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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 100 58
Rank change year-on-year +24 -42 -21
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 685 572 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.26% 3.53% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 3.77% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 515 306 1,110
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,234 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 17,307 15,183 29,306
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.42% 93.63% 88.89%
Number of salaries quoted 12,659 8,999 22,465
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 6 July 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 40 (5.84%) Confluence
2 17 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.44%) Apache
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.44%) CMS
4 3 (0.44%) DNN
4 3 (0.44%) EPiServer
4 3 (0.44%) Immediacy CMS
4 3 (0.44%) Kentico
4 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.44%) Sitefinity
4 3 (0.44%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.29%) Appian
5 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.29%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.88%) Trello
5 5 (0.73%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.58%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.58%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.44%) Productboard
7 3 (0.44%) Sketch
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (0.15%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (3.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.29%) Shopify
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.15%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 309 (45.11%) Azure
2 249 (36.35%) AWS
3 93 (13.58%) Azure DevOps
4 63 (9.20%) GCP
5 59 (8.61%) Serverless
6 56 (8.18%) GitHub
7 44 (6.42%) Power Platform
8 37 (5.40%) GitHub Copilot
9 33 (4.82%) Power Automate
10 30 (4.38%) Azure Service Bus
11 29 (4.23%) PowerApps
12 27 (3.94%) Azure Functions
13 25 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (3.50%) PaaS
15 21 (3.07%) Azure AKS
15 21 (3.07%) SaaS
16 19 (2.77%) Azure Key Vault
17 18 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
19 13 (1.90%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (9.34%) Broadband
2 15 (2.19%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.19%) RS-232
3 14 (2.04%) VPN
4 8 (1.17%) Firewall
5 5 (0.73%) LAN
5 5 (0.73%) WAN
6 4 (0.58%) MQTT
7 3 (0.44%) Network Security
7 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.44%) Wireless
7 3 (0.44%) WPA
8 2 (0.29%) ATM
8 2 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.15%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (16.93%) MongoDB
2 91 (13.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 81 (11.82%) Elasticsearch
4 42 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (5.11%) NoSQL
6 21 (3.07%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.92%) Power BI
8 19 (2.77%) Metadata
9 12 (1.75%) Redis
10 10 (1.46%) MySQL
10 10 (1.46%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.02%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.73%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.58%) Big Data
14 4 (0.58%) Star Schema
15 2 (0.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 86 (12.55%) JIRA
2 56 (8.18%) Git
3 55 (8.03%) GitLab
4 52 (7.59%) Jenkins
5 35 (5.11%) SonarQube
6 14 (2.04%) Cypress.io
7 13 (1.90%) Postman
8 12 (1.75%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.61%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.61%) Visual Studio
10 10 (1.46%) JUnit
10 10 (1.46%) Selenium
11 9 (1.31%) Maven
11 9 (1.31%) Mockito
12 8 (1.17%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.88%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.88%) NUnit
13 6 (0.88%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (0.73%) JMeter
General
1 199 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 146 (21.31%) Finance
3 132 (19.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 96 (14.01%) Law
4 96 (14.01%) Public Sector
5 73 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (7.15%) Games
7 44 (6.42%) Marketing
8 29 (4.23%) Legal
9 23 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.90%) Legal Technology
10 13 (1.90%) Retail
11 10 (1.46%) Banking
12 8 (1.17%) Advertising
12 8 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.88%) Health Technology
13 6 (0.88%) Social Housing
14 4 (0.58%) Publishing
14 4 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 182 (26.57%) Developer
2 158 (23.07%) Senior
3 83 (12.12%) .NET Developer
4 80 (11.68%) Analyst
5 70 (10.22%) Architect
6 68 (9.93%) Software Engineer
7 56 (8.18%) Lead
8 54 (7.88%) Delivery Manager
9 49 (7.15%) Business Analyst
10 35 (5.11%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 33 (4.82%) Salesforce Architect
12 32 (4.67%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (4.53%) Senior Developer
14 30 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
15 28 (4.09%) Senior DevOps
15 28 (4.09%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 28 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (3.94%) Senior Manager
17 26 (3.80%) Product Manager
18 25 (3.65%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (19.71%) React
2 131 (19.12%) .NET
3 115 (16.79%) Node.js
4 89 (12.99%) ASP.NET
5 84 (12.26%) ASP.NET Core
6 79 (11.53%) .NET Core
7 66 (9.64%) AngularJS
8 62 (9.05%) .NET Framework
8 62 (9.05%) REST
9 53 (7.74%) ASP.NET Web API
9 53 (7.74%) Vue
10 47 (6.86%) RESTful
11 43 (6.28%) SOAP
12 41 (5.99%) Lightning Web Components
13 38 (5.55%) Visualforce
14 37 (5.40%) HTML
15 34 (4.96%) Spring
16 31 (4.53%) Blazor
17 26 (3.80%) CSS
18 23 (3.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 173 (25.26%) Product Ownership
2 60 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.65%) Podcast
4 18 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.19%) Device Driver
6 12 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.75%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.61%) e-Learning
7 11 (1.61%) Over-the-Top Content
7 11 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (1.31%) PMI
9 8 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.02%) Culture of Ownership
10 7 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.88%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.73%) Housing Association
12 5 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 61 (8.91%) Linux
2 39 (5.69%) Windows
3 29 (4.23%) Unix
4 15 (2.19%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.75%) VMS
6 6 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (94.60%) Agile
2 252 (36.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 241 (35.18%) DevOps
4 220 (32.12%) Kanban
5 210 (30.66%) CI/CD
6 164 (23.94%) Microservices
7 139 (20.29%) Full-Stack Development
8 128 (18.69%) Mentoring
9 121 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
10 120 (17.52%) Roadmaps
11 115 (16.79%) Coaching
12 114 (16.64%) TDD
13 105 (15.33%) Software Engineering
14 101 (14.74%) AI
15 90 (13.14%) User Stories
16 89 (12.99%) Community of Practice
17 86 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
18 83 (12.12%) Test Automation
19 82 (11.97%) Project Delivery
20 81 (11.82%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 165 (24.09%) SQL
2 138 (20.15%) C#
2 138 (20.15%) JavaScript
3 108 (15.77%) TypeScript
4 74 (10.80%) Java
5 67 (9.78%) Python
6 38 (5.55%) Apex Code
7 34 (4.96%) SOQL
7 34 (4.96%) SOSL
8 22 (3.21%) Bash
9 21 (3.07%) C++
10 20 (2.92%) Bicep
11 19 (2.77%) PowerShell
12 18 (2.63%) Ruby
13 17 (2.48%) C
14 15 (2.19%) Embedded C
15 12 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (1.61%) Scala
17 10 (1.46%) PL/SQL
18 7 (1.02%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (17.81%) Degree
2 89 (12.99%) Security Cleared
3 79 (11.53%) SC Cleared
4 44 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.80%) Azure Certification
6 23 (3.36%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.63%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.19%) PMP
10 8 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.88%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.73%) CIPD
12 5 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.44%) CCIE
14 3 (0.44%) CCNP
14 3 (0.44%) CCSA
14 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.09%) QA
2 22 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.75%) GRC
3 12 (1.75%) PMO
4 10 (1.46%) GDPR
5 8 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.44%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
System Software
1 120 (17.52%) Docker
2 14 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 89 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 60 (8.76%) Terraform
3 16 (2.34%) Ansible
4 14 (2.04%) Argo
5 12 (1.75%) Podman
6 5 (0.73%) Grafana
7 4 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.29%) Packer
8 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 163 (23.80%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.59%) Salesforce
3 34 (4.96%) Splunk
4 23 (3.36%) Oracle
5 16 (2.34%) Google
6 13 (1.90%) Pega
7 12 (1.75%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.75%) VMware
8 10 (1.46%) Databricks
9 9 (1.31%) SAP
10 6 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.73%) Adobe
11 5 (0.73%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.73%) Cisco
11 5 (0.73%) Infor
11 5 (0.73%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.44%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.44%) Epicor
12 3 (0.44%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.44%) Sitecore