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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 89 52
Rank change year-on-year +4 -37 -18
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 527 453 1,601
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.93% 3.35% 4.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.54% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 361 311 1,341
10th Percentile £39,238 £43,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,500 £78,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £89,041
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 14,934 12,804 29,708
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.02% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 10,447 8,937 23,607
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,905 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.90%

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 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 29 (5.50%) Confluence
2 12 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.95%) ArcGIS
3 5 (0.95%) GeoServer
3 5 (0.95%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.57%) Apache
4 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.57%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.38%) SAS
6 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.19%) JBoss
6 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.76%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.76%) Trello
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.19%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.38%) Shopify
3 1 (0.19%) Magento
3 1 (0.19%) Maximo
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 168 (31.88%) Azure
2 141 (26.76%) AWS
3 64 (12.14%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (9.68%) Serverless
5 49 (9.30%) GCP
6 26 (4.93%) Power Platform
7 22 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (3.98%) Azure AKS
9 20 (3.80%) SaaS
10 19 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
10 19 (3.61%) Entra ID
10 19 (3.61%) GitHub
11 16 (3.04%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.85%) Power Automate
12 15 (2.85%) PowerApps
13 14 (2.66%) Cloud Functions
14 13 (2.47%) Amazon SQS
14 13 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.47%) PaaS
15 12 (2.28%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 77 (14.61%) Broadband
2 15 (2.85%) Ethernet
2 15 (2.85%) RS-232
3 6 (1.14%) Firewall
4 4 (0.76%) LAN
4 4 (0.76%) MQTT
4 4 (0.76%) WAN
5 2 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.38%) Network Security
5 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.38%) VPN
5 2 (0.38%) Wireless
6 1 (0.19%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.16%) NoSQL
2 33 (6.26%) MongoDB
3 29 (5.50%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.28%) Power BI
6 11 (2.09%) Metadata
7 9 (1.71%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.14%) MySQL
10 5 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.95%) GIS
10 5 (0.95%) QGIS
11 4 (0.76%) Big Data
11 4 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
11 4 (0.76%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.76%) Tableau
12 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.57%) Power Query
13 2 (0.38%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 84 (15.94%) JIRA
2 65 (12.33%) Jenkins
3 56 (10.63%) GitLab
4 51 (9.68%) Git
5 35 (6.64%) SonarQube
6 32 (6.07%) Postman
7 27 (5.12%) Selenium
7 27 (5.12%) SoapUI
8 25 (4.74%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (4.36%) TeamCity
10 22 (4.17%) WebDriver
11 14 (2.66%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.28%) CircleCI
13 7 (1.33%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.95%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.76%) JMeter
16 3 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
16 3 (0.57%) Storybook
17 2 (0.38%) REST Assured
17 2 (0.38%) Serenity BDD
General
1 191 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 105 (19.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 99 (18.79%) Finance
4 76 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (14.42%) Public Sector
5 56 (10.63%) Law
6 50 (9.49%) Marketing
7 45 (8.54%) Games
8 31 (5.88%) Legal
9 22 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.85%) Health Technology
12 14 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.47%) Publishing
13 13 (2.47%) Tech for Good
14 11 (2.09%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.90%) Banking
16 8 (1.52%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.33%) Advertising
18 6 (1.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 118 (22.39%) Senior
2 93 (17.65%) Developer
3 74 (14.04%) Lead
4 72 (13.66%) Software Engineer
5 62 (11.76%) Analyst
6 56 (10.63%) Architect
7 39 (7.40%) Business Analyst
8 34 (6.45%) Delivery Manager
9 33 (6.26%) Salesforce Architect
10 31 (5.88%) Product Manager
11 29 (5.50%) Senior Software Engineer
12 26 (4.93%) Lead Developer
13 23 (4.36%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 21 (3.98%) Software Developer
15 20 (3.80%) Lead Software Engineer
15 20 (3.80%) Senior Manager
16 19 (3.61%) Senior Developer
16 19 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
17 18 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
17 18 (3.42%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (15.37%) .NET
2 80 (15.18%) React
3 63 (11.95%) SOAP
4 54 (10.25%) REST
5 53 (10.06%) HTML
6 48 (9.11%) RESTful
7 44 (8.35%) Node.js
8 38 (7.21%) Lightning Web Components
8 38 (7.21%) Visualforce
9 29 (5.50%) CSS
10 26 (4.93%) Web Services
11 25 (4.74%) .NET Framework
12 23 (4.36%) Akka
13 20 (3.80%) AngularJS
14 18 (3.42%) Spring
15 15 (2.85%) Playwright
15 15 (2.85%) Spring Boot
15 15 (2.85%) Yocto
16 14 (2.66%) ASP.NET
17 12 (2.28%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 162 (30.74%) Product Ownership
2 47 (8.92%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.36%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.36%) Video\Live Streaming
4 15 (2.85%) Device Driver
4 15 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (2.85%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.66%) e-Learning
6 13 (2.47%) Podcast
7 11 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.33%) Culture of Ownership
10 6 (1.14%) PMI
11 4 (0.76%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.76%) Life Science
11 4 (0.76%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.57%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.57%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.59%) Linux
2 15 (2.85%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (2.66%) Unix
4 11 (2.09%) Windows
5 6 (1.14%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.19%) CentOS
6 1 (0.19%) Debian
6 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 493 (93.55%) Agile
2 203 (38.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 189 (35.86%) DevOps
4 181 (34.35%) Kanban
5 176 (33.40%) CI/CD
6 113 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
7 111 (21.06%) Roadmaps
8 102 (19.35%) Software Engineering
9 97 (18.41%) Mentoring
10 94 (17.84%) Coaching
11 88 (16.70%) User Stories
12 77 (14.61%) Acceptance Criteria
13 74 (14.04%) Community of Practice
14 72 (13.66%) Continuous Integration
15 71 (13.47%) Microservices
16 68 (12.90%) TDD
17 66 (12.52%) Full-Stack Development
18 63 (11.95%) Project Delivery
19 61 (11.57%) Continuous Delivery
20 60 (11.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 85 (16.13%) SQL
2 83 (15.75%) Java
3 73 (13.85%) JavaScript
4 70 (13.28%) C#
4 70 (13.28%) Python
5 54 (10.25%) TypeScript
6 38 (7.21%) Apex Code
7 34 (6.45%) SOQL
7 34 (6.45%) SOSL
8 23 (4.36%) Scala
9 21 (3.98%) C++
10 17 (3.23%) C
11 15 (2.85%) Embedded C
12 7 (1.33%) Bicep
13 6 (1.14%) Ruby
14 5 (0.95%) Bash
15 4 (0.76%) PHP
15 4 (0.76%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.76%) Rust
16 3 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 126 (23.91%) Degree
2 69 (13.09%) Security Cleared
3 58 (11.01%) SC Cleared
4 37 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (5.12%) ISTQB
6 21 (3.98%) DBS Check
7 19 (3.61%) PMI Certification
8 18 (3.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 14 (2.66%) PMP
10 13 (2.47%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.52%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (1.33%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.95%) CIPD
15 3 (0.57%) PhD
16 2 (0.38%) CCIE
16 2 (0.38%) CCNP
16 2 (0.38%) CCSA
16 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (16.32%) QA
2 17 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.47%) GRC
4 8 (1.52%) PMO
5 6 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.57%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.38%) ECSS
7 2 (0.38%) GDPR
7 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.38%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) GxP
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.19%) P3O
System Software
1 75 (14.23%) Docker
2 7 (1.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (12.14%) Kubernetes
2 44 (8.35%) Terraform
3 21 (3.98%) Ansible
4 13 (2.47%) Argo
5 12 (2.28%) Podman
6 6 (1.14%) Grafana
7 5 (0.95%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) Packer
8 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Kibana
9 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 67 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.92%) Salesforce
3 34 (6.45%) Splunk
4 18 (3.42%) Google
5 14 (2.66%) Oracle
6 9 (1.71%) SAP
7 6 (1.14%) Databricks
7 6 (1.14%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.95%) ESRI
8 5 (0.95%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.76%) Cisco
9 4 (0.76%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.57%) Foundry
10 3 (0.57%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.57%) Mercator
11 2 (0.38%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.38%) Infor
11 2 (0.38%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.38%) SendGrid