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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,549 3,676 7,193
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.21% 24.92% 24.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.80% 26.16% 26.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 2,309 6,013
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,610
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,241 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -6.02%

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 14,323 14,051 27,011
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.46% 95.24% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,353 8,959 22,405
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 7 March 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 79 (3.10%) Confluence
2 42 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.10%) CMS
4 25 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.59%) Apache
6 13 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.43%) SAS
8 8 (0.31%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.24%) IIS
9 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.24%) nginx
9 6 (0.24%) WordPress
10 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.12%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
13 2 (0.078%) Mendix
Applications
1 48 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.49%) Adobe XD
3 33 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.55%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.55%) UserZoom
7 10 (0.39%) Sketch
8 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.24%) Trello
9 4 (0.16%) InVision
10 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.078%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.078%) InDesign
11 2 (0.078%) Pro Tools
12 1 (0.039%) EngageOne
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 35 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.63%) Shopify
5 15 (0.59%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.16%) Primavera
7 4 (0.16%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.12%) Maximo
8 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.078%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.078%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.078%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.078%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.039%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.039%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 778 (30.52%) Azure
2 568 (22.28%) AWS
3 266 (10.44%) Azure DevOps
4 206 (8.08%) GitHub
5 202 (7.92%) Power Platform
6 180 (7.06%) SaaS
7 177 (6.94%) GCP
8 134 (5.26%) Serverless
9 91 (3.57%) Figma
10 88 (3.45%) Adobe Analytics
11 75 (2.94%) Snowflake
12 69 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
12 69 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
13 68 (2.67%) GitHub Copilot
14 67 (2.63%) dbt
15 66 (2.59%) Amazon S3
16 63 (2.47%) Entra ID
17 55 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
18 54 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
19 47 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 231 (9.06%) Broadband
2 30 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 21 (0.82%) CHAP
4 20 (0.78%) DNS
5 14 (0.55%) 4G
6 12 (0.47%) WAN
7 11 (0.43%) BGP
7 11 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.43%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.43%) MPLS
8 10 (0.39%) DHCP
9 9 (0.35%) Ethernet
9 9 (0.35%) Firewall
9 9 (0.35%) RS-232
10 6 (0.24%) LAN
10 6 (0.24%) VPN
11 5 (0.20%) Network Security
11 5 (0.20%) SSL
11 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (5.18%) SQL Server
2 107 (4.20%) Power BI
3 96 (3.77%) NoSQL
4 93 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
5 78 (3.06%) MySQL
6 76 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
7 69 (2.71%) Relational Database
8 64 (2.51%) MongoDB
9 58 (2.28%) Data Lake
10 47 (1.84%) Metadata
11 43 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
12 32 (1.26%) Tableau
13 23 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
14 21 (0.82%) RDBMS
15 20 (0.78%) DynamoDB
16 17 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
17 16 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 15 (0.59%) Apache Iceberg
18 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 203 (7.96%) JIRA
2 177 (6.94%) Git
3 128 (5.02%) Jenkins
4 80 (3.14%) GitLab
5 54 (2.12%) Selenium
6 41 (1.61%) Postman
6 41 (1.61%) SonarQube
7 37 (1.45%) WebDriver
8 32 (1.26%) Oracle Forms
9 30 (1.18%) TeamCity
10 29 (1.14%) SoapUI
11 28 (1.10%) Cypress.io
11 28 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
12 27 (1.06%) Balsamiq
13 26 (1.02%) Axure RP
14 19 (0.75%) Jaeger
15 12 (0.47%) Cucumber
16 11 (0.43%) JMeter
17 10 (0.39%) SpecFlow
18 9 (0.35%) git-flow
General
1 815 (31.97%) Finance
2 779 (30.56%) Social Skills
3 312 (12.24%) Public Sector
4 287 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
5 258 (10.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 192 (7.53%) Games
7 155 (6.08%) Law
8 113 (4.43%) Legal
9 112 (4.39%) Marketing
10 109 (4.28%) Banking
11 75 (2.94%) Front Office
12 70 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
13 69 (2.71%) Retail
14 65 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (2.35%) Telecoms
16 49 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
17 44 (1.73%) Manufacturing
18 30 (1.18%) Financial Institution
19 29 (1.14%) Local Government
20 28 (1.10%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 557 (21.85%) Developer
2 522 (20.48%) Senior
3 381 (14.95%) Lead
4 260 (10.20%) Analyst
5 205 (8.04%) Software Engineer
6 164 (6.43%) Architect
7 161 (6.32%) Business Analyst
8 119 (4.67%) Project Manager
9 110 (4.32%) Senior Manager
9 110 (4.32%) Software Developer
10 92 (3.61%) .NET Developer
11 87 (3.41%) Lead Developer
12 74 (2.90%) C# Developer
12 74 (2.90%) Data Engineer
13 71 (2.79%) Consultant
13 71 (2.79%) Designer
14 67 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
15 66 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
16 65 (2.55%) Full-Stack Developer
17 59 (2.31%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 337 (13.22%) .NET
2 296 (11.61%) React
3 180 (7.06%) HTML
4 167 (6.55%) CSS
5 150 (5.88%) REST
6 143 (5.61%) SOAP
7 140 (5.49%) RESTful
8 121 (4.75%) Node.js
9 94 (3.69%) AngularJS
10 93 (3.65%) Kafka
11 77 (3.02%) .NET Core
12 76 (2.98%) Lightning Web Components
13 69 (2.71%) .NET Framework
13 69 (2.71%) Vue
14 67 (2.63%) Spring
15 64 (2.51%) GraphQL
16 60 (2.35%) ASP.NET
16 60 (2.35%) Spring Boot
17 53 (2.08%) Visualforce
18 51 (2.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 344 (13.50%) Product Ownership
2 207 (8.12%) Cloud Native
3 103 (4.04%) Social Media
4 76 (2.98%) Mobile App
5 68 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
5 68 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 64 (2.51%) Onboarding
7 62 (2.43%) Management Information System
8 59 (2.31%) Fixed Income
9 58 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
10 56 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
11 52 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
12 48 (1.88%) Low-Code
13 31 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (1.18%) NHS
15 29 (1.14%) Data Structures
16 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
17 25 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
17 25 (0.98%) Virtual Team
18 24 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 120 (4.71%) Linux
2 57 (2.24%) Android
3 56 (2.20%) Windows
4 51 (2.00%) Apple iOS
5 37 (1.45%) Unix
6 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.35%) 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 (0.078%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.078%) VMS
12 1 (0.039%) AIX
12 1 (0.039%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 662 (25.97%) DevOps
2 633 (24.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 594 (23.30%) CI/CD
4 591 (23.19%) Mentoring
5 493 (19.34%) Coaching
6 459 (18.01%) Roadmaps
7 424 (16.63%) AI
8 423 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
9 419 (16.44%) Software Engineering
10 414 (16.24%) Scrum
11 357 (14.01%) Analytics
12 293 (11.49%) Test Automation
13 260 (10.20%) Project Management
14 259 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
15 237 (9.30%) Full-Stack Development
15 237 (9.30%) Microservices
16 209 (8.20%) User Experience
17 204 (8.00%) Data Modelling
18 195 (7.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 183 (7.18%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 512 (20.09%) SQL
2 436 (17.10%) Python
3 389 (15.26%) Java
4 356 (13.97%) JavaScript
5 337 (13.22%) C#
6 230 (9.02%) TypeScript
7 82 (3.22%) Go
8 78 (3.06%) Apex Code
9 74 (2.90%) PHP
10 71 (2.79%) PowerShell
11 68 (2.67%) C++
12 59 (2.31%) Bash
13 48 (1.88%) C
14 39 (1.53%) Shell Script
15 37 (1.45%) Scala
16 34 (1.33%) PL/SQL
17 33 (1.29%) SOQL
17 33 (1.29%) SOSL
18 21 (0.82%) VBA
19 17 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 349 (13.69%) Degree
2 311 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 224 (8.79%) SC Cleared
4 87 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 57 (2.24%) PMI Certification
7 44 (1.73%) PMP
8 42 (1.65%) ISTQB
9 35 (1.37%) CISSP
9 35 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 32 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 31 (1.22%) AWS Certification
12 25 (0.98%) SANS
13 23 (0.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 22 (0.86%) CISM
15 21 (0.82%) CGEIT
15 21 (0.82%) CISA
15 21 (0.82%) FFIEC
16 20 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (0.71%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (10.12%) Accessibility
2 215 (8.43%) QA
3 71 (2.79%) WCAG
4 52 (2.04%) GDPR
5 46 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 37 (1.45%) NIST
7 34 (1.33%) PMO
8 22 (0.86%) COBIT
9 20 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.24%) GRC
11 6 (0.24%) P3O
12 4 (0.16%) NCSC
12 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.12%) IFRS
13 3 (0.12%) MiFID
13 3 (0.12%) SLA
14 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.078%) SEPA
System Software
1 209 (8.20%) Docker
2 66 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.31%) 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 (0.039%) vCloud
8 1 (0.039%) Xen
Systems Management
1 221 (8.67%) Terraform
2 197 (7.73%) Kubernetes
3 63 (2.47%) Ansible
4 38 (1.49%) Prometheus
5 36 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 35 (1.37%) Argo
7 34 (1.33%) Grafana
8 19 (0.75%) Kustomize
9 15 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.31%) Kibana
11 7 (0.27%) SCCM
12 5 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.16%) logstash
14 3 (0.12%) Control-M
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.12%) Puppet
15 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.078%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.078%) Packer
Vendors
1 384 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 131 (5.14%) Adobe
3 113 (4.43%) Salesforce
4 105 (4.12%) Google
5 77 (3.02%) Oracle
6 70 (2.75%) SAP
7 69 (2.71%) Databricks
8 47 (1.84%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.69%) Splunk
10 36 (1.41%) Blue Prism
11 29 (1.14%) MuleSoft
12 23 (0.90%) IBM
13 20 (0.78%) Okta
14 15 (0.59%) Workday
15 13 (0.51%) Cisco
16 11 (0.43%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.39%) Talend
18 9 (0.35%) Mercator
19 8 (0.31%) PagerDuty
19 8 (0.31%) Xamarin
1,959 hybrid/remote Agile jobs