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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 102 54
Rank change year-on-year +18 -48 -18
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 597 557 1,553
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.04% 3.68% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.90% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 423 283 1,270
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £97,528 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,813 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +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 16,117 14,300 30,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.10% 94.60% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,559 8,372 23,726
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 11 June 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 31 (5.19%) Confluence
2 13 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.50%) Apache
4 3 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.50%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.50%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.34%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) DNN
6 1 (0.17%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.17%) Immediacy CMS
6 1 (0.17%) JBoss
6 1 (0.17%) Kentico
6 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.17%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.67%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.67%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.50%) Productboard
5 3 (0.50%) Sketch
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.34%) Trello
7 1 (0.17%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (2.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
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%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 229 (38.36%) Azure
2 189 (31.66%) AWS
3 73 (12.23%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (9.38%) GCP
5 47 (7.87%) Serverless
6 35 (5.86%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.03%) GitHub
8 24 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
8 24 (4.02%) Power Automate
9 23 (3.85%) PowerApps
10 22 (3.69%) Azure AKS
11 21 (3.52%) SaaS
12 17 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (2.85%) GitHub Copilot
13 16 (2.68%) PaaS
14 15 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (2.35%) Azure Functions
16 13 (2.18%) Cloud Functions
17 12 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (2.01%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 76 (12.73%) Broadband
2 15 (2.51%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.51%) RS-232
3 6 (1.01%) Firewall
3 6 (1.01%) VPN
4 5 (0.84%) LAN
4 5 (0.84%) WAN
5 4 (0.67%) MQTT
6 3 (0.50%) Network Security
6 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.50%) Wireless
6 3 (0.50%) WPA
7 2 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.89%) MongoDB
2 40 (6.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 38 (6.37%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (6.20%) Elasticsearch
5 36 (6.03%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.18%) SQL Server
7 18 (3.02%) Metadata
7 18 (3.02%) Power BI
8 10 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.51%) Redis
10 8 (1.34%) MySQL
11 6 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.84%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.67%) Big Data
13 4 (0.67%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.67%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.50%) GIS
14 3 (0.50%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 85 (14.24%) JIRA
2 63 (10.55%) Jenkins
3 55 (9.21%) GitLab
4 48 (8.04%) Git
5 35 (5.86%) SonarQube
6 26 (4.36%) Postman
7 22 (3.69%) Selenium
7 22 (3.69%) TeamCity
8 21 (3.52%) SoapUI
9 19 (3.18%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (2.51%) Cypress.io
10 15 (2.51%) WebDriver
11 12 (2.01%) CircleCI
12 10 (1.68%) JUnit
13 9 (1.51%) Maven
13 9 (1.51%) Mockito
14 6 (1.01%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.01%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.84%) JMeter
15 5 (0.84%) NUnit
General
1 189 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 125 (20.94%) Finance
3 121 (20.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (13.57%) Public Sector
5 76 (12.73%) Law
6 66 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
7 47 (7.87%) Games
8 45 (7.54%) Marketing
9 30 (5.03%) Legal
10 23 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (2.35%) Legal Technology
12 10 (1.68%) Banking
13 8 (1.34%) Advertising
13 8 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.34%) Retail
14 7 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.01%) Health Technology
15 6 (1.01%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.84%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 142 (23.79%) Senior
2 132 (22.11%) Developer
3 70 (11.73%) Software Engineer
4 68 (11.39%) Architect
5 67 (11.22%) Analyst
6 59 (9.88%) Lead
7 47 (7.87%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (7.37%) Business Analyst
9 41 (6.87%) .NET Developer
10 33 (5.53%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (5.36%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 30 (5.03%) Senior Developer
13 27 (4.52%) Product Manager
14 26 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
15 25 (4.19%) Senior Analyst
15 25 (4.19%) Senior Software Engineer
16 24 (4.02%) Senior Manager
17 20 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
17 20 (3.35%) Lead Software Engineer
18 19 (3.18%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (18.43%) React
2 100 (16.75%) .NET
3 71 (11.89%) Node.js
4 62 (10.39%) REST
5 56 (9.38%) SOAP
6 49 (8.21%) HTML
7 44 (7.37%) ASP.NET
7 44 (7.37%) RESTful
8 41 (6.87%) Lightning Web Components
9 40 (6.70%) ASP.NET Core
10 39 (6.53%) AngularJS
11 38 (6.37%) .NET Core
11 38 (6.37%) Visualforce
12 33 (5.53%) .NET Framework
12 33 (5.53%) Spring
13 27 (4.52%) ASP.NET Web API
13 27 (4.52%) Vue
14 26 (4.36%) CSS
15 25 (4.19%) Web Services
16 22 (3.69%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 169 (28.31%) Product Ownership
2 59 (9.88%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.69%) Over-the-Top Content
3 22 (3.69%) Video\Live Streaming
4 18 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.85%) Podcast
6 15 (2.51%) Device Driver
7 14 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.18%) e-Learning
9 10 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.17%) Culture of Ownership
12 6 (1.01%) PMI
13 5 (0.84%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.84%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.84%) Housing Association
14 4 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.67%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.71%) Linux
2 18 (3.02%) Windows
3 17 (2.85%) Unix
4 15 (2.51%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.01%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.67%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Debian
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (93.30%) Agile
2 223 (37.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 204 (34.17%) DevOps
4 198 (33.17%) Kanban
5 185 (30.99%) CI/CD
6 117 (19.60%) Mentoring
7 114 (19.10%) Roadmaps
8 113 (18.93%) Microservices
9 109 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (17.09%) Software Engineering
11 99 (16.58%) Full-Stack Development
12 93 (15.58%) Coaching
13 92 (15.41%) TDD
14 83 (13.90%) Community of Practice
15 81 (13.57%) User Stories
16 78 (13.07%) AI
17 75 (12.56%) Stakeholder Management
18 70 (11.73%) Acceptance Criteria
19 68 (11.39%) Test Automation
20 67 (11.22%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 120 (20.10%) SQL
2 108 (18.09%) JavaScript
3 101 (16.92%) C#
4 87 (14.57%) Java
5 78 (13.07%) TypeScript
6 61 (10.22%) Python
7 38 (6.37%) Apex Code
8 34 (5.70%) SOQL
8 34 (5.70%) SOSL
9 22 (3.69%) Scala
10 19 (3.18%) C++
11 15 (2.51%) C
11 15 (2.51%) Embedded C
12 14 (2.35%) Bash
12 14 (2.35%) Ruby
13 12 (2.01%) Bicep
14 10 (1.68%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.68%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (21.61%) Degree
2 82 (13.74%) Security Cleared
3 72 (12.06%) SC Cleared
4 43 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.35%) DBS Check
6 18 (3.02%) ISTQB
7 17 (2.85%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.35%) Azure Certification
9 13 (2.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 12 (2.01%) PMP
11 6 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.84%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.84%) CIPD
12 5 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.50%) CCIE
13 3 (0.50%) CCNP
13 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.50%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (12.90%) QA
2 22 (3.69%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.01%) GRC
4 10 (1.68%) PMO
5 7 (1.17%) GDPR
6 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.50%) WCAG
9 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) P3O
System Software
1 107 (17.92%) Docker
2 6 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 83 (13.90%) Kubernetes
2 52 (8.71%) Terraform
3 17 (2.85%) Ansible
4 14 (2.35%) Argo
5 12 (2.01%) Podman
6 5 (0.84%) Grafana
7 4 (0.67%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.34%) Packer
8 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 103 (17.25%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.54%) Salesforce
3 34 (5.70%) Splunk
4 21 (3.52%) Oracle
5 16 (2.68%) Google
6 10 (1.68%) Databricks
7 6 (1.01%) SAP
7 6 (1.01%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.84%) Cisco
8 5 (0.84%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.67%) Adobe
9 4 (0.67%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.67%) ScienceLogic
9 4 (0.67%) VMware
10 3 (0.50%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.50%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.50%) ESRI
10 3 (0.50%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.50%) Foundry
11 2 (0.34%) Infor