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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 58 42
Rank change year-on-year -40 -16 -11
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 428 816 1,602
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 5.20% 5.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 5.49% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 301 322 1,366
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £51,938 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -9.91%

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 13,929 14,866 25,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.27% 94.76% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,007 8,893 21,194
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,549
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.09% -7.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,700 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 13 February 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 25 (5.84%) Confluence
2 8 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.93%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.93%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.93%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.70%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.47%) Apache
6 2 (0.47%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.17%) Trello
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.47%) Sketch
6 1 (0.23%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) Maximo
2 3 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.47%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.23%) Magento
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.23%) Primavera
4 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 142 (33.18%) Azure
2 97 (22.66%) AWS
3 51 (11.92%) Serverless
4 47 (10.98%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (7.24%) SaaS
6 30 (7.01%) GitHub
7 27 (6.31%) Power Platform
8 22 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (5.14%) GCP
9 17 (3.97%) Amazon S3
9 17 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (3.97%) PaaS
10 15 (3.50%) Entra ID
11 14 (3.27%) Amazon SQS
11 14 (3.27%) Azure App Service
12 13 (3.04%) PowerApps
13 11 (2.57%) Power Automate
14 10 (2.34%) Azure Functions
15 9 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (2.10%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 54 (12.62%) Broadband
2 6 (1.40%) Ethernet
2 6 (1.40%) RS-232
3 2 (0.47%) Firewall
3 2 (0.47%) MQTT
4 1 (0.23%) AMQP
4 1 (0.23%) GPRS
4 1 (0.23%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) LTE
4 1 (0.23%) Modbus
4 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (10.28%) SQL Server
2 28 (6.54%) NoSQL
3 24 (5.61%) MongoDB
4 21 (4.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (4.44%) Relational Database
6 18 (4.21%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (2.80%) Power BI
9 10 (2.34%) MySQL
10 9 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.64%) Metadata
11 7 (1.64%) Tableau
12 5 (1.17%) GIS
13 4 (0.93%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.93%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.93%) QGIS
13 4 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (0.70%) Power Query
15 2 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.47%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 72 (16.82%) JIRA
2 59 (13.79%) Jenkins
3 57 (13.32%) Git
4 37 (8.64%) GitLab
4 37 (8.64%) Postman
5 33 (7.71%) Selenium
6 31 (7.24%) SoapUI
7 29 (6.78%) WebDriver
8 28 (6.54%) SonarQube
8 28 (6.54%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (5.37%) TeamCity
10 6 (1.40%) JMeter
10 6 (1.40%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.93%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.70%) Storybook
13 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.47%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.47%) Serenity BDD
13 2 (0.47%) Vagrant
General
1 161 (37.62%) Social Skills
2 93 (21.73%) Finance
3 66 (15.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 56 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (12.38%) Public Sector
6 48 (11.21%) Marketing
7 37 (8.64%) Games
8 22 (5.14%) Law
9 20 (4.67%) Tech for Good
10 18 (4.21%) Health Technology
10 18 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.74%) Publishing
12 11 (2.57%) Legal
12 11 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.57%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.64%) Banking
15 6 (1.40%) Electronics
16 5 (1.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 119 (27.80%) Developer
2 81 (18.93%) Senior
3 69 (16.12%) Lead
4 48 (11.21%) Software Engineer
5 43 (10.05%) Analyst
6 42 (9.81%) Architect
7 36 (8.41%) .NET Developer
8 30 (7.01%) Lead Developer
9 26 (6.07%) Salesforce Architect
10 23 (5.37%) Senior Developer
11 22 (5.14%) React Developer
11 22 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
12 20 (4.67%) Business Analyst
13 19 (4.44%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (4.44%) Python Developer
14 18 (4.21%) Scrum Master
14 18 (4.21%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.97%) Test Analyst
16 16 (3.74%) AWS Developer
17 15 (3.50%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (23.60%) .NET
2 70 (16.36%) React
3 65 (15.19%) SOAP
4 53 (12.38%) RESTful
5 49 (11.45%) HTML
6 47 (10.98%) REST
7 37 (8.64%) .NET Framework
8 31 (7.24%) ASP.NET Web API
8 31 (7.24%) Node.js
9 29 (6.78%) Entity Framework
9 29 (6.78%) Lightning Web Components
9 29 (6.78%) Visualforce
10 28 (6.54%) Akka
11 26 (6.07%) .NET Core
12 23 (5.37%) AngularJS
12 23 (5.37%) CSS
13 20 (4.67%) Vue
13 20 (4.67%) Web Services
14 16 (3.74%) ASP.NET
15 13 (3.04%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 103 (24.07%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.84%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.37%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (5.37%) Video\Live Streaming
4 11 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.10%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.87%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.64%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.40%) Device Driver
8 6 (1.40%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.93%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.93%) PMI
10 3 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.70%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.70%) Social Media
11 2 (0.47%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.21%) Linux
2 6 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.17%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.70%) Android
4 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.70%) Unix
5 2 (0.47%) VMS
6 1 (0.23%) CentOS
6 1 (0.23%) Debian
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (92.99%) Agile
2 150 (35.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 146 (34.11%) DevOps
3 146 (34.11%) Kanban
4 137 (32.01%) CI/CD
5 97 (22.66%) Mentoring
6 90 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
7 84 (19.63%) Roadmaps
8 74 (17.29%) Software Engineering
9 71 (16.59%) TDD
10 64 (14.95%) Microservices
11 63 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (14.49%) Acceptance Criteria
13 61 (14.25%) User Stories
14 55 (12.85%) Coaching
15 54 (12.62%) Continuous Integration
15 54 (12.62%) Full-Stack Development
16 50 (11.68%) Project Delivery
17 49 (11.45%) Software Testing
18 48 (11.21%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 104 (24.30%) SQL
2 89 (20.79%) C#
3 70 (16.36%) Java
4 63 (14.72%) TypeScript
5 60 (14.02%) JavaScript
6 52 (12.15%) Python
7 29 (6.78%) Apex Code
8 28 (6.54%) SOQL
8 28 (6.54%) SOSL
9 24 (5.61%) Scala
10 13 (3.04%) C++
11 9 (2.10%) C
12 6 (1.40%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.17%) Bash
14 3 (0.70%) Erlang
14 3 (0.70%) Groovy
14 3 (0.70%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.70%) PHP
14 3 (0.70%) Swift
14 3 (0.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 97 (22.66%) Degree
2 47 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 37 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.18%) ISTQB
5 26 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (5.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 19 (4.44%) Master's Degree
8 13 (3.04%) DBS Check
9 11 (2.57%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.87%) PMP
12 7 (1.64%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.70%) IBM Certification
16 2 (0.47%) AWS Certification
16 2 (0.47%) CBAP
16 2 (0.47%) IIBA
16 2 (0.47%) SAFe Agilist
16 2 (0.47%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (19.39%) QA
2 14 (3.27%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.93%) PMO
3 4 (0.93%) WCAG
4 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.47%) ECSS
5 2 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.23%) GDPR
6 1 (0.23%) GRC
6 1 (0.23%) IFRS
6 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 52 (12.15%) Docker
2 13 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 51 (11.92%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.67%) Terraform
3 15 (3.50%) Ansible
4 3 (0.70%) Grafana
4 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.47%) Argo
5 2 (0.47%) Packer
5 2 (0.47%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 75 (17.52%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.64%) Salesforce
3 28 (6.54%) Splunk
4 11 (2.57%) Oracle
4 11 (2.57%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.34%) Google
5 10 (2.34%) SAP
6 9 (2.10%) Mercator
7 5 (1.17%) ESRI
7 5 (1.17%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.70%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.70%) DevExpress
8 3 (0.70%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.70%) IBM
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe
9 2 (0.47%) Foundry
9 2 (0.47%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.47%) Pega
9 2 (0.47%) SendGrid
9 2 (0.47%) Zend