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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 61 49
Rank change year-on-year -35 -12 -16
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 471 660 1,610
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.76% 4.91% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 5.16% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 314 314 1,358
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,117 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +11.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,688 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £89,041
UK median annual salary £65,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% +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 14,479 12,794 28,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.74% 95.11% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,552 8,840 23,088
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,805
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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 23 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 24 (5.10%) Confluence
2 8 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.85%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.85%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.85%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.64%) Apache
5 3 (0.64%) 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 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.27%) Trello
4 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.42%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.64%) Maximo
2 3 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.42%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.21%) Primavera
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 137 (29.09%) Azure
2 111 (23.57%) AWS
3 53 (11.25%) Serverless
4 46 (9.77%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (7.86%) GCP
6 26 (5.52%) Power Platform
7 24 (5.10%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (5.10%) SaaS
8 23 (4.88%) GitHub
9 19 (4.03%) Entra ID
10 18 (3.82%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.40%) PaaS
12 15 (3.18%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.55%) Azure App Service
13 12 (2.55%) PowerApps
14 10 (2.12%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.12%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.91%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (14.86%) Broadband
2 11 (2.34%) Ethernet
2 11 (2.34%) RS-232
3 5 (1.06%) Firewall
4 4 (0.85%) MQTT
5 3 (0.64%) LAN
5 3 (0.64%) WAN
6 2 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.42%) VPN
7 1 (0.21%) AMQP
7 1 (0.21%) Network Security
7 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.64%) NoSQL
2 35 (7.43%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.25%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (3.18%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.76%) Power BI
7 9 (1.91%) MySQL
8 7 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.49%) Metadata
9 6 (1.27%) Tableau
10 4 (0.85%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.85%) GIS
10 4 (0.85%) QGIS
10 4 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.64%) Power Query
12 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.42%) Looker
Development Applications
1 67 (14.23%) JIRA
2 65 (13.80%) Jenkins
3 51 (10.83%) Git
4 45 (9.55%) GitLab
5 35 (7.43%) SonarQube
6 31 (6.58%) Postman
7 28 (5.94%) SoapUI
8 27 (5.73%) Selenium
9 25 (5.31%) WebDriver
10 24 (5.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 23 (4.88%) TeamCity
12 9 (1.91%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.27%) CircleCI
14 5 (1.06%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.85%) JMeter
15 4 (0.85%) SpecFlow
16 3 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
16 3 (0.64%) Storybook
17 2 (0.42%) REST Assured
17 2 (0.42%) Serenity BDD
General
1 178 (37.79%) Social Skills
2 99 (21.02%) Finance
3 93 (19.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (12.74%) Public Sector
6 54 (11.46%) Marketing
7 42 (8.92%) Games
8 41 (8.70%) Law
9 25 (5.31%) Legal
10 18 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.40%) Health Technology
11 16 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (3.18%) Tech for Good
13 14 (2.97%) Publishing
14 11 (2.34%) Banking
14 11 (2.34%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.91%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.27%) Electronics
17 5 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 103 (21.87%) Developer
2 97 (20.59%) Senior
3 71 (15.07%) Lead
4 60 (12.74%) Software Engineer
5 53 (11.25%) Analyst
6 52 (11.04%) Architect
7 33 (7.01%) Salesforce Architect
8 30 (6.37%) Business Analyst
9 28 (5.94%) Lead Developer
10 27 (5.73%) Product Manager
11 26 (5.52%) .NET Developer
12 25 (5.31%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (4.46%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (4.25%) Software Developer
15 19 (4.03%) Product Owner
15 19 (4.03%) Senior Developer
16 18 (3.82%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 18 (3.82%) Technical Architect
17 16 (3.40%) React Developer
17 16 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (18.68%) .NET
2 66 (14.01%) React
3 65 (13.80%) SOAP
4 52 (11.04%) REST
5 51 (10.83%) HTML
5 51 (10.83%) RESTful
6 39 (8.28%) Lightning Web Components
6 39 (8.28%) Visualforce
7 34 (7.22%) .NET Framework
8 29 (6.16%) CSS
8 29 (6.16%) Node.js
9 26 (5.52%) Akka
10 21 (4.46%) ASP.NET Web API
10 21 (4.46%) Entity Framework
11 20 (4.25%) AngularJS
12 17 (3.61%) .NET Core
13 16 (3.40%) Web Services
14 15 (3.18%) Spring
15 14 (2.97%) ASP.NET
15 14 (2.97%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 139 (29.51%) Product Ownership
2 37 (7.86%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.88%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.88%) Video\Live Streaming
4 14 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.34%) Device Driver
6 11 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.91%) Podcast
9 7 (1.49%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.49%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.06%) Culture of Ownership
11 5 (1.06%) PMI
12 4 (0.85%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.85%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.85%) N-Tier
13 3 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.64%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.67%) Linux
2 11 (2.34%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.06%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.64%) Unix
5 2 (0.42%) VMS
6 1 (0.21%) CentOS
6 1 (0.21%) Debian
6 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (92.14%) Agile
2 174 (36.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 158 (33.55%) DevOps
4 156 (33.12%) Kanban
5 152 (32.27%) CI/CD
6 104 (22.08%) Roadmaps
7 102 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (20.38%) Mentoring
9 88 (18.68%) Software Engineering
10 82 (17.41%) User Stories
11 70 (14.86%) Acceptance Criteria
11 70 (14.86%) Coaching
12 66 (14.01%) TDD
13 65 (13.80%) Community of Practice
14 64 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
15 62 (13.16%) Microservices
16 59 (12.53%) Continuous Integration
17 57 (12.10%) Continuous Delivery
18 55 (11.68%) OO
19 53 (11.25%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 88 (18.68%) SQL
2 72 (15.29%) C#
3 70 (14.86%) Java
4 61 (12.95%) JavaScript
5 52 (11.04%) Python
6 48 (10.19%) TypeScript
7 39 (8.28%) Apex Code
8 35 (7.43%) SOQL
8 35 (7.43%) SOSL
9 23 (4.88%) Scala
10 17 (3.61%) C++
11 13 (2.76%) C
12 11 (2.34%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.06%) Bicep
13 5 (1.06%) Ruby
14 4 (0.85%) Bash
14 4 (0.85%) PHP
14 4 (0.85%) Rust
15 3 (0.64%) Erlang
16 2 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 112 (23.78%) Degree
2 60 (12.74%) Security Cleared
3 51 (10.83%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.16%) ISTQB
5 27 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (4.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (3.40%) Master's Degree
8 15 (3.18%) PMI Certification
9 14 (2.97%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.55%) PMP
11 7 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.06%) CIPD
14 3 (0.64%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.64%) IBM Certification
14 3 (0.64%) PhD
15 2 (0.42%) Azure Certification
15 2 (0.42%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (16.35%) QA
2 17 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.91%) GRC
4 5 (1.06%) PMO
5 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.64%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.42%) ECSS
7 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.42%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 63 (13.38%) Docker
2 10 (2.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (12.31%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.58%) Terraform
3 17 (3.61%) Ansible
4 6 (1.27%) Grafana
4 6 (1.27%) Podman
5 5 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.42%) Argo
6 2 (0.42%) Packer
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 65 (13.80%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.98%) Salesforce
3 35 (7.43%) Splunk
4 15 (3.18%) Google
5 12 (2.55%) Oracle
6 10 (2.12%) SAP
7 8 (1.70%) Mercator
8 7 (1.49%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.06%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.85%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.85%) ESRI
11 3 (0.64%) Cisco
11 3 (0.64%) Foundry
11 3 (0.64%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.64%) IBM
11 3 (0.64%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.42%) Adobe
12 2 (0.42%) PagerDuty
12 2 (0.42%) SendGrid
12 2 (0.42%) Zend