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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 65 48
Rank change year-on-year -21 -17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 490 611 1,616
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.91% 4.76% 5.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 5.02% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 324 312 1,362
10th Percentile £40,200 £43,875 £41,525
25th Percentile £51,063 £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 £81,938 £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 14,100 12,183 28,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.68% 94.83% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,815 8,806 23,283
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £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 £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 2 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 23 (4.69%) Confluence
2 8 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.82%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.82%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.82%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.61%) Apache
5 3 (0.61%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.41%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.41%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.22%) Trello
4 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.61%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Maximo
2 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.41%) 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
1 144 (29.39%) Azure
2 120 (24.49%) AWS
3 55 (11.22%) Serverless
4 47 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (8.37%) GCP
6 25 (5.10%) AWS Lambda
6 25 (5.10%) Power Platform
7 23 (4.69%) GitHub
8 22 (4.49%) SaaS
9 21 (4.29%) Entra ID
10 19 (3.88%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.27%) PaaS
12 15 (3.06%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.45%) Azure App Service
14 11 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (2.24%) PowerApps
15 10 (2.04%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.04%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (15.51%) Broadband
2 12 (2.45%) Ethernet
2 12 (2.45%) RS-232
3 6 (1.22%) Firewall
4 4 (0.82%) LAN
4 4 (0.82%) MQTT
4 4 (0.82%) WAN
5 2 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.41%) Network Security
5 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.41%) Wireless
6 1 (0.20%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.96%) NoSQL
2 31 (6.33%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.08%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.65%) Power BI
6 10 (2.04%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.63%) Metadata
7 8 (1.63%) MySQL
8 7 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.22%) Tableau
10 4 (0.82%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.82%) GIS
10 4 (0.82%) QGIS
10 4 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.61%) Power Query
12 2 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.41%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 73 (14.90%) Jenkins
2 68 (13.88%) JIRA
3 54 (11.02%) Git
4 52 (10.61%) GitLab
5 42 (8.57%) SonarQube
6 30 (6.12%) Postman
7 26 (5.31%) SoapUI
8 25 (5.10%) Selenium
9 23 (4.69%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (4.69%) TeamCity
9 23 (4.69%) WebDriver
10 9 (1.84%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.22%) CircleCI
12 5 (1.02%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.82%) JMeter
13 4 (0.82%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.61%) Storybook
15 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
15 2 (0.41%) Serenity BDD
General
1 183 (37.35%) Social Skills
2 105 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 101 (20.61%) Finance
4 75 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (13.06%) Public Sector
6 60 (12.24%) Marketing
7 51 (10.41%) Games
8 48 (9.80%) Law
9 29 (5.92%) Legal
10 19 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (3.27%) Health Technology
12 16 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.86%) Publishing
13 14 (2.86%) Tech for Good
14 13 (2.65%) Banking
15 12 (2.45%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.63%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.22%) Electronics
18 5 (1.02%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 99 (20.20%) Developer
2 98 (20.00%) Senior
3 72 (14.69%) Lead
4 63 (12.86%) Software Engineer
5 60 (12.24%) Architect
6 55 (11.22%) Analyst
7 39 (7.96%) Salesforce Architect
8 32 (6.53%) Business Analyst
9 31 (6.33%) Product Manager
10 29 (5.92%) Lead Developer
11 26 (5.31%) Senior Software Engineer
12 23 (4.69%) .NET Developer
12 23 (4.69%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (4.29%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 21 (4.29%) Software Developer
13 21 (4.29%) Technical Architect
14 19 (3.88%) Product Owner
14 19 (3.88%) Senior Developer
14 19 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (3.47%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (16.94%) .NET
2 72 (14.69%) React
3 67 (13.67%) SOAP
4 59 (12.04%) REST
5 52 (10.61%) RESTful
6 50 (10.20%) HTML
7 45 (9.18%) Lightning Web Components
7 45 (9.18%) Visualforce
8 32 (6.53%) .NET Framework
9 31 (6.33%) Node.js
10 29 (5.92%) CSS
11 24 (4.90%) Akka
11 24 (4.90%) AngularJS
12 20 (4.08%) Web Services
13 19 (3.88%) Entity Framework
14 18 (3.67%) ASP.NET Web API
14 18 (3.67%) Spring
15 16 (3.27%) Spring Boot
16 14 (2.86%) ASP.NET
17 13 (2.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 156 (31.84%) Product Ownership
2 43 (8.78%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.69%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.69%) Video\Live Streaming
4 15 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.65%) Podcast
6 12 (2.45%) Device Driver
7 10 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.84%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.43%) Culture of Ownership
10 6 (1.22%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.02%) PMI
12 4 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.82%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.82%) N-Tier
13 3 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.90%) Linux
2 12 (2.45%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.02%) 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
1 454 (92.65%) Agile
2 185 (37.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 170 (34.69%) DevOps
4 164 (33.47%) CI/CD
5 163 (33.27%) Kanban
6 118 (24.08%) Roadmaps
7 107 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (19.18%) Software Engineering
9 92 (18.78%) Mentoring
10 83 (16.94%) User Stories
11 80 (16.33%) Coaching
12 74 (15.10%) Community of Practice
13 72 (14.69%) Acceptance Criteria
14 70 (14.29%) TDD
15 66 (13.47%) Continuous Integration
16 65 (13.27%) Continuous Delivery
16 65 (13.27%) Microservices
17 62 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
18 60 (12.24%) OO
19 59 (12.04%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 87 (17.76%) SQL
2 72 (14.69%) Java
3 67 (13.67%) C#
4 63 (12.86%) JavaScript
5 58 (11.84%) Python
6 52 (10.61%) TypeScript
7 45 (9.18%) Apex Code
8 41 (8.37%) SOQL
8 41 (8.37%) SOSL
9 23 (4.69%) Scala
10 18 (3.67%) C++
11 14 (2.86%) C
12 12 (2.45%) Embedded C
13 7 (1.43%) Bicep
14 5 (1.02%) Ruby
15 4 (0.82%) Bash
15 4 (0.82%) PHP
15 4 (0.82%) Rust
16 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 113 (23.06%) Degree
2 64 (13.06%) Security Cleared
3 55 (11.22%) SC Cleared
4 31 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (5.10%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.88%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (3.27%) DBS Check
7 16 (3.27%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.65%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.45%) PMP
10 7 (1.43%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.02%) CIPD
12 5 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.82%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.61%) PhD
15 2 (0.41%) CCIE Security
15 2 (0.41%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (15.31%) QA
2 18 (3.67%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.45%) GRC
4 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.02%) PMO
5 4 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.41%) ECSS
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.41%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 65 (13.27%) Docker
2 9 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 61 (12.45%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.35%) Terraform
3 20 (4.08%) Ansible
4 6 (1.22%) Grafana
4 6 (1.22%) Podman
5 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.41%) Argo
6 2 (0.41%) Packer
6 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.20%) Kibana
7 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 64 (13.06%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.82%) Salesforce
3 41 (8.37%) Splunk
4 15 (3.06%) Google
5 12 (2.45%) Oracle
6 9 (1.84%) SAP
7 7 (1.43%) Mercator
8 5 (1.02%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.02%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.82%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.82%) Cisco
9 4 (0.82%) ESRI
9 4 (0.82%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.61%) Foundry
10 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.61%) IBM
11 2 (0.41%) Adobe
11 2 (0.41%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.41%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.41%) Zend