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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 58 46
Rank change year-on-year -35 -12 -13
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 474 723 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.82% 5.23% 5.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.31% 5.48% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 321 329 1,357
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £89,425
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 14,330 13,188 27,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.21% 95.33% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,436 8,773 22,841
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,281 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%

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 14 March 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 26 (5.49%) Confluence
2 8 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.84%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.84%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.84%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.63%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.42%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.42%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.27%) Trello
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.42%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.63%) Maximo
2 3 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.42%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.21%) Primavera
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 140 (29.54%) Azure
2 102 (21.52%) AWS
3 51 (10.76%) Serverless
4 48 (10.13%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (6.33%) GCP
6 27 (5.70%) Power Platform
6 27 (5.70%) SaaS
7 25 (5.27%) GitHub
8 23 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (3.80%) Amazon S3
9 18 (3.80%) Entra ID
10 17 (3.59%) PaaS
11 16 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (3.16%) Amazon SQS
13 13 (2.74%) Azure App Service
14 12 (2.53%) PowerApps
15 10 (2.11%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.11%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (14.77%) Broadband
2 10 (2.11%) Ethernet
2 10 (2.11%) RS-232
3 4 (0.84%) Firewall
3 4 (0.84%) MQTT
4 2 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.42%) LAN
4 2 (0.42%) VPN
4 2 (0.42%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.07%) SQL Server
2 33 (6.96%) NoSQL
3 21 (4.43%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (3.59%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.95%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.74%) Power BI
7 12 (2.53%) MySQL
8 7 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.48%) Metadata
8 7 (1.48%) Tableau
9 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.84%) GIS
9 4 (0.84%) QGIS
9 4 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.63%) Power Query
11 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.42%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 70 (14.77%) Jenkins
2 69 (14.56%) JIRA
3 55 (11.60%) Git
4 51 (10.76%) GitLab
5 40 (8.44%) SonarQube
6 32 (6.75%) Postman
7 29 (6.12%) SoapUI
8 28 (5.91%) Selenium
9 26 (5.49%) WebDriver
10 25 (5.27%) Team Foundation Server
11 23 (4.85%) TeamCity
12 5 (1.05%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.05%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.84%) JMeter
13 4 (0.84%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.63%) Storybook
15 2 (0.42%) CircleCI
15 2 (0.42%) REST Assured
15 2 (0.42%) Serenity BDD
General
1 178 (37.55%) Social Skills
2 96 (20.25%) Finance
3 93 (19.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 71 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (13.08%) Marketing
6 59 (12.45%) Public Sector
7 47 (9.92%) Games
8 35 (7.38%) Law
9 21 (4.43%) Legal
10 19 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.38%) Health Technology
11 16 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (3.16%) Tech for Good
13 14 (2.95%) Publishing
14 10 (2.11%) Banking
14 10 (2.11%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.90%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.27%) Electronics
17 5 (1.05%) Retail
Job Titles
1 106 (22.36%) Developer
2 95 (20.04%) Senior
3 72 (15.19%) Lead
4 57 (12.03%) Architect
5 56 (11.81%) Software Engineer
6 51 (10.76%) Analyst
7 38 (8.02%) Salesforce Architect
8 30 (6.33%) .NET Developer
9 29 (6.12%) Business Analyst
9 29 (6.12%) Lead Developer
10 25 (5.27%) Senior Software Engineer
11 24 (5.06%) Product Manager
12 22 (4.64%) Delivery Manager
13 20 (4.22%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 20 (4.22%) Senior Developer
13 20 (4.22%) Technical Architect
14 19 (4.01%) Software Developer
15 18 (3.80%) Product Owner
15 18 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.38%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (20.25%) .NET
2 71 (14.98%) SOAP
3 62 (13.08%) React
4 57 (12.03%) REST
5 53 (11.18%) RESTful
6 52 (10.97%) HTML
7 43 (9.07%) Lightning Web Components
7 43 (9.07%) Visualforce
8 35 (7.38%) .NET Framework
9 29 (6.12%) CSS
10 28 (5.91%) Akka
11 25 (5.27%) Node.js
12 24 (5.06%) ASP.NET Web API
13 22 (4.64%) Entity Framework
14 20 (4.22%) .NET Core
14 20 (4.22%) AngularJS
15 16 (3.38%) Web Services
16 14 (2.95%) ASP.NET
17 13 (2.74%) Spring
18 12 (2.53%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 136 (28.69%) Product Ownership
2 34 (7.17%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.85%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.85%) Video\Live Streaming
4 13 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.32%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.11%) Device Driver
6 10 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.69%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.48%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.05%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.05%) Podcast
12 4 (0.84%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.84%) N-Tier
12 4 (0.84%) PMI
13 3 (0.63%) Culture of Ownership
13 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.64%) Linux
2 10 (2.11%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.05%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.63%) Android
4 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.63%) Unix
5 2 (0.42%) VMS
6 1 (0.21%) CentOS
6 1 (0.21%) Debian
6 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (92.19%) Agile
2 177 (37.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 165 (34.81%) DevOps
4 157 (33.12%) CI/CD
5 155 (32.70%) Kanban
6 102 (21.52%) Roadmaps
7 101 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
8 98 (20.68%) Mentoring
9 84 (17.72%) Software Engineering
10 81 (17.09%) User Stories
11 70 (14.77%) Acceptance Criteria
12 68 (14.35%) Community of Practice
13 66 (13.92%) Microservices
14 65 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
14 65 (13.71%) TDD
15 64 (13.50%) Coaching
15 64 (13.50%) Continuous Integration
16 63 (13.29%) Continuous Delivery
17 60 (12.66%) OO
18 55 (11.60%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 95 (20.04%) SQL
2 80 (16.88%) C#
3 69 (14.56%) Java
4 57 (12.03%) JavaScript
5 51 (10.76%) Python
6 49 (10.34%) TypeScript
7 43 (9.07%) Apex Code
8 40 (8.44%) SOQL
8 40 (8.44%) SOSL
9 23 (4.85%) Scala
10 17 (3.59%) C++
11 13 (2.74%) C
12 10 (2.11%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.05%) Bash
14 4 (0.84%) PHP
14 4 (0.84%) Ruby
14 4 (0.84%) Rust
15 3 (0.63%) Bicep
15 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.63%) Swift
Qualifications
1 114 (24.05%) Degree
2 59 (12.45%) Security Cleared
3 49 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 30 (6.33%) ISTQB
5 27 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (4.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (3.59%) Master's Degree
8 14 (2.95%) DBS Check
8 14 (2.95%) PMI Certification
9 11 (2.32%) PMP
10 7 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.05%) CIPD
13 3 (0.63%) IBM Certification
14 2 (0.42%) CBAP
14 2 (0.42%) IIBA
14 2 (0.42%) PhD
14 2 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (17.09%) QA
2 15 (3.16%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.27%) GRC
3 6 (1.27%) PMO
4 3 (0.63%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.42%) ECSS
5 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (0.42%) WCAG
6 1 (0.21%) IFRS
6 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 59 (12.45%) Docker
2 11 (2.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 57 (12.03%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.70%) Terraform
3 17 (3.59%) Ansible
4 6 (1.27%) Grafana
5 5 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.42%) Argo
6 2 (0.42%) Packer
6 2 (0.42%) Podman
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 68 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 53 (11.18%) Salesforce
3 40 (8.44%) Splunk
4 12 (2.53%) Google
4 12 (2.53%) Oracle
5 10 (2.11%) SAP
6 9 (1.90%) Mercator
7 7 (1.48%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.05%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.05%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.84%) ESRI
10 3 (0.63%) Foundry
10 3 (0.63%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.63%) IBM
11 2 (0.42%) Adobe
11 2 (0.42%) Cisco
11 2 (0.42%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.42%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.42%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.42%) Zend