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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 97 76
Rank change year-on-year -5 -21 -30
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 663 600 830
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.67% 3.57% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.31% 3.80% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 509 334 432
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,975 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile £74,987 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £63,112
% change year-on-year -3.85% +2.99% -2.90%

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 20,042 15,769 19,580
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.69% 93.82% 88.17%
Number of salaries quoted 14,290 8,427 11,609
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,430
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.45% -0.95%

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 5 October 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 50 (7.54%) Confluence
2 13 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.90%) Apache
6 4 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.60%) CMS
7 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.45%) DNN
7 3 (0.45%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.45%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.45%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.45%) Kentico
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.45%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.45%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.45%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.06%) Trello
6 4 (0.60%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.45%) Productboard
7 3 (0.45%) Sketch
7 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (0.30%) Simulink
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.60%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.30%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Actimize
6 1 (0.15%) Finacle
6 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 314 (47.36%) Azure
2 282 (42.53%) AWS
3 96 (14.48%) Azure DevOps
4 64 (9.65%) GitHub
5 57 (8.60%) GCP
6 49 (7.39%) Serverless
7 48 (7.24%) Power Platform
8 43 (6.49%) GitHub Copilot
9 28 (4.22%) Power Automate
10 23 (3.47%) Azure Service Bus
10 23 (3.47%) PowerApps
10 23 (3.47%) SaaS
11 20 (3.02%) Azure Functions
12 18 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (2.71%) PaaS
13 17 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (2.11%) Azure AKS
15 14 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.81%) VPN
2 9 (1.36%) Broadband
3 6 (0.90%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.90%) Firewall
3 6 (0.90%) RS-232
4 3 (0.45%) WPA
5 2 (0.30%) ATM
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) Network Security
6 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (19.31%) MongoDB
2 102 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 83 (12.52%) Elasticsearch
4 59 (8.90%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (5.73%) SQL Server
6 33 (4.98%) Power BI
7 30 (4.52%) Metadata
7 30 (4.52%) NoSQL
8 27 (4.07%) Relational Database
9 24 (3.62%) MySQL
10 22 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (2.41%) Redis
12 15 (2.26%) DynamoDB
13 14 (2.11%) Star Schema
14 11 (1.66%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.36%) Amazon QuickSight
15 9 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
16 7 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 95 (14.33%) JIRA
2 73 (11.01%) Git
3 18 (2.71%) GitLab
4 17 (2.56%) JUnit
5 16 (2.41%) Mockito
6 14 (2.11%) Maven
7 10 (1.51%) Cypress.io
7 10 (1.51%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.21%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.21%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.90%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.75%) Selenium
11 4 (0.60%) NUnit
11 4 (0.60%) Postman
11 4 (0.60%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.60%) Vagrant
12 3 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.45%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.45%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.45%) SonarQube
General
1 216 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 180 (27.15%) Finance
3 158 (23.83%) Public Sector
4 108 (16.29%) Law
5 107 (16.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (3.77%) Legal
9 20 (3.02%) Retail
10 19 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.56%) Marketing
12 11 (1.66%) Games
13 10 (1.51%) Banking
13 10 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.06%) Local Government
14 7 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.90%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.90%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 204 (30.77%) Developer
2 183 (27.60%) Senior
3 90 (13.57%) Analyst
4 82 (12.37%) .NET Developer
5 65 (9.80%) Delivery Manager
6 60 (9.05%) Business Analyst
7 49 (7.39%) Senior Developer
8 45 (6.79%) Lead
9 43 (6.49%) Software Engineer
10 40 (6.03%) Project Manager
11 38 (5.73%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 38 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (5.28%) Architect
13 33 (4.98%) Senior DevOps
13 33 (4.98%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 30 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
15 28 (4.22%) Senior Manager
16 24 (3.62%) Senior Business Analyst
17 20 (3.02%) Senior Delivery Manager
18 19 (2.87%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (20.36%) React
2 134 (20.21%) .NET
3 115 (17.35%) Node.js
4 96 (14.48%) .NET Core
5 87 (13.12%) ASP.NET
6 85 (12.82%) ASP.NET Core
7 70 (10.56%) AngularJS
8 63 (9.50%) .NET Framework
9 51 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
9 51 (7.69%) Terraform
10 49 (7.39%) Vue
11 45 (6.79%) RESTful
12 41 (6.18%) REST
13 39 (5.88%) Spring
14 35 (5.28%) HTML
15 34 (5.13%) Blazor
16 32 (4.83%) CSS
17 26 (3.92%) Entity Framework
18 24 (3.62%) JSON
19 22 (3.32%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 117 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 46 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.41%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.81%) Podcast
7 12 (1.81%) Security Posture
8 11 (1.66%) Blog
8 11 (1.66%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.51%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.51%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.21%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.06%) PMI
12 6 (0.90%) Device Driver
12 6 (0.90%) NHS
13 5 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.75%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 71 (10.71%) Linux
2 60 (9.05%) Windows
3 38 (5.73%) Unix
4 12 (1.81%) VMS
5 9 (1.36%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 632 (95.32%) Agile
2 228 (34.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 206 (31.07%) DevOps
4 195 (29.41%) CI/CD
5 193 (29.11%) Kanban
6 166 (25.04%) Mentoring
7 157 (23.68%) Microservices
8 144 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
9 125 (18.85%) Coaching
10 122 (18.40%) AI
10 122 (18.40%) Full-Stack Development
11 118 (17.80%) Stakeholder Management
12 114 (17.19%) TDD
13 112 (16.89%) Project Delivery
14 90 (13.57%) Community of Practice
15 87 (13.12%) Software Engineering
16 84 (12.67%) User Stories
17 76 (11.46%) Technology Strategy
18 74 (11.16%) Computer Science
18 74 (11.16%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 181 (27.30%) SQL
2 153 (23.08%) C#
3 146 (22.02%) JavaScript
4 103 (15.54%) TypeScript
5 70 (10.56%) Python
6 69 (10.41%) Java
7 29 (4.37%) Bash
8 25 (3.77%) Ruby
9 21 (3.17%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.26%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.96%) Bicep
12 12 (1.81%) C++
12 12 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.21%) C
13 8 (1.21%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.90%) Embedded C
15 5 (0.75%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.75%) SOQL
16 4 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 144 (21.72%) Security Cleared
2 138 (20.81%) Degree
3 118 (17.80%) SC Cleared
4 48 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.47%) Azure Certification
5 23 (3.47%) PMI Certification
6 18 (2.71%) PMP
7 16 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.66%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.66%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.21%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.90%) CISSP
12 5 (0.75%) CSPO
13 4 (0.60%) APMP
13 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.60%) CISA
13 4 (0.60%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (10.11%) QA
2 25 (3.77%) GDPR
3 24 (3.62%) Accessibility
4 20 (3.02%) Data Quality
5 19 (2.87%) PMO
6 16 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 10 (1.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (1.36%) GRC
10 5 (0.75%) WCAG
11 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.45%) NCSC
13 2 (0.30%) NIST
14 1 (0.15%) GxP
14 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 120 (18.10%) Docker
2 15 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.81%) vSphere
4 4 (0.60%) IAG
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 88 (13.27%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.11%) Argo
3 11 (1.66%) Ansible
4 6 (0.90%) Podman
5 4 (0.60%) Packer
5 4 (0.60%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.45%) Grafana
6 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 173 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.88%) Oracle
3 23 (3.47%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.26%) Databricks
4 15 (2.26%) Google
5 14 (2.11%) Pega
6 13 (1.96%) VMware
7 12 (1.81%) SAP
7 12 (1.81%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (1.66%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.51%) Informatica
10 9 (1.36%) Talend
11 8 (1.21%) Adobe
11 8 (1.21%) YouTube
12 5 (0.75%) Infor
13 4 (0.60%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.60%) Epicor
13 4 (0.60%) IFS
13 4 (0.60%) Sage
13 4 (0.60%) UiPath