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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,428 3,353 7,075
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.95% 20.41% 23.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.27% 21.88% 26.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,308 2,105 5,026
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £69,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -11.59% +9.90% -3.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £96,750 £84,964
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £64,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.86% +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 17,786 15,322 27,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 93.26% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12,956 9,066 20,494
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £34,000
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 £56,888 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.47% +3.43% -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 18 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
1 107 (3.12%) Confluence
2 58 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.20%) CMS
4 21 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.53%) Apache
6 16 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 15 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.44%) SAS
8 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.26%) WordPress
10 5 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.12%) PowerFactory
12 3 (0.088%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.088%) Kentico
12 3 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.088%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 123 (3.59%) Microsoft Project
2 94 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 45 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 45 (1.31%) UserZoom
5 20 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 20 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 17 (0.50%) Trello
7 15 (0.44%) Adobe XD
8 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.15%) Sketch
10 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.12%) Revit
10 4 (0.12%) Windchill
11 3 (0.088%) Blender
11 3 (0.088%) Maya
11 3 (0.088%) Productboard
12 2 (0.058%) InVision
12 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.029%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 64 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.17%) Workfront
3 19 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.18%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.18%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.15%) Shopify
6 5 (0.15%) Workday HCM
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 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.088%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.088%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.088%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,194 (34.83%) Azure
2 839 (24.47%) AWS
3 327 (9.54%) Azure DevOps
4 224 (6.53%) GCP
5 215 (6.27%) SaaS
6 191 (5.57%) Adobe Analytics
7 172 (5.02%) GitHub
8 171 (4.99%) Power Platform
9 157 (4.58%) Azure AI
10 147 (4.29%) Serverless
11 108 (3.15%) Figma
12 80 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
13 71 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
14 70 (2.04%) Contentsquare
15 67 (1.95%) PowerApps
16 66 (1.93%) Snowflake
17 65 (1.90%) Azure Machine Learning
17 65 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
18 62 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 60 (1.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 370 (10.79%) Broadband
2 28 (0.82%) Network Security
3 25 (0.73%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.61%) Internet
5 19 (0.55%) WAN
6 18 (0.53%) VPN
7 16 (0.47%) LAN
8 14 (0.41%) DNS
8 14 (0.41%) Ethernet
8 14 (0.41%) Firewall
8 14 (0.41%) RS-232
9 13 (0.38%) CHAP
9 13 (0.38%) VoIP
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
1 375 (10.94%) MongoDB
2 359 (10.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 187 (5.46%) SQL Server
4 153 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
5 136 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
6 98 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 95 (2.77%) Metadata
8 92 (2.68%) Power BI
9 78 (2.28%) MySQL
10 41 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 33 (0.96%) DynamoDB
12 29 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
13 28 (0.82%) Data Lake
14 25 (0.73%) Redis
15 21 (0.61%) Big Data
16 20 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 19 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
17 19 (0.55%) BigQuery
17 19 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
17 19 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 246 (7.18%) JIRA
2 156 (4.55%) Git
3 102 (2.98%) GitLab
3 102 (2.98%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.14%) SonarQube
5 34 (0.99%) Cypress.io
6 30 (0.88%) Selenium
7 21 (0.61%) Claude Code
7 21 (0.61%) JUnit
8 19 (0.55%) Postman
9 14 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.41%) Maven
9 14 (0.41%) Visual Studio
10 13 (0.38%) CircleCI
10 13 (0.38%) Mockito
11 10 (0.29%) JMeter
12 8 (0.23%) SpecFlow
12 8 (0.23%) XCUITest
13 7 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 939 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 813 (23.72%) Finance
3 469 (13.68%) Public Sector
4 344 (10.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 324 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
6 295 (8.61%) Games
7 280 (8.17%) Law
8 204 (5.95%) Legal
9 192 (5.60%) Marketing
10 176 (5.13%) Retail
11 128 (3.73%) Banking
12 95 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
13 78 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
14 73 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
15 60 (1.75%) Advertising
16 49 (1.43%) Front Office
17 47 (1.37%) Legal Technology
18 35 (1.02%) Back Office
18 35 (1.02%) Manufacturing
19 27 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 867 (25.29%) Developer
2 684 (19.95%) Senior
3 475 (13.86%) Lead
4 381 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 286 (8.34%) Analyst
6 279 (8.14%) Architect
7 266 (7.76%) Software Engineer
8 246 (7.18%) Project Manager
9 184 (5.37%) Business Analyst
10 179 (5.22%) Senior Manager
11 139 (4.05%) IT Manager
12 138 (4.03%) Senior Developer
13 109 (3.18%) Software Developer
14 106 (3.09%) Delivery Manager
15 95 (2.77%) Senior Project Manager
16 88 (2.57%) Consultant
17 87 (2.54%) Full-Stack Developer
18 84 (2.45%) Engineering Manager
19 82 (2.39%) Product Owner
20 80 (2.33%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 614 (17.91%) .NET
2 457 (13.33%) React
3 384 (11.20%) ASP.NET
4 364 (10.62%) .NET Core
5 353 (10.30%) ASP.NET Core
6 312 (9.10%) Node.js
7 223 (6.51%) RESTful
8 203 (5.92%) CSS
9 191 (5.57%) HTML
10 171 (4.99%) Blazor
11 158 (4.61%) AngularJS
12 150 (4.38%) Entity Framework
13 140 (4.08%) Vue
14 126 (3.68%) ASP.NET Web API
14 126 (3.68%) REST
15 96 (2.80%) .NET Framework
16 95 (2.77%) ML.NET
17 82 (2.39%) Kafka
18 81 (2.36%) Spring
19 80 (2.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 403 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 290 (8.46%) Cloud Native
3 247 (7.21%) Social Media
4 125 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
5 103 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
6 84 (2.45%) Mobile App
7 73 (2.13%) Management Information System
8 71 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
9 70 (2.04%) Onboarding
10 67 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 64 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
12 57 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
13 54 (1.58%) Over-the-Top Content
14 47 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
14 47 (1.37%) Virtual Team
15 46 (1.34%) Driving Licence
16 41 (1.20%) Fixed Income
17 29 (0.85%) Security Posture
18 27 (0.79%) Data Centre
19 26 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 153 (4.46%) Linux
2 64 (1.87%) Android
2 64 (1.87%) Windows
3 48 (1.40%) Unix
4 41 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.44%) VMS
6 14 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (0.23%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.15%) CentOS
8 5 (0.15%) Debian
9 3 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.058%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 838 (24.45%) DevOps
2 810 (23.63%) CI/CD
3 804 (23.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 763 (22.26%) AI
5 757 (22.08%) Roadmaps
6 736 (21.47%) Mentoring
7 651 (18.99%) Scrum
8 595 (17.36%) Full-Stack Development
9 570 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
10 537 (15.67%) Coaching
11 471 (13.74%) Software Engineering
12 468 (13.65%) Microservices
13 447 (13.04%) Analytics
14 404 (11.79%) Decision-Making
14 404 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 396 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 391 (11.41%) Test Automation
17 377 (11.00%) Customer Experience
18 357 (10.41%) Project Management
19 354 (10.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 806 (23.51%) SQL
2 711 (20.74%) C#
3 533 (15.55%) JavaScript
4 394 (11.49%) Python
5 380 (11.09%) Java
6 336 (9.80%) TypeScript
7 88 (2.57%) PHP
8 83 (2.42%) C++
9 66 (1.93%) Bash
10 60 (1.75%) Go
11 51 (1.49%) Apex Code
12 42 (1.23%) PowerShell
13 41 (1.20%) C
14 36 (1.05%) Ruby
15 35 (1.02%) SOQL
16 34 (0.99%) SOSL
17 21 (0.61%) T-SQL
18 19 (0.55%) PL/SQL
19 17 (0.50%) Bicep
20 15 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 441 (12.86%) Degree
2 381 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 303 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 109 (3.18%) CISSP
5 103 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 96 (2.80%) CISM
7 93 (2.71%) PMI Certification
8 89 (2.60%) PMP
9 72 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 55 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
11 43 (1.25%) Azure Certification
12 37 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 36 (1.05%) DBS Check
14 30 (0.88%) CISA
15 26 (0.76%) AWS Certification
16 25 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
17 24 (0.70%) Master's Degree
18 22 (0.64%) ISTQB
19 18 (0.53%) SANS
20 17 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 373 (10.88%) Accessibility
2 282 (8.23%) QA
3 107 (3.12%) Data Quality
4 106 (3.09%) NIST
5 84 (2.45%) WCAG
6 77 (2.25%) GDPR
7 59 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 51 (1.49%) PMO
9 45 (1.31%) ISO 22301
10 31 (0.90%) GRC
11 23 (0.67%) NCSC
12 22 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 20 (0.58%) 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 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 282 (8.23%) Docker
2 60 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
3 32 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 14 (0.41%) 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
1 261 (7.61%) Kubernetes
2 159 (4.64%) Terraform
3 62 (1.81%) Ansible
4 42 (1.23%) Grafana
5 35 (1.02%) Argo
6 32 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.35%) Podman
8 10 (0.29%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.15%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.15%) Istio
11 5 (0.15%) Packer
11 5 (0.15%) Puppet
12 3 (0.088%) Kibana
12 3 (0.088%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.058%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.058%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.029%) linkerd
14 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 772 (22.52%) Microsoft
2 264 (7.70%) Adobe
3 138 (4.03%) Google
4 103 (3.00%) Oracle
4 103 (3.00%) Salesforce
5 97 (2.83%) Databricks
6 82 (2.39%) SAP
7 81 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 40 (1.17%) Facebook
9 38 (1.11%) Splunk
10 26 (0.76%) OpenAI
11 21 (0.61%) YouTube
12 20 (0.58%) Cisco
13 19 (0.55%) Yahoo!
14 18 (0.53%) Apple
15 17 (0.50%) IBM
15 17 (0.50%) IFS
15 17 (0.50%) Sony
16 16 (0.47%) VMware
17 15 (0.44%) Workday