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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,510 3,877 6,988
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.46% 24.74% 25.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.92% 26.10% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,739 2,248 5,867
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,956 £42,000
25th Percentile £49,313 £54,439 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,482 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,700
UK median annual salary £65,000 £68,525 £63,300
% change year-on-year -5.14% +8.26% -6.22%

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 14,007 14,853 25,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.29% 94.77% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,090 8,864 21,313
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,808
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 £60,001 £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 14 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 (3.55%) Confluence
2 42 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 24 (0.96%) Apache
5 23 (0.92%) CMS
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 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.47%) Adobe XD
3 32 (1.27%) 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%) Notion
12 2 (0.080%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 46 (1.83%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.84%) 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
1 831 (33.11%) Azure
2 563 (22.43%) AWS
3 295 (11.75%) Azure DevOps
4 219 (8.73%) Power Platform
5 213 (8.49%) GitHub
6 209 (8.33%) SaaS
7 184 (7.33%) GCP
8 129 (5.14%) Serverless
9 97 (3.86%) Snowflake
10 84 (3.35%) dbt
11 73 (2.91%) GitHub Copilot
12 72 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
13 71 (2.83%) Entra ID
14 67 (2.67%) Figma
15 65 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
16 61 (2.43%) Amazon S3
17 56 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
18 52 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
19 45 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
20 42 (1.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 159 (6.33%) 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
1 137 (5.46%) SQL Server
2 118 (4.70%) Power BI
3 109 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
4 93 (3.71%) NoSQL
5 85 (3.39%) MySQL
6 84 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
7 72 (2.87%) Relational Database
8 71 (2.83%) Data Lake
9 70 (2.79%) MongoDB
10 51 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
11 43 (1.71%) Metadata
11 43 (1.71%) Tableau
12 35 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
13 32 (1.27%) Apache Iceberg
14 28 (1.12%) Apache Arrow
14 28 (1.12%) Dremio
15 27 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
16 23 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
17 21 (0.84%) RDBMS
18 20 (0.80%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 221 (8.80%) JIRA
2 181 (7.21%) Git
3 126 (5.02%) Jenkins
4 73 (2.91%) GitLab
5 58 (2.31%) Selenium
6 44 (1.75%) Oracle Forms
7 42 (1.67%) Postman
8 39 (1.55%) WebDriver
9 37 (1.47%) 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 26 (1.04%) Balsamiq
14 25 (1.00%) 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
1 844 (33.63%) Finance
2 794 (31.63%) Social Skills
3 302 (12.03%) Public Sector
4 297 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
5 237 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 151 (6.02%) Law
7 126 (5.02%) Games
8 121 (4.82%) Marketing
9 108 (4.30%) Banking
10 107 (4.26%) Legal
11 80 (3.19%) Front Office
12 71 (2.83%) Retail
13 63 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
14 62 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (2.39%) Telecoms
16 42 (1.67%) Manufacturing
16 42 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
17 34 (1.35%) Investment Banking
18 32 (1.27%) Tech for Good
19 30 (1.20%) Billing
Job Titles
1 582 (23.19%) Developer
2 541 (21.55%) Senior
3 326 (12.99%) Lead
4 266 (10.60%) Analyst
5 187 (7.45%) Software Engineer
6 164 (6.53%) Architect
7 152 (6.06%) Business Analyst
8 123 (4.90%) Software Developer
9 115 (4.58%) .NET Developer
10 111 (4.42%) Project Manager
11 103 (4.10%) Senior Manager
12 79 (3.15%) Data Engineer
13 74 (2.95%) Cloud Engineer
13 74 (2.95%) Lead Developer
14 67 (2.67%) Senior Developer
15 65 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
15 65 (2.59%) Designer
16 64 (2.55%) Consultant
17 61 (2.43%) C# Developer
18 59 (2.35%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (14.58%) .NET
2 300 (11.95%) React
3 181 (7.21%) HTML
4 161 (6.41%) CSS
5 153 (6.10%) RESTful
6 151 (6.02%) REST
7 143 (5.70%) SOAP
8 123 (4.90%) Node.js
9 100 (3.98%) AngularJS
10 78 (3.11%) .NET Core
11 75 (2.99%) Vue
12 74 (2.95%) Kafka
13 69 (2.75%) .NET Framework
14 68 (2.71%) ASP.NET
15 66 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
16 63 (2.51%) Spring
17 56 (2.23%) Spring Boot
18 54 (2.15%) GraphQL
18 54 (2.15%) Web Services
19 53 (2.11%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 337 (13.43%) Product Ownership
2 204 (8.13%) Cloud Native
3 72 (2.87%) Management Information System
3 72 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
6 62 (2.47%) Mobile App
6 62 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 60 (2.39%) Social Media
8 57 (2.27%) Fixed Income
9 56 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
10 52 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
11 49 (1.95%) Low-Code
12 44 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
13 33 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 32 (1.27%) Equities
15 29 (1.16%) NHS
16 27 (1.08%) Data Structures
17 25 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
18 23 (0.92%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 117 (4.66%) Linux
2 67 (2.67%) Windows
3 42 (1.67%) Android
3 42 (1.67%) Unix
4 39 (1.55%) Apple iOS
5 23 (0.92%) 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 (27.09%) DevOps
2 638 (25.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 583 (23.23%) CI/CD
4 569 (22.67%) Mentoring
5 513 (20.44%) Coaching
6 436 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
7 431 (17.17%) Roadmaps
7 431 (17.17%) Software Engineering
8 409 (16.29%) AI
9 398 (15.86%) Scrum
10 322 (12.83%) Analytics
11 290 (11.55%) Test Automation
12 271 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 252 (10.04%) Microservices
14 244 (9.72%) Asset Management
15 243 (9.68%) Project Management
16 219 (8.73%) Full-Stack Development
17 209 (8.33%) Data Modelling
18 206 (8.21%) User Experience
19 189 (7.53%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 544 (21.67%) SQL
2 461 (18.37%) Python
3 375 (14.94%) Java
3 375 (14.94%) JavaScript
4 344 (13.71%) C#
5 245 (9.76%) TypeScript
6 87 (3.47%) PowerShell
7 68 (2.71%) Apex Code
8 67 (2.67%) C++
8 67 (2.67%) Go
8 67 (2.67%) PHP
9 63 (2.51%) Bash
10 51 (2.03%) Shell Script
11 44 (1.75%) C
12 41 (1.63%) Scala
13 40 (1.59%) PL/SQL
14 28 (1.12%) SOQL
14 28 (1.12%) SOSL
15 21 (0.84%) VBA
16 17 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 340 (13.55%) Degree
2 297 (11.83%) Security Cleared
3 212 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 92 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (2.67%) DV Cleared
6 52 (2.07%) PMI Certification
7 46 (1.83%) ISTQB
8 42 (1.67%) Master's Degree
9 39 (1.55%) PMP
10 34 (1.35%) 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
1 209 (8.33%) QA
2 207 (8.25%) Accessibility
3 53 (2.11%) GDPR
4 46 (1.83%) WCAG
5 43 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 33 (1.31%) NIST
7 29 (1.16%) PMO
8 20 (0.80%) COBIT
8 20 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.24%) P3O
10 6 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.16%) GRC
11 4 (0.16%) NCSC
12 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.12%) SLA
13 2 (0.080%) ECSS
13 2 (0.080%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.080%) SEPA
14 1 (0.040%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 199 (7.93%) Docker
2 71 (2.83%) 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 (9.04%) Terraform
2 189 (7.53%) Kubernetes
3 58 (2.31%) Ansible
4 45 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
5 37 (1.47%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.39%) 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 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 101 (4.02%) Google
2 101 (4.02%) Salesforce
3 93 (3.71%) Oracle
4 82 (3.27%) Adobe
5 79 (3.15%) SAP
6 77 (3.07%) Databricks
7 50 (1.99%) ServiceNow
8 45 (1.79%) Blue Prism
9 38 (1.51%) Splunk
10 28 (1.12%) MuleSoft
11 21 (0.84%) Okta
12 20 (0.80%) IBM
13 17 (0.68%) Workday
14 12 (0.48%) Cisco
15 10 (0.40%) Talend
16 9 (0.36%) Guidewire
16 9 (0.36%) Mercator
17 8 (0.32%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.32%) Xamarin