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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,499 3,885 6,989
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.43% 24.74% 25.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.89% 26.09% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,729 2,256 5,872
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £42,147
25th Percentile £49,250 £54,439 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,290 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,636
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £63,218
% change year-on-year -3.70% +6.77% -6.34%

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 13,967 14,891 25,728
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.23% 94.81% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,062 8,864 21,322
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 15 February 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 89 (3.56%) Confluence
2 40 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (0.92%) CMS
5 20 (0.80%) Apache
6 16 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.40%) SAS
8 9 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.32%) nginx
10 6 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.20%) WordPress
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
13 2 (0.080%) Mendix
13 2 (0.080%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 57 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.52%) Adobe XD
3 32 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.52%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.40%) Sketch
9 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.20%) Trello
11 4 (0.16%) InVision
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.16%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.080%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.080%) InDesign
12 2 (0.080%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.040%) Notion
Business Applications
1 46 (1.84%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 15 (0.60%) Shopify
5 7 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.28%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.20%) Primavera
8 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperion Planning
9 3 (0.12%) Maximo
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 830 (33.21%) Azure
2 558 (22.33%) AWS
3 295 (11.80%) Azure DevOps
4 219 (8.76%) Power Platform
5 213 (8.52%) GitHub
6 208 (8.32%) SaaS
7 183 (7.32%) GCP
8 129 (5.16%) Serverless
9 93 (3.72%) Snowflake
10 80 (3.20%) dbt
11 73 (2.92%) GitHub Copilot
12 71 (2.84%) Entra ID
12 71 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
13 68 (2.72%) Figma
14 65 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
15 61 (2.44%) Amazon S3
16 56 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
17 52 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
18 45 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
19 42 (1.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 159 (6.36%) Broadband
2 29 (1.16%) TCP/IP
3 19 (0.76%) CHAP
4 18 (0.72%) DNS
5 14 (0.56%) 4G
6 11 (0.44%) BGP
6 11 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.44%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.44%) MPLS
7 10 (0.40%) WAN
8 8 (0.32%) DHCP
8 8 (0.32%) Firewall
9 6 (0.24%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.24%) RS-232
9 6 (0.24%) VPN
10 5 (0.20%) LAN
10 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.16%) Internet
11 4 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 118 (4.72%) Power BI
3 109 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
4 92 (3.68%) NoSQL
5 85 (3.40%) MySQL
6 83 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
7 71 (2.84%) Relational Database
8 69 (2.76%) MongoDB
9 67 (2.68%) Data Lake
10 51 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
11 43 (1.72%) Metadata
11 43 (1.72%) Tableau
12 31 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
13 28 (1.12%) Apache Iceberg
14 27 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
15 24 (0.96%) Apache Arrow
15 24 (0.96%) Dremio
16 23 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
17 21 (0.84%) RDBMS
18 20 (0.80%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 221 (8.84%) JIRA
2 181 (7.24%) Git
3 126 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 73 (2.92%) GitLab
5 58 (2.32%) Selenium
6 44 (1.76%) Oracle Forms
7 42 (1.68%) Postman
8 39 (1.56%) WebDriver
9 37 (1.48%) SonarQube
10 31 (1.24%) SoapUI
10 31 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
11 30 (1.20%) Cypress.io
12 29 (1.16%) TeamCity
13 27 (1.08%) Balsamiq
14 26 (1.04%) Axure RP
15 19 (0.76%) Jaeger
16 11 (0.44%) ER Studio
16 11 (0.44%) ERwin
17 10 (0.40%) JMeter
18 9 (0.36%) Cucumber
General
1 840 (33.61%) Finance
2 792 (31.69%) Social Skills
3 303 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 297 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
5 239 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 152 (6.08%) Law
7 126 (5.04%) Games
8 121 (4.84%) Marketing
9 106 (4.24%) Legal
10 104 (4.16%) Banking
11 75 (3.00%) Front Office
12 70 (2.80%) Retail
13 63 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
14 62 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (2.40%) Telecoms
16 42 (1.68%) Manufacturing
16 42 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
17 32 (1.28%) Tech for Good
18 30 (1.20%) Billing
18 30 (1.20%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 582 (23.29%) Developer
2 535 (21.41%) Senior
3 325 (13.01%) Lead
4 265 (10.60%) Analyst
5 184 (7.36%) Software Engineer
6 161 (6.44%) Architect
7 152 (6.08%) Business Analyst
8 123 (4.92%) Software Developer
9 115 (4.60%) .NET Developer
10 111 (4.44%) Project Manager
11 103 (4.12%) Senior Manager
12 79 (3.16%) Data Engineer
13 74 (2.96%) Cloud Engineer
13 74 (2.96%) Lead Developer
14 66 (2.64%) Designer
14 66 (2.64%) Senior Developer
15 65 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
16 64 (2.56%) Consultant
17 61 (2.44%) C# Developer
18 59 (2.36%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 367 (14.69%) .NET
2 297 (11.88%) React
3 182 (7.28%) HTML
4 162 (6.48%) CSS
5 153 (6.12%) RESTful
6 150 (6.00%) REST
7 144 (5.76%) SOAP
8 121 (4.84%) Node.js
9 100 (4.00%) AngularJS
10 78 (3.12%) .NET Core
11 75 (3.00%) Vue
12 74 (2.96%) Kafka
13 69 (2.76%) .NET Framework
14 68 (2.72%) ASP.NET
15 67 (2.68%) Lightning Web Components
16 63 (2.52%) Spring
17 56 (2.24%) Spring Boot
18 54 (2.16%) Web Services
19 53 (2.12%) Entity Framework
19 53 (2.12%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 338 (13.53%) Product Ownership
2 203 (8.12%) Cloud Native
3 72 (2.88%) Management Information System
3 72 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
4 67 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
6 61 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 60 (2.40%) Mobile App
7 60 (2.40%) Social Media
8 56 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 53 (2.12%) Fixed Income
10 52 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
11 49 (1.96%) Low-Code
12 44 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 29 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 29 (1.16%) NHS
14 28 (1.12%) Equities
15 27 (1.08%) Data Structures
16 25 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
17 23 (0.92%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 117 (4.68%) Linux
2 66 (2.64%) Windows
3 42 (1.68%) Android
3 42 (1.68%) Unix
4 39 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 22 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) CentOS
6 6 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.080%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.080%) Solaris
9 2 (0.080%) VMS
10 1 (0.040%) AIX
10 1 (0.040%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 680 (27.21%) DevOps
2 637 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 581 (23.25%) CI/CD
4 569 (22.77%) Mentoring
5 513 (20.53%) Coaching
6 436 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
7 430 (17.21%) Roadmaps
8 427 (17.09%) Software Engineering
9 407 (16.29%) AI
10 398 (15.93%) Scrum
11 322 (12.89%) Analytics
12 289 (11.56%) Test Automation
13 271 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 250 (10.00%) Microservices
15 243 (9.72%) Project Management
16 240 (9.60%) Asset Management
17 219 (8.76%) Full-Stack Development
18 210 (8.40%) Data Modelling
19 206 (8.24%) User Experience
20 187 (7.48%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 543 (21.73%) SQL
2 456 (18.25%) Python
3 373 (14.93%) Java
3 373 (14.93%) JavaScript
4 343 (13.73%) C#
5 240 (9.60%) TypeScript
6 87 (3.48%) PowerShell
7 69 (2.76%) Apex Code
8 67 (2.68%) Go
8 67 (2.68%) PHP
9 66 (2.64%) C++
10 63 (2.52%) Bash
11 51 (2.04%) Shell Script
12 44 (1.76%) C
13 41 (1.64%) Scala
14 40 (1.60%) PL/SQL
15 28 (1.12%) SOQL
15 28 (1.12%) SOSL
16 21 (0.84%) VBA
17 17 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 342 (13.69%) Degree
2 299 (11.96%) Security Cleared
3 214 (8.56%) SC Cleared
4 92 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 52 (2.08%) PMI Certification
7 46 (1.84%) ISTQB
8 42 (1.68%) Master's Degree
9 39 (1.56%) PMP
10 34 (1.36%) AWS Certification
11 29 (1.16%) CISSP
11 29 (1.16%) DBS Check
12 25 (1.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 21 (0.84%) SANS
14 20 (0.80%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (0.80%) CISM
15 19 (0.76%) CGEIT
15 19 (0.76%) CISA
15 19 (0.76%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (8.28%) Accessibility
1 207 (8.28%) QA
2 53 (2.12%) GDPR
3 47 (1.88%) WCAG
4 43 (1.72%) Data Quality
5 33 (1.32%) NIST
6 29 (1.16%) PMO
7 20 (0.80%) COBIT
7 20 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.24%) P3O
9 6 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.16%) GRC
10 4 (0.16%) NCSC
11 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.12%) SLA
12 2 (0.080%) ECSS
12 2 (0.080%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.080%) SEPA
13 1 (0.040%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 198 (7.92%) Docker
2 71 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.24%) Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.040%) HDFS
8 1 (0.040%) vCloud
8 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 227 (9.08%) Terraform
2 188 (7.52%) Kubernetes
3 58 (2.32%) Ansible
4 45 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
5 37 (1.48%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.40%) Argo
7 31 (1.24%) Grafana
8 21 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.76%) Kustomize
10 10 (0.40%) SCCM
11 8 (0.32%) Kibana
12 5 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.16%) logstash
14 3 (0.12%) Control-M
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 2 (0.080%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.080%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.080%) Packer
15 2 (0.080%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.080%) Puppet
Vendors
1 399 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 102 (4.08%) Salesforce
3 100 (4.00%) Google
4 93 (3.72%) Oracle
5 83 (3.32%) Adobe
6 79 (3.16%) SAP
7 77 (3.08%) Databricks
8 50 (2.00%) ServiceNow
9 45 (1.80%) Blue Prism
10 38 (1.52%) Splunk
11 29 (1.16%) MuleSoft
12 21 (0.84%) Okta
13 20 (0.80%) IBM
14 17 (0.68%) Workday
15 12 (0.48%) Cisco
16 10 (0.40%) Talend
17 9 (0.36%) Guidewire
17 9 (0.36%) Mercator
18 8 (0.32%) Atlassian
18 8 (0.32%) Xamarin