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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 102 81
Rank change year-on-year +23 -21 -39
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 724 592 837
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.16% 3.58% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 3.85% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 539 334 598
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,300 £89,625 £91,250
UK median annual salary £63,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.31% +4.00% -3.85%

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 18,872 15,371 21,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.41% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,617 8,911 15,260
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 18 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 45 (6.22%) Confluence
2 12 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.97%) Apache
3 7 (0.97%) 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 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.10%) Trello
4 7 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.55%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.41%) 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 18 (2.49%) 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
1 332 (45.86%) Azure
2 289 (39.92%) AWS
3 102 (14.09%) Azure DevOps
4 71 (9.81%) GCP
5 62 (8.56%) GitHub
6 53 (7.32%) Serverless
7 42 (5.80%) GitHub Copilot
7 42 (5.80%) Power Platform
8 27 (3.73%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.45%) SaaS
10 23 (3.18%) Azure Service Bus
10 23 (3.18%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.90%) PaaS
12 20 (2.76%) Azure Functions
13 19 (2.62%) Azure Key Vault
14 18 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
14 18 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
15 17 (2.35%) Azure AKS
16 16 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
17 15 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.11%) Broadband
2 14 (1.93%) VPN
3 11 (1.52%) Ethernet
3 11 (1.52%) 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
8 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (17.54%) MongoDB
2 96 (13.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (11.60%) Elasticsearch
4 60 (8.29%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (5.39%) NoSQL
6 35 (4.83%) SQL Server
7 26 (3.59%) Power BI
8 25 (3.45%) MySQL
9 23 (3.18%) Metadata
9 23 (3.18%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.35%) Redis
11 13 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.38%) Data Lake
13 8 (1.10%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.97%) Star Schema
15 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 5 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 3 (0.41%) Big Data
17 3 (0.41%) GIS
Development Applications
1 93 (12.85%) JIRA
2 72 (9.94%) Git
3 38 (5.25%) GitLab
4 28 (3.87%) 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 (1.66%) CircleCI
9 9 (1.24%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.83%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.69%) 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%) Mercurial
General
1 223 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 180 (24.86%) Finance
3 150 (20.72%) Public Sector
4 145 (20.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 125 (17.27%) Law
6 91 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (5.94%) Legal
8 35 (4.83%) Marketing
9 34 (4.70%) Games
10 32 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.35%) Retail
12 13 (1.80%) Legal Technology
13 10 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.24%) Banking
15 8 (1.10%) Advertising
16 7 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.97%) Local Government
17 6 (0.83%) Social Housing
18 5 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 212 (29.28%) Developer
2 184 (25.41%) Senior
3 98 (13.54%) Analyst
4 87 (12.02%) .NET Developer
5 68 (9.39%) Business Analyst
6 59 (8.15%) Architect
7 57 (7.87%) Lead
8 56 (7.73%) Delivery Manager
8 56 (7.73%) Software Engineer
9 53 (7.32%) Senior Developer
10 40 (5.52%) Project Manager
10 40 (5.52%) Senior Analyst
11 35 (4.83%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 33 (4.56%) Senior Business Analyst
13 32 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
14 29 (4.01%) Senior DevOps
14 29 (4.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 28 (3.87%) Senior Manager
16 24 (3.31%) Java Developer
16 24 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (21.55%) React
2 143 (19.75%) .NET
3 123 (16.99%) Node.js
4 97 (13.40%) .NET Core
5 91 (12.57%) ASP.NET
6 87 (12.02%) ASP.NET Core
7 79 (10.91%) AngularJS
8 68 (9.39%) .NET Framework
9 59 (8.15%) REST
10 53 (7.32%) ASP.NET Web API
10 53 (7.32%) Vue
11 51 (7.04%) RESTful
12 47 (6.49%) HTML
13 43 (5.94%) CSS
14 37 (5.11%) Spring
15 34 (4.70%) Blazor
16 29 (4.01%) Lightning Web Components
17 27 (3.73%) Playwright
18 26 (3.59%) Entity Framework
18 26 (3.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 161 (22.24%) Product Ownership
2 58 (8.01%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.45%) Podcast
4 24 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.93%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.66%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.66%) Security Posture
8 11 (1.52%) Device Driver
8 11 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.38%) Blog
9 10 (1.38%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.10%) PMI
12 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.97%) Culture of Ownership
12 7 (0.97%) e-Learning
12 7 (0.97%) NHS
13 6 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 66 (9.12%) Linux
2 43 (5.94%) Windows
3 28 (3.87%) Unix
4 12 (1.66%) VMS
5 11 (1.52%) Embedded Linux
6 9 (1.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 680 (93.92%) Agile
2 247 (34.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 241 (33.29%) DevOps
4 219 (30.25%) CI/CD
4 219 (30.25%) Kanban
5 169 (23.34%) Microservices
6 147 (20.30%) Mentoring
7 144 (19.89%) Full-Stack Development
8 138 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
9 133 (18.37%) AI
10 130 (17.96%) Coaching
11 123 (16.99%) Project Delivery
12 118 (16.30%) TDD
13 111 (15.33%) Software Engineering
14 107 (14.78%) Community of Practice
15 106 (14.64%) Roadmaps
16 103 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
17 102 (14.09%) User Stories
18 84 (11.60%) Test Automation
19 83 (11.46%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 181 (25.00%) SQL
2 167 (23.07%) JavaScript
3 151 (20.86%) C#
4 106 (14.64%) TypeScript
5 76 (10.50%) Java
6 73 (10.08%) Python
7 29 (4.01%) Bash
8 28 (3.87%) Ruby
9 26 (3.59%) Apex Code
10 24 (3.31%) SOQL
11 22 (3.04%) SOSL
12 20 (2.76%) Bicep
12 20 (2.76%) PowerShell
13 16 (2.21%) C++
14 15 (2.07%) PL/SQL
15 13 (1.80%) C
16 12 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 11 (1.52%) Embedded C
18 8 (1.10%) T-SQL
19 4 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 146 (20.17%) Degree
2 143 (19.75%) Security Cleared
3 121 (16.71%) SC Cleared
4 56 (7.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.73%) PMI Certification
6 26 (3.59%) Azure Certification
7 21 (2.90%) PMP
8 17 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.07%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.66%) 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 75 (10.36%) QA
2 32 (4.42%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.21%) PMO
4 15 (2.07%) GRC
5 14 (1.93%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.93%) GDPR
5 14 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (0.83%) 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
1 128 (17.68%) Docker
2 13 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 89 (12.29%) Kubernetes
2 60 (8.29%) Terraform
3 14 (1.93%) Ansible
3 14 (1.93%) Argo
4 12 (1.66%) Podman
5 3 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 167 (23.07%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.22%) Salesforce
3 27 (3.73%) Oracle
4 21 (2.90%) Splunk
5 19 (2.62%) Google
6 15 (2.07%) Databricks
7 14 (1.93%) Pega
8 13 (1.80%) VMware
9 12 (1.66%) 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%) Epicor
13 4 (0.55%) IFS
14 3 (0.41%) Informatica
14 3 (0.41%) Red Hat
14 3 (0.41%) Sage