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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,737 3,118 8,057
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.32% 23.37% 24.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.42% 24.66% 27.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,772 2,275 6,036
10th Percentile £41,000 £44,433 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £125,000 £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 14,857 12,645 29,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.17% 94.76% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,372 8,952 23,522
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.21% -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% -10.86%

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 21 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
1 104 (3.80%) Confluence
2 46 (1.68%) CMS
3 44 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 11 (0.40%) Apache
7 9 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 7 (0.26%) SAS
10 6 (0.22%) nginx
10 6 (0.22%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.18%) WordPress
12 3 (0.11%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.037%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.037%) Drupal
13 1 (0.037%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.037%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.037%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 44 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 35 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.13%) Adobe XD
4 30 (1.10%) UserZoom
5 20 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 13 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.37%) Sketch
9 9 (0.33%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.18%) InVision
10 5 (0.18%) Trello
11 4 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.073%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.073%) Pro Tools
12 2 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
13 1 (0.037%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.037%) EngageOne
13 1 (0.037%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 23 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.73%) Workfront
4 15 (0.55%) SAP ERP
5 10 (0.37%) Shopify
6 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.073%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.073%) Maximo
9 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.073%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.073%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.073%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.073%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.037%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.037%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.037%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.037%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 786 (28.72%) Azure
2 613 (22.40%) AWS
3 232 (8.48%) Azure DevOps
4 192 (7.01%) GCP
5 183 (6.69%) Adobe Analytics
6 178 (6.50%) GitHub
7 151 (5.52%) Serverless
8 148 (5.41%) SaaS
9 141 (5.15%) Power Platform
10 133 (4.86%) Figma
11 111 (4.06%) Snowflake
12 75 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
13 71 (2.59%) Amazon S3
14 70 (2.56%) Azure AI
15 69 (2.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 64 (2.34%) Azure Machine Learning
17 61 (2.23%) GitHub Copilot
18 55 (2.01%) Contentsquare
19 52 (1.90%) dbt
20 51 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 386 (14.10%) Broadband
2 26 (0.95%) CHAP
3 25 (0.91%) TCP/IP
4 23 (0.84%) DNS
5 14 (0.51%) 4G
5 14 (0.51%) Ethernet
5 14 (0.51%) RS-232
6 13 (0.47%) Firewall
6 13 (0.47%) Network Security
6 13 (0.47%) WAN
7 11 (0.40%) BGP
7 11 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.40%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.40%) MPLS
8 9 (0.33%) DHCP
9 8 (0.29%) LAN
9 8 (0.29%) VPN
10 6 (0.22%) Internet
10 6 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 112 (4.09%) NoSQL
3 86 (3.14%) MongoDB
4 84 (3.07%) Power BI
5 81 (2.96%) Metadata
6 77 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
7 70 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
8 67 (2.45%) MySQL
9 52 (1.90%) Relational Database
10 49 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 46 (1.68%) Data Lake
12 27 (0.99%) Tableau
13 26 (0.95%) DynamoDB
14 25 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
15 20 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (0.73%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.44%) Redis
16 12 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (0.40%) Flink
18 9 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 220 (8.04%) JIRA
2 173 (6.32%) Git
3 119 (4.35%) Jenkins
4 97 (3.54%) GitLab
5 51 (1.86%) Selenium
6 43 (1.57%) SonarQube
7 41 (1.50%) Postman
8 35 (1.28%) Cypress.io
9 28 (1.02%) SoapUI
9 28 (1.02%) WebDriver
10 27 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
10 27 (0.99%) TeamCity
11 26 (0.95%) Balsamiq
12 24 (0.88%) Axure RP
13 19 (0.69%) Jaeger
14 17 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
15 16 (0.58%) JMeter
16 14 (0.51%) CircleCI
17 13 (0.47%) Cucumber
17 13 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 824 (30.11%) Finance
2 805 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 338 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 304 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 284 (10.38%) Games
6 282 (10.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 193 (7.05%) Law
8 153 (5.59%) Banking
8 153 (5.59%) Marketing
9 121 (4.42%) Legal
10 95 (3.47%) Retail
11 69 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
13 58 (2.12%) Front Office
14 53 (1.94%) Telecoms
15 49 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
16 39 (1.42%) Manufacturing
17 37 (1.35%) Back Office
18 35 (1.28%) Financial Institution
19 25 (0.91%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 548 (20.02%) Senior
2 504 (18.41%) Developer
3 458 (16.73%) Lead
4 256 (9.35%) Analyst
5 213 (7.78%) Software Engineer
6 174 (6.36%) Architect
7 172 (6.28%) Business Analyst
8 140 (5.12%) Project Manager
9 127 (4.64%) Senior Manager
10 109 (3.98%) Software Developer
11 97 (3.54%) Designer
12 89 (3.25%) Lead Developer
13 83 (3.03%) C# Developer
14 80 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
15 77 (2.81%) Engineering Manager
16 75 (2.74%) Product Owner
17 74 (2.70%) Product Manager
18 73 (2.67%) Consultant
19 71 (2.59%) Data Engineer
19 71 (2.59%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 293 (10.71%) React
2 288 (10.52%) .NET
3 161 (5.88%) CSS
4 154 (5.63%) HTML
5 135 (4.93%) Node.js
6 128 (4.68%) REST
7 123 (4.49%) RESTful
8 116 (4.24%) SOAP
9 85 (3.11%) Kafka
10 79 (2.89%) AngularJS
11 73 (2.67%) Lightning Web Components
12 68 (2.48%) .NET Core
13 64 (2.34%) Spring
14 62 (2.27%) ASP.NET
15 59 (2.16%) Vue
16 58 (2.12%) GraphQL
17 54 (1.97%) Spring Boot
17 54 (1.97%) Visualforce
18 47 (1.72%) .NET Framework
19 46 (1.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 404 (14.76%) Product Ownership
2 233 (8.51%) Cloud Native
3 211 (7.71%) Social Media
4 78 (2.85%) Mobile App
5 70 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 67 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
7 66 (2.41%) Management Information System
8 58 (2.12%) Over-the-Top Content
9 55 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
10 54 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 52 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
12 47 (1.72%) Fixed Income
13 40 (1.46%) Low-Code
13 40 (1.46%) Virtual Team
14 36 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
15 34 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 33 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
17 30 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
18 28 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
19 27 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 137 (5.01%) Linux
2 61 (2.23%) Android
3 48 (1.75%) Apple iOS
3 48 (1.75%) Windows
4 40 (1.46%) Unix
5 14 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
6 13 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.33%) CentOS
8 6 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.15%) Debian
9 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.11%) VMS
11 2 (0.073%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.073%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.037%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 666 (24.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 652 (23.82%) DevOps
3 636 (23.24%) Mentoring
4 620 (22.65%) CI/CD
4 620 (22.65%) Roadmaps
5 541 (19.77%) AI
6 500 (18.27%) Coaching
7 490 (17.90%) Scrum
8 454 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
9 425 (15.53%) Analytics
10 399 (14.58%) Software Engineering
11 324 (11.84%) Test Automation
12 283 (10.34%) Customer Experience
13 268 (9.79%) Project Management
14 264 (9.65%) Decision-Making
14 264 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
15 261 (9.54%) Full-Stack Development
16 258 (9.43%) Product Roadmap
17 255 (9.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 244 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 500 (18.27%) SQL
2 426 (15.56%) Python
3 388 (14.18%) Java
4 332 (12.13%) JavaScript
5 327 (11.95%) C#
6 218 (7.96%) TypeScript
7 90 (3.29%) PHP
8 84 (3.07%) C++
9 81 (2.96%) Go
10 76 (2.78%) Apex Code
11 57 (2.08%) Bash
12 54 (1.97%) PowerShell
13 49 (1.79%) C
14 35 (1.28%) Scala
14 35 (1.28%) SOQL
15 34 (1.24%) SOSL
16 23 (0.84%) Shell Script
17 20 (0.73%) VBA
18 19 (0.69%) Embedded C
18 19 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 351 (12.82%) Degree
2 308 (11.25%) Security Cleared
3 215 (7.86%) SC Cleared
4 89 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (2.48%) PMI Certification
6 63 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 53 (1.94%) PMP
8 50 (1.83%) CISSP
9 44 (1.61%) ISTQB
10 42 (1.53%) DBS Check
11 36 (1.32%) CISM
12 32 (1.17%) AWS Certification
13 31 (1.13%) SANS
14 30 (1.10%) CISA
15 26 (0.95%) CGEIT
15 26 (0.95%) FFIEC
16 24 (0.88%) Master's Degree
17 20 (0.73%) Azure Certification
18 18 (0.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
19 15 (0.55%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 348 (12.71%) Accessibility
2 227 (8.29%) QA
3 97 (3.54%) WCAG
4 60 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 54 (1.97%) NIST
6 53 (1.94%) GDPR
7 32 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (1.17%) PMO
8 28 (1.02%) COBIT
9 20 (0.73%) GRC
10 10 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.29%) NCSC
12 7 (0.26%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.15%) IFRS
14 4 (0.15%) MiFID
14 4 (0.15%) P3O
14 4 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.11%) GAAP
System Software
1 231 (8.44%) Docker
2 61 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
3 47 (1.72%) 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
6 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.037%) vSphere
7 1 (0.037%) Xen
Systems Management
1 228 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 222 (8.11%) Terraform
3 84 (3.07%) Ansible
4 46 (1.68%) Grafana
5 44 (1.61%) Argo
6 43 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 22 (0.80%) Kustomize
8 19 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.44%) Podman
10 9 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.26%) Puppet
12 5 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.15%) Kibana
13 4 (0.15%) logstash
13 4 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.15%) SCCM
14 3 (0.11%) Control-M
14 3 (0.11%) Istio
14 3 (0.11%) Packer
14 3 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 406 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 250 (9.13%) Adobe
3 120 (4.38%) Google
4 118 (4.31%) Databricks
5 112 (4.09%) Salesforce
6 72 (2.63%) Oracle
7 69 (2.52%) SAP
8 52 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 42 (1.53%) Splunk
10 22 (0.80%) IBM
11 19 (0.69%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.55%) Cisco
13 13 (0.47%) Okta
14 12 (0.44%) Atlassian
15 11 (0.40%) Foundry
16 10 (0.37%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.37%) VMware
17 8 (0.29%) IFS
17 8 (0.29%) PagerDuty
17 8 (0.29%) Workday