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

 6 months to
22 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,459 3,347 6,646
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.96% 20.31% 22.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.28% 21.78% 25.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,334 2,099 4,656
10th Percentile £41,825 £41,925 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,474 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £68,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +7.45% -1.92%
75th Percentile £78,750 £96,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,875 £132,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £64,500 £70,000 £63,218
% change year-on-year -7.86% +10.73% -2.74%

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 17,944 15,366 25,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 93.22% 88.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,066 9,085 19,242
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,789 £34,089
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 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 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
1 108 (3.12%) Confluence
2 58 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.19%) CMS
4 22 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (0.55%) Apache
6 18 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 15 (0.43%) SAS
9 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 9 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 9 (0.26%) WordPress
11 6 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
14 3 (0.087%) EPiServer
14 3 (0.087%) Kentico
14 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.087%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 123 (3.56%) Microsoft Project
2 94 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 50 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 44 (1.27%) UserZoom
6 22 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 20 (0.58%) Chatbot
8 17 (0.49%) Trello
9 16 (0.46%) Adobe XD
10 12 (0.35%) MS Visio
11 5 (0.14%) Sketch
12 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.12%) Revit
12 4 (0.12%) Windchill
13 3 (0.087%) Blender
13 3 (0.087%) Maya
13 3 (0.087%) Productboard
14 2 (0.058%) InVision
14 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
15 1 (0.029%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 64 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.16%) Workfront
3 20 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.17%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.14%) 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 (0.087%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.087%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,208 (34.92%) Azure
2 845 (24.43%) AWS
3 328 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
4 224 (6.48%) GCP
5 220 (6.36%) SaaS
6 189 (5.46%) Adobe Analytics
7 173 (5.00%) Power Platform
8 172 (4.97%) GitHub
9 157 (4.54%) Azure AI
10 144 (4.16%) Serverless
11 109 (3.15%) Figma
12 81 (2.34%) GitHub Copilot
13 73 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
14 69 (1.99%) Contentsquare
14 69 (1.99%) Snowflake
15 66 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
15 66 (1.91%) PowerApps
16 65 (1.88%) Azure Machine Learning
17 62 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 59 (1.71%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 359 (10.38%) Broadband
2 28 (0.81%) Network Security
3 25 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.61%) Internet
5 19 (0.55%) WAN
6 18 (0.52%) VPN
7 16 (0.46%) LAN
8 14 (0.40%) DNS
8 14 (0.40%) Ethernet
8 14 (0.40%) Firewall
8 14 (0.40%) RS-232
9 13 (0.38%) VoIP
10 11 (0.32%) CHAP
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
1 376 (10.87%) MongoDB
2 360 (10.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 185 (5.35%) SQL Server
4 153 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
5 137 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
6 97 (2.80%) Metadata
7 95 (2.75%) Power BI
8 93 (2.69%) NoSQL
9 79 (2.28%) MySQL
10 36 (1.04%) Relational Database
11 33 (0.95%) DynamoDB
12 31 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
13 29 (0.84%) Data Lake
14 26 (0.75%) Redis
15 22 (0.64%) Big Data
16 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 20 (0.58%) Tableau
17 19 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
17 19 (0.55%) BigQuery
17 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 248 (7.17%) JIRA
2 162 (4.68%) Git
3 104 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 103 (2.98%) GitLab
5 39 (1.13%) SonarQube
6 35 (1.01%) Cypress.io
7 33 (0.95%) Selenium
8 22 (0.64%) JUnit
9 21 (0.61%) Claude Code
10 20 (0.58%) Postman
11 15 (0.43%) Cucumber
12 14 (0.40%) Maven
12 14 (0.40%) Visual Studio
13 13 (0.38%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.38%) Mockito
14 10 (0.29%) JMeter
15 8 (0.23%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
16 7 (0.20%) Bitbucket
16 7 (0.20%) Gatling
General
1 949 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 822 (23.76%) Finance
3 477 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 343 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 327 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
6 291 (8.41%) Games
7 286 (8.27%) Law
8 216 (6.24%) Legal
9 194 (5.61%) Marketing
10 181 (5.23%) Retail
11 127 (3.67%) Banking
12 95 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
13 81 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
14 74 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
15 61 (1.76%) Advertising
16 49 (1.42%) Front Office
17 47 (1.36%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.04%) Manufacturing
19 35 (1.01%) Back Office
20 28 (0.81%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 877 (25.35%) Developer
2 699 (20.21%) Senior
3 471 (13.62%) Lead
4 379 (10.96%) .NET Developer
5 286 (8.27%) Analyst
6 282 (8.15%) Architect
7 266 (7.69%) Software Engineer
8 250 (7.23%) Project Manager
9 186 (5.38%) Business Analyst
10 179 (5.17%) Senior Manager
11 150 (4.34%) Senior Developer
12 144 (4.16%) IT Manager
13 108 (3.12%) Software Developer
14 105 (3.04%) Delivery Manager
15 97 (2.80%) Senior Project Manager
16 90 (2.60%) Consultant
17 88 (2.54%) Full-Stack Developer
18 84 (2.43%) Engineering Manager
19 82 (2.37%) Product Owner
20 81 (2.34%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 621 (17.95%) .NET
2 457 (13.21%) React
3 385 (11.13%) ASP.NET
4 365 (10.55%) .NET Core
5 354 (10.23%) ASP.NET Core
6 315 (9.11%) Node.js
7 223 (6.45%) RESTful
8 205 (5.93%) CSS
9 192 (5.55%) HTML
10 173 (5.00%) Blazor
11 159 (4.60%) AngularJS
12 150 (4.34%) Entity Framework
13 142 (4.11%) Vue
14 130 (3.76%) REST
15 125 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
16 95 (2.75%) ML.NET
17 94 (2.72%) .NET Framework
18 85 (2.46%) Kafka
19 84 (2.43%) Middleware
20 83 (2.40%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 404 (11.68%) Product Ownership
2 296 (8.56%) Cloud Native
3 243 (7.03%) Social Media
4 131 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
5 105 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
6 86 (2.49%) Mobile App
7 72 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 71 (2.05%) Onboarding
9 69 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 69 (1.99%) Management Information System
10 63 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
11 59 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
12 54 (1.56%) Over-the-Top Content
13 51 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
14 47 (1.36%) Virtual Team
15 46 (1.33%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.19%) Fixed Income
17 29 (0.84%) Security Posture
18 27 (0.78%) Data Centre
19 26 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 149 (4.31%) Linux
2 68 (1.97%) Android
3 65 (1.88%) Windows
4 44 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 42 (1.21%) Unix
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 14 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.14%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.058%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.029%) AIX
12 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 838 (24.23%) DevOps
2 833 (24.08%) CI/CD
3 827 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 771 (22.29%) AI
5 749 (21.65%) Roadmaps
6 742 (21.45%) Mentoring
7 650 (18.79%) Scrum
8 598 (17.29%) Full-Stack Development
9 585 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
10 539 (15.58%) Coaching
11 483 (13.96%) Microservices
12 475 (13.73%) Software Engineering
13 445 (12.86%) Analytics
14 417 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 411 (11.88%) Decision-Making
16 408 (11.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 396 (11.45%) Test Automation
18 376 (10.87%) Customer Experience
19 363 (10.49%) Project Delivery
20 359 (10.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 814 (23.53%) SQL
2 728 (21.05%) C#
3 533 (15.41%) JavaScript
4 394 (11.39%) Python
5 376 (10.87%) Java
6 335 (9.68%) TypeScript
7 88 (2.54%) PHP
8 84 (2.43%) C++
9 61 (1.76%) Bash
10 54 (1.56%) Go
11 51 (1.47%) Apex Code
12 42 (1.21%) PowerShell
13 41 (1.19%) C
14 38 (1.10%) Ruby
15 35 (1.01%) SOQL
16 34 (0.98%) SOSL
17 21 (0.61%) T-SQL
18 20 (0.58%) PL/SQL
19 17 (0.49%) Bicep
20 16 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 447 (12.92%) Degree
2 389 (11.25%) Security Cleared
3 309 (8.93%) SC Cleared
4 110 (3.18%) CISSP
5 105 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 98 (2.83%) CISM
7 96 (2.78%) PMI Certification
8 91 (2.63%) PMP
9 72 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 59 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
11 44 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 39 (1.13%) DV Cleared
13 32 (0.93%) DBS Check
14 28 (0.81%) CISA
15 27 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
16 23 (0.66%) ISTQB
16 23 (0.66%) Master's Degree
17 20 (0.58%) AWS Certification
18 18 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
19 16 (0.46%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 375 (10.84%) Accessibility
2 294 (8.50%) QA
3 111 (3.21%) Data Quality
4 108 (3.12%) NIST
5 86 (2.49%) WCAG
6 75 (2.17%) GDPR
7 59 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 52 (1.50%) PMO
9 49 (1.42%) ISO 22301
10 33 (0.95%) GRC
11 23 (0.66%) NCSC
12 22 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 18 (0.52%) 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 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 284 (8.21%) Docker
2 60 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
3 32 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 14 (0.40%) 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
1 262 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 157 (4.54%) Terraform
3 56 (1.62%) Ansible
4 42 (1.21%) Grafana
5 29 (0.84%) Argo
6 26 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.35%) Podman
8 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.14%) Istio
9 5 (0.14%) Packer
9 5 (0.14%) Puppet
10 4 (0.12%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.087%) Kibana
11 3 (0.087%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.058%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.029%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 780 (22.55%) Microsoft
2 265 (7.66%) Adobe
3 134 (3.87%) Google
4 106 (3.06%) Salesforce
5 103 (2.98%) Oracle
6 100 (2.89%) Databricks
7 82 (2.37%) SAP
8 81 (2.34%) ServiceNow
9 40 (1.16%) Facebook
10 38 (1.10%) Splunk
11 26 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 21 (0.61%) YouTube
13 19 (0.55%) Apple
13 19 (0.55%) Cisco
13 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
14 18 (0.52%) IFS
15 17 (0.49%) IBM
15 17 (0.49%) Sony
16 16 (0.46%) VMware
16 16 (0.46%) Workday
1,314 hybrid/remote Agile jobs