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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 58 43
Rank change year-on-year -35 -15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 419 823 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.62% 5.22% 5.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 5.51% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 299 321 1,363
10th Percentile £39,238 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £51,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +11.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £79,375 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,500 £105,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

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 13,823 14,932 25,659
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.43% 94.64% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8,809 8,819 21,220
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 9 February 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 22 (5.25%) Confluence
2 8 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.95%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.95%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.95%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) SAS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.19%) Trello
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.48%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) Maximo
2 3 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.24%) Primavera
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 140 (33.41%) Azure
2 102 (24.34%) AWS
3 53 (12.65%) Serverless
4 45 (10.74%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (7.40%) GitHub
5 31 (7.40%) SaaS
6 27 (6.44%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.97%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (5.25%) GCP
9 18 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (4.06%) Amazon S3
10 17 (4.06%) PaaS
11 15 (3.58%) Entra ID
12 14 (3.34%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (3.34%) Azure App Service
13 13 (3.10%) PowerApps
14 11 (2.63%) Power Automate
15 10 (2.39%) Azure Functions
16 9 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (2.15%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 49 (11.69%) Broadband
2 6 (1.43%) Ethernet
2 6 (1.43%) RS-232
3 2 (0.48%) Firewall
3 2 (0.48%) MQTT
4 1 (0.24%) AMQP
4 1 (0.24%) GPRS
4 1 (0.24%) HTTP
4 1 (0.24%) LTE
4 1 (0.24%) Modbus
4 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 27 (6.44%) MongoDB
2 27 (6.44%) NoSQL
3 24 (5.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 19 (4.53%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (4.53%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.86%) Power BI
7 10 (2.39%) MySQL
8 9 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.67%) Tableau
10 6 (1.43%) Metadata
11 5 (1.19%) GIS
12 4 (0.95%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.95%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.95%) QGIS
12 4 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.72%) Power Query
14 2 (0.48%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 67 (15.99%) JIRA
2 57 (13.60%) Git
3 55 (13.13%) Jenkins
4 36 (8.59%) Postman
5 33 (7.88%) GitLab
5 33 (7.88%) Selenium
6 31 (7.40%) SoapUI
7 29 (6.92%) WebDriver
8 28 (6.68%) Team Foundation Server
9 24 (5.73%) SonarQube
10 23 (5.49%) TeamCity
11 6 (1.43%) JMeter
11 6 (1.43%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.95%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.72%) Storybook
14 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.48%) LoadRunner
14 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
14 2 (0.48%) Serenity BDD
General
1 158 (37.71%) Social Skills
2 94 (22.43%) Finance
3 59 (14.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (12.41%) Public Sector
6 44 (10.50%) Marketing
7 32 (7.64%) Games
8 22 (5.25%) Tech for Good
9 20 (4.77%) Law
10 19 (4.53%) Health Technology
11 18 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (4.30%) Publishing
12 16 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.63%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.15%) Legal
15 8 (1.91%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.67%) Banking
17 6 (1.43%) Electronics
18 5 (1.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 124 (29.59%) Developer
2 84 (20.05%) Senior
3 68 (16.23%) Lead
4 46 (10.98%) Software Engineer
5 43 (10.26%) Analyst
6 38 (9.07%) .NET Developer
7 37 (8.83%) Architect
8 30 (7.16%) Lead Developer
9 26 (6.21%) Senior Developer
10 22 (5.25%) React Developer
10 22 (5.25%) Salesforce Architect
10 22 (5.25%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (5.01%) Python Developer
12 20 (4.77%) Business Analyst
13 18 (4.30%) Software Developer
14 17 (4.06%) AWS Developer
14 17 (4.06%) Delivery Manager
14 17 (4.06%) Scrum Master
14 17 (4.06%) Test Analyst
15 15 (3.58%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (24.34%) .NET
2 72 (17.18%) React
3 62 (14.80%) SOAP
4 52 (12.41%) RESTful
5 47 (11.22%) HTML
6 44 (10.50%) REST
7 38 (9.07%) .NET Framework
8 34 (8.11%) ASP.NET Web API
9 33 (7.88%) Node.js
10 32 (7.64%) Entity Framework
11 29 (6.92%) .NET Core
12 28 (6.68%) Akka
13 26 (6.21%) AngularJS
14 25 (5.97%) Lightning Web Components
14 25 (5.97%) Visualforce
15 22 (5.25%) Vue
16 21 (5.01%) CSS
17 19 (4.53%) ASP.NET
17 19 (4.53%) Web Services
18 16 (3.82%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 97 (23.15%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.73%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.49%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (5.49%) Video\Live Streaming
4 11 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.91%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.67%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.43%) Device Driver
9 5 (1.19%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.95%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.72%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.72%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.72%) PMI
11 3 (0.72%) Social Media
12 2 (0.48%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.30%) Linux
2 6 (1.43%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.19%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.72%) Android
4 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.72%) Unix
5 2 (0.48%) VMS
6 1 (0.24%) CentOS
6 1 (0.24%) Debian
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (93.32%) Agile
2 148 (35.32%) Kanban
3 145 (34.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 137 (32.70%) DevOps
5 131 (31.26%) CI/CD
6 97 (23.15%) Mentoring
7 89 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (18.62%) Roadmaps
9 76 (18.14%) TDD
10 72 (17.18%) Software Engineering
11 65 (15.51%) Microservices
12 62 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 59 (14.08%) Acceptance Criteria
13 59 (14.08%) User Stories
14 56 (13.37%) Full-Stack Development
15 51 (12.17%) Coaching
16 50 (11.93%) Project Delivery
17 49 (11.69%) Continuous Integration
17 49 (11.69%) Software Testing
18 46 (10.98%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 105 (25.06%) SQL
2 91 (21.72%) C#
3 69 (16.47%) Java
4 67 (15.99%) TypeScript
5 62 (14.80%) JavaScript
6 53 (12.65%) Python
7 25 (5.97%) Apex Code
8 24 (5.73%) Scala
8 24 (5.73%) SOQL
8 24 (5.73%) SOSL
9 13 (3.10%) C++
10 9 (2.15%) C
11 6 (1.43%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.19%) Bash
13 3 (0.72%) Erlang
13 3 (0.72%) Groovy
13 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.72%) PHP
13 3 (0.72%) Swift
13 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 96 (22.91%) Degree
2 47 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 37 (8.83%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.35%) ISTQB
5 25 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (5.97%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 19 (4.53%) Master's Degree
7 13 (3.10%) DBS Check
8 10 (2.39%) PMI Certification
9 9 (2.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (1.91%) PMP
11 7 (1.67%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.72%) IBM Certification
15 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
15 2 (0.48%) CBAP
15 2 (0.48%) IIBA
15 2 (0.48%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (19.81%) QA
2 14 (3.34%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.95%) PMO
3 4 (0.95%) WCAG
4 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.48%) ECSS
5 2 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.24%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) GRC
6 1 (0.24%) IFRS
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 52 (12.41%) Docker
2 13 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 50 (11.93%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.77%) Terraform
3 15 (3.58%) Ansible
4 3 (0.72%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.48%) Argo
5 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.24%) Packer
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 77 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.88%) Salesforce
3 24 (5.73%) Splunk
4 12 (2.86%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.63%) Oracle
6 10 (2.39%) Google
6 10 (2.39%) SAP
7 9 (2.15%) Mercator
8 5 (1.19%) ESRI
8 5 (1.19%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.72%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.72%) DevExpress
9 3 (0.72%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.72%) IBM
10 2 (0.48%) Adobe
10 2 (0.48%) Foundry
10 2 (0.48%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.48%) Pega
10 2 (0.48%) SendGrid
10 2 (0.48%) Zend