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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 97 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 -31 -18
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 651 606 829
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.59% 3.69% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 3.93% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 500 331 394
10th Percentile £42,450 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £74,987 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,875 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,806
% change year-on-year -3.85% +3.49% -3.38%

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 20,307 15,402 18,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.66% 93.79% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,401 10,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,498
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.96% -3.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 16 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 (7.68%) Confluence
2 14 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.08%) WebLogic
5 6 (0.92%) Apache
6 4 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.61%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.61%) CMS
6 4 (0.61%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.61%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.46%) DNN
7 3 (0.46%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.46%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Kentico
7 3 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.46%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.38%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.92%) Trello
6 4 (0.61%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.46%) Productboard
7 3 (0.46%) Sketch
7 3 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.31%) Simulink
9 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.61%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.31%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Actimize
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.15%) Finacle
6 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 312 (47.93%) Azure
2 275 (42.24%) AWS
3 94 (14.44%) Azure DevOps
4 69 (10.60%) GitHub
5 50 (7.68%) GCP
5 50 (7.68%) Power Platform
5 50 (7.68%) Serverless
6 46 (7.07%) GitHub Copilot
7 29 (4.45%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.69%) PowerApps
8 24 (3.69%) SaaS
9 20 (3.07%) Azure Functions
9 20 (3.07%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (2.76%) PaaS
11 17 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.84%) VPN
2 6 (0.92%) Firewall
3 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.61%) RS-232
4 3 (0.46%) WPA
5 2 (0.31%) ATM
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
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
1 121 (18.59%) MongoDB
2 104 (15.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 85 (13.06%) Elasticsearch
4 57 (8.76%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (5.68%) SQL Server
6 35 (5.38%) Power BI
7 29 (4.45%) Metadata
8 26 (3.99%) Relational Database
9 25 (3.84%) NoSQL
10 24 (3.69%) MySQL
11 21 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (2.46%) DynamoDB
13 15 (2.30%) Redis
14 14 (2.15%) Star Schema
15 11 (1.69%) Data Lake
16 9 (1.38%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
17 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 90 (13.82%) JIRA
2 75 (11.52%) Git
3 21 (3.23%) JUnit
4 20 (3.07%) Mockito
5 17 (2.61%) GitLab
6 14 (2.15%) Maven
7 9 (1.38%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.38%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.23%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.61%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.61%) NUnit
9 4 (0.61%) Vagrant
10 3 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.46%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.46%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.46%) MSTest
10 3 (0.46%) Selenium
10 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
General
1 213 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 180 (27.65%) Finance
3 155 (23.81%) Public Sector
4 105 (16.13%) Law
5 104 (15.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (3.69%) Legal
9 21 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (3.07%) Marketing
11 19 (2.92%) Retail
12 12 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.54%) Banking
14 8 (1.23%) Games
14 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.08%) Local Government
16 6 (0.92%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.92%) Social Housing
17 5 (0.77%) Police
Job Titles
1 207 (31.80%) Developer
2 177 (27.19%) Senior
3 84 (12.90%) .NET Developer
3 84 (12.90%) Analyst
4 65 (9.98%) Delivery Manager
5 56 (8.60%) Business Analyst
6 50 (7.68%) Senior Developer
7 45 (6.91%) Lead
8 41 (6.30%) Project Manager
9 37 (5.68%) Software Engineer
10 35 (5.38%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 35 (5.38%) Architect
11 34 (5.22%) DevOps Engineer
12 30 (4.61%) Senior DevOps
12 30 (4.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 28 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
14 25 (3.84%) Senior Manager
15 22 (3.38%) Senior Business Analyst
16 20 (3.07%) Senior Delivery Manager
17 19 (2.92%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (20.58%) .NET
2 125 (19.20%) React
3 109 (16.74%) Node.js
4 98 (15.05%) .NET Core
5 88 (13.52%) ASP.NET
6 86 (13.21%) ASP.NET Core
7 73 (11.21%) AngularJS
8 64 (9.83%) .NET Framework
9 51 (7.83%) ASP.NET Web API
10 50 (7.68%) Vue
11 48 (7.37%) Terraform
12 47 (7.22%) REST
13 44 (6.76%) Spring
14 43 (6.61%) RESTful
15 34 (5.22%) Blazor
16 32 (4.92%) HTML
17 31 (4.76%) CSS
18 26 (3.99%) Entity Framework
18 26 (3.99%) Spring Boot
19 22 (3.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 113 (17.36%) Product Ownership
2 49 (7.53%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.46%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.84%) Blog
7 12 (1.84%) Podcast
7 12 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.54%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.38%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.23%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.92%) NHS
12 6 (0.92%) PMI
13 5 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (0.61%) Culture of Ownership
14 4 (0.61%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 66 (10.14%) Linux
2 57 (8.76%) Windows
3 35 (5.38%) Unix
4 12 (1.84%) VMS
5 10 (1.54%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (95.08%) Agile
2 219 (33.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 203 (31.18%) DevOps
4 188 (28.88%) CI/CD
5 185 (28.42%) Kanban
6 167 (25.65%) Mentoring
7 160 (24.58%) Microservices
8 143 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
9 125 (19.20%) AI
10 124 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 121 (18.59%) TDD
12 120 (18.43%) Coaching
13 113 (17.36%) Full-Stack Development
14 110 (16.90%) Project Delivery
15 88 (13.52%) Community of Practice
16 80 (12.29%) Software Engineering
17 79 (12.14%) User Stories
18 73 (11.21%) Technology Strategy
18 73 (11.21%) User Experience
19 72 (11.06%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 180 (27.65%) SQL
2 152 (23.35%) C#
3 138 (21.20%) JavaScript
4 104 (15.98%) TypeScript
5 69 (10.60%) Python
6 67 (10.29%) Java
7 30 (4.61%) Bash
8 24 (3.69%) Ruby
9 21 (3.23%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.30%) PL/SQL
11 13 (2.00%) Bicep
12 12 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.54%) C++
14 7 (1.08%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.92%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.92%) C
15 6 (0.92%) SOQL
16 4 (0.61%) ABAP
16 4 (0.61%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 148 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 136 (20.89%) Degree
3 124 (19.05%) SC Cleared
4 44 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.07%) PMI Certification
7 17 (2.61%) PMP
8 16 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.38%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.08%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.92%) APMP
12 6 (0.92%) CISSP
13 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.61%) CISA
13 4 (0.61%) CSPO
13 4 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.37%) QA
2 26 (3.99%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.99%) GDPR
3 21 (3.23%) Data Quality
4 20 (3.07%) PMO
5 16 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (1.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 8 (1.23%) GRC
9 5 (0.77%) WCAG
10 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.46%) NCSC
12 2 (0.31%) NIST
13 1 (0.15%) GxP
13 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 119 (18.28%) Docker
2 15 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.84%) vSphere
4 4 (0.61%) IAG
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.15%) zsh
Systems Management
1 94 (14.44%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.69%) Ansible
2 11 (1.69%) Argo
3 4 (0.61%) Grafana
3 4 (0.61%) Packer
3 4 (0.61%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 177 (27.19%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.76%) Oracle
3 25 (3.84%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.30%) Databricks
5 14 (2.15%) Pega
6 13 (2.00%) VMware
7 12 (1.84%) SAP
7 12 (1.84%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.54%) Informatica
10 9 (1.38%) Adobe
10 9 (1.38%) Google
10 9 (1.38%) Talend
11 8 (1.23%) YouTube
12 5 (0.77%) Sage
13 4 (0.61%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.61%) Epicor
13 4 (0.61%) ESRI
13 4 (0.61%) Infor
13 4 (0.61%) Red Hat