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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 58 52
Rank change year-on-year -37 -6 -28
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 418 923 1,159
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.73% 4.84% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 5.32% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 327 390 952
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,231 £41,775
25th Percentile £50,875 £48,813 £49,040
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,304 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £77,500 £77,786
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and 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 13,806 17,362 19,370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 91.08% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,722 10,500 15,642
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,426
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 4 December 2025.

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 27 (6.46%) Confluence
2 6 (1.44%) CMS
2 6 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.96%) Apache
5 3 (0.72%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.72%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.24%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.67%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.44%) Trello
4 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.48%) Sketch
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Magento
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) Shopify
3 2 (0.48%) Maximo
3 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.24%) Primavera
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 155 (37.08%) Azure
2 104 (24.88%) AWS
3 69 (16.51%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (12.44%) Serverless
5 42 (10.05%) SaaS
6 37 (8.85%) Power Platform
7 34 (8.13%) AWS Lambda
8 33 (7.89%) GitHub
9 25 (5.98%) Power Automate
10 21 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (4.55%) Amazon S3
11 19 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (4.07%) PaaS
13 16 (3.83%) GCP
14 15 (3.59%) Azure App Service
15 14 (3.35%) Entra ID
16 13 (3.11%) Amazon SQS
17 10 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
17 10 (2.39%) Snowflake
18 9 (2.15%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.07%) Broadband
2 4 (0.96%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.72%) RS-232
4 2 (0.48%) DNS
4 2 (0.48%) Firewall
4 2 (0.48%) GPRS
4 2 (0.48%) HTTP
4 2 (0.48%) LTE
4 2 (0.48%) Modbus
4 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.48%) VPN
4 2 (0.48%) Wireless
5 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 38 (9.09%) MongoDB
3 35 (8.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 33 (7.89%) Elasticsearch
5 24 (5.74%) NoSQL
6 23 (5.50%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.83%) MySQL
8 15 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (3.35%) DynamoDB
10 13 (3.11%) Power BI
11 7 (1.67%) Tableau
12 5 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.20%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.96%) GIS
13 4 (0.96%) Redis
14 3 (0.72%) Metadata
14 3 (0.72%) QGIS
14 3 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 72 (17.22%) JIRA
2 61 (14.59%) Git
3 31 (7.42%) Selenium
4 28 (6.70%) Postman
5 24 (5.74%) Team Foundation Server
6 23 (5.50%) GitLab
6 23 (5.50%) Jenkins
7 21 (5.02%) SoapUI
7 21 (5.02%) WebDriver
8 19 (4.55%) SonarQube
9 9 (2.15%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.44%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.96%) JMeter
12 3 (0.72%) Maven
12 3 (0.72%) Subversion
12 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.48%) LoadRunner
13 2 (0.48%) SpecFlow
14 1 (0.24%) Gradle
General
1 143 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 107 (25.60%) Finance
3 57 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (12.20%) Marketing
5 48 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (11.24%) Public Sector
7 29 (6.94%) Tech for Good
8 28 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (5.98%) Health Technology
9 25 (5.98%) Publishing
10 23 (5.50%) Law
11 22 (5.26%) Games
12 20 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (3.83%) Retail
15 9 (2.15%) Front Office
15 9 (2.15%) Legal
15 9 (2.15%) Manufacturing
15 9 (2.15%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.20%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 130 (31.10%) Developer
2 68 (16.27%) Senior
3 66 (15.79%) Lead
4 53 (12.68%) Analyst
5 51 (12.20%) .NET Developer
6 29 (6.94%) Senior Developer
7 28 (6.70%) Python Developer
8 27 (6.46%) Lead Developer
9 25 (5.98%) React Developer
10 23 (5.50%) Architect
10 23 (5.50%) Software Engineer
11 21 (5.02%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (4.78%) AWS Developer
12 20 (4.78%) Business Analyst
12 20 (4.78%) Project Manager
13 18 (4.31%) Consultant
13 18 (4.31%) Software Developer
14 17 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
14 17 (4.07%) Test Analyst
15 15 (3.59%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (27.51%) .NET
2 86 (20.57%) React
3 60 (14.35%) RESTful
4 50 (11.96%) HTML
5 48 (11.48%) .NET Framework
6 46 (11.00%) SOAP
7 45 (10.77%) ASP.NET Web API
8 42 (10.05%) Entity Framework
9 41 (9.81%) .NET Core
9 41 (9.81%) Node.js
10 38 (9.09%) AngularJS
11 36 (8.61%) REST
12 35 (8.37%) Vue
13 32 (7.66%) CSS
14 25 (5.98%) ASP.NET
15 21 (5.02%) ASP.NET MVC
16 17 (4.07%) Web Services
17 15 (3.59%) Lightning Web Components
17 15 (3.59%) Swagger
17 15 (3.59%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 66 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 26 (6.22%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.78%) Cloud Native
4 12 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.91%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.20%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.96%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.96%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.72%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.72%) Device Driver
9 3 (0.72%) IoT
9 3 (0.72%) Legacy Code
9 3 (0.72%) PMI
9 3 (0.72%) Replication
9 3 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.35%) Linux
2 4 (0.96%) Windows
3 3 (0.72%) Android
3 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.48%) VMS
5 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (94.26%) Agile
2 144 (34.45%) DevOps
3 130 (31.10%) CI/CD
4 116 (27.75%) Kanban
5 113 (27.03%) Mentoring
6 104 (24.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
8 71 (16.99%) Microservices
9 70 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 64 (15.31%) Full-Stack Development
11 60 (14.35%) Project Management
11 60 (14.35%) TDD
12 59 (14.11%) Project Delivery
13 58 (13.88%) Roadmaps
14 56 (13.40%) Software Engineering
15 55 (13.16%) User Stories
16 54 (12.92%) Software Testing
17 52 (12.44%) Continuous Integration
18 44 (10.53%) Clean Code
19 43 (10.29%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 120 (28.71%) SQL
2 101 (24.16%) C#
3 83 (19.86%) JavaScript
4 69 (16.51%) TypeScript
5 56 (13.40%) Python
6 49 (11.72%) Java
7 15 (3.59%) Apex Code
7 15 (3.59%) SOQL
7 15 (3.59%) SOSL
8 8 (1.91%) VB.NET
9 7 (1.67%) C++
10 6 (1.44%) C
11 5 (1.20%) Bash
12 4 (0.96%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.72%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.72%) Erlang
13 3 (0.72%) Groovy
13 3 (0.72%) Scala
13 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 94 (22.49%) Degree
2 35 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (8.13%) Security Cleared
4 31 (7.42%) ISTQB
5 24 (5.74%) SC Cleared
6 22 (5.26%) Master's Degree
7 19 (4.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 9 (2.15%) PMI Certification
8 9 (2.15%) PMP
9 7 (1.67%) APMG
9 7 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.72%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.72%) ISEB
14 2 (0.48%) CISSP
14 2 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (23.21%) QA
2 15 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.20%) PMO
3 5 (1.20%) SLA
4 4 (0.96%) GDPR
4 4 (0.96%) WCAG
5 3 (0.72%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.48%) ECSS
6 2 (0.48%) GxP
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) HL7
7 1 (0.24%) IFRS
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (6.70%) Docker
2 12 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (5.02%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.31%) Terraform
3 12 (2.87%) Ansible
4 4 (0.96%) Grafana
5 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.48%) Argo
7 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 106 (25.36%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.02%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.59%) Splunk
4 10 (2.39%) SAP
4 10 (2.39%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.15%) Mercator
6 8 (1.91%) DevExpress
7 7 (1.67%) Google
7 7 (1.67%) Oracle
8 5 (1.20%) Guidewire
9 4 (0.96%) Adobe
9 4 (0.96%) Databricks
9 4 (0.96%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.96%) ESRI
9 4 (0.96%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.48%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.48%) IBM
10 2 (0.48%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.48%) Pega
10 2 (0.48%) Zend