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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 99 61
Rank change year-on-year +22 -38 -22
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 688 585 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.22% 3.54% 4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 3.80% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 527 317 1,020
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,234 £50,000 £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 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £96,750 £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 17,659 15,399 28,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.69% 93.29% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12,868 9,127 21,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,887 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%

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 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 42 (6.10%) Confluence
2 14 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.58%) Apache
5 3 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) DNN
5 3 (0.44%) EPiServer
5 3 (0.44%) Immediacy CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Kentico
5 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Sitefinity
5 3 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
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 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.16%) Trello
3 4 (0.58%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.44%) Productboard
4 3 (0.44%) Sketch
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 23 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.44%) Shopify
3 2 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 318 (46.22%) Azure
2 257 (37.35%) AWS
3 100 (14.53%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (9.45%) GCP
5 58 (8.43%) GitHub
6 57 (8.28%) Serverless
7 42 (6.10%) Power Platform
8 38 (5.52%) GitHub Copilot
9 31 (4.51%) Power Automate
10 28 (4.07%) Azure Service Bus
11 27 (3.92%) PowerApps
12 25 (3.63%) Azure Functions
13 24 (3.49%) PaaS
14 23 (3.34%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (3.20%) SaaS
16 20 (2.91%) Azure AKS
17 19 (2.76%) Azure Key Vault
18 18 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
19 15 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
20 13 (1.89%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (7.85%) Broadband
2 14 (2.03%) Ethernet
2 14 (2.03%) RS-232
2 14 (2.03%) VPN
3 8 (1.16%) Firewall
4 5 (0.73%) LAN
4 5 (0.73%) WAN
5 4 (0.58%) MQTT
6 3 (0.44%) Network Security
6 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.44%) Wireless
6 3 (0.44%) WPA
7 2 (0.29%) ATM
7 2 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (17.73%) MongoDB
2 94 (13.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (12.21%) Elasticsearch
4 46 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (5.81%) NoSQL
6 21 (3.05%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.91%) Metadata
7 20 (2.91%) Power BI
8 14 (2.03%) MySQL
8 14 (2.03%) Redis
9 11 (1.60%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.87%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.58%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.44%) Big Data
15 2 (0.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 90 (13.08%) JIRA
2 57 (8.28%) GitLab
3 56 (8.14%) Git
4 41 (5.96%) Jenkins
5 35 (5.09%) SonarQube
6 15 (2.18%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.74%) CircleCI
8 10 (1.45%) JUnit
9 9 (1.31%) Maven
9 9 (1.31%) Mockito
9 9 (1.31%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.02%) Postman
11 6 (0.87%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.73%) Selenium
13 4 (0.58%) NUnit
13 4 (0.58%) SoapUI
13 4 (0.58%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
14 3 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
15 2 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 203 (29.51%) Social Skills
2 151 (21.95%) Finance
3 135 (19.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 104 (15.12%) Public Sector
5 101 (14.68%) Law
6 75 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (6.98%) Games
8 45 (6.54%) Marketing
9 29 (4.22%) Legal
10 23 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (2.33%) Retail
12 13 (1.89%) Legal Technology
13 9 (1.31%) Banking
14 8 (1.16%) Advertising
14 8 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.87%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.87%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.58%) Publishing
16 4 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 187 (27.18%) Developer
2 156 (22.67%) Senior
3 86 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 82 (11.92%) Analyst
5 72 (10.47%) Architect
6 61 (8.87%) Software Engineer
7 53 (7.70%) Delivery Manager
7 53 (7.70%) Lead
8 52 (7.56%) Business Analyst
9 36 (5.23%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 33 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
10 33 (4.80%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (4.65%) Senior Developer
12 30 (4.36%) Senior DevOps
12 30 (4.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 29 (4.22%) Project Manager
13 29 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
14 28 (4.07%) Senior Manager
15 25 (3.63%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (19.91%) React
2 131 (19.04%) .NET
3 121 (17.59%) Node.js
4 92 (13.37%) ASP.NET
5 87 (12.65%) ASP.NET Core
6 82 (11.92%) .NET Core
7 66 (9.59%) AngularJS
8 64 (9.30%) .NET Framework
9 60 (8.72%) REST
10 55 (7.99%) ASP.NET Web API
11 54 (7.85%) Vue
12 52 (7.56%) RESTful
13 41 (5.96%) Lightning Web Components
14 39 (5.67%) SOAP
15 38 (5.52%) Visualforce
16 37 (5.38%) HTML
17 34 (4.94%) Spring
18 33 (4.80%) Blazor
19 29 (4.22%) CSS
20 22 (3.20%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 171 (24.85%) Product Ownership
2 60 (8.72%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.63%) Podcast
4 18 (2.62%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.03%) Device Driver
6 12 (1.74%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.74%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.16%) e-Learning
8 8 (1.16%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.16%) PMI
9 7 (1.02%) Culture of Ownership
9 7 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.87%) AI Agents
10 6 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.73%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.73%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.01%) Linux
2 41 (5.96%) Windows
3 28 (4.07%) Unix
4 14 (2.03%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.74%) VMS
6 7 (1.02%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (94.19%) Agile
2 249 (36.19%) DevOps
3 244 (35.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 218 (31.69%) CI/CD
5 209 (30.38%) Kanban
6 170 (24.71%) Microservices
7 141 (20.49%) Full-Stack Development
8 133 (19.33%) Mentoring
9 123 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
10 118 (17.15%) Roadmaps
11 117 (17.01%) Coaching
12 108 (15.70%) AI
12 108 (15.70%) TDD
13 101 (14.68%) Software Engineering
14 95 (13.81%) User Stories
15 93 (13.52%) Project Delivery
16 92 (13.37%) Community of Practice
17 87 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
18 85 (12.35%) Continuous Integration
18 85 (12.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 169 (24.56%) SQL
2 142 (20.64%) JavaScript
3 137 (19.91%) C#
4 110 (15.99%) TypeScript
5 68 (9.88%) Java
5 68 (9.88%) Python
6 38 (5.52%) Apex Code
7 34 (4.94%) SOQL
7 34 (4.94%) SOSL
8 22 (3.20%) Bash
8 22 (3.20%) Ruby
9 20 (2.91%) Bicep
9 20 (2.91%) C++
9 20 (2.91%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.33%) C
11 14 (2.03%) Embedded C
12 12 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.45%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.02%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 121 (17.59%) Degree
2 91 (13.23%) Security Cleared
3 80 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 46 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.78%) Azure Certification
6 25 (3.63%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.62%) PMP
8 14 (2.03%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.31%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.87%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.73%) CIPD
12 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.44%) CCIE Security
13 3 (0.44%) CSPO
13 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.44%) JNCIE
13 3 (0.44%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (10.32%) QA
2 20 (2.91%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.74%) GRC
3 12 (1.74%) PMO
4 11 (1.60%) GDPR
5 10 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.58%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
System Software
1 116 (16.86%) Docker
2 14 (2.03%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (11.92%) Kubernetes
2 59 (8.58%) Terraform
3 14 (2.03%) Ansible
3 14 (2.03%) Argo
4 12 (1.74%) Podman
5 5 (0.73%) Grafana
6 4 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.29%) Packer
7 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 165 (23.98%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.70%) Salesforce
3 34 (4.94%) Splunk
4 22 (3.20%) Oracle
5 15 (2.18%) Google
6 13 (1.89%) Pega
7 12 (1.74%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.74%) VMware
8 11 (1.60%) Databricks
9 10 (1.45%) SAP
10 6 (0.87%) Infor
11 5 (0.73%) Adobe
11 5 (0.73%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.73%) Cisco
11 5 (0.73%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.73%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.58%) Epicor
12 4 (0.58%) IFS
13 3 (0.44%) Alterian
13 3 (0.44%) CheckPoint