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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,748 3,087 8,090
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.28% 22.85% 24.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.40% 24.11% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,776 2,271 6,060
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,956 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £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 £79,063
90th Percentile £101,250 £125,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -4.23%

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 14,934 12,804 29,708
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.02% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 10,447 8,937 23,607
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,905 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.90%

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 25 April 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
1 102 (3.71%) Confluence
2 48 (1.75%) CMS
3 44 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 17 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 11 (0.40%) Apache
7 10 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.22%) nginx
9 6 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.22%) SAS
10 5 (0.18%) WordPress
11 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.073%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.073%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.036%) Camunda
13 1 (0.036%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.036%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 43 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.09%) Adobe XD
4 30 (1.09%) UserZoom
5 28 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 12 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.33%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.33%) Sketch
9 5 (0.18%) InVision
10 4 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.15%) Trello
11 2 (0.073%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.073%) Pro Tools
11 2 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.036%) EngageOne
12 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (0.73%) Workfront
4 19 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.29%) Shopify
7 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.073%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.073%) SAP IBP
10 2 (0.073%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.073%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.073%) SAP SCM
11 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.036%) Maximo
11 1 (0.036%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 1 (0.036%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.036%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 788 (28.68%) Azure
2 619 (22.53%) AWS
3 230 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
4 192 (6.99%) GCP
5 183 (6.66%) Adobe Analytics
6 165 (6.00%) GitHub
7 147 (5.35%) Serverless
8 144 (5.24%) SaaS
9 140 (5.09%) Power Platform
10 132 (4.80%) Figma
11 107 (3.89%) Snowflake
12 72 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
13 70 (2.55%) Azure AI
14 68 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 67 (2.44%) Amazon S3
16 64 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
17 56 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
18 55 (2.00%) Contentsquare
19 49 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
19 49 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 386 (14.05%) Broadband
2 26 (0.95%) CHAP
2 26 (0.95%) TCP/IP
3 23 (0.84%) DNS
4 15 (0.55%) Ethernet
4 15 (0.55%) RS-232
5 14 (0.51%) 4G
6 13 (0.47%) Network Security
6 13 (0.47%) WAN
7 12 (0.44%) Firewall
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 9 (0.33%) DHCP
10 8 (0.29%) LAN
10 8 (0.29%) VPN
11 6 (0.22%) Internet
11 6 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 108 (3.93%) NoSQL
3 90 (3.28%) MongoDB
4 83 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
5 81 (2.95%) Power BI
6 79 (2.87%) Metadata
7 66 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
8 62 (2.26%) MySQL
9 50 (1.82%) Relational Database
10 48 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
11 42 (1.53%) Data Lake
12 27 (0.98%) DynamoDB
13 26 (0.95%) Tableau
14 24 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
15 22 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
16 20 (0.73%) RDBMS
17 13 (0.47%) Redis
18 11 (0.40%) Flink
19 10 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 7 (0.25%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 218 (7.93%) JIRA
2 170 (6.19%) Git
3 120 (4.37%) Jenkins
4 103 (3.75%) GitLab
5 52 (1.89%) Selenium
6 42 (1.53%) SonarQube
7 41 (1.49%) Postman
8 34 (1.24%) Cypress.io
9 29 (1.06%) WebDriver
10 28 (1.02%) SoapUI
11 27 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
11 27 (0.98%) TeamCity
12 24 (0.87%) Balsamiq
13 23 (0.84%) Axure RP
14 19 (0.69%) Jaeger
15 17 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
16 15 (0.55%) JMeter
17 14 (0.51%) CircleCI
18 13 (0.47%) Cucumber
18 13 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 820 (29.84%) Finance
2 798 (29.04%) Social Skills
3 353 (12.85%) Public Sector
4 299 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 284 (10.33%) Games
6 280 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 196 (7.13%) Law
8 153 (5.57%) Banking
9 152 (5.53%) Marketing
10 122 (4.44%) Legal
11 102 (3.71%) Retail
12 71 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
13 60 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
14 57 (2.07%) Front Office
15 53 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
15 53 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 40 (1.46%) Manufacturing
17 36 (1.31%) Back Office
18 35 (1.27%) Financial Institution
19 25 (0.91%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 564 (20.52%) Senior
2 497 (18.09%) Developer
3 459 (16.70%) Lead
4 259 (9.43%) Analyst
5 215 (7.82%) Software Engineer
6 177 (6.44%) Architect
7 173 (6.30%) Business Analyst
8 149 (5.42%) Project Manager
9 137 (4.99%) Senior Manager
10 110 (4.00%) Software Developer
11 97 (3.53%) Designer
12 85 (3.09%) C# Developer
12 85 (3.09%) Lead Developer
13 81 (2.95%) Delivery Manager
14 78 (2.84%) Engineering Manager
14 78 (2.84%) Product Manager
15 72 (2.62%) Data Engineer
15 72 (2.62%) Graduate
15 72 (2.62%) Product Owner
16 71 (2.58%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 293 (10.66%) React
2 286 (10.41%) .NET
3 151 (5.49%) CSS
4 147 (5.35%) HTML
5 140 (5.09%) Node.js
6 127 (4.62%) REST
7 119 (4.33%) RESTful
8 114 (4.15%) SOAP
9 83 (3.02%) Kafka
10 79 (2.87%) AngularJS
11 72 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
12 68 (2.47%) .NET Core
13 65 (2.37%) Spring
14 61 (2.22%) ASP.NET
15 57 (2.07%) Vue
16 56 (2.04%) GraphQL
17 54 (1.97%) Spring Boot
17 54 (1.97%) Visualforce
18 48 (1.75%) Middleware
19 47 (1.71%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 398 (14.48%) Product Ownership
2 231 (8.41%) Cloud Native
3 210 (7.64%) Social Media
4 79 (2.87%) Mobile App
5 71 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 70 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 67 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 58 (2.11%) Over-the-Top Content
9 56 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
10 51 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
10 51 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
11 46 (1.67%) Fixed Income
12 39 (1.42%) Virtual Team
13 36 (1.31%) Low-Code
13 36 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
14 35 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
15 31 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
16 30 (1.09%) Data Structures
17 29 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
18 26 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 140 (5.09%) Linux
2 62 (2.26%) Android
3 49 (1.78%) Apple iOS
4 48 (1.75%) Windows
5 43 (1.56%) Unix
6 15 (0.55%) 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
12 2 (0.073%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.036%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 658 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 652 (23.73%) DevOps
3 645 (23.47%) Mentoring
4 624 (22.71%) Roadmaps
5 618 (22.49%) CI/CD
6 536 (19.51%) AI
7 510 (18.56%) Coaching
8 493 (17.94%) Scrum
9 447 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
10 422 (15.36%) Analytics
11 394 (14.34%) Software Engineering
12 329 (11.97%) Test Automation
13 291 (10.59%) Customer Experience
14 276 (10.04%) Project Management
15 269 (9.79%) Decision-Making
15 269 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
16 262 (9.53%) Full-Stack Development
17 259 (9.43%) Product Roadmap
18 257 (9.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 250 (9.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 488 (17.76%) SQL
2 415 (15.10%) Python
3 394 (14.34%) Java
4 326 (11.86%) JavaScript
5 324 (11.79%) C#
6 222 (8.08%) TypeScript
7 90 (3.28%) PHP
8 85 (3.09%) C++
9 80 (2.91%) Go
10 75 (2.73%) Apex Code
11 55 (2.00%) Bash
12 51 (1.86%) C
13 49 (1.78%) PowerShell
14 35 (1.27%) Scala
14 35 (1.27%) SOQL
15 34 (1.24%) SOSL
16 22 (0.80%) Shell Script
17 20 (0.73%) Embedded C
17 20 (0.73%) PL/SQL
17 20 (0.73%) VBA
Qualifications
1 360 (13.10%) Degree
2 310 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 217 (7.90%) SC Cleared
4 89 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 61 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 54 (1.97%) PMP
8 51 (1.86%) CISSP
9 45 (1.64%) ISTQB
10 44 (1.60%) DBS Check
11 37 (1.35%) CISM
12 31 (1.13%) CISA
12 31 (1.13%) SANS
13 30 (1.09%) AWS Certification
14 26 (0.95%) CGEIT
14 26 (0.95%) FFIEC
15 22 (0.80%) Master's Degree
16 20 (0.73%) Azure Certification
17 18 (0.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 15 (0.55%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 349 (12.70%) Accessibility
2 227 (8.26%) QA
3 95 (3.46%) WCAG
4 58 (2.11%) Data Quality
5 54 (1.97%) NIST
6 53 (1.93%) GDPR
7 32 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 30 (1.09%) PMO
9 28 (1.02%) COBIT
10 21 (0.76%) GRC
11 10 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.33%) NCSC
13 7 (0.25%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.15%) IFRS
16 4 (0.15%) MiFID
17 3 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
17 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 3 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 226 (8.22%) Docker
2 60 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
3 46 (1.67%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.18%) Firmware
5 5 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.036%) vSphere
8 1 (0.036%) Xen
Systems Management
1 225 (8.19%) Kubernetes
2 220 (8.01%) Terraform
3 83 (3.02%) Ansible
4 49 (1.78%) Argo
5 46 (1.67%) Grafana
6 43 (1.56%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.84%) Kustomize
8 19 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.44%) Podman
10 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.25%) Puppet
12 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.15%) Istio
13 4 (0.15%) logstash
13 4 (0.15%) Packer
13 4 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.15%) SCCM
14 3 (0.11%) Control-M
14 3 (0.11%) Kibana
14 3 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 406 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 250 (9.10%) Adobe
3 119 (4.33%) Google
4 118 (4.29%) Databricks
5 112 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 74 (2.69%) Oracle
7 67 (2.44%) SAP
8 55 (2.00%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.49%) Splunk
10 20 (0.73%) IBM
11 18 (0.66%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.55%) Cisco
13 13 (0.47%) Okta
14 11 (0.40%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.40%) Foundry
14 11 (0.40%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.36%) VMware
16 8 (0.29%) PagerDuty
17 7 (0.25%) Planon
17 7 (0.25%) Talend