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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,407 4,035 6,575
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.43% 24.73% 25.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.79% 26.27% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,690 2,303 5,474
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,757 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,290 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +7.69% -2.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

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 13,531 15,358 23,812
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.74% 94.12% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,591 9,036 19,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 26 January 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 93 (3.86%) Confluence
2 48 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
3 47 (1.95%) SharePoint
4 29 (1.20%) Apache
5 24 (1.00%) CMS
6 17 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.33%) nginx
9 8 (0.33%) SAS
10 6 (0.25%) IIS
11 5 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.17%) WordPress
13 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
14 2 (0.083%) Luigi
14 2 (0.083%) Mendix
Applications
1 63 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.58%) Adobe XD
4 28 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.54%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.42%) Sketch
9 7 (0.29%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
10 6 (0.25%) Trello
11 5 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
12 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
13 3 (0.12%) InVision
13 3 (0.12%) Notion
13 3 (0.12%) UserZoom
14 2 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 2 (0.083%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.083%) InDesign
14 2 (0.083%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 48 (1.99%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.71%) Shopify
5 15 (0.62%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
6 8 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.33%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.21%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.21%) Primavera
8 4 (0.17%) Hyperion Planning
8 4 (0.17%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.12%) Maximo
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 817 (33.94%) Azure
2 521 (21.65%) AWS
3 308 (12.80%) Azure DevOps
4 223 (9.26%) Power Platform
5 215 (8.93%) GitHub
6 212 (8.81%) SaaS
7 163 (6.77%) GCP
8 132 (5.48%) Serverless
9 105 (4.36%) Snowflake
10 86 (3.57%) dbt
11 75 (3.12%) Entra ID
11 75 (3.12%) GitHub Copilot
12 74 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
13 68 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
14 58 (2.41%) Figma
15 57 (2.37%) Amazon S3
16 56 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
17 51 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
18 46 (1.91%) OCI
19 45 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 108 (4.49%) Broadband
2 25 (1.04%) TCP/IP
3 20 (0.83%) DNS
4 16 (0.66%) CHAP
5 14 (0.58%) 4G
6 12 (0.50%) BGP
7 11 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.46%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.46%) MPLS
8 9 (0.37%) Firewall
9 8 (0.33%) WAN
10 7 (0.29%) DHCP
10 7 (0.29%) VPN
10 7 (0.29%) Wireless
11 5 (0.21%) Software-Defined Radio
11 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.17%) Network Security
12 4 (0.17%) RS-232
12 4 (0.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 120 (4.99%) Power BI
3 119 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
4 87 (3.61%) NoSQL
5 86 (3.57%) MySQL
6 78 (3.24%) Data Lake
7 74 (3.07%) Relational Database
8 73 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
9 68 (2.83%) MongoDB
10 58 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
11 46 (1.91%) Tableau
12 40 (1.66%) Apache Iceberg
13 39 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
13 39 (1.62%) Metadata
14 36 (1.50%) Apache Arrow
14 36 (1.50%) Dremio
15 31 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
16 28 (1.16%) DynamoDB
17 22 (0.91%) RDBMS
18 19 (0.79%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 232 (9.64%) JIRA
2 181 (7.52%) Git
3 117 (4.86%) Jenkins
4 63 (2.62%) Selenium
5 60 (2.49%) GitLab
6 48 (1.99%) Oracle Forms
6 48 (1.99%) Postman
7 41 (1.70%) WebDriver
8 37 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
9 35 (1.45%) SoapUI
10 33 (1.37%) Cypress.io
11 30 (1.25%) TeamCity
12 27 (1.12%) Balsamiq
13 26 (1.08%) Axure RP
14 24 (1.00%) SonarQube
15 19 (0.79%) Jaeger
16 12 (0.50%) ER Studio
16 12 (0.50%) ERwin
16 12 (0.50%) JMeter
17 10 (0.42%) git-flow
General
1 842 (34.98%) Finance
2 795 (33.03%) Social Skills
3 299 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 255 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 211 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 136 (5.65%) Law
7 117 (4.86%) Marketing
8 106 (4.40%) Legal
9 100 (4.15%) Banking
10 73 (3.03%) Front Office
11 72 (2.99%) Games
12 66 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
13 63 (2.62%) Retail
14 62 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
14 62 (2.58%) Telecoms
15 41 (1.70%) Manufacturing
16 39 (1.62%) Investment Banking
17 37 (1.54%) Tech for Good
18 36 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
19 33 (1.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 574 (23.85%) Developer
2 520 (21.60%) Senior
3 282 (11.72%) Lead
4 277 (11.51%) Analyst
5 164 (6.81%) Software Engineer
6 157 (6.52%) Business Analyst
7 147 (6.11%) Architect
8 121 (5.03%) Software Developer
9 119 (4.94%) .NET Developer
10 105 (4.36%) Project Manager
11 84 (3.49%) Senior Developer
12 80 (3.32%) Data Engineer
13 79 (3.28%) Senior Manager
14 73 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
15 68 (2.83%) Python Developer
16 63 (2.62%) C# Developer
17 62 (2.58%) Senior Software Engineer
18 61 (2.53%) Product Manager
19 59 (2.45%) Applications Engineer
20 56 (2.33%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (15.45%) .NET
2 293 (12.17%) React
3 187 (7.77%) HTML
4 170 (7.06%) CSS
5 154 (6.40%) RESTful
6 136 (5.65%) SOAP
7 133 (5.53%) REST
8 113 (4.69%) Node.js
9 98 (4.07%) AngularJS
10 85 (3.53%) .NET Core
11 79 (3.28%) ASP.NET
12 77 (3.20%) Vue
13 72 (2.99%) .NET Framework
14 58 (2.41%) Entity Framework
14 58 (2.41%) Kafka
15 57 (2.37%) Web Services
16 56 (2.33%) Spring
17 50 (2.08%) Spring Boot
18 48 (1.99%) Lightning Web Components
19 47 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 315 (13.09%) Product Ownership
2 184 (7.64%) Cloud Native
3 84 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 74 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
5 67 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
7 55 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 53 (2.20%) Onboarding
9 52 (2.16%) Mobile App
10 49 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
11 47 (1.95%) Low-Code
12 45 (1.87%) Fixed Income
13 44 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 41 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 36 (1.50%) Equities
16 31 (1.29%) Social Media
17 29 (1.20%) Data Structures
18 27 (1.12%) Hedge funds
18 27 (1.12%) NHS
19 25 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 112 (4.65%) Linux
2 66 (2.74%) Windows
3 36 (1.50%) Unix
4 26 (1.08%) Android
5 25 (1.04%) Apple iOS
6 21 (0.87%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.25%) CentOS
9 4 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.083%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.083%) Solaris
11 2 (0.083%) VMS
12 1 (0.042%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (27.84%) DevOps
2 609 (25.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 554 (23.02%) CI/CD
4 511 (21.23%) Mentoring
5 471 (19.57%) Coaching
6 439 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
7 412 (17.12%) Software Engineering
8 390 (16.20%) Scrum
9 383 (15.91%) Roadmaps
10 380 (15.79%) AI
11 298 (12.38%) Analytics
12 279 (11.59%) Test Automation
13 266 (11.05%) Asset Management
13 266 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 240 (9.97%) Project Management
15 239 (9.93%) Microservices
16 210 (8.72%) Data Modelling
17 205 (8.52%) User Experience
18 203 (8.43%) Full-Stack Development
19 189 (7.85%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 558 (23.18%) SQL
2 455 (18.90%) Python
3 368 (15.29%) JavaScript
4 355 (14.75%) C#
5 345 (14.33%) Java
6 243 (10.10%) TypeScript
7 88 (3.66%) PowerShell
8 79 (3.28%) C++
9 75 (3.12%) PHP
10 67 (2.78%) Bash
11 54 (2.24%) Go
12 52 (2.16%) Shell Script
13 50 (2.08%) Apex Code
14 46 (1.91%) C
15 45 (1.87%) Scala
16 44 (1.83%) PL/SQL
17 21 (0.87%) VBA
18 17 (0.71%) T-SQL
19 15 (0.62%) Ruby
19 15 (0.62%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 349 (14.50%) Degree
2 261 (10.84%) Security Cleared
3 189 (7.85%) SC Cleared
4 104 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (2.53%) DV Cleared
6 54 (2.24%) ISTQB
7 50 (2.08%) PMI Certification
8 43 (1.79%) Master's Degree
9 37 (1.54%) AWS Certification
10 35 (1.45%) PMP
11 30 (1.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 28 (1.16%) DBS Check
13 23 (0.96%) CISSP
14 19 (0.79%) Azure Certification
14 19 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 19 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.71%) CISM
15 17 (0.71%) SANS
16 16 (0.66%) CGEIT
16 16 (0.66%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (8.72%) QA
2 177 (7.35%) Accessibility
3 48 (1.99%) GDPR
3 48 (1.99%) WCAG
4 41 (1.70%) Data Quality
5 37 (1.54%) PMO
6 31 (1.29%) NIST
7 18 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.71%) COBIT
9 7 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.25%) P3O
10 6 (0.25%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.21%) NCSC
11 5 (0.21%) SLA
12 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.083%) ECSS
13 2 (0.083%) GRC
13 2 (0.083%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.042%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 185 (7.69%) Docker
2 76 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.46%) Firmware
6 10 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.042%) HDFS
9 1 (0.042%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 221 (9.18%) Terraform
2 173 (7.19%) Kubernetes
3 56 (2.33%) Ansible
4 50 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
5 38 (1.58%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.45%) Argo
7 27 (1.12%) Grafana
8 23 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.79%) Kustomize
10 11 (0.46%) SCCM
11 7 (0.29%) Kibana
12 4 (0.17%) logstash
12 4 (0.17%) Puppet
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.083%) Docker Swarm
15 1 (0.042%) HP Fortify
15 1 (0.042%) Rancher
Vendors
1 409 (16.99%) Microsoft
2 94 (3.91%) Oracle
3 91 (3.78%) Google
4 81 (3.37%) SAP
5 80 (3.32%) Databricks
6 77 (3.20%) Salesforce
7 55 (2.29%) Adobe
8 45 (1.87%) Blue Prism
9 36 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.12%) MuleSoft
11 25 (1.04%) Splunk
12 21 (0.87%) Okta
13 20 (0.83%) IBM
14 18 (0.75%) Workday
15 11 (0.46%) Cisco
15 11 (0.46%) Guidewire
16 10 (0.42%) Talend
17 9 (0.37%) Mercator
18 8 (0.33%) IFS
19 7 (0.29%) Syncfusion