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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 58 40
Rank change year-on-year -36 -18 -8
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 444 778 1,599
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.71% 5.18% 5.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 5.45% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 307 316 1,362
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.91%
75th Percentile £80,000 £84,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £89,041
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 14,086 14,271 25,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.91% 95.07% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,148 8,671 21,423
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,867
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 £104,249 £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 24 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 (5.86%) Confluence
2 8 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.90%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.90%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.90%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.68%) Apache
5 3 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.45%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.45%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Trello
2 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.90%) 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 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) Maximo
2 3 (0.68%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.68%) Shopify
3 2 (0.45%) 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
1 138 (31.08%) Azure
2 97 (21.85%) AWS
3 49 (11.04%) Serverless
4 45 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (6.53%) GitHub
6 28 (6.31%) SaaS
7 27 (6.08%) Power Platform
8 24 (5.41%) GCP
9 21 (4.73%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (3.83%) Amazon S3
10 17 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (3.83%) PaaS
11 15 (3.38%) Entra ID
12 14 (3.15%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (3.15%) Azure App Service
13 13 (2.93%) PowerApps
14 11 (2.48%) Power Automate
15 10 (2.25%) Azure Functions
16 9 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 62 (13.96%) Broadband
2 7 (1.58%) Ethernet
2 7 (1.58%) RS-232
3 3 (0.68%) Firewall
3 3 (0.68%) 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 44 (9.91%) SQL Server
2 30 (6.76%) NoSQL
3 22 (4.95%) MongoDB
4 20 (4.50%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.70%) Power BI
7 11 (2.48%) MySQL
8 9 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.80%) Metadata
10 7 (1.58%) Tableau
11 5 (1.13%) GIS
12 4 (0.90%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.90%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.90%) QGIS
12 4 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.68%) Power Query
14 2 (0.45%) Looker
14 2 (0.45%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 70 (15.77%) JIRA
2 65 (14.64%) Jenkins
3 56 (12.61%) Git
4 44 (9.91%) GitLab
5 36 (8.11%) Postman
6 34 (7.66%) SonarQube
7 30 (6.76%) Selenium
8 29 (6.53%) SoapUI
9 27 (6.08%) WebDriver
10 26 (5.86%) Team Foundation Server
11 23 (5.18%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.35%) Visual Studio
13 5 (1.13%) JMeter
14 4 (0.90%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.68%) Cypress.io
15 3 (0.68%) Storybook
16 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
16 2 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
16 2 (0.45%) REST Assured
16 2 (0.45%) Serenity BDD
General
1 167 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 90 (20.27%) Finance
3 76 (17.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 63 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (12.61%) Public Sector
6 53 (11.94%) Marketing
7 43 (9.68%) Games
8 25 (5.63%) Law
9 19 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.83%) Tech for Good
11 16 (3.60%) Health Technology
11 16 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (3.15%) Publishing
13 13 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.48%) Legal
15 10 (2.25%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.80%) Banking
16 8 (1.80%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.35%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 114 (25.68%) Developer
2 86 (19.37%) Senior
3 68 (15.32%) Lead
4 50 (11.26%) Architect
4 50 (11.26%) Software Engineer
5 47 (10.59%) Analyst
6 34 (7.66%) .NET Developer
7 32 (7.21%) Salesforce Architect
8 30 (6.76%) Lead Developer
9 25 (5.63%) Business Analyst
10 23 (5.18%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (4.73%) Delivery Manager
11 21 (4.73%) Senior Developer
12 20 (4.50%) React Developer
13 17 (3.83%) Python Developer
13 17 (3.83%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 17 (3.83%) Software Developer
13 17 (3.83%) Technical Architect
14 16 (3.60%) Product Manager
14 16 (3.60%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (22.07%) .NET
2 69 (15.54%) SOAP
3 65 (14.64%) React
4 54 (12.16%) REST
5 50 (11.26%) RESTful
6 49 (11.04%) HTML
7 36 (8.11%) Lightning Web Components
7 36 (8.11%) Visualforce
8 34 (7.66%) .NET Framework
9 28 (6.31%) Akka
9 28 (6.31%) ASP.NET Web API
10 27 (6.08%) Node.js
11 26 (5.86%) Entity Framework
12 25 (5.63%) CSS
13 23 (5.18%) .NET Core
14 21 (4.73%) AngularJS
15 19 (4.28%) Web Services
16 16 (3.60%) Vue
17 14 (3.15%) ASP.NET
18 13 (2.93%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 118 (26.58%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.31%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.18%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (5.18%) Video\Live Streaming
4 12 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.58%) Device Driver
7 7 (1.58%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.58%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.58%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.90%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.90%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.90%) PMI
10 3 (0.68%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.68%) Social Media
11 2 (0.45%) Animation
11 2 (0.45%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.28%) Linux
2 7 (1.58%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.13%) 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
1 410 (92.34%) Agile
2 158 (35.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 153 (34.46%) Kanban
4 151 (34.01%) DevOps
5 142 (31.98%) CI/CD
6 100 (22.52%) Mentoring
7 96 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (20.95%) Roadmaps
9 74 (16.67%) Software Engineering
10 70 (15.77%) User Stories
11 68 (15.32%) Acceptance Criteria
12 66 (14.86%) TDD
13 65 (14.64%) Microservices
14 63 (14.19%) Stakeholder Management
15 60 (13.51%) Continuous Integration
16 59 (13.29%) Coaching
17 57 (12.84%) Community of Practice
18 54 (12.16%) Continuous Delivery
19 52 (11.71%) OO
20 51 (11.49%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 101 (22.75%) SQL
2 85 (19.14%) C#
3 68 (15.32%) Java
4 58 (13.06%) TypeScript
5 57 (12.84%) JavaScript
6 53 (11.94%) Python
7 36 (8.11%) Apex Code
8 34 (7.66%) SOQL
8 34 (7.66%) SOSL
9 24 (5.41%) Scala
10 14 (3.15%) C++
11 10 (2.25%) C
12 7 (1.58%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.13%) Bash
14 4 (0.90%) PHP
15 3 (0.68%) Erlang
15 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.68%) Rust
15 3 (0.68%) Swift
16 2 (0.45%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 104 (23.42%) Degree
2 57 (12.84%) Security Cleared
3 46 (10.36%) SC Cleared
4 33 (7.43%) ISTQB
5 25 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (5.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (4.05%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.93%) DBS Check
9 11 (2.48%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.80%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.80%) PMP
12 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.13%) CIPD
14 3 (0.68%) IBM Certification
15 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.45%) CBAP
15 2 (0.45%) IIBA
15 2 (0.45%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (18.24%) QA
2 14 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.90%) PMO
3 4 (0.90%) 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 54 (12.16%) Docker
2 12 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (11.71%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.73%) Terraform
3 16 (3.60%) Ansible
4 4 (0.90%) Grafana
4 4 (0.90%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.45%) Argo
5 2 (0.45%) Packer
5 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 70 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.14%) Salesforce
3 34 (7.66%) Splunk
4 12 (2.70%) Oracle
5 11 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.25%) Google
6 10 (2.25%) SAP
7 9 (2.03%) Mercator
8 5 (1.13%) ESRI
8 5 (1.13%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.90%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.68%) Foundry
10 3 (0.68%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.68%) IBM
11 2 (0.45%) Adobe
11 2 (0.45%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.45%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.45%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.45%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.45%) Zend