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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 83 51
Rank change year-on-year -3 -32 -17
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 522 496 1,608
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.95% 3.75% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 3.96% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 355 318 1,350
10th Percentile £39,238 £43,750 £42,500
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 £78,438 £74,808
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,431 £89,137
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 14,746 12,526 29,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.22% 94.76% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10,299 8,909 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,436 £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% -10.51%

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 18 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 30 (5.75%) Confluence
2 12 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.77%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.57%) Apache
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.38%) SAS
7 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.19%) JBoss
7 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.96%) Trello
4 4 (0.77%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.38%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Sketch
7 1 (0.19%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.38%) Maximo
2 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.38%) Shopify
3 1 (0.19%) Magento
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.19%) Primavera
3 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.19%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 159 (30.46%) Azure
2 134 (25.67%) AWS
3 59 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (10.34%) Serverless
5 48 (9.20%) GCP
6 26 (4.98%) Power Platform
7 25 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (4.21%) SaaS
9 21 (4.02%) GitHub
10 20 (3.83%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.83%) Entra ID
11 15 (2.87%) Amazon SQS
11 15 (2.87%) Azure AKS
12 14 (2.68%) Cloud Functions
12 14 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.68%) PaaS
12 14 (2.68%) Power Automate
12 14 (2.68%) PowerApps
13 13 (2.49%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (2.30%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 77 (14.75%) Broadband
2 14 (2.68%) Ethernet
2 14 (2.68%) RS-232
3 6 (1.15%) Firewall
4 4 (0.77%) LAN
4 4 (0.77%) MQTT
4 4 (0.77%) WAN
5 2 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.38%) Network Security
5 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.38%) VPN
5 2 (0.38%) Wireless
6 1 (0.19%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.43%) NoSQL
2 29 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.17%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.30%) Metadata
5 12 (2.30%) Power BI
6 9 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (1.53%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.15%) MySQL
10 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.77%) GIS
10 4 (0.77%) Power Query
10 4 (0.77%) QGIS
10 4 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.77%) Tableau
11 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.57%) Big Data
11 3 (0.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 82 (15.71%) JIRA
2 65 (12.45%) Jenkins
3 52 (9.96%) Git
4 50 (9.58%) GitLab
5 35 (6.70%) SonarQube
6 32 (6.13%) Postman
7 27 (5.17%) Selenium
7 27 (5.17%) SoapUI
8 25 (4.79%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (4.41%) TeamCity
10 22 (4.21%) WebDriver
11 15 (2.87%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.30%) CircleCI
13 7 (1.34%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.15%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.77%) JMeter
16 3 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
16 3 (0.57%) Storybook
17 2 (0.38%) REST Assured
17 2 (0.38%) Serenity BDD
General
1 195 (37.36%) Social Skills
2 106 (20.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 104 (19.92%) Finance
4 80 (15.33%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (13.22%) Public Sector
6 52 (9.96%) Law
7 51 (9.77%) Marketing
8 45 (8.62%) Games
9 30 (5.75%) Legal
10 21 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (3.07%) Health Technology
12 16 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.68%) Publishing
13 14 (2.68%) Tech for Good
14 12 (2.30%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.92%) Banking
16 8 (1.53%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.34%) Advertising
18 6 (1.15%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 112 (21.46%) Senior
2 96 (18.39%) Developer
3 74 (14.18%) Lead
4 71 (13.60%) Software Engineer
5 65 (12.45%) Analyst
6 54 (10.34%) Architect
7 41 (7.85%) Business Analyst
8 33 (6.32%) Salesforce Architect
9 31 (5.94%) Delivery Manager
9 31 (5.94%) Product Manager
10 29 (5.56%) Lead Developer
11 28 (5.36%) Senior Software Engineer
12 21 (4.02%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 21 (4.02%) Senior Manager
12 21 (4.02%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.64%) Lead Software Engineer
13 19 (3.64%) Product Owner
14 18 (3.45%) .NET Developer
14 18 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (3.45%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (15.71%) .NET
2 79 (15.13%) React
3 62 (11.88%) SOAP
4 53 (10.15%) REST
5 52 (9.96%) HTML
6 50 (9.58%) RESTful
7 38 (7.28%) Lightning Web Components
7 38 (7.28%) Node.js
7 38 (7.28%) Visualforce
8 30 (5.75%) CSS
9 26 (4.98%) .NET Framework
10 24 (4.60%) Web Services
11 23 (4.41%) Akka
12 20 (3.83%) AngularJS
13 17 (3.26%) Spring
14 15 (2.87%) Playwright
14 15 (2.87%) Spring Boot
15 14 (2.68%) ASP.NET
15 14 (2.68%) Yocto
16 13 (2.49%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 166 (31.80%) Product Ownership
2 47 (9.00%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.41%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.41%) Video\Live Streaming
4 15 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.68%) Device Driver
6 13 (2.49%) e-Learning
6 13 (2.49%) Podcast
7 11 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.34%) Culture of Ownership
10 6 (1.15%) PMI
11 4 (0.77%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.77%) N-Tier
11 4 (0.77%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.57%) Life Science
12 3 (0.57%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.13%) Linux
2 14 (2.68%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (1.53%) Unix
4 5 (0.96%) Ubuntu
4 5 (0.96%) Windows
5 1 (0.19%) CentOS
5 1 (0.19%) Debian
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 490 (93.87%) Agile
2 201 (38.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 183 (35.06%) DevOps
4 182 (34.87%) Kanban
5 172 (32.95%) CI/CD
6 114 (21.84%) Roadmaps
7 112 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (19.92%) Software Engineering
9 94 (18.01%) User Stories
10 93 (17.82%) Mentoring
11 89 (17.05%) Coaching
12 80 (15.33%) Acceptance Criteria
13 71 (13.60%) Community of Practice
14 68 (13.03%) Continuous Integration
14 68 (13.03%) TDD
15 65 (12.45%) Full-Stack Development
15 65 (12.45%) Microservices
15 65 (12.45%) Project Delivery
16 60 (11.49%) Continuous Delivery
17 56 (10.73%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 86 (16.48%) SQL
2 77 (14.75%) Java
3 72 (13.79%) JavaScript
4 71 (13.60%) C#
5 68 (13.03%) Python
6 54 (10.34%) TypeScript
7 38 (7.28%) Apex Code
8 34 (6.51%) SOQL
8 34 (6.51%) SOSL
9 23 (4.41%) Scala
10 20 (3.83%) C++
11 16 (3.07%) C
12 14 (2.68%) Embedded C
13 7 (1.34%) Bicep
14 6 (1.15%) Ruby
15 5 (0.96%) Bash
16 4 (0.77%) PHP
16 4 (0.77%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.77%) Rust
17 3 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 123 (23.56%) Degree
2 66 (12.64%) Security Cleared
3 56 (10.73%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (5.17%) ISTQB
6 20 (3.83%) DBS Check
7 18 (3.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (3.45%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.49%) PMP
9 12 (2.30%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.15%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.96%) CIPD
13 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.57%) PhD
15 2 (0.38%) CCIE
15 2 (0.38%) CCNP
15 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (16.48%) QA
2 18 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.49%) GRC
4 8 (1.53%) PMO
5 6 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.57%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.38%) ECSS
7 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.38%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.19%) P3O
System Software
1 75 (14.37%) Docker
2 8 (1.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 63 (12.07%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.85%) Terraform
3 20 (3.83%) Ansible
4 12 (2.30%) Podman
5 7 (1.34%) Argo
6 6 (1.15%) Grafana
7 5 (0.96%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) Packer
8 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Kibana
9 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 66 (12.64%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.81%) Salesforce
3 34 (6.51%) Splunk
4 19 (3.64%) Google
5 12 (2.30%) Oracle
6 8 (1.53%) SAP
7 5 (0.96%) Mercator
7 5 (0.96%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.77%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.77%) Cisco
8 4 (0.77%) Databricks
8 4 (0.77%) ESRI
8 4 (0.77%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.77%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.57%) Foundry
9 3 (0.57%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.57%) IBM
10 2 (0.38%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.38%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.38%) SendGrid