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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 99 56
Rank change year-on-year +20 -43 -21
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 610 558 1,558
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.09% 3.66% 4.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 3.87% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 435 285 1,266
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £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 £76,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,200 £97,528 £87,500
UK median annual salary £66,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% +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 16,195 14,419 30,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.01% 94.61% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11,649 8,373 23,770
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 13 June 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 33 (5.41%) Confluence
2 14 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.49%) Apache
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.33%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.33%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (0.33%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) DNN
6 1 (0.16%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.16%) Immediacy CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Kentico
6 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.66%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.66%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.49%) Productboard
6 3 (0.49%) Sketch
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.33%) Trello
8 1 (0.16%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.33%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Shopify
4 1 (0.16%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 238 (39.02%) Azure
2 196 (32.13%) AWS
3 74 (12.13%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (9.51%) GCP
5 47 (7.70%) Serverless
6 35 (5.74%) Power Platform
7 33 (5.41%) GitHub
8 24 (3.93%) Azure Service Bus
8 24 (3.93%) Power Automate
9 23 (3.77%) PowerApps
10 22 (3.61%) Azure AKS
11 21 (3.44%) SaaS
12 20 (3.28%) GitHub Copilot
13 17 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (2.62%) PaaS
15 15 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (2.30%) Azure Functions
17 13 (2.13%) Cloud Functions
18 12 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
18 12 (1.97%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 76 (12.46%) Broadband
2 15 (2.46%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.46%) RS-232
3 6 (0.98%) Firewall
3 6 (0.98%) VPN
4 5 (0.82%) LAN
4 5 (0.82%) WAN
5 4 (0.66%) MQTT
6 3 (0.49%) Network Security
6 3 (0.49%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.49%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.49%) Wireless
6 3 (0.49%) WPA
7 2 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.16%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.46%) MongoDB
2 45 (7.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 42 (6.89%) Elasticsearch
4 37 (6.07%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (5.90%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.11%) Metadata
7 18 (2.95%) Power BI
7 18 (2.95%) SQL Server
8 10 (1.64%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.48%) MySQL
9 9 (1.48%) Redis
10 6 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.66%) Big Data
12 4 (0.66%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.66%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 84 (13.77%) JIRA
2 63 (10.33%) Jenkins
3 55 (9.02%) GitLab
4 48 (7.87%) Git
5 35 (5.74%) SonarQube
6 23 (3.77%) Postman
7 22 (3.61%) TeamCity
8 19 (3.11%) Selenium
9 18 (2.95%) SoapUI
10 16 (2.62%) Team Foundation Server
11 15 (2.46%) Cypress.io
12 12 (1.97%) CircleCI
12 12 (1.97%) WebDriver
13 10 (1.64%) JUnit
14 9 (1.48%) Maven
14 9 (1.48%) Mockito
15 6 (0.98%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.98%) Visual Studio
16 5 (0.82%) JMeter
16 5 (0.82%) NUnit
General
1 191 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 131 (21.48%) Finance
3 124 (20.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 85 (13.93%) Public Sector
5 78 (12.79%) Law
6 67 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (8.03%) Games
8 44 (7.21%) Marketing
9 29 (4.75%) Legal
10 24 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.13%) Legal Technology
12 10 (1.64%) Banking
13 8 (1.31%) Advertising
13 8 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.31%) Retail
14 7 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.98%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.98%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.82%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.66%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 145 (23.77%) Senior
2 139 (22.79%) Developer
3 70 (11.48%) Software Engineer
4 69 (11.31%) Analyst
5 68 (11.15%) Architect
6 58 (9.51%) Lead
7 50 (8.20%) Delivery Manager
8 46 (7.54%) .NET Developer
9 45 (7.38%) Business Analyst
10 34 (5.57%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 33 (5.41%) Salesforce Architect
12 31 (5.08%) Senior Developer
13 27 (4.43%) Product Manager
14 26 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
15 25 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
16 24 (3.93%) Senior Manager
17 20 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
17 20 (3.28%) Lead Software Engineer
17 20 (3.28%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (18.36%) React
2 101 (16.56%) .NET
3 76 (12.46%) Node.js
4 62 (10.16%) REST
5 53 (8.69%) SOAP
6 49 (8.03%) ASP.NET
7 47 (7.70%) HTML
8 45 (7.38%) ASP.NET Core
9 44 (7.21%) RESTful
10 43 (7.05%) .NET Core
11 42 (6.89%) AngularJS
12 41 (6.72%) Lightning Web Components
13 38 (6.23%) Visualforce
14 37 (6.07%) .NET Framework
15 33 (5.41%) Spring
16 30 (4.92%) Vue
17 29 (4.75%) ASP.NET Web API
18 27 (4.43%) CSS
19 25 (4.10%) Web Services
20 22 (3.61%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 170 (27.87%) Product Ownership
2 60 (9.84%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.61%) Over-the-Top Content
3 22 (3.61%) Video\Live Streaming
4 18 (2.95%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.79%) Podcast
6 15 (2.46%) Device Driver
7 14 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.13%) e-Learning
9 10 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.15%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (1.15%) PMI
12 5 (0.82%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.82%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.66%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.66%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.54%) Linux
2 18 (2.95%) Windows
3 17 (2.79%) Unix
4 15 (2.46%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (0.98%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.66%) VMS
7 1 (0.16%) CentOS
7 1 (0.16%) Debian
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (93.61%) Agile
2 226 (37.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 206 (33.77%) DevOps
4 204 (33.44%) Kanban
5 187 (30.66%) CI/CD
6 118 (19.34%) Microservices
7 117 (19.18%) Mentoring
8 114 (18.69%) Roadmaps
9 112 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (17.21%) Full-Stack Development
11 103 (16.89%) Software Engineering
12 96 (15.74%) Coaching
13 95 (15.57%) TDD
14 86 (14.10%) Community of Practice
15 81 (13.28%) User Stories
16 79 (12.95%) AI
17 77 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
18 71 (11.64%) Acceptance Criteria
19 69 (11.31%) Test Automation
20 67 (10.98%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 122 (20.00%) SQL
2 111 (18.20%) JavaScript
3 103 (16.89%) C#
4 84 (13.77%) Java
5 82 (13.44%) TypeScript
6 61 (10.00%) Python
7 38 (6.23%) Apex Code
8 34 (5.57%) SOQL
8 34 (5.57%) SOSL
9 22 (3.61%) Scala
10 19 (3.11%) C++
11 15 (2.46%) C
11 15 (2.46%) Embedded C
11 15 (2.46%) Ruby
12 14 (2.30%) Bash
13 12 (1.97%) Bicep
14 10 (1.64%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.64%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (21.15%) Degree
2 83 (13.61%) Security Cleared
3 73 (11.97%) SC Cleared
4 45 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.28%) DBS Check
6 18 (2.95%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.46%) ISTQB
8 14 (2.30%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.97%) PMP
10 10 (1.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.82%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.82%) CIPD
12 5 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.49%) CCIE
13 3 (0.49%) CCIE Security
13 3 (0.49%) CCNP
13 3 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.49%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (12.62%) QA
2 22 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.97%) GRC
3 12 (1.97%) PMO
4 7 (1.15%) GDPR
5 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.66%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.49%) WCAG
8 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.16%) GxP
9 1 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 110 (18.03%) Docker
2 6 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (14.10%) Kubernetes
2 52 (8.52%) Terraform
3 16 (2.62%) Ansible
4 14 (2.30%) Argo
5 12 (1.97%) Podman
6 5 (0.82%) Grafana
7 4 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.33%) Packer
8 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) Puppet
9 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 109 (17.87%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.36%) Salesforce
3 34 (5.57%) Splunk
4 20 (3.28%) Oracle
5 16 (2.62%) Google
6 10 (1.64%) Databricks
7 6 (0.98%) SAP
7 6 (0.98%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.82%) Cisco
8 5 (0.82%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.66%) Adobe
9 4 (0.66%) ScienceLogic
9 4 (0.66%) VMware
10 3 (0.49%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.49%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.49%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.49%) Foundry
10 3 (0.49%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.33%) Facebook
11 2 (0.33%) Infor