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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,343 3,216 5,232
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.57% 19.66% 22.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.70% 21.06% 25.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,240 2,008 2,865
10th Percentile £40,825 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% -1.11% +3.74%
75th Percentile £78,312 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,813 £67,500 £66,690
% change year-on-year -5.46% +1.22% +2.05%

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 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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
1 115 (3.44%) Confluence
2 90 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 29 (0.87%) CMS
4 28 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.54%) Apache
6 15 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.39%) WordPress
8 12 (0.36%) SAS
9 11 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 10 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 10 (0.30%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.090%) Kentico
13 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 128 (3.83%) Microsoft Project
2 97 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 35 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 30 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 26 (0.78%) UserZoom
7 23 (0.69%) MS Visio
8 22 (0.66%) Chatbot
9 18 (0.54%) Trello
10 15 (0.45%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.15%) Revit
13 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
13 4 (0.12%) Simulink
13 4 (0.12%) Sketch
13 4 (0.12%) Windchill
14 3 (0.090%) Blender
14 3 (0.090%) Maya
14 3 (0.090%) Productboard
15 2 (0.060%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 73 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (0.87%) Workfront
3 19 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.33%) Primavera
5 10 (0.30%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.18%) Shopify
9 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
10 4 (0.12%) SAP GRC
11 3 (0.090%) Carpe Diem
11 3 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.090%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.090%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,233 (36.88%) Azure
2 835 (24.98%) AWS
3 347 (10.38%) Azure DevOps
4 245 (7.33%) SaaS
5 213 (6.37%) Power Platform
6 207 (6.19%) GCP
7 192 (5.74%) GitHub
8 154 (4.61%) Serverless
9 136 (4.07%) Azure AI
10 97 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
11 91 (2.72%) GitHub Copilot
12 81 (2.42%) Power Automate
13 80 (2.39%) PowerApps
14 76 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
15 70 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
16 64 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
16 64 (1.91%) Snowflake
17 61 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 58 (1.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 55 (1.65%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 123 (3.68%) Broadband
2 41 (1.23%) Network Security
3 20 (0.60%) Internet
4 18 (0.54%) WAN
5 17 (0.51%) LAN
5 17 (0.51%) VPN
6 16 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.39%) VoIP
8 11 (0.33%) 5G
8 11 (0.33%) CTI
8 11 (0.33%) Firewall
9 9 (0.27%) DNS
9 9 (0.27%) SMS
9 9 (0.27%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.21%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.21%) RS-232
10 7 (0.21%) TETRA
10 7 (0.21%) WLAN
11 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
11 6 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (10.95%) MongoDB
2 361 (10.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 188 (5.62%) SQL Server
4 142 (4.25%) Elasticsearch
5 140 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
6 137 (4.10%) Power BI
7 102 (3.05%) Metadata
8 79 (2.36%) MySQL
9 75 (2.24%) NoSQL
10 71 (2.12%) Relational Database
11 64 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
12 51 (1.53%) DynamoDB
13 49 (1.47%) Data Lake
14 30 (0.90%) Tableau
15 29 (0.87%) Big Data
16 27 (0.81%) Redis
17 21 (0.63%) Spark SQL
18 20 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
18 20 (0.60%) BigQuery
19 19 (0.57%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 275 (8.23%) JIRA
2 214 (6.40%) Git
3 75 (2.24%) GitLab
4 71 (2.12%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.90%) JUnit
5 30 (0.90%) Selenium
6 28 (0.84%) Cypress.io
7 25 (0.75%) Claude Code
8 21 (0.63%) Postman
9 18 (0.54%) Maven
9 18 (0.54%) Mockito
10 16 (0.48%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.36%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.30%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
15 8 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 8 (0.24%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.21%) NUnit
17 6 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 1,034 (30.93%) Social Skills
2 822 (24.59%) Finance
3 568 (16.99%) Public Sector
4 406 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
5 373 (11.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 284 (8.50%) Law
7 210 (6.28%) Legal
8 183 (5.47%) Retail
9 158 (4.73%) Marketing
10 120 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
11 106 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
12 98 (2.93%) Banking
12 98 (2.93%) Games
13 88 (2.63%) Aerospace
14 84 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
15 58 (1.73%) Advertising
16 50 (1.50%) Manufacturing
17 42 (1.26%) Legal Technology
18 29 (0.87%) Back Office
19 28 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 829 (24.80%) Developer
2 748 (22.38%) Senior
3 365 (10.92%) Lead
4 360 (10.77%) .NET Developer
5 304 (9.09%) Analyst
6 286 (8.56%) Architect
7 251 (7.51%) Project Manager
8 224 (6.70%) Software Engineer
9 204 (6.10%) Business Analyst
10 183 (5.47%) Senior Developer
11 153 (4.58%) Senior Manager
12 133 (3.98%) IT Manager
13 122 (3.65%) Delivery Manager
14 91 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
14 91 (2.72%) Senior Project Manager
15 90 (2.69%) Software Developer
16 81 (2.42%) Data Engineer
16 81 (2.42%) Technical Architect
17 80 (2.39%) Full-Stack Developer
18 76 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 625 (18.70%) .NET
2 425 (12.71%) React
3 378 (11.31%) ASP.NET
4 369 (11.04%) .NET Core
5 343 (10.26%) ASP.NET Core
6 297 (8.88%) Node.js
7 215 (6.43%) RESTful
8 202 (6.04%) CSS
9 196 (5.86%) HTML
10 173 (5.17%) Blazor
11 169 (5.06%) Terraform
12 159 (4.76%) AngularJS
13 156 (4.67%) Entity Framework
14 129 (3.86%) Vue
15 126 (3.77%) REST
16 121 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
17 104 (3.11%) Spring
18 103 (3.08%) Middleware
19 95 (2.84%) .NET Framework
20 91 (2.72%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 341 (10.20%) Product Ownership
2 284 (8.50%) Cloud Native
3 161 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
4 103 (3.08%) Social Media
5 98 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
6 97 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
7 81 (2.42%) Management Information System
8 67 (2.00%) Onboarding
9 64 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
10 62 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 62 (1.85%) Mobile App
11 54 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
12 47 (1.41%) Driving Licence
13 46 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
14 41 (1.23%) AI Agents
15 38 (1.14%) Virtual Team
16 36 (1.08%) Blog
17 35 (1.05%) Over-the-Top Content
18 34 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
19 30 (0.90%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 139 (4.16%) Linux
2 88 (2.63%) Windows
3 48 (1.44%) Unix
4 43 (1.29%) Android
5 20 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.15%) CentOS
10 4 (0.12%) Debian
11 3 (0.090%) Windows Server
12 2 (0.060%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.060%) VxWorks
13 1 (0.030%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 866 (25.90%) CI/CD
1 866 (25.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 840 (25.13%) DevOps
3 755 (22.58%) Mentoring
4 718 (21.48%) AI
5 667 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
6 643 (19.23%) Scrum
7 584 (17.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 577 (17.26%) Coaching
9 560 (16.75%) Full-Stack Development
10 515 (15.41%) Roadmaps
11 514 (15.38%) Software Engineering
12 477 (14.27%) Microservices
13 453 (13.55%) Decision-Making
14 440 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 420 (12.56%) Project Delivery
16 384 (11.49%) Analytics
17 369 (11.04%) Test Automation
18 358 (10.71%) Waterfall
19 352 (10.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 835 (24.98%) SQL
2 747 (22.35%) C#
3 540 (16.15%) JavaScript
4 374 (11.19%) Python
5 332 (9.93%) Java
6 312 (9.33%) TypeScript
7 90 (2.69%) C++
8 66 (1.97%) Bash
8 66 (1.97%) PHP
9 51 (1.53%) PowerShell
10 42 (1.26%) Ruby
11 36 (1.08%) Go
12 32 (0.96%) C
13 30 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 22 (0.66%) T-SQL
15 20 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 18 (0.54%) Bicep
17 15 (0.45%) Rust
18 14 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
18 14 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 531 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 513 (15.35%) Degree
3 419 (12.53%) SC Cleared
4 116 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 104 (3.11%) CISSP
6 100 (2.99%) PMI Certification
7 96 (2.87%) PMP
8 95 (2.84%) CISM
9 89 (2.66%) DV Cleared
10 81 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 78 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 64 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
13 50 (1.50%) Azure Certification
14 42 (1.26%) DBS Check
15 34 (1.02%) Master's Degree
16 31 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
17 28 (0.84%) AWS Certification
17 28 (0.84%) ISTQB
18 24 (0.72%) CISA
19 23 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (8.56%) Accessibility
2 284 (8.50%) QA
3 177 (5.29%) Data Quality
4 109 (3.26%) NIST
5 104 (3.11%) GDPR
6 77 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 64 (1.91%) PMO
8 49 (1.47%) ISO 22301
9 47 (1.41%) WCAG
10 35 (1.05%) NCSC
11 30 (0.90%) GRC
12 29 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 12 (0.36%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.30%) COBIT
15 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
16 9 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
16 9 (0.27%) GxP
16 9 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 301 (9.00%) Docker
2 42 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
3 38 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.39%) vSphere
6 12 (0.36%) Firmware
6 12 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) IAG
8 3 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.030%) GPFS
10 1 (0.030%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.030%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 274 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.38%) Ansible
3 34 (1.02%) Grafana
4 29 (0.87%) Argo
5 26 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.21%) Packer
9 6 (0.18%) Podman
10 5 (0.15%) Istio
10 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
12 3 (0.090%) Puppet
13 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.060%) Kibana
13 2 (0.060%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.030%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.030%) linkerd
14 1 (0.030%) logstash
14 1 (0.030%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 818 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 128 (3.83%) Google
3 124 (3.71%) Oracle
4 120 (3.59%) Adobe
5 93 (2.78%) Databricks
6 90 (2.69%) SAP
7 80 (2.39%) Salesforce
8 76 (2.27%) YouTube
9 66 (1.97%) ServiceNow
10 40 (1.20%) Facebook
11 31 (0.93%) OpenAI
12 25 (0.75%) Cisco
12 25 (0.75%) Workday
13 21 (0.63%) VMware
14 19 (0.57%) IFS
14 19 (0.57%) Informatica
15 18 (0.54%) Yahoo!
16 17 (0.51%) Apple
17 16 (0.48%) Sony
18 14 (0.42%) Pega