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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 101 63
Rank change year-on-year +21 -38 -24
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 685 584 1,289
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.21% 3.54% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 3.80% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 522 316 1,023
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,425 £96,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 17,646 15,385 28,336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 93.30% 88.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 9,109 21,557
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%

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 15 July 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 41 (5.99%) Confluence
2 15 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.73%) Apache
5 3 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) DNN
5 3 (0.44%) EPiServer
5 3 (0.44%) Immediacy CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Kentico
5 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Sitefinity
5 3 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.29%) Appian
6 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.29%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.17%) Trello
3 4 (0.58%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.44%) Productboard
4 3 (0.44%) Sketch
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 24 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.44%) Shopify
3 2 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 316 (46.13%) Azure
2 255 (37.23%) AWS
3 97 (14.16%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (9.49%) GCP
5 59 (8.61%) Serverless
6 58 (8.47%) GitHub
7 43 (6.28%) Power Platform
8 38 (5.55%) GitHub Copilot
9 32 (4.67%) Power Automate
10 29 (4.23%) Azure Service Bus
11 28 (4.09%) PowerApps
12 26 (3.80%) Azure Functions
13 24 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 24 (3.50%) PaaS
14 22 (3.21%) SaaS
15 20 (2.92%) Azure AKS
16 19 (2.77%) Azure Key Vault
17 18 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
18 15 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
19 13 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 54 (7.88%) Broadband
2 14 (2.04%) Ethernet
2 14 (2.04%) RS-232
2 14 (2.04%) VPN
3 8 (1.17%) Firewall
4 5 (0.73%) LAN
4 5 (0.73%) WAN
5 4 (0.58%) MQTT
6 3 (0.44%) Network Security
6 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.44%) Wireless
6 3 (0.44%) WPA
7 2 (0.29%) ATM
7 2 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.15%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (17.81%) MongoDB
2 94 (13.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (12.26%) Elasticsearch
4 45 (6.57%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (5.55%) NoSQL
6 21 (3.07%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.92%) Metadata
7 20 (2.92%) Power BI
8 14 (2.04%) Redis
9 13 (1.90%) MySQL
10 11 (1.61%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.17%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.88%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.58%) Big Data
14 4 (0.58%) Star Schema
15 2 (0.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 87 (12.70%) JIRA
2 56 (8.18%) GitLab
3 55 (8.03%) Git
4 42 (6.13%) Jenkins
5 35 (5.11%) SonarQube
6 15 (2.19%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.75%) CircleCI
8 10 (1.46%) JUnit
9 9 (1.31%) Maven
9 9 (1.31%) Mockito
9 9 (1.31%) Visual Studio
10 8 (1.17%) Postman
11 6 (0.88%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.88%) Selenium
12 5 (0.73%) SoapUI
13 4 (0.58%) NUnit
13 4 (0.58%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
14 3 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
15 2 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 202 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 151 (22.04%) Finance
3 135 (19.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 100 (14.60%) Law
4 100 (14.60%) Public Sector
5 75 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (7.01%) Games
7 45 (6.57%) Marketing
8 29 (4.23%) Legal
9 23 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (2.19%) Retail
11 13 (1.90%) Legal Technology
12 10 (1.46%) Banking
13 8 (1.17%) Advertising
13 8 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.88%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.88%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 186 (27.15%) Developer
2 153 (22.34%) Senior
3 86 (12.55%) .NET Developer
4 80 (11.68%) Analyst
5 72 (10.51%) Architect
6 62 (9.05%) Software Engineer
7 53 (7.74%) Delivery Manager
7 53 (7.74%) Lead
8 51 (7.45%) Business Analyst
9 36 (5.26%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 33 (4.82%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (4.53%) DevOps Engineer
12 31 (4.53%) Senior Developer
13 29 (4.23%) Project Manager
13 29 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
14 28 (4.09%) Senior DevOps
14 28 (4.09%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 28 (4.09%) Senior Manager
15 25 (3.65%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (19.85%) React
2 131 (19.12%) .NET
3 120 (17.52%) Node.js
4 92 (13.43%) ASP.NET
5 87 (12.70%) ASP.NET Core
6 82 (11.97%) .NET Core
7 67 (9.78%) AngularJS
8 64 (9.34%) .NET Framework
9 61 (8.91%) REST
10 55 (8.03%) ASP.NET Web API
11 54 (7.88%) Vue
12 50 (7.30%) RESTful
13 41 (5.99%) Lightning Web Components
14 40 (5.84%) SOAP
15 38 (5.55%) Visualforce
16 37 (5.40%) HTML
17 35 (5.11%) Spring
18 33 (4.82%) Blazor
19 29 (4.23%) CSS
20 23 (3.36%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 171 (24.96%) Product Ownership
2 60 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.65%) Podcast
4 18 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.04%) Device Driver
6 12 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.75%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.17%) e-Learning
7 8 (1.17%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.17%) PMI
8 7 (1.02%) Culture of Ownership
8 7 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.02%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.73%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.73%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.05%) Linux
2 39 (5.69%) Windows
3 27 (3.94%) Unix
4 14 (2.04%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (1.75%) VMS
6 8 (1.17%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 645 (94.16%) Agile
2 247 (36.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 245 (35.77%) DevOps
4 216 (31.53%) CI/CD
5 210 (30.66%) Kanban
6 168 (24.53%) Microservices
7 141 (20.58%) Full-Stack Development
8 130 (18.98%) Mentoring
9 123 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
10 118 (17.23%) Roadmaps
11 115 (16.79%) Coaching
12 108 (15.77%) TDD
13 105 (15.33%) AI
14 101 (14.74%) Software Engineering
15 93 (13.58%) Project Delivery
16 92 (13.43%) Community of Practice
16 92 (13.43%) User Stories
17 87 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
18 83 (12.12%) Test Automation
19 82 (11.97%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 168 (24.53%) SQL
2 142 (20.73%) JavaScript
3 137 (20.00%) C#
4 110 (16.06%) TypeScript
5 70 (10.22%) Java
6 69 (10.07%) Python
7 38 (5.55%) Apex Code
8 34 (4.96%) SOQL
8 34 (4.96%) SOSL
9 23 (3.36%) Bash
10 22 (3.21%) Ruby
11 21 (3.07%) C++
12 20 (2.92%) Bicep
12 20 (2.92%) PowerShell
13 16 (2.34%) C
14 14 (2.04%) Embedded C
15 12 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (1.46%) PL/SQL
17 7 (1.02%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 122 (17.81%) Degree
2 92 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 81 (11.82%) SC Cleared
4 46 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.80%) Azure Certification
5 26 (3.80%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.77%) PMP
7 18 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.04%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.31%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.88%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.73%) CIPD
12 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.44%) CCIE Security
13 3 (0.44%) CCSA
13 3 (0.44%) CCSE
13 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.44%) JNCIE
13 3 (0.44%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (10.51%) QA
2 20 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.75%) GRC
3 12 (1.75%) PMO
4 11 (1.61%) GDPR
5 9 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.58%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
System Software
1 116 (16.93%) Docker
2 14 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (11.97%) Kubernetes
2 60 (8.76%) Terraform
3 15 (2.19%) Ansible
4 14 (2.04%) Argo
5 12 (1.75%) Podman
6 5 (0.73%) Grafana
7 4 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.29%) Packer
8 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 166 (24.23%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.74%) Salesforce
3 34 (4.96%) Splunk
4 23 (3.36%) Oracle
5 16 (2.34%) Google
6 13 (1.90%) Pega
7 12 (1.75%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.75%) VMware
8 10 (1.46%) Databricks
8 10 (1.46%) SAP
9 6 (0.88%) Infor
10 5 (0.73%) Adobe
10 5 (0.73%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.73%) Cisco
10 5 (0.73%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.73%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.58%) Epicor
11 4 (0.58%) IFS
12 3 (0.44%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.44%) Optimizely