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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,742 3,182 8,015
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.08% 22.88% 24.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.24% 24.13% 27.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,776 2,256 6,025
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,734 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.37% -5.84%
75th Percentile £81,250 £98,474 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £128,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

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 15,037 13,187 29,633
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.73% 94.84% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,573 8,892 23,493
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 4 May 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 99 (3.61%) Confluence
2 48 (1.75%) CMS
3 44 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 12 (0.44%) Apache
6 12 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.22%) nginx
8 6 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.22%) SAS
9 5 (0.18%) WordPress
10 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.036%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.036%) Drupal
11 1 (0.036%) JBoss
11 1 (0.036%) WildFly
Applications
1 43 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.09%) UserZoom
5 29 (1.06%) Adobe XD
5 29 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.33%) MS Visio
9 8 (0.29%) Sketch
10 5 (0.18%) InVision
11 4 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.11%) Trello
13 2 (0.073%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.073%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
14 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
14 1 (0.036%) Productboard
14 1 (0.036%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 26 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (0.73%) Workfront
4 18 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.22%) Shopify
7 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.073%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.073%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.073%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.073%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.036%) CiviCRM
10 1 (0.036%) Maximo
10 1 (0.036%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 1 (0.036%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.036%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 789 (28.77%) Azure
2 622 (22.68%) AWS
3 225 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
4 200 (7.29%) GCP
5 183 (6.67%) Adobe Analytics
6 153 (5.58%) GitHub
7 148 (5.40%) Serverless
8 146 (5.32%) SaaS
9 144 (5.25%) Power Platform
10 130 (4.74%) Figma
11 102 (3.72%) Snowflake
12 71 (2.59%) Azure AI
13 68 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
13 68 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 65 (2.37%) Amazon S3
15 64 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
16 55 (2.01%) Contentsquare
17 52 (1.90%) GitHub Copilot
18 46 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
19 45 (1.64%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 384 (14.00%) Broadband
2 27 (0.98%) CHAP
3 25 (0.91%) TCP/IP
4 23 (0.84%) DNS
5 14 (0.51%) 4G
5 14 (0.51%) Network Security
6 13 (0.47%) Ethernet
6 13 (0.47%) RS-232
7 12 (0.44%) Firewall
7 12 (0.44%) WAN
8 11 (0.40%) BGP
8 11 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (0.40%) IOS XR
8 11 (0.40%) MPLS
9 8 (0.29%) DHCP
9 8 (0.29%) LAN
9 8 (0.29%) VPN
10 6 (0.22%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (6.75%) SQL Server
2 107 (3.90%) NoSQL
3 96 (3.50%) MongoDB
4 88 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
5 83 (3.03%) Power BI
6 80 (2.92%) Metadata
7 63 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
8 58 (2.12%) MySQL
9 51 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
10 46 (1.68%) Relational Database
11 41 (1.50%) Data Lake
12 28 (1.02%) DynamoDB
13 26 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
14 24 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
14 24 (0.88%) Tableau
15 19 (0.69%) RDBMS
16 14 (0.51%) Redis
17 11 (0.40%) Flink
18 10 (0.36%) Big Data
18 10 (0.36%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 215 (7.84%) JIRA
2 161 (5.87%) Git
3 125 (4.56%) Jenkins
4 108 (3.94%) GitLab
5 53 (1.93%) Selenium
6 42 (1.53%) Postman
6 42 (1.53%) SonarQube
7 31 (1.13%) Cypress.io
8 29 (1.06%) WebDriver
9 28 (1.02%) SoapUI
10 26 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
10 26 (0.95%) TeamCity
11 21 (0.77%) Axure RP
11 21 (0.77%) Balsamiq
12 19 (0.69%) Jaeger
12 19 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
13 15 (0.55%) JMeter
14 14 (0.51%) CircleCI
15 13 (0.47%) SpecFlow
16 12 (0.44%) Cucumber
General
1 808 (29.47%) Finance
2 780 (28.45%) Social Skills
3 366 (13.35%) Public Sector
4 296 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
5 291 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 285 (10.39%) Games
7 197 (7.18%) Law
8 155 (5.65%) Banking
9 149 (5.43%) Marketing
10 121 (4.41%) Legal
11 108 (3.94%) Retail
12 70 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
13 56 (2.04%) Front Office
13 56 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 52 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
15 51 (1.86%) Telecoms
16 38 (1.39%) Manufacturing
17 36 (1.31%) Financial Institution
18 35 (1.28%) Back Office
19 27 (0.98%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 557 (20.31%) Senior
2 493 (17.98%) Developer
3 457 (16.67%) Lead
4 265 (9.66%) Analyst
5 205 (7.48%) Software Engineer
6 180 (6.56%) Architect
7 175 (6.38%) Business Analyst
8 152 (5.54%) Project Manager
9 135 (4.92%) Senior Manager
10 117 (4.27%) Software Developer
11 96 (3.50%) Designer
12 90 (3.28%) C# Developer
13 83 (3.03%) Lead Developer
14 80 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
14 80 (2.92%) Engineering Manager
15 79 (2.88%) Graduate
16 78 (2.84%) Graduate Developer
16 78 (2.84%) Product Manager
17 75 (2.74%) C# Software Developer
17 75 (2.74%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (10.39%) React
2 282 (10.28%) .NET
3 145 (5.29%) Node.js
4 143 (5.22%) CSS
5 137 (5.00%) HTML
6 121 (4.41%) REST
7 117 (4.27%) RESTful
8 108 (3.94%) SOAP
9 83 (3.03%) Kafka
10 79 (2.88%) AngularJS
11 71 (2.59%) Lightning Web Components
12 69 (2.52%) .NET Core
13 62 (2.26%) ASP.NET
13 62 (2.26%) Spring
14 58 (2.12%) Vue
15 53 (1.93%) GraphQL
15 53 (1.93%) Spring Boot
15 53 (1.93%) Visualforce
16 46 (1.68%) .NET Framework
16 46 (1.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 398 (14.51%) Product Ownership
2 238 (8.68%) Cloud Native
3 210 (7.66%) Social Media
4 75 (2.74%) Mobile App
5 72 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
6 69 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 65 (2.37%) Management Information System
8 58 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
9 57 (2.08%) Over-the-Top Content
10 49 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 45 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
11 45 (1.64%) Fixed Income
12 42 (1.53%) Virtual Team
13 37 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
14 36 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
15 34 (1.24%) Low-Code
16 32 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
17 30 (1.09%) Data Structures
17 30 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
18 29 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 137 (5.00%) Linux
2 58 (2.12%) Android
3 50 (1.82%) Windows
4 47 (1.71%) Apple iOS
5 44 (1.60%) Unix
6 13 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
7 10 (0.36%) Windows Server
8 9 (0.33%) CentOS
9 6 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.15%) Debian
10 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.11%) VMS
12 2 (0.073%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.036%) AIX
13 1 (0.036%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 658 (24.00%) Mentoring
2 648 (23.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 643 (23.45%) DevOps
4 631 (23.01%) Roadmaps
5 614 (22.39%) CI/CD
6 543 (19.80%) AI
7 507 (18.49%) Coaching
8 491 (17.91%) Scrum
9 440 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
10 422 (15.39%) Analytics
11 377 (13.75%) Software Engineering
12 334 (12.18%) Test Automation
13 286 (10.43%) Customer Experience
14 281 (10.25%) Project Management
15 271 (9.88%) Decision-Making
16 266 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
17 265 (9.66%) Product Roadmap
18 261 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
19 260 (9.48%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 256 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 497 (18.13%) SQL
2 414 (15.10%) Python
3 392 (14.30%) Java
4 328 (11.96%) C#
5 311 (11.34%) JavaScript
6 221 (8.06%) TypeScript
7 94 (3.43%) PHP
8 82 (2.99%) C++
9 81 (2.95%) Go
10 73 (2.66%) Apex Code
11 56 (2.04%) Bash
12 45 (1.64%) C
12 45 (1.64%) PowerShell
13 36 (1.31%) Scala
14 35 (1.28%) SOQL
15 34 (1.24%) SOSL
16 22 (0.80%) PL/SQL
17 20 (0.73%) Shell Script
17 20 (0.73%) VBA
18 17 (0.62%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 368 (13.42%) Degree
2 313 (11.42%) Security Cleared
3 222 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 89 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 71 (2.59%) PMI Certification
6 59 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 58 (2.12%) PMP
8 54 (1.97%) CISSP
9 47 (1.71%) ISTQB
10 46 (1.68%) DBS Check
11 40 (1.46%) CISM
12 33 (1.20%) CISA
13 32 (1.17%) SANS
14 30 (1.09%) AWS Certification
15 27 (0.98%) CGEIT
15 27 (0.98%) FFIEC
16 23 (0.84%) Azure Certification
17 20 (0.73%) Master's Degree
18 18 (0.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
19 15 (0.55%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 349 (12.73%) Accessibility
2 229 (8.35%) QA
3 93 (3.39%) WCAG
4 71 (2.59%) Data Quality
5 57 (2.08%) NIST
6 52 (1.90%) GDPR
7 34 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.06%) COBIT
8 29 (1.06%) PMO
9 22 (0.80%) GRC
10 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.33%) NCSC
12 7 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.26%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.15%) IFRS
14 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.15%) MiFID
14 4 (0.15%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 221 (8.06%) Docker
2 59 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
3 46 (1.68%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.15%) Firmware
7 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.036%) vSphere
8 1 (0.036%) Xen
Systems Management
1 222 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 218 (7.95%) Terraform
3 84 (3.06%) Ansible
4 49 (1.79%) Argo
5 46 (1.68%) Grafana
6 43 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.84%) Kustomize
8 19 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.44%) Podman
10 7 (0.26%) Puppet
11 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.18%) Packer
12 4 (0.15%) Istio
12 4 (0.15%) logstash
12 4 (0.15%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.15%) SCCM
13 3 (0.11%) Control-M
13 3 (0.11%) Kibana
13 3 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 415 (15.13%) Microsoft
2 250 (9.12%) Adobe
3 121 (4.41%) Google
4 116 (4.23%) Databricks
5 110 (4.01%) Salesforce
6 75 (2.74%) Oracle
7 62 (2.26%) SAP
8 57 (2.08%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.50%) Splunk
10 18 (0.66%) IBM
11 15 (0.55%) Cisco
11 15 (0.55%) MuleSoft
12 13 (0.47%) Okta
13 11 (0.40%) Red Hat
14 10 (0.36%) Atlassian
14 10 (0.36%) VMware
15 9 (0.33%) Foundry
16 7 (0.26%) Apple
16 7 (0.26%) Planon
17 6 (0.22%) IFS