3 66 (1.91%) Windows
4 44 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 43 (1.24%) Unix
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 14 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.14%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.087%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 836 (24.15%) DevOps
2 835 (24.12%) CI/CD
3 830 (23.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 775 (22.39%) AI
5 749 (21.63%) Roadmaps
6 735 (21.23%) Mentoring
7 652 (18.83%) Scrum
8 599 (17.30%) Full-Stack Development
9 587 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
10 530 (15.31%) Coaching
11 481 (13.89%) Microservices
12 480 (13.86%) Software Engineering
13 447 (12.91%) Analytics
14 421 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
15 415 (11.99%) Decision-Making
16 410 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 399 (11.53%) Test Automation
18 375 (10.83%) Customer Experience
19 360 (10.40%) Project Delivery
20 357 (10.31%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 819 (23.66%) SQL
2 726 (20.97%) C#
3 534 (15.42%) JavaScript
4 396 (11.44%) Python
5 377 (10.89%) Java
6 336 (9.71%) TypeScript
7 88 (2.54%) PHP
8 85 (2.46%) C++
9 61 (1.76%) Bash
10 54 (1.56%) Go
11 50 (1.44%) Apex Code
12 42 (1.21%) C
12 42 (1.21%) PowerShell
13 38 (1.10%) Ruby
14 35 (1.01%) SOQL
15 34 (0.98%) SOSL
16 21 (0.61%) T-SQL
17 20 (0.58%) PL/SQL
18 17 (0.49%) Bicep
19 14 (0.40%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 449 (12.97%) Degree
2 399 (11.53%) Security Cleared
3 318 (9.19%) SC Cleared
4 110 (3.18%) CISSP
5 108 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 98 (2.83%) CISM
7 97 (2.80%) PMI Certification
8 92 (2.66%) PMP
9 72 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 60 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
11 44 (1.27%) Azure Certification
11 44 (1.27%) DV Cleared
12 32 (0.92%) DBS Check
13 28 (0.81%) CISA
14 26 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
15 23 (0.66%) ISTQB
15 23 (0.66%) Master's Degree
16 21 (0.61%) AWS Certification
16 21 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 382 (11.03%) Accessibility
2 294 (8.49%) QA
3 113 (3.26%) Data Quality
4 109 (3.15%) NIST
5 86 (2.48%) WCAG
6 74 (2.14%) GDPR
7 63 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 52 (1.50%) PMO
9 49 (1.42%) ISO 22301
10 34 (0.98%) GRC
11 24 (0.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 24 (0.69%) NCSC
12 18 (0.52%) COBIT
13 11 (0.32%) NIST 800
14 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.29%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.26%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.23%) SLA
17 7 (0.20%) SOC 1
18 6 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 285 (8.23%) Docker
2 60 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
3 32 (0.92%) Active Directory
4 15 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.38%) vSphere
6 4 (0.12%) Firmware
6 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.029%) GPFS
7 1 (0.029%) Lustre
7 1 (0.029%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.029%) Xen
Systems Management
1 262 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 158 (4.56%) Terraform
3 56 (1.62%) Ansible
4 42 (1.21%) Grafana
5 29 (0.84%) Argo
6 26 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.35%) Podman
8 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Packer
9 5 (0.14%) Puppet
10 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.087%) Kibana
11 3 (0.087%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.058%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.029%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.029%) linkerd
Vendors
1 774 (22.36%) Microsoft
2 265 (7.65%) Adobe
3 130 (3.76%) Google
4 105 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 103 (2.98%) Oracle
6 100 (2.89%) Databricks
7 82 (2.37%) SAP
8 80 (2.31%) ServiceNow
9 40 (1.16%) Facebook
10 38 (1.10%) Splunk
11 25 (0.72%) OpenAI
12 21 (0.61%) YouTube
13 20 (0.58%) Cisco
14 19 (0.55%) Apple
14 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
15 18 (0.52%) IFS
16 17 (0.49%) IBM
16 17 (0.49%) Sony
16 17 (0.49%) VMware
17 15 (0.43%) Workday
1,392 hybrid/remote Agile jobs