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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 58 46
Rank change year-on-year -38 -12 -14
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 450 753 1,587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.71% 5.20% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 5.47% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 314 321 1,352
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £41,275
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £90,000
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 14,220 13,771 26,314
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.60% 95.19% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,269 8,606 21,825
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 4 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 26 (5.78%) Confluence
2 8 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.89%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.89%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.89%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.44%) Apache
5 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.44%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.44%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.33%) Trello
2 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.44%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.44%) Sketch
6 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.67%) Maximo
2 3 (0.67%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.67%) Shopify
3 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.22%) Magento
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.22%) Primavera
4 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 138 (30.67%) Azure
2 97 (21.56%) AWS
3 49 (10.89%) Serverless
4 44 (9.78%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (6.00%) SaaS
6 26 (5.78%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.56%) GitHub
8 24 (5.33%) GCP
9 21 (4.67%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (3.78%) Amazon S3
10 17 (3.78%) PaaS
11 16 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (3.33%) Entra ID
13 14 (3.11%) Amazon SQS
14 13 (2.89%) Azure App Service
15 12 (2.67%) PowerApps
16 10 (2.22%) Power Automate
17 9 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (2.00%) Azure Functions
17 9 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (13.56%) Broadband
2 8 (1.78%) Ethernet
2 8 (1.78%) RS-232
3 4 (0.89%) Firewall
3 4 (0.89%) MQTT
4 2 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.44%) LAN
4 2 (0.44%) VPN
4 2 (0.44%) WAN
5 1 (0.22%) AMQP
5 1 (0.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.33%) SQL Server
2 30 (6.67%) NoSQL
3 21 (4.67%) MongoDB
4 20 (4.44%) Relational Database
5 17 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.67%) MySQL
6 12 (2.67%) Power BI
7 9 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.56%) Metadata
9 7 (1.56%) Tableau
10 4 (0.89%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.89%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.89%) GIS
10 4 (0.89%) QGIS
10 4 (0.89%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.67%) Power Query
12 2 (0.44%) Looker
12 2 (0.44%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 69 (15.33%) JIRA
2 64 (14.22%) Jenkins
3 54 (12.00%) Git
4 44 (9.78%) GitLab
5 34 (7.56%) Postman
6 33 (7.33%) SonarQube
7 29 (6.44%) Selenium
7 29 (6.44%) SoapUI
8 27 (6.00%) WebDriver
9 26 (5.78%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (5.11%) TeamCity
11 5 (1.11%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.89%) JMeter
12 4 (0.89%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.67%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.67%) Storybook
14 2 (0.44%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.44%) REST Assured
14 2 (0.44%) Serenity BDD
General
1 173 (38.44%) Social Skills
2 93 (20.67%) Finance
3 79 (17.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 68 (15.11%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (12.44%) Public Sector
6 53 (11.78%) Marketing
7 42 (9.33%) Games
8 27 (6.00%) Law
9 20 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.56%) Health Technology
10 16 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (3.33%) Tech for Good
12 14 (3.11%) Publishing
13 11 (2.44%) Legal
14 10 (2.22%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.00%) Banking
16 8 (1.78%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.33%) Electronics
18 5 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (24.22%) Developer
2 88 (19.56%) Senior
3 72 (16.00%) Lead
4 54 (12.00%) Software Engineer
5 50 (11.11%) Architect
6 48 (10.67%) Analyst
7 33 (7.33%) .NET Developer
8 31 (6.89%) Salesforce Architect
9 30 (6.67%) Lead Developer
10 26 (5.78%) Business Analyst
11 24 (5.33%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (4.89%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (4.22%) Senior Developer
14 18 (4.00%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.78%) Product Owner
15 17 (3.78%) React Developer
16 16 (3.56%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 16 (3.56%) Scrum Master
16 16 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.56%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (21.78%) .NET
2 67 (14.89%) SOAP
3 61 (13.56%) React
4 52 (11.56%) REST
5 51 (11.33%) RESTful
6 50 (11.11%) HTML
7 36 (8.00%) .NET Framework
8 35 (7.78%) Lightning Web Components
8 35 (7.78%) Visualforce
9 28 (6.22%) Akka
10 27 (6.00%) ASP.NET Web API
11 26 (5.78%) CSS
12 25 (5.56%) Entity Framework
13 24 (5.33%) Node.js
14 22 (4.89%) .NET Core
14 22 (4.89%) AngularJS
15 18 (4.00%) Web Services
16 15 (3.33%) Vue
17 14 (3.11%) ASP.NET
18 13 (2.89%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 120 (26.67%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.22%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.11%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (5.11%) Video\Live Streaming
4 12 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.78%) Device Driver
6 8 (1.78%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.78%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.56%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.33%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.11%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.89%) PMI
11 3 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.67%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.67%) Social Media
12 2 (0.44%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.44%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.44%) Linux
2 8 (1.78%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.11%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.67%) Android
4 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.67%) Unix
5 2 (0.44%) VMS
6 1 (0.22%) CentOS
6 1 (0.22%) Debian
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (92.22%) Agile
2 161 (35.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 153 (34.00%) Kanban
4 152 (33.78%) DevOps
5 142 (31.56%) CI/CD
6 101 (22.44%) Mentoring
7 99 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (20.00%) Roadmaps
9 76 (16.89%) Software Engineering
10 75 (16.67%) User Stories
11 69 (15.33%) Acceptance Criteria
12 66 (14.67%) Microservices
12 66 (14.67%) TDD
13 64 (14.22%) Stakeholder Management
14 60 (13.33%) Coaching
15 58 (12.89%) Community of Practice
16 56 (12.44%) Continuous Integration
17 55 (12.22%) Continuous Delivery
18 52 (11.56%) Software Testing
19 51 (11.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 100 (22.22%) SQL
2 85 (18.89%) C#
3 71 (15.78%) Java
4 56 (12.44%) JavaScript
5 52 (11.56%) TypeScript
6 51 (11.33%) Python
7 35 (7.78%) Apex Code
8 33 (7.33%) SOQL
8 33 (7.33%) SOSL
9 24 (5.33%) Scala
10 15 (3.33%) C++
11 11 (2.44%) C
12 8 (1.78%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.11%) Bash
14 4 (0.89%) PHP
14 4 (0.89%) Rust
15 3 (0.67%) Erlang
15 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.67%) Swift
16 2 (0.44%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 106 (23.56%) Degree
2 59 (13.11%) Security Cleared
3 48 (10.67%) SC Cleared
4 33 (7.33%) ISTQB
5 25 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (5.11%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (3.78%) Master's Degree
8 14 (3.11%) DBS Check
9 11 (2.44%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.78%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.78%) PMP
12 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.11%) CIPD
14 3 (0.67%) IBM Certification
15 2 (0.44%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.44%) CBAP
15 2 (0.44%) IIBA
15 2 (0.44%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (17.78%) QA
2 12 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.11%) PMO
4 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.67%) WCAG
5 2 (0.44%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.44%) ECSS
5 2 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.22%) GDPR
6 1 (0.22%) GRC
6 1 (0.22%) IFRS
6 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 55 (12.22%) Docker
2 11 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 55 (12.22%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.33%) Terraform
3 17 (3.78%) Ansible
4 5 (1.11%) Grafana
4 5 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.44%) Argo
5 2 (0.44%) Packer
5 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 68 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.78%) Salesforce
3 33 (7.33%) Splunk
4 13 (2.89%) Oracle
5 10 (2.22%) Google
6 9 (2.00%) Mercator
6 9 (2.00%) SAP
6 9 (2.00%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.11%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.11%) ESRI
7 5 (1.11%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.67%) Foundry
8 3 (0.67%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.67%) IBM
9 2 (0.44%) Adobe
9 2 (0.44%) Cisco
9 2 (0.44%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.44%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.44%) SendGrid
9 2 (0.44%) Zend