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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 101 79
Rank change year-on-year +7 -22 -34
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 677 604 801
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 3.66% 3.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 3.92% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 523 339 464
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £82,450 £89,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,112
% change year-on-year - +2.99% -2.90%

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 20,059 15,400 20,238
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.18% 93.41% 87.87%
Number of salaries quoted 14,331 8,552 12,205
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,537 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -4.07%

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 25 September 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 50 (7.39%) Confluence
2 13 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.89%) Apache
6 4 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.59%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.59%) CMS
6 4 (0.59%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.44%) DNN
7 3 (0.44%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.44%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.44%) Kentico
7 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.44%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.44%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.30%) Appian
8 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.03%) Trello
6 4 (0.59%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.44%) Productboard
7 3 (0.44%) Sketch
7 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (0.30%) Simulink
9 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.59%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.30%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Finacle
6 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 328 (48.45%) Azure
2 280 (41.36%) AWS
3 101 (14.92%) Azure DevOps
4 64 (9.45%) GitHub
5 58 (8.57%) GCP
6 51 (7.53%) Serverless
7 48 (7.09%) Power Platform
8 43 (6.35%) GitHub Copilot
9 28 (4.14%) Power Automate
10 23 (3.40%) Azure Service Bus
10 23 (3.40%) PowerApps
10 23 (3.40%) SaaS
11 20 (2.95%) Azure Functions
12 19 (2.81%) PaaS
13 18 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
15 15 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
16 14 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (2.07%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.77%) VPN
2 9 (1.33%) Broadband
3 7 (1.03%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.03%) RS-232
4 6 (0.89%) Firewall
5 3 (0.44%) WPA
6 2 (0.30%) ATM
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (19.05%) MongoDB
2 102 (15.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 83 (12.26%) Elasticsearch
4 60 (8.86%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (5.91%) SQL Server
6 32 (4.73%) NoSQL
6 32 (4.73%) Power BI
7 31 (4.58%) Metadata
8 26 (3.84%) Relational Database
9 24 (3.55%) MySQL
10 22 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (2.36%) Redis
12 15 (2.22%) DynamoDB
12 15 (2.22%) Star Schema
13 11 (1.62%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.33%) Amazon QuickSight
14 9 (1.33%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 95 (14.03%) JIRA
2 78 (11.52%) Git
3 18 (2.66%) GitLab
4 15 (2.22%) JUnit
5 14 (2.07%) Maven
5 14 (2.07%) Mockito
6 10 (1.48%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.48%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.33%) Jenkins
8 8 (1.18%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.89%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.74%) Postman
10 5 (0.74%) Selenium
11 4 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.59%) NUnit
11 4 (0.59%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.59%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.59%) Vagrant
12 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
General
1 215 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 180 (26.59%) Finance
3 160 (23.63%) Public Sector
4 114 (16.84%) Law
5 113 (16.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (4.87%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (3.99%) Legal
9 19 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (2.81%) Retail
10 18 (2.66%) Marketing
11 13 (1.92%) Games
12 9 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.03%) Banking
13 7 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.03%) Local Government
13 7 (1.03%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.89%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.89%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 208 (30.72%) Developer
2 183 (27.03%) Senior
3 93 (13.74%) Analyst
4 83 (12.26%) .NET Developer
5 65 (9.60%) Delivery Manager
6 63 (9.31%) Business Analyst
7 51 (7.53%) Senior Developer
8 50 (7.39%) Lead
9 47 (6.94%) Software Engineer
10 40 (5.91%) Project Manager
11 39 (5.76%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 37 (5.47%) Architect
13 33 (4.87%) DevOps Engineer
14 32 (4.73%) Senior Analyst
15 29 (4.28%) Senior DevOps
15 29 (4.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 28 (4.14%) Senior Manager
17 26 (3.84%) Senior Business Analyst
18 20 (2.95%) Java Developer
19 19 (2.81%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (21.27%) React
2 136 (20.09%) .NET
3 116 (17.13%) Node.js
4 96 (14.18%) .NET Core
5 87 (12.85%) ASP.NET
6 85 (12.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 76 (11.23%) AngularJS
8 64 (9.45%) .NET Framework
9 53 (7.83%) Terraform
10 52 (7.68%) ASP.NET Web API
11 50 (7.39%) Vue
12 47 (6.94%) RESTful
13 41 (6.06%) REST
14 37 (5.47%) HTML
14 37 (5.47%) Spring
15 34 (5.02%) Blazor
16 33 (4.87%) CSS
17 27 (3.99%) Entity Framework
18 24 (3.55%) JSON
19 23 (3.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 130 (19.20%) Product Ownership
2 47 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.07%) Podcast
7 12 (1.77%) Security Posture
8 11 (1.62%) Blog
8 11 (1.62%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.62%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.48%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.18%) PMI
11 7 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.03%) Device Driver
11 7 (1.03%) e-Learning
11 7 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.03%) NHS
12 5 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.74%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 70 (10.34%) Linux
2 60 (8.86%) Windows
3 34 (5.02%) Unix
4 12 (1.77%) VMS
5 10 (1.48%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 643 (94.98%) Agile
2 228 (33.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 205 (30.28%) DevOps
4 199 (29.39%) Kanban
5 189 (27.92%) CI/CD
6 159 (23.49%) Microservices
7 158 (23.34%) Mentoring
8 144 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
9 128 (18.91%) Coaching
10 127 (18.76%) Full-Stack Development
11 124 (18.32%) AI
12 118 (17.43%) Project Delivery
12 118 (17.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 115 (16.99%) TDD
14 94 (13.88%) Community of Practice
14 94 (13.88%) Software Engineering
15 88 (13.00%) User Stories
16 80 (11.82%) Technology Strategy
17 78 (11.52%) Computer Science
17 78 (11.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 184 (27.18%) SQL
2 154 (22.75%) C#
3 152 (22.45%) JavaScript
4 108 (15.95%) TypeScript
5 75 (11.08%) Python
6 73 (10.78%) Java
7 29 (4.28%) Bash
8 25 (3.69%) Ruby
9 20 (2.95%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.36%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.07%) Bicep
12 13 (1.92%) C++
13 12 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (1.33%) C
15 8 (1.18%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.03%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.74%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.74%) SOQL
18 4 (0.59%) ABAP
18 4 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 145 (21.42%) Degree
2 144 (21.27%) Security Cleared
3 118 (17.43%) SC Cleared
4 53 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.69%) PMI Certification
6 24 (3.55%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.81%) PMP
8 16 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.07%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.62%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.48%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.18%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.89%) CISSP
15 5 (0.74%) CSPO
16 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 4 (0.59%) CISA
16 4 (0.59%) ISTQB
17 3 (0.44%) APMP
17 3 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (10.49%) QA
2 25 (3.69%) Accessibility
2 25 (3.69%) GDPR
3 21 (3.10%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.81%) PMO
5 17 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 11 (1.62%) GRC
7 11 (1.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 5 (0.74%) WCAG
9 4 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.44%) NCSC
11 2 (0.30%) NIST
12 1 (0.15%) GxP
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 121 (17.87%) Docker
2 15 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.77%) vSphere
4 4 (0.59%) IAG
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 86 (12.70%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.07%) Argo
3 13 (1.92%) Ansible
4 6 (0.89%) Podman
5 4 (0.59%) Packer
5 4 (0.59%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.30%) Grafana
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 174 (25.70%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.47%) Oracle
3 24 (3.55%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.51%) Databricks
5 14 (2.07%) Google
5 14 (2.07%) Pega
6 13 (1.92%) VMware
7 12 (1.77%) SAP
7 12 (1.77%) ScienceLogic
8 10 (1.48%) Informatica
8 10 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.33%) Talend
10 8 (1.18%) Adobe
10 8 (1.18%) YouTube
11 5 (0.74%) Infor
12 4 (0.59%) Epicor
12 4 (0.59%) ESRI
12 4 (0.59%) IFS
12 4 (0.59%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.59%) Sage