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

 6 months to
5 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,547 3,324 5,718
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.81% 20.14% 22.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.08% 21.67% 25.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,352 2,079 3,782
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,208 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.29% +7.69% -

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 18,587 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.86% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,454 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 5 August 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 (3.21%) Confluence
2 67 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.21%) CMS
4 22 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.56%) Apache
6 17 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 13 (0.37%) SAS
9 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.31%) WordPress
11 10 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 9 (0.25%) Jupyter
13 5 (0.14%) Camunda
13 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.11%) Apache Solr
14 4 (0.11%) PowerFactory
15 3 (0.085%) EPiServer
15 3 (0.085%) Immediacy CMS
15 3 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 124 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
2 96 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 53 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 44 (1.24%) UserZoom
6 23 (0.65%) Chatbot
6 23 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 18 (0.51%) Trello
8 17 (0.48%) Adobe XD
9 14 (0.39%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.11%) Revit
11 4 (0.11%) Sketch
11 4 (0.11%) Windchill
12 3 (0.085%) Blender
12 3 (0.085%) Maya
12 3 (0.085%) Productboard
13 2 (0.056%) PlantUML
14 1 (0.028%) InVision
Business Applications
1 59 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.13%) Workfront
3 22 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.23%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.17%) Shopify
8 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.085%) Carpe Diem
10 3 (0.085%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.085%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 3 (0.085%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.085%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.085%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,255 (35.38%) Azure
2 893 (25.18%) AWS
3 342 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
4 233 (6.57%) GCP
5 230 (6.48%) SaaS
6 186 (5.24%) GitHub
7 177 (4.99%) Power Platform
8 171 (4.82%) Adobe Analytics
9 159 (4.48%) Azure AI
10 148 (4.17%) Serverless
11 103 (2.90%) Figma
12 87 (2.45%) GitHub Copilot
13 77 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
14 73 (2.06%) Snowflake
15 68 (1.92%) Azure Machine Learning
15 68 (1.92%) Contentsquare
16 67 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
17 64 (1.80%) PowerApps
18 62 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 61 (1.72%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 326 (9.19%) Broadband
2 31 (0.87%) Network Security
3 24 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.59%) Internet
5 19 (0.54%) VPN
6 18 (0.51%) WAN
7 16 (0.45%) LAN
8 15 (0.42%) Firewall
9 14 (0.39%) DNS
10 13 (0.37%) Ethernet
10 13 (0.37%) RS-232
10 13 (0.37%) VoIP
11 11 (0.31%) CTI
12 10 (0.28%) 5G
13 9 (0.25%) CHAP
14 8 (0.23%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.23%) Wireless
15 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
15 7 (0.20%) Intranet
15 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 379 (10.69%) MongoDB
2 361 (10.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 198 (5.58%) SQL Server
4 153 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
5 151 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
6 105 (2.96%) Power BI
7 97 (2.73%) Metadata
8 94 (2.65%) NoSQL
9 88 (2.48%) MySQL
10 44 (1.24%) Relational Database
11 41 (1.16%) DynamoDB
12 36 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
13 33 (0.93%) Data Lake
14 28 (0.79%) Redis
15 25 (0.70%) Big Data
16 22 (0.62%) Tableau
17 20 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.54%) BigQuery
18 19 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
19 16 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 268 (7.56%) JIRA
2 189 (5.33%) Git
3 104 (2.93%) Jenkins
4 102 (2.88%) GitLab
5 38 (1.07%) Selenium
6 37 (1.04%) Cypress.io
7 34 (0.96%) SonarQube
8 29 (0.82%) JUnit
9 24 (0.68%) Postman
10 21 (0.59%) Claude Code
11 18 (0.51%) Maven
12 17 (0.48%) Mockito
13 16 (0.45%) Cucumber
14 15 (0.42%) Visual Studio
15 13 (0.37%) CircleCI
16 10 (0.28%) JMeter
17 9 (0.25%) Balsamiq
17 9 (0.25%) Bitbucket
17 9 (0.25%) Gatling
18 8 (0.23%) Axure RP
General
1 1,010 (28.47%) Social Skills
2 883 (24.89%) Finance
3 492 (13.87%) Public Sector
4 382 (10.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 361 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
6 306 (8.63%) Law
7 257 (7.25%) Games
8 232 (6.54%) Legal
9 199 (5.61%) Marketing
10 192 (5.41%) Retail
11 125 (3.52%) Banking
12 104 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
13 87 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
13 87 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
14 62 (1.75%) Advertising
15 58 (1.64%) Aerospace
16 48 (1.35%) Legal Technology
17 47 (1.33%) Front Office
18 42 (1.18%) Manufacturing
19 38 (1.07%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 895 (25.23%) Developer
2 726 (20.47%) Senior
3 463 (13.05%) Lead
4 378 (10.66%) .NET Developer
5 305 (8.60%) Analyst
6 284 (8.01%) Software Engineer
7 282 (7.95%) Architect
8 253 (7.13%) Project Manager
9 203 (5.72%) Business Analyst
10 166 (4.68%) Senior Developer
11 162 (4.57%) Senior Manager
12 136 (3.83%) IT Manager
13 113 (3.19%) Software Developer
14 105 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
15 95 (2.68%) Full-Stack Developer
16 93 (2.62%) Consultant
17 92 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
18 90 (2.54%) Senior Project Manager
19 87 (2.45%) Product Owner
20 81 (2.28%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 635 (17.90%) .NET
2 491 (13.84%) React
3 390 (11.00%) ASP.NET
4 376 (10.60%) .NET Core
5 355 (10.01%) ASP.NET Core
6 333 (9.39%) Node.js
7 227 (6.40%) RESTful
8 218 (6.15%) CSS
9 202 (5.69%) HTML
10 177 (4.99%) Blazor
11 169 (4.76%) AngularJS
12 157 (4.43%) Entity Framework
13 143 (4.03%) REST
13 143 (4.03%) Vue
14 126 (3.55%) ASP.NET Web API
15 100 (2.82%) .NET Framework
16 96 (2.71%) ML.NET
17 92 (2.59%) Spring
18 87 (2.45%) Kafka
18 87 (2.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 406 (11.45%) Product Ownership
2 314 (8.85%) Cloud Native
3 225 (6.34%) Social Media
4 139 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 105 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
6 86 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
7 85 (2.40%) Mobile App
8 77 (2.17%) Management Information System
9 68 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 64 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
11 62 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
12 61 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
13 54 (1.52%) Over-the-Top Content
14 52 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
15 48 (1.35%) Driving Licence
16 47 (1.33%) Virtual Team
17 39 (1.10%) Fixed Income
18 30 (0.85%) AI Agents
19 28 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 27 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 151 (4.26%) Linux
2 69 (1.95%) Windows
3 65 (1.83%) Android
4 43 (1.21%) Unix
5 41 (1.16%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.42%) VMS
7 13 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.14%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.085%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.028%) AIX
11 1 (0.028%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 878 (24.75%) CI/CD
2 863 (24.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 862 (24.30%) DevOps
4 799 (22.53%) AI
5 755 (21.29%) Mentoring
6 729 (20.55%) Roadmaps
7 665 (18.75%) Scrum
8 627 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
9 614 (17.31%) Full-Stack Development
10 540 (15.22%) Coaching
11 529 (14.91%) Software Engineering
12 492 (13.87%) Microservices
13 464 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 440 (12.40%) Analytics
15 434 (12.24%) Decision-Making
15 434 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 417 (11.76%) Test Automation
17 380 (10.71%) Project Delivery
18 363 (10.23%) Customer Experience
19 359 (10.12%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 840 (23.68%) SQL
2 749 (21.12%) C#
3 571 (16.10%) JavaScript
4 419 (11.81%) Python
5 395 (11.14%) Java
6 350 (9.87%) TypeScript
7 91 (2.57%) PHP
8 88 (2.48%) C++
9 66 (1.86%) Bash
10 61 (1.72%) Go
11 43 (1.21%) Apex Code
11 43 (1.21%) Ruby
12 41 (1.16%) PowerShell
13 40 (1.13%) C
14 27 (0.76%) SOQL
15 26 (0.73%) SOSL
16 24 (0.68%) PL/SQL
17 21 (0.59%) T-SQL
18 17 (0.48%) Bicep
19 14 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 491 (13.84%) Degree
2 458 (12.91%) Security Cleared
3 368 (10.37%) SC Cleared
4 117 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 109 (3.07%) CISSP
6 104 (2.93%) PMI Certification
7 98 (2.76%) PMP
8 97 (2.73%) CISM
9 75 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 65 (1.83%) DV Cleared
11 62 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
12 47 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 46 (1.30%) Azure Certification
14 36 (1.01%) DBS Check
15 31 (0.87%) Master's Degree
16 27 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (0.73%) CISA
18 24 (0.68%) AWS Certification
19 22 (0.62%) ISTQB
20 19 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 391 (11.02%) Accessibility
2 301 (8.49%) QA
3 124 (3.50%) Data Quality
4 112 (3.16%) NIST
5 90 (2.54%) WCAG
6 81 (2.28%) GDPR
7 66 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 58 (1.64%) PMO
9 49 (1.38%) ISO 22301
10 35 (0.99%) GRC
11 28 (0.79%) NCSC
12 25 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (0.45%) COBIT
14 13 (0.37%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 9 (0.25%) SLA
17 8 (0.23%) GxP
18 7 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 303 (8.54%) Docker
2 60 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
3 33 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 15 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.37%) vSphere
6 9 (0.25%) Firmware
7 4 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.028%) GPFS
8 1 (0.028%) Lustre
8 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.028%) Xen
Systems Management
1 273 (7.70%) Kubernetes
2 171 (4.82%) Terraform
3 58 (1.64%) Ansible
4 44 (1.24%) Grafana
5 29 (0.82%) Argo
5 29 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.34%) Podman
7 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Puppet
10 4 (0.11%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.11%) Packer
11 3 (0.085%) Kibana
11 3 (0.085%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.056%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.056%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.028%) linkerd
13 1 (0.028%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 785 (22.13%) Microsoft
2 248 (6.99%) Adobe
3 142 (4.00%) Google
4 108 (3.04%) Oracle
5 104 (2.93%) Databricks
6 102 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 85 (2.40%) SAP
8 75 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 40 (1.13%) Facebook
10 30 (0.85%) Splunk
11 28 (0.79%) OpenAI
12 23 (0.65%) Cisco
13 21 (0.59%) YouTube
14 19 (0.54%) Apple
14 19 (0.54%) Yahoo!
15 18 (0.51%) IFS
16 17 (0.48%) IBM
16 17 (0.48%) Sony
16 17 (0.48%) VMware
16 17 (0.48%) Workday
2,209 hybrid/remote Agile jobs