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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,550 3,589 7,048
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.35% 24.81% 24.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.93% 26.06% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,720 2,214 5,894
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,812 £41,575
25th Percentile £48,750 £54,439 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,229 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.80% +10.40% -6.16%

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 14,220 13,771 26,314
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.60% 95.19% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,269 8,606 21,825
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 4 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 82 (3.22%) Confluence
2 42 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.10%) CMS
4 26 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.55%) Apache
5 14 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 11 (0.43%) SAS
7 8 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.27%) nginx
9 6 (0.24%) IIS
9 6 (0.24%) WordPress
10 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.12%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
13 2 (0.078%) Mendix
Applications
1 50 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.45%) Adobe XD
3 32 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.55%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.55%) UserZoom
7 10 (0.39%) Sketch
8 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.24%) Trello
9 4 (0.16%) InVision
10 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.078%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.078%) InDesign
11 2 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
11 2 (0.078%) Pro Tools
12 1 (0.039%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 39 (1.53%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.63%) Shopify
5 15 (0.59%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.16%) Primavera
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%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.078%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.078%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.078%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 791 (31.02%) Azure
2 564 (22.12%) AWS
3 275 (10.78%) Azure DevOps
4 212 (8.31%) Power Platform
5 206 (8.08%) GitHub
6 185 (7.25%) SaaS
7 183 (7.18%) GCP
8 131 (5.14%) Serverless
9 87 (3.41%) Adobe Analytics
9 87 (3.41%) Figma
10 80 (3.14%) Snowflake
11 70 (2.75%) dbt
11 70 (2.75%) GitHub Copilot
11 70 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
12 67 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
13 66 (2.59%) Entra ID
14 64 (2.51%) Amazon S3
15 54 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
15 54 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
16 47 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 230 (9.02%) Broadband
2 29 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 21 (0.82%) CHAP
4 20 (0.78%) DNS
5 14 (0.55%) 4G
6 12 (0.47%) WAN
7 11 (0.43%) BGP
7 11 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.43%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.43%) MPLS
8 10 (0.39%) DHCP
9 8 (0.31%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.31%) Firewall
9 8 (0.31%) RS-232
10 6 (0.24%) LAN
10 6 (0.24%) VPN
11 5 (0.20%) Network Security
11 5 (0.20%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 111 (4.35%) Power BI
3 97 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
4 95 (3.73%) NoSQL
5 78 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
6 77 (3.02%) MySQL
7 70 (2.75%) Relational Database
8 63 (2.47%) MongoDB
9 59 (2.31%) Data Lake
10 46 (1.80%) Metadata
11 43 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
12 36 (1.41%) Tableau
13 24 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (0.82%) RDBMS
15 20 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
16 19 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
17 18 (0.71%) DynamoDB
18 17 (0.67%) Apache Iceberg
19 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 205 (8.04%) JIRA
2 179 (7.02%) Git
3 129 (5.06%) Jenkins
4 80 (3.14%) GitLab
5 56 (2.20%) Selenium
6 41 (1.61%) Postman
6 41 (1.61%) SonarQube
7 38 (1.49%) WebDriver
8 36 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
9 29 (1.14%) Cypress.io
9 29 (1.14%) SoapUI
9 29 (1.14%) TeamCity
10 28 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 26 (1.02%) Balsamiq
12 25 (0.98%) Axure RP
13 19 (0.75%) Jaeger
14 12 (0.47%) Cucumber
15 11 (0.43%) JMeter
16 10 (0.39%) SpecFlow
17 9 (0.35%) ERwin
General
1 820 (32.16%) Finance
2 780 (30.59%) Social Skills
3 310 (12.16%) Public Sector
4 296 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
5 252 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 191 (7.49%) Games
7 155 (6.08%) Law
8 116 (4.55%) Marketing
9 113 (4.43%) Legal
10 104 (4.08%) Banking
11 78 (3.06%) Front Office
12 69 (2.71%) Retail
13 67 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
14 65 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
15 60 (2.35%) Telecoms
16 48 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
17 42 (1.65%) Manufacturing
18 30 (1.18%) Financial Institution
19 28 (1.10%) Electronics
19 28 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 561 (22.00%) Developer
2 525 (20.59%) Senior
3 379 (14.86%) Lead
4 260 (10.20%) Analyst
5 205 (8.04%) Software Engineer
6 168 (6.59%) Architect
7 154 (6.04%) Business Analyst
8 114 (4.47%) Project Manager
9 113 (4.43%) Software Developer
10 108 (4.24%) Senior Manager
11 98 (3.84%) .NET Developer
12 87 (3.41%) Lead Developer
13 77 (3.02%) Data Engineer
14 71 (2.78%) Consultant
15 70 (2.75%) Designer
16 69 (2.71%) Cloud Engineer
17 67 (2.63%) C# Developer
18 65 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
18 65 (2.55%) Full-Stack Developer
19 57 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (13.45%) .NET
2 298 (11.69%) React
3 178 (6.98%) HTML
4 162 (6.35%) CSS
5 152 (5.96%) REST
6 144 (5.65%) RESTful
6 144 (5.65%) SOAP
7 124 (4.86%) Node.js
8 97 (3.80%) AngularJS
9 91 (3.57%) Kafka
10 77 (3.02%) .NET Core
11 75 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
12 73 (2.86%) Vue
13 68 (2.67%) .NET Framework
14 67 (2.63%) Spring
15 65 (2.55%) GraphQL
16 60 (2.35%) Spring Boot
17 58 (2.27%) ASP.NET
18 52 (2.04%) Visualforce
19 50 (1.96%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 344 (13.49%) Product Ownership
2 203 (7.96%) Cloud Native
3 102 (4.00%) Social Media
4 75 (2.94%) Mobile App
5 72 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 68 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 66 (2.59%) Management Information System
8 65 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
9 62 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
10 61 (2.39%) Fixed Income
11 57 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
12 51 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
13 48 (1.88%) Low-Code
14 37 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
15 30 (1.18%) NHS
16 27 (1.06%) Data Structures
17 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
18 25 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
19 24 (0.94%) Over-the-Top Content
19 24 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (4.63%) Linux
2 57 (2.24%) Android
2 57 (2.24%) Windows
3 51 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 37 (1.45%) Unix
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (0.24%) CentOS
8 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.078%) VMS
11 1 (0.039%) AIX
11 1 (0.039%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 671 (26.31%) DevOps
2 645 (25.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 598 (23.45%) CI/CD
4 591 (23.18%) Mentoring
5 505 (19.80%) Coaching
6 471 (18.47%) Roadmaps
7 438 (17.18%) AI
8 431 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
9 426 (16.71%) Software Engineering
10 415 (16.27%) Scrum
11 360 (14.12%) Analytics
12 295 (11.57%) Test Automation
13 261 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 254 (9.96%) Project Management
15 240 (9.41%) Microservices
16 235 (9.22%) Full-Stack Development
17 212 (8.31%) User Experience
18 202 (7.92%) Data Modelling
19 199 (7.80%) Asset Management
20 194 (7.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 520 (20.39%) SQL
2 445 (17.45%) Python
3 387 (15.18%) Java
4 360 (14.12%) JavaScript
5 333 (13.06%) C#
6 234 (9.18%) TypeScript
7 82 (3.22%) Go
8 77 (3.02%) Apex Code
9 75 (2.94%) PowerShell
10 69 (2.71%) PHP
11 63 (2.47%) C++
12 61 (2.39%) Bash
13 46 (1.80%) C
14 41 (1.61%) Shell Script
15 37 (1.45%) Scala
16 36 (1.41%) PL/SQL
17 33 (1.29%) SOQL
17 33 (1.29%) SOSL
18 21 (0.82%) VBA
19 17 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 340 (13.33%) Degree
2 311 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 222 (8.71%) SC Cleared
4 85 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 66 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 54 (2.12%) PMI Certification
7 42 (1.65%) ISTQB
8 41 (1.61%) PMP
9 35 (1.37%) CISSP
9 35 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 31 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.22%) DBS Check
11 25 (0.98%) SANS
12 23 (0.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 22 (0.86%) CISM
14 21 (0.82%) CGEIT
14 21 (0.82%) CISA
14 21 (0.82%) FFIEC
15 20 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (0.71%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (10.12%) Accessibility
2 213 (8.35%) QA
3 70 (2.75%) WCAG
4 53 (2.08%) GDPR
5 43 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 37 (1.45%) NIST
7 30 (1.18%) PMO
8 22 (0.86%) COBIT
9 19 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.24%) P3O
12 5 (0.20%) GRC
13 4 (0.16%) NCSC
13 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.12%) SLA
15 2 (0.078%) HL7
15 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.078%) IFRS
15 2 (0.078%) MiFID
System Software
1 209 (8.20%) Docker
2 68 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.24%) Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.039%) vCloud
8 1 (0.039%) Xen
Systems Management
1 222 (8.71%) Terraform
2 196 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 62 (2.43%) Ansible
4 39 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
5 38 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.37%) Argo
7 34 (1.33%) Grafana
8 19 (0.75%) Kustomize
9 17 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.31%) Kibana
10 8 (0.31%) SCCM
11 5 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
12 4 (0.16%) logstash
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.078%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.078%) Packer
14 2 (0.078%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.078%) Puppet
Vendors
1 391 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 129 (5.06%) Adobe
3 112 (4.39%) Salesforce
4 104 (4.08%) Google
5 82 (3.22%) Oracle
6 71 (2.78%) Databricks
7 70 (2.75%) SAP
8 49 (1.92%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.69%) Splunk
10 42 (1.65%) Blue Prism
11 29 (1.14%) MuleSoft
12 21 (0.82%) Okta
13 19 (0.75%) IBM
14 15 (0.59%) Workday
15 13 (0.51%) Cisco
16 10 (0.39%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.39%) Talend
17 9 (0.35%) Mercator
18 8 (0.31%) PagerDuty
18 8 (0.31%) Xamarin