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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 100 83
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 -39
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 718 587 781
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.00% 3.62% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 3.89% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 538 331 494
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,550 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,307 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.47% +4.49% -3.85%

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 19,614 15,094 20,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.92% 93.04% 87.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14,115 8,698 12,932
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,252
25th Percentile £44,784 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 10 September 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 48 (6.69%) Confluence
2 13 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.84%) Apache
6 4 (0.56%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.56%) CMS
6 4 (0.56%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.42%) DNN
7 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Kentico
7 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.28%) Appian
8 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.97%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.97%) Trello
5 4 (0.56%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.42%) Productboard
6 3 (0.42%) Sketch
6 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.28%) Simulink
8 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.42%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.28%) Shopify
5 1 (0.14%) Finacle
5 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 339 (47.21%) Azure
2 292 (40.67%) AWS
3 107 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
4 70 (9.75%) GCP
5 62 (8.64%) GitHub
6 50 (6.96%) Serverless
7 47 (6.55%) Power Platform
8 42 (5.85%) GitHub Copilot
9 27 (3.76%) Power Automate
10 24 (3.34%) SaaS
11 23 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
11 23 (3.20%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.79%) Azure Functions
13 19 (2.65%) PaaS
14 18 (2.51%) Azure Key Vault
14 18 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
15 17 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
16 15 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (2.09%) Azure AKS
16 15 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.90%) Broadband
2 12 (1.67%) VPN
3 9 (1.25%) Ethernet
3 9 (1.25%) RS-232
4 8 (1.11%) Firewall
5 3 (0.42%) LAN
5 3 (0.42%) Network Security
5 3 (0.42%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.42%) WAN
5 3 (0.42%) Wireless
5 3 (0.42%) WPA
6 2 (0.28%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (18.38%) MongoDB
2 101 (14.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (11.70%) Elasticsearch
4 60 (8.36%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (5.29%) NoSQL
5 38 (5.29%) SQL Server
6 31 (4.32%) Power BI
7 28 (3.90%) Metadata
8 26 (3.62%) Relational Database
9 23 (3.20%) MySQL
10 19 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (2.37%) Redis
12 13 (1.81%) DynamoDB
13 12 (1.67%) Star Schema
14 11 (1.53%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
15 7 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 98 (13.65%) JIRA
2 79 (11.00%) Git
3 29 (4.04%) GitLab
4 20 (2.79%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.23%) SonarQube
6 15 (2.09%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.09%) JUnit
7 14 (1.95%) Maven
7 14 (1.95%) Mockito
8 12 (1.67%) CircleCI
9 9 (1.25%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.84%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.70%) Postman
11 5 (0.70%) Selenium
12 4 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.56%) NUnit
12 4 (0.56%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.56%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.42%) IntelliJ
General
1 224 (31.20%) Social Skills
2 185 (25.77%) Finance
3 162 (22.56%) Public Sector
4 136 (18.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 125 (17.41%) Law
6 90 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (5.01%) Legal
8 32 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (4.18%) Marketing
10 26 (3.62%) Games
11 19 (2.65%) Retail
12 18 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.53%) Legal Technology
14 9 (1.25%) Banking
14 9 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.97%) Local Government
16 6 (0.84%) Advertising
16 6 (0.84%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.84%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 211 (29.39%) Developer
2 188 (26.18%) Senior
3 96 (13.37%) Analyst
4 84 (11.70%) .NET Developer
5 65 (9.05%) Business Analyst
6 61 (8.50%) Delivery Manager
7 53 (7.38%) Lead
8 51 (7.10%) Architect
8 51 (7.10%) Senior Developer
8 51 (7.10%) Software Engineer
9 40 (5.57%) Project Manager
10 38 (5.29%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 34 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
13 30 (4.18%) Senior Manager
14 29 (4.04%) Senior DevOps
14 29 (4.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 27 (3.76%) Senior Business Analyst
16 22 (3.06%) Java Developer
17 21 (2.92%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (20.89%) React
2 138 (19.22%) .NET
3 123 (17.13%) Node.js
4 97 (13.51%) .NET Core
5 89 (12.40%) ASP.NET
6 87 (12.12%) ASP.NET Core
7 78 (10.86%) AngularJS
8 66 (9.19%) .NET Framework
9 58 (8.08%) Terraform
10 52 (7.24%) ASP.NET Web API
10 52 (7.24%) Vue
11 51 (7.10%) REST
12 48 (6.69%) RESTful
13 44 (6.13%) HTML
14 40 (5.57%) CSS
15 34 (4.74%) Blazor
15 34 (4.74%) Spring
16 27 (3.76%) Entity Framework
16 27 (3.76%) Playwright
17 25 (3.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 154 (21.45%) Product Ownership
2 55 (7.66%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (3.20%) Podcast
5 17 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.09%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.67%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.67%) Security Posture
7 12 (1.67%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.53%) Blog
9 9 (1.25%) Device Driver
10 8 (1.11%) PMI
11 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
11 7 (0.97%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.97%) NHS
12 6 (0.84%) Culture of Ownership
13 5 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 72 (10.03%) Linux
2 57 (7.94%) Windows
3 34 (4.74%) Unix
4 12 (1.67%) VMS
5 10 (1.39%) Ubuntu
6 9 (1.25%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (94.43%) Agile
2 248 (34.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 231 (32.17%) DevOps
4 216 (30.08%) CI/CD
5 210 (29.25%) Kanban
6 161 (22.42%) Microservices
7 153 (21.31%) Mentoring
8 139 (19.36%) Full-Stack Development
9 137 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
10 136 (18.94%) Coaching
11 132 (18.38%) AI
12 126 (17.55%) Project Delivery
13 115 (16.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 115 (16.02%) TDD
14 105 (14.62%) Community of Practice
15 104 (14.48%) Software Engineering
16 97 (13.51%) Roadmaps
17 94 (13.09%) User Stories
18 84 (11.70%) Technology Strategy
19 79 (11.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 186 (25.91%) SQL
2 165 (22.98%) JavaScript
3 153 (21.31%) C#
4 104 (14.48%) TypeScript
5 76 (10.58%) Python
6 73 (10.17%) Java
7 29 (4.04%) Bash
8 27 (3.76%) Ruby
9 20 (2.79%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.51%) Apex Code
10 18 (2.51%) Bicep
11 17 (2.37%) SOQL
12 16 (2.23%) PL/SQL
13 14 (1.95%) C++
13 14 (1.95%) SOSL
14 12 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
15 11 (1.53%) C
16 9 (1.25%) Embedded C
17 8 (1.11%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 151 (21.03%) Degree
2 145 (20.19%) Security Cleared
3 119 (16.57%) SC Cleared
4 57 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.76%) PMI Certification
6 26 (3.62%) Azure Certification
7 21 (2.92%) PMP
8 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.95%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.67%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.53%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.11%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.70%) CISSP
14 5 (0.70%) CSPO
15 4 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.56%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
16 3 (0.42%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.31%) QA
2 31 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.06%) GDPR
4 19 (2.65%) Data Quality
5 18 (2.51%) GRC
5 18 (2.51%) PMO
6 17 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 11 (1.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 5 (0.70%) WCAG
9 3 (0.42%) NCSC
9 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.28%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 126 (17.55%) Docker
2 15 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.67%) vSphere
4 3 (0.42%) IAG
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 87 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.09%) Ansible
3 14 (1.95%) Argo
4 12 (1.67%) Podman
5 3 (0.42%) Grafana
5 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 176 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.15%) Salesforce
3 34 (4.74%) Oracle
4 20 (2.79%) Google
5 16 (2.23%) Databricks
6 14 (1.95%) Pega
6 14 (1.95%) Splunk
7 13 (1.81%) VMware
8 12 (1.67%) SAP
8 12 (1.67%) ScienceLogic
9 9 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.11%) Informatica
11 7 (0.97%) Talend
12 6 (0.84%) Adobe
12 6 (0.84%) Infor
12 6 (0.84%) YouTube
13 4 (0.56%) Epicor
13 4 (0.56%) ESRI
13 4 (0.56%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.56%) Sage