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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 102 52
Rank change year-on-year +19 -50 -17
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 573 542 1,553
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.04% 3.71% 4.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 3.91% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 401 271 1,297
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,500 £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 £87,500 £97,528 £87,500
UK median annual salary £66,771 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.08% +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 15,628 13,867 29,674
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.84% 94.93% 90.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,147 8,130 23,403
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £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 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%

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 25 May 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 28 (4.89%) Confluence
2 11 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.70%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.70%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.52%) Apache
4 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.52%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.35%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.35%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.17%) JBoss
6 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.70%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.52%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.52%) Productboard
5 3 (0.52%) Sketch
5 3 (0.52%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 12 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.35%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.35%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
4 1 (0.17%) Maximo
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%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 200 (34.90%) Azure
2 176 (30.72%) AWS
3 65 (11.34%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (9.60%) GCP
5 51 (8.90%) Serverless
6 28 (4.89%) Power Platform
7 25 (4.36%) GitHub
8 22 (3.84%) Azure AKS
8 22 (3.84%) Azure Service Bus
9 21 (3.66%) SaaS
10 18 (3.14%) Power Automate
10 18 (3.14%) PowerApps
11 16 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (2.44%) Cloud Functions
12 14 (2.44%) Entra ID
12 14 (2.44%) PaaS
13 13 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (2.09%) Cloud Run
14 12 (2.09%) GitHub Copilot
15 10 (1.75%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.26%) Broadband
2 15 (2.62%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.62%) RS-232
3 6 (1.05%) Firewall
4 5 (0.87%) LAN
4 5 (0.87%) WAN
5 4 (0.70%) MQTT
6 3 (0.52%) Network Security
6 3 (0.52%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.52%) Wireless
6 3 (0.52%) WPA
7 2 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.35%) VPN
8 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (9.60%) MongoDB
2 38 (6.63%) NoSQL
3 36 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (4.01%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.01%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (2.62%) Metadata
7 13 (2.27%) Power BI
8 8 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.22%) MySQL
10 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.05%) Redis
11 4 (0.70%) Big Data
11 4 (0.70%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.70%) GIS
11 4 (0.70%) QGIS
11 4 (0.70%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 89 (15.53%) JIRA
2 65 (11.34%) Jenkins
3 57 (9.95%) GitLab
4 46 (8.03%) Git
5 35 (6.11%) SonarQube
6 32 (5.58%) Postman
7 28 (4.89%) Selenium
8 27 (4.71%) SoapUI
9 25 (4.36%) Team Foundation Server
10 22 (3.84%) TeamCity
10 22 (3.84%) WebDriver
11 15 (2.62%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.09%) CircleCI
13 9 (1.57%) JUnit
14 8 (1.40%) Maven
14 8 (1.40%) Mockito
15 7 (1.22%) SpecFlow
16 5 (0.87%) JMeter
17 4 (0.70%) NUnit
17 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 187 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 118 (20.59%) Finance
3 107 (18.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 77 (13.44%) Public Sector
5 67 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (11.69%) Law
6 47 (8.20%) Games
7 46 (8.03%) Marketing
8 30 (5.24%) Legal
9 23 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.75%) Banking
11 10 (1.75%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.40%) Advertising
12 8 (1.40%) Publishing
12 8 (1.40%) Retail
12 8 (1.40%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.87%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (23.04%) Senior
2 122 (21.29%) Developer
3 66 (11.52%) Architect
3 66 (11.52%) Lead
3 66 (11.52%) Software Engineer
4 63 (10.99%) Analyst
5 42 (7.33%) Delivery Manager
6 40 (6.98%) Business Analyst
7 33 (5.76%) Salesforce Architect
8 30 (5.24%) .NET Developer
8 30 (5.24%) Product Manager
9 29 (5.06%) Agile Delivery Manager
9 29 (5.06%) Senior Developer
10 26 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
11 24 (4.19%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (3.84%) Senior Manager
13 21 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
14 20 (3.49%) Java Developer
14 20 (3.49%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (17.45%) React
2 90 (15.71%) .NET
3 63 (10.99%) REST
4 62 (10.82%) SOAP
5 59 (10.30%) Node.js
6 54 (9.42%) HTML
7 46 (8.03%) RESTful
8 41 (7.16%) Lightning Web Components
9 38 (6.63%) Visualforce
10 32 (5.58%) Spring
11 30 (5.24%) AngularJS
12 29 (5.06%) ASP.NET
13 27 (4.71%) .NET Framework
13 27 (4.71%) Web Services
14 25 (4.36%) ASP.NET Core
14 25 (4.36%) CSS
15 23 (4.01%) .NET Core
16 22 (3.84%) Akka
16 22 (3.84%) Playwright
17 21 (3.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 167 (29.14%) Product Ownership
2 56 (9.77%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.84%) Over-the-Top Content
3 22 (3.84%) Video\Live Streaming
4 18 (3.14%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.62%) Device Driver
6 13 (2.27%) e-Learning
6 13 (2.27%) Podcast
6 13 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.22%) Culture of Ownership
10 6 (1.05%) PMI
11 5 (0.87%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.70%) Life Science
12 4 (0.70%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.52%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.38%) Linux
2 17 (2.97%) Unix
3 15 (2.62%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (2.44%) Windows
5 6 (1.05%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.17%) CentOS
6 1 (0.17%) Debian
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (93.02%) Agile
2 218 (38.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 198 (34.55%) DevOps
4 187 (32.64%) Kanban
5 182 (31.76%) CI/CD
6 119 (20.77%) Mentoring
7 113 (19.72%) Roadmaps
8 112 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
9 99 (17.28%) Microservices
9 99 (17.28%) Software Engineering
10 94 (16.40%) Coaching
11 87 (15.18%) Full-Stack Development
12 86 (15.01%) TDD
13 84 (14.66%) User Stories
14 78 (13.61%) Community of Practice
15 73 (12.74%) Acceptance Criteria
16 72 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
17 70 (12.22%) Continuous Integration
18 69 (12.04%) AI
18 69 (12.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 101 (17.63%) SQL
2 94 (16.40%) Java
2 94 (16.40%) JavaScript
3 86 (15.01%) C#
4 69 (12.04%) TypeScript
5 64 (11.17%) Python
6 38 (6.63%) Apex Code
7 34 (5.93%) SOQL
7 34 (5.93%) SOSL
8 22 (3.84%) Scala
9 19 (3.32%) C++
10 15 (2.62%) C
10 15 (2.62%) Embedded C
11 11 (1.92%) Ruby
12 10 (1.75%) Bash
13 9 (1.57%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.22%) Bicep
15 4 (0.70%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.70%) Rust
16 3 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 131 (22.86%) Degree
2 82 (14.31%) Security Cleared
3 71 (12.39%) SC Cleared
4 39 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.36%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.32%) DBS Check
7 18 (3.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 17 (2.97%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.09%) PMP
10 10 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.57%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.87%) CIPD
14 4 (0.70%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.52%) CCIE Security
15 3 (0.52%) CCSA
15 3 (0.52%) CCSE
15 3 (0.52%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (13.79%) QA
2 23 (4.01%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.09%) GRC
4 9 (1.57%) PMO
5 5 (0.87%) GDPR
5 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.70%) WCAG
7 3 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.17%) GxP
9 1 (0.17%) P3O
System Software
1 99 (17.28%) Docker
2 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 79 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 48 (8.38%) Terraform
3 21 (3.66%) Ansible
4 14 (2.44%) Argo
5 12 (2.09%) Podman
6 6 (1.05%) Grafana
7 5 (0.87%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.35%) Packer
8 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 85 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.38%) Salesforce
3 34 (5.93%) Splunk
4 20 (3.49%) Oracle
5 18 (3.14%) Google
6 8 (1.40%) Databricks
7 7 (1.22%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.05%) SAP
9 5 (0.87%) Adobe
9 5 (0.87%) Cisco
9 5 (0.87%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.87%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.70%) ESRI
11 3 (0.52%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.52%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.52%) Foundry
12 2 (0.35%) Facebook
12 2 (0.35%) Infor
12 2 (0.35%) SendGrid