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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,350 3,129 4,459
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.31% 19.05% 21.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.50% 20.32% 24.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,219 1,917 2,644
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,275 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,700 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% -7.14% +7.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £91,054 £130,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,076 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.55% - +3.05%

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 20,307 15,402 18,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.66% 93.79% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,401 10,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,498
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.96% -3.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 October 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
1 108 (3.22%) Confluence
2 97 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.60%) Apache
4 20 (0.60%) CMS
5 18 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.42%) WordPress
7 13 (0.39%) SAS
8 12 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 12 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.30%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.090%) DNN
12 3 (0.090%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.090%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 134 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
2 101 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 30 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 23 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 19 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.54%) UserZoom
9 17 (0.51%) Trello
10 13 (0.39%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.18%) Notion
11 6 (0.18%) Revit
12 5 (0.15%) Simulink
12 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.15%) Windchill
13 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
14 3 (0.090%) Blender
14 3 (0.090%) Maya
14 3 (0.090%) Productboard
14 3 (0.090%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 81 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.60%) Workfront
3 19 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.33%) Primavera
4 11 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 10 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.18%) Shopify
8 5 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
9 4 (0.12%) SAP GRC
10 3 (0.090%) Adobe Campaign
10 3 (0.090%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 1,194 (35.64%) Azure
2 823 (24.57%) AWS
3 360 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
4 260 (7.76%) SaaS
5 232 (6.93%) Power Platform
6 210 (6.27%) GitHub
7 188 (5.61%) GCP
8 151 (4.51%) Serverless
9 111 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
10 98 (2.93%) Azure AI
10 98 (2.93%) GitHub Copilot
11 91 (2.72%) Power Automate
12 87 (2.60%) PowerApps
13 76 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
14 75 (2.24%) Microsoft Copilot
15 72 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
16 67 (2.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 59 (1.76%) PaaS
18 54 (1.61%) Amazon S3
19 50 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 77 (2.30%) Broadband
2 38 (1.13%) Network Security
3 20 (0.60%) Internet
4 18 (0.54%) LAN
4 18 (0.54%) VPN
4 18 (0.54%) WAN
5 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.39%) VoIP
7 11 (0.33%) 5G
7 11 (0.33%) CTI
7 11 (0.33%) Firewall
8 10 (0.30%) DNS
9 9 (0.27%) SMS
9 9 (0.27%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.24%) TETRA
11 7 (0.21%) HTTP
11 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
11 7 (0.21%) WLAN
12 6 (0.18%) Wireless
13 5 (0.15%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (11.04%) Azure SQL Database
1 370 (11.04%) MongoDB
2 153 (4.57%) Power BI
3 150 (4.48%) Elasticsearch
4 146 (4.36%) SQL Server
5 143 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
6 90 (2.69%) Metadata
7 83 (2.48%) MySQL
8 71 (2.12%) Relational Database
9 70 (2.09%) NoSQL
10 68 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
11 48 (1.43%) Data Lake
12 47 (1.40%) DynamoDB
13 30 (0.90%) Big Data
13 30 (0.90%) Tableau
14 27 (0.81%) Redis
15 21 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
15 21 (0.63%) BigQuery
15 21 (0.63%) Spark SQL
16 20 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 277 (8.27%) JIRA
2 224 (6.69%) Git
3 76 (2.27%) GitLab
4 70 (2.09%) Jenkins
5 35 (1.04%) JUnit
6 27 (0.81%) Claude Code
6 27 (0.81%) Selenium
7 23 (0.69%) Mockito
8 22 (0.66%) Cypress.io
9 18 (0.54%) Maven
10 17 (0.51%) Postman
11 16 (0.48%) Visual Studio
12 13 (0.39%) Bitbucket
12 13 (0.39%) Cucumber
13 12 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
14 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
15 8 (0.24%) Balsamiq
15 8 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
16 7 (0.21%) NUnit
17 6 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,045 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 769 (22.96%) Finance
3 595 (17.76%) Public Sector
4 441 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
5 376 (11.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 267 (7.97%) Law
7 207 (6.18%) Legal
8 191 (5.70%) Retail
9 151 (4.51%) Marketing
10 132 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
11 115 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
12 96 (2.87%) Aerospace
13 83 (2.48%) Banking
14 82 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
15 70 (2.09%) Games
16 57 (1.70%) Advertising
17 51 (1.52%) Manufacturing
18 42 (1.25%) Legal Technology
19 31 (0.93%) Aviation
20 30 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 853 (25.46%) Developer
2 790 (23.58%) Senior
3 373 (11.13%) .NET Developer
4 353 (10.54%) Lead
5 294 (8.78%) Analyst
6 279 (8.33%) Architect
7 254 (7.58%) Project Manager
8 224 (6.69%) Software Engineer
9 199 (5.94%) Business Analyst
9 199 (5.94%) Senior Developer
10 172 (5.13%) Senior Manager
11 168 (5.01%) Delivery Manager
12 139 (4.15%) IT Manager
13 94 (2.81%) Senior Project Manager
14 90 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
15 87 (2.60%) Agile Delivery Manager
16 84 (2.51%) Software Developer
17 81 (2.42%) DevOps Engineer
17 81 (2.42%) Full-Stack Developer
18 80 (2.39%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 644 (19.22%) .NET
2 402 (12.00%) React
3 389 (11.61%) ASP.NET
4 381 (11.37%) .NET Core
5 353 (10.54%) ASP.NET Core
6 286 (8.54%) Node.js
7 227 (6.78%) RESTful
8 204 (6.09%) HTML
9 200 (5.97%) CSS
10 176 (5.25%) Blazor
11 164 (4.90%) Terraform
12 163 (4.87%) Entity Framework
13 158 (4.72%) AngularJS
14 145 (4.33%) REST
15 128 (3.82%) Vue
16 123 (3.67%) ASP.NET Web API
17 114 (3.40%) Spring
18 104 (3.10%) Middleware
19 99 (2.96%) .NET Framework
20 92 (2.75%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 308 (9.19%) Product Ownership
2 285 (8.51%) Cloud Native
3 173 (5.16%) Enterprise Software
4 111 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 97 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
6 83 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 72 (2.15%) Social Media
8 71 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
9 68 (2.03%) Onboarding
10 61 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 61 (1.82%) Mobile App
11 55 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
12 49 (1.46%) Driving Licence
13 42 (1.25%) AI Agents
14 37 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
15 34 (1.01%) Blog
15 34 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 31 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
17 30 (0.90%) Virtual Team
18 29 (0.87%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 133 (3.97%) Linux
2 85 (2.54%) Windows
3 51 (1.52%) Unix
4 42 (1.25%) Android
5 20 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.36%) VMS
7 8 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.090%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.090%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.060%) Debian
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 891 (26.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 887 (26.48%) CI/CD
3 872 (26.03%) DevOps
4 765 (22.84%) Mentoring
5 698 (20.84%) Problem-Solving
6 692 (20.66%) AI
7 640 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 619 (18.48%) Scrum
9 587 (17.52%) Coaching
10 547 (16.33%) Full-Stack Development
11 525 (15.67%) Software Engineering
12 481 (14.36%) Microservices
13 449 (13.40%) Decision-Making
14 438 (13.07%) Roadmaps
15 437 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 418 (12.48%) Project Delivery
17 386 (11.52%) Analytics
18 382 (11.40%) Test Automation
19 363 (10.84%) Waterfall
20 359 (10.72%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 822 (24.54%) SQL
2 751 (22.42%) C#
3 541 (16.15%) JavaScript
4 384 (11.46%) Python
5 321 (9.58%) Java
6 300 (8.96%) TypeScript
7 77 (2.30%) C++
8 66 (1.97%) Bash
9 58 (1.73%) PHP
10 53 (1.58%) PowerShell
11 45 (1.34%) Go
12 41 (1.22%) Ruby
13 30 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 29 (0.87%) C
15 26 (0.78%) T-SQL
16 22 (0.66%) Bicep
17 18 (0.54%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.45%) Rust
19 14 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 14 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 557 (16.63%) Security Cleared
2 512 (15.28%) Degree
3 447 (13.34%) SC Cleared
4 100 (2.99%) CISSP
4 100 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 94 (2.81%) PMI Certification
6 93 (2.78%) PMP
7 89 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 89 (2.66%) CISM
7 89 (2.66%) DV Cleared
8 85 (2.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 66 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
10 55 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 40 (1.19%) DBS Check
12 34 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
14 29 (0.87%) AWS Certification
15 26 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
16 24 (0.72%) CISA
17 22 (0.66%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (8.60%) Accessibility
2 270 (8.06%) QA
3 190 (5.67%) Data Quality
4 112 (3.34%) GDPR
5 105 (3.13%) NIST
6 70 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 63 (1.88%) PMO
8 54 (1.61%) ISO 22301
9 41 (1.22%) WCAG
10 36 (1.07%) NCSC
11 27 (0.81%) GRC
12 26 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 11 (0.33%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.30%) SLA
16 9 (0.27%) GxP
16 9 (0.27%) PCI DSS
17 8 (0.24%) COBIT
System Software
1 313 (9.34%) Docker
2 43 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.36%) Firmware
4 12 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.36%) vSphere
5 4 (0.12%) IAG
6 3 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.030%) GPFS
8 1 (0.030%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.030%) Lustre
8 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.030%) zsh
Systems Management
1 288 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 34 (1.01%) Ansible
3 28 (0.84%) Grafana
4 24 (0.72%) Argo
5 21 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.18%) Packer
9 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.090%) Istio
10 3 (0.090%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.090%) SQL Sentry
11 2 (0.060%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.060%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.060%) Kibana
11 2 (0.060%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.060%) logstash
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.030%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.030%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 816 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 135 (4.03%) Oracle
3 121 (3.61%) Google
4 91 (2.72%) SAP
5 90 (2.69%) YouTube
6 89 (2.66%) Salesforce
7 83 (2.48%) Adobe
8 60 (1.79%) Databricks
9 59 (1.76%) ServiceNow
10 42 (1.25%) Facebook
11 32 (0.96%) OpenAI
12 27 (0.81%) Workday
13 26 (0.78%) Cisco
14 20 (0.60%) Informatica
15 19 (0.57%) VMware
16 18 (0.54%) Yahoo!
17 17 (0.51%) Apple
17 17 (0.51%) IFS
18 16 (0.48%) Sony
19 14 (0.42%) IBM