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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 85 52
Rank change year-on-year +6 -33 -18
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 565 579 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.05% 3.98% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 4.19% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 391 297 1,317
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,274 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,528 £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 15,329 13,820 29,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.82% 95.08% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,874 8,648 23,364
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 14 May 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 28 (4.96%) Confluence
2 11 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.71%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.71%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.53%) Apache
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.53%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.35%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.35%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.18%) JBoss
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.71%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.53%) Trello
4 2 (0.35%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Productboard
4 2 (0.35%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.35%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.35%) Shopify
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) Maximo
4 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 200 (35.40%) Azure
2 171 (30.27%) AWS
3 69 (12.21%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (9.73%) GCP
5 54 (9.56%) Serverless
6 26 (4.60%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.25%) GitHub
8 23 (4.07%) Azure AKS
9 22 (3.89%) Azure Service Bus
10 20 (3.54%) SaaS
11 19 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (3.01%) Power Automate
12 17 (3.01%) PowerApps
13 15 (2.65%) Entra ID
13 15 (2.65%) PaaS
14 14 (2.48%) Cloud Functions
15 12 (2.12%) Amazon S3
15 12 (2.12%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (2.12%) Cloud Run
16 10 (1.77%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.45%) Broadband
2 14 (2.48%) Ethernet
2 14 (2.48%) RS-232
3 6 (1.06%) Firewall
4 5 (0.88%) LAN
4 5 (0.88%) WAN
5 4 (0.71%) MQTT
6 3 (0.53%) Network Security
6 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.53%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.53%) Wireless
7 2 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.35%) VPN
7 2 (0.35%) WPA
8 1 (0.18%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (9.38%) MongoDB
2 40 (7.08%) NoSQL
3 33 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (4.42%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (3.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (2.48%) Metadata
8 11 (1.95%) Power BI
9 10 (1.77%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.88%) MySQL
11 5 (0.88%) Redis
12 4 (0.71%) Big Data
12 4 (0.71%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.71%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.71%) GIS
12 4 (0.71%) QGIS
12 4 (0.71%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.35%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 88 (15.58%) JIRA
2 65 (11.50%) Jenkins
3 57 (10.09%) GitLab
4 48 (8.50%) Git
5 35 (6.19%) SonarQube
6 32 (5.66%) Postman
7 28 (4.96%) Selenium
8 27 (4.78%) SoapUI
9 25 (4.42%) Team Foundation Server
10 22 (3.89%) TeamCity
10 22 (3.89%) WebDriver
11 14 (2.48%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.12%) CircleCI
13 7 (1.24%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.06%) JUnit
15 5 (0.88%) JMeter
15 5 (0.88%) Maven
15 5 (0.88%) Mockito
16 4 (0.71%) NUnit
16 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 187 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 118 (20.88%) Finance
3 105 (18.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 79 (13.98%) Public Sector
5 68 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (11.68%) Law
7 48 (8.50%) Games
7 48 (8.50%) Marketing
8 31 (5.49%) Legal
9 23 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.48%) Health Technology
12 12 (2.12%) Publishing
12 12 (2.12%) Tech for Good
13 11 (1.95%) Banking
14 10 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.59%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.42%) Advertising
17 7 (1.24%) Retail
18 6 (1.06%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 126 (22.30%) Senior
2 119 (21.06%) Developer
3 72 (12.74%) Lead
4 64 (11.33%) Architect
4 64 (11.33%) Software Engineer
5 60 (10.62%) Analyst
6 40 (7.08%) Delivery Manager
7 37 (6.55%) Business Analyst
8 33 (5.84%) Salesforce Architect
9 32 (5.66%) .NET Developer
10 31 (5.49%) Product Manager
11 28 (4.96%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 26 (4.60%) Senior Developer
13 25 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
14 24 (4.25%) Lead Developer
14 24 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
15 21 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
15 21 (3.72%) Senior Manager
15 21 (3.72%) Software Developer
16 19 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (16.64%) .NET
2 93 (16.46%) React
3 62 (10.97%) SOAP
4 60 (10.62%) REST
5 58 (10.27%) Node.js
6 53 (9.38%) HTML
7 49 (8.67%) RESTful
8 40 (7.08%) Lightning Web Components
9 38 (6.73%) Visualforce
10 29 (5.13%) .NET Framework
10 29 (5.13%) ASP.NET
11 28 (4.96%) AngularJS
12 26 (4.60%) CSS
12 26 (4.60%) Web Services
13 25 (4.42%) ASP.NET Core
13 25 (4.42%) Spring
14 23 (4.07%) .NET Core
15 22 (3.89%) Akka
16 20 (3.54%) Playwright
17 19 (3.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 164 (29.03%) Product Ownership
2 53 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.89%) Over-the-Top Content
3 22 (3.89%) Video\Live Streaming
4 17 (3.01%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.48%) Device Driver
6 13 (2.30%) e-Learning
6 13 (2.30%) Podcast
7 12 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.24%) Culture of Ownership
11 6 (1.06%) PMI
12 5 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.88%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.71%) Life Science
13 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.53%) AI Agents
14 3 (0.53%) Housing Association
14 3 (0.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.79%) Linux
2 17 (3.01%) Unix
3 14 (2.48%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (2.48%) Windows
4 5 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.18%) CentOS
5 1 (0.18%) Debian
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (93.63%) Agile
2 214 (37.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 199 (35.22%) DevOps
4 192 (33.98%) Kanban
5 182 (32.21%) CI/CD
6 116 (20.53%) Mentoring
7 113 (20.00%) Roadmaps
8 112 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
9 99 (17.52%) Coaching
10 96 (16.99%) Microservices
11 95 (16.81%) Software Engineering
12 85 (15.04%) TDD
13 84 (14.87%) User Stories
14 83 (14.69%) Full-Stack Development
15 77 (13.63%) Community of Practice
16 74 (13.10%) Acceptance Criteria
17 73 (12.92%) Continuous Integration
18 67 (11.86%) Test Automation
19 66 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
20 64 (11.33%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 101 (17.88%) SQL
2 89 (15.75%) Java
3 87 (15.40%) C#
3 87 (15.40%) JavaScript
4 69 (12.21%) Python
5 65 (11.50%) TypeScript
6 38 (6.73%) Apex Code
7 34 (6.02%) SOQL
7 34 (6.02%) SOSL
8 22 (3.89%) Scala
9 18 (3.19%) C++
10 14 (2.48%) C
10 14 (2.48%) Embedded C
11 9 (1.59%) Ruby
12 8 (1.42%) Bash
13 7 (1.24%) Bicep
14 6 (1.06%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.88%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.71%) Rust
17 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 129 (22.83%) Degree
2 80 (14.16%) Security Cleared
3 66 (11.68%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (4.78%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.36%) DBS Check
6 19 (3.36%) PMI Certification
7 18 (3.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 14 (2.48%) PMP
9 11 (1.95%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (1.24%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.88%) CIPD
14 4 (0.71%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.53%) CCIE
15 3 (0.53%) CCNP
15 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (14.34%) QA
2 21 (3.72%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.30%) GRC
4 9 (1.59%) PMO
5 6 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.71%) GDPR
7 3 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.53%) WCAG
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 92 (16.28%) Docker
2 5 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 76 (13.45%) Kubernetes
2 48 (8.50%) Terraform
3 21 (3.72%) Ansible
4 14 (2.48%) Argo
5 12 (2.12%) Podman
6 6 (1.06%) Grafana
7 5 (0.88%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.35%) Packer
8 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.18%) Kibana
9 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 83 (14.69%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.50%) Salesforce
3 34 (6.02%) Splunk
4 18 (3.19%) Google
5 17 (3.01%) Oracle
6 9 (1.59%) SAP
7 8 (1.42%) Databricks
8 7 (1.24%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.88%) Cisco
9 5 (0.88%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.88%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) Adobe
10 4 (0.71%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.71%) ESRI
11 3 (0.53%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.53%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.53%) Foundry
12 2 (0.35%) Facebook
12 2 (0.35%) Infor
12 2 (0.35%) SendGrid