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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 60 44
Rank change year-on-year -36 -16 -13
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 440 809 1,585
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.69% 5.19% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 5.47% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 309 318 1,351
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,938 £48,750
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 £83,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £105,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.77% +8.33% -9.91%

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 14,103 14,778 25,599
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.18% 94.85% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,134 8,791 21,233
10th Percentile £30,538 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,249 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

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 18 February 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 27 (6.14%) Confluence
2 8 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.91%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.91%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.91%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.45%) Apache
6 2 (0.45%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.14%) Trello
3 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.45%) Sketch
6 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.23%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) Maximo
2 3 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.45%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.23%) Magento
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.23%) Primavera
4 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 142 (32.27%) Azure
2 101 (22.95%) AWS
3 52 (11.82%) Serverless
4 47 (10.68%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (7.27%) SaaS
6 30 (6.82%) GitHub
7 27 (6.14%) Power Platform
8 24 (5.45%) GCP
9 23 (5.23%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (3.86%) Amazon S3
10 17 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (3.86%) PaaS
11 15 (3.41%) Entra ID
12 14 (3.18%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (3.18%) Azure App Service
13 13 (2.95%) PowerApps
14 11 (2.50%) Power Automate
15 10 (2.27%) Azure Functions
16 9 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.73%) Broadband
2 7 (1.59%) Ethernet
2 7 (1.59%) RS-232
3 3 (0.68%) MQTT
4 2 (0.45%) Firewall
5 1 (0.23%) AMQP
5 1 (0.23%) GPRS
5 1 (0.23%) HTTP
5 1 (0.23%) LTE
5 1 (0.23%) Modbus
5 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.77%) SQL Server
2 28 (6.36%) NoSQL
3 24 (5.45%) MongoDB
4 21 (4.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (4.32%) Relational Database
6 18 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (2.73%) Power BI
9 10 (2.27%) MySQL
10 9 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.82%) Metadata
12 7 (1.59%) Tableau
13 5 (1.14%) GIS
14 4 (0.91%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.91%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.91%) QGIS
14 4 (0.91%) Qlik Sense
15 3 (0.68%) Power Query
16 2 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
16 2 (0.45%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 75 (17.05%) JIRA
2 59 (13.41%) Jenkins
3 57 (12.95%) Git
4 38 (8.64%) GitLab
4 38 (8.64%) Postman
5 33 (7.50%) Selenium
6 31 (7.05%) SoapUI
7 29 (6.59%) WebDriver
8 28 (6.36%) SonarQube
8 28 (6.36%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (5.23%) TeamCity
10 6 (1.36%) JMeter
10 6 (1.36%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.91%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.91%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.68%) Storybook
13 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.45%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.45%) Serenity BDD
13 2 (0.45%) Vagrant
General
1 168 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 95 (21.59%) Finance
3 69 (15.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 48 (10.91%) Marketing
7 37 (8.41%) Games
8 24 (5.45%) Law
9 20 (4.55%) Tech for Good
10 19 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (4.09%) Health Technology
12 16 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (3.64%) Publishing
13 12 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.50%) Legal
14 11 (2.50%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.82%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.59%) Banking
17 6 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.36%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 118 (26.82%) Developer
2 84 (19.09%) Senior
3 69 (15.68%) Lead
4 50 (11.36%) Software Engineer
5 44 (10.00%) Analyst
6 43 (9.77%) Architect
7 36 (8.18%) .NET Developer
8 30 (6.82%) Lead Developer
9 26 (5.91%) Salesforce Architect
10 23 (5.23%) Senior Developer
10 23 (5.23%) Senior Software Engineer
11 22 (5.00%) React Developer
12 21 (4.77%) Delivery Manager
13 20 (4.55%) Business Analyst
14 19 (4.32%) Python Developer
15 18 (4.09%) Scrum Master
15 18 (4.09%) Software Developer
16 17 (3.86%) Test Analyst
17 16 (3.64%) AWS Developer
17 16 (3.64%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (22.95%) .NET
2 70 (15.91%) React
3 65 (14.77%) SOAP
4 53 (12.05%) RESTful
5 49 (11.14%) HTML
6 47 (10.68%) REST
7 37 (8.41%) .NET Framework
8 31 (7.05%) ASP.NET Web API
8 31 (7.05%) Node.js
9 30 (6.82%) Lightning Web Components
9 30 (6.82%) Visualforce
10 29 (6.59%) Entity Framework
11 28 (6.36%) Akka
12 26 (5.91%) .NET Core
13 23 (5.23%) AngularJS
13 23 (5.23%) CSS
14 19 (4.32%) Vue
14 19 (4.32%) Web Services
15 16 (3.64%) ASP.NET
16 13 (2.95%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 109 (24.77%) Product Ownership
2 26 (5.91%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.23%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (5.23%) Video\Live Streaming
4 11 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.82%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.59%) Device Driver
7 7 (1.59%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.91%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.91%) PMI
10 3 (0.68%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.68%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.68%) Social Media
11 2 (0.45%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.32%) Linux
2 7 (1.59%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.14%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.68%) Android
4 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.68%) Unix
5 2 (0.45%) VMS
6 1 (0.23%) CentOS
6 1 (0.23%) Debian
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (92.95%) Agile
2 154 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 151 (34.32%) Kanban
4 146 (33.18%) DevOps
5 138 (31.36%) CI/CD
6 99 (22.50%) Mentoring
7 96 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
8 87 (19.77%) Roadmaps
9 76 (17.27%) Software Engineering
10 72 (16.36%) TDD
11 66 (15.00%) Microservices
12 65 (14.77%) User Stories
13 64 (14.55%) Acceptance Criteria
13 64 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
14 56 (12.73%) Continuous Integration
15 55 (12.50%) Coaching
16 54 (12.27%) Full-Stack Development
17 51 (11.59%) Software Testing
18 50 (11.36%) Community of Practice
18 50 (11.36%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 105 (23.86%) SQL
2 88 (20.00%) C#
3 72 (16.36%) Java
4 63 (14.32%) TypeScript
5 59 (13.41%) JavaScript
6 55 (12.50%) Python
7 30 (6.82%) Apex Code
8 28 (6.36%) SOQL
8 28 (6.36%) SOSL
9 24 (5.45%) Scala
10 14 (3.18%) C++
11 10 (2.27%) C
12 7 (1.59%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.14%) Bash
14 3 (0.68%) Erlang
14 3 (0.68%) Groovy
14 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.68%) PHP
14 3 (0.68%) Rust
14 3 (0.68%) Swift
Qualifications
1 103 (23.41%) Degree
2 49 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 39 (8.86%) SC Cleared
4 35 (7.95%) ISTQB
5 27 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (5.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 19 (4.32%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.95%) DBS Check
9 11 (2.50%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.82%) PMP
12 7 (1.59%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.68%) IBM Certification
16 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
16 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
16 2 (0.45%) CBAP
16 2 (0.45%) IIBA
16 2 (0.45%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (19.32%) QA
2 14 (3.18%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.91%) PMO
3 4 (0.91%) WCAG
4 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.45%) ECSS
5 2 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.23%) GDPR
6 1 (0.23%) GRC
6 1 (0.23%) IFRS
6 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 53 (12.05%) Docker
2 13 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (11.82%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.77%) Terraform
3 16 (3.64%) Ansible
4 4 (0.91%) Grafana
4 4 (0.91%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.45%) Argo
5 2 (0.45%) Packer
5 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (16.82%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.86%) Salesforce
3 28 (6.36%) Splunk
4 12 (2.73%) Oracle
5 11 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.27%) Google
6 10 (2.27%) SAP
7 9 (2.05%) Mercator
8 5 (1.14%) ESRI
8 5 (1.14%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.91%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.68%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.68%) IBM
11 2 (0.45%) Adobe
11 2 (0.45%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.45%) Foundry
11 2 (0.45%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.45%) Pega
11 2 (0.45%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.45%) Zend