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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,451 3,257 5,495
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 14.79% 19.72% 22.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.05% 21.20% 25.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,292 2,068 3,328
10th Percentile £41,025 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £67,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +3.11% +0.61%
75th Percentile £78,265 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £63,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.85% -0.54%

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 19,122 15,365 21,270
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 93.04% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 13,816 8,955 14,220
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,077
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

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 31 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
1 110 (3.19%) Confluence
2 81 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.07%) CMS
4 25 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.61%) Apache
6 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 16 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.35%) SAS
8 11 (0.32%) WordPress
9 10 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.14%) Camunda
10 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.087%) Kentico
12 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.087%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 126 (3.65%) Microsoft Project
2 96 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 52 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 34 (0.99%) UserZoom
6 27 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 23 (0.67%) Chatbot
8 21 (0.61%) MS Visio
9 18 (0.52%) Trello
10 17 (0.49%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.12%) Revit
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
14 2 (0.058%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 68 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.13%) Workfront
3 22 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.29%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.26%) Primavera
5 9 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
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 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.087%) Carpe Diem
10 3 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,254 (36.34%) Azure
2 855 (24.78%) AWS
3 349 (10.11%) Azure DevOps
4 242 (7.01%) SaaS
5 221 (6.40%) GCP
6 195 (5.65%) Power Platform
7 189 (5.48%) GitHub
8 159 (4.61%) Azure AI
9 145 (4.20%) Serverless
10 113 (3.27%) Adobe Analytics
11 93 (2.69%) GitHub Copilot
12 83 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
13 81 (2.35%) Figma
14 75 (2.17%) Snowflake
15 74 (2.14%) PowerApps
16 72 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
16 72 (2.09%) Power Automate
17 67 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 66 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
19 65 (1.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 235 (6.81%) Broadband
2 40 (1.16%) Network Security
3 20 (0.58%) Internet
4 19 (0.55%) VPN
4 19 (0.55%) WAN
5 18 (0.52%) LAN
5 18 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 16 (0.46%) Firewall
7 13 (0.38%) VoIP
8 12 (0.35%) DNS
9 11 (0.32%) CTI
10 10 (0.29%) 5G
10 10 (0.29%) Ethernet
10 10 (0.29%) RS-232
11 8 (0.23%) SMS
11 8 (0.23%) Wireless
12 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
12 7 (0.20%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.20%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 379 (10.98%) MongoDB
2 369 (10.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 210 (6.09%) SQL Server
4 147 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
5 137 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
6 126 (3.65%) Power BI
7 107 (3.10%) Metadata
8 82 (2.38%) MySQL
8 82 (2.38%) NoSQL
9 61 (1.77%) Relational Database
10 54 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
11 50 (1.45%) DynamoDB
12 40 (1.16%) Data Lake
13 29 (0.84%) Big Data
14 27 (0.78%) Tableau
15 24 (0.70%) Redis
16 21 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
18 18 (0.52%) BigQuery
19 14 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 268 (7.77%) JIRA
2 199 (5.77%) Git
3 90 (2.61%) Jenkins
4 89 (2.58%) GitLab
5 36 (1.04%) Cypress.io
6 33 (0.96%) Selenium
7 29 (0.84%) JUnit
8 23 (0.67%) SonarQube
9 21 (0.61%) Postman
10 20 (0.58%) Claude Code
11 17 (0.49%) Maven
11 17 (0.49%) Mockito
12 15 (0.43%) Visual Studio
13 13 (0.38%) Cucumber
14 12 (0.35%) CircleCI
15 10 (0.29%) Balsamiq
15 10 (0.29%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.26%) Gatling
17 8 (0.23%) Axure RP
17 8 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 1,038 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 858 (24.86%) Finance
3 530 (15.36%) Public Sector
4 397 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
5 394 (11.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 306 (8.87%) Law
7 222 (6.43%) Legal
8 190 (5.51%) Marketing
9 187 (5.42%) Retail
10 175 (5.07%) Games
11 121 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
12 120 (3.48%) Banking
13 96 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
14 87 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
15 79 (2.29%) Aerospace
16 63 (1.83%) Advertising
17 49 (1.42%) Legal Technology
18 46 (1.33%) Manufacturing
19 38 (1.10%) Back Office
20 30 (0.87%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 844 (24.46%) Developer
2 738 (21.39%) Senior
3 393 (11.39%) Lead
4 369 (10.69%) .NET Developer
5 321 (9.30%) Analyst
6 288 (8.35%) Architect
7 264 (7.65%) Project Manager
8 237 (6.87%) Software Engineer
9 216 (6.26%) Business Analyst
10 181 (5.24%) Senior Developer
11 155 (4.49%) Senior Manager
12 138 (4.00%) IT Manager
13 107 (3.10%) Software Developer
14 103 (2.98%) Delivery Manager
15 97 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
16 94 (2.72%) Senior Project Manager
17 84 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
18 83 (2.41%) Product Owner
19 79 (2.29%) Technical Architect
20 77 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 634 (18.37%) .NET
2 454 (13.16%) React
3 392 (11.36%) ASP.NET
4 381 (11.04%) .NET Core
5 357 (10.34%) ASP.NET Core
6 308 (8.92%) Node.js
7 223 (6.46%) CSS
8 217 (6.29%) RESTful
9 206 (5.97%) HTML
10 178 (5.16%) Blazor
11 169 (4.90%) Terraform
12 162 (4.69%) Entity Framework
13 157 (4.55%) AngularJS
14 134 (3.88%) Vue
15 130 (3.77%) REST
16 125 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
17 97 (2.81%) .NET Framework
18 96 (2.78%) ML.NET
18 96 (2.78%) Spring
19 90 (2.61%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 400 (11.59%) Product Ownership
2 299 (8.66%) Cloud Native
3 174 (5.04%) Social Media
4 157 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
5 103 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
6 88 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
7 70 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 64 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
8 64 (1.85%) Mobile App
9 63 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 62 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
11 56 (1.62%) Onboarding
12 53 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
12 53 (1.54%) Over-the-Top Content
13 49 (1.42%) Driving Licence
14 43 (1.25%) Virtual Team
15 35 (1.01%) AI Agents
15 35 (1.01%) Blog
16 32 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
17 29 (0.84%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 141 (4.09%) Linux
2 76 (2.20%) Windows
3 42 (1.22%) Android
4 40 (1.16%) Unix
5 19 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 10 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.17%) CentOS
10 5 (0.14%) Debian
11 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.058%) Windows Server
13 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 874 (25.33%) CI/CD
2 870 (25.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 849 (24.60%) DevOps
4 775 (22.46%) AI
5 730 (21.15%) Mentoring
6 676 (19.59%) Scrum
7 645 (18.69%) Roadmaps
8 639 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
9 583 (16.89%) Full-Stack Development
10 555 (16.08%) Coaching
11 536 (15.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 512 (14.84%) Software Engineering
13 476 (13.79%) Microservices
14 453 (13.13%) Decision-Making
15 436 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 418 (12.11%) Project Delivery
17 407 (11.79%) Analytics
18 391 (11.33%) Test Automation
19 365 (10.58%) Waterfall
20 356 (10.32%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 845 (24.49%) SQL
2 760 (22.02%) C#
3 556 (16.11%) JavaScript
4 375 (10.87%) Python
5 339 (9.82%) Java
6 319 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 90 (2.61%) C++
8 80 (2.32%) PHP
9 67 (1.94%) Bash
10 45 (1.30%) PowerShell
10 45 (1.30%) Ruby
11 35 (1.01%) C
12 33 (0.96%) Go
13 26 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.72%) Apex Code
15 22 (0.64%) T-SQL
16 18 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.46%) Bicep
18 15 (0.43%) Rust
18 15 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 504 (14.60%) Degree
2 496 (14.37%) Security Cleared
3 394 (11.42%) SC Cleared
4 123 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 109 (3.16%) PMI Certification
6 105 (3.04%) PMP
7 104 (3.01%) CISSP
8 97 (2.81%) CISM
9 89 (2.58%) DV Cleared
10 77 (2.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 76 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 64 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
13 47 (1.36%) Azure Certification
14 36 (1.04%) DBS Check
15 33 (0.96%) Master's Degree
16 31 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
17 30 (0.87%) AWS Certification
18 26 (0.75%) ISTQB
19 24 (0.70%) CISA
20 17 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 347 (10.06%) Accessibility
2 300 (8.69%) QA
3 151 (4.38%) Data Quality
4 111 (3.22%) NIST
5 89 (2.58%) GDPR
6 74 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 71 (2.06%) WCAG
8 62 (1.80%) PMO
9 49 (1.42%) ISO 22301
10 36 (1.04%) GRC
11 33 (0.96%) NCSC
12 29 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.41%) NIST 800
14 13 (0.38%) COBIT
15 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
16 10 (0.29%) GxP
16 10 (0.29%) PCI DSS
17 9 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 298 (8.64%) Docker
2 61 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
3 35 (1.01%) 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 2 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.029%) GPFS
9 1 (0.029%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.029%) IAG
9 1 (0.029%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 265 (7.68%) Kubernetes
2 50 (1.45%) Ansible
3 36 (1.04%) 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%) Puppet
9 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.087%) Packer
11 3 (0.087%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.029%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.029%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.029%) Kibana
13 1 (0.029%) linkerd
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 817 (23.67%) Microsoft
2 198 (5.74%) Adobe
3 141 (4.09%) Google
4 112 (3.25%) Oracle
5 105 (3.04%) Databricks
6 92 (2.67%) SAP
7 90 (2.61%) Salesforce
8 65 (1.88%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.42%) YouTube
10 40 (1.16%) Facebook
11 31 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 26 (0.75%) Cisco
13 22 (0.64%) Splunk
14 21 (0.61%) Workday
15 20 (0.58%) VMware
16 19 (0.55%) IFS
16 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
17 18 (0.52%) Apple
18 17 (0.49%) Sony
19 16 (0.46%) IBM