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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 63 49
Rank change year-on-year -25 -14 -16
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 479 635 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.85% 4.95% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 5.21% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 315 313 1,358
10th Percentile £39,443 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £66,771 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% +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 14,184 12,193 28,389
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.28% 95.04% 91.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,612 8,760 23,196
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 March 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 23 (4.80%) Confluence
2 8 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.84%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.84%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.84%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.63%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.42%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.42%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.25%) Trello
4 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.42%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Maximo
2 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.42%) Shopify
3 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.21%) Magento
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.21%) Primavera
3 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 137 (28.60%) Azure
2 113 (23.59%) AWS
3 52 (10.86%) Serverless
4 45 (9.39%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (7.93%) GCP
6 25 (5.22%) Power Platform
7 24 (5.01%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (4.80%) GitHub
8 23 (4.80%) SaaS
9 20 (4.18%) Entra ID
10 18 (3.76%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.34%) PaaS
12 15 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.51%) Azure App Service
14 11 (2.30%) PowerApps
15 10 (2.09%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.09%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (15.87%) Broadband
2 11 (2.30%) Ethernet
2 11 (2.30%) RS-232
3 6 (1.25%) Firewall
4 4 (0.84%) LAN
4 4 (0.84%) MQTT
4 4 (0.84%) WAN
5 2 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.42%) Network Security
5 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.42%) VPN
5 2 (0.42%) Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.93%) NoSQL
2 34 (7.10%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.38%) MongoDB
4 18 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.92%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.71%) Power BI
7 10 (2.09%) MySQL
8 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.46%) Metadata
9 6 (1.25%) Tableau
10 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.84%) GIS
10 4 (0.84%) QGIS
10 4 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.63%) Power Query
12 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.42%) Looker
Development Applications
1 71 (14.82%) Jenkins
2 67 (13.99%) JIRA
3 52 (10.86%) Git
4 51 (10.65%) GitLab
5 41 (8.56%) SonarQube
6 30 (6.26%) Postman
7 27 (5.64%) SoapUI
8 26 (5.43%) Selenium
9 24 (5.01%) WebDriver
10 23 (4.80%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (4.80%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.88%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.25%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.04%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.84%) JMeter
14 4 (0.84%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.63%) Storybook
16 2 (0.42%) REST Assured
16 2 (0.42%) Serenity BDD
General
1 180 (37.58%) Social Skills
2 101 (21.09%) Finance
2 101 (21.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 74 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (12.32%) Marketing
4 59 (12.32%) Public Sector
5 51 (10.65%) Games
6 44 (9.19%) Law
7 27 (5.64%) Legal
8 19 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.34%) Health Technology
9 16 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (2.92%) Publishing
10 14 (2.92%) Tech for Good
11 13 (2.71%) Banking
12 12 (2.51%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.67%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.25%) Electronics
15 5 (1.04%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 102 (21.29%) Developer
2 95 (19.83%) Senior
3 70 (14.61%) Lead
4 60 (12.53%) Software Engineer
5 59 (12.32%) Architect
6 53 (11.06%) Analyst
7 39 (8.14%) Salesforce Architect
8 30 (6.26%) Business Analyst
9 29 (6.05%) Product Manager
10 28 (5.85%) Lead Developer
11 26 (5.43%) .NET Developer
12 25 (5.22%) Senior Software Engineer
13 22 (4.59%) Delivery Manager
14 21 (4.38%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 21 (4.38%) Technical Architect
15 20 (4.18%) Senior Developer
15 20 (4.18%) Software Developer
16 19 (3.97%) Product Owner
17 18 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
18 16 (3.34%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (18.16%) .NET
2 68 (14.20%) SOAP
3 67 (13.99%) React
4 56 (11.69%) REST
5 51 (10.65%) HTML
6 50 (10.44%) RESTful
7 45 (9.39%) Lightning Web Components
7 45 (9.39%) Visualforce
8 34 (7.10%) .NET Framework
9 30 (6.26%) CSS
9 30 (6.26%) Node.js
10 26 (5.43%) Akka
11 22 (4.59%) AngularJS
12 21 (4.38%) ASP.NET Web API
12 21 (4.38%) Entity Framework
13 17 (3.55%) .NET Core
14 16 (3.34%) Spring
14 16 (3.34%) Web Services
15 15 (3.13%) Spring Boot
16 14 (2.92%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 150 (31.32%) Product Ownership
2 39 (8.14%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.80%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.80%) Video\Live Streaming
4 14 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.30%) Device Driver
5 11 (2.30%) Podcast
6 10 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.46%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.25%) Culture of Ownership
9 5 (1.04%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.04%) PMI
10 4 (0.84%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.84%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.59%) Linux
2 11 (2.30%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.04%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.21%) CentOS
5 1 (0.21%) Debian
5 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (92.28%) Agile
2 179 (37.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 162 (33.82%) DevOps
4 161 (33.61%) CI/CD
5 157 (32.78%) Kanban
6 115 (24.01%) Roadmaps
7 104 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (19.42%) Mentoring
9 90 (18.79%) Software Engineering
10 80 (16.70%) User Stories
11 75 (15.66%) Coaching
12 72 (15.03%) Community of Practice
13 71 (14.82%) Acceptance Criteria
14 67 (13.99%) TDD
15 65 (13.57%) Continuous Delivery
15 65 (13.57%) Continuous Integration
16 63 (13.15%) Microservices
17 61 (12.73%) OO
18 60 (12.53%) Stakeholder Management
19 56 (11.69%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 86 (17.95%) SQL
2 71 (14.82%) C#
3 69 (14.41%) Java
4 61 (12.73%) JavaScript
5 53 (11.06%) Python
6 49 (10.23%) TypeScript
7 45 (9.39%) Apex Code
8 41 (8.56%) SOQL
8 41 (8.56%) SOSL
9 23 (4.80%) Scala
10 17 (3.55%) C++
11 13 (2.71%) C
12 11 (2.30%) Embedded C
13 6 (1.25%) Bicep
14 5 (1.04%) Ruby
15 4 (0.84%) Bash
15 4 (0.84%) PHP
15 4 (0.84%) Rust
16 3 (0.63%) Erlang
17 2 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 109 (22.76%) Degree
2 61 (12.73%) Security Cleared
3 52 (10.86%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (5.64%) ISTQB
5 20 (4.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 15 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 15 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.92%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.30%) PMP
9 7 (1.46%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.04%) CIPD
12 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.63%) PhD
14 2 (0.42%) CCIE
14 2 (0.42%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (15.45%) QA
2 17 (3.55%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.09%) GRC
4 5 (1.04%) PMO
5 4 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.42%) ECSS
6 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.42%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.42%) WCAG
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 63 (13.15%) Docker
2 9 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (12.11%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.89%) Terraform
3 18 (3.76%) Ansible
4 6 (1.25%) Grafana
4 6 (1.25%) Podman
5 5 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.42%) Argo
6 2 (0.42%) Packer
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 64 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.86%) Salesforce
3 41 (8.56%) Splunk
4 15 (3.13%) Google
5 11 (2.30%) Oracle
6 9 (1.88%) SAP
7 8 (1.67%) Mercator
8 5 (1.04%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.84%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.84%) Cisco
9 4 (0.84%) ESRI
9 4 (0.84%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.63%) Foundry
10 3 (0.63%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.42%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.42%) IBM
11 2 (0.42%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.42%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.42%) Zend