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

 6 months to
25 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,526 3,736 6,934
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.36% 24.88% 25.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.88% 26.16% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,712 2,253 5,811
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,956 £42,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,865 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,290 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £79,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,063
UK median annual salary £65,000 £68,513 £62,783
% change year-on-year -5.13% +9.13% -5.99%

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 14,124 14,280 25,656
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.91% 95.08% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 8,724 21,327
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,000 £34,756
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 25 February 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 88 (3.48%) Confluence
2 39 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.15%) CMS
5 17 (0.67%) Apache
6 15 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.44%) SAS
8 8 (0.32%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.32%) nginx
9 6 (0.24%) IIS
9 6 (0.24%) WordPress
10 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.079%) Mendix
Applications
1 52 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.46%) Adobe XD
3 31 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.55%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.55%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.40%) Sketch
8 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.24%) Trello
9 5 (0.20%) UserZoom
10 4 (0.16%) InVision
10 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.079%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.079%) InDesign
12 2 (0.079%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.040%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 43 (1.70%) Oracle ERP
2 22 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.63%) Shopify
5 15 (0.59%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.16%) Primavera
9 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.12%) Maximo
9 3 (0.12%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 814 (32.22%) Azure
2 563 (22.29%) AWS
3 285 (11.28%) Azure DevOps
4 216 (8.55%) Power Platform
5 210 (8.31%) GitHub
6 194 (7.68%) SaaS
7 189 (7.48%) GCP
8 128 (5.07%) Serverless
9 88 (3.48%) Figma
10 87 (3.44%) Snowflake
11 74 (2.93%) dbt
12 71 (2.81%) GitHub Copilot
13 70 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
14 69 (2.73%) Entra ID
15 64 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
16 63 (2.49%) Adobe Analytics
17 62 (2.45%) Amazon S3
18 55 (2.18%) Azure Data Factory
19 54 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
20 46 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 199 (7.88%) Broadband
2 29 (1.15%) TCP/IP
3 20 (0.79%) DNS
4 19 (0.75%) CHAP
5 14 (0.55%) 4G
6 11 (0.44%) BGP
6 11 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.44%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.44%) MPLS
6 11 (0.44%) WAN
7 10 (0.40%) DHCP
8 8 (0.32%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.32%) Firewall
8 8 (0.32%) RS-232
9 6 (0.24%) LAN
9 6 (0.24%) VPN
10 5 (0.20%) Network Security
10 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.16%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 112 (4.43%) Power BI
3 103 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
4 94 (3.72%) NoSQL
5 80 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
6 78 (3.09%) MySQL
7 70 (2.77%) Relational Database
8 63 (2.49%) MongoDB
9 62 (2.45%) Data Lake
10 46 (1.82%) Metadata
11 45 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 39 (1.54%) Tableau
13 25 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
14 23 (0.91%) Apache Iceberg
15 22 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
16 21 (0.83%) RDBMS
17 20 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
18 19 (0.75%) Apache Arrow
18 19 (0.75%) Dremio
19 18 (0.71%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 213 (8.43%) JIRA
2 184 (7.28%) Git
3 133 (5.27%) Jenkins
4 81 (3.21%) GitLab
5 57 (2.26%) Selenium
6 43 (1.70%) SonarQube
7 42 (1.66%) Postman
8 40 (1.58%) Oracle Forms
9 37 (1.46%) WebDriver
10 29 (1.15%) Cypress.io
10 29 (1.15%) SoapUI
10 29 (1.15%) TeamCity
11 28 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
12 26 (1.03%) Balsamiq
13 25 (0.99%) Axure RP
14 19 (0.75%) Jaeger
15 10 (0.40%) ER Studio
15 10 (0.40%) ERwin
16 9 (0.36%) Cucumber
16 9 (0.36%) JMeter
General
1 831 (32.90%) Finance
2 787 (31.16%) Social Skills
3 310 (12.27%) Public Sector
4 296 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
5 250 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 160 (6.33%) Games
7 152 (6.02%) Law
8 120 (4.75%) Marketing
9 116 (4.59%) Legal
10 103 (4.08%) Banking
11 75 (2.97%) Front Office
12 71 (2.81%) Retail
13 68 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
14 65 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
15 60 (2.38%) Telecoms
16 46 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
17 43 (1.70%) Manufacturing
18 30 (1.19%) Tech for Good
19 29 (1.15%) Investment Banking
19 29 (1.15%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 565 (22.37%) Developer
2 536 (21.22%) Senior
3 351 (13.90%) Lead
4 261 (10.33%) Analyst
5 195 (7.72%) Software Engineer
6 173 (6.85%) Architect
7 154 (6.10%) Business Analyst
8 117 (4.63%) Software Developer
9 109 (4.32%) Project Manager
10 107 (4.24%) Senior Manager
11 104 (4.12%) .NET Developer
12 80 (3.17%) Data Engineer
13 79 (3.13%) Lead Developer
14 72 (2.85%) Cloud Engineer
15 71 (2.81%) Consultant
15 71 (2.81%) Designer
16 64 (2.53%) C# Developer
16 64 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
17 62 (2.45%) Full-Stack Developer
18 59 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 346 (13.70%) .NET
2 297 (11.76%) React
3 177 (7.01%) HTML
4 161 (6.37%) CSS
5 155 (6.14%) REST
6 148 (5.86%) SOAP
7 143 (5.66%) RESTful
8 124 (4.91%) Node.js
9 96 (3.80%) AngularJS
10 83 (3.29%) Kafka
11 76 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
12 75 (2.97%) .NET Core
13 73 (2.89%) Vue
14 65 (2.57%) .NET Framework
15 64 (2.53%) Spring
16 58 (2.30%) ASP.NET
16 58 (2.30%) GraphQL
17 57 (2.26%) Spring Boot
18 53 (2.10%) Visualforce
19 50 (1.98%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 347 (13.74%) Product Ownership
2 205 (8.12%) Cloud Native
3 78 (3.09%) Social Media
4 71 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
5 68 (2.69%) Mobile App
6 67 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
6 67 (2.65%) Management Information System
7 66 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
8 64 (2.53%) Onboarding
9 57 (2.26%) Fixed Income
9 57 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
10 51 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
11 49 (1.94%) Low-Code
12 41 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 30 (1.19%) NHS
14 28 (1.11%) Data Structures
15 26 (1.03%) Public Cloud
16 25 (0.99%) Equities
16 25 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
17 24 (0.95%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 119 (4.71%) Linux
2 60 (2.38%) Windows
3 48 (1.90%) Android
4 44 (1.74%) Apple iOS
5 39 (1.54%) Unix
6 18 (0.71%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.24%) CentOS
9 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.12%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.079%) VMS
12 1 (0.040%) AIX
12 1 (0.040%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (27.04%) DevOps
2 645 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 592 (23.44%) CI/CD
4 585 (23.16%) Mentoring
5 517 (20.47%) Coaching
6 459 (18.17%) Roadmaps
7 432 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
8 429 (16.98%) Software Engineering
9 423 (16.75%) AI
10 414 (16.39%) Scrum
11 339 (13.42%) Analytics
12 292 (11.56%) Test Automation
13 267 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
14 243 (9.62%) Microservices
14 243 (9.62%) Project Management
15 227 (8.99%) Full-Stack Development
16 217 (8.59%) Asset Management
17 212 (8.39%) User Experience
18 208 (8.23%) Data Modelling
19 186 (7.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 529 (20.94%) SQL
2 453 (17.93%) Python
3 376 (14.89%) Java
4 363 (14.37%) JavaScript
5 326 (12.91%) C#
6 238 (9.42%) TypeScript
7 81 (3.21%) PowerShell
8 78 (3.09%) Apex Code
9 73 (2.89%) Go
10 67 (2.65%) PHP
11 64 (2.53%) C++
12 62 (2.45%) Bash
13 46 (1.82%) C
14 45 (1.78%) Shell Script
15 38 (1.50%) PL/SQL
15 38 (1.50%) Scala
16 34 (1.35%) SOQL
16 34 (1.35%) SOSL
17 21 (0.83%) VBA
18 17 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 344 (13.62%) Degree
2 317 (12.55%) Security Cleared
3 228 (9.03%) SC Cleared
4 86 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 52 (2.06%) PMI Certification
7 43 (1.70%) ISTQB
8 40 (1.58%) PMP
9 39 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 33 (1.31%) CISSP
11 32 (1.27%) AWS Certification
12 30 (1.19%) DBS Check
13 23 (0.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 23 (0.91%) SANS
14 20 (0.79%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (0.79%) CISM
15 19 (0.75%) CGEIT
15 19 (0.75%) CISA
15 19 (0.75%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (8.99%) Accessibility
2 210 (8.31%) QA
3 52 (2.06%) WCAG
4 51 (2.02%) GDPR
5 43 (1.70%) Data Quality
6 35 (1.39%) NIST
7 27 (1.07%) PMO
8 20 (0.79%) COBIT
9 19 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.24%) P3O
12 4 (0.16%) GRC
12 4 (0.16%) NCSC
12 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.12%) SLA
14 2 (0.079%) ECSS
14 2 (0.079%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.079%) SEPA
15 1 (0.040%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 205 (8.12%) Docker
2 70 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.24%) Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.040%) vCloud
8 1 (0.040%) Xen
Systems Management
1 222 (8.79%) Terraform
2 192 (7.60%) Kubernetes
3 61 (2.41%) Ansible
4 42 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
5 38 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.39%) Argo
7 32 (1.27%) Grafana
8 19 (0.75%) Kustomize
8 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.36%) SCCM
10 8 (0.32%) Kibana
11 5 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
12 4 (0.16%) logstash
13 3 (0.12%) Control-M
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.079%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.079%) Packer
14 2 (0.079%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.079%) Puppet
Vendors
1 398 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 112 (4.43%) Salesforce
3 105 (4.16%) Adobe
3 105 (4.16%) Google
4 88 (3.48%) Oracle
5 75 (2.97%) SAP
6 74 (2.93%) Databricks
7 51 (2.02%) ServiceNow
8 45 (1.78%) Blue Prism
9 44 (1.74%) Splunk
10 30 (1.19%) MuleSoft
11 22 (0.87%) Okta
12 20 (0.79%) IBM
13 15 (0.59%) Workday
14 13 (0.51%) Cisco
15 10 (0.40%) Talend
16 9 (0.36%) Atlassian
16 9 (0.36%) Mercator
17 8 (0.32%) PagerDuty
17 8 (0.32%) Xamarin
1,290 hybrid/remote Agile jobs