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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 103 59
Rank change year-on-year +24 -44 -22
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 696 572 1,375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.29% 3.52% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 3.76% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 523 307 1,102
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 17,480 15,224 29,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.73% 93.65% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,756 9,023 22,315
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 8 July 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 40 (5.75%) Confluence
2 17 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.57%) Apache
5 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) DNN
5 3 (0.43%) EPiServer
5 3 (0.43%) Immediacy CMS
5 3 (0.43%) Kentico
5 3 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.43%) Sitefinity
5 3 (0.43%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.29%) Appian
6 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.29%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.01%) Trello
5 5 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.57%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.57%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.43%) Productboard
7 3 (0.43%) Sketch
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (0.14%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.29%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.14%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 313 (44.97%) Azure
2 255 (36.64%) AWS
3 95 (13.65%) Azure DevOps
4 63 (9.05%) GCP
5 60 (8.62%) Serverless
6 57 (8.19%) GitHub
7 44 (6.32%) Power Platform
8 38 (5.46%) GitHub Copilot
9 33 (4.74%) Power Automate
10 30 (4.31%) Azure Service Bus
11 29 (4.17%) PowerApps
12 27 (3.88%) Azure Functions
13 25 (3.59%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (3.45%) PaaS
15 21 (3.02%) SaaS
16 20 (2.87%) Azure AKS
17 19 (2.73%) Azure Key Vault
18 18 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
19 15 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
20 13 (1.87%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (9.20%) Broadband
2 15 (2.16%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.16%) RS-232
3 14 (2.01%) VPN
4 8 (1.15%) Firewall
5 5 (0.72%) LAN
5 5 (0.72%) WAN
6 4 (0.57%) MQTT
7 3 (0.43%) Network Security
7 3 (0.43%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.43%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.43%) Wireless
7 3 (0.43%) WPA
8 2 (0.29%) ATM
8 2 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (17.39%) MongoDB
2 94 (13.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (12.07%) Elasticsearch
4 43 (6.18%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (5.17%) NoSQL
6 21 (3.02%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.87%) Power BI
8 19 (2.73%) Metadata
9 13 (1.87%) Redis
10 11 (1.58%) MySQL
10 11 (1.58%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.86%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.57%) Big Data
14 4 (0.57%) Star Schema
15 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 87 (12.50%) JIRA
2 58 (8.33%) Git
3 55 (7.90%) GitLab
4 52 (7.47%) Jenkins
5 35 (5.03%) SonarQube
6 14 (2.01%) Cypress.io
7 13 (1.87%) Postman
8 12 (1.72%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.58%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.58%) Visual Studio
10 10 (1.44%) JUnit
10 10 (1.44%) Selenium
11 9 (1.29%) Maven
11 9 (1.29%) Mockito
12 8 (1.15%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.86%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.86%) NUnit
13 6 (0.86%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (0.72%) JMeter
General
1 204 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 150 (21.55%) Finance
3 133 (19.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 97 (13.94%) Law
5 96 (13.79%) Public Sector
6 74 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (7.04%) Games
8 45 (6.47%) Marketing
9 29 (4.17%) Legal
10 23 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.87%) Legal Technology
11 13 (1.87%) Retail
12 10 (1.44%) Banking
13 8 (1.15%) Advertising
13 8 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.86%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.86%) Social Housing
15 4 (0.57%) Publishing
15 4 (0.57%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 187 (26.87%) Developer
2 159 (22.84%) Senior
3 86 (12.36%) .NET Developer
4 81 (11.64%) Analyst
5 71 (10.20%) Architect
6 68 (9.77%) Software Engineer
7 57 (8.19%) Lead
8 54 (7.76%) Delivery Manager
9 50 (7.18%) Business Analyst
10 35 (5.03%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 33 (4.74%) Salesforce Architect
12 32 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
12 32 (4.60%) Senior Developer
13 30 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
14 29 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
15 28 (4.02%) Senior DevOps
15 28 (4.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 27 (3.88%) Senior Manager
17 26 (3.74%) Product Manager
17 26 (3.74%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (19.68%) React
2 133 (19.11%) .NET
3 119 (17.10%) Node.js
4 92 (13.22%) ASP.NET
5 87 (12.50%) ASP.NET Core
6 82 (11.78%) .NET Core
7 67 (9.63%) AngularJS
8 64 (9.20%) .NET Framework
9 63 (9.05%) REST
10 55 (7.90%) ASP.NET Web API
11 54 (7.76%) Vue
12 48 (6.90%) RESTful
13 43 (6.18%) SOAP
14 41 (5.89%) Lightning Web Components
15 38 (5.46%) HTML
15 38 (5.46%) Visualforce
16 35 (5.03%) Spring
17 33 (4.74%) Blazor
18 27 (3.88%) CSS
19 23 (3.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 175 (25.14%) Product Ownership
2 59 (8.48%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.59%) Podcast
4 18 (2.59%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.16%) Device Driver
6 12 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.72%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.58%) e-Learning
7 11 (1.58%) Over-the-Top Content
7 11 (1.58%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (1.29%) PMI
9 8 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.01%) Culture of Ownership
10 7 (1.01%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.01%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.72%) Housing Association
12 5 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.91%) Linux
2 39 (5.60%) Windows
3 29 (4.17%) Unix
4 15 (2.16%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.72%) VMS
6 7 (1.01%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 658 (94.54%) Agile
2 254 (36.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 243 (34.91%) DevOps
4 223 (32.04%) Kanban
5 213 (30.60%) CI/CD
6 168 (24.14%) Microservices
7 143 (20.55%) Full-Stack Development
8 131 (18.82%) Mentoring
9 125 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
10 121 (17.39%) Roadmaps
11 117 (16.81%) TDD
12 115 (16.52%) Coaching
13 106 (15.23%) Software Engineering
14 103 (14.80%) AI
15 92 (13.22%) User Stories
16 89 (12.79%) Community of Practice
17 87 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
18 84 (12.07%) Project Delivery
18 84 (12.07%) Test Automation
19 81 (11.64%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 170 (24.43%) SQL
2 141 (20.26%) JavaScript
3 140 (20.11%) C#
4 110 (15.80%) TypeScript
5 76 (10.92%) Java
6 69 (9.91%) Python
7 38 (5.46%) Apex Code
8 34 (4.89%) SOQL
8 34 (4.89%) SOSL
9 22 (3.16%) Bash
10 21 (3.02%) C++
11 20 (2.87%) Bicep
11 20 (2.87%) PowerShell
11 20 (2.87%) Ruby
12 17 (2.44%) C
13 15 (2.16%) Embedded C
14 12 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
15 11 (1.58%) Scala
16 10 (1.44%) PL/SQL
17 7 (1.01%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (17.53%) Degree
2 92 (13.22%) Security Cleared
3 81 (11.64%) SC Cleared
4 44 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.74%) Azure Certification
6 24 (3.45%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.59%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (2.30%) PMP
10 8 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.86%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.86%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.72%) CIPD
12 5 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.43%) CCIE Security
13 3 (0.43%) JNCIE
13 3 (0.43%) JNCIP
13 3 (0.43%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (11.06%) QA
2 22 (3.16%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.72%) GRC
3 12 (1.72%) PMO
4 10 (1.44%) GDPR
5 8 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.72%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.43%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
System Software
1 125 (17.96%) Docker
2 14 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (13.07%) Kubernetes
2 61 (8.76%) Terraform
3 16 (2.30%) Ansible
4 14 (2.01%) Argo
5 12 (1.72%) Podman
6 5 (0.72%) Grafana
7 4 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.29%) Packer
8 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.14%) Kibana
9 1 (0.14%) Puppet
9 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 167 (23.99%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.47%) Salesforce
3 34 (4.89%) Splunk
4 23 (3.30%) Oracle
5 16 (2.30%) Google
6 13 (1.87%) Pega
7 12 (1.72%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.72%) VMware
8 10 (1.44%) Databricks
9 9 (1.29%) SAP
10 7 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.72%) Adobe
11 5 (0.72%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.72%) Cisco
11 5 (0.72%) Infor
11 5 (0.72%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.43%) Epicor
12 3 (0.43%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.43%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.43%) Sitecore