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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 99 54
Rank change year-on-year +15 -45 -19
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 588 549 1,559
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.06% 3.71% 4.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.91% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 414 278 1,294
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,500 £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 £77,188 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,875 £97,811 £87,500
UK median annual salary £66,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% +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 15,885 14,034 29,900
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.81% 90.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11,369 8,239 23,472
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,450 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%

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 30 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 30 (5.10%) Confluence
2 11 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.68%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.68%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.51%) Apache
4 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.34%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.17%) JBoss
6 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.68%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.68%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.51%) Productboard
5 3 (0.51%) Sketch
5 3 (0.51%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.34%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
4 1 (0.17%) Maximo
4 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 213 (36.22%) Azure
2 182 (30.95%) AWS
3 69 (11.73%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (9.35%) GCP
5 50 (8.50%) Serverless
6 30 (5.10%) Power Platform
7 25 (4.25%) GitHub
8 23 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
8 23 (3.91%) SaaS
9 22 (3.74%) Azure AKS
10 20 (3.40%) Power Automate
10 20 (3.40%) PowerApps
11 15 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (2.38%) Cloud Functions
12 14 (2.38%) Entra ID
12 14 (2.38%) PaaS
13 13 (2.21%) GitHub Copilot
14 12 (2.04%) Cloud Run
15 10 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 76 (12.93%) Broadband
2 15 (2.55%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.55%) RS-232
3 6 (1.02%) Firewall
4 5 (0.85%) LAN
4 5 (0.85%) WAN
5 4 (0.68%) MQTT
6 3 (0.51%) Network Security
6 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.51%) Wireless
6 3 (0.51%) WPA
7 2 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.34%) VPN
8 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (10.54%) MongoDB
2 40 (6.80%) NoSQL
3 39 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
5 27 (4.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 23 (3.91%) SQL Server
7 16 (2.72%) Metadata
8 15 (2.55%) Power BI
9 11 (1.87%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.36%) MySQL
11 7 (1.19%) Redis
12 6 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.85%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.68%) Big Data
14 4 (0.68%) GIS
14 4 (0.68%) QGIS
14 4 (0.68%) Star Schema
15 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 90 (15.31%) JIRA
2 65 (11.05%) Jenkins
3 56 (9.52%) GitLab
4 48 (8.16%) Git
5 35 (5.95%) SonarQube
6 30 (5.10%) Postman
7 26 (4.42%) Selenium
8 25 (4.25%) SoapUI
9 23 (3.91%) Team Foundation Server
10 22 (3.74%) TeamCity
11 19 (3.23%) WebDriver
12 15 (2.55%) Cypress.io
13 12 (2.04%) CircleCI
14 10 (1.70%) JUnit
15 9 (1.53%) Maven
15 9 (1.53%) Mockito
16 7 (1.19%) SpecFlow
17 5 (0.85%) JMeter
18 4 (0.68%) NUnit
18 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 192 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 125 (21.26%) Finance
3 112 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 79 (13.44%) Public Sector
5 71 (12.07%) Law
6 66 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
7 47 (7.99%) Games
7 47 (7.99%) Marketing
8 33 (5.61%) Legal
9 23 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.70%) Banking
10 10 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.36%) Advertising
11 8 (1.36%) Health Technology
11 8 (1.36%) Retail
12 6 (1.02%) Publishing
12 6 (1.02%) Tech for Good
12 6 (1.02%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 137 (23.30%) Senior
2 129 (21.94%) Developer
3 69 (11.73%) Software Engineer
4 67 (11.39%) Architect
5 65 (11.05%) Lead
6 64 (10.88%) Analyst
7 43 (7.31%) Delivery Manager
8 42 (7.14%) Business Analyst
9 35 (5.95%) .NET Developer
10 33 (5.61%) Salesforce Architect
11 30 (5.10%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 29 (4.93%) Product Manager
12 29 (4.93%) Senior Developer
13 26 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
14 25 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
15 24 (4.08%) Senior Manager
16 22 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
17 21 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
18 20 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
18 20 (3.40%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (18.71%) React
2 96 (16.33%) .NET
3 65 (11.05%) Node.js
3 65 (11.05%) REST
4 60 (10.20%) SOAP
5 55 (9.35%) HTML
6 48 (8.16%) RESTful
7 41 (6.97%) Lightning Web Components
8 38 (6.46%) Visualforce
9 35 (5.95%) ASP.NET
9 35 (5.95%) Spring
10 33 (5.61%) AngularJS
11 30 (5.10%) .NET Framework
11 30 (5.10%) ASP.NET Core
12 29 (4.93%) .NET Core
13 28 (4.76%) Web Services
14 27 (4.59%) CSS
15 23 (3.91%) ASP.NET Web API
16 22 (3.74%) Akka
16 22 (3.74%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 168 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 57 (9.69%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.74%) Over-the-Top Content
3 22 (3.74%) Video\Live Streaming
4 20 (3.40%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.55%) Device Driver
6 13 (2.21%) e-Learning
6 13 (2.21%) Podcast
6 13 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.19%) Culture of Ownership
10 6 (1.02%) PMI
11 5 (0.85%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.68%) Life Science
12 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.51%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.99%) Linux
2 17 (2.89%) Unix
3 15 (2.55%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (2.38%) Windows
5 7 (1.19%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.17%) CentOS
6 1 (0.17%) Debian
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (93.20%) Agile
2 221 (37.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 202 (34.35%) DevOps
4 193 (32.82%) Kanban
5 183 (31.12%) CI/CD
6 119 (20.24%) Mentoring
7 114 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (19.39%) Roadmaps
8 109 (18.54%) Microservices
9 103 (17.52%) Software Engineering
10 96 (16.33%) Full-Stack Development
11 92 (15.65%) Coaching
12 89 (15.14%) TDD
13 85 (14.46%) User Stories
14 80 (13.61%) Community of Practice
15 76 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
16 73 (12.41%) AI
17 72 (12.24%) Acceptance Criteria
18 69 (11.73%) Test Automation
19 68 (11.56%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 108 (18.37%) SQL
2 105 (17.86%) JavaScript
3 94 (15.99%) Java
4 93 (15.82%) C#
5 74 (12.59%) TypeScript
6 62 (10.54%) Python
7 38 (6.46%) Apex Code
8 34 (5.78%) SOQL
8 34 (5.78%) SOSL
9 22 (3.74%) Scala
10 18 (3.06%) C++
11 15 (2.55%) C
11 15 (2.55%) Embedded C
12 12 (2.04%) Ruby
13 10 (1.70%) Bash
13 10 (1.70%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.36%) Bicep
15 5 (0.85%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.68%) Rust
17 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (22.79%) Degree
2 83 (14.12%) Security Cleared
3 72 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 44 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.91%) ISTQB
6 19 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.89%) PMI Certification
8 16 (2.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 12 (2.04%) PMP
10 10 (1.70%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.70%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.85%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.85%) CIPD
13 4 (0.68%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.51%) CCIE Security
14 3 (0.51%) CCSA
14 3 (0.51%) CCSE
14 3 (0.51%) JNCIE
14 3 (0.51%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (13.61%) QA
2 23 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.04%) GRC
4 9 (1.53%) PMO
5 7 (1.19%) GDPR
6 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.68%) WCAG
8 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) P3O
System Software
1 104 (17.69%) Docker
2 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 82 (13.95%) Kubernetes
2 48 (8.16%) Terraform
3 20 (3.40%) Ansible
4 14 (2.38%) Argo
5 12 (2.04%) Podman
6 5 (0.85%) Grafana
7 4 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.34%) Packer
8 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 92 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 34 (5.78%) Splunk
4 21 (3.57%) Oracle
5 18 (3.06%) Google
6 8 (1.36%) Databricks
7 7 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.02%) Adobe
8 6 (1.02%) SAP
9 5 (0.85%) Cisco
9 5 (0.85%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.85%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.68%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.68%) ESRI
11 3 (0.51%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.51%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.51%) Foundry
12 2 (0.34%) Facebook
12 2 (0.34%) Infor
12 2 (0.34%) SendGrid