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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,151 3,357 8,164
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.68% 21.75% 23.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.16% 23.01% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,071 2,070 6,012
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +14.37% -5.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £98,474 £81,786
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 16,449 14,587 30,837
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.52% 88.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,886 8,474 23,847
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 19 June 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
1 100 (3.17%) Confluence
2 47 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 42 (1.33%) CMS
4 21 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (0.60%) Apache
6 15 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 15 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.35%) SAS
8 9 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.22%) WordPress
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.13%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.13%) PowerFactory
11 3 (0.095%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.095%) nginx
11 3 (0.095%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.063%) Camunda
12 2 (0.063%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 112 (3.55%) Microsoft Project
2 93 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 45 (1.43%) UserZoom
5 43 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
6 22 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 20 (0.63%) Adobe XD
8 11 (0.35%) MS Visio
8 11 (0.35%) Trello
9 7 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.22%) Sketch
10 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.13%) InVision
10 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.13%) Revit
10 4 (0.13%) Windchill
11 3 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.095%) Blender
11 3 (0.095%) Maya
11 3 (0.095%) Productboard
Business Applications
1 56 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.27%) Workfront
3 18 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.19%) Shopify
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.095%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.095%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.095%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.095%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.095%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.095%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.095%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.063%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.063%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.063%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.063%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 983 (31.20%) Azure
2 720 (22.85%) AWS
3 268 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
4 221 (7.01%) GCP
5 192 (6.09%) Adobe Analytics
6 161 (5.11%) Power Platform
6 161 (5.11%) SaaS
7 144 (4.57%) Serverless
8 139 (4.41%) GitHub
9 128 (4.06%) Azure AI
10 111 (3.52%) Figma
11 70 (2.22%) Contentsquare
11 70 (2.22%) Snowflake
12 65 (2.06%) Azure Machine Learning
13 62 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 61 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
15 60 (1.90%) PowerApps
16 57 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
17 56 (1.78%) iPaaS
18 55 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 428 (13.58%) Broadband
2 26 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 24 (0.76%) Network Security
4 17 (0.54%) CHAP
4 17 (0.54%) Internet
5 16 (0.51%) WAN
6 15 (0.48%) Ethernet
6 15 (0.48%) Firewall
6 15 (0.48%) RS-232
6 15 (0.48%) VPN
7 13 (0.41%) 4G
7 13 (0.41%) DNS
7 13 (0.41%) LAN
8 10 (0.32%) 5G
8 10 (0.32%) BGP
8 10 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (0.32%) Ethernet VPN
8 10 (0.32%) IOS XR
8 10 (0.32%) MPLS
9 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 272 (8.63%) MongoDB
2 244 (7.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 173 (5.49%) SQL Server
4 117 (3.71%) PostgreSQL
5 110 (3.49%) NoSQL
6 105 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
7 103 (3.27%) Metadata
8 84 (2.67%) Power BI
9 73 (2.32%) MySQL
10 48 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 32 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (1.02%) DynamoDB
12 31 (0.98%) Data Lake
13 20 (0.63%) BigQuery
13 20 (0.63%) Redis
14 19 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
15 18 (0.57%) RDBMS
15 18 (0.57%) Semantic Layer
15 18 (0.57%) Tableau
16 17 (0.54%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 231 (7.33%) JIRA
2 153 (4.86%) Git
3 122 (3.87%) Jenkins
4 102 (3.24%) GitLab
5 42 (1.33%) Selenium
6 40 (1.27%) SonarQube
7 35 (1.11%) Cypress.io
8 33 (1.05%) Postman
9 25 (0.79%) TeamCity
10 19 (0.60%) Claude Code
11 18 (0.57%) Jaeger
11 18 (0.57%) JUnit
12 17 (0.54%) WebDriver
13 16 (0.51%) SoapUI
14 15 (0.48%) Cucumber
14 15 (0.48%) JMeter
15 13 (0.41%) CircleCI
15 13 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.38%) Maven
16 12 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 891 (28.28%) Social Skills
2 780 (24.75%) Finance
3 441 (14.00%) Public Sector
4 332 (10.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 318 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
6 309 (9.81%) Games
7 202 (6.41%) Law
8 179 (5.68%) Marketing
9 155 (4.92%) Retail
10 141 (4.47%) Banking
10 141 (4.47%) Legal
11 75 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
12 72 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
13 64 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
14 48 (1.52%) Advertising
14 48 (1.52%) Front Office
15 42 (1.33%) Telecoms
16 34 (1.08%) Back Office
17 32 (1.02%) Aviation
18 31 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 682 (21.64%) Developer
2 640 (20.31%) Senior
3 468 (14.85%) Lead
4 291 (9.24%) Analyst
5 262 (8.31%) Software Engineer
6 260 (8.25%) .NET Developer
7 243 (7.71%) Architect
8 235 (7.46%) Project Manager
9 191 (6.06%) Business Analyst
10 188 (5.97%) Senior Manager
11 110 (3.49%) Delivery Manager
12 107 (3.40%) Software Developer
13 98 (3.11%) Senior Project Manager
14 89 (2.82%) IT Manager
15 87 (2.76%) Engineering Manager
15 87 (2.76%) Product Owner
16 83 (2.63%) Senior Developer
17 80 (2.54%) Designer
17 80 (2.54%) Graduate
18 78 (2.48%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 453 (14.38%) .NET
2 401 (12.73%) React
3 259 (8.22%) ASP.NET
4 255 (8.09%) .NET Core
5 250 (7.93%) Node.js
6 239 (7.58%) ASP.NET Core
7 181 (5.74%) CSS
8 175 (5.55%) HTML
9 172 (5.46%) RESTful
10 126 (4.00%) AngularJS
11 119 (3.78%) REST
12 116 (3.68%) Blazor
13 105 (3.33%) Vue
14 101 (3.21%) Entity Framework
15 81 (2.57%) ASP.NET Web API
16 77 (2.44%) Kafka
17 76 (2.41%) Spring
18 71 (2.25%) SOAP
19 66 (2.09%) ML.NET
20 63 (2.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 412 (13.08%) Product Ownership
2 276 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 252 (8.00%) Social Media
4 105 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 81 (2.57%) Mobile App
6 80 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
7 76 (2.41%) Over-the-Top Content
8 72 (2.28%) Onboarding
9 66 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
9 66 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
10 65 (2.06%) Management Information System
11 55 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
12 52 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
13 46 (1.46%) Driving Licence
14 44 (1.40%) Virtual Team
15 41 (1.30%) Fixed Income
16 33 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
17 31 (0.98%) Security Posture
18 30 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
19 28 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 146 (4.63%) Linux
2 63 (2.00%) Android
3 45 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 45 (1.43%) Unix
3 45 (1.43%) Windows
4 15 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (0.32%) VMS
6 7 (0.22%) CentOS
6 7 (0.22%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.16%) Debian
7 5 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.16%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.032%) AIX
8 1 (0.032%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 743 (23.58%) Roadmaps
2 719 (22.82%) DevOps
3 707 (22.44%) Mentoring
4 697 (22.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 689 (21.87%) CI/CD
6 667 (21.17%) AI
7 592 (18.79%) Scrum
8 542 (17.20%) Coaching
9 484 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
10 464 (14.73%) Full-Stack Development
11 441 (14.00%) Analytics
12 427 (13.55%) Software Engineering
13 390 (12.38%) Customer Experience
14 364 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
15 363 (11.52%) Decision-Making
15 363 (11.52%) Project Management
16 344 (10.92%) Microservices
17 328 (10.41%) Test Automation
18 295 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 282 (8.95%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 686 (21.77%) SQL
2 520 (16.50%) C#
3 458 (14.54%) JavaScript
4 397 (12.60%) Java
5 390 (12.38%) Python
6 290 (9.20%) TypeScript
7 88 (2.79%) PHP
8 82 (2.60%) C++
9 73 (2.32%) Bash
9 73 (2.32%) Go
10 56 (1.78%) Apex Code
11 40 (1.27%) C
12 39 (1.24%) PowerShell
13 35 (1.11%) SOQL
14 34 (1.08%) SOSL
15 29 (0.92%) Scala
16 25 (0.79%) Ruby
17 21 (0.67%) T-SQL
18 20 (0.63%) VBA
19 19 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 444 (14.09%) Degree
2 334 (10.60%) Security Cleared
3 258 (8.19%) SC Cleared
4 99 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 79 (2.51%) PMI Certification
6 72 (2.28%) PMP
7 70 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 57 (1.81%) CISSP
9 47 (1.49%) DBS Check
10 45 (1.43%) DV Cleared
11 43 (1.36%) CISM
12 37 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 37 (1.17%) Azure Certification
13 33 (1.05%) ISTQB
14 27 (0.86%) CISA
15 22 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
15 22 (0.70%) SANS
16 17 (0.54%) CGEIT
16 17 (0.54%) FFIEC
17 14 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 363 (11.52%) Accessibility
2 245 (7.78%) QA
3 94 (2.98%) Data Quality
4 81 (2.57%) WCAG
5 67 (2.13%) GDPR
6 58 (1.84%) NIST
7 44 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 44 (1.40%) PMO
8 23 (0.73%) GRC
9 22 (0.70%) COBIT
10 17 (0.54%) NCSC
11 13 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (0.32%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.16%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.16%) SOC 1
14 5 (0.16%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
System Software
1 286 (9.08%) Docker
2 60 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
3 36 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.25%) vSphere
6 3 (0.095%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.095%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.032%) Xen
Systems Management
1 264 (8.38%) Kubernetes
2 178 (5.65%) Terraform
3 80 (2.54%) Ansible
4 47 (1.49%) Prometheus
5 45 (1.43%) Argo
5 45 (1.43%) Grafana
6 22 (0.70%) Kustomize
7 12 (0.38%) Podman
8 6 (0.19%) Puppet
9 5 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.16%) Istio
9 5 (0.16%) Packer
9 5 (0.16%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.13%) SCCM
11 3 (0.095%) Kibana
11 3 (0.095%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.063%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.063%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 617 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 268 (8.51%) Adobe
3 136 (4.32%) Google
4 108 (3.43%) Salesforce
5 98 (3.11%) Databricks
6 93 (2.95%) Oracle
7 77 (2.44%) SAP
7 77 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 40 (1.27%) Splunk
9 28 (0.89%) Facebook
10 19 (0.60%) Cisco
11 14 (0.44%) IBM
11 14 (0.44%) IFS
11 14 (0.44%) VMware
11 14 (0.44%) YouTube
12 13 (0.41%) Apple
12 13 (0.41%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.38%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.38%) Sony
13 12 (0.38%) Yahoo!