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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 101 74
Rank change year-on-year +22 -27 -35
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 707 585 990
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 3.54% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 3.81% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 537 325 754
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,474
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,118 £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 £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,654 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% +9.42% -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 18,117 15,366 23,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 93.09% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,146 9,081 17,628
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
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 27 July 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 47 (6.65%) Confluence
2 12 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.85%) Apache
5 5 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.42%) CMS
6 3 (0.42%) DNN
6 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Kentico
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%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.28%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.13%) Trello
4 6 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.57%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.42%) Productboard
6 3 (0.42%) Sketch
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.42%) Shopify
3 2 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 325 (45.97%) Azure
2 273 (38.61%) AWS
3 101 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 69 (9.76%) GCP
5 58 (8.20%) GitHub
6 52 (7.36%) Serverless
7 39 (5.52%) GitHub Copilot
8 36 (5.09%) Power Platform
9 26 (3.68%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.68%) SaaS
10 23 (3.25%) Azure Service Bus
11 22 (3.11%) PaaS
11 22 (3.11%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.83%) Azure Functions
13 19 (2.69%) Azure AKS
13 19 (2.69%) Azure Key Vault
14 18 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 48 (6.79%) Broadband
2 14 (1.98%) Ethernet
2 14 (1.98%) RS-232
2 14 (1.98%) VPN
3 9 (1.27%) Firewall
4 5 (0.71%) LAN
4 5 (0.71%) WAN
5 4 (0.57%) MQTT
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
7 2 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (17.40%) MongoDB
2 94 (13.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (11.88%) Elasticsearch
4 50 (7.07%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (5.52%) NoSQL
6 23 (3.25%) SQL Server
7 22 (3.11%) Metadata
8 20 (2.83%) Power BI
9 18 (2.55%) MySQL
10 15 (2.12%) Redis
11 14 (1.98%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.27%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.85%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.57%) Star Schema
17 3 (0.42%) Big Data
18 2 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 95 (13.44%) JIRA
2 61 (8.63%) Git
3 50 (7.07%) GitLab
4 35 (4.95%) Jenkins
5 31 (4.38%) SonarQube
6 15 (2.12%) Cypress.io
7 13 (1.84%) JUnit
8 12 (1.70%) CircleCI
8 12 (1.70%) Maven
8 12 (1.70%) Mockito
9 9 (1.27%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.99%) Postman
11 6 (0.85%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.71%) Selenium
13 4 (0.57%) NUnit
13 4 (0.57%) SoapUI
13 4 (0.57%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
14 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
15 2 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 212 (29.99%) Social Skills
2 162 (22.91%) Finance
3 140 (19.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (17.54%) Public Sector
5 113 (15.98%) Law
6 80 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (6.08%) Games
8 40 (5.66%) Marketing
9 34 (4.81%) Legal
10 26 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.12%) Retail
12 13 (1.84%) Legal Technology
13 9 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.13%) Advertising
14 8 (1.13%) Banking
14 8 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.85%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.85%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.57%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 196 (27.72%) Developer
2 165 (23.34%) Senior
3 88 (12.45%) Analyst
4 86 (12.16%) .NET Developer
5 68 (9.62%) Architect
6 59 (8.35%) Software Engineer
7 58 (8.20%) Business Analyst
8 56 (7.92%) Delivery Manager
9 54 (7.64%) Lead
10 42 (5.94%) Senior Developer
11 38 (5.37%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 35 (4.95%) Senior Analyst
13 33 (4.67%) Project Manager
14 32 (4.53%) DevOps Engineer
15 29 (4.10%) Senior DevOps
15 29 (4.10%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 28 (3.96%) Salesforce Architect
16 28 (3.96%) Senior Business Analyst
17 27 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
18 25 (3.54%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (21.07%) React
2 135 (19.09%) .NET
3 124 (17.54%) Node.js
4 92 (13.01%) ASP.NET
5 87 (12.31%) .NET Core
5 87 (12.31%) ASP.NET Core
6 71 (10.04%) AngularJS
7 65 (9.19%) .NET Framework
8 63 (8.91%) REST
9 54 (7.64%) ASP.NET Web API
9 54 (7.64%) Vue
10 53 (7.50%) RESTful
11 42 (5.94%) HTML
12 37 (5.23%) Lightning Web Components
13 36 (5.09%) Spring
14 35 (4.95%) CSS
15 34 (4.81%) SOAP
16 33 (4.67%) Blazor
16 33 (4.67%) Visualforce
17 25 (3.54%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 169 (23.90%) Product Ownership
2 61 (8.63%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.54%) Podcast
4 23 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.98%) Device Driver
7 13 (1.84%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 10 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.41%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.27%) PMI
10 9 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.99%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.99%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.85%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.71%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.71%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.19%) Linux
2 41 (5.80%) Windows
3 28 (3.96%) Unix
4 14 (1.98%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.70%) VMS
6 8 (1.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 663 (93.78%) Agile
2 247 (34.94%) DevOps
3 241 (34.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 221 (31.26%) CI/CD
5 215 (30.41%) Kanban
6 172 (24.33%) Microservices
7 143 (20.23%) Full-Stack Development
7 143 (20.23%) Mentoring
8 127 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
9 124 (17.54%) Coaching
10 119 (16.83%) AI
11 113 (15.98%) TDD
12 110 (15.56%) Roadmaps
13 104 (14.71%) Project Delivery
13 104 (14.71%) Software Engineering
14 101 (14.29%) Community of Practice
15 100 (14.14%) User Stories
16 89 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 85 (12.02%) Test Automation
18 80 (11.32%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 174 (24.61%) SQL
2 153 (21.64%) JavaScript
3 140 (19.80%) C#
4 110 (15.56%) TypeScript
5 74 (10.47%) Java
6 70 (9.90%) Python
7 34 (4.81%) Apex Code
8 30 (4.24%) SOQL
9 29 (4.10%) SOSL
10 25 (3.54%) Bash
10 25 (3.54%) Ruby
11 20 (2.83%) Bicep
11 20 (2.83%) PowerShell
12 19 (2.69%) C++
13 16 (2.26%) C
14 14 (1.98%) Embedded C
15 13 (1.84%) PL/SQL
16 12 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
17 7 (0.99%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.57%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 132 (18.67%) Degree
2 115 (16.27%) Security Cleared
3 101 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 51 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.68%) Azure Certification
5 26 (3.68%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.69%) PMP
7 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.56%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.41%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.99%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.99%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.71%) CIPD
12 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.42%) CCIE Security
13 3 (0.42%) CSPO
13 3 (0.42%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.42%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.61%) QA
2 25 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.98%) PMO
4 13 (1.84%) GRC
5 11 (1.56%) GDPR
5 11 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (0.99%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.71%) WCAG
9 4 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 123 (17.40%) Docker
2 12 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (12.16%) Kubernetes
2 60 (8.49%) Terraform
3 14 (1.98%) Ansible
3 14 (1.98%) Argo
4 12 (1.70%) Podman
5 5 (0.71%) Grafana
6 4 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.28%) Packer
7 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.14%) Kibana
8 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 161 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.36%) Salesforce
3 29 (4.10%) Splunk
4 25 (3.54%) Oracle
5 16 (2.26%) Google
6 14 (1.98%) Databricks
6 14 (1.98%) Pega
7 12 (1.70%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.70%) VMware
8 10 (1.41%) SAP
9 6 (0.85%) Infor
10 5 (0.71%) Adobe
10 5 (0.71%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.71%) Cisco
10 5 (0.71%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.57%) Epicor
11 4 (0.57%) IFS
11 4 (0.57%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.42%) Alterian
12 3 (0.42%) CheckPoint