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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 64 48
Rank change year-on-year -28 -16 -14
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 482 612 1,619
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.90% 4.73% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 4.99% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 319 312 1,363
10th Percentile £40,950 £45,000 £41,550
25th Percentile £50,875 £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 £80,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £88,750
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 13,955 12,263 28,441
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.82% 94.83% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 8,874 23,206
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,868
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 30 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 23 (4.77%) Confluence
2 8 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.62%) Apache
4 3 (0.62%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.62%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.62%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.41%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.41%) SAS
6 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.24%) Trello
4 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Maximo
2 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.41%) Shopify
3 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.21%) Magento
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.21%) Primavera
3 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 138 (28.63%) Azure
2 113 (23.44%) AWS
3 52 (10.79%) Serverless
4 45 (9.34%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (7.88%) GCP
6 25 (5.19%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.98%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (4.77%) GitHub
8 23 (4.77%) SaaS
9 20 (4.15%) Entra ID
10 18 (3.73%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.32%) PaaS
12 15 (3.11%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.49%) Azure App Service
14 11 (2.28%) PowerApps
15 10 (2.07%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.07%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (15.77%) Broadband
2 11 (2.28%) Ethernet
2 11 (2.28%) RS-232
3 6 (1.24%) Firewall
4 4 (0.83%) LAN
4 4 (0.83%) MQTT
4 4 (0.83%) WAN
5 2 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.41%) Network Security
5 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.41%) Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.09%) NoSQL
2 33 (6.85%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.36%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.90%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.70%) Power BI
7 10 (2.07%) MySQL
8 8 (1.66%) Metadata
9 7 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.24%) Tableau
11 4 (0.83%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.62%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.62%) GIS
12 3 (0.62%) Power Query
12 3 (0.62%) QGIS
13 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.41%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 71 (14.73%) Jenkins
2 67 (13.90%) JIRA
3 53 (11.00%) Git
4 51 (10.58%) GitLab
5 41 (8.51%) SonarQube
6 29 (6.02%) Postman
7 26 (5.39%) SoapUI
8 25 (5.19%) Selenium
9 23 (4.77%) TeamCity
9 23 (4.77%) WebDriver
10 22 (4.56%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (1.87%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.24%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.04%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.83%) JMeter
14 4 (0.83%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.62%) Storybook
16 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
16 2 (0.41%) Serenity BDD
General
1 178 (36.93%) Social Skills
2 102 (21.16%) Finance
2 102 (21.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 74 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (12.66%) Public Sector
5 59 (12.24%) Marketing
6 51 (10.58%) Games
7 45 (9.34%) Law
8 27 (5.60%) Legal
9 19 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.32%) Health Technology
10 16 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (2.90%) Publishing
11 14 (2.90%) Tech for Good
12 13 (2.70%) Banking
13 12 (2.49%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.66%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.24%) Electronics
16 5 (1.04%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 103 (21.37%) Developer
2 96 (19.92%) Senior
3 71 (14.73%) Lead
4 60 (12.45%) Software Engineer
5 59 (12.24%) Architect
6 53 (11.00%) Analyst
7 39 (8.09%) Salesforce Architect
8 30 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 30 (6.22%) Product Manager
9 29 (6.02%) Lead Developer
10 26 (5.39%) .NET Developer
11 25 (5.19%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (4.56%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (4.36%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 21 (4.36%) Software Developer
13 21 (4.36%) Technical Architect
14 20 (4.15%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.94%) Product Owner
16 18 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
17 16 (3.32%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (17.63%) .NET
2 67 (13.90%) React
2 67 (13.90%) SOAP
3 57 (11.83%) REST
4 50 (10.37%) HTML
4 50 (10.37%) RESTful
5 45 (9.34%) Lightning Web Components
5 45 (9.34%) Visualforce
6 34 (7.05%) .NET Framework
7 30 (6.22%) CSS
7 30 (6.22%) Node.js
8 26 (5.39%) Akka
9 23 (4.77%) AngularJS
10 21 (4.36%) ASP.NET Web API
10 21 (4.36%) Entity Framework
11 17 (3.53%) .NET Core
12 16 (3.32%) Spring
12 16 (3.32%) Web Services
13 15 (3.11%) Spring Boot
14 14 (2.90%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 151 (31.33%) Product Ownership
2 39 (8.09%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.77%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.77%) Video\Live Streaming
4 14 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.28%) Device Driver
5 11 (2.28%) Podcast
6 10 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.45%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.24%) Culture of Ownership
9 5 (1.04%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.04%) PMI
10 4 (0.83%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.83%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.36%) Linux
2 11 (2.28%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (0.83%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.62%) Unix
5 1 (0.21%) CentOS
5 1 (0.21%) Debian
5 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (92.53%) Agile
2 179 (37.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 164 (34.02%) DevOps
4 163 (33.82%) CI/CD
5 158 (32.78%) Kanban
6 116 (24.07%) Roadmaps
7 105 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (19.09%) Mentoring
9 90 (18.67%) Software Engineering
10 80 (16.60%) User Stories
11 76 (15.77%) Coaching
12 73 (15.15%) Community of Practice
13 71 (14.73%) Acceptance Criteria
14 68 (14.11%) TDD
15 65 (13.49%) Continuous Delivery
15 65 (13.49%) Continuous Integration
16 63 (13.07%) Microservices
17 61 (12.66%) OO
17 61 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
18 56 (11.62%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 85 (17.63%) SQL
2 70 (14.52%) C#
3 69 (14.32%) Java
4 61 (12.66%) JavaScript
5 52 (10.79%) Python
6 49 (10.17%) TypeScript
7 45 (9.34%) Apex Code
8 41 (8.51%) SOQL
8 41 (8.51%) SOSL
9 23 (4.77%) Scala
10 17 (3.53%) C++
11 13 (2.70%) C
12 11 (2.28%) Embedded C
13 6 (1.24%) Bicep
14 5 (1.04%) Ruby
15 4 (0.83%) Bash
15 4 (0.83%) PHP
15 4 (0.83%) Rust
16 3 (0.62%) Erlang
17 2 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 110 (22.82%) Degree
2 60 (12.45%) Security Cleared
3 51 (10.58%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.39%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (3.32%) PMI Certification
8 15 (3.11%) Master's Degree
9 14 (2.90%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.49%) PMP
11 7 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.04%) CIPD
14 4 (0.83%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.62%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.62%) PhD
16 2 (0.41%) CCIE Security
16 2 (0.41%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (15.56%) QA
2 17 (3.53%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.28%) GRC
4 5 (1.04%) PMO
5 4 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.41%) ECSS
6 2 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.41%) WCAG
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 62 (12.86%) Docker
2 9 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 57 (11.83%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.85%) Terraform
3 17 (3.53%) Ansible
4 6 (1.24%) Grafana
4 6 (1.24%) Podman
5 5 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.41%) Argo
6 2 (0.41%) Packer
6 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 64 (13.28%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.79%) Salesforce
3 41 (8.51%) Splunk
4 15 (3.11%) Google
5 10 (2.07%) Oracle
6 9 (1.87%) SAP
7 8 (1.66%) Mercator
8 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.83%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.83%) Cisco
9 4 (0.83%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.83%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.62%) ESRI
10 3 (0.62%) Foundry
10 3 (0.62%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.41%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.41%) IBM
11 2 (0.41%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.41%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.41%) Zend