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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,571 3,325 5,653
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.73% 20.13% 22.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.00% 21.66% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,350 2,077 3,751
10th Percentile £41,225 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £78,312 £93,778 £91,091
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.93% +3.85% -0.54%

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 18,798 15,349 21,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.91% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,570 9,030 15,663
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 10 August 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
1 116 (3.25%) Confluence
2 68 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.20%) CMS
4 24 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.59%) Apache
6 16 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 16 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (0.36%) SAS
8 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.31%) WordPress
10 10 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 9 (0.25%) Jupyter
12 5 (0.14%) Camunda
12 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.11%) PowerFactory
14 3 (0.084%) Kentico
14 3 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.084%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 125 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
2 98 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 53 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 44 (1.23%) UserZoom
6 23 (0.64%) Chatbot
7 22 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 19 (0.53%) Trello
9 17 (0.48%) Adobe XD
9 17 (0.48%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.11%) Revit
11 4 (0.11%) Sketch
11 4 (0.11%) Windchill
12 3 (0.084%) Blender
12 3 (0.084%) Maya
12 3 (0.084%) Productboard
13 2 (0.056%) PlantUML
13 2 (0.056%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 61 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.12%) Workfront
3 22 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.28%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (0.20%) Shopify
7 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.11%) Primavera
8 4 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
9 3 (0.084%) Carpe Diem
9 3 (0.084%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.084%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,265 (35.42%) Azure
2 896 (25.09%) AWS
3 346 (9.69%) Azure DevOps
4 235 (6.58%) GCP
5 231 (6.47%) SaaS
6 190 (5.32%) GitHub
7 182 (5.10%) Power Platform
8 162 (4.54%) Adobe Analytics
9 159 (4.45%) Azure AI
10 150 (4.20%) Serverless
11 104 (2.91%) Figma
12 90 (2.52%) GitHub Copilot
13 76 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
14 74 (2.07%) Snowflake
15 68 (1.90%) Azure Machine Learning
15 68 (1.90%) Contentsquare
15 68 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
16 65 (1.82%) PowerApps
17 63 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 62 (1.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 313 (8.77%) Broadband
2 32 (0.90%) Network Security
3 25 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.59%) Internet
5 20 (0.56%) VPN
6 18 (0.50%) WAN
7 16 (0.45%) Firewall
7 16 (0.45%) LAN
8 15 (0.42%) DNS
9 13 (0.36%) VoIP
10 12 (0.34%) Ethernet
10 12 (0.34%) RS-232
11 11 (0.31%) CTI
12 10 (0.28%) 5G
13 9 (0.25%) CHAP
14 8 (0.22%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.22%) SMS
14 8 (0.22%) Wireless
15 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
15 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (10.64%) MongoDB
2 362 (10.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 205 (5.74%) SQL Server
4 156 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
5 153 (4.28%) Elasticsearch
6 110 (3.08%) Power BI
7 100 (2.80%) Metadata
8 96 (2.69%) NoSQL
9 91 (2.55%) MySQL
10 48 (1.34%) Relational Database
11 43 (1.20%) DynamoDB
12 39 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
13 34 (0.95%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.81%) Redis
15 26 (0.73%) Big Data
16 24 (0.67%) Tableau
17 20 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.53%) BigQuery
18 19 (0.53%) Semantic Layer
19 16 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 272 (7.62%) JIRA
2 197 (5.52%) Git
3 97 (2.72%) Jenkins
4 95 (2.66%) GitLab
5 37 (1.04%) Cypress.io
5 37 (1.04%) Selenium
6 29 (0.81%) JUnit
7 28 (0.78%) SonarQube
8 24 (0.67%) Postman
9 21 (0.59%) Claude Code
10 18 (0.50%) Maven
11 17 (0.48%) Mockito
12 16 (0.45%) Cucumber
13 15 (0.42%) Visual Studio
14 13 (0.36%) CircleCI
15 10 (0.28%) Balsamiq
15 10 (0.28%) JMeter
16 9 (0.25%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.25%) Gatling
17 8 (0.22%) Axure RP
General
1 1,025 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 895 (25.06%) Finance
3 511 (14.31%) Public Sector
4 399 (11.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 378 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
6 312 (8.74%) Law
7 242 (6.78%) Games
8 240 (6.72%) Legal
9 195 (5.46%) Marketing
10 193 (5.40%) Retail
11 127 (3.56%) Banking
12 106 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
13 92 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
14 90 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
15 71 (1.99%) Aerospace
16 62 (1.74%) Advertising
17 47 (1.32%) Legal Technology
18 42 (1.18%) Manufacturing
19 39 (1.09%) Front Office
20 37 (1.04%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 887 (24.84%) Developer
2 740 (20.72%) Senior
3 457 (12.80%) Lead
4 377 (10.56%) .NET Developer
5 314 (8.79%) Analyst
6 285 (7.98%) Software Engineer
7 276 (7.73%) Architect
8 258 (7.22%) Project Manager
9 212 (5.94%) Business Analyst
10 170 (4.76%) Senior Developer
11 164 (4.59%) Senior Manager
12 138 (3.86%) IT Manager
13 111 (3.11%) Software Developer
14 107 (3.00%) Delivery Manager
15 96 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
16 95 (2.66%) Consultant
17 92 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
18 91 (2.55%) Senior Project Manager
19 88 (2.46%) Product Owner
20 81 (2.27%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 638 (17.87%) .NET
2 492 (13.78%) React
3 391 (10.95%) ASP.NET
4 385 (10.78%) .NET Core
5 357 (10.00%) ASP.NET Core
6 327 (9.16%) Node.js
7 230 (6.44%) RESTful
8 224 (6.27%) CSS
9 206 (5.77%) HTML
10 177 (4.96%) Blazor
11 168 (4.70%) AngularJS
12 163 (4.56%) Entity Framework
13 143 (4.00%) Vue
14 138 (3.86%) REST
15 126 (3.53%) ASP.NET Web API
16 104 (2.91%) .NET Framework
17 96 (2.69%) ML.NET
18 94 (2.63%) Spring
19 85 (2.38%) Middleware
20 79 (2.21%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 410 (11.48%) Product Ownership
2 316 (8.85%) Cloud Native
3 218 (6.10%) Social Media
4 143 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
5 106 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
6 88 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
7 84 (2.35%) Mobile App
8 78 (2.18%) Management Information System
9 67 (1.88%) Onboarding
10 64 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 63 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 62 (1.74%) Marketing Technology
13 54 (1.51%) Over-the-Top Content
14 51 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
15 49 (1.37%) Driving Licence
16 47 (1.32%) Virtual Team
17 31 (0.87%) AI Agents
17 31 (0.87%) Fixed Income
18 30 (0.84%) Blog
19 28 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 149 (4.17%) Linux
2 68 (1.90%) Windows
3 64 (1.79%) Android
4 43 (1.20%) Unix
5 40 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.42%) VMS
7 12 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.14%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.084%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.028%) AIX
11 1 (0.028%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 882 (24.70%) CI/CD
2 869 (24.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 861 (24.11%) DevOps
4 801 (22.43%) AI
5 767 (21.48%) Mentoring
6 722 (20.22%) Roadmaps
7 674 (18.87%) Scrum
8 642 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
9 610 (17.08%) Full-Stack Development
10 552 (15.46%) Coaching
11 540 (15.12%) Software Engineering
12 497 (13.92%) Microservices
13 485 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
14 446 (12.49%) Decision-Making
15 441 (12.35%) Analytics
16 440 (12.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 419 (11.73%) Test Automation
18 383 (10.73%) Project Delivery
19 367 (10.28%) Project Management
20 355 (9.94%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 843 (23.61%) SQL
2 758 (21.23%) C#
3 568 (15.91%) JavaScript
4 409 (11.45%) Python
5 387 (10.84%) Java
6 345 (9.66%) TypeScript
7 91 (2.55%) PHP
8 90 (2.52%) C++
9 66 (1.85%) Bash
10 54 (1.51%) Go
11 45 (1.26%) Ruby
12 40 (1.12%) C
12 40 (1.12%) PowerShell
13 34 (0.95%) Apex Code
14 24 (0.67%) PL/SQL
15 21 (0.59%) SOQL
15 21 (0.59%) T-SQL
16 20 (0.56%) SOSL
17 17 (0.48%) Bicep
18 14 (0.39%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 509 (14.25%) Degree
2 486 (13.61%) Security Cleared
3 389 (10.89%) SC Cleared
4 123 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 110 (3.08%) CISSP
6 106 (2.97%) PMI Certification
7 100 (2.80%) PMP
8 97 (2.72%) CISM
9 77 (2.16%) DV Cleared
10 75 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 64 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
12 60 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 49 (1.37%) Azure Certification
14 38 (1.06%) DBS Check
15 32 (0.90%) Master's Degree
16 27 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (0.73%) AWS Certification
17 26 (0.73%) CISA
18 22 (0.62%) ISTQB
19 17 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 393 (11.01%) Accessibility
2 306 (8.57%) QA
3 128 (3.58%) Data Quality
4 114 (3.19%) NIST
5 90 (2.52%) WCAG
6 88 (2.46%) GDPR
7 68 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 59 (1.65%) PMO
9 49 (1.37%) ISO 22301
10 37 (1.04%) GRC
11 29 (0.81%) NCSC
12 26 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (0.45%) COBIT
14 14 (0.39%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 9 (0.25%) SLA
17 8 (0.22%) GxP
18 7 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 309 (8.65%) Docker
2 60 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
3 35 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 15 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.36%) vSphere
6 11 (0.31%) Firmware
7 4 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.028%) GPFS
9 1 (0.028%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 275 (7.70%) Kubernetes
2 173 (4.84%) Terraform
3 57 (1.60%) Ansible
4 42 (1.18%) Grafana
5 29 (0.81%) Argo
6 28 (0.78%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.34%) Podman
8 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.14%) Istio
10 5 (0.14%) Puppet
11 4 (0.11%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.11%) Packer
12 3 (0.084%) Kibana
12 3 (0.084%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.056%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.056%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.028%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 789 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 239 (6.69%) Adobe
3 146 (4.09%) Google
4 110 (3.08%) Oracle
5 104 (2.91%) Databricks
6 93 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 89 (2.49%) SAP
8 77 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 40 (1.12%) Facebook
10 29 (0.81%) OpenAI
11 24 (0.67%) Cisco
11 24 (0.67%) Splunk
12 21 (0.59%) YouTube
13 19 (0.53%) Apple
13 19 (0.53%) Workday
13 19 (0.53%) Yahoo!
14 18 (0.50%) IFS
15 17 (0.48%) IBM
15 17 (0.48%) Sony
15 17 (0.48%) VMware
3,344 hybrid/remote Agile jobs