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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 71 48
Rank change year-on-year -17 -23 -14
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 489 559 1,632
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.84% 4.32% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 4.56% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 326 318 1,367
10th Percentile £40,500 £43,675 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,688 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,375 £105,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +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 14,365 12,253 29,055
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.40% 94.79% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,024 8,885 23,521
10th Percentile £31,788 £32,500 £33,769
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -10.57%

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 April 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 23 (4.70%) Confluence
2 10 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.82%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.82%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.82%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.61%) Apache
5 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.61%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.41%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.41%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.23%) Trello
4 4 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.41%) Maximo
2 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.41%) Shopify
3 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.20%) Magento
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) Primavera
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 146 (29.86%) Azure
2 120 (24.54%) AWS
3 54 (11.04%) Serverless
4 50 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (9.00%) GCP
6 26 (5.32%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.11%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (4.50%) GitHub
9 21 (4.29%) SaaS
10 20 (4.09%) Amazon S3
10 20 (4.09%) Entra ID
11 15 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
11 15 (3.07%) PaaS
12 14 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (2.45%) Power Automate
13 12 (2.45%) PowerApps
14 11 (2.25%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.25%) Azure App Service
15 10 (2.04%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (14.93%) Broadband
2 13 (2.66%) Ethernet
2 13 (2.66%) RS-232
3 6 (1.23%) Firewall
4 4 (0.82%) LAN
4 4 (0.82%) MQTT
4 4 (0.82%) WAN
5 2 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.41%) Network Security
5 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.41%) Wireless
6 1 (0.20%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.18%) NoSQL
2 30 (6.13%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.09%) MongoDB
4 19 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.66%) Power BI
6 10 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (2.04%) Metadata
6 10 (2.04%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.64%) MySQL
8 5 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.02%) Tableau
9 4 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.82%) GIS
9 4 (0.82%) Power Query
9 4 (0.82%) QGIS
9 4 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.61%) Big Data
10 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 72 (14.72%) JIRA
2 67 (13.70%) Jenkins
3 54 (11.04%) Git
4 47 (9.61%) GitLab
5 36 (7.36%) SonarQube
6 30 (6.13%) Postman
7 26 (5.32%) SoapUI
8 25 (5.11%) Selenium
9 24 (4.91%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (4.70%) TeamCity
11 22 (4.50%) WebDriver
12 11 (2.25%) Cypress.io
13 8 (1.64%) CircleCI
14 6 (1.23%) Visual Studio
15 5 (1.02%) SpecFlow
16 4 (0.82%) JMeter
17 3 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
17 3 (0.61%) Storybook
18 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
18 2 (0.41%) Serenity BDD
General
1 183 (37.42%) Social Skills
2 100 (20.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 97 (19.84%) Finance
4 75 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (13.09%) Public Sector
6 53 (10.84%) Marketing
7 48 (9.82%) Law
8 41 (8.38%) Games
9 29 (5.93%) Legal
10 20 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (3.27%) Health Technology
12 16 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.86%) Publishing
13 14 (2.86%) Tech for Good
14 12 (2.45%) Banking
14 12 (2.45%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.64%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.23%) Advertising
16 6 (1.23%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 102 (20.86%) Senior
2 98 (20.04%) Developer
3 68 (13.91%) Lead
4 65 (13.29%) Software Engineer
5 57 (11.66%) Analyst
6 54 (11.04%) Architect
7 33 (6.75%) Business Analyst
7 33 (6.75%) Salesforce Architect
8 31 (6.34%) Product Manager
9 29 (5.93%) Lead Developer
10 27 (5.52%) Senior Software Engineer
11 25 (5.11%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (4.29%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.89%) .NET Developer
13 19 (3.89%) Product Owner
13 19 (3.89%) Senior Developer
14 18 (3.68%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 18 (3.68%) Senior Manager
14 18 (3.68%) Technical Architect
15 17 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (16.56%) .NET
2 72 (14.72%) React
3 61 (12.47%) SOAP
4 54 (11.04%) REST
5 51 (10.43%) HTML
6 49 (10.02%) RESTful
7 39 (7.98%) Lightning Web Components
7 39 (7.98%) Visualforce
8 31 (6.34%) Node.js
9 30 (6.13%) CSS
10 28 (5.73%) .NET Framework
11 24 (4.91%) Akka
12 22 (4.50%) AngularJS
13 21 (4.29%) Web Services
14 18 (3.68%) Spring
15 16 (3.27%) Spring Boot
16 15 (3.07%) Entity Framework
17 14 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
18 13 (2.66%) Yocto
19 12 (2.45%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 156 (31.90%) Product Ownership
2 45 (9.20%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.70%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.70%) Video\Live Streaming
4 15 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.07%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.66%) Device Driver
5 13 (2.66%) Podcast
6 11 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.04%) e-Learning
7 10 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.43%) Culture of Ownership
9 5 (1.02%) PMI
9 5 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.82%) N-Tier
10 4 (0.82%) Social Media
11 3 (0.61%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.32%) Linux
2 13 (2.66%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.02%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.82%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) CentOS
5 1 (0.20%) Debian
5 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (93.66%) Agile
2 184 (37.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 171 (34.97%) DevOps
4 162 (33.13%) Kanban
5 159 (32.52%) CI/CD
6 113 (23.11%) Roadmaps
7 108 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
8 98 (20.04%) Software Engineering
9 87 (17.79%) Mentoring
10 85 (17.38%) User Stories
11 77 (15.75%) Coaching
12 75 (15.34%) Acceptance Criteria
13 68 (13.91%) Community of Practice
13 68 (13.91%) TDD
14 63 (12.88%) Microservices
15 62 (12.68%) Continuous Integration
16 59 (12.07%) Continuous Delivery
16 59 (12.07%) Full-Stack Development
17 57 (11.66%) Project Delivery
18 56 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (17.18%) SQL
2 70 (14.31%) Java
3 67 (13.70%) C#
4 66 (13.50%) JavaScript
5 62 (12.68%) Python
6 50 (10.22%) TypeScript
7 39 (7.98%) Apex Code
8 35 (7.16%) SOQL
8 35 (7.16%) SOSL
9 23 (4.70%) Scala
10 19 (3.89%) C++
11 15 (3.07%) C
12 13 (2.66%) Embedded C
13 7 (1.43%) Bicep
14 6 (1.23%) Ruby
15 4 (0.82%) Bash
15 4 (0.82%) PHP
15 4 (0.82%) Rust
16 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 114 (23.31%) Degree
2 64 (13.09%) Security Cleared
3 55 (11.25%) SC Cleared
4 30 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (5.11%) ISTQB
6 18 (3.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (3.48%) DBS Check
8 16 (3.27%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.45%) PMP
10 7 (1.43%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.02%) CIPD
13 4 (0.82%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.82%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.61%) PhD
15 2 (0.41%) CCIE
15 2 (0.41%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (15.75%) QA
2 18 (3.68%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.66%) GRC
4 6 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.02%) PMO
6 4 (0.82%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.41%) ECSS
8 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.41%) WCAG
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 68 (13.91%) Docker
2 8 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (12.68%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.36%) Terraform
3 20 (4.09%) Ansible
4 8 (1.64%) Podman
5 6 (1.23%) Grafana
6 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.61%) Argo
8 2 (0.41%) Packer
8 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.20%) Kibana
9 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 63 (12.88%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.61%) Salesforce
3 35 (7.16%) Splunk
4 17 (3.48%) Google
5 12 (2.45%) Oracle
6 9 (1.84%) SAP
7 6 (1.23%) Mercator
8 5 (1.02%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.02%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.82%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.82%) Cisco
9 4 (0.82%) ESRI
9 4 (0.82%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.61%) Foundry
10 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.61%) IBM
11 2 (0.41%) Adobe
11 2 (0.41%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.41%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.41%) SendGrid