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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,608 3,407 7,262
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.47% 24.97% 24.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.17% 26.21% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,689 2,275 6,062
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.47% +11.20% -4.58%

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 14,351 13,001 27,627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.11% 95.27% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,869 22,881
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%

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 16 March 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 84 (3.22%) Confluence
2 38 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.30%) CMS
4 22 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.61%) Apache
6 11 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.38%) SAS
8 8 (0.31%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.23%) IIS
9 6 (0.23%) nginx
9 6 (0.23%) WordPress
10 5 (0.19%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 47 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (1.50%) Adobe XD
3 35 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.84%) UserZoom
5 18 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 15 (0.58%) Chatbot
7 15 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.38%) Sketch
9 6 (0.23%) Trello
10 5 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.15%) InVision
12 2 (0.077%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.077%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.038%) EngageOne
13 1 (0.038%) InDesign
13 1 (0.038%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.58%) SAP ERP
5 14 (0.54%) Shopify
6 10 (0.38%) Workfront
7 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.15%) Primavera
7 4 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.12%) Maximo
8 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.12%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.077%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.077%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.077%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.077%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.038%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 764 (29.29%) Azure
2 575 (22.05%) AWS
3 259 (9.93%) Azure DevOps
4 202 (7.75%) GitHub
5 178 (6.83%) Power Platform
6 173 (6.63%) GCP
7 167 (6.40%) SaaS
8 142 (5.44%) Serverless
9 125 (4.79%) Adobe Analytics
10 104 (3.99%) Figma
11 74 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
12 71 (2.72%) Snowflake
13 69 (2.65%) Amazon S3
14 68 (2.61%) GitHub Copilot
15 65 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
16 63 (2.42%) dbt
17 59 (2.26%) Entra ID
18 56 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
19 51 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
20 49 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 307 (11.77%) Broadband
2 30 (1.15%) TCP/IP
3 23 (0.88%) CHAP
4 22 (0.84%) DNS
5 14 (0.54%) 4G
6 11 (0.42%) BGP
6 11 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.42%) Firewall
6 11 (0.42%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.42%) MPLS
6 11 (0.42%) WAN
7 10 (0.38%) DHCP
7 10 (0.38%) Ethernet
7 10 (0.38%) RS-232
8 8 (0.31%) VPN
9 6 (0.23%) LAN
10 5 (0.19%) Internet
10 5 (0.19%) Network Security
10 5 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 106 (4.06%) NoSQL
3 96 (3.68%) Power BI
4 89 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
5 79 (3.03%) MySQL
6 77 (2.95%) MongoDB
7 76 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
8 65 (2.49%) Relational Database
9 61 (2.34%) Metadata
10 55 (2.11%) Data Lake
11 45 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 29 (1.11%) Tableau
13 25 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
14 22 (0.84%) DynamoDB
15 21 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
16 20 (0.77%) RDBMS
17 15 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 14 (0.54%) Redis
19 13 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
19 13 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 207 (7.94%) JIRA
2 177 (6.79%) Git
3 135 (5.18%) Jenkins
4 92 (3.53%) GitLab
5 54 (2.07%) Selenium
6 48 (1.84%) SonarQube
7 40 (1.53%) Postman
8 36 (1.38%) Cypress.io
8 36 (1.38%) WebDriver
9 30 (1.15%) TeamCity
10 29 (1.11%) SoapUI
11 28 (1.07%) Balsamiq
11 28 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
12 27 (1.04%) Axure RP
12 27 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
13 19 (0.73%) Jaeger
14 15 (0.58%) JMeter
15 13 (0.50%) Cucumber
16 10 (0.38%) CircleCI
16 10 (0.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 786 (30.14%) Finance
2 783 (30.02%) Social Skills
3 317 (12.15%) Public Sector
4 292 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
5 276 (10.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 232 (8.90%) Games
7 173 (6.63%) Law
8 145 (5.56%) Marketing
9 125 (4.79%) Legal
10 121 (4.64%) Banking
11 74 (2.84%) Retail
12 71 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
13 69 (2.65%) Front Office
14 62 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (2.30%) Telecoms
16 55 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
17 45 (1.73%) Manufacturing
18 34 (1.30%) Financial Institution
19 32 (1.23%) Back Office
20 29 (1.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 542 (20.78%) Developer
2 533 (20.44%) Senior
3 405 (15.53%) Lead
4 257 (9.85%) Analyst
5 205 (7.86%) Software Engineer
6 172 (6.60%) Architect
7 163 (6.25%) Business Analyst
8 125 (4.79%) Project Manager
9 113 (4.33%) Senior Manager
10 99 (3.80%) Software Developer
11 87 (3.34%) Lead Developer
12 82 (3.14%) .NET Developer
13 79 (3.03%) Designer
14 74 (2.84%) C# Developer
15 72 (2.76%) Consultant
15 72 (2.76%) Data Engineer
16 67 (2.57%) Delivery Manager
16 67 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
17 65 (2.49%) Cloud Engineer
18 62 (2.38%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 324 (12.42%) .NET
2 301 (11.54%) React
3 179 (6.86%) HTML
4 169 (6.48%) CSS
5 151 (5.79%) REST
6 143 (5.48%) SOAP
7 140 (5.37%) RESTful
8 126 (4.83%) Node.js
9 89 (3.41%) Kafka
10 86 (3.30%) AngularJS
11 83 (3.18%) Lightning Web Components
12 79 (3.03%) .NET Core
13 66 (2.53%) ASP.NET
14 65 (2.49%) .NET Framework
15 64 (2.45%) Spring
15 64 (2.45%) Vue
16 63 (2.42%) GraphQL
17 61 (2.34%) Visualforce
18 55 (2.11%) Spring Boot
19 52 (1.99%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 372 (14.26%) Product Ownership
2 211 (8.09%) Cloud Native
3 148 (5.67%) Social Media
4 79 (3.03%) Mobile App
5 65 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
5 65 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
6 64 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 59 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 57 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 56 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
10 55 (2.11%) Fixed Income
11 49 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
11 49 (1.88%) Low-Code
12 39 (1.50%) Over-the-Top Content
13 32 (1.23%) Data Structures
14 29 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
14 29 (1.11%) NHS
15 26 (1.00%) Public Cloud
16 25 (0.96%) Video\Live Streaming
17 24 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 129 (4.95%) Linux
2 60 (2.30%) Android
3 54 (2.07%) Apple iOS
4 53 (2.03%) Windows
5 37 (1.42%) Unix
6 16 (0.61%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.23%) CentOS
9 4 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.077%) VMS
12 1 (0.038%) AIX
12 1 (0.038%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 661 (25.35%) DevOps
2 658 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 617 (23.66%) CI/CD
4 606 (23.24%) Mentoring
5 497 (19.06%) Roadmaps
6 490 (18.79%) Coaching
7 456 (17.48%) AI
8 441 (16.91%) Scrum
9 438 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
10 409 (15.68%) Software Engineering
11 385 (14.76%) Analytics
12 303 (11.62%) Test Automation
13 263 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 262 (10.05%) Project Management
15 250 (9.59%) Full-Stack Development
16 232 (8.90%) Microservices
17 209 (8.01%) Customer Experience
17 209 (8.01%) User Experience
18 204 (7.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 203 (7.78%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 492 (18.87%) SQL
2 437 (16.76%) Python
3 385 (14.76%) Java
4 344 (13.19%) JavaScript
5 337 (12.92%) C#
6 218 (8.36%) TypeScript
7 85 (3.26%) Apex Code
8 83 (3.18%) Go
9 78 (2.99%) PHP
10 71 (2.72%) C++
11 66 (2.53%) PowerShell
12 59 (2.26%) Bash
13 47 (1.80%) C
14 40 (1.53%) SOQL
14 40 (1.53%) SOSL
15 36 (1.38%) Scala
16 35 (1.34%) Shell Script
17 30 (1.15%) PL/SQL
18 19 (0.73%) VBA
19 16 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 349 (13.38%) Degree
2 300 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 213 (8.17%) SC Cleared
4 88 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 61 (2.34%) PMI Certification
7 48 (1.84%) PMP
8 39 (1.50%) ISTQB
9 37 (1.42%) CISSP
10 32 (1.23%) DBS Check
11 30 (1.15%) Master's Degree
12 29 (1.11%) AWS Certification
13 27 (1.04%) SANS
14 24 (0.92%) CISM
15 23 (0.88%) CGEIT
15 23 (0.88%) CISA
15 23 (0.88%) FFIEC
16 22 (0.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 16 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (0.58%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (11.50%) Accessibility
2 217 (8.32%) QA
3 84 (3.22%) WCAG
4 52 (1.99%) GDPR
5 48 (1.84%) Data Quality
6 39 (1.50%) NIST
7 32 (1.23%) PMO
8 24 (0.92%) COBIT
9 20 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.42%) GRC
11 10 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.23%) P3O
13 5 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.15%) IFRS
14 4 (0.15%) NCSC
15 3 (0.12%) GAAP
15 3 (0.12%) MiFID
15 3 (0.12%) SLA
16 2 (0.077%) SEPA
System Software
1 221 (8.47%) Docker
2 62 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.23%) Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.038%) vCloud
8 1 (0.038%) Xen
Systems Management
1 223 (8.55%) Terraform
2 201 (7.71%) Kubernetes
3 67 (2.57%) Ansible
4 39 (1.50%) Grafana
4 39 (1.50%) Prometheus
5 35 (1.34%) Argo
6 31 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (0.73%) Kustomize
8 13 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.27%) Kibana
10 6 (0.23%) Podman
10 6 (0.23%) SCCM
11 5 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
12 4 (0.15%) logstash
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.12%) Puppet
14 2 (0.077%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.077%) Packer
Vendors
1 377 (14.46%) Microsoft
2 183 (7.02%) Adobe
3 122 (4.68%) Salesforce
4 116 (4.45%) Google
5 74 (2.84%) Oracle
6 70 (2.68%) SAP
7 68 (2.61%) Databricks
8 50 (1.92%) Splunk
9 47 (1.80%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 24 (0.92%) IBM
12 23 (0.88%) Blue Prism
13 18 (0.69%) Okta
14 13 (0.50%) Cisco
14 13 (0.50%) Workday
15 11 (0.42%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.38%) Foundry
16 10 (0.38%) Talend
17 9 (0.35%) Mercator
18 8 (0.31%) Xamarin