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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 99 83
Rank change year-on-year +24 -16 -43
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 726 596 844
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.19% 3.59% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.87% 3.86% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 538 338 605
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £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 £75,000 £77,500 £73,950
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,125 £91,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year - +5.69% -5.38%

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 18,782 15,445 21,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.64% 92.96% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,537 8,945 15,559
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 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 (6.34%) Confluence
2 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.96%) Apache
3 7 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.55%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.55%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.41%) DNN
5 3 (0.41%) EPiServer
5 3 (0.41%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.41%) Immediacy CMS
5 3 (0.41%) Kentico
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.41%) Sitefinity
5 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.28%) Appian
6 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 16 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.10%) Trello
4 7 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.55%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.55%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.41%) Productboard
6 3 (0.41%) Sketch
6 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.41%) Shopify
3 2 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.14%) Finacle
4 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 331 (45.59%) Azure
2 290 (39.94%) AWS
3 100 (13.77%) Azure DevOps
4 72 (9.92%) GCP
5 60 (8.26%) GitHub
6 54 (7.44%) Serverless
7 41 (5.65%) GitHub Copilot
7 41 (5.65%) Power Platform
8 27 (3.72%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.58%) SaaS
10 23 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 23 (3.17%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.89%) PaaS
12 20 (2.75%) Azure Functions
13 19 (2.62%) Azure Key Vault
14 18 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (2.34%) Azure AKS
15 17 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.37%) Broadband
2 14 (1.93%) VPN
3 12 (1.65%) Ethernet
3 12 (1.65%) RS-232
4 10 (1.38%) Firewall
5 5 (0.69%) LAN
5 5 (0.69%) WAN
6 3 (0.41%) Network Security
6 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.41%) Wireless
6 3 (0.41%) WPA
7 2 (0.28%) ATM
7 2 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.28%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (17.22%) MongoDB
2 95 (13.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (11.57%) Elasticsearch
4 59 (8.13%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (5.23%) NoSQL
6 32 (4.41%) SQL Server
7 25 (3.44%) Power BI
8 24 (3.31%) MySQL
9 23 (3.17%) Metadata
10 22 (3.03%) Relational Database
11 17 (2.34%) Redis
12 11 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (1.38%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.96%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.83%) Star Schema
16 5 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 3 (0.41%) Big Data
17 3 (0.41%) GIS
Development Applications
1 95 (13.09%) JIRA
2 71 (9.78%) Git
3 39 (5.37%) GitLab
4 28 (3.86%) Jenkins
5 24 (3.31%) SonarQube
6 15 (2.07%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.07%) JUnit
7 14 (1.93%) Maven
7 14 (1.93%) Mockito
8 12 (1.65%) CircleCI
9 9 (1.24%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.83%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.83%) Postman
11 5 (0.69%) Selenium
12 4 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.55%) NUnit
12 4 (0.55%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.55%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
General
1 225 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 179 (24.66%) Finance
3 147 (20.25%) Public Sector
4 143 (19.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 122 (16.80%) Law
6 91 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (5.79%) Legal
8 34 (4.68%) Marketing
9 33 (4.55%) Games
10 32 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.34%) Retail
12 13 (1.79%) Legal Technology
13 11 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.10%) Advertising
15 8 (1.10%) Banking
15 8 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.96%) Local Government
17 6 (0.83%) Social Housing
18 5 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 209 (28.79%) Developer
2 182 (25.07%) Senior
3 97 (13.36%) Analyst
4 87 (11.98%) .NET Developer
5 66 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 60 (8.26%) Architect
7 57 (7.85%) Delivery Manager
7 57 (7.85%) Lead
7 57 (7.85%) Software Engineer
8 52 (7.16%) Senior Developer
9 39 (5.37%) Senior Analyst
10 37 (5.10%) Project Manager
11 36 (4.96%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 32 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
12 32 (4.41%) Senior Business Analyst
13 29 (3.99%) Senior DevOps
13 29 (3.99%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 27 (3.72%) Senior Manager
15 24 (3.31%) Java Developer
15 24 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (21.35%) React
2 142 (19.56%) .NET
3 123 (16.94%) Node.js
4 96 (13.22%) .NET Core
5 91 (12.53%) ASP.NET
6 87 (11.98%) ASP.NET Core
7 77 (10.61%) AngularJS
8 67 (9.23%) .NET Framework
9 59 (8.13%) REST
10 53 (7.30%) ASP.NET Web API
10 53 (7.30%) Vue
11 51 (7.02%) RESTful
12 45 (6.20%) HTML
13 41 (5.65%) CSS
14 37 (5.10%) Spring
15 33 (4.55%) Blazor
16 30 (4.13%) Lightning Web Components
17 27 (3.72%) Playwright
18 26 (3.58%) SOAP
19 25 (3.44%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 163 (22.45%) Product Ownership
2 58 (7.99%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (3.44%) Podcast
5 17 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.93%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.65%) Device Driver
7 12 (1.65%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.65%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.38%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.24%) Blog
10 8 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.10%) PMI
11 7 (0.96%) AI Agents
11 7 (0.96%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (0.96%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.96%) NHS
12 6 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 66 (9.09%) Linux
2 42 (5.79%) Windows
3 28 (3.86%) Unix
4 12 (1.65%) Embedded Linux
4 12 (1.65%) VMS
5 9 (1.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (93.80%) Agile
2 246 (33.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 240 (33.06%) DevOps
4 222 (30.58%) Kanban
5 219 (30.17%) CI/CD
6 171 (23.55%) Microservices
7 147 (20.25%) Mentoring
8 144 (19.83%) Full-Stack Development
9 142 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
10 133 (18.32%) AI
11 129 (17.77%) Coaching
12 118 (16.25%) TDD
13 117 (16.12%) Project Delivery
14 111 (15.29%) Software Engineering
15 109 (15.01%) Roadmaps
16 104 (14.33%) Community of Practice
16 104 (14.33%) User Stories
17 102 (14.05%) Stakeholder Management
18 85 (11.71%) Test Automation
19 83 (11.43%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 179 (24.66%) SQL
2 164 (22.59%) JavaScript
3 148 (20.39%) C#
4 105 (14.46%) TypeScript
5 78 (10.74%) Java
6 75 (10.33%) Python
7 29 (3.99%) Bash
7 29 (3.99%) Ruby
8 27 (3.72%) Apex Code
9 24 (3.31%) SOQL
10 22 (3.03%) SOSL
11 20 (2.75%) Bicep
11 20 (2.75%) PowerShell
12 17 (2.34%) C++
13 15 (2.07%) PL/SQL
14 14 (1.93%) C
15 12 (1.65%) Embedded C
15 12 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (1.10%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 146 (20.11%) Degree
2 141 (19.42%) Security Cleared
3 119 (16.39%) SC Cleared
4 55 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.58%) Azure Certification
6 24 (3.31%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.48%) PMP
8 17 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.07%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.65%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.52%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.10%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.69%) CIPD
14 5 (0.69%) CSPO
15 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
16 3 (0.41%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.41%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (10.47%) QA
2 31 (4.27%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.07%) GRC
3 15 (2.07%) PMO
4 14 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.79%) GDPR
6 12 (1.65%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 5 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.69%) WCAG
9 3 (0.41%) NCSC
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.28%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
System Software
1 129 (17.77%) Docker
2 13 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 89 (12.26%) Kubernetes
2 60 (8.26%) Terraform
3 15 (2.07%) Ansible
4 14 (1.93%) Argo
5 12 (1.65%) Podman
6 3 (0.41%) Grafana
7 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) Kibana
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 164 (22.59%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.34%) Salesforce
3 28 (3.86%) Oracle
4 20 (2.75%) Splunk
5 19 (2.62%) Google
6 15 (2.07%) Databricks
7 14 (1.93%) Pega
8 13 (1.79%) VMware
9 12 (1.65%) ScienceLogic
10 9 (1.24%) SAP
11 6 (0.83%) Adobe
11 6 (0.83%) Infor
12 5 (0.69%) Cisco
12 5 (0.69%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.69%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.55%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.55%) Epicor
13 4 (0.55%) IFS
14 3 (0.41%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.41%) Sitecore