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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 103 59
Rank change year-on-year +26 -44 -23
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 678 573 1,386
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 3.54% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 3.78% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 508 306 1,112
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £51,250 £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 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,975 £97,500 £90,000
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 17,250 15,174 29,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.39% 93.66% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,607 8,984 22,543
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 5 July 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 40 (5.90%) Confluence
2 17 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.44%) Apache
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.44%) CMS
4 3 (0.44%) DNN
4 3 (0.44%) EPiServer
4 3 (0.44%) Immediacy CMS
4 3 (0.44%) Kentico
4 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.44%) Sitefinity
4 3 (0.44%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.29%) Appian
5 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.29%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 12 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.88%) Trello
5 5 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.59%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.44%) Productboard
7 3 (0.44%) Sketch
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (0.15%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.29%) 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
1 303 (44.69%) Azure
2 245 (36.14%) AWS
3 92 (13.57%) Azure DevOps
4 62 (9.14%) GCP
5 59 (8.70%) Serverless
6 55 (8.11%) GitHub
7 44 (6.49%) Power Platform
8 36 (5.31%) GitHub Copilot
9 33 (4.87%) Power Automate
10 30 (4.42%) Azure Service Bus
11 29 (4.28%) PowerApps
12 27 (3.98%) Azure Functions
13 25 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (3.54%) PaaS
15 21 (3.10%) Azure AKS
15 21 (3.10%) SaaS
16 19 (2.80%) Azure Key Vault
17 18 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
19 13 (1.92%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (9.44%) Broadband
2 15 (2.21%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.21%) RS-232
3 14 (2.06%) VPN
4 8 (1.18%) 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 (0.29%) ATM
8 2 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.15%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (16.52%) MongoDB
2 87 (12.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 77 (11.36%) Elasticsearch
4 42 (6.19%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (5.16%) NoSQL
6 21 (3.10%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.95%) Power BI
8 19 (2.80%) Metadata
9 12 (1.77%) Redis
10 10 (1.47%) MySQL
10 10 (1.47%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.03%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.59%) Big Data
14 4 (0.59%) Star Schema
15 2 (0.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 85 (12.54%) JIRA
2 56 (8.26%) Git
3 55 (8.11%) GitLab
4 52 (7.67%) Jenkins
5 35 (5.16%) SonarQube
6 14 (2.06%) Cypress.io
7 13 (1.92%) Postman
8 12 (1.77%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.62%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.62%) Visual Studio
10 10 (1.47%) JUnit
10 10 (1.47%) Selenium
11 9 (1.33%) Maven
11 9 (1.33%) Mockito
12 8 (1.18%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.88%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.88%) NUnit
13 6 (0.88%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (0.74%) JMeter
General
1 198 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 143 (21.09%) Finance
3 131 (19.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 95 (14.01%) Public Sector
5 94 (13.86%) Law
6 72 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (7.23%) Games
8 44 (6.49%) Marketing
9 29 (4.28%) Legal
10 22 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.92%) Legal Technology
11 13 (1.92%) Retail
12 10 (1.47%) Banking
13 8 (1.18%) Advertising
13 8 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.88%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.88%) Social Housing
15 4 (0.59%) Publishing
15 4 (0.59%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 178 (26.25%) Developer
2 157 (23.16%) Senior
3 79 (11.65%) .NET Developer
3 79 (11.65%) Analyst
4 70 (10.32%) Architect
5 68 (10.03%) Software Engineer
6 56 (8.26%) Lead
7 53 (7.82%) Delivery Manager
8 49 (7.23%) Business Analyst
9 34 (5.01%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 33 (4.87%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
12 31 (4.57%) Senior Developer
13 30 (4.42%) Senior Analyst
14 28 (4.13%) Senior DevOps
14 28 (4.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 28 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
15 26 (3.83%) Product Manager
15 26 (3.83%) Senior Manager
16 25 (3.69%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (19.47%) React
2 127 (18.73%) .NET
3 111 (16.37%) Node.js
4 85 (12.54%) ASP.NET
5 80 (11.80%) ASP.NET Core
6 75 (11.06%) .NET Core
7 64 (9.44%) AngularJS
8 62 (9.14%) REST
9 59 (8.70%) .NET Framework
10 51 (7.52%) Vue
11 50 (7.37%) ASP.NET Web API
12 47 (6.93%) RESTful
13 43 (6.34%) SOAP
14 41 (6.05%) Lightning Web Components
15 38 (5.60%) Visualforce
16 37 (5.46%) HTML
17 34 (5.01%) Spring
18 29 (4.28%) Blazor
19 26 (3.83%) CSS
20 23 (3.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 171 (25.22%) Product Ownership
2 59 (8.70%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.69%) Podcast
4 18 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.21%) Device Driver
7 12 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.77%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.77%) Security Posture
8 11 (1.62%) e-Learning
8 11 (1.62%) Over-the-Top Content
8 11 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
9 9 (1.33%) PMI
10 8 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.03%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.74%) Housing Association
13 5 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 61 (9.00%) Linux
2 39 (5.75%) Windows
3 29 (4.28%) Unix
4 15 (2.21%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.77%) VMS
6 6 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (94.54%) Agile
2 250 (36.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 240 (35.40%) DevOps
4 216 (31.86%) Kanban
5 210 (30.97%) CI/CD
6 160 (23.60%) Microservices
7 135 (19.91%) Full-Stack Development
8 127 (18.73%) Mentoring
9 120 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
10 119 (17.55%) Roadmaps
11 115 (16.96%) Coaching
12 111 (16.37%) TDD
13 105 (15.49%) Software Engineering
14 100 (14.75%) AI
15 88 (12.98%) Community of Practice
15 88 (12.98%) User Stories
16 86 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
17 83 (12.24%) Test Automation
18 81 (11.95%) Continuous Integration
18 81 (11.95%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 161 (23.75%) SQL
2 135 (19.91%) JavaScript
3 134 (19.76%) C#
4 106 (15.63%) TypeScript
5 74 (10.91%) Java
6 67 (9.88%) Python
7 38 (5.60%) Apex Code
8 34 (5.01%) SOQL
8 34 (5.01%) SOSL
9 22 (3.24%) Bash
10 21 (3.10%) C++
11 20 (2.95%) Bicep
12 19 (2.80%) PowerShell
13 18 (2.65%) Ruby
14 17 (2.51%) C
15 15 (2.21%) Embedded C
16 12 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
17 11 (1.62%) Scala
18 10 (1.47%) PL/SQL
19 7 (1.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 121 (17.85%) Degree
2 88 (12.98%) Security Cleared
3 78 (11.50%) SC Cleared
4 44 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.83%) Azure Certification
6 23 (3.39%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.65%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.21%) PMP
10 8 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.88%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.74%) CIPD
12 5 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.44%) CCIE
14 3 (0.44%) CCNP
14 3 (0.44%) CCSA
14 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.21%) QA
2 21 (3.10%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.77%) GRC
3 12 (1.77%) PMO
4 10 (1.47%) GDPR
5 8 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.74%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.44%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
System Software
1 119 (17.55%) Docker
2 14 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 88 (12.98%) Kubernetes
2 60 (8.85%) Terraform
3 16 (2.36%) Ansible
4 14 (2.06%) Argo
5 12 (1.77%) Podman
6 5 (0.74%) Grafana
7 4 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.29%) Packer
8 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 159 (23.45%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.67%) Salesforce
3 34 (5.01%) Splunk
4 23 (3.39%) Oracle
5 16 (2.36%) Google
6 13 (1.92%) Pega
7 12 (1.77%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.77%) VMware
8 10 (1.47%) Databricks
9 9 (1.33%) SAP
10 6 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.74%) Adobe
11 5 (0.74%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.74%) Cisco
11 5 (0.74%) Infor
11 5 (0.74%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.44%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.44%) Epicor
12 3 (0.44%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.44%) Sitecore