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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 100 54
Rank change year-on-year +19 -46 -19
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 588 554 1,552
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.06% 3.70% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 3.90% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 413 281 1,283
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 £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,950 £97,528 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,813 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +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 15,868 14,194 30,016
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 94.78% 89.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,361 8,349 23,518
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 1 June 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 3 (0.51%) Apache
3 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.51%) GeoServer
3 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Spatial
4 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.34%) SAS
5 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.17%) JBoss
5 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.19%) 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
6 2 (0.34%) Trello
7 1 (0.17%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
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%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 212 (36.05%) Azure
2 181 (30.78%) AWS
3 67 (11.39%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (9.35%) GCP
5 49 (8.33%) Serverless
6 33 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.08%) GitHub
8 23 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
9 22 (3.74%) Azure AKS
9 22 (3.74%) Power Automate
9 22 (3.74%) PowerApps
9 22 (3.74%) SaaS
10 16 (2.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (2.38%) Cloud Functions
12 13 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (2.21%) Entra ID
12 13 (2.21%) GitHub Copilot
12 13 (2.21%) PaaS
13 12 (2.04%) Cloud Run
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 39 (6.63%) NoSQL
3 38 (6.46%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
5 27 (4.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (3.57%) SQL Server
7 18 (3.06%) Power BI
8 16 (2.72%) Metadata
9 10 (1.70%) 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%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.68%) Star Schema
15 3 (0.51%) GIS
15 3 (0.51%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 89 (15.14%) 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
17 5 (0.85%) Visual Studio
18 4 (0.68%) NUnit
General
1 191 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 125 (21.26%) Finance
3 113 (19.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 79 (13.44%) Public Sector
5 71 (12.07%) Law
6 67 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
7 47 (7.99%) Games
8 46 (7.82%) Marketing
9 33 (5.61%) Legal
10 23 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.70%) Banking
11 10 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.36%) Advertising
12 8 (1.36%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.36%) Retail
13 6 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.02%) Publishing
13 6 (1.02%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.02%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 136 (23.13%) Senior
2 129 (21.94%) Developer
3 69 (11.73%) Software Engineer
4 66 (11.22%) Architect
5 64 (10.88%) Analyst
5 64 (10.88%) Lead
6 43 (7.31%) Delivery Manager
7 42 (7.14%) Business Analyst
8 34 (5.78%) .NET Developer
9 33 (5.61%) Salesforce Architect
10 30 (5.10%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 29 (4.93%) Product Manager
11 29 (4.93%) Senior Developer
12 26 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
13 25 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
14 23 (3.91%) Senior Manager
15 22 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
16 21 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
17 20 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
17 20 (3.40%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (18.54%) React
2 95 (16.16%) .NET
3 65 (11.05%) Node.js
3 65 (11.05%) REST
4 60 (10.20%) SOAP
5 55 (9.35%) HTML
6 47 (7.99%) 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%) ASP.NET Core
12 29 (4.93%) .NET Core
12 29 (4.93%) .NET Framework
13 28 (4.76%) Web Services
14 27 (4.59%) CSS
15 22 (3.74%) Akka
15 22 (3.74%) Playwright
15 22 (3.74%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 169 (28.74%) 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%) Housing Association
12 4 (0.68%) Life Science
12 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.82%) Linux
2 17 (2.89%) Unix
3 15 (2.55%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (2.38%) Windows
5 6 (1.02%) 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
2 222 (37.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 201 (34.18%) DevOps
4 190 (32.31%) Kanban
5 183 (31.12%) CI/CD
6 118 (20.07%) Mentoring
7 114 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (19.39%) Roadmaps
8 108 (18.37%) Microservices
9 103 (17.52%) Software Engineering
10 95 (16.16%) Full-Stack Development
11 92 (15.65%) Coaching
12 89 (15.14%) TDD
13 86 (14.63%) User Stories
14 80 (13.61%) Community of Practice
15 76 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
16 74 (12.59%) AI
17 72 (12.24%) Acceptance Criteria
18 69 (11.73%) Test Automation
19 68 (11.56%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 109 (18.54%) SQL
2 106 (18.03%) JavaScript
3 94 (15.99%) C#
3 94 (15.99%) Java
4 73 (12.41%) TypeScript
5 62 (10.54%) Python
6 38 (6.46%) Apex Code
7 34 (5.78%) SOQL
7 34 (5.78%) SOSL
8 22 (3.74%) Scala
9 18 (3.06%) C++
10 15 (2.55%) C
10 15 (2.55%) Embedded C
11 12 (2.04%) Ruby
12 10 (1.70%) Bash
12 10 (1.70%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.36%) Bicep
14 5 (0.85%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.68%) Rust
16 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 133 (22.62%) Degree
2 82 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 71 (12.07%) SC Cleared
4 43 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.74%) 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
11 9 (1.53%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.85%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.85%) CIPD
12 5 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
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
1 103 (17.52%) Docker
2 3 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 81 (13.78%) Kubernetes
2 48 (8.16%) Terraform
3 19 (3.23%) 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 20 (3.40%) Oracle
5 17 (2.89%) Google
6 9 (1.53%) Databricks
7 7 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.02%) SAP
9 5 (0.85%) Adobe
9 5 (0.85%) Cisco
9 5 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.68%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.51%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.51%) ESRI
11 3 (0.51%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.51%) Foundry
12 2 (0.34%) AppDynamics
12 2 (0.34%) Facebook
12 2 (0.34%) SendGrid