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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 56 46
Rank change year-on-year -41 -10 -18
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 419 858 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.68% 5.24% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 5.57% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 307 348 1,219
10th Percentile £39,900 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,875 £50,781 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -6.78%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,931 £90,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

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 13,564 15,399 23,181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.90% 94.05% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 8,623 9,062 19,012
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £44,899
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 24 January 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 22 (5.25%) Confluence
2 11 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.95%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.95%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.95%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.72%) Apache
4 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.19%) Trello
4 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.48%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) Maximo
3 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Primavera
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 142 (33.89%) Azure
2 101 (24.11%) AWS
3 61 (14.56%) Serverless
4 53 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (8.11%) GitHub
6 33 (7.88%) Power Platform
7 32 (7.64%) SaaS
8 31 (7.40%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (4.77%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (4.53%) Amazon S3
10 19 (4.53%) GCP
11 18 (4.30%) PaaS
12 17 (4.06%) Power Automate
13 16 (3.82%) Azure App Service
13 16 (3.82%) Entra ID
13 16 (3.82%) PowerApps
14 14 (3.34%) Amazon SQS
15 11 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (2.63%) Azure Functions
15 11 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.55%) Broadband
2 4 (0.95%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.95%) RS-232
3 2 (0.48%) DNS
3 2 (0.48%) Firewall
3 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.48%) VPN
4 1 (0.24%) AMQP
4 1 (0.24%) GPRS
4 1 (0.24%) HTTP
4 1 (0.24%) LTE
4 1 (0.24%) Modbus
4 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 31 (7.40%) NoSQL
3 28 (6.68%) MongoDB
4 26 (6.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 23 (5.49%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (4.77%) Relational Database
7 17 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (3.10%) Power BI
9 12 (2.86%) MySQL
10 11 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (2.39%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.67%) Tableau
13 5 (1.19%) Data Lake
13 5 (1.19%) GIS
13 5 (1.19%) Metadata
14 4 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.95%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.95%) QGIS
14 4 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
15 3 (0.72%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 73 (17.42%) JIRA
2 57 (13.60%) Git
3 48 (11.46%) Jenkins
4 41 (9.79%) Postman
5 38 (9.07%) Selenium
6 35 (8.35%) SoapUI
7 33 (7.88%) WebDriver
8 32 (7.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (5.49%) TeamCity
10 22 (5.25%) GitLab
11 15 (3.58%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.67%) JMeter
12 7 (1.67%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.95%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.72%) Storybook
15 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
15 2 (0.48%) NUnit
15 2 (0.48%) Serenity BDD
15 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 165 (39.38%) Social Skills
2 97 (23.15%) Finance
3 53 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (12.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 50 (11.93%) Public Sector
5 37 (8.83%) Marketing
6 26 (6.21%) Tech for Good
7 23 (5.49%) Games
8 22 (5.25%) Health Technology
8 22 (5.25%) Law
8 22 (5.25%) Publishing
9 18 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.63%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.39%) Legal
13 8 (1.91%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.43%) Banking
14 6 (1.43%) Electronics
14 6 (1.43%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 131 (31.26%) Developer
2 90 (21.48%) Senior
3 73 (17.42%) Lead
4 50 (11.93%) Analyst
5 42 (10.02%) Software Engineer
6 40 (9.55%) .NET Developer
7 32 (7.64%) Lead Developer
8 31 (7.40%) Senior Developer
9 26 (6.21%) Architect
10 25 (5.97%) Python Developer
10 25 (5.97%) React Developer
11 21 (5.01%) Business Analyst
12 20 (4.77%) Senior Software Engineer
12 20 (4.77%) Test Analyst
13 19 (4.53%) AWS Developer
13 19 (4.53%) Software Developer
14 18 (4.30%) Delivery Manager
15 17 (4.06%) Scrum Master
16 16 (3.82%) Azure Developer
17 15 (3.58%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (26.01%) .NET
2 78 (18.62%) React
3 59 (14.08%) SOAP
4 57 (13.60%) RESTful
5 52 (12.41%) HTML
6 40 (9.55%) .NET Framework
7 35 (8.35%) ASP.NET Web API
7 35 (8.35%) REST
8 34 (8.11%) Node.js
9 33 (7.88%) Entity Framework
10 30 (7.16%) .NET Core
11 28 (6.68%) Akka
12 25 (5.97%) AngularJS
13 23 (5.49%) Vue
14 22 (5.25%) CSS
15 18 (4.30%) ASP.NET
15 18 (4.30%) Web Services
16 16 (3.82%) ASP.NET MVC
17 15 (3.58%) Lightning Web Components
17 15 (3.58%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 79 (18.85%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.73%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.49%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (5.49%) Video\Live Streaming
4 12 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.91%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.67%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.19%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.95%) Device Driver
10 4 (0.95%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.72%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.72%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.72%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.72%) PMI
11 3 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.06%) Linux
2 5 (1.19%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.72%) Android
4 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.72%) Unix
5 2 (0.48%) VMS
6 1 (0.24%) CentOS
6 1 (0.24%) Debian
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (93.79%) Agile
2 146 (34.84%) Kanban
3 137 (32.70%) DevOps
4 134 (31.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 121 (28.88%) CI/CD
6 102 (24.34%) Mentoring
7 93 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (18.62%) TDD
9 70 (16.71%) Software Engineering
10 67 (15.99%) Roadmaps
11 66 (15.75%) Microservices
12 62 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 59 (14.08%) Full-Stack Development
14 58 (13.84%) Software Testing
15 57 (13.60%) Acceptance Criteria
16 54 (12.89%) User Stories
17 53 (12.65%) Project Delivery
18 49 (11.69%) Coaching
19 45 (10.74%) API Testing
19 45 (10.74%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 117 (27.92%) SQL
2 97 (23.15%) C#
3 70 (16.71%) Java
3 70 (16.71%) TypeScript
4 66 (15.75%) JavaScript
5 59 (14.08%) Python
6 25 (5.97%) Scala
7 15 (3.58%) Apex Code
7 15 (3.58%) SOQL
7 15 (3.58%) SOSL
8 11 (2.63%) C++
9 8 (1.91%) Bash
10 7 (1.67%) C
11 4 (0.95%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.72%) Erlang
12 3 (0.72%) Groovy
12 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.72%) PHP
12 3 (0.72%) Swift
12 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 99 (23.63%) Degree
2 41 (9.79%) Security Cleared
3 39 (9.31%) ISTQB
4 30 (7.16%) SC Cleared
5 29 (6.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 28 (6.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (5.01%) Master's Degree
8 13 (3.10%) DBS Check
9 11 (2.63%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 9 (2.15%) PMP
11 8 (1.91%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.95%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.72%) IBM Certification
15 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.48%) SAFe Agilist
15 2 (0.48%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (20.53%) QA
2 17 (4.06%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.19%) WCAG
4 4 (0.95%) PMO
5 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.48%) ECSS
6 2 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) IFRS
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) P3O
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (11.93%) Docker
2 15 (3.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 49 (11.69%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.30%) Terraform
3 13 (3.10%) Ansible
4 3 (0.72%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.48%) Argo
6 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 87 (20.76%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.01%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.58%) Splunk
4 14 (3.34%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.39%) Google
6 9 (2.15%) Mercator
6 9 (2.15%) Oracle
6 9 (2.15%) SAP
7 5 (1.19%) ESRI
7 5 (1.19%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.72%) DevExpress
8 3 (0.72%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.72%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.72%) IBM
9 2 (0.48%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.48%) Databricks
9 2 (0.48%) Foundry
9 2 (0.48%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.48%) SendGrid
9 2 (0.48%) Zend