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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 78 49
Rank change year-on-year -8 -29 -15
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 502 524 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.87% 4.00% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 4.22% 5.53%
Number of salaries quoted 337 318 1,354
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,675 £41,998
25th Percentile £51,250 £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 £78,500 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £89,712
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 14,527 12,420 29,443
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.14% 94.78% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,146 8,885 23,513
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

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 15 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 26 (5.18%) Confluence
2 10 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.80%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.80%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.80%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.60%) Apache
5 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.40%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.40%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.00%) Trello
4 4 (0.80%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.40%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.40%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.40%) Maximo
2 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.40%) Shopify
3 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
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
1 149 (29.68%) Azure
2 128 (25.50%) AWS
3 53 (10.56%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (10.36%) Serverless
5 47 (9.36%) GCP
6 25 (4.98%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (4.78%) Power Platform
8 22 (4.38%) SaaS
9 21 (4.18%) GitHub
10 20 (3.98%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.98%) Entra ID
11 15 (2.99%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (2.79%) Cloud Functions
12 14 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.79%) PaaS
13 13 (2.59%) Azure AKS
14 12 (2.39%) Cloud Run
14 12 (2.39%) Power Automate
14 12 (2.39%) PowerApps
15 11 (2.19%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 77 (15.34%) Broadband
2 14 (2.79%) Ethernet
2 14 (2.79%) RS-232
3 6 (1.20%) Firewall
4 4 (0.80%) LAN
4 4 (0.80%) MQTT
4 4 (0.80%) WAN
5 2 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.40%) Network Security
5 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.40%) Wireless
6 1 (0.20%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.76%) NoSQL
2 29 (5.78%) SQL Server
3 25 (4.98%) MongoDB
4 18 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.19%) Power BI
6 10 (1.99%) Metadata
7 9 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.59%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.39%) MySQL
10 5 (1.00%) Tableau
11 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.80%) GIS
11 4 (0.80%) QGIS
11 4 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.60%) Big Data
12 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.60%) Power Query
13 2 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 75 (14.94%) JIRA
2 64 (12.75%) Jenkins
3 51 (10.16%) Git
4 48 (9.56%) GitLab
5 35 (6.97%) SonarQube
6 31 (6.18%) Postman
7 26 (5.18%) Selenium
7 26 (5.18%) SoapUI
8 24 (4.78%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (4.58%) TeamCity
10 22 (4.38%) WebDriver
11 15 (2.99%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.39%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.20%) SpecFlow
14 5 (1.00%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.80%) JMeter
16 3 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
16 3 (0.60%) Storybook
17 2 (0.40%) REST Assured
17 2 (0.40%) Serenity BDD
General
1 187 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 103 (20.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 101 (20.12%) Finance
4 76 (15.14%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (13.15%) Public Sector
6 51 (10.16%) Marketing
7 50 (9.96%) Law
8 42 (8.37%) Games
9 30 (5.98%) Legal
10 20 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (3.19%) Health Technology
11 16 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.79%) Publishing
12 14 (2.79%) Tech for Good
13 12 (2.39%) Banking
13 12 (2.39%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.59%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.39%) Advertising
16 6 (1.20%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 106 (21.12%) Senior
2 96 (19.12%) Developer
3 71 (14.14%) Lead
4 70 (13.94%) Software Engineer
5 59 (11.75%) Analyst
6 53 (10.56%) Architect
7 36 (7.17%) Business Analyst
8 33 (6.57%) Salesforce Architect
9 31 (6.18%) Product Manager
10 29 (5.78%) Lead Developer
11 28 (5.58%) Senior Software Engineer
12 27 (5.38%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (4.18%) Software Developer
14 19 (3.78%) Product Owner
14 19 (3.78%) Senior Manager
15 18 (3.59%) .NET Developer
15 18 (3.59%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 18 (3.59%) Lead Software Engineer
15 18 (3.59%) Senior Developer
15 18 (3.59%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (15.94%) .NET
2 78 (15.54%) React
3 60 (11.95%) SOAP
4 52 (10.36%) REST
5 51 (10.16%) HTML
6 50 (9.96%) RESTful
7 38 (7.57%) Lightning Web Components
7 38 (7.57%) Visualforce
8 35 (6.97%) Node.js
9 30 (5.98%) CSS
10 27 (5.38%) .NET Framework
11 23 (4.58%) Akka
12 22 (4.38%) Web Services
13 20 (3.98%) AngularJS
14 16 (3.19%) Spring
15 15 (2.99%) Playwright
16 14 (2.79%) Entity Framework
16 14 (2.79%) Spring Boot
16 14 (2.79%) Yocto
17 13 (2.59%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 159 (31.67%) Product Ownership
2 46 (9.16%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.58%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.58%) Video\Live Streaming
4 15 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.79%) Device Driver
5 14 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (2.59%) Podcast
7 12 (2.39%) e-Learning
8 11 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.39%) Culture of Ownership
11 5 (1.00%) PMI
12 4 (0.80%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.80%) N-Tier
12 4 (0.80%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.60%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.60%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.78%) Linux
2 14 (2.79%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (1.20%) Unix
4 5 (1.00%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.60%) Windows
6 1 (0.20%) CentOS
6 1 (0.20%) Debian
6 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (93.82%) Agile
2 192 (38.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 172 (34.26%) DevOps
4 169 (33.67%) Kanban
5 163 (32.47%) CI/CD
6 113 (22.51%) Roadmaps
7 111 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (20.52%) Software Engineering
9 89 (17.73%) Mentoring
10 88 (17.53%) User Stories
11 83 (16.53%) Coaching
12 76 (15.14%) Acceptance Criteria
13 69 (13.75%) Community of Practice
14 67 (13.35%) TDD
15 64 (12.75%) Continuous Integration
15 64 (12.75%) Full-Stack Development
16 62 (12.35%) Microservices
17 59 (11.75%) Continuous Delivery
18 58 (11.55%) Project Delivery
19 57 (11.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (16.53%) SQL
2 72 (14.34%) Java
3 70 (13.94%) JavaScript
4 67 (13.35%) C#
5 64 (12.75%) Python
6 52 (10.36%) TypeScript
7 38 (7.57%) Apex Code
8 34 (6.77%) SOQL
8 34 (6.77%) SOSL
9 23 (4.58%) Scala
10 20 (3.98%) C++
11 16 (3.19%) C
12 14 (2.79%) Embedded C
13 7 (1.39%) Bicep
14 6 (1.20%) Ruby
15 4 (0.80%) Bash
15 4 (0.80%) PHP
15 4 (0.80%) Rust
16 3 (0.60%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 116 (23.11%) Degree
2 65 (12.95%) Security Cleared
3 55 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.18%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.78%) DBS Check
7 18 (3.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 16 (3.19%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.39%) PMP
10 11 (2.19%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.39%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.00%) CIPD
14 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.80%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.60%) PhD
16 2 (0.40%) CCIE
16 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
16 2 (0.40%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (15.94%) QA
2 18 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.59%) GRC
4 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.00%) PMO
6 3 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.40%) ECSS
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.40%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 72 (14.34%) Docker
2 8 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 61 (12.15%) Kubernetes
2 37 (7.37%) Terraform
3 18 (3.59%) Ansible
4 12 (2.39%) Podman
5 6 (1.20%) Grafana
6 5 (1.00%) Argo
6 5 (1.00%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.40%) Packer
7 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) Kibana
8 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 63 (12.55%) Microsoft
2 46 (9.16%) Salesforce
3 34 (6.77%) Splunk
4 19 (3.78%) Google
5 12 (2.39%) Oracle
6 8 (1.59%) SAP
7 5 (1.00%) Mercator
7 5 (1.00%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.00%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.80%) Cisco
8 4 (0.80%) ESRI
8 4 (0.80%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.60%) Foundry
9 3 (0.60%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.60%) IBM
10 2 (0.40%) Adobe
10 2 (0.40%) Infor
10 2 (0.40%) SendGrid
10 2 (0.40%) Zend