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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,369 3,207 5,298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.97% 19.74% 22.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.16% 21.19% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,249 2,022 2,945
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,649 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £78,312 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £134,300 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,813 £67,500 £65,465
% change year-on-year -5.46% +3.11% +0.17%

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 19,632 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.43% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,097 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £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 16 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
1 112 (3.32%) Confluence
2 89 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 31 (0.92%) CMS
4 27 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.53%) Apache
6 14 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (0.39%) WordPress
8 12 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.36%) SAS
9 11 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 10 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 10 (0.30%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.089%) Kentico
13 3 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 130 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
2 97 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (1.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 29 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 26 (0.77%) UserZoom
7 23 (0.68%) Chatbot
8 22 (0.65%) MS Visio
9 18 (0.53%) Trello
10 15 (0.45%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.15%) 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 (0.089%) Blender
13 3 (0.089%) Maya
13 3 (0.089%) Productboard
14 2 (0.059%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 71 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (0.89%) Workfront
3 21 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.33%) Primavera
5 10 (0.30%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.18%) Shopify
9 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
10 4 (0.12%) SAP GRC
11 3 (0.089%) Carpe Diem
11 3 (0.089%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.089%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.089%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,243 (36.90%) Azure
2 838 (24.87%) AWS
3 343 (10.18%) Azure DevOps
4 237 (7.03%) SaaS
5 210 (6.23%) GCP
6 206 (6.11%) Power Platform
7 185 (5.49%) GitHub
8 154 (4.57%) Serverless
9 152 (4.51%) Azure AI
10 94 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
11 89 (2.64%) GitHub Copilot
12 79 (2.34%) Snowflake
13 78 (2.32%) Power Automate
14 77 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
14 77 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 77 (2.29%) PowerApps
15 75 (2.23%) Adobe Analytics
16 68 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
17 63 (1.87%) Figma
18 62 (1.84%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 157 (4.66%) Broadband
2 43 (1.28%) Network Security
3 20 (0.59%) Internet
3 20 (0.59%) WAN
4 19 (0.56%) LAN
5 17 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 17 (0.50%) VPN
6 13 (0.39%) Firewall
6 13 (0.39%) VoIP
7 11 (0.33%) 5G
7 11 (0.33%) CTI
8 10 (0.30%) DNS
9 9 (0.27%) SMS
10 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.24%) RS-232
10 8 (0.24%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.24%) Wireless
11 7 (0.21%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.21%) TETRA
11 7 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (10.86%) MongoDB
2 363 (10.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 203 (6.03%) SQL Server
4 143 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
5 135 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
5 135 (4.01%) Power BI
6 100 (2.97%) Metadata
7 78 (2.32%) MySQL
8 76 (2.26%) NoSQL
9 65 (1.93%) Relational Database
10 62 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
11 51 (1.51%) DynamoDB
12 48 (1.42%) Data Lake
13 30 (0.89%) Tableau
14 29 (0.86%) Big Data
15 25 (0.74%) Redis
16 21 (0.62%) Spark SQL
17 20 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
18 19 (0.56%) BigQuery
18 19 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 271 (8.04%) JIRA
2 209 (6.20%) Git
3 79 (2.34%) GitLab
3 79 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 30 (0.89%) JUnit
4 30 (0.89%) Selenium
5 28 (0.83%) Cypress.io
6 25 (0.74%) Claude Code
7 21 (0.62%) Postman
8 18 (0.53%) Maven
8 18 (0.53%) Mockito
9 17 (0.50%) SonarQube
10 16 (0.47%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.36%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.24%) Balsamiq
14 7 (0.21%) NUnit
14 7 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
15 6 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,027 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 836 (24.81%) Finance
3 557 (16.53%) Public Sector
4 402 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
5 375 (11.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 285 (8.46%) Law
7 208 (6.17%) Legal
8 184 (5.46%) Retail
9 161 (4.78%) Marketing
10 130 (3.86%) Games
11 116 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
12 105 (3.12%) Banking
13 103 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
14 86 (2.55%) Aerospace
15 83 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
16 60 (1.78%) Advertising
17 49 (1.45%) Manufacturing
18 44 (1.31%) Legal Technology
19 31 (0.92%) Back Office
20 29 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 823 (24.43%) Developer
2 744 (22.08%) Senior
3 377 (11.19%) Lead
4 361 (10.72%) .NET Developer
5 307 (9.11%) Analyst
6 297 (8.82%) Architect
7 256 (7.60%) Project Manager
8 227 (6.74%) Software Engineer
9 206 (6.11%) Business Analyst
10 182 (5.40%) Senior Developer
11 154 (4.57%) Senior Manager
12 132 (3.92%) IT Manager
13 114 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
14 95 (2.82%) Software Developer
15 94 (2.79%) Senior Project Manager
16 92 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
17 84 (2.49%) Technical Architect
18 81 (2.40%) Data Engineer
18 81 (2.40%) Full-Stack Developer
19 78 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 621 (18.43%) .NET
2 421 (12.50%) React
3 377 (11.19%) ASP.NET
4 371 (11.01%) .NET Core
5 345 (10.24%) ASP.NET Core
6 297 (8.82%) Node.js
7 213 (6.32%) RESTful
8 209 (6.20%) CSS
9 196 (5.82%) HTML
10 174 (5.16%) Blazor
11 169 (5.02%) Terraform
12 157 (4.66%) AngularJS
13 156 (4.63%) Entity Framework
14 131 (3.89%) Vue
15 126 (3.74%) REST
16 122 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
17 102 (3.03%) Spring
18 100 (2.97%) Middleware
19 93 (2.76%) .NET Framework
20 92 (2.73%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 359 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 287 (8.52%) Cloud Native
3 162 (4.81%) Enterprise Software
4 127 (3.77%) Social Media
5 98 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
6 97 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
7 77 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 63 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
8 63 (1.87%) Onboarding
9 60 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
10 58 (1.72%) Mobile App
11 54 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
12 48 (1.42%) Driving Licence
13 47 (1.40%) Marketing Technology
14 43 (1.28%) Virtual Team
15 40 (1.19%) AI Agents
16 37 (1.10%) Over-the-Top Content
17 36 (1.07%) Blog
18 33 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
19 32 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 138 (4.10%) Linux
2 84 (2.49%) Windows
3 45 (1.34%) Unix
4 39 (1.16%) Android
5 16 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.15%) CentOS
10 4 (0.12%) Debian
11 3 (0.089%) Windows Server
12 2 (0.059%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.059%) VxWorks
13 1 (0.030%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (25.53%) CI/CD
1 860 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 839 (24.90%) DevOps
3 758 (22.50%) Mentoring
4 747 (22.17%) AI
5 659 (19.56%) Scrum
6 654 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
7 573 (17.01%) Coaching
8 570 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 567 (16.83%) Roadmaps
10 560 (16.62%) Full-Stack Development
11 505 (14.99%) Software Engineering
12 472 (14.01%) Microservices
13 442 (13.12%) Decision-Making
14 432 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 423 (12.56%) Project Delivery
16 401 (11.90%) Analytics
17 364 (10.80%) Test Automation
17 364 (10.80%) Waterfall
18 351 (10.42%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 858 (25.47%) SQL
2 748 (22.20%) C#
3 546 (16.21%) JavaScript
4 372 (11.04%) Python
5 340 (10.09%) Java
6 306 (9.08%) TypeScript
7 97 (2.88%) C++
8 71 (2.11%) PHP
9 65 (1.93%) Bash
10 50 (1.48%) PowerShell
11 42 (1.25%) Ruby
12 34 (1.01%) C
12 34 (1.01%) Go
13 30 (0.89%) PL/SQL
14 21 (0.62%) T-SQL
15 18 (0.53%) Kotlin
16 17 (0.50%) Bicep
17 15 (0.45%) Apex Code
17 15 (0.45%) Rust
18 14 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 520 (15.43%) Security Cleared
2 511 (15.17%) Degree
3 408 (12.11%) SC Cleared
4 118 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 106 (3.15%) CISSP
6 104 (3.09%) PMI Certification
7 100 (2.97%) PMP
8 96 (2.85%) CISM
9 89 (2.64%) DV Cleared
10 77 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 77 (2.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 64 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
12 51 (1.51%) Azure Certification
13 39 (1.16%) DBS Check
14 34 (1.01%) Master's Degree
15 31 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
16 30 (0.89%) AWS Certification
17 29 (0.86%) ISTQB
18 25 (0.74%) CISA
19 21 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 313 (9.29%) Accessibility
2 287 (8.52%) QA
3 179 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 110 (3.27%) NIST
5 102 (3.03%) GDPR
6 78 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 63 (1.87%) PMO
8 54 (1.60%) WCAG
9 49 (1.45%) ISO 22301
10 34 (1.01%) NCSC
11 33 (0.98%) GRC
12 29 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 12 (0.36%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.33%) COBIT
16 10 (0.30%) GxP
16 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
17 9 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
17 9 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 295 (8.76%) Docker
2 57 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
3 38 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.39%) vSphere
6 12 (0.36%) Firmware
6 12 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) IAG
8 3 (0.089%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.030%) GPFS
10 1 (0.030%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.030%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 268 (7.95%) Kubernetes
2 49 (1.45%) Ansible
3 31 (0.92%) Grafana
4 29 (0.86%) Argo
5 25 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.18%) Podman
8 5 (0.15%) Istio
8 5 (0.15%) Packer
8 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.089%) Puppet
11 2 (0.059%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.059%) Kibana
11 2 (0.059%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.030%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.030%) linkerd
12 1 (0.030%) logstash
12 1 (0.030%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 827 (24.55%) Microsoft
2 144 (4.27%) Adobe
3 128 (3.80%) Google
4 121 (3.59%) Oracle
5 108 (3.21%) Databricks
6 93 (2.76%) SAP
7 83 (2.46%) Salesforce
8 70 (2.08%) YouTube
9 68 (2.02%) ServiceNow
10 41 (1.22%) Facebook
11 31 (0.92%) OpenAI
12 27 (0.80%) Cisco
13 24 (0.71%) Workday
14 20 (0.59%) VMware
15 19 (0.56%) IFS
15 19 (0.56%) Informatica
15 19 (0.56%) Yahoo!
16 18 (0.53%) Apple
17 17 (0.50%) Sony
18 16 (0.47%) Splunk