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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 65 48
Rank change year-on-year -29 -17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 482 660 1,612
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.82% 4.92% 5.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 5.17% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 317 314 1,359
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,468 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +11.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £74,615
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £89,041
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 14,496 12,767 28,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.79% 95.16% 91.97%
Number of salaries quoted 9,559 8,815 23,028
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,772
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% -11.29%

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 22 March 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 (5.19%) Confluence
2 8 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.83%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.83%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.83%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.62%) Apache
5 3 (0.62%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.41%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.41%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.24%) Trello
4 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.62%) Maximo
2 3 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.41%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.21%) Primavera
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 137 (28.42%) Azure
2 111 (23.03%) AWS
3 53 (11.00%) Serverless
4 46 (9.54%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (7.68%) GCP
6 26 (5.39%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.98%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (4.98%) SaaS
8 23 (4.77%) GitHub
9 19 (3.94%) Entra ID
10 18 (3.73%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.32%) PaaS
12 15 (3.11%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.49%) Azure App Service
13 12 (2.49%) PowerApps
14 10 (2.07%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.07%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (15.77%) Broadband
2 11 (2.28%) Ethernet
2 11 (2.28%) RS-232
3 5 (1.04%) Firewall
4 4 (0.83%) MQTT
5 3 (0.62%) LAN
5 3 (0.62%) WAN
6 2 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.41%) VPN
7 1 (0.21%) AMQP
7 1 (0.21%) Network Security
7 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.68%) SQL Server
2 36 (7.47%) NoSQL
3 22 (4.56%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (3.11%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.70%) Power BI
7 9 (1.87%) MySQL
8 7 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.45%) Metadata
9 6 (1.24%) Tableau
10 4 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.83%) GIS
10 4 (0.83%) QGIS
10 4 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.62%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.62%) Power Query
12 2 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.41%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 71 (14.73%) Jenkins
2 69 (14.32%) JIRA
3 51 (10.58%) Git
3 51 (10.58%) GitLab
4 41 (8.51%) SonarQube
5 31 (6.43%) Postman
6 28 (5.81%) SoapUI
7 27 (5.60%) Selenium
8 25 (5.19%) WebDriver
9 24 (4.98%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (4.77%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.87%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.24%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.04%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.83%) JMeter
14 4 (0.83%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.62%) Storybook
16 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
16 2 (0.41%) Serenity BDD
General
1 178 (36.93%) Social Skills
2 99 (20.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 98 (20.33%) Finance
4 75 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (12.66%) Public Sector
6 60 (12.45%) Marketing
7 48 (9.96%) Games
8 41 (8.51%) Law
9 25 (5.19%) Legal
10 18 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.32%) Health Technology
11 16 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (3.11%) Tech for Good
13 14 (2.90%) Publishing
14 11 (2.28%) Banking
14 11 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.87%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.24%) Electronics
17 5 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 105 (21.78%) Developer
2 97 (20.12%) Senior
3 71 (14.73%) Lead
4 60 (12.45%) Software Engineer
5 58 (12.03%) Architect
6 53 (11.00%) Analyst
7 39 (8.09%) Salesforce Architect
8 31 (6.43%) Business Analyst
9 28 (5.81%) .NET Developer
9 28 (5.81%) Lead Developer
10 27 (5.60%) Product Manager
11 25 (5.19%) Senior Software Engineer
12 21 (4.36%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (4.36%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 21 (4.36%) Technical Architect
13 20 (4.15%) Senior Developer
13 20 (4.15%) Software Developer
14 19 (3.94%) Product Owner
15 18 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.32%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (18.67%) .NET
2 71 (14.73%) SOAP
3 66 (13.69%) React
4 58 (12.03%) REST
5 51 (10.58%) HTML
5 51 (10.58%) RESTful
6 45 (9.34%) Lightning Web Components
6 45 (9.34%) Visualforce
7 34 (7.05%) .NET Framework
8 29 (6.02%) CSS
8 29 (6.02%) Node.js
9 28 (5.81%) Akka
10 23 (4.77%) ASP.NET Web API
11 21 (4.36%) Entity Framework
12 20 (4.15%) AngularJS
13 19 (3.94%) .NET Core
14 16 (3.32%) Web Services
15 15 (3.11%) Spring
16 14 (2.90%) ASP.NET
16 14 (2.90%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 144 (29.88%) Product Ownership
2 37 (7.68%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.77%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.77%) Video\Live Streaming
4 13 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (2.70%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.28%) Device Driver
5 11 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.87%) Podcast
7 7 (1.45%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.24%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.04%) Culture of Ownership
9 5 (1.04%) PMI
10 4 (0.83%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.83%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.56%) Linux
2 11 (2.28%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.04%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.62%) Unix
5 2 (0.41%) VMS
6 1 (0.21%) CentOS
6 1 (0.21%) Debian
6 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (91.91%) Agile
2 180 (37.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 165 (34.23%) DevOps
4 160 (33.20%) CI/CD
5 157 (32.57%) Kanban
6 112 (23.24%) Roadmaps
7 101 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (19.92%) Mentoring
9 88 (18.26%) Software Engineering
10 84 (17.43%) User Stories
11 71 (14.73%) Community of Practice
12 70 (14.52%) Acceptance Criteria
12 70 (14.52%) Coaching
13 68 (14.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 68 (14.11%) TDD
14 65 (13.49%) Continuous Delivery
14 65 (13.49%) Continuous Integration
15 64 (13.28%) Microservices
16 61 (12.66%) OO
17 56 (11.62%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 88 (18.26%) SQL
2 74 (15.35%) C#
3 70 (14.52%) Java
4 61 (12.66%) JavaScript
5 52 (10.79%) Python
6 48 (9.96%) TypeScript
7 45 (9.34%) Apex Code
8 41 (8.51%) SOQL
8 41 (8.51%) SOSL
9 23 (4.77%) Scala
10 17 (3.53%) C++
11 13 (2.70%) C
12 11 (2.28%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.04%) Bicep
13 5 (1.04%) Ruby
14 4 (0.83%) Bash
14 4 (0.83%) PHP
14 4 (0.83%) Rust
15 3 (0.62%) Erlang
16 2 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 114 (23.65%) Degree
2 60 (12.45%) Security Cleared
3 51 (10.58%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.02%) ISTQB
5 27 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (4.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (3.32%) Master's Degree
7 16 (3.32%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.90%) DBS Check
9 13 (2.70%) PMP
10 7 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.04%) CIPD
13 3 (0.62%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.62%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.62%) PhD
14 2 (0.41%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (15.77%) QA
2 17 (3.53%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.87%) GRC
4 6 (1.24%) PMO
5 3 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.41%) ECSS
6 2 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.41%) WCAG
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 63 (13.07%) Docker
2 10 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (12.03%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.43%) Terraform
3 17 (3.53%) Ansible
4 6 (1.24%) Grafana
4 6 (1.24%) Podman
5 5 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.41%) Argo
6 2 (0.41%) Packer
6 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 66 (13.69%) Microsoft
2 54 (11.20%) Salesforce
3 41 (8.51%) Splunk
4 16 (3.32%) Google
5 12 (2.49%) Oracle
6 10 (2.07%) SAP
7 8 (1.66%) Mercator
8 7 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.04%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.83%) ESRI
11 3 (0.62%) Cisco
11 3 (0.62%) Foundry
11 3 (0.62%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.62%) IBM
11 3 (0.62%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.41%) Adobe
12 2 (0.41%) PagerDuty
12 2 (0.41%) SendGrid
12 2 (0.41%) Zend