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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,463 3,201 5,282
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.46% 19.73% 22.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.66% 21.21% 25.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,286 2,027 3,027
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,180 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,741 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.53% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £78,312 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £134,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,076 £67,500 £65,465
% change year-on-year -6.55% +3.11% +0.61%

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 19,614 15,094 20,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.92% 93.04% 87.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14,115 8,698 12,932
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,252
25th Percentile £44,784 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 10 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
1 114 (3.29%) Confluence
2 88 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.07%) CMS
4 27 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.58%) Apache
6 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 15 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 13 (0.38%) WordPress
9 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (0.35%) SAS
10 10 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.14%) Camunda
11 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.087%) Kentico
13 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.087%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 128 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
2 97 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 51 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 34 (0.98%) UserZoom
6 29 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 23 (0.66%) 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%) Simulink
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
Business Applications
1 69 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (1.10%) Workfront
3 24 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.32%) Primavera
5 10 (0.29%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.17%) Shopify
9 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
11 3 (0.087%) Carpe Diem
11 3 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
11 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,260 (36.38%) Azure
2 867 (25.04%) AWS
3 351 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
4 245 (7.07%) SaaS
5 222 (6.41%) GCP
6 202 (5.83%) Power Platform
7 189 (5.46%) GitHub
8 159 (4.59%) Azure AI
9 156 (4.50%) Serverless
10 97 (2.80%) Adobe Analytics
11 92 (2.66%) GitHub Copilot
12 87 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
13 78 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
14 77 (2.22%) PowerApps
15 76 (2.19%) Power Automate
16 75 (2.17%) Snowflake
17 73 (2.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 70 (2.02%) Figma
19 69 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
20 65 (1.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 215 (6.21%) Broadband
2 43 (1.24%) Network Security
3 20 (0.58%) Internet
3 20 (0.58%) WAN
4 19 (0.55%) LAN
4 19 (0.55%) VPN
5 17 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.43%) Firewall
7 13 (0.38%) VoIP
8 12 (0.35%) DNS
9 11 (0.32%) CTI
10 10 (0.29%) 5G
11 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.26%) RS-232
12 8 (0.23%) SMS
12 8 (0.23%) Unified Communications
12 8 (0.23%) Wireless
13 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
13 7 (0.20%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (10.97%) MongoDB
2 371 (10.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 205 (5.92%) SQL Server
4 146 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
5 137 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
6 131 (3.78%) Power BI
7 109 (3.15%) Metadata
8 83 (2.40%) NoSQL
9 79 (2.28%) MySQL
10 65 (1.88%) Relational Database
11 59 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
12 52 (1.50%) DynamoDB
13 45 (1.30%) Data Lake
14 30 (0.87%) Big Data
15 28 (0.81%) Tableau
16 25 (0.72%) Redis
17 21 (0.61%) Spark SQL
18 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
20 18 (0.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 273 (7.88%) JIRA
2 206 (5.95%) Git
3 90 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 87 (2.51%) GitLab
5 38 (1.10%) Cypress.io
6 35 (1.01%) Selenium
7 30 (0.87%) JUnit
8 22 (0.64%) Postman
8 22 (0.64%) SonarQube
9 19 (0.55%) Claude Code
10 18 (0.52%) Maven
10 18 (0.52%) Mockito
11 15 (0.43%) Cucumber
11 15 (0.43%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.35%) CircleCI
13 11 (0.32%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.26%) Balsamiq
14 9 (0.26%) Gatling
15 8 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 8 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1,046 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 847 (24.46%) Finance
3 551 (15.91%) Public Sector
4 404 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
5 393 (11.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 300 (8.66%) Law
7 215 (6.21%) Legal
8 189 (5.46%) Marketing
8 189 (5.46%) Retail
9 158 (4.56%) Games
10 117 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
11 116 (3.35%) Banking
12 100 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
13 91 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
14 86 (2.48%) Aerospace
15 62 (1.79%) Advertising
16 49 (1.41%) Manufacturing
17 48 (1.39%) Legal Technology
18 39 (1.13%) Back Office
19 32 (0.92%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 840 (24.26%) Developer
2 751 (21.69%) Senior
3 388 (11.20%) Lead
4 370 (10.68%) .NET Developer
5 316 (9.13%) Analyst
6 295 (8.52%) Architect
7 258 (7.45%) Project Manager
8 234 (6.76%) Software Engineer
9 209 (6.04%) Business Analyst
10 180 (5.20%) Senior Developer
11 155 (4.48%) Senior Manager
12 132 (3.81%) IT Manager
13 110 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
14 100 (2.89%) Software Developer
15 96 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
16 93 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
17 84 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
18 81 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
19 78 (2.25%) Technical Architect
20 77 (2.22%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 636 (18.37%) .NET
2 445 (12.85%) React
3 388 (11.20%) ASP.NET
4 380 (10.97%) .NET Core
5 356 (10.28%) ASP.NET Core
6 310 (8.95%) Node.js
7 218 (6.30%) CSS
7 218 (6.30%) RESTful
8 205 (5.92%) HTML
9 178 (5.14%) Blazor
10 171 (4.94%) Terraform
11 161 (4.65%) Entity Framework
12 157 (4.53%) AngularJS
13 134 (3.87%) Vue
14 130 (3.75%) REST
15 125 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
16 98 (2.83%) Spring
17 96 (2.77%) .NET Framework
17 96 (2.77%) ML.NET
18 93 (2.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 388 (11.20%) Product Ownership
2 302 (8.72%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
4 158 (4.56%) Social Media
5 102 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
6 95 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 74 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 64 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 63 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 63 (1.82%) Onboarding
10 62 (1.79%) Mobile App
11 61 (1.76%) Marketing Technology
12 54 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
13 52 (1.50%) Over-the-Top Content
14 47 (1.36%) Driving Licence
15 43 (1.24%) Virtual Team
16 36 (1.04%) Blog
17 35 (1.01%) AI Agents
18 34 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
19 32 (0.92%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 144 (4.16%) 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%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.029%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 895 (25.84%) CI/CD
2 888 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 855 (24.69%) DevOps
4 776 (22.41%) AI
5 760 (21.95%) Mentoring
6 678 (19.58%) Scrum
7 654 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
8 624 (18.02%) Roadmaps
9 588 (16.98%) Full-Stack Development
10 579 (16.72%) Coaching
11 562 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 512 (14.78%) Software Engineering
13 477 (13.77%) Microservices
14 471 (13.60%) Decision-Making
15 435 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 419 (12.10%) Project Delivery
17 407 (11.75%) Analytics
18 390 (11.26%) Test Automation
19 362 (10.45%) Waterfall
20 352 (10.16%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 859 (24.81%) SQL
2 760 (21.95%) C#
3 565 (16.32%) JavaScript
4 382 (11.03%) Python
5 349 (10.08%) Java
6 317 (9.15%) TypeScript
7 98 (2.83%) C++
8 74 (2.14%) PHP
9 67 (1.93%) Bash
10 49 (1.41%) PowerShell
11 44 (1.27%) Ruby
12 35 (1.01%) C
13 33 (0.95%) Go
14 28 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 21 (0.61%) Apex Code
15 21 (0.61%) T-SQL
16 19 (0.55%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.46%) Bicep
18 15 (0.43%) Rust
19 14 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 518 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 506 (14.61%) Degree
3 405 (11.70%) SC Cleared
4 121 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 107 (3.09%) PMI Certification
6 105 (3.03%) CISSP
7 103 (2.97%) PMP
8 96 (2.77%) CISM
9 92 (2.66%) DV Cleared
10 78 (2.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 77 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 64 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
13 49 (1.41%) Azure Certification
14 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
15 34 (0.98%) Master's Degree
16 31 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
17 30 (0.87%) AWS Certification
18 29 (0.84%) ISTQB
19 24 (0.69%) CISA
20 21 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 336 (9.70%) Accessibility
2 295 (8.52%) QA
3 172 (4.97%) Data Quality
4 110 (3.18%) NIST
5 94 (2.71%) GDPR
6 76 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 69 (1.99%) WCAG
8 61 (1.76%) PMO
9 49 (1.41%) 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 12 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.32%) COBIT
15 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
16 10 (0.29%) GxP
17 9 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 302 (8.72%) Docker
2 61 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
3 38 (1.10%) 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 3 (0.087%) IAG
9 2 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.029%) GPFS
10 1 (0.029%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.029%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 270 (7.80%) Kubernetes
2 53 (1.53%) Ansible
3 37 (1.07%) 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
12 2 (0.058%) Kibana
13 1 (0.029%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.029%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.029%) linkerd
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 827 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 180 (5.20%) Adobe
3 143 (4.13%) Google
4 117 (3.38%) Oracle
5 107 (3.09%) Databricks
6 96 (2.77%) SAP
7 89 (2.57%) Salesforce
8 67 (1.93%) ServiceNow
9 61 (1.76%) YouTube
10 41 (1.18%) Facebook
11 31 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 27 (0.78%) Cisco
13 23 (0.66%) Workday
14 21 (0.61%) Splunk
15 20 (0.58%) VMware
16 19 (0.55%) IFS
16 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
17 18 (0.52%) Apple
18 17 (0.49%) Informatica
18 17 (0.49%) Sony