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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,012 3,265 8,023
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.81% 22.49% 24.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.04% 23.71% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,934 1,996 5,990
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,468 £53,188 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +14.37% -5.84%
75th Percentile £80,000 £100,626 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £101,250
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 15,823 13,768 29,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.03% 94.85% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 8,032 23,418
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,826 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%

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 27 May 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 98 (3.25%) Confluence
2 43 (1.43%) CMS
3 40 (1.33%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.50%) Apache
6 14 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 13 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.33%) SAS
9 8 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.23%) WordPress
11 6 (0.20%) Jupyter
11 6 (0.20%) OpenStack
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.13%) nginx
12 4 (0.13%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.100%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.066%) Camunda
14 2 (0.066%) NServiceBus
14 2 (0.066%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.033%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 104 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
2 101 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 41 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
5 30 (1.00%) UserZoom
6 25 (0.83%) Adobe XD
7 19 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 10 (0.33%) Sketch
9 9 (0.30%) MS Visio
10 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 7 (0.23%) Trello
11 5 (0.17%) InVision
12 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
12 4 (0.13%) Revit
12 4 (0.13%) Windchill
13 3 (0.100%) Adobe Illustrator
13 3 (0.100%) Productboard
14 2 (0.066%) Maya
14 2 (0.066%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 40 (1.33%) Workfront
2 39 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.43%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.23%) Shopify
7 4 (0.13%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.100%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.100%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.066%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.066%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.066%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.066%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.066%) Raiser’s Edge
9 2 (0.066%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.066%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.066%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.066%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.066%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 862 (28.62%) Azure
2 663 (22.01%) AWS
3 236 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
4 200 (6.64%) GCP
5 182 (6.04%) Adobe Analytics
6 152 (5.05%) SaaS
7 149 (4.95%) Serverless
8 147 (4.88%) Power Platform
9 145 (4.81%) GitHub
10 124 (4.12%) Figma
11 97 (3.22%) Azure AI
12 85 (2.82%) Snowflake
13 65 (2.16%) Azure Machine Learning
14 63 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 60 (1.99%) Amazon S3
15 60 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
16 56 (1.86%) iPaaS
17 55 (1.83%) Contentsquare
18 52 (1.73%) GitHub Copilot
19 49 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 411 (13.65%) Broadband
2 25 (0.83%) DNS
2 25 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 21 (0.70%) CHAP
4 20 (0.66%) Network Security
5 16 (0.53%) WAN
6 15 (0.50%) Ethernet
6 15 (0.50%) LAN
6 15 (0.50%) RS-232
7 13 (0.43%) 4G
7 13 (0.43%) Firewall
8 11 (0.37%) BGP
8 11 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (0.37%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (0.37%) IOS XR
8 11 (0.37%) MPLS
9 8 (0.27%) Internet
9 8 (0.27%) VPN
10 7 (0.23%) 5G
10 7 (0.23%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (5.98%) MongoDB
2 169 (5.61%) SQL Server
3 133 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 109 (3.62%) NoSQL
5 108 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
6 103 (3.42%) Metadata
7 83 (2.76%) Power BI
8 63 (2.09%) MySQL
9 60 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
10 43 (1.43%) Relational Database
11 41 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
12 32 (1.06%) Data Lake
13 28 (0.93%) DynamoDB
14 23 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
15 19 (0.63%) Tableau
16 18 (0.60%) RDBMS
17 17 (0.56%) Redis
18 16 (0.53%) Big Data
19 12 (0.40%) BigQuery
20 10 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 229 (7.60%) JIRA
2 158 (5.25%) Git
3 121 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 108 (3.59%) GitLab
5 51 (1.69%) Selenium
6 42 (1.39%) Postman
7 39 (1.29%) SonarQube
8 34 (1.13%) Cypress.io
9 28 (0.93%) SoapUI
9 28 (0.93%) WebDriver
10 26 (0.86%) TeamCity
11 25 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
12 18 (0.60%) Jaeger
13 16 (0.53%) JUnit
14 15 (0.50%) JMeter
15 14 (0.46%) Axure RP
15 14 (0.46%) Claude Code
15 14 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
16 13 (0.43%) Balsamiq
16 13 (0.43%) CircleCI
General
1 871 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 805 (26.73%) Finance
3 421 (13.98%) Public Sector
4 325 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
5 311 (10.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 289 (9.59%) Games
7 200 (6.64%) Law
8 182 (6.04%) Marketing
9 153 (5.08%) Banking
10 146 (4.85%) Legal
11 134 (4.45%) Retail
12 71 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
13 58 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
14 54 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
15 53 (1.76%) Front Office
16 44 (1.46%) Telecoms
17 36 (1.20%) Back Office
18 34 (1.13%) Advertising
19 31 (1.03%) Manufacturing
20 28 (0.93%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 635 (21.08%) Senior
2 576 (19.12%) Developer
3 483 (16.04%) Lead
4 292 (9.69%) Analyst
5 230 (7.64%) Software Engineer
6 218 (7.24%) Project Manager
7 213 (7.07%) Architect
8 197 (6.54%) Business Analyst
9 192 (6.37%) Senior Manager
10 156 (5.18%) .NET Developer
11 110 (3.65%) Software Developer
12 98 (3.25%) Senior Project Manager
13 94 (3.12%) Delivery Manager
14 92 (3.05%) Designer
15 88 (2.92%) Product Owner
16 79 (2.62%) Engineering Manager
17 78 (2.59%) Product Manager
18 77 (2.56%) Lead Developer
19 75 (2.49%) C# Developer
19 75 (2.49%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 357 (11.85%) .NET
2 338 (11.22%) React
3 191 (6.34%) Node.js
4 160 (5.31%) HTML
5 156 (5.18%) CSS
6 154 (5.11%) .NET Core
7 150 (4.98%) ASP.NET
8 144 (4.78%) RESTful
9 134 (4.45%) ASP.NET Core
10 126 (4.18%) REST
11 97 (3.22%) AngularJS
12 94 (3.12%) SOAP
13 77 (2.56%) Kafka
14 76 (2.52%) Vue
15 75 (2.49%) Spring
16 65 (2.16%) Entity Framework
16 65 (2.16%) Lightning Web Components
17 61 (2.03%) Blazor
18 56 (1.86%) Spring Boot
19 51 (1.69%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 422 (14.01%) Product Ownership
2 254 (8.43%) Cloud Native
3 237 (7.87%) Social Media
4 88 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
5 76 (2.52%) Mobile App
5 76 (2.52%) Onboarding
5 76 (2.52%) Over-the-Top Content
6 60 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
7 59 (1.96%) Management Information System
8 57 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 56 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
10 54 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
11 44 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
12 42 (1.39%) Fixed Income
12 42 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 38 (1.26%) Driving Licence
14 31 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
15 30 (1.00%) Data Structures
15 30 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
15 30 (1.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 137 (4.55%) Linux
2 62 (2.06%) Android
3 46 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 43 (1.43%) Unix
5 41 (1.36%) Windows
6 15 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.23%) CentOS
7 7 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.13%) Debian
10 3 (0.100%) VMS
11 2 (0.066%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.033%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 713 (23.67%) Mentoring
2 699 (23.21%) Roadmaps
3 677 (22.48%) DevOps
4 672 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 653 (21.68%) CI/CD
6 590 (19.59%) AI
7 573 (19.02%) Coaching
8 543 (18.03%) Scrum
9 473 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
10 430 (14.28%) Analytics
11 391 (12.98%) Software Engineering
12 375 (12.45%) Customer Experience
13 358 (11.89%) Project Management
14 347 (11.52%) Full-Stack Development
15 339 (11.25%) Test Automation
16 327 (10.86%) Decision-Making
17 323 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
18 292 (9.69%) Microservices
19 276 (9.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 275 (9.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 572 (18.99%) SQL
2 408 (13.55%) Java
3 401 (13.31%) C#
3 401 (13.31%) Python
4 389 (12.92%) JavaScript
5 249 (8.27%) TypeScript
6 80 (2.66%) Go
7 76 (2.52%) PHP
8 74 (2.46%) C++
9 66 (2.19%) Apex Code
10 64 (2.12%) Bash
11 42 (1.39%) C
12 40 (1.33%) PowerShell
13 36 (1.20%) Scala
14 35 (1.16%) SOQL
15 34 (1.13%) SOSL
16 27 (0.90%) PL/SQL
17 19 (0.63%) VBA
18 18 (0.60%) Ruby
19 17 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 439 (14.58%) Degree
2 334 (11.09%) Security Cleared
3 249 (8.27%) SC Cleared
4 84 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 83 (2.76%) PMI Certification
6 74 (2.46%) PMP
7 68 (2.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 54 (1.79%) DV Cleared
9 52 (1.73%) CISSP
10 45 (1.49%) DBS Check
11 44 (1.46%) ISTQB
12 38 (1.26%) CISM
13 34 (1.13%) AWS Certification
14 28 (0.93%) CISA
15 27 (0.90%) Azure Certification
16 26 (0.86%) SANS
17 21 (0.70%) CGEIT
17 21 (0.70%) FFIEC
18 18 (0.60%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
19 16 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 363 (12.05%) Accessibility
2 238 (7.90%) QA
3 89 (2.95%) WCAG
4 88 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 61 (2.03%) GDPR
6 54 (1.79%) NIST
7 40 (1.33%) PMO
8 37 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 24 (0.80%) COBIT
10 22 (0.73%) GRC
11 11 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.37%) NCSC
12 10 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (0.27%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.13%) IFRS
15 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 4 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 248 (8.23%) Docker
2 59 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
3 41 (1.36%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.100%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.066%) Firmware
7 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.033%) vSphere
7 1 (0.033%) Xen
Systems Management
1 244 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 207 (6.87%) Terraform
3 83 (2.76%) Ansible
4 48 (1.59%) Argo
5 46 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 45 (1.49%) Grafana
7 22 (0.73%) Kustomize
8 13 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.40%) Podman
10 6 (0.20%) Puppet
11 5 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.17%) Packer
12 4 (0.13%) Istio
12 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.13%) SCCM
13 3 (0.100%) Control-M
13 3 (0.100%) Kibana
13 3 (0.100%) logstash
13 3 (0.100%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 517 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 264 (8.76%) Adobe
3 129 (4.28%) Google
4 114 (3.78%) Salesforce
5 99 (3.29%) Databricks
6 86 (2.86%) Oracle
7 70 (2.32%) ServiceNow
8 69 (2.29%) SAP
9 39 (1.29%) Splunk
10 20 (0.66%) IBM
11 19 (0.63%) Cisco
12 16 (0.53%) Facebook
13 13 (0.43%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.33%) Apple
14 10 (0.33%) Okta
15 9 (0.30%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.30%) Foundry
15 9 (0.30%) IFS
15 9 (0.30%) VMware
16 8 (0.27%) OpenAI