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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 61 50
Rank change year-on-year -37 -11 -26
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 600 865 1,380
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.68% 4.28% 5.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 4.87% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 329 387 1,126
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% -2.31% -

All Process and 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 15,258 17,763 21,997
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.69% 87.97% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,350 10,724 17,808
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,613 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,754 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% -1.19% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £81,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% - -

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 21 October 2025.

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 (4.33%) Confluence
2 12 (2.00%) CMS
3 7 (1.17%) Apache
4 5 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.83%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.67%) IIS
6 3 (0.50%) WordPress
7 2 (0.33%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.17%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.00%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.50%) Trello
6 2 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.33%) Elementor
6 2 (0.33%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.17%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 6 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.00%) Magento
2 2 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.17%) Maximo
3 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.17%) Primavera
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 338 (56.33%) Azure
2 280 (46.67%) AWS
3 192 (32.00%) GCP
4 79 (13.17%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (7.67%) Power Platform
6 42 (7.00%) SaaS
7 36 (6.00%) Serverless
8 34 (5.67%) Power Automate
9 28 (4.67%) GitHub
10 23 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (3.00%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (2.67%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (2.50%) PowerApps
14 13 (2.17%) PaaS
15 12 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
16 11 (1.83%) Snowflake
17 10 (1.67%) Azure App Service
18 8 (1.33%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.00%) Broadband
2 5 (0.83%) DNS
2 5 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.50%) DHCP
4 2 (0.33%) Firewall
4 2 (0.33%) GPRS
4 2 (0.33%) HTTP
4 2 (0.33%) LTE
4 2 (0.33%) Modbus
4 2 (0.33%) SSL
4 2 (0.33%) VPN
4 2 (0.33%) Wireless
5 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.17%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.17%) Internet
5 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.17%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 46 (7.67%) Elasticsearch
3 45 (7.50%) MongoDB
4 30 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (3.33%) DynamoDB
6 19 (3.17%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.17%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.00%) MySQL
8 17 (2.83%) Power BI
9 15 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.17%) Redis
12 6 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.83%) Tableau
14 4 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.50%) Hazelcast
16 2 (0.33%) BigQuery
16 2 (0.33%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 69 (11.50%) Git
2 63 (10.50%) JIRA
3 28 (4.67%) Jenkins
4 27 (4.50%) Selenium
5 25 (4.17%) Postman
6 21 (3.50%) GitLab
6 21 (3.50%) Team Foundation Server
7 20 (3.33%) SonarQube
8 17 (2.83%) SoapUI
9 16 (2.67%) WebDriver
10 8 (1.33%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.17%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.00%) NUnit
13 5 (0.83%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.67%) Jasmine
14 4 (0.67%) JMeter
14 4 (0.67%) JUnit
14 4 (0.67%) Maven
15 3 (0.50%) Subversion
General
1 225 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 131 (21.83%) Social Skills
3 102 (17.00%) Finance
4 45 (7.50%) Marketing
5 41 (6.83%) Public Sector
6 35 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (5.33%) Law
8 26 (4.33%) Games
9 23 (3.83%) Tech for Good
10 20 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (3.33%) Publishing
10 20 (3.33%) Retail
11 19 (3.17%) Health Technology
12 17 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.17%) Banking
14 5 (0.83%) Front Office
14 5 (0.83%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.67%) Back Office
15 4 (0.67%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 249 (41.50%) Senior
2 193 (32.17%) Software Engineer
3 184 (30.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 139 (23.17%) Developer
5 50 (8.33%) .NET Developer
6 46 (7.67%) Lead
7 41 (6.83%) Analyst
8 37 (6.17%) Senior Developer
9 28 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
10 24 (4.00%) Architect
11 22 (3.67%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.33%) Consultant
12 20 (3.33%) Project Manager
12 20 (3.33%) Python Developer
13 15 (2.50%) Salesforce Architect
13 15 (2.50%) Senior Python Developer
14 14 (2.33%) React Developer
14 14 (2.33%) Software Developer
14 14 (2.33%) Test Analyst
15 13 (2.17%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (50.50%) .NET
2 217 (36.17%) Node.js
3 99 (16.50%) React
4 52 (8.67%) RESTful
5 51 (8.50%) HTML
6 48 (8.00%) .NET Framework
7 47 (7.83%) .NET Core
7 47 (7.83%) Vue
8 46 (7.67%) AngularJS
9 43 (7.17%) SOAP
10 40 (6.67%) ASP.NET Web API
11 38 (6.33%) Entity Framework
12 36 (6.00%) CSS
12 36 (6.00%) REST
13 30 (5.00%) ASP.NET
14 25 (4.17%) Web Services
15 22 (3.67%) Swagger
16 21 (3.50%) ASP.NET MVC
17 15 (2.50%) Lightning Web Components
17 15 (2.50%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 193 (32.17%) Self-Motivation
2 178 (29.67%) Cyberattack
2 178 (29.67%) Linux Command Line
3 63 (10.50%) Product Ownership
4 28 (4.67%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.67%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.17%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.17%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.00%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.00%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.00%) Virtual Team
8 5 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.83%) Legacy Code
8 5 (0.83%) Online Games
9 4 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.67%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.67%) IoT
10 3 (0.50%) NHS
10 3 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 189 (31.50%) Linux
2 8 (1.33%) Windows
3 5 (0.83%) Android
4 4 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.33%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 570 (95.00%) Agile
2 274 (45.67%) Mentoring
3 257 (42.83%) Microservices
4 234 (39.00%) Software Engineering
5 215 (35.83%) User Experience
6 198 (33.00%) Data Engineering
7 186 (31.00%) Machine Learning
8 183 (30.50%) Cloud Security
9 181 (30.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 148 (24.67%) DevOps
11 141 (23.50%) CI/CD
12 106 (17.67%) Kanban
13 82 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
15 70 (11.67%) Full-Stack Development
16 67 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
17 58 (9.67%) TDD
18 57 (9.50%) Roadmaps
18 57 (9.50%) Software Testing
19 56 (9.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 283 (47.17%) JavaScript
2 231 (38.50%) Python
3 227 (37.83%) Java
4 180 (30.00%) C++
5 178 (29.67%) Go
5 178 (29.67%) Rust
6 119 (19.83%) SQL
7 118 (19.67%) C#
8 74 (12.33%) TypeScript
9 15 (2.50%) Apex Code
9 15 (2.50%) SOQL
9 15 (2.50%) SOSL
10 14 (2.33%) VB.NET
11 6 (1.00%) Bash
12 5 (0.83%) Groovy
12 5 (0.83%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.67%) Swift
13 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.50%) PHP
14 3 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 212 (35.33%) Security Cleared
2 186 (31.00%) AWS Certification
3 183 (30.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 183 (30.50%) DV Cleared
4 178 (29.67%) AWS Certified Developer
5 84 (14.00%) Degree
6 33 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (4.17%) ISTQB
7 25 (4.17%) SC Cleared
8 16 (2.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 15 (2.50%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 9 (1.50%) PMP
11 8 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.17%) APMG
13 5 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.67%) CISSP
14 4 (0.67%) ISEB
14 4 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (13.67%) QA
2 15 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.50%) SLA
4 7 (1.17%) PMO
5 6 (1.00%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.83%) GDPR
7 4 (0.67%) WCAG
8 3 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.33%) GxP
9 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.17%) Automotive SPICE
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) HL7
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS
10 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) PMBOK
System Software
1 27 (4.50%) Docker
2 8 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 19 (3.17%) Terraform
2 18 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.83%) Ansible
4 7 (1.17%) Grafana
5 6 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.50%) SCOM
7 2 (0.33%) Puppet
8 1 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.17%) SCSM
Vendors
1 119 (19.83%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.50%) Salesforce
3 17 (2.83%) Splunk
4 13 (2.17%) DevExpress
5 12 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.67%) Oracle
7 9 (1.50%) Mercator
8 7 (1.17%) Google
9 6 (1.00%) Adobe
9 6 (1.00%) SAP
10 5 (0.83%) Databricks
10 5 (0.83%) Rollbar
11 4 (0.67%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.67%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.50%) Siebel
12 3 (0.50%) VMware
13 2 (0.33%) ArcSight
13 2 (0.33%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.33%) ESRI
13 2 (0.33%) Pega