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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 101 58
Rank change year-on-year +27 -43 -21
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 675 568 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.28% 3.61% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 3.84% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 494 302 1,188
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £51,250 £47,250
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 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £97,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 16,900 14,802 29,888
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.24% 94.02% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,326 8,674 23,017
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,938 £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% -9.12%

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 28 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 38 (5.63%) Confluence
2 17 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.44%) Apache
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.30%) Appian
5 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.30%) CMS
5 2 (0.30%) DNN
5 2 (0.30%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.30%) Immediacy CMS
5 2 (0.30%) Kentico
5 2 (0.30%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (0.30%) SAS
5 2 (0.30%) Sitefinity
5 2 (0.30%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.59%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.59%) Trello
6 3 (0.44%) Productboard
6 3 (0.44%) Sketch
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (0.15%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.30%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.30%) Shopify
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.15%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 295 (43.70%) Azure
2 237 (35.11%) AWS
3 90 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
4 62 (9.19%) GCP
5 59 (8.74%) Serverless
6 52 (7.70%) GitHub
7 44 (6.52%) Power Platform
8 33 (4.89%) GitHub Copilot
8 33 (4.89%) Power Automate
9 30 (4.44%) Azure Service Bus
10 29 (4.30%) PowerApps
11 27 (4.00%) Azure Functions
12 25 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
13 24 (3.56%) PaaS
14 21 (3.11%) Azure AKS
14 21 (3.11%) SaaS
15 19 (2.81%) Azure Key Vault
16 18 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
17 14 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
18 13 (1.93%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.11%) Broadband
2 15 (2.22%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.22%) RS-232
3 14 (2.07%) VPN
4 8 (1.19%) Firewall
5 5 (0.74%) LAN
5 5 (0.74%) WAN
6 4 (0.59%) MQTT
7 3 (0.44%) Network Security
7 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.44%) Wireless
7 3 (0.44%) WPA
8 2 (0.30%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.15%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (15.56%) MongoDB
2 81 (12.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 70 (10.37%) Elasticsearch
4 40 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (5.19%) NoSQL
6 21 (3.11%) SQL Server
7 19 (2.81%) Metadata
7 19 (2.81%) Power BI
8 11 (1.63%) Redis
9 10 (1.48%) MySQL
9 10 (1.48%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.04%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.74%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.59%) Big Data
13 4 (0.59%) Star Schema
14 2 (0.30%) GIS
Development Applications
1 82 (12.15%) JIRA
2 63 (9.33%) Jenkins
3 56 (8.30%) Git
4 55 (8.15%) GitLab
5 35 (5.19%) SonarQube
6 22 (3.26%) TeamCity
7 16 (2.37%) Postman
8 14 (2.07%) Cypress.io
9 13 (1.93%) Selenium
10 12 (1.78%) CircleCI
11 11 (1.63%) SoapUI
12 10 (1.48%) JUnit
13 9 (1.33%) Maven
13 9 (1.33%) Mockito
13 9 (1.33%) Team Foundation Server
13 9 (1.33%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.89%) NUnit
14 6 (0.89%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.89%) WebDriver
15 5 (0.74%) Claude Code
General
1 197 (29.19%) Social Skills
2 141 (20.89%) Finance
3 132 (19.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 96 (14.22%) Public Sector
5 90 (13.33%) Law
6 68 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (7.26%) Games
8 44 (6.52%) Marketing
9 29 (4.30%) Legal
10 23 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.93%) Legal Technology
11 13 (1.93%) Retail
12 10 (1.48%) Banking
13 8 (1.19%) Advertising
13 8 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.89%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.89%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.59%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 173 (25.63%) Developer
2 163 (24.15%) Senior
3 78 (11.56%) Analyst
4 73 (10.81%) .NET Developer
5 71 (10.52%) Architect
6 69 (10.22%) Software Engineer
7 57 (8.44%) Lead
8 52 (7.70%) Delivery Manager
9 47 (6.96%) Business Analyst
10 34 (5.04%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 34 (5.04%) Senior Developer
11 33 (4.89%) Salesforce Architect
12 31 (4.59%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
13 29 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (4.00%) Senior DevOps
14 27 (4.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 26 (3.85%) Senior Manager
16 25 (3.70%) Product Manager
17 24 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (18.81%) React
2 124 (18.37%) .NET
3 103 (15.26%) Node.js
4 78 (11.56%) ASP.NET
5 74 (10.96%) ASP.NET Core
6 70 (10.37%) .NET Core
7 61 (9.04%) REST
8 58 (8.59%) AngularJS
9 55 (8.15%) .NET Framework
10 47 (6.96%) Vue
11 46 (6.81%) ASP.NET Web API
11 46 (6.81%) SOAP
12 45 (6.67%) RESTful
13 41 (6.07%) Lightning Web Components
14 39 (5.78%) HTML
15 38 (5.63%) Visualforce
16 34 (5.04%) Spring
17 27 (4.00%) Blazor
18 25 (3.70%) CSS
19 23 (3.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 171 (25.33%) Product Ownership
2 59 (8.74%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.70%) Podcast
4 22 (3.26%) Over-the-Top Content
4 22 (3.26%) Video\Live Streaming
5 18 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.22%) Device Driver
8 12 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.78%) Security Posture
9 11 (1.63%) e-Learning
9 11 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.19%) PMI
11 7 (1.04%) Culture of Ownership
12 6 (0.89%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.89%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.74%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 57 (8.44%) Linux
2 37 (5.48%) Windows
3 28 (4.15%) Unix
4 15 (2.22%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.78%) VMS
6 6 (0.89%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (94.52%) Agile
2 244 (36.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 236 (34.96%) DevOps
4 223 (33.04%) Kanban
5 209 (30.96%) CI/CD
6 152 (22.52%) Microservices
7 130 (19.26%) Full-Stack Development
8 128 (18.96%) Mentoring
9 119 (17.63%) Roadmaps
10 117 (17.33%) TDD
11 116 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
12 114 (16.89%) Coaching
13 103 (15.26%) Software Engineering
14 96 (14.22%) AI
15 87 (12.89%) Community of Practice
16 85 (12.59%) User Stories
17 82 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
17 82 (12.15%) Test Automation
18 80 (11.85%) Continuous Integration
19 77 (11.41%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 157 (23.26%) SQL
2 131 (19.41%) C#
3 128 (18.96%) JavaScript
4 100 (14.81%) TypeScript
5 75 (11.11%) Java
6 64 (9.48%) Python
7 38 (5.63%) Apex Code
8 34 (5.04%) SOQL
8 34 (5.04%) SOSL
9 22 (3.26%) Bash
9 22 (3.26%) Scala
10 21 (3.11%) C++
11 20 (2.96%) Bicep
12 19 (2.81%) PowerShell
13 17 (2.52%) Ruby
14 15 (2.22%) C
14 15 (2.22%) Embedded C
15 12 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (1.48%) PL/SQL
17 7 (1.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (18.22%) Degree
2 84 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 74 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 44 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 20 (2.96%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.67%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.93%) PMP
10 9 (1.33%) ISTQB
11 8 (1.19%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.74%) CIPD
13 5 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.44%) CCIE Security
15 3 (0.44%) CCSA
15 3 (0.44%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.44%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (11.41%) QA
2 21 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.78%) GRC
3 12 (1.78%) PMO
4 10 (1.48%) GDPR
5 8 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.59%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.30%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.30%) WCAG
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
System Software
1 125 (18.52%) Docker
2 14 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 97 (14.37%) Kubernetes
2 60 (8.89%) Terraform
3 16 (2.37%) Ansible
4 14 (2.07%) Argo
5 12 (1.78%) Podman
6 5 (0.74%) Grafana
7 4 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.30%) Packer
8 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 155 (22.96%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.56%) Salesforce
3 34 (5.04%) Splunk
4 23 (3.41%) Oracle
5 15 (2.22%) Google
6 12 (1.78%) ScienceLogic
6 12 (1.78%) VMware
7 11 (1.63%) Pega
8 10 (1.48%) Databricks
9 9 (1.33%) SAP
10 6 (0.89%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.74%) Adobe
11 5 (0.74%) Cisco
11 5 (0.74%) Infor
11 5 (0.74%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.44%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.44%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.44%) Epicor
12 3 (0.44%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.44%) Red Hat