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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 100 81
Rank change year-on-year +20 -19 -37
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 716 596 830
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.09% 3.60% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 3.87% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 536 337 572
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,950
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £64,559 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.68% +4.00% -2.34%

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 19,038 15,384 21,698
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.21% 92.95% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,740 8,914 14,935
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 August 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 46 (6.42%) Confluence
2 12 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.84%) Apache
5 4 (0.56%) CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.42%) DNN
6 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.42%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Kentico
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
6 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.28%) Appian
7 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.98%) Trello
5 4 (0.56%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.42%) Productboard
6 3 (0.42%) Sketch
6 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Finacle
4 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 330 (46.09%) Azure
2 289 (40.36%) AWS
3 102 (14.25%) Azure DevOps
4 71 (9.92%) GCP
5 62 (8.66%) GitHub
6 53 (7.40%) Serverless
7 43 (6.01%) Power Platform
8 42 (5.87%) GitHub Copilot
9 27 (3.77%) Power Automate
10 23 (3.21%) Azure Service Bus
10 23 (3.21%) PowerApps
10 23 (3.21%) SaaS
11 20 (2.79%) Azure Functions
11 20 (2.79%) PaaS
12 19 (2.65%) Azure Key Vault
13 18 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (2.37%) Azure AKS
15 16 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.33%) Broadband
2 13 (1.82%) VPN
3 10 (1.40%) Ethernet
3 10 (1.40%) RS-232
4 9 (1.26%) Firewall
5 4 (0.56%) LAN
5 4 (0.56%) WAN
6 3 (0.42%) Network Security
6 3 (0.42%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.42%) Wireless
6 3 (0.42%) WPA
7 2 (0.28%) ATM
8 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (17.88%) MongoDB
2 97 (13.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (11.73%) Elasticsearch
4 59 (8.24%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (5.17%) NoSQL
6 34 (4.75%) SQL Server
7 27 (3.77%) Power BI
8 25 (3.49%) Relational Database
9 24 (3.35%) Metadata
9 24 (3.35%) MySQL
10 17 (2.37%) Redis
11 14 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.40%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.26%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.12%) Star Schema
15 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 3 (0.42%) GIS
18 3 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 93 (12.99%) JIRA
2 73 (10.20%) Git
3 32 (4.47%) GitLab
4 22 (3.07%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.51%) SonarQube
6 15 (2.09%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.09%) JUnit
7 14 (1.96%) Maven
7 14 (1.96%) Mockito
8 12 (1.68%) CircleCI
9 9 (1.26%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.84%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.70%) Postman
11 5 (0.70%) Selenium
12 4 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.56%) NUnit
12 4 (0.56%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.56%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.42%) Mercurial
General
1 226 (31.56%) Social Skills
2 183 (25.56%) Finance
3 153 (21.37%) Public Sector
4 139 (19.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (17.60%) Law
6 91 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (6.01%) Legal
8 31 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (4.19%) Marketing
10 28 (3.91%) Games
11 18 (2.51%) Retail
12 15 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.82%) Legal Technology
14 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.12%) Advertising
15 8 (1.12%) Banking
16 7 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.98%) Local Government
17 6 (0.84%) Social Housing
18 5 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 212 (29.61%) Developer
2 179 (25.00%) Senior
3 95 (13.27%) Analyst
4 85 (11.87%) .NET Developer
5 64 (8.94%) Business Analyst
6 58 (8.10%) Delivery Manager
7 56 (7.82%) Lead
7 56 (7.82%) Software Engineer
8 52 (7.26%) Architect
8 52 (7.26%) Senior Developer
9 41 (5.73%) Project Manager
10 37 (5.17%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 35 (4.89%) Senior Analyst
12 32 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (4.05%) Senior DevOps
13 29 (4.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 29 (4.05%) Senior Manager
14 28 (3.91%) Senior Business Analyst
15 24 (3.35%) Java Developer
15 24 (3.35%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (21.51%) React
2 141 (19.69%) .NET
3 123 (17.18%) Node.js
4 97 (13.55%) .NET Core
5 90 (12.57%) ASP.NET
6 87 (12.15%) ASP.NET Core
7 78 (10.89%) AngularJS
8 68 (9.50%) .NET Framework
9 61 (8.52%) Terraform
10 53 (7.40%) Vue
11 52 (7.26%) ASP.NET Web API
11 52 (7.26%) REST
12 51 (7.12%) RESTful
13 47 (6.56%) HTML
14 43 (6.01%) CSS
15 37 (5.17%) Spring
16 34 (4.75%) Blazor
17 27 (3.77%) Playwright
18 26 (3.63%) Entity Framework
19 25 (3.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 153 (21.37%) Product Ownership
2 57 (7.96%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.49%) Podcast
3 25 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.23%) Onboarding
5 14 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.96%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.68%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.54%) Blog
7 11 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.40%) Device Driver
9 9 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.12%) PMI
11 7 (0.98%) AI Agents
11 7 (0.98%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.98%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 66 (9.22%) Linux
2 47 (6.56%) Windows
3 29 (4.05%) Unix
4 12 (1.68%) VMS
5 10 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
6 9 (1.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 675 (94.27%) Agile
2 245 (34.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 233 (32.54%) DevOps
4 215 (30.03%) CI/CD
5 212 (29.61%) Kanban
6 166 (23.18%) Microservices
7 145 (20.25%) Mentoring
8 142 (19.83%) Full-Stack Development
9 138 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
10 136 (18.99%) AI
11 130 (18.16%) Coaching
12 125 (17.46%) Project Delivery
13 119 (16.62%) TDD
14 112 (15.64%) Software Engineering
15 106 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 104 (14.53%) Community of Practice
17 100 (13.97%) Roadmaps
18 97 (13.55%) User Stories
19 84 (11.73%) Collaborative Culture
20 83 (11.59%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 182 (25.42%) SQL
2 167 (23.32%) JavaScript
3 151 (21.09%) C#
4 104 (14.53%) TypeScript
5 76 (10.61%) Java
6 73 (10.20%) Python
7 29 (4.05%) Bash
8 28 (3.91%) Ruby
9 20 (2.79%) Apex Code
9 20 (2.79%) Bicep
9 20 (2.79%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.51%) SOQL
11 16 (2.23%) SOSL
12 15 (2.09%) C++
12 15 (2.09%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.68%) C
13 12 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (1.40%) Embedded C
15 8 (1.12%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 145 (20.25%) Degree
2 139 (19.41%) Security Cleared
3 116 (16.20%) SC Cleared
4 56 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (3.91%) PMI Certification
6 26 (3.63%) Azure Certification
7 22 (3.07%) PMP
8 17 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.09%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.68%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.54%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.98%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.70%) CSPO
15 4 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.56%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
16 3 (0.42%) CCIE Security
16 3 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.34%) QA
2 33 (4.61%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.37%) PMO
4 15 (2.09%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.09%) GDPR
4 15 (2.09%) GRC
5 14 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.70%) WCAG
9 3 (0.42%) NCSC
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.28%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 127 (17.74%) Docker
2 15 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.68%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 90 (12.57%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.96%) Ansible
2 14 (1.96%) Argo
3 12 (1.68%) Podman
4 4 (0.56%) Grafana
5 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 170 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.45%) Salesforce
3 27 (3.77%) Oracle
4 19 (2.65%) Google
5 16 (2.23%) Splunk
6 15 (2.09%) Databricks
7 14 (1.96%) Pega
8 13 (1.82%) VMware
9 12 (1.68%) ScienceLogic
10 9 (1.26%) SAP
11 7 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.84%) Adobe
12 6 (0.84%) Infor
13 4 (0.56%) Cisco
13 4 (0.56%) Epicor
13 4 (0.56%) IFS
13 4 (0.56%) Informatica
13 4 (0.56%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.42%) Optimizely
14 3 (0.42%) Workday