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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,529 4,449 5,835
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 16.55% 22.41% 27.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.21% 24.85% 29.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,877 2,634 4,791
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,250 £43,000
25th Percentile £49,750 £52,500 £52,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.11% +0.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £116,750 £125,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All Process and 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 13,887 17,901 19,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.86% 90.19% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,778 10,780 16,075
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,438
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 November 2025.

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
1 116 (4.59%) Apache Airflow
2 104 (4.11%) Confluence
3 64 (2.53%) Apache
4 49 (1.94%) SharePoint
5 31 (1.23%) CMS
6 14 (0.55%) Appian
6 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.51%) IIS
8 12 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.40%) Headless CMS
10 8 (0.32%) Apache Spark
10 8 (0.32%) WordPress
11 7 (0.28%) SAS
12 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
13 5 (0.20%) Drupal
13 5 (0.20%) nginx
14 4 (0.16%) WebLogic
15 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
15 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 69 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.42%) Adobe XD
4 31 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.32%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.32%) Trello
9 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.20%) Sketch
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.12%) InDesign
12 3 (0.12%) Notion
13 2 (0.079%) Elementor
14 1 (0.040%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.040%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.040%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 36 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
2 33 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 29 (1.15%) Shopify
5 8 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.24%) Primavera
6 6 (0.24%) SAP SCM
7 5 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
9 3 (0.12%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 856 (33.85%) Azure
2 628 (24.83%) AWS
3 293 (11.59%) Azure DevOps
4 249 (9.85%) SaaS
5 225 (8.90%) Power Platform
6 215 (8.50%) GCP
7 181 (7.16%) GitHub
8 139 (5.50%) dbt
9 123 (4.86%) Serverless
10 122 (4.82%) Snowflake
11 82 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
12 74 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
13 73 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
14 65 (2.57%) Entra ID
15 62 (2.45%) Figma
16 56 (2.21%) Power Automate
17 53 (2.10%) Amazon S3
17 53 (2.10%) GitHub Copilot
17 53 (2.10%) PaaS
18 47 (1.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.27%) Broadband
2 28 (1.11%) TCP/IP
3 22 (0.87%) Wireless
4 18 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
5 12 (0.47%) Firewall
6 11 (0.43%) DNS
7 9 (0.36%) WAN
8 6 (0.24%) CHAP
8 6 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.20%) DHCP
9 5 (0.20%) VPN
10 4 (0.16%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.16%) Internet
10 4 (0.16%) Network Security
10 4 (0.16%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.16%) SSH
10 4 (0.16%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.12%) GPON
11 3 (0.12%) Modbus
11 3 (0.12%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (7.87%) SQL Server
2 134 (5.30%) Power BI
3 117 (4.63%) MySQL
4 115 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 112 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
6 106 (4.19%) Amazon Athena
6 106 (4.19%) Apache Iceberg
7 103 (4.07%) Apache Arrow
7 103 (4.07%) Dremio
8 102 (4.03%) Data Lake
9 93 (3.68%) MongoDB
10 81 (3.20%) NoSQL
11 71 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
12 67 (2.65%) Relational Database
13 53 (2.10%) Apache Ignite
14 47 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
15 46 (1.82%) Tableau
16 35 (1.38%) DynamoDB
17 21 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 17 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 229 (9.05%) JIRA
2 176 (6.96%) Git
3 92 (3.64%) Jenkins
4 55 (2.17%) GitLab
5 52 (2.06%) Cypress.io
6 51 (2.02%) Selenium
7 39 (1.54%) Oracle Forms
8 30 (1.19%) Postman
9 29 (1.15%) SonarQube
10 27 (1.07%) Balsamiq
11 25 (0.99%) Axure RP
11 25 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
12 24 (0.95%) WebDriver
13 17 (0.67%) SoapUI
14 13 (0.51%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.40%) git-flow
16 9 (0.36%) webpack
17 8 (0.32%) ER Studio
17 8 (0.32%) Storybook
17 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 944 (37.33%) Finance
2 818 (32.34%) Social Skills
3 290 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 178 (7.04%) Public Sector
6 175 (6.92%) Front Office
7 157 (6.21%) Law
8 145 (5.73%) Marketing
9 126 (4.98%) Banking
10 110 (4.35%) Legal
11 96 (3.80%) Retail
12 74 (2.93%) Investment Banking
13 73 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
14 69 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
15 58 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
16 49 (1.94%) Manufacturing
17 47 (1.86%) Games
18 43 (1.70%) Local Government
19 41 (1.62%) Tech for Good
20 38 (1.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 740 (29.26%) Developer
2 518 (20.48%) Senior
3 278 (10.99%) Analyst
4 260 (10.28%) Software Engineer
5 250 (9.89%) Lead
6 159 (6.29%) Architect
7 142 (5.61%) Business Analyst
8 133 (5.26%) .NET Developer
9 129 (5.10%) Senior Developer
10 128 (5.06%) Software Developer
11 118 (4.67%) Python Engineer
12 115 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
13 109 (4.31%) Project Manager
14 105 (4.15%) AWS Software Engineer
14 105 (4.15%) Python Developer
15 104 (4.11%) Python Software Engineer
16 87 (3.44%) Senior Software Engineer
17 82 (3.24%) AWS Developer
17 82 (3.24%) Java Engineer
18 81 (3.20%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 408 (16.13%) .NET
2 388 (15.34%) React
3 223 (8.82%) CSS
4 212 (8.38%) HTML
5 203 (8.03%) Node.js
6 177 (7.00%) RESTful
7 170 (6.72%) AngularJS
8 139 (5.50%) REST
9 134 (5.30%) Vue
10 110 (4.35%) Pandas
11 107 (4.23%) ASP.NET
12 105 (4.15%) NumPy
13 103 (4.07%) SciPy
14 102 (4.03%) .NET Core
14 102 (4.03%) SOAP
15 98 (3.88%) .NET Framework
16 87 (3.44%) Kafka
17 80 (3.16%) GraphQL
18 78 (3.08%) Entity Framework
19 66 (2.61%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 290 (11.47%) Product Ownership
2 181 (7.16%) Cloud Native
3 141 (5.58%) Fixed Income
4 117 (4.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 110 (4.35%) Equities
6 105 (4.15%) Management Information System
7 74 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
8 67 (2.65%) Derivative
9 64 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
10 63 (2.49%) Hedge funds
10 63 (2.49%) Mobile App
11 59 (2.33%) Onboarding
12 56 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
13 53 (2.10%) Pricing Data
14 51 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
15 47 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
16 40 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
17 35 (1.38%) NHS
18 33 (1.30%) Low-Code
19 32 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 104 (4.11%) Linux
2 65 (2.57%) Windows
3 27 (1.07%) Apple iOS
4 24 (0.95%) Android
5 21 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
5 21 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.63%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) CentOS
8 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
8 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.12%) VMS
9 2 (0.079%) Solaris
9 2 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (25.03%) DevOps
2 591 (23.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 541 (21.39%) CI/CD
4 507 (20.05%) Software Engineering
5 476 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
6 433 (17.12%) Mentoring
7 398 (15.74%) Scrum
8 352 (13.92%) Roadmaps
9 350 (13.84%) AI
10 321 (12.69%) Coaching
11 284 (11.23%) Asset Management
12 279 (11.03%) Analytics
13 277 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 275 (10.87%) Microservices
15 260 (10.28%) Project Management
16 253 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
16 253 (10.00%) Test Automation
17 224 (8.86%) User Experience
18 208 (8.22%) Project Delivery
19 207 (8.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 579 (22.89%) SQL
2 519 (20.52%) Python
3 516 (20.40%) JavaScript
4 417 (16.49%) C#
5 390 (15.42%) Java
6 376 (14.87%) TypeScript
7 108 (4.27%) C++
8 99 (3.91%) PHP
9 86 (3.40%) PowerShell
10 58 (2.29%) C
11 48 (1.90%) Go
12 47 (1.86%) Bash
13 43 (1.70%) Shell Script
14 38 (1.50%) PL/SQL
15 37 (1.46%) Apex Code
16 24 (0.95%) Scala
17 21 (0.83%) Kotlin
17 21 (0.83%) Ruby
18 19 (0.75%) Swift
19 18 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 372 (14.71%) Degree
2 250 (9.89%) Security Cleared
3 204 (8.07%) SC Cleared
4 140 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (2.10%) Master's Degree
6 47 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 46 (1.82%) ISTQB
8 40 (1.58%) PMI Certification
9 36 (1.42%) PMP
10 35 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 33 (1.30%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (0.71%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 17 (0.67%) DBS Check
15 16 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
16 13 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 12 (0.47%) CISSP
17 12 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 11 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 11 (0.43%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (8.90%) QA
2 155 (6.13%) Accessibility
3 58 (2.29%) GDPR
4 49 (1.94%) PMO
5 46 (1.82%) WCAG
6 33 (1.30%) Data Quality
7 28 (1.11%) NIST
8 20 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.40%) NCSC
10 8 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.28%) COBIT
11 7 (0.28%) SLA
12 6 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.20%) P3O
14 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.12%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.079%) GxP
15 2 (0.079%) HL7
15 2 (0.079%) MiFID
System Software
1 165 (6.52%) Docker
2 52 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 24 (0.95%) Firmware
4 21 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
4 21 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.040%) HDFS
7 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.040%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 154 (6.09%) Terraform
2 128 (5.06%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (1.23%) Ansible
5 29 (1.15%) Grafana
6 22 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 21 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (0.55%) Argo
9 8 (0.32%) Kibana
9 8 (0.32%) SCCM
10 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.12%) Puppet
11 2 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.040%) Automic
12 1 (0.040%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.040%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.040%) logstash
12 1 (0.040%) QRadar
12 1 (0.040%) Rancher
Vendors
1 401 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 89 (3.52%) Oracle
3 83 (3.28%) SAP
4 76 (3.01%) Databricks
5 73 (2.89%) Google
6 66 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 48 (1.90%) Adobe
8 45 (1.78%) Blue Prism
9 27 (1.07%) MuleSoft
9 27 (1.07%) ServiceNow
9 27 (1.07%) Splunk
10 26 (1.03%) Guidewire
11 18 (0.71%) Workday
12 17 (0.67%) IBM
13 16 (0.63%) Okta
14 10 (0.40%) Apple
14 10 (0.40%) DevExpress
15 9 (0.36%) Informatica
15 9 (0.36%) Talend
16 8 (0.32%) iManage
1,562 hybrid/remote Agile jobs