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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,457 4,059 6,577
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.58% 24.86% 25.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.95% 26.33% 27.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,710 2,326 5,466
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,125 £42,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.81% -4.55%
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 13,689 15,415 23,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.83% 94.43% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8,688 9,091 19,584
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 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

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 29 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 94 (3.83%) Confluence
2 50 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
3 47 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 28 (1.14%) Apache
5 24 (0.98%) CMS
6 17 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.41%) SAS
9 8 (0.33%) nginx
10 6 (0.24%) IIS
11 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.16%) WordPress
13 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
14 2 (0.081%) Luigi
14 2 (0.081%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 61 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.55%) Adobe XD
4 27 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.41%) Sketch
9 7 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 6 (0.24%) Trello
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
12 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
13 3 (0.12%) InVision
13 3 (0.12%) Notion
13 3 (0.12%) UserZoom
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 2 (0.081%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.081%) InDesign
14 2 (0.081%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 48 (1.95%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.69%) Shopify
5 15 (0.61%) 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 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.20%) Primavera
8 4 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
8 4 (0.16%) 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
1 820 (33.37%) Azure
2 522 (21.25%) AWS
3 309 (12.58%) Azure DevOps
4 223 (9.08%) Power Platform
5 217 (8.83%) GitHub
6 211 (8.59%) SaaS
7 163 (6.63%) GCP
8 133 (5.41%) Serverless
9 105 (4.27%) Snowflake
10 87 (3.54%) dbt
11 75 (3.05%) Entra ID
11 75 (3.05%) GitHub Copilot
11 75 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
12 69 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
13 67 (2.73%) Figma
14 58 (2.36%) Amazon S3
15 56 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
16 52 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
17 46 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
17 46 (1.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 140 (5.70%) Broadband
2 26 (1.06%) TCP/IP
3 20 (0.81%) DNS
4 17 (0.69%) CHAP
5 14 (0.57%) 4G
6 12 (0.49%) BGP
7 11 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.45%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.45%) MPLS
8 9 (0.37%) Firewall
9 8 (0.33%) WAN
10 7 (0.28%) DHCP
10 7 (0.28%) VPN
11 6 (0.24%) Wireless
12 5 (0.20%) Ethernet
12 5 (0.20%) RS-232
12 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.16%) Software-Defined Radio
13 4 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 120 (4.88%) Power BI
3 118 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (3.50%) NoSQL
5 85 (3.46%) MySQL
6 78 (3.17%) Data Lake
7 76 (3.09%) Relational Database
8 74 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
9 66 (2.69%) MongoDB
10 58 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 46 (1.87%) Tableau
12 40 (1.63%) Apache Iceberg
13 39 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
13 39 (1.59%) Metadata
14 36 (1.47%) Apache Arrow
14 36 (1.47%) Dremio
15 31 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
16 28 (1.14%) DynamoDB
17 22 (0.90%) RDBMS
18 19 (0.77%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 235 (9.56%) JIRA
2 183 (7.45%) Git
3 125 (5.09%) Jenkins
4 68 (2.77%) GitLab
5 62 (2.52%) Selenium
6 48 (1.95%) Oracle Forms
7 47 (1.91%) Postman
8 41 (1.67%) WebDriver
9 37 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
10 35 (1.42%) SoapUI
11 32 (1.30%) Cypress.io
11 32 (1.30%) SonarQube
12 30 (1.22%) TeamCity
13 27 (1.10%) Balsamiq
14 26 (1.06%) Axure RP
15 19 (0.77%) Jaeger
16 12 (0.49%) ER Studio
16 12 (0.49%) ERwin
16 12 (0.49%) JMeter
17 10 (0.41%) git-flow
General
1 844 (34.35%) Finance
2 803 (32.68%) Social Skills
3 298 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 256 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 219 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 137 (5.58%) Law
7 120 (4.88%) Marketing
8 104 (4.23%) Games
9 103 (4.19%) Legal
10 101 (4.11%) Banking
11 72 (2.93%) Front Office
12 67 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
13 64 (2.60%) Retail
14 63 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
15 61 (2.48%) Telecoms
16 41 (1.67%) Manufacturing
17 40 (1.63%) Investment Banking
18 37 (1.51%) Tech for Good
19 34 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
20 32 (1.30%) Billing
Job Titles
1 578 (23.52%) Developer
2 532 (21.65%) Senior
3 300 (12.21%) Lead
4 279 (11.36%) Analyst
5 165 (6.72%) Software Engineer
6 159 (6.47%) Business Analyst
7 156 (6.35%) Architect
8 122 (4.97%) Software Developer
9 119 (4.84%) .NET Developer
10 110 (4.48%) Project Manager
11 86 (3.50%) Senior Manager
12 83 (3.38%) Senior Developer
13 82 (3.34%) Data Engineer
14 74 (3.01%) Cloud Engineer
15 68 (2.77%) Python Developer
16 64 (2.60%) C# Developer
16 64 (2.60%) Senior Software Engineer
17 62 (2.52%) Product Manager
18 60 (2.44%) Designer
19 59 (2.40%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 376 (15.30%) .NET
2 295 (12.01%) React
3 190 (7.73%) HTML
4 173 (7.04%) CSS
5 154 (6.27%) RESTful
6 144 (5.86%) SOAP
7 142 (5.78%) REST
8 112 (4.56%) Node.js
9 99 (4.03%) AngularJS
10 85 (3.46%) .NET Core
11 80 (3.26%) ASP.NET
12 77 (3.13%) Vue
13 72 (2.93%) .NET Framework
14 58 (2.36%) Entity Framework
15 57 (2.32%) Web Services
16 56 (2.28%) Lightning Web Components
17 55 (2.24%) Kafka
17 55 (2.24%) Spring
18 49 (1.99%) Spring Boot
19 47 (1.91%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 332 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 184 (7.49%) Cloud Native
3 84 (3.42%) Management Information System
4 74 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 67 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
7 60 (2.44%) Onboarding
8 59 (2.40%) Mobile App
9 56 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
10 50 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
11 48 (1.95%) Social Media
12 47 (1.91%) Low-Code
13 45 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
13 45 (1.83%) Fixed Income
14 41 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 36 (1.47%) Equities
16 28 (1.14%) Data Structures
17 27 (1.10%) Hedge funds
17 27 (1.10%) NHS
18 25 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 113 (4.60%) Linux
2 66 (2.69%) Windows
3 36 (1.47%) Unix
4 33 (1.34%) Android
5 32 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 21 (0.85%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.24%) CentOS
9 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.081%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.081%) Solaris
11 2 (0.081%) VMS
12 1 (0.041%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 679 (27.64%) DevOps
2 620 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 571 (23.24%) CI/CD
4 527 (21.45%) Mentoring
5 476 (19.37%) Coaching
6 440 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
7 415 (16.89%) Software Engineering
8 413 (16.81%) Roadmaps
9 404 (16.44%) AI
10 401 (16.32%) Scrum
11 319 (12.98%) Analytics
12 278 (11.31%) Test Automation
13 275 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 266 (10.83%) Asset Management
15 253 (10.30%) Project Management
16 240 (9.77%) Microservices
17 211 (8.59%) Data Modelling
18 210 (8.55%) User Experience
19 203 (8.26%) Full-Stack Development
20 190 (7.73%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 559 (22.75%) SQL
2 454 (18.48%) Python
3 371 (15.10%) JavaScript
4 358 (14.57%) C#
5 345 (14.04%) Java
6 243 (9.89%) TypeScript
7 88 (3.58%) PowerShell
8 80 (3.26%) C++
9 75 (3.05%) PHP
10 67 (2.73%) Bash
11 58 (2.36%) Apex Code
12 53 (2.16%) Go
13 52 (2.12%) Shell Script
14 47 (1.91%) C
15 46 (1.87%) Scala
16 44 (1.79%) PL/SQL
17 23 (0.94%) SOQL
17 23 (0.94%) SOSL
18 21 (0.85%) VBA
19 17 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 348 (14.16%) Degree
2 274 (11.15%) Security Cleared
3 196 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 103 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 53 (2.16%) ISTQB
7 51 (2.08%) PMI Certification
8 43 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 37 (1.51%) AWS Certification
10 36 (1.47%) PMP
11 30 (1.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 28 (1.14%) DBS Check
13 24 (0.98%) CISSP
14 20 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
15 19 (0.77%) Azure Certification
15 19 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
16 18 (0.73%) CISM
16 18 (0.73%) SANS
17 17 (0.69%) CISA
17 17 (0.69%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (8.47%) QA
2 201 (8.18%) Accessibility
3 49 (1.99%) GDPR
3 49 (1.99%) WCAG
4 40 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 38 (1.55%) PMO
6 32 (1.30%) NIST
7 19 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.73%) COBIT
9 7 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.24%) P3O
10 6 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.20%) NCSC
11 5 (0.20%) SLA
12 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.081%) ECSS
13 2 (0.081%) GRC
13 2 (0.081%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.081%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.041%) Def Stans
System Software
1 186 (7.57%) Docker
2 75 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.41%) Firmware
6 9 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.041%) HDFS
9 1 (0.041%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 222 (9.04%) Terraform
2 174 (7.08%) Kubernetes
3 57 (2.32%) Ansible
4 50 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
5 38 (1.55%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.42%) Argo
7 27 (1.10%) Grafana
8 23 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.77%) Kustomize
10 11 (0.45%) SCCM
11 7 (0.28%) Kibana
12 4 (0.16%) logstash
12 4 (0.16%) Puppet
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
15 1 (0.041%) HP Fortify
15 1 (0.041%) Rancher
Vendors
1 412 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 93 (3.79%) Oracle
3 90 (3.66%) Google
4 86 (3.50%) Salesforce
5 81 (3.30%) SAP
6 80 (3.26%) Databricks
7 71 (2.89%) Adobe
8 45 (1.83%) Blue Prism
9 41 (1.67%) ServiceNow
10 33 (1.34%) Splunk
11 27 (1.10%) MuleSoft
12 21 (0.85%) Okta
13 20 (0.81%) IBM
14 18 (0.73%) Workday
15 11 (0.45%) Cisco
15 11 (0.45%) Guidewire
16 10 (0.41%) Talend
17 9 (0.37%) Mercator
18 8 (0.33%) IFS
19 7 (0.28%) Informatica