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

 6 months to
20 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,421 3,366 6,951
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.89% 20.37% 23.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.23% 21.84% 26.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,308 2,113 4,928
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,082 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,000 £48,583
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £68,525 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% +9.15% -3.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £96,750 £84,964
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £120,375
UK median annual salary £64,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.86% +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 17,794 15,412 26,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 93.25% 88.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12,991 9,129 20,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,900 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%

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 20 July 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
1 107 (3.13%) Confluence
2 58 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.20%) CMS
4 21 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.53%) Apache
6 16 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 15 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.44%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.26%) WordPress
10 6 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.15%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.088%) Camunda
13 3 (0.088%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.088%) Kentico
13 3 (0.088%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 123 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
2 94 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 46 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
5 44 (1.29%) UserZoom
6 20 (0.58%) Chatbot
6 20 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 17 (0.50%) Trello
8 15 (0.44%) Adobe XD
9 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.15%) Sketch
11 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.12%) Revit
11 4 (0.12%) Windchill
12 3 (0.088%) Blender
12 3 (0.088%) Maya
12 3 (0.088%) Productboard
13 2 (0.058%) InVision
13 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
14 1 (0.029%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 63 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.17%) Workfront
3 19 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.18%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.18%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.15%) Shopify
7 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 3 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.088%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.088%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.088%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,196 (34.96%) Azure
2 839 (24.52%) AWS
3 327 (9.56%) Azure DevOps
4 223 (6.52%) GCP
5 217 (6.34%) SaaS
6 189 (5.52%) Adobe Analytics
7 171 (5.00%) GitHub
8 169 (4.94%) Power Platform
9 157 (4.59%) Azure AI
10 146 (4.27%) Serverless
11 108 (3.16%) Figma
12 80 (2.34%) GitHub Copilot
13 72 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
14 69 (2.02%) Contentsquare
15 67 (1.96%) PowerApps
16 66 (1.93%) Snowflake
17 65 (1.90%) Azure Machine Learning
18 64 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
19 62 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 60 (1.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 364 (10.64%) Broadband
2 28 (0.82%) Network Security
3 25 (0.73%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.61%) Internet
5 19 (0.56%) WAN
6 18 (0.53%) VPN
7 16 (0.47%) LAN
8 14 (0.41%) DNS
8 14 (0.41%) Ethernet
8 14 (0.41%) Firewall
8 14 (0.41%) RS-232
9 13 (0.38%) CHAP
9 13 (0.38%) VoIP
10 11 (0.32%) CTI
11 10 (0.29%) 5G
12 9 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.23%) Wireless
14 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
14 7 (0.20%) Intranet
14 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (10.96%) MongoDB
2 359 (10.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 187 (5.47%) SQL Server
4 153 (4.47%) Elasticsearch
5 136 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
6 97 (2.84%) NoSQL
7 94 (2.75%) Metadata
8 91 (2.66%) Power BI
9 79 (2.31%) MySQL
10 40 (1.17%) Relational Database
11 33 (0.96%) DynamoDB
12 29 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
13 28 (0.82%) Data Lake
14 25 (0.73%) Redis
15 21 (0.61%) Big Data
16 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 19 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
17 19 (0.56%) BigQuery
17 19 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
17 19 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 245 (7.16%) JIRA
2 157 (4.59%) Git
3 102 (2.98%) GitLab
3 102 (2.98%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.14%) SonarQube
5 34 (0.99%) Cypress.io
6 32 (0.94%) Selenium
7 21 (0.61%) Claude Code
7 21 (0.61%) JUnit
8 19 (0.56%) Postman
9 14 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.41%) Maven
9 14 (0.41%) Visual Studio
10 13 (0.38%) CircleCI
10 13 (0.38%) Mockito
11 10 (0.29%) JMeter
12 8 (0.23%) SpecFlow
12 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
13 7 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 936 (27.36%) Social Skills
2 814 (23.79%) Finance
3 471 (13.77%) Public Sector
4 341 (9.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 323 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
6 291 (8.51%) Games
7 280 (8.18%) Law
8 204 (5.96%) Legal
9 192 (5.61%) Marketing
10 176 (5.14%) Retail
11 129 (3.77%) Banking
12 94 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
13 78 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
14 73 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (1.75%) Advertising
16 49 (1.43%) Front Office
17 47 (1.37%) Legal Technology
18 35 (1.02%) Back Office
18 35 (1.02%) Manufacturing
19 27 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 868 (25.37%) Developer
2 681 (19.91%) Senior
3 471 (13.77%) Lead
4 382 (11.17%) .NET Developer
5 284 (8.30%) Analyst
6 279 (8.16%) Architect
7 265 (7.75%) Software Engineer
8 247 (7.22%) Project Manager
9 184 (5.38%) Business Analyst
10 178 (5.20%) Senior Manager
11 139 (4.06%) IT Manager
11 139 (4.06%) Senior Developer
12 109 (3.19%) Software Developer
13 105 (3.07%) Delivery Manager
14 95 (2.78%) Senior Project Manager
15 88 (2.57%) Consultant
15 88 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
16 84 (2.46%) Engineering Manager
17 82 (2.40%) Product Owner
18 80 (2.34%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 614 (17.95%) .NET
2 454 (13.27%) React
3 384 (11.22%) ASP.NET
4 364 (10.64%) .NET Core
5 353 (10.32%) ASP.NET Core
6 312 (9.12%) Node.js
7 223 (6.52%) RESTful
8 203 (5.93%) CSS
9 191 (5.58%) HTML
10 173 (5.06%) Blazor
11 158 (4.62%) AngularJS
12 150 (4.38%) Entity Framework
13 140 (4.09%) Vue
14 128 (3.74%) REST
15 126 (3.68%) ASP.NET Web API
16 96 (2.81%) .NET Framework
17 95 (2.78%) ML.NET
18 82 (2.40%) Kafka
19 81 (2.37%) Spring
20 80 (2.34%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 403 (11.78%) Product Ownership
2 290 (8.48%) Cloud Native
3 243 (7.10%) Social Media
4 128 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
5 104 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
6 83 (2.43%) Mobile App
7 72 (2.10%) Management Information System
7 72 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 71 (2.08%) Onboarding
9 67 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
10 64 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
11 57 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
12 54 (1.58%) Over-the-Top Content
13 47 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
13 47 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 46 (1.34%) Driving Licence
15 41 (1.20%) Fixed Income
16 29 (0.85%) Security Posture
17 27 (0.79%) Data Centre
18 26 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 153 (4.47%) Linux
2 65 (1.90%) Android
3 64 (1.87%) Windows
4 47 (1.37%) Unix
5 42 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.44%) VMS
7 14 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.15%) CentOS
9 5 (0.15%) Debian
10 3 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.058%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.029%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 838 (24.50%) DevOps
2 811 (23.71%) CI/CD
3 803 (23.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 764 (22.33%) AI
5 752 (21.98%) Roadmaps
6 737 (21.54%) Mentoring
7 649 (18.97%) Scrum
8 597 (17.45%) Full-Stack Development
9 569 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
10 537 (15.70%) Coaching
11 470 (13.74%) Microservices
12 469 (13.71%) Software Engineering
13 443 (12.95%) Analytics
14 406 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 404 (11.81%) Decision-Making
16 399 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 389 (11.37%) Test Automation
18 375 (10.96%) Customer Experience
19 358 (10.46%) Project Management
20 355 (10.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 808 (23.62%) SQL
2 713 (20.84%) C#
3 533 (15.58%) JavaScript
4 391 (11.43%) Python
5 379 (11.08%) Java
6 335 (9.79%) TypeScript
7 88 (2.57%) PHP
8 83 (2.43%) C++
9 65 (1.90%) Bash
10 59 (1.72%) Go
11 51 (1.49%) Apex Code
12 42 (1.23%) PowerShell
13 41 (1.20%) C
14 37 (1.08%) Ruby
15 35 (1.02%) SOQL
16 34 (0.99%) SOSL
17 21 (0.61%) T-SQL
18 20 (0.58%) PL/SQL
19 17 (0.50%) Bicep
20 16 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 440 (12.86%) Degree
2 380 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 302 (8.83%) SC Cleared
4 109 (3.19%) CISSP
5 103 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 96 (2.81%) CISM
7 93 (2.72%) PMI Certification
8 89 (2.60%) PMP
9 72 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 55 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
11 43 (1.26%) Azure Certification
12 37 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 33 (0.96%) DBS Check
14 30 (0.88%) CISA
15 25 (0.73%) AWS Certification
15 25 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
16 24 (0.70%) Master's Degree
17 23 (0.67%) ISTQB
18 18 (0.53%) SANS
19 17 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 371 (10.84%) Accessibility
2 281 (8.21%) QA
3 108 (3.16%) Data Quality
4 106 (3.10%) NIST
5 83 (2.43%) WCAG
6 77 (2.25%) GDPR
7 59 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 50 (1.46%) PMO
9 45 (1.32%) ISO 22301
10 32 (0.94%) GRC
11 23 (0.67%) NCSC
12 22 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 20 (0.58%) COBIT
14 11 (0.32%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.29%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.23%) SLA
17 7 (0.20%) SOC 1
17 7 (0.20%) SOC 2
18 6 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 284 (8.30%) Docker
2 60 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
3 32 (0.94%) Active Directory
4 14 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.38%) vSphere
6 4 (0.12%) Firmware
6 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.029%) GPFS
7 1 (0.029%) Lustre
7 1 (0.029%) Xen
Systems Management
1 263 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 160 (4.68%) Terraform
3 61 (1.78%) Ansible
4 42 (1.23%) Grafana
5 34 (0.99%) Argo
6 31 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.35%) Podman
8 9 (0.26%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.15%) Istio
11 5 (0.15%) Packer
11 5 (0.15%) Puppet
12 3 (0.088%) Kibana
12 3 (0.088%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.058%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.029%) linkerd
14 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 772 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 262 (7.66%) Adobe
3 137 (4.00%) Google
4 104 (3.04%) Oracle
5 103 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 97 (2.84%) Databricks
7 81 (2.37%) SAP
7 81 (2.37%) ServiceNow
8 40 (1.17%) Facebook
9 38 (1.11%) Splunk
10 26 (0.76%) OpenAI
11 21 (0.61%) YouTube
12 19 (0.56%) Cisco
12 19 (0.56%) Yahoo!
13 18 (0.53%) Apple
14 17 (0.50%) IBM
14 17 (0.50%) IFS
14 17 (0.50%) Sony
15 16 (0.47%) VMware
15 16 (0.47%) Workday
1,053 hybrid/remote Agile jobs