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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 96 66
Rank change year-on-year -4 -30 -17
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 649 610 836
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.59% 3.69% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 3.93% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 500 336 401
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £74,987 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,875 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 20,211 15,506 18,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,358 8,387 11,009
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,031 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 14 October 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 48 (7.40%) Confluence
2 14 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.08%) WebLogic
5 6 (0.92%) Apache
6 4 (0.62%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.62%) CMS
6 4 (0.62%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.62%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.46%) DNN
7 3 (0.46%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.46%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Kentico
7 3 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.46%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.92%) Trello
6 4 (0.62%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.46%) Productboard
7 3 (0.46%) Sketch
7 3 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.31%) Simulink
9 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.62%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.31%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Actimize
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.15%) Finacle
6 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 310 (47.77%) Azure
2 274 (42.22%) AWS
3 92 (14.18%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (10.02%) GitHub
5 51 (7.86%) Power Platform
6 49 (7.55%) GCP
6 49 (7.55%) Serverless
7 43 (6.63%) GitHub Copilot
8 30 (4.62%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.85%) PowerApps
10 23 (3.54%) SaaS
11 20 (3.08%) Azure Functions
11 20 (3.08%) Azure Service Bus
12 18 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (2.77%) PaaS
13 17 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.85%) VPN
2 6 (0.92%) Firewall
3 5 (0.77%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.77%) RS-232
4 3 (0.46%) WPA
5 2 (0.31%) ATM
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) Network Security
6 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (18.34%) MongoDB
2 102 (15.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 83 (12.79%) Elasticsearch
4 57 (8.78%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (5.86%) SQL Server
6 35 (5.39%) Power BI
7 31 (4.78%) Metadata
8 27 (4.16%) Relational Database
9 24 (3.70%) MySQL
9 24 (3.70%) NoSQL
10 21 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (2.31%) DynamoDB
11 15 (2.31%) Redis
12 14 (2.16%) Star Schema
13 11 (1.69%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.39%) Amazon QuickSight
14 9 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 88 (13.56%) JIRA
2 73 (11.25%) Git
3 21 (3.24%) JUnit
4 20 (3.08%) Mockito
5 15 (2.31%) GitLab
6 14 (2.16%) Maven
7 9 (1.39%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.23%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.23%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.62%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.62%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.62%) NUnit
9 4 (0.62%) Vagrant
10 3 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.46%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.46%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.46%) Selenium
10 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 214 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 180 (27.73%) Finance
3 156 (24.04%) Public Sector
4 106 (16.33%) Law
5 105 (16.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 87 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (3.70%) Legal
9 20 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.93%) Marketing
10 19 (2.93%) Retail
11 10 (1.54%) Banking
11 10 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.39%) Games
13 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.08%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.08%) Local Government
15 6 (0.92%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.77%) Police
Job Titles
1 204 (31.43%) Developer
2 179 (27.58%) Senior
3 85 (13.10%) Analyst
4 82 (12.63%) .NET Developer
5 63 (9.71%) Delivery Manager
6 56 (8.63%) Business Analyst
7 50 (7.70%) Senior Developer
8 46 (7.09%) Lead
9 42 (6.47%) Project Manager
10 38 (5.86%) Software Engineer
11 36 (5.55%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 36 (5.55%) Architect
12 35 (5.39%) DevOps Engineer
13 30 (4.62%) Senior DevOps
13 30 (4.62%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 28 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
15 26 (4.01%) Senior Manager
16 22 (3.39%) Senior Business Analyst
17 20 (3.08%) Senior Delivery Manager
18 19 (2.93%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (20.65%) .NET
2 128 (19.72%) React
3 106 (16.33%) Node.js
4 96 (14.79%) .NET Core
5 88 (13.56%) ASP.NET
6 86 (13.25%) ASP.NET Core
7 71 (10.94%) AngularJS
8 63 (9.71%) .NET Framework
9 51 (7.86%) ASP.NET Web API
10 49 (7.55%) Terraform
10 49 (7.55%) Vue
11 46 (7.09%) REST
12 44 (6.78%) RESTful
12 44 (6.78%) Spring
13 34 (5.24%) Blazor
14 33 (5.08%) HTML
15 31 (4.78%) CSS
16 26 (4.01%) Entity Framework
16 26 (4.01%) Spring Boot
17 22 (3.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 113 (17.41%) Product Ownership
2 49 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.47%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.85%) Blog
7 12 (1.85%) Podcast
7 12 (1.85%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.54%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.08%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.92%) NHS
11 6 (0.92%) PMI
12 5 (0.77%) Device Driver
12 5 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.62%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 68 (10.48%) Linux
2 57 (8.78%) Windows
3 35 (5.39%) Unix
4 12 (1.85%) VMS
5 10 (1.54%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 616 (94.92%) Agile
2 219 (33.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 201 (30.97%) DevOps
4 190 (29.28%) CI/CD
5 183 (28.20%) Kanban
6 167 (25.73%) Mentoring
7 158 (24.35%) Microservices
8 141 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
9 123 (18.95%) AI
10 122 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 121 (18.64%) Coaching
12 120 (18.49%) TDD
13 113 (17.41%) Full-Stack Development
14 110 (16.95%) Project Delivery
15 89 (13.71%) Community of Practice
16 80 (12.33%) Software Engineering
17 79 (12.17%) User Stories
18 74 (11.40%) Technology Strategy
18 74 (11.40%) User Experience
19 72 (11.09%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 178 (27.43%) SQL
2 152 (23.42%) C#
3 140 (21.57%) JavaScript
4 102 (15.72%) TypeScript
5 69 (10.63%) Java
6 68 (10.48%) Python
7 29 (4.47%) Bash
8 24 (3.70%) Ruby
9 22 (3.39%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.31%) PL/SQL
11 13 (2.00%) Bicep
12 12 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.69%) C++
14 7 (1.08%) C
14 7 (1.08%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.92%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.92%) SOQL
16 5 (0.77%) Embedded C
17 4 (0.62%) ABAP
17 4 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 149 (22.96%) Security Cleared
2 135 (20.80%) Degree
3 124 (19.11%) SC Cleared
4 45 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 21 (3.24%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.77%) PMP
8 16 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.39%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.23%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.92%) CISSP
13 5 (0.77%) APMP
14 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.62%) CISA
14 4 (0.62%) CSPO
15 3 (0.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 3 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (9.55%) QA
2 25 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 25 (3.85%) GDPR
3 20 (3.08%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.93%) PMO
5 16 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (1.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 8 (1.23%) GRC
9 5 (0.77%) WCAG
10 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.46%) NCSC
12 2 (0.31%) NIST
13 1 (0.15%) GxP
13 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 118 (18.18%) Docker
2 15 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.85%) vSphere
4 4 (0.62%) IAG
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (14.33%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.85%) Ansible
3 11 (1.69%) Argo
4 4 (0.62%) Grafana
4 4 (0.62%) Packer
4 4 (0.62%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 175 (26.96%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.78%) Oracle
3 25 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.31%) Databricks
5 14 (2.16%) Pega
6 13 (2.00%) VMware
7 12 (1.85%) SAP
7 12 (1.85%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.54%) Informatica
10 9 (1.39%) Adobe
10 9 (1.39%) Talend
11 8 (1.23%) Google
11 8 (1.23%) YouTube
12 5 (0.77%) Sage
13 4 (0.62%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.62%) Epicor
13 4 (0.62%) ESRI
13 4 (0.62%) Infor
13 4 (0.62%) Red Hat