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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 103 53
Rank change year-on-year +20 -50 -17
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 586 554 1,551
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.01% 3.67% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 3.88% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 412 280 1,268
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,063 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,725 £97,528 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 15,967 14,283 30,442
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.05% 94.63% 89.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,428 8,372 23,637
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 9 June 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 30 (5.12%) Confluence
2 12 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.51%) Apache
3 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.51%) GeoServer
3 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Spatial
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.34%) SAS
5 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.17%) JBoss
5 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.68%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.51%) Productboard
4 3 (0.51%) Sketch
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.34%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 217 (37.03%) Azure
2 182 (31.06%) AWS
3 70 (11.95%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (9.56%) GCP
5 49 (8.36%) Serverless
6 34 (5.80%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.61%) GitHub
8 23 (3.92%) Azure Service Bus
8 23 (3.92%) Power Automate
9 22 (3.75%) Azure AKS
9 22 (3.75%) PowerApps
9 22 (3.75%) SaaS
10 17 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (2.56%) PaaS
12 14 (2.39%) Cloud Functions
12 14 (2.39%) GitHub Copilot
13 13 (2.22%) Entra ID
14 12 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (2.05%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 76 (12.97%) Broadband
2 15 (2.56%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.56%) RS-232
3 6 (1.02%) Firewall
4 5 (0.85%) LAN
4 5 (0.85%) WAN
5 4 (0.68%) MQTT
5 4 (0.68%) VPN
6 3 (0.51%) Network Security
6 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.51%) Wireless
6 3 (0.51%) WPA
7 2 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (10.75%) MongoDB
2 39 (6.66%) NoSQL
2 39 (6.66%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (5.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (4.95%) Elasticsearch
5 20 (3.41%) SQL Server
6 18 (3.07%) Power BI
7 16 (2.73%) Metadata
8 10 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.37%) MySQL
9 8 (1.37%) Redis
10 6 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.85%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.68%) Big Data
12 4 (0.68%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.68%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.51%) GIS
13 3 (0.51%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 85 (14.51%) JIRA
2 65 (11.09%) Jenkins
3 55 (9.39%) GitLab
4 50 (8.53%) Git
5 35 (5.97%) SonarQube
6 26 (4.44%) Postman
7 22 (3.75%) Selenium
7 22 (3.75%) TeamCity
8 21 (3.58%) SoapUI
9 19 (3.24%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (2.56%) Cypress.io
10 15 (2.56%) WebDriver
11 12 (2.05%) CircleCI
12 10 (1.71%) JUnit
13 9 (1.54%) Maven
13 9 (1.54%) Mockito
14 6 (1.02%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.02%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.85%) JMeter
16 4 (0.68%) NUnit
General
1 186 (31.74%) Social Skills
2 123 (20.99%) Finance
3 119 (20.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (13.82%) Public Sector
5 74 (12.63%) Law
6 68 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
7 47 (8.02%) Games
8 45 (7.68%) Marketing
9 30 (5.12%) Legal
10 23 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.71%) Banking
12 8 (1.37%) Advertising
12 8 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.37%) Retail
13 7 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.02%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.85%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.68%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 140 (23.89%) Senior
2 127 (21.67%) Developer
3 69 (11.77%) Software Engineer
4 66 (11.26%) Architect
5 64 (10.92%) Analyst
6 60 (10.24%) Lead
7 45 (7.68%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (7.51%) Business Analyst
9 35 (5.97%) .NET Developer
10 33 (5.63%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (5.46%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 29 (4.95%) Senior Developer
13 28 (4.78%) Product Manager
14 26 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
15 25 (4.27%) Senior Software Engineer
16 24 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
16 24 (4.10%) Senior Manager
17 21 (3.58%) Full-Stack Developer
18 20 (3.41%) Java Developer
18 20 (3.41%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (18.43%) React
2 92 (15.70%) .NET
3 66 (11.26%) Node.js
4 64 (10.92%) REST
5 56 (9.56%) SOAP
6 50 (8.53%) HTML
7 45 (7.68%) RESTful
8 41 (7.00%) Lightning Web Components
9 38 (6.48%) Visualforce
10 36 (6.14%) ASP.NET
11 35 (5.97%) Spring
12 34 (5.80%) AngularJS
13 31 (5.29%) ASP.NET Core
14 30 (5.12%) .NET Core
14 30 (5.12%) .NET Framework
15 27 (4.61%) CSS
15 27 (4.61%) Web Services
16 22 (3.75%) Akka
16 22 (3.75%) ASP.NET Web API
16 22 (3.75%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 168 (28.67%) Product Ownership
2 58 (9.90%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.75%) Over-the-Top Content
3 22 (3.75%) Video\Live Streaming
4 18 (3.07%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.56%) Device Driver
5 15 (2.56%) Podcast
6 14 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.22%) e-Learning
8 11 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.19%) Culture of Ownership
11 6 (1.02%) PMI
12 5 (0.85%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.68%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.68%) Life Science
13 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.51%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.51%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.85%) Linux
2 17 (2.90%) Unix
3 16 (2.73%) Windows
4 15 (2.56%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.02%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Debian
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (93.17%) Agile
2 224 (38.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 204 (34.81%) DevOps
4 192 (32.76%) Kanban
5 184 (31.40%) CI/CD
6 115 (19.62%) Mentoring
6 115 (19.62%) Roadmaps
7 111 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
8 109 (18.60%) Microservices
9 103 (17.58%) Software Engineering
10 96 (16.38%) Full-Stack Development
11 90 (15.36%) Coaching
12 87 (14.85%) TDD
13 83 (14.16%) Community of Practice
14 82 (13.99%) User Stories
15 76 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
16 74 (12.63%) AI
17 69 (11.77%) Acceptance Criteria
17 69 (11.77%) Test Automation
18 66 (11.26%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 110 (18.77%) SQL
2 105 (17.92%) JavaScript
3 91 (15.53%) C#
4 89 (15.19%) Java
5 73 (12.46%) TypeScript
6 61 (10.41%) Python
7 38 (6.48%) Apex Code
8 34 (5.80%) SOQL
8 34 (5.80%) SOSL
9 22 (3.75%) Scala
10 18 (3.07%) C++
11 15 (2.56%) C
11 15 (2.56%) Embedded C
12 13 (2.22%) Ruby
13 12 (2.05%) Bash
14 10 (1.71%) Bicep
14 10 (1.71%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.19%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.68%) Rust
16 4 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (22.35%) Degree
2 82 (13.99%) Security Cleared
3 72 (12.29%) SC Cleared
4 45 (7.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.41%) DBS Check
6 18 (3.07%) ISTQB
7 17 (2.90%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 12 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.05%) PMP
10 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.85%) CIPD
11 5 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.51%) CCIE
12 3 (0.51%) CCNP
12 3 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.51%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (13.31%) QA
2 23 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.05%) GRC
4 9 (1.54%) PMO
5 7 (1.19%) GDPR
6 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.68%) WCAG
8 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) P3O
System Software
1 105 (17.92%) Docker
2 5 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (13.99%) Kubernetes
2 50 (8.53%) Terraform
3 19 (3.24%) Ansible
4 14 (2.39%) Argo
5 12 (2.05%) Podman
6 5 (0.85%) Grafana
7 4 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.34%) Packer
8 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 93 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.36%) Salesforce
3 34 (5.80%) Splunk
4 20 (3.41%) Oracle
5 17 (2.90%) Google
6 10 (1.71%) Databricks
7 7 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.85%) Cisco
8 5 (0.85%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.85%) SAP
9 4 (0.68%) Adobe
9 4 (0.68%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.51%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.51%) ESRI
10 3 (0.51%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.51%) Foundry
11 2 (0.34%) Facebook
11 2 (0.34%) Infor
11 2 (0.34%) VMware