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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,479 3,277 5,574
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.08% 19.74% 22.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.34% 21.23% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,300 2,064 3,523
10th Percentile £40,983 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,900 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.78% +3.85% -0.10%
75th Percentile £78,312 £92,125 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £138,250
UK median annual salary £63,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.85% -0.10%

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 18,968 15,434 21,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 92.98% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,701 8,953 14,944
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 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
1 108 (3.10%) Confluence
2 79 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.06%) CMS
4 25 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 22 (0.63%) Apache
6 17 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.34%) SAS
9 11 (0.32%) WordPress
10 10 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.14%) Camunda
11 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.11%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.086%) DNN
13 3 (0.086%) Kentico
13 3 (0.086%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 125 (3.59%) Microsoft Project
2 98 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 52 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 43 (1.24%) UserZoom
6 26 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 23 (0.66%) Chatbot
8 20 (0.57%) MS Visio
9 18 (0.52%) Adobe XD
9 18 (0.52%) Trello
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 (0.086%) Blender
12 3 (0.086%) Maya
12 3 (0.086%) Productboard
13 2 (0.057%) PlantUML
13 2 (0.057%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 66 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.12%) Workfront
3 21 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.29%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.23%) Primavera
7 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.17%) Shopify
9 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
11 3 (0.086%) Carpe Diem
11 3 (0.086%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.086%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,247 (35.84%) Azure
2 855 (24.58%) AWS
3 349 (10.03%) Azure DevOps
4 240 (6.90%) SaaS
5 216 (6.21%) GCP
6 192 (5.52%) Power Platform
7 189 (5.43%) GitHub
8 159 (4.57%) Azure AI
9 143 (4.11%) Serverless
10 138 (3.97%) Adobe Analytics
11 92 (2.64%) GitHub Copilot
12 81 (2.33%) Figma
12 81 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
13 75 (2.16%) Snowflake
14 71 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
14 71 (2.04%) PowerApps
15 68 (1.95%) Power Automate
16 65 (1.87%) Azure Machine Learning
16 65 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 62 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 268 (7.70%) Broadband
2 39 (1.12%) Network Security
3 20 (0.57%) Internet
3 20 (0.57%) WAN
4 19 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 19 (0.55%) VPN
5 18 (0.52%) LAN
6 16 (0.46%) Firewall
7 13 (0.37%) VoIP
8 12 (0.34%) DNS
9 11 (0.32%) CTI
9 11 (0.32%) Ethernet
9 11 (0.32%) RS-232
10 10 (0.29%) 5G
11 8 (0.23%) CHAP
11 8 (0.23%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.23%) SMS
11 8 (0.23%) Wireless
12 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
12 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (10.84%) MongoDB
2 366 (10.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 210 (6.04%) SQL Server
4 147 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
5 141 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
6 124 (3.56%) Power BI
7 102 (2.93%) Metadata
8 83 (2.39%) NoSQL
9 81 (2.33%) MySQL
10 59 (1.70%) Relational Database
11 51 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
12 48 (1.38%) DynamoDB
13 39 (1.12%) Data Lake
14 28 (0.80%) Big Data
15 27 (0.78%) Tableau
16 24 (0.69%) Redis
17 21 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
19 18 (0.52%) BigQuery
20 14 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 265 (7.62%) JIRA
2 197 (5.66%) Git
3 90 (2.59%) GitLab
4 87 (2.50%) Jenkins
5 36 (1.03%) Cypress.io
6 34 (0.98%) Selenium
7 29 (0.83%) JUnit
8 23 (0.66%) SonarQube
9 21 (0.60%) Claude Code
9 21 (0.60%) Postman
10 17 (0.49%) Maven
10 17 (0.49%) Mockito
11 16 (0.46%) Cucumber
12 15 (0.43%) Visual Studio
13 12 (0.34%) CircleCI
14 11 (0.32%) Balsamiq
15 10 (0.29%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.29%) JMeter
16 9 (0.26%) Axure RP
16 9 (0.26%) Gatling
General
1 1,040 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 873 (25.09%) Finance
3 511 (14.69%) Public Sector
4 396 (11.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 393 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
6 305 (8.77%) Law
7 223 (6.41%) Legal
8 205 (5.89%) Games
9 187 (5.38%) Marketing
10 184 (5.29%) Retail
11 123 (3.54%) Banking
12 115 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
13 95 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
14 88 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
15 79 (2.27%) Aerospace
16 64 (1.84%) Advertising
17 49 (1.41%) Legal Technology
18 43 (1.24%) Manufacturing
19 36 (1.03%) Back Office
20 28 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 856 (24.60%) Developer
2 717 (20.61%) Senior
3 419 (12.04%) Lead
4 372 (10.69%) .NET Developer
5 319 (9.17%) Analyst
6 279 (8.02%) Architect
7 269 (7.73%) Project Manager
8 253 (7.27%) Software Engineer
9 213 (6.12%) Business Analyst
10 175 (5.03%) Senior Developer
11 152 (4.37%) Senior Manager
12 138 (3.97%) IT Manager
13 112 (3.22%) Software Developer
14 98 (2.82%) Delivery Manager
15 95 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
15 95 (2.73%) Senior Project Manager
16 89 (2.56%) Full-Stack Developer
17 86 (2.47%) Product Owner
18 77 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
19 76 (2.18%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 636 (18.28%) .NET
2 466 (13.39%) React
3 393 (11.30%) ASP.NET
4 383 (11.01%) .NET Core
5 357 (10.26%) ASP.NET Core
6 312 (8.97%) Node.js
7 223 (6.41%) CSS
8 219 (6.29%) RESTful
9 206 (5.92%) HTML
10 178 (5.12%) Blazor
11 173 (4.97%) Terraform
12 162 (4.66%) AngularJS
12 162 (4.66%) Entity Framework
13 137 (3.94%) Vue
14 126 (3.62%) REST
15 125 (3.59%) ASP.NET Web API
16 100 (2.87%) .NET Framework
17 96 (2.76%) ML.NET
18 94 (2.70%) Spring
19 88 (2.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 397 (11.41%) Product Ownership
2 301 (8.65%) Cloud Native
3 199 (5.72%) Social Media
4 154 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
5 102 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
6 89 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 73 (2.10%) Mobile App
8 72 (2.07%) Management Information System
9 63 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
9 63 (1.81%) Onboarding
10 62 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
10 62 (1.78%) Marketing Technology
11 53 (1.52%) Over-the-Top Content
12 52 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
13 49 (1.41%) Driving Licence
14 44 (1.26%) Virtual Team
15 34 (0.98%) AI Agents
15 34 (0.98%) Blog
16 30 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
17 28 (0.80%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 140 (4.02%) Linux
2 70 (2.01%) Windows
3 50 (1.44%) Android
4 37 (1.06%) Unix
5 26 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 11 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.14%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.057%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 872 (25.06%) CI/CD
2 868 (24.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 852 (24.49%) DevOps
4 793 (22.79%) AI
5 710 (20.41%) Mentoring
6 675 (19.40%) Scrum
7 674 (19.37%) Roadmaps
8 636 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
9 586 (16.84%) Full-Stack Development
10 529 (15.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 526 (15.12%) Software Engineering
12 524 (15.06%) Coaching
13 476 (13.68%) Microservices
14 442 (12.70%) Decision-Making
14 442 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 426 (12.24%) Analytics
16 410 (11.78%) Project Delivery
17 393 (11.30%) Test Automation
18 366 (10.52%) Project Management
19 358 (10.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 844 (24.26%) SQL
2 761 (21.87%) C#
3 555 (15.95%) JavaScript
4 386 (11.10%) Python
5 345 (9.92%) Java
6 322 (9.26%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.47%) C++
8 84 (2.41%) PHP
9 67 (1.93%) Bash
10 45 (1.29%) Ruby
11 41 (1.18%) PowerShell
12 40 (1.15%) Go
13 37 (1.06%) C
14 26 (0.75%) Apex Code
15 25 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 22 (0.63%) T-SQL
17 17 (0.49%) Bicep
18 16 (0.46%) Kotlin
19 15 (0.43%) Rust
19 15 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 504 (14.49%) Degree
2 493 (14.17%) Security Cleared
3 392 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 124 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 111 (3.19%) PMI Certification
6 106 (3.05%) PMP
7 104 (2.99%) CISSP
8 98 (2.82%) CISM
9 87 (2.50%) DV Cleared
10 77 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 75 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 64 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
13 47 (1.35%) Azure Certification
14 37 (1.06%) DBS Check
15 34 (0.98%) Master's Degree
16 30 (0.86%) AWS Certification
16 30 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
17 25 (0.72%) CISA
18 24 (0.69%) ISTQB
19 17 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 372 (10.69%) Accessibility
2 301 (8.65%) QA
3 137 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 112 (3.22%) NIST
5 89 (2.56%) GDPR
6 85 (2.44%) WCAG
7 72 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 63 (1.81%) PMO
9 49 (1.41%) ISO 22301
10 36 (1.03%) GRC
11 32 (0.92%) NCSC
12 28 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 15 (0.43%) COBIT
14 14 (0.40%) NIST 800
15 12 (0.34%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
16 10 (0.29%) GxP
16 10 (0.29%) PCI DSS
17 9 (0.26%) SLA
18 8 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 301 (8.65%) Docker
2 61 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
3 36 (1.03%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.37%) vSphere
6 12 (0.34%) Firmware
6 12 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.029%) GPFS
9 1 (0.029%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.029%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 269 (7.73%) Kubernetes
2 52 (1.49%) Ansible
3 38 (1.09%) Grafana
4 29 (0.83%) Argo
5 26 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.34%) Podman
7 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Puppet
9 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.11%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.086%) Packer
11 3 (0.086%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.057%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.029%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.029%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.029%) linkerd
13 1 (0.029%) Rundeck
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 814 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 221 (6.35%) Adobe
3 138 (3.97%) Google
4 109 (3.13%) Oracle
5 106 (3.05%) Databricks
6 91 (2.62%) SAP
7 89 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 64 (1.84%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.18%) YouTube
10 40 (1.15%) Facebook
11 31 (0.89%) OpenAI
12 26 (0.75%) Cisco
13 21 (0.60%) Splunk
13 21 (0.60%) Workday
14 20 (0.57%) VMware
15 19 (0.55%) IFS
15 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
16 18 (0.52%) Apple
17 17 (0.49%) Sony
18 16 (0.46%) IBM