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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 59 44
Rank change year-on-year -39 -15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 436 789 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.66% 5.15% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.10% 5.42% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 305 319 1,361
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £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 £94,000 £105,000 £89,041
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -9.77%

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 14,069 14,554 25,755
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.89% 94.92% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,144 8,791 21,402
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
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 £82,500 £76,250
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% -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 22 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 26 (5.96%) Confluence
2 8 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.92%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.92%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.92%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.69%) Apache
5 3 (0.69%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.46%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.46%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.38%) Trello
2 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.46%) Sketch
6 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.23%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.69%) Maximo
2 3 (0.69%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.69%) Shopify
3 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
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
1 136 (31.19%) Azure
2 96 (22.02%) AWS
3 49 (11.24%) Serverless
4 44 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (6.65%) SaaS
6 28 (6.42%) GitHub
7 27 (6.19%) Power Platform
8 23 (5.28%) GCP
9 21 (4.82%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (3.90%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (3.67%) PaaS
12 14 (3.21%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (3.21%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.98%) Azure App Service
13 13 (2.98%) PowerApps
14 11 (2.52%) Power Automate
15 10 (2.29%) Azure Functions
16 9 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (2.06%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.84%) Broadband
2 7 (1.61%) Ethernet
2 7 (1.61%) RS-232
3 3 (0.69%) Firewall
3 3 (0.69%) MQTT
4 1 (0.23%) AMQP
4 1 (0.23%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.23%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) LAN
4 1 (0.23%) VPN
4 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.86%) SQL Server
2 29 (6.65%) NoSQL
3 22 (5.05%) MongoDB
4 20 (4.59%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.75%) Power BI
7 11 (2.52%) MySQL
8 9 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.83%) Metadata
10 7 (1.61%) Tableau
11 5 (1.15%) GIS
12 4 (0.92%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.92%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.92%) QGIS
12 4 (0.92%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.69%) Power Query
14 2 (0.46%) Looker
14 2 (0.46%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 70 (16.06%) JIRA
2 59 (13.53%) Jenkins
3 56 (12.84%) Git
4 38 (8.72%) GitLab
5 36 (8.26%) Postman
6 30 (6.88%) Selenium
7 29 (6.65%) SoapUI
8 28 (6.42%) SonarQube
9 27 (6.19%) WebDriver
10 26 (5.96%) Team Foundation Server
11 23 (5.28%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.38%) Visual Studio
13 5 (1.15%) JMeter
14 4 (0.92%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.69%) Cypress.io
15 3 (0.69%) Storybook
16 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
16 2 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
16 2 (0.46%) REST Assured
16 2 (0.46%) Serenity BDD
General
1 165 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 90 (20.64%) Finance
3 69 (15.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 62 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (12.61%) Public Sector
6 47 (10.78%) Marketing
7 37 (8.49%) Games
8 24 (5.50%) Law
9 19 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.90%) Tech for Good
11 16 (3.67%) Health Technology
11 16 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (3.21%) Publishing
13 12 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.52%) Legal
15 10 (2.29%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.83%) Banking
16 8 (1.83%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.38%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 113 (25.92%) Developer
2 85 (19.50%) Senior
3 67 (15.37%) Lead
4 50 (11.47%) Software Engineer
5 47 (10.78%) Analyst
6 44 (10.09%) Architect
7 33 (7.57%) .NET Developer
8 29 (6.65%) Lead Developer
9 26 (5.96%) Salesforce Architect
10 25 (5.73%) Business Analyst
11 23 (5.28%) Senior Software Engineer
12 21 (4.82%) Senior Developer
13 20 (4.59%) Delivery Manager
13 20 (4.59%) React Developer
14 17 (3.90%) Python Developer
14 17 (3.90%) Software Developer
15 16 (3.67%) Scrum Master
16 15 (3.44%) Product Owner
16 15 (3.44%) Test Analyst
16 15 (3.44%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (22.25%) .NET
2 64 (14.68%) React
3 63 (14.45%) SOAP
4 50 (11.47%) RESTful
5 49 (11.24%) HTML
6 48 (11.01%) REST
7 33 (7.57%) .NET Framework
8 30 (6.88%) Lightning Web Components
8 30 (6.88%) Visualforce
9 28 (6.42%) Akka
10 27 (6.19%) ASP.NET Web API
10 27 (6.19%) Node.js
11 25 (5.73%) CSS
11 25 (5.73%) Entity Framework
12 23 (5.28%) .NET Core
13 21 (4.82%) AngularJS
14 19 (4.36%) Web Services
15 16 (3.67%) Vue
16 14 (3.21%) ASP.NET
17 12 (2.75%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 112 (25.69%) Product Ownership
2 27 (6.19%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.28%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (5.28%) Video\Live Streaming
4 12 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.83%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.61%) Device Driver
7 7 (1.61%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.61%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.61%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.92%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.92%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.92%) PMI
10 3 (0.69%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.69%) Social Media
11 2 (0.46%) Animation
11 2 (0.46%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.36%) Linux
2 7 (1.61%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.15%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.69%) Android
4 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.69%) Unix
5 2 (0.46%) VMS
6 1 (0.23%) CentOS
6 1 (0.23%) Debian
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (92.20%) Agile
2 151 (34.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 151 (34.63%) Kanban
3 144 (33.03%) DevOps
4 135 (30.96%) CI/CD
5 99 (22.71%) Mentoring
6 94 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
7 85 (19.50%) Roadmaps
8 75 (17.20%) Software Engineering
9 70 (16.06%) User Stories
10 68 (15.60%) Acceptance Criteria
11 66 (15.14%) TDD
12 64 (14.68%) Microservices
13 63 (14.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 59 (13.53%) Coaching
15 54 (12.39%) Continuous Integration
16 52 (11.93%) Software Testing
17 50 (11.47%) Community of Practice
17 50 (11.47%) Full-Stack Development
18 47 (10.78%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 100 (22.94%) SQL
2 85 (19.50%) C#
3 68 (15.60%) Java
4 57 (13.07%) JavaScript
4 57 (13.07%) TypeScript
5 53 (12.16%) Python
6 30 (6.88%) Apex Code
7 28 (6.42%) SOQL
7 28 (6.42%) SOSL
8 24 (5.50%) Scala
9 14 (3.21%) C++
10 10 (2.29%) C
11 7 (1.61%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.15%) Bash
13 4 (0.92%) PHP
14 3 (0.69%) Erlang
14 3 (0.69%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.69%) Rust
14 3 (0.69%) Swift
15 2 (0.46%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 103 (23.62%) Degree
2 56 (12.84%) Security Cleared
3 45 (10.32%) SC Cleared
4 33 (7.57%) ISTQB
5 25 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (5.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (4.13%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.98%) DBS Check
9 11 (2.52%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.83%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.83%) PMP
12 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.15%) CIPD
14 3 (0.69%) IBM Certification
15 2 (0.46%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.46%) CBAP
15 2 (0.46%) IIBA
15 2 (0.46%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (18.35%) QA
2 14 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.92%) PMO
3 4 (0.92%) WCAG
4 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.46%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.46%) ECSS
5 2 (0.46%) 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 54 (12.39%) Docker
2 12 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (11.93%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.82%) Terraform
3 16 (3.67%) Ansible
4 4 (0.92%) Grafana
4 4 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.46%) Argo
5 2 (0.46%) Packer
5 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 70 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.94%) Salesforce
3 28 (6.42%) Splunk
4 12 (2.75%) Oracle
5 11 (2.52%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.29%) Google
6 10 (2.29%) SAP
7 9 (2.06%) Mercator
8 5 (1.15%) ESRI
8 5 (1.15%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.92%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.69%) Foundry
10 3 (0.69%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.69%) IBM
11 2 (0.46%) Adobe
11 2 (0.46%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.46%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.46%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.46%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.46%) Zend