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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,433 4,038 6,392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.59% 24.66% 25.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.94% 26.22% 27.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,712 2,307 5,315
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £42,100
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,386 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.02% +7.69% -2.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £80,070
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 13,564 15,399 23,181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.90% 94.05% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 8,623 9,062 19,012
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £44,899
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 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 24 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 93 (3.82%) Confluence
2 55 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
3 48 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 33 (1.36%) Apache
5 25 (1.03%) CMS
6 17 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.33%) nginx
9 8 (0.33%) SAS
10 6 (0.25%) IIS
11 5 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.21%) 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 (0.082%) Drupal
14 2 (0.082%) EPiServer
Applications
1 63 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.64%) Adobe XD
3 39 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 28 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.70%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.41%) Sketch
9 8 (0.33%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
10 6 (0.25%) Trello
11 5 (0.21%) 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 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 2 (0.082%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.082%) InDesign
14 2 (0.082%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 48 (1.97%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.70%) Shopify
5 15 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.21%) 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
1 824 (33.87%) Azure
2 530 (21.78%) AWS
3 312 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
4 225 (9.25%) Power Platform
5 216 (8.88%) SaaS
6 214 (8.80%) GitHub
7 167 (6.86%) GCP
8 133 (5.47%) Serverless
9 109 (4.48%) Snowflake
10 93 (3.82%) dbt
11 77 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
12 76 (3.12%) Entra ID
13 75 (3.08%) GitHub Copilot
14 68 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
15 61 (2.51%) Figma
16 57 (2.34%) Amazon S3
17 56 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
18 50 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
19 47 (1.93%) OCI
20 46 (1.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 108 (4.44%) Broadband
2 25 (1.03%) TCP/IP
3 21 (0.86%) DNS
4 16 (0.66%) CHAP
5 14 (0.58%) 4G
6 13 (0.53%) 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 10 (0.41%) Firewall
9 8 (0.33%) WAN
10 7 (0.29%) DHCP
10 7 (0.29%) VPN
10 7 (0.29%) Wireless
11 5 (0.21%) Software-Defined Radio
11 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.16%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.16%) RS-232
12 4 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 121 (4.97%) Power BI
3 119 (4.89%) Data Warehouse
4 88 (3.62%) NoSQL
5 87 (3.58%) MySQL
6 82 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 76 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
8 75 (3.08%) Relational Database
9 68 (2.79%) MongoDB
10 58 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 47 (1.93%) Apache Iceberg
12 46 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
12 46 (1.89%) Tableau
13 43 (1.77%) Apache Arrow
13 43 (1.77%) Dremio
14 40 (1.64%) Metadata
15 31 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
16 28 (1.15%) DynamoDB
17 23 (0.95%) Apache Ignite
17 23 (0.95%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 231 (9.49%) JIRA
2 182 (7.48%) Git
3 116 (4.77%) Jenkins
4 63 (2.59%) Selenium
5 59 (2.42%) GitLab
6 48 (1.97%) Oracle Forms
6 48 (1.97%) Postman
7 41 (1.69%) WebDriver
8 37 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 35 (1.44%) SoapUI
10 33 (1.36%) Cypress.io
11 30 (1.23%) TeamCity
12 29 (1.19%) Balsamiq
13 28 (1.15%) Axure RP
14 24 (0.99%) SonarQube
15 19 (0.78%) Jaeger
16 12 (0.49%) ER Studio
16 12 (0.49%) ERwin
16 12 (0.49%) JMeter
17 10 (0.41%) git-flow
General
1 852 (35.02%) Finance
2 799 (32.84%) Social Skills
3 302 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 214 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 142 (5.84%) Law
7 119 (4.89%) Marketing
8 107 (4.40%) Legal
9 104 (4.27%) Banking
10 81 (3.33%) Front Office
11 72 (2.96%) Games
12 65 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
13 64 (2.63%) Retail
14 62 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
14 62 (2.55%) Telecoms
15 43 (1.77%) Investment Banking
16 42 (1.73%) Manufacturing
17 37 (1.52%) Tech for Good
18 36 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
19 34 (1.40%) Billing
Job Titles
1 581 (23.88%) Developer
2 523 (21.50%) Senior
3 285 (11.71%) Lead
4 280 (11.51%) Analyst
5 174 (7.15%) Software Engineer
6 158 (6.49%) Business Analyst
7 148 (6.08%) Architect
8 122 (5.01%) Software Developer
9 120 (4.93%) .NET Developer
10 108 (4.44%) Project Manager
11 85 (3.49%) Senior Developer
12 80 (3.29%) Data Engineer
13 76 (3.12%) Senior Manager
14 73 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
15 71 (2.92%) Python Developer
16 67 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
17 63 (2.59%) C# Developer
17 63 (2.59%) Python Engineer
18 62 (2.55%) Product Manager
19 59 (2.42%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 379 (15.58%) .NET
2 298 (12.25%) React
3 191 (7.85%) HTML
4 174 (7.15%) CSS
5 157 (6.45%) RESTful
6 136 (5.59%) SOAP
7 134 (5.51%) REST
8 117 (4.81%) Node.js
9 102 (4.19%) AngularJS
10 85 (3.49%) .NET Core
11 80 (3.29%) ASP.NET
11 80 (3.29%) Vue
12 75 (3.08%) .NET Framework
13 59 (2.42%) Entity Framework
14 58 (2.38%) Kafka
15 57 (2.34%) Web Services
16 56 (2.30%) Spring
17 50 (2.06%) Spring Boot
18 48 (1.97%) Lightning Web Components
19 47 (1.93%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 317 (13.03%) Product Ownership
2 187 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 87 (3.58%) Management Information System
4 75 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 67 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
7 56 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 52 (2.14%) Fixed Income
8 52 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
8 52 (2.14%) Mobile App
9 50 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
10 49 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 47 (1.93%) Low-Code
12 44 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 43 (1.77%) Equities
14 31 (1.27%) Hedge funds
15 30 (1.23%) Social Media
16 29 (1.19%) Data Structures
17 28 (1.15%) Derivative
18 27 (1.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 112 (4.60%) Linux
2 66 (2.71%) Windows
3 36 (1.48%) Unix
4 26 (1.07%) Android
4 26 (1.07%) Apple iOS
5 21 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (0.25%) CentOS
8 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.082%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.082%) Solaris
10 2 (0.082%) VMS
11 1 (0.041%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (27.87%) DevOps
2 611 (25.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 559 (22.98%) CI/CD
4 514 (21.13%) Mentoring
5 468 (19.24%) Coaching
6 444 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
7 423 (17.39%) Software Engineering
8 393 (16.15%) Scrum
9 387 (15.91%) Roadmaps
10 383 (15.74%) AI
11 304 (12.49%) Analytics
12 281 (11.55%) Test Automation
13 275 (11.30%) Asset Management
14 268 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 244 (10.03%) Microservices
16 242 (9.95%) Project Management
17 210 (8.63%) Data Modelling
18 206 (8.47%) Full-Stack Development
18 206 (8.47%) User Experience
19 191 (7.85%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 561 (23.06%) SQL
2 463 (19.03%) Python
3 381 (15.66%) JavaScript
4 363 (14.92%) C#
5 351 (14.43%) Java
6 251 (10.32%) TypeScript
7 90 (3.70%) PowerShell
8 80 (3.29%) C++
9 76 (3.12%) PHP
10 67 (2.75%) Bash
11 54 (2.22%) Go
12 52 (2.14%) Shell Script
13 50 (2.06%) Apex Code
14 46 (1.89%) C
14 46 (1.89%) Scala
15 44 (1.81%) PL/SQL
16 21 (0.86%) VBA
17 17 (0.70%) T-SQL
18 15 (0.62%) Ruby
18 15 (0.62%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 352 (14.47%) Degree
2 264 (10.85%) Security Cleared
3 192 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 104 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 54 (2.22%) ISTQB
7 50 (2.06%) PMI Certification
8 44 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 37 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 35 (1.44%) PMP
11 30 (1.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 29 (1.19%) DBS Check
13 23 (0.95%) CISSP
14 20 (0.82%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (0.70%) CISM
16 17 (0.70%) SANS
17 16 (0.66%) CGEIT
17 16 (0.66%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (8.59%) QA
2 180 (7.40%) Accessibility
3 50 (2.06%) WCAG
4 49 (2.01%) GDPR
5 41 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 37 (1.52%) PMO
7 32 (1.32%) NIST
8 19 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.70%) COBIT
10 7 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.25%) NCSC
11 6 (0.25%) P3O
11 6 (0.25%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.21%) SLA
13 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.082%) ECSS
14 2 (0.082%) GRC
14 2 (0.082%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 1 (0.041%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 185 (7.60%) Docker
2 77 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.45%) Firmware
6 10 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.041%) HDFS
9 1 (0.041%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 220 (9.04%) Terraform
2 173 (7.11%) Kubernetes
3 55 (2.26%) Ansible
4 50 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
5 38 (1.56%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.44%) Argo
7 27 (1.11%) Grafana
8 23 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.78%) Kustomize
10 11 (0.45%) SCCM
11 7 (0.29%) 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 (0.082%) Docker Swarm
15 1 (0.041%) HP Fortify
15 1 (0.041%) Rancher
Vendors
1 414 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 94 (3.86%) Oracle
3 92 (3.78%) Google
4 81 (3.33%) SAP
5 79 (3.25%) Databricks
6 77 (3.16%) Salesforce
7 57 (2.34%) Adobe
8 45 (1.85%) Blue Prism
9 36 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.11%) MuleSoft
11 25 (1.03%) Splunk
12 21 (0.86%) Okta
13 20 (0.82%) IBM
14 18 (0.74%) Workday
15 12 (0.49%) Guidewire
16 11 (0.45%) Cisco
17 10 (0.41%) Talend
18 9 (0.37%) Mercator
19 8 (0.33%) IFS
20 7 (0.29%) Informatica