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

 6 months to
30 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 3,491 3,324 6,069
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.85% 20.19% 22.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.10% 21.70% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,335 2,087 4,130
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,475 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £68,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.29% +4.62% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £86,813
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £64,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +7.69% -

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 18,280 15,315 23,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.99% 93.04% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,282 9,035 17,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 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
1 110 (3.15%) Confluence
2 63 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 42 (1.20%) CMS
4 20 (0.57%) Apache
4 20 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 13 (0.37%) SAS
8 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (0.29%) WordPress
10 9 (0.26%) Jupyter
11 8 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.11%) Camunda
13 4 (0.11%) PowerFactory
14 3 (0.086%) Kentico
14 3 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.086%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 124 (3.55%) Microsoft Project
2 95 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 54 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 44 (1.26%) UserZoom
6 22 (0.63%) Chatbot
6 22 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 18 (0.52%) Adobe XD
7 18 (0.52%) Trello
8 15 (0.43%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.14%) Sketch
10 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.11%) Revit
10 4 (0.11%) Windchill
11 3 (0.086%) Blender
11 3 (0.086%) Maya
11 3 (0.086%) Productboard
12 2 (0.057%) InVision
12 2 (0.057%) PlantUML
12 2 (0.057%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 60 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.15%) Workfront
3 21 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.20%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.17%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.14%) Shopify
8 4 (0.11%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
9 3 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.086%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.086%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.086%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1,239 (35.49%) Azure
2 874 (25.04%) AWS
3 336 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
4 231 (6.62%) GCP
4 231 (6.62%) SaaS
5 180 (5.16%) GitHub
6 177 (5.07%) Power Platform
7 173 (4.96%) Adobe Analytics
8 158 (4.53%) Azure AI
9 144 (4.12%) Serverless
10 103 (2.95%) Figma
11 84 (2.41%) GitHub Copilot
12 74 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
13 72 (2.06%) Snowflake
14 69 (1.98%) Contentsquare
15 66 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
16 65 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
17 63 (1.80%) PowerApps
18 62 (1.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 59 (1.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 328 (9.40%) Broadband
2 30 (0.86%) Network Security
3 25 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 21 (0.60%) Internet
5 19 (0.54%) VPN
6 18 (0.52%) WAN
7 16 (0.46%) LAN
8 15 (0.43%) Firewall
9 14 (0.40%) DNS
10 13 (0.37%) Ethernet
10 13 (0.37%) RS-232
10 13 (0.37%) VoIP
11 11 (0.32%) CTI
12 10 (0.29%) 5G
12 10 (0.29%) CHAP
13 8 (0.23%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.23%) Wireless
14 7 (0.20%) Intranet
14 7 (0.20%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (10.80%) MongoDB
2 360 (10.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 194 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 153 (4.38%) Elasticsearch
5 147 (4.21%) PostgreSQL
6 104 (2.98%) Power BI
7 95 (2.72%) Metadata
8 94 (2.69%) NoSQL
9 83 (2.38%) MySQL
10 40 (1.15%) Relational Database
11 37 (1.06%) DynamoDB
12 34 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
13 32 (0.92%) Data Lake
14 28 (0.80%) Redis
15 23 (0.66%) Big Data
16 21 (0.60%) Tableau
17 20 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.54%) BigQuery
18 19 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
19 16 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 259 (7.42%) JIRA
2 178 (5.10%) Git
3 100 (2.86%) GitLab
3 100 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.06%) Selenium
5 36 (1.03%) Cypress.io
6 32 (0.92%) SonarQube
7 25 (0.72%) JUnit
8 22 (0.63%) Postman
9 21 (0.60%) Claude Code
10 16 (0.46%) Maven
11 15 (0.43%) Cucumber
11 15 (0.43%) Mockito
12 14 (0.40%) Visual Studio
13 13 (0.37%) CircleCI
14 10 (0.29%) JMeter
15 9 (0.26%) Balsamiq
16 8 (0.23%) Axure RP
16 8 (0.23%) Bitbucket
16 8 (0.23%) Gatling
General
1 981 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 855 (24.49%) Finance
3 476 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 363 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 348 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
6 298 (8.54%) Law
7 259 (7.42%) Games
8 226 (6.47%) Legal
9 192 (5.50%) Marketing
10 188 (5.39%) Retail
11 126 (3.61%) Banking
12 103 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
13 83 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 80 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
15 61 (1.75%) Advertising
16 49 (1.40%) Front Office
17 47 (1.35%) Legal Technology
18 44 (1.26%) Aerospace
19 40 (1.15%) Manufacturing
20 37 (1.06%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 886 (25.38%) Developer
2 703 (20.14%) Senior
3 464 (13.29%) Lead
4 379 (10.86%) .NET Developer
5 295 (8.45%) Analyst
6 279 (7.99%) Software Engineer
7 277 (7.93%) Architect
8 246 (7.05%) Project Manager
9 195 (5.59%) Business Analyst
10 159 (4.55%) Senior Manager
11 157 (4.50%) Senior Developer
12 135 (3.87%) IT Manager
13 110 (3.15%) Software Developer
14 105 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
15 94 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
16 92 (2.64%) Consultant
17 89 (2.55%) Senior Project Manager
18 85 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
19 83 (2.38%) Product Owner
20 82 (2.35%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 632 (18.10%) .NET
2 480 (13.75%) React
3 389 (11.14%) ASP.NET
4 372 (10.66%) .NET Core
5 355 (10.17%) ASP.NET Core
6 328 (9.40%) Node.js
7 224 (6.42%) RESTful
8 213 (6.10%) CSS
9 196 (5.61%) HTML
10 176 (5.04%) Blazor
11 165 (4.73%) AngularJS
12 155 (4.44%) Entity Framework
13 143 (4.10%) Vue
14 137 (3.92%) REST
15 126 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
16 99 (2.84%) .NET Framework
17 95 (2.72%) ML.NET
18 88 (2.52%) Spring
19 87 (2.49%) Kafka
20 85 (2.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 399 (11.43%) Product Ownership
2 307 (8.79%) Cloud Native
3 227 (6.50%) Social Media
4 138 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
5 105 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
6 83 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 79 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 75 (2.15%) Management Information System
9 66 (1.89%) Onboarding
10 64 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
11 60 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
12 59 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
13 54 (1.55%) Over-the-Top Content
14 52 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
15 47 (1.35%) Driving Licence
15 47 (1.35%) Virtual Team
16 41 (1.17%) Fixed Income
17 27 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 27 (0.77%) Security Posture
18 26 (0.74%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 149 (4.27%) Linux
2 67 (1.92%) Windows
3 63 (1.80%) Android
4 43 (1.23%) Unix
5 39 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) VMS
7 13 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
8 9 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.14%) CentOS
9 5 (0.14%) Debian
10 3 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.086%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 853 (24.43%) CI/CD
2 845 (24.21%) DevOps
3 841 (24.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 781 (22.37%) AI
5 738 (21.14%) Mentoring
6 723 (20.71%) Roadmaps
7 653 (18.71%) Scrum
8 612 (17.53%) Full-Stack Development
8 612 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
9 531 (15.21%) Coaching
10 511 (14.64%) Software Engineering
11 491 (14.06%) Microservices
12 441 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 437 (12.52%) Analytics
14 427 (12.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 420 (12.03%) Decision-Making
16 410 (11.74%) Test Automation
17 371 (10.63%) Project Delivery
18 360 (10.31%) Customer Experience
19 351 (10.05%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 832 (23.83%) SQL
2 743 (21.28%) C#
3 553 (15.84%) JavaScript
4 415 (11.89%) Python
5 387 (11.09%) Java
6 342 (9.80%) TypeScript
7 89 (2.55%) PHP
8 85 (2.43%) C++
9 63 (1.80%) Bash
10 58 (1.66%) Go
11 43 (1.23%) Apex Code
12 42 (1.20%) PowerShell
13 41 (1.17%) C
13 41 (1.17%) Ruby
14 27 (0.77%) SOQL
15 26 (0.74%) SOSL
16 22 (0.63%) PL/SQL
17 21 (0.60%) T-SQL
18 17 (0.49%) Bicep
19 13 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 471 (13.49%) Degree
2 425 (12.17%) Security Cleared
3 342 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 112 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 110 (3.15%) CISSP
6 100 (2.86%) PMI Certification
7 98 (2.81%) CISM
8 94 (2.69%) PMP
9 73 (2.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 62 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
11 52 (1.49%) DV Cleared
12 44 (1.26%) Azure Certification
13 34 (0.97%) DBS Check
14 33 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
15 27 (0.77%) CISA
15 27 (0.77%) Master's Degree
16 26 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
17 22 (0.63%) ISTQB
18 21 (0.60%) AWS Certification
19 18 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 376 (10.77%) Accessibility
2 299 (8.56%) QA
3 122 (3.49%) Data Quality
4 111 (3.18%) NIST
5 88 (2.52%) WCAG
6 80 (2.29%) GDPR
7 64 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 55 (1.58%) PMO
9 49 (1.40%) ISO 22301
10 34 (0.97%) GRC
11 26 (0.74%) NCSC
12 24 (0.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (0.49%) COBIT
14 12 (0.34%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.29%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.29%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.23%) SLA
17 7 (0.20%) SOC 1
18 6 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 295 (8.45%) Docker
2 60 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
3 32 (0.92%) Active Directory
4 15 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.37%) vSphere
6 7 (0.20%) Firmware
7 4 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.029%) GPFS
8 1 (0.029%) Lustre
8 1 (0.029%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.029%) Xen
Systems Management
1 270 (7.73%) Kubernetes
2 167 (4.78%) Terraform
3 57 (1.63%) Ansible
4 43 (1.23%) Grafana
5 29 (0.83%) Argo
6 28 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.34%) Podman
8 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.23%) 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 (0.11%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.086%) Kibana
11 3 (0.086%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.057%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.057%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.029%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.029%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 777 (22.26%) Microsoft
2 251 (7.19%) Adobe
3 138 (3.95%) Google
4 104 (2.98%) Databricks
4 104 (2.98%) Oracle
5 102 (2.92%) Salesforce
6 84 (2.41%) SAP
7 75 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 40 (1.15%) Facebook
9 30 (0.86%) Splunk
10 27 (0.77%) OpenAI
11 21 (0.60%) Cisco
11 21 (0.60%) YouTube
12 19 (0.54%) Apple
12 19 (0.54%) Yahoo!
13 18 (0.52%) IFS
14 17 (0.49%) IBM
14 17 (0.49%) Sony
14 17 (0.49%) VMware
15 16 (0.46%) Workday
1,400 hybrid/remote Agile jobs