Hybrid/Remote Scrum Job Trends

Scrum
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 88 53
Rank change year-on-year +10 -35 -19
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 562 581 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.03% 3.97% 4.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 4.18% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 389 299 1,318
10th Percentile £41,000 £43,246 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,209 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,528 £88,750
UK median annual salary £67,136 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Scrum 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 15,340 13,907 29,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 95.05% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,890 8,636 23,352
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Scrum and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Scrum job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Scrum
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Scrum over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Scrum salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Scrum
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 28 (4.98%) Confluence
2 11 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.71%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.71%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.53%) Apache
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.53%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.36%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.18%) JBoss
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.71%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.53%) Trello
4 2 (0.36%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.36%) Productboard
4 2 (0.36%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.36%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.36%) Shopify
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) Maximo
4 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 200 (35.59%) Azure
2 169 (30.07%) AWS
3 69 (12.28%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (9.79%) GCP
5 52 (9.25%) Serverless
6 25 (4.45%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.27%) GitHub
8 23 (4.09%) Azure AKS
9 22 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
10 20 (3.56%) SaaS
11 17 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (3.02%) Power Automate
11 17 (3.02%) PowerApps
12 15 (2.67%) Entra ID
12 15 (2.67%) PaaS
13 14 (2.49%) Cloud Functions
14 12 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (2.14%) Cloud Run
15 10 (1.78%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.78%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.52%) Broadband
2 14 (2.49%) Ethernet
2 14 (2.49%) RS-232
3 6 (1.07%) Firewall
4 5 (0.89%) LAN
4 5 (0.89%) WAN
5 4 (0.71%) MQTT
6 3 (0.53%) Network Security
6 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.53%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.53%) Wireless
7 2 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.36%) VPN
7 2 (0.36%) WPA
8 1 (0.18%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (9.43%) MongoDB
2 40 (7.12%) NoSQL
3 33 (5.87%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (4.45%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.09%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (2.49%) Metadata
8 10 (1.78%) Power BI
8 10 (1.78%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.89%) MySQL
10 5 (0.89%) Redis
11 4 (0.71%) Big Data
11 4 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.71%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.71%) GIS
11 4 (0.71%) QGIS
11 4 (0.71%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 89 (15.84%) JIRA
2 65 (11.57%) Jenkins
3 57 (10.14%) GitLab
4 48 (8.54%) Git
5 35 (6.23%) SonarQube
6 32 (5.69%) Postman
7 28 (4.98%) Selenium
8 27 (4.80%) SoapUI
9 25 (4.45%) Team Foundation Server
10 22 (3.91%) TeamCity
10 22 (3.91%) WebDriver
11 14 (2.49%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.14%) CircleCI
13 7 (1.25%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.07%) JUnit
15 5 (0.89%) JMeter
15 5 (0.89%) Maven
15 5 (0.89%) Mockito
16 4 (0.71%) NUnit
16 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 185 (32.92%) Social Skills
2 116 (20.64%) Finance
3 105 (18.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 76 (13.52%) Public Sector
5 65 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (11.57%) Law
6 48 (8.54%) Games
7 46 (8.19%) Marketing
8 30 (5.34%) Legal
9 22 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.14%) Health Technology
12 11 (1.96%) Banking
13 10 (1.78%) Publishing
13 10 (1.78%) Tech for Good
14 8 (1.42%) Advertising
15 7 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.25%) Retail
15 7 (1.25%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 128 (22.78%) Senior
2 117 (20.82%) Developer
3 68 (12.10%) Lead
4 64 (11.39%) Architect
4 64 (11.39%) Software Engineer
5 59 (10.50%) Analyst
6 41 (7.30%) Delivery Manager
7 36 (6.41%) Business Analyst
8 33 (5.87%) Salesforce Architect
9 32 (5.69%) .NET Developer
10 31 (5.52%) Product Manager
11 29 (5.16%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 26 (4.63%) Senior Developer
13 25 (4.45%) Solutions Architect
14 24 (4.27%) Senior Software Engineer
15 22 (3.91%) Lead Developer
15 22 (3.91%) Senior Manager
16 21 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
17 20 (3.56%) Senior Analyst
17 20 (3.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (16.73%) .NET
2 93 (16.55%) React
3 62 (11.03%) SOAP
4 60 (10.68%) REST
5 58 (10.32%) Node.js
6 53 (9.43%) HTML
7 47 (8.36%) RESTful
8 40 (7.12%) Lightning Web Components
9 38 (6.76%) Visualforce
10 29 (5.16%) .NET Framework
10 29 (5.16%) ASP.NET
11 28 (4.98%) AngularJS
12 26 (4.63%) CSS
12 26 (4.63%) Web Services
13 25 (4.45%) ASP.NET Core
13 25 (4.45%) Spring
14 23 (4.09%) .NET Core
15 22 (3.91%) Akka
16 20 (3.56%) Playwright
17 19 (3.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 163 (29.00%) Product Ownership
2 53 (9.43%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.91%) Over-the-Top Content
3 22 (3.91%) Video\Live Streaming
4 17 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.49%) Device Driver
6 13 (2.31%) e-Learning
6 13 (2.31%) Podcast
7 12 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.25%) Culture of Ownership
11 6 (1.07%) PMI
12 5 (0.89%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.71%) Life Science
13 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.53%) AI Agents
14 3 (0.53%) Housing Association
14 3 (0.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.83%) Linux
2 17 (3.02%) Unix
3 14 (2.49%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (2.49%) Windows
4 5 (0.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.18%) CentOS
5 1 (0.18%) Debian
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 526 (93.59%) Agile
2 212 (37.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 200 (35.59%) DevOps
4 191 (33.99%) Kanban
5 180 (32.03%) CI/CD
6 115 (20.46%) Mentoring
7 114 (20.28%) Roadmaps
8 110 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
9 96 (17.08%) Coaching
9 96 (17.08%) Microservices
10 95 (16.90%) Software Engineering
11 83 (14.77%) Full-Stack Development
11 83 (14.77%) TDD
12 81 (14.41%) User Stories
13 76 (13.52%) Community of Practice
14 73 (12.99%) Acceptance Criteria
15 71 (12.63%) Continuous Integration
16 67 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
16 67 (11.92%) Test Automation
17 64 (11.39%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 101 (17.97%) SQL
2 89 (15.84%) Java
3 87 (15.48%) C#
3 87 (15.48%) JavaScript
4 67 (11.92%) Python
5 65 (11.57%) TypeScript
6 38 (6.76%) Apex Code
7 34 (6.05%) SOQL
7 34 (6.05%) SOSL
8 22 (3.91%) Scala
9 18 (3.20%) C++
10 14 (2.49%) C
10 14 (2.49%) Embedded C
11 9 (1.60%) Ruby
12 8 (1.42%) Bash
13 7 (1.25%) Bicep
14 6 (1.07%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.89%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.71%) Rust
17 3 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 128 (22.78%) Degree
2 77 (13.70%) Security Cleared
3 65 (11.57%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (4.80%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.38%) DBS Check
6 19 (3.38%) PMI Certification
7 18 (3.20%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 14 (2.49%) PMP
9 11 (1.96%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.60%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.89%) CIPD
12 5 (0.89%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.71%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.53%) CCIE
14 3 (0.53%) CCIE Security
14 3 (0.53%) CCNP
14 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (13.88%) QA
2 21 (3.74%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.31%) GRC
4 9 (1.60%) PMO
5 6 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.71%) GDPR
7 3 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.53%) WCAG
8 2 (0.36%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 92 (16.37%) Docker
2 5 (0.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 76 (13.52%) Kubernetes
2 48 (8.54%) Terraform
3 21 (3.74%) Ansible
4 14 (2.49%) Argo
5 12 (2.14%) Podman
6 6 (1.07%) Grafana
7 5 (0.89%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.36%) Packer
8 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.18%) Kibana
9 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 83 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.54%) Salesforce
3 34 (6.05%) Splunk
4 18 (3.20%) Google
5 17 (3.02%) Oracle
6 8 (1.42%) Databricks
7 7 (1.25%) SAP
7 7 (1.25%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.89%) Cisco
8 5 (0.89%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.89%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.71%) Adobe
9 4 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.71%) ESRI
10 3 (0.53%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.53%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.53%) Foundry
11 2 (0.36%) Facebook
11 2 (0.36%) IBM
11 2 (0.36%) Infor