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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 97 83
Rank change year-on-year +13 -14 -40
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 717 597 832
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 3.61% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 3.88% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 536 338 573
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,350
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 £77,500 £73,950
90th Percentile £80,625 £88,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £64,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.77% +4.00% -3.10%

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 19,083 15,382 21,719
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.10% 92.95% 87.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,785 8,957 14,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 27 August 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 46 (6.42%) Confluence
2 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.84%) Apache
5 4 (0.56%) CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.42%) DNN
6 3 (0.42%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.42%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.42%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Kentico
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Sitefinity
6 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.28%) Appian
7 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.98%) Trello
5 4 (0.56%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.42%) Productboard
6 3 (0.42%) Sketch
6 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.28%) Shopify
5 1 (0.14%) Finacle
5 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 332 (46.30%) Azure
2 287 (40.03%) AWS
3 104 (14.50%) Azure DevOps
4 70 (9.76%) GCP
5 62 (8.65%) GitHub
6 51 (7.11%) Serverless
7 45 (6.28%) Power Platform
8 42 (5.86%) GitHub Copilot
9 27 (3.77%) Power Automate
10 23 (3.21%) Azure Service Bus
10 23 (3.21%) PowerApps
10 23 (3.21%) SaaS
11 20 (2.79%) Azure Functions
11 20 (2.79%) PaaS
12 19 (2.65%) Azure Key Vault
13 18 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (2.37%) Azure AKS
15 16 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.32%) Broadband
2 12 (1.67%) VPN
3 10 (1.39%) Ethernet
3 10 (1.39%) RS-232
4 8 (1.12%) Firewall
5 3 (0.42%) LAN
5 3 (0.42%) Network Security
5 3 (0.42%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.42%) WAN
5 3 (0.42%) Wireless
5 3 (0.42%) WPA
6 2 (0.28%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (18.13%) MongoDB
2 99 (13.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (11.72%) Elasticsearch
4 59 (8.23%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (5.44%) NoSQL
6 36 (5.02%) SQL Server
7 29 (4.04%) Power BI
8 26 (3.63%) Metadata
9 25 (3.49%) Relational Database
10 24 (3.35%) MySQL
11 17 (2.37%) Redis
12 16 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (1.53%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.39%) Data Lake
14 10 (1.39%) Star Schema
15 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 5 (0.70%) Amazon QuickSight
17 5 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
17 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 93 (12.97%) JIRA
2 74 (10.32%) Git
3 31 (4.32%) GitLab
4 22 (3.07%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.51%) SonarQube
6 15 (2.09%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.09%) JUnit
7 14 (1.95%) Maven
7 14 (1.95%) Mockito
8 12 (1.67%) CircleCI
9 9 (1.26%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.84%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.70%) Postman
11 5 (0.70%) Selenium
12 4 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.56%) NUnit
12 4 (0.56%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.56%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.42%) Mercurial
General
1 224 (31.24%) Social Skills
2 182 (25.38%) Finance
3 155 (21.62%) Public Sector
4 138 (19.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (17.57%) Law
6 90 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (6.00%) Legal
8 31 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (4.18%) Marketing
10 28 (3.91%) Games
11 18 (2.51%) Retail
12 16 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.81%) Legal Technology
14 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.12%) Advertising
16 7 (0.98%) Banking
16 7 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.98%) Local Government
17 6 (0.84%) Social Housing
18 5 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 211 (29.43%) Developer
2 182 (25.38%) Senior
3 95 (13.25%) Analyst
4 85 (11.85%) .NET Developer
5 64 (8.93%) Business Analyst
6 59 (8.23%) Delivery Manager
7 55 (7.67%) Software Engineer
8 54 (7.53%) Lead
9 52 (7.25%) Architect
10 51 (7.11%) Senior Developer
11 41 (5.72%) Project Manager
12 37 (5.16%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 35 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
14 32 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
15 29 (4.04%) Senior DevOps
15 29 (4.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 29 (4.04%) Senior Manager
16 28 (3.91%) Senior Business Analyst
17 24 (3.35%) Product Manager
18 23 (3.21%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (21.48%) React
2 141 (19.67%) .NET
3 123 (17.15%) Node.js
4 97 (13.53%) .NET Core
5 90 (12.55%) ASP.NET
6 87 (12.13%) ASP.NET Core
7 78 (10.88%) AngularJS
8 68 (9.48%) .NET Framework
9 58 (8.09%) Terraform
10 53 (7.39%) Vue
11 52 (7.25%) ASP.NET Web API
11 52 (7.25%) REST
12 51 (7.11%) RESTful
13 47 (6.56%) HTML
14 43 (6.00%) CSS
15 35 (4.88%) Spring
16 34 (4.74%) Blazor
17 27 (3.77%) Playwright
18 26 (3.63%) Entity Framework
19 25 (3.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 155 (21.62%) Product Ownership
2 57 (7.95%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.49%) Podcast
3 25 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (2.23%) Onboarding
5 14 (1.95%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.67%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.67%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.53%) Blog
7 11 (1.53%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.39%) Device Driver
8 10 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.12%) PMI
10 7 (0.98%) AI Agents
10 7 (0.98%) Culture of Ownership
10 7 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (0.98%) e-Learning
10 7 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 68 (9.48%) Linux
2 51 (7.11%) Windows
3 31 (4.32%) Unix
4 12 (1.67%) VMS
5 10 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
6 9 (1.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (94.56%) Agile
2 245 (34.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 233 (32.50%) DevOps
4 216 (30.13%) CI/CD
5 211 (29.43%) Kanban
6 165 (23.01%) Microservices
7 146 (20.36%) Mentoring
8 142 (19.80%) Full-Stack Development
9 140 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
10 137 (19.11%) AI
11 132 (18.41%) Coaching
12 125 (17.43%) Project Delivery
13 117 (16.32%) TDD
14 111 (15.48%) Software Engineering
15 107 (14.92%) Stakeholder Management
16 105 (14.64%) Community of Practice
17 100 (13.95%) Roadmaps
18 96 (13.39%) User Stories
19 83 (11.58%) Collaborative Culture
19 83 (11.58%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 184 (25.66%) SQL
2 167 (23.29%) JavaScript
3 153 (21.34%) C#
4 104 (14.50%) TypeScript
5 74 (10.32%) Java
5 74 (10.32%) Python
6 29 (4.04%) Bash
7 28 (3.91%) Ruby
8 20 (2.79%) Apex Code
8 20 (2.79%) Bicep
8 20 (2.79%) PowerShell
9 18 (2.51%) SOQL
10 16 (2.23%) SOSL
11 15 (2.09%) C++
11 15 (2.09%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.67%) C
12 12 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.39%) Embedded C
14 8 (1.12%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 146 (20.36%) Degree
2 137 (19.11%) Security Cleared
3 114 (15.90%) SC Cleared
4 56 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (3.91%) PMI Certification
6 26 (3.63%) Azure Certification
7 22 (3.07%) PMP
8 17 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.09%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.67%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.53%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.98%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.70%) CSPO
15 4 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.56%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.42%) CCSA
16 3 (0.42%) CCSE
16 3 (0.42%) JNCIE
16 3 (0.42%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (10.18%) QA
2 32 (4.46%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.51%) GDPR
4 17 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.37%) PMO
5 16 (2.23%) GRC
6 15 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.70%) WCAG
10 3 (0.42%) NCSC
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.28%) NIST
12 1 (0.14%) GxP
12 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 124 (17.29%) Docker
2 15 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.67%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) IAG
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 87 (12.13%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.95%) Argo
3 13 (1.81%) Ansible
4 12 (1.67%) Podman
5 3 (0.42%) Grafana
5 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 173 (24.13%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.44%) Salesforce
3 29 (4.04%) Oracle
4 19 (2.65%) Google
5 16 (2.23%) Splunk
6 15 (2.09%) Databricks
7 14 (1.95%) Pega
8 13 (1.81%) VMware
9 12 (1.67%) ScienceLogic
10 10 (1.39%) SAP
11 7 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.84%) Adobe
12 6 (0.84%) Infor
12 6 (0.84%) Informatica
13 5 (0.70%) Talend
14 4 (0.56%) Epicor
14 4 (0.56%) IFS
14 4 (0.56%) YouTube
15 3 (0.42%) Red Hat
15 3 (0.42%) Sage