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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,457 3,226 5,458
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.80% 19.74% 22.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.06% 21.22% 25.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,291 2,052 3,285
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,350
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £67,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +3.11% +0.61%
75th Percentile £78,250 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -0.54%

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 19,144 15,200 21,191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.93% 92.99% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,801 8,843 14,057
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,077
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%

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 3 September 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
1 111 (3.21%) Confluence
2 83 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.07%) CMS
4 26 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.58%) Apache
6 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 15 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.35%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) WordPress
9 10 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.14%) Camunda
10 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.087%) Kentico
12 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.087%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 127 (3.67%) Microsoft Project
2 96 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 52 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 34 (0.98%) UserZoom
6 28 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 24 (0.69%) Chatbot
8 22 (0.64%) MS Visio
9 18 (0.52%) Trello
10 16 (0.46%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.12%) Revit
12 4 (0.12%) Sketch
12 4 (0.12%) Windchill
13 3 (0.087%) Blender
13 3 (0.087%) Maya
13 3 (0.087%) Productboard
14 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
14 2 (0.058%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 68 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.13%) Workfront
3 23 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.29%) Primavera
4 10 (0.29%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.17%) Shopify
8 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.087%) Carpe Diem
10 3 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,257 (36.36%) Azure
2 862 (24.93%) AWS
3 352 (10.18%) Azure DevOps
4 240 (6.94%) SaaS
5 222 (6.42%) GCP
6 199 (5.76%) Power Platform
7 186 (5.38%) GitHub
8 159 (4.60%) Azure AI
9 153 (4.43%) Serverless
10 113 (3.27%) Adobe Analytics
11 92 (2.66%) GitHub Copilot
12 84 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
13 78 (2.26%) Figma
14 75 (2.17%) PowerApps
14 75 (2.17%) Snowflake
15 74 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
15 74 (2.14%) Power Automate
16 71 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
17 70 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 65 (1.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 235 (6.80%) Broadband
2 42 (1.21%) Network Security
3 20 (0.58%) Internet
4 19 (0.55%) VPN
4 19 (0.55%) WAN
5 18 (0.52%) LAN
6 17 (0.49%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.43%) Firewall
8 13 (0.38%) VoIP
9 12 (0.35%) DNS
10 11 (0.32%) CTI
11 10 (0.29%) 5G
12 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
12 9 (0.26%) RS-232
13 8 (0.23%) SMS
13 8 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 8 (0.23%) Wireless
14 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
14 7 (0.20%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 381 (11.02%) MongoDB
2 371 (10.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 206 (5.96%) SQL Server
4 146 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
5 134 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
6 130 (3.76%) Power BI
7 110 (3.18%) Metadata
8 83 (2.40%) NoSQL
9 78 (2.26%) MySQL
10 62 (1.79%) Relational Database
11 57 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
12 51 (1.48%) DynamoDB
13 41 (1.19%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.84%) Big Data
15 27 (0.78%) Tableau
16 24 (0.69%) Redis
17 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
18 19 (0.55%) Spark SQL
19 18 (0.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 266 (7.69%) JIRA
2 198 (5.73%) Git
3 89 (2.57%) GitLab
3 89 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.04%) Cypress.io
5 33 (0.95%) Selenium
6 29 (0.84%) JUnit
7 23 (0.67%) SonarQube
8 22 (0.64%) Postman
9 19 (0.55%) Claude Code
10 17 (0.49%) Maven
10 17 (0.49%) Mockito
11 15 (0.43%) Visual Studio
12 13 (0.38%) Cucumber
13 12 (0.35%) CircleCI
14 10 (0.29%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.26%) Balsamiq
15 9 (0.26%) Gatling
16 8 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 7 (0.20%) Axure RP
General
1 1,036 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 845 (24.44%) Finance
3 543 (15.71%) Public Sector
4 398 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
5 388 (11.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 299 (8.65%) Law
7 221 (6.39%) Legal
8 190 (5.50%) Marketing
9 186 (5.38%) Retail
10 176 (5.09%) Games
11 117 (3.38%) Banking
11 117 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
12 98 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 88 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 79 (2.29%) Aerospace
15 62 (1.79%) Advertising
16 49 (1.42%) Legal Technology
17 47 (1.36%) Manufacturing
18 38 (1.10%) Back Office
19 31 (0.90%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 836 (24.18%) Developer
2 741 (21.43%) Senior
3 396 (11.46%) Lead
4 370 (10.70%) .NET Developer
5 318 (9.20%) Analyst
6 292 (8.45%) Architect
7 256 (7.41%) Project Manager
8 235 (6.80%) Software Engineer
9 211 (6.10%) Business Analyst
10 178 (5.15%) Senior Developer
11 152 (4.40%) Senior Manager
12 133 (3.85%) IT Manager
13 106 (3.07%) Delivery Manager
14 103 (2.98%) Software Developer
15 96 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
16 93 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
17 83 (2.40%) Full-Stack Developer
18 80 (2.31%) Product Owner
19 79 (2.29%) Technical Architect
20 78 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 639 (18.48%) .NET
2 449 (12.99%) React
3 388 (11.22%) ASP.NET
4 381 (11.02%) .NET Core
5 356 (10.30%) ASP.NET Core
6 309 (8.94%) Node.js
7 218 (6.31%) CSS
8 216 (6.25%) RESTful
9 204 (5.90%) HTML
10 178 (5.15%) Blazor
11 167 (4.83%) Terraform
12 161 (4.66%) Entity Framework
13 156 (4.51%) AngularJS
14 133 (3.85%) Vue
15 130 (3.76%) REST
16 125 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
17 96 (2.78%) .NET Framework
17 96 (2.78%) ML.NET
18 95 (2.75%) Spring
19 91 (2.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 395 (11.43%) Product Ownership
2 295 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 175 (5.06%) Social Media
4 157 (4.54%) Enterprise Software
5 103 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
6 92 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 74 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 63 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 62 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
9 62 (1.79%) Mobile App
10 61 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
11 58 (1.68%) Onboarding
12 54 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
13 53 (1.53%) Over-the-Top Content
14 48 (1.39%) Driving Licence
15 42 (1.21%) Virtual Team
16 35 (1.01%) AI Agents
16 35 (1.01%) Blog
17 33 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
18 32 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 142 (4.11%) Linux
2 82 (2.37%) Windows
3 43 (1.24%) Unix
4 42 (1.21%) Android
5 19 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 9 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.17%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.058%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 888 (25.69%) CI/CD
2 879 (25.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 851 (24.62%) DevOps
4 787 (22.77%) AI
5 749 (21.67%) Mentoring
6 680 (19.67%) Scrum
7 643 (18.60%) Roadmaps
8 641 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
9 589 (17.04%) Full-Stack Development
10 576 (16.66%) Coaching
11 546 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
12 510 (14.75%) Software Engineering
13 473 (13.68%) Microservices
14 468 (13.54%) Decision-Making
15 434 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 421 (12.18%) Analytics
17 414 (11.98%) Project Delivery
18 390 (11.28%) Test Automation
19 357 (10.33%) Waterfall
20 353 (10.21%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 853 (24.67%) SQL
2 764 (22.10%) C#
3 559 (16.17%) JavaScript
4 380 (10.99%) Python
5 341 (9.86%) Java
6 318 (9.20%) TypeScript
7 96 (2.78%) C++
8 77 (2.23%) PHP
9 67 (1.94%) Bash
10 46 (1.33%) PowerShell
11 45 (1.30%) Ruby
12 33 (0.95%) C
12 33 (0.95%) Go
13 26 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 24 (0.69%) Apex Code
15 21 (0.61%) T-SQL
16 18 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.46%) Bicep
18 15 (0.43%) Rust
18 15 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 499 (14.43%) Degree
2 496 (14.35%) Security Cleared
3 392 (11.34%) SC Cleared
4 120 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 106 (3.07%) CISSP
6 105 (3.04%) PMI Certification
7 101 (2.92%) PMP
8 98 (2.83%) CISM
9 89 (2.57%) DV Cleared
10 77 (2.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 76 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 65 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
13 48 (1.39%) Azure Certification
14 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
15 33 (0.95%) Master's Degree
16 30 (0.87%) AWS Certification
16 30 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
17 28 (0.81%) ISTQB
18 25 (0.72%) CISA
19 19 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 346 (10.01%) Accessibility
2 296 (8.56%) QA
3 165 (4.77%) Data Quality
4 112 (3.24%) NIST
5 95 (2.75%) GDPR
6 76 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 69 (2.00%) WCAG
8 61 (1.76%) PMO
9 49 (1.42%) ISO 22301
10 37 (1.07%) GRC
11 34 (0.98%) NCSC
12 29 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.40%) NIST 800
14 13 (0.38%) COBIT
15 12 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
16 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
17 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
17 10 (0.29%) GxP
18 9 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 300 (8.68%) Docker
2 61 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
3 36 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.38%) vSphere
6 12 (0.35%) Firmware
6 12 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.058%) IAG
8 2 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.029%) GPFS
9 1 (0.029%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.029%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 266 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 50 (1.45%) Ansible
3 36 (1.04%) Grafana
4 29 (0.84%) Argo
5 26 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.35%) Podman
7 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.12%) Puppet
11 3 (0.087%) Packer
11 3 (0.087%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.029%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.029%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.029%) Kibana
13 1 (0.029%) linkerd
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 825 (23.86%) Microsoft
2 197 (5.70%) Adobe
3 142 (4.11%) Google
4 115 (3.33%) Oracle
5 106 (3.07%) Databricks
6 93 (2.69%) SAP
7 90 (2.60%) Salesforce
8 65 (1.88%) ServiceNow
9 57 (1.65%) YouTube
10 41 (1.19%) Facebook
11 31 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 26 (0.75%) Cisco
13 23 (0.67%) Splunk
14 22 (0.64%) Workday
15 20 (0.58%) VMware
16 19 (0.55%) IFS
16 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
17 18 (0.52%) Apple
18 17 (0.49%) Sony
19 16 (0.46%) Informatica