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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 55 47
Rank change year-on-year -41 -8 -19
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 414 860 1,398
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.67% 5.24% 5.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 5.58% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 306 353 1,169
10th Percentile £39,875 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.15%
75th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -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 13,454 15,421 22,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.93% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,565 9,081 18,236
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 22 January 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 23 (5.56%) Confluence
2 11 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.97%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.97%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.97%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.72%) Apache
4 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.21%) Trello
4 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.48%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 8 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) Maximo
3 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Primavera
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 138 (33.33%) Azure
2 103 (24.88%) AWS
3 62 (14.98%) Serverless
4 51 (12.32%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (8.45%) GitHub
6 33 (7.97%) AWS Lambda
7 32 (7.73%) SaaS
8 31 (7.49%) Power Platform
9 20 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (4.59%) Amazon S3
10 19 (4.59%) GCP
11 18 (4.35%) PaaS
12 17 (4.11%) Azure App Service
13 16 (3.86%) Entra ID
13 16 (3.86%) Power Automate
14 15 (3.62%) PowerApps
15 14 (3.38%) Amazon SQS
16 11 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
17 10 (2.42%) Azure Functions
17 10 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.66%) Broadband
2 4 (0.97%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.97%) RS-232
3 2 (0.48%) DNS
3 2 (0.48%) Firewall
3 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.48%) VPN
4 1 (0.24%) AMQP
4 1 (0.24%) GPRS
4 1 (0.24%) HTTP
4 1 (0.24%) LTE
4 1 (0.24%) Modbus
4 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 32 (7.73%) NoSQL
3 28 (6.76%) MongoDB
4 27 (6.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (6.04%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (4.83%) Relational Database
7 17 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (3.14%) Power BI
9 12 (2.90%) DynamoDB
9 12 (2.90%) MySQL
10 11 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.69%) Tableau
12 5 (1.21%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.21%) GIS
12 5 (1.21%) Metadata
13 4 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.97%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.97%) QGIS
13 4 (0.97%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (0.72%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 75 (18.12%) JIRA
2 57 (13.77%) Git
3 48 (11.59%) Jenkins
4 43 (10.39%) Postman
5 40 (9.66%) Selenium
6 36 (8.70%) SoapUI
7 34 (8.21%) WebDriver
8 33 (7.97%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (5.56%) TeamCity
10 22 (5.31%) GitLab
11 15 (3.62%) SonarQube
12 8 (1.93%) JMeter
12 8 (1.93%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.97%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.97%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.72%) Storybook
14 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
15 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
15 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
15 2 (0.48%) Serenity BDD
General
1 162 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 95 (22.95%) Finance
3 52 (12.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (11.59%) Public Sector
6 36 (8.70%) Marketing
7 28 (6.76%) Tech for Good
8 24 (5.80%) Health Technology
8 24 (5.80%) Publishing
9 23 (5.56%) Games
10 22 (5.31%) Law
11 18 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (2.42%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.17%) Legal
16 7 (1.69%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.45%) Electronics
17 6 (1.45%) Front Office
17 6 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 132 (31.88%) Developer
2 91 (21.98%) Senior
3 73 (17.63%) Lead
4 51 (12.32%) Analyst
5 41 (9.90%) .NET Developer
6 40 (9.66%) Software Engineer
7 32 (7.73%) Lead Developer
7 32 (7.73%) Senior Developer
8 27 (6.52%) Python Developer
8 27 (6.52%) React Developer
9 25 (6.04%) Architect
10 21 (5.07%) Business Analyst
10 21 (5.07%) Test Analyst
11 20 (4.83%) AWS Developer
11 20 (4.83%) Senior Software Engineer
11 20 (4.83%) Software Developer
12 18 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (4.11%) Azure Developer
14 16 (3.86%) Scrum Master
15 15 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (26.81%) .NET
2 81 (19.57%) React
3 60 (14.49%) RESTful
3 60 (14.49%) SOAP
4 54 (13.04%) HTML
5 40 (9.66%) .NET Framework
6 35 (8.45%) ASP.NET Web API
6 35 (8.45%) Node.js
6 35 (8.45%) REST
7 33 (7.97%) Entity Framework
8 31 (7.49%) .NET Core
9 28 (6.76%) Akka
10 25 (6.04%) AngularJS
11 23 (5.56%) CSS
11 23 (5.56%) Vue
12 18 (4.35%) ASP.NET
12 18 (4.35%) Web Services
13 16 (3.86%) ASP.NET MVC
14 15 (3.62%) Lightning Web Components
14 15 (3.62%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 77 (18.60%) Product Ownership
2 25 (6.04%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.56%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (5.56%) Video\Live Streaming
4 13 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.93%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.69%) e-Learning
9 6 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.21%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.97%) Device Driver
11 4 (0.97%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.97%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.72%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.72%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.72%) PMI
12 3 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.86%) Linux
2 5 (1.21%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.72%) Android
4 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.72%) Unix
5 2 (0.48%) VMS
6 1 (0.24%) CentOS
6 1 (0.24%) Debian
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (93.72%) Agile
2 146 (35.27%) Kanban
3 134 (32.37%) DevOps
4 130 (31.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 119 (28.74%) CI/CD
6 104 (25.12%) Mentoring
7 90 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
8 80 (19.32%) TDD
9 68 (16.43%) Software Engineering
10 65 (15.70%) Microservices
11 64 (15.46%) Roadmaps
12 61 (14.73%) Software Testing
13 60 (14.49%) Full-Stack Development
13 60 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 55 (13.29%) Acceptance Criteria
15 53 (12.80%) User Stories
16 51 (12.32%) Project Delivery
17 47 (11.35%) Coaching
17 47 (11.35%) Pair Programming
18 46 (11.11%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 119 (28.74%) SQL
2 97 (23.43%) C#
3 71 (17.15%) Java
4 70 (16.91%) TypeScript
5 65 (15.70%) JavaScript
6 58 (14.01%) Python
7 25 (6.04%) Scala
8 15 (3.62%) Apex Code
8 15 (3.62%) SOQL
8 15 (3.62%) SOSL
9 10 (2.42%) C++
10 7 (1.69%) Bash
10 7 (1.69%) C
11 4 (0.97%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.72%) Erlang
12 3 (0.72%) Groovy
12 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.72%) PHP
12 3 (0.72%) Swift
12 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 98 (23.67%) Degree
2 41 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 40 (9.66%) ISTQB
4 30 (7.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 30 (7.25%) SC Cleared
5 28 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (5.07%) Master's Degree
7 13 (3.14%) DBS Check
8 10 (2.42%) PMI Certification
9 9 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (1.93%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.93%) PMP
11 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.97%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.72%) IBM Certification
14 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.48%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (21.26%) QA
2 18 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.45%) WCAG
4 4 (0.97%) PMO
5 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.48%) ECSS
6 1 (0.24%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) GRC
6 1 (0.24%) IFRS
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.24%) P3O
6 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (12.08%) Docker
2 14 (3.38%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 49 (11.84%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.35%) Terraform
3 13 (3.14%) Ansible
4 3 (0.72%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.48%) Argo
6 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 83 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.07%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.62%) Splunk
4 13 (3.14%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.42%) Google
6 9 (2.17%) Mercator
6 9 (2.17%) Oracle
6 9 (2.17%) SAP
7 5 (1.21%) ESRI
7 5 (1.21%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.97%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.72%) DevExpress
9 3 (0.72%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.72%) IBM
10 2 (0.48%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.48%) Foundry
10 2 (0.48%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.48%) Pega
10 2 (0.48%) SendGrid
10 2 (0.48%) Zend