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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 67 49
Rank change year-on-year -18 -18 -15
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 494 576 1,622
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.92% 4.48% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 4.72% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 328 317 1,362
10th Percentile £40,800 £43,750 £41,998
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -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 14,134 12,201 28,825
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.58% 94.80% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,864 8,867 23,394
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%

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 4 April 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 24 (4.86%) Confluence
2 8 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.81%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.81%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.81%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.61%) Apache
5 3 (0.61%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.40%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.21%) Trello
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.61%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.40%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.40%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Maximo
2 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.40%) Shopify
3 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.20%) Magento
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) Primavera
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 146 (29.55%) Azure
2 122 (24.70%) AWS
3 55 (11.13%) Serverless
4 47 (9.51%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (8.30%) GCP
6 26 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (4.66%) GitHub
9 22 (4.45%) SaaS
10 21 (4.25%) Entra ID
11 20 (4.05%) Amazon S3
12 16 (3.24%) PaaS
13 15 (3.04%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (2.43%) Azure App Service
15 11 (2.23%) PowerApps
16 10 (2.02%) Azure AKS
16 10 (2.02%) Power Automate
17 9 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (15.18%) Broadband
2 12 (2.43%) Ethernet
2 12 (2.43%) RS-232
3 6 (1.21%) Firewall
4 4 (0.81%) LAN
4 4 (0.81%) MQTT
4 4 (0.81%) WAN
5 2 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.40%) Network Security
5 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.40%) Wireless
6 1 (0.20%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.89%) NoSQL
2 31 (6.28%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.05%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.63%) Power BI
6 10 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.62%) Metadata
7 8 (1.62%) MySQL
8 7 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.21%) Tableau
10 5 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.81%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.81%) GIS
11 4 (0.81%) QGIS
11 4 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.61%) Power Query
13 2 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 72 (14.57%) Jenkins
2 69 (13.97%) JIRA
3 55 (11.13%) Git
4 51 (10.32%) GitLab
5 41 (8.30%) SonarQube
6 30 (6.07%) Postman
7 26 (5.26%) SoapUI
8 25 (5.06%) Selenium
9 24 (4.86%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (4.66%) TeamCity
10 23 (4.66%) WebDriver
11 9 (1.82%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.21%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.01%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.81%) JMeter
14 4 (0.81%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.61%) Storybook
16 2 (0.40%) NUnit
16 2 (0.40%) Serenity BDD
General
1 185 (37.45%) Social Skills
2 104 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 102 (20.65%) Finance
4 75 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (12.96%) Public Sector
6 59 (11.94%) Marketing
7 50 (10.12%) Games
8 48 (9.72%) Law
9 29 (5.87%) Legal
10 19 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (3.24%) Health Technology
12 16 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.83%) Publishing
13 14 (2.83%) Tech for Good
14 13 (2.63%) Banking
15 12 (2.43%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.62%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.21%) Electronics
18 5 (1.01%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 100 (20.24%) Developer
2 98 (19.84%) Senior
3 73 (14.78%) Lead
4 64 (12.96%) Software Engineer
5 59 (11.94%) Architect
6 55 (11.13%) Analyst
7 38 (7.69%) Salesforce Architect
8 32 (6.48%) Business Analyst
9 31 (6.28%) Product Manager
10 29 (5.87%) Lead Developer
11 26 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
12 23 (4.66%) .NET Developer
12 23 (4.66%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (4.25%) Software Developer
14 20 (4.05%) Product Owner
14 20 (4.05%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 20 (4.05%) Technical Architect
15 19 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
16 17 (3.44%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (16.80%) .NET
2 73 (14.78%) React
3 66 (13.36%) SOAP
4 59 (11.94%) REST
5 53 (10.73%) RESTful
6 50 (10.12%) HTML
7 44 (8.91%) Lightning Web Components
7 44 (8.91%) Visualforce
8 32 (6.48%) .NET Framework
9 31 (6.28%) Node.js
10 29 (5.87%) CSS
11 25 (5.06%) AngularJS
12 24 (4.86%) Akka
13 21 (4.25%) Web Services
14 19 (3.85%) Entity Framework
15 18 (3.64%) ASP.NET Web API
15 18 (3.64%) Spring
16 16 (3.24%) Spring Boot
17 14 (2.83%) ASP.NET
18 13 (2.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 158 (31.98%) Product Ownership
2 44 (8.91%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.66%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.66%) Video\Live Streaming
4 15 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.04%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.63%) Podcast
6 12 (2.43%) Device Driver
7 10 (2.02%) e-Learning
7 10 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.42%) Culture of Ownership
9 6 (1.21%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.01%) PMI
11 4 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.81%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.81%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.86%) Linux
2 12 (2.43%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.01%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.61%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) CentOS
5 1 (0.20%) Debian
5 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (92.51%) Agile
2 186 (37.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 171 (34.62%) DevOps
4 165 (33.40%) CI/CD
4 165 (33.40%) Kanban
5 118 (23.89%) Roadmaps
6 108 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (19.43%) Software Engineering
8 92 (18.62%) Mentoring
9 84 (17.00%) User Stories
10 80 (16.19%) Coaching
11 73 (14.78%) Acceptance Criteria
11 73 (14.78%) Community of Practice
12 71 (14.37%) TDD
13 66 (13.36%) Continuous Integration
13 66 (13.36%) Microservices
14 64 (12.96%) Continuous Delivery
15 62 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 60 (12.15%) Full-Stack Development
16 60 (12.15%) OO
Programming Languages
1 89 (18.02%) SQL
2 74 (14.98%) Java
3 67 (13.56%) C#
4 65 (13.16%) JavaScript
5 61 (12.35%) Python
6 53 (10.73%) TypeScript
7 44 (8.91%) Apex Code
8 40 (8.10%) SOQL
8 40 (8.10%) SOSL
9 23 (4.66%) Scala
10 18 (3.64%) C++
11 14 (2.83%) C
12 12 (2.43%) Embedded C
13 7 (1.42%) Bicep
14 5 (1.01%) Ruby
15 4 (0.81%) Bash
15 4 (0.81%) PHP
15 4 (0.81%) Rust
16 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 114 (23.08%) Degree
2 64 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 55 (11.13%) SC Cleared
4 31 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (5.06%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (3.44%) DBS Check
8 16 (3.24%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.63%) Master's Degree
10 12 (2.43%) PMP
11 7 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.01%) CIPD
13 5 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.81%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.81%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.61%) PhD
16 2 (0.40%) CCIE
16 2 (0.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (15.38%) QA
2 18 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.43%) GRC
4 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.01%) PMO
5 4 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.40%) ECSS
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.40%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 66 (13.36%) Docker
2 9 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (12.55%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.29%) Terraform
3 20 (4.05%) Ansible
4 6 (1.21%) Grafana
4 6 (1.21%) Podman
5 5 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.40%) Argo
6 2 (0.40%) Packer
6 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.20%) Kibana
7 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 64 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.53%) Salesforce
3 40 (8.10%) Splunk
4 15 (3.04%) Google
5 12 (2.43%) Oracle
6 9 (1.82%) SAP
7 7 (1.42%) Mercator
8 5 (1.01%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.81%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.81%) Cisco
9 4 (0.81%) ESRI
9 4 (0.81%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.61%) Foundry
10 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.61%) IBM
11 2 (0.40%) Adobe
11 2 (0.40%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.40%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.40%) SendGrid