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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 64 49
Rank change year-on-year -33 -15 -16
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 479 636 1,611
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.82% 4.87% 5.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 5.13% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 313 309 1,360
10th Percentile £39,340 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +11.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £74,423
90th Percentile £94,000 £105,000 £89,137
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 14,370 12,407 28,124
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.57% 95.09% 91.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,532 8,764 23,078
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,763
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 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 24 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 23 (4.80%) Confluence
2 8 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.04%) 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%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.25%) Trello
4 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.42%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.30%) 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%) Infor SunSystems
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%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 138 (28.81%) Azure
2 113 (23.59%) AWS
3 53 (11.06%) Serverless
4 45 (9.39%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (8.14%) GCP
6 26 (5.43%) Power Platform
7 24 (5.01%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (5.01%) SaaS
8 23 (4.80%) GitHub
9 20 (4.18%) Entra ID
10 18 (3.76%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.34%) PaaS
12 15 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.51%) Azure App Service
13 12 (2.51%) PowerApps
14 10 (2.09%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.09%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (15.87%) Broadband
2 11 (2.30%) Ethernet
2 11 (2.30%) RS-232
3 6 (1.25%) Firewall
4 4 (0.84%) LAN
4 4 (0.84%) MQTT
4 4 (0.84%) WAN
5 2 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.42%) Network Security
5 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.42%) VPN
5 2 (0.42%) Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.52%) NoSQL
2 35 (7.31%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.18%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.92%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.71%) Power BI
7 9 (1.88%) MySQL
8 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.46%) Metadata
9 6 (1.25%) Tableau
10 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.84%) GIS
10 4 (0.84%) QGIS
10 4 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.63%) Power Query
12 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.42%) Looker
Development Applications
1 71 (14.82%) Jenkins
2 67 (13.99%) JIRA
3 51 (10.65%) Git
3 51 (10.65%) GitLab
4 41 (8.56%) SonarQube
5 31 (6.47%) Postman
6 28 (5.85%) SoapUI
7 27 (5.64%) Selenium
8 25 (5.22%) WebDriver
9 24 (5.01%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (4.80%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.88%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.25%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.04%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.84%) JMeter
14 4 (0.84%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.63%) Storybook
16 2 (0.42%) REST Assured
16 2 (0.42%) Serenity BDD
General
1 180 (37.58%) Social Skills
2 101 (21.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 98 (20.46%) Finance
4 76 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (12.53%) Marketing
6 59 (12.32%) Public Sector
7 49 (10.23%) Games
8 43 (8.98%) Law
9 27 (5.64%) Legal
10 19 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.34%) Health Technology
11 16 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (3.13%) Tech for Good
13 14 (2.92%) Publishing
14 12 (2.51%) Banking
14 12 (2.51%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.88%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.25%) Electronics
17 4 (0.84%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 102 (21.29%) Developer
2 97 (20.25%) Senior
3 70 (14.61%) Lead
4 60 (12.53%) Software Engineer
5 59 (12.32%) Architect
6 53 (11.06%) Analyst
7 39 (8.14%) Salesforce Architect
8 30 (6.26%) Business Analyst
9 29 (6.05%) Product Manager
10 28 (5.85%) Lead Developer
11 26 (5.43%) .NET Developer
12 25 (5.22%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (4.38%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (4.38%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 21 (4.38%) Technical Architect
14 20 (4.18%) Product Owner
14 20 (4.18%) Software Developer
15 19 (3.97%) Senior Developer
16 18 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
17 16 (3.34%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (18.37%) .NET
2 69 (14.41%) SOAP
3 67 (13.99%) React
4 56 (11.69%) REST
5 52 (10.86%) HTML
6 51 (10.65%) RESTful
7 45 (9.39%) Lightning Web Components
7 45 (9.39%) Visualforce
8 34 (7.10%) .NET Framework
9 30 (6.26%) CSS
10 29 (6.05%) Node.js
11 26 (5.43%) Akka
12 21 (4.38%) ASP.NET Web API
12 21 (4.38%) Entity Framework
13 20 (4.18%) AngularJS
14 17 (3.55%) .NET Core
15 16 (3.34%) Web Services
16 15 (3.13%) Spring
17 14 (2.92%) ASP.NET
17 14 (2.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 148 (30.90%) Product Ownership
2 39 (8.14%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.80%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.80%) Video\Live Streaming
4 15 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.30%) Device Driver
6 11 (2.30%) Podcast
6 11 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.46%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.25%) Culture of Ownership
10 5 (1.04%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.04%) PMI
11 4 (0.84%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.84%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.59%) Linux
2 11 (2.30%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.04%) Ubuntu
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
1 441 (92.07%) Agile
2 181 (37.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 164 (34.24%) DevOps
4 160 (33.40%) CI/CD
5 154 (32.15%) Kanban
6 113 (23.59%) Roadmaps
7 103 (21.50%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (19.83%) Mentoring
9 90 (18.79%) Software Engineering
10 83 (17.33%) User Stories
11 71 (14.82%) Acceptance Criteria
11 71 (14.82%) Coaching
11 71 (14.82%) Community of Practice
12 66 (13.78%) TDD
13 64 (13.36%) Continuous Delivery
13 64 (13.36%) Continuous Integration
14 63 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
15 62 (12.94%) Microservices
16 61 (12.73%) OO
17 57 (11.90%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 87 (18.16%) SQL
2 72 (15.03%) C#
3 69 (14.41%) Java
4 61 (12.73%) JavaScript
5 53 (11.06%) Python
6 48 (10.02%) TypeScript
7 45 (9.39%) Apex Code
8 41 (8.56%) SOQL
8 41 (8.56%) SOSL
9 23 (4.80%) Scala
10 17 (3.55%) C++
11 13 (2.71%) C
12 11 (2.30%) Embedded C
13 6 (1.25%) Bicep
14 5 (1.04%) Ruby
15 4 (0.84%) Bash
15 4 (0.84%) PHP
15 4 (0.84%) Rust
16 3 (0.63%) Erlang
17 2 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (23.59%) Degree
2 60 (12.53%) Security Cleared
3 51 (10.65%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.85%) ISTQB
5 27 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (4.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (3.34%) Master's Degree
8 15 (3.13%) PMI Certification
9 14 (2.92%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.51%) PMP
11 7 (1.46%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.04%) CIPD
14 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.63%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.63%) IBM Certification
15 3 (0.63%) PhD
16 2 (0.42%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (16.08%) QA
2 18 (3.76%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.09%) GRC
4 5 (1.04%) PMO
5 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.63%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.42%) ECSS
7 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.42%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 63 (13.15%) Docker
2 10 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (12.11%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.89%) Terraform
3 18 (3.76%) Ansible
4 6 (1.25%) Grafana
4 6 (1.25%) Podman
5 5 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.42%) Argo
6 2 (0.42%) Packer
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 66 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 53 (11.06%) Salesforce
3 41 (8.56%) Splunk
4 15 (3.13%) Google
5 12 (2.51%) Oracle
6 9 (1.88%) SAP
7 8 (1.67%) Mercator
8 6 (1.25%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.04%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.84%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.84%) Cisco
10 4 (0.84%) ESRI
10 4 (0.84%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.63%) Foundry
11 3 (0.63%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.63%) IBM
12 2 (0.42%) Adobe
12 2 (0.42%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.42%) PagerDuty
12 2 (0.42%) SendGrid