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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 63 49
Rank change year-on-year -31 -14 -16
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 478 636 1,610
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.83% 4.92% 5.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 5.18% 5.70%
Number of salaries quoted 313 311 1,355
10th Percentile £39,340 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,500 £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 £80,000 £82,500 £73,990
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £89,041
UK median annual salary £65,626 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +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 14,237 12,283 28,237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.42% 95.05% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,595 8,796 23,110
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,806
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 26 March 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 (4.81%) Confluence
2 8 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.84%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.84%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.84%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.63%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.42%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.42%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.26%) Trello
4 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.42%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 11 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Maximo
2 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.42%) Shopify
3 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.21%) Magento
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.21%) Primavera
3 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 135 (28.24%) Azure
2 113 (23.64%) AWS
3 52 (10.88%) Serverless
4 43 (9.00%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (7.95%) GCP
6 25 (5.23%) Power Platform
7 24 (5.02%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (4.81%) SaaS
9 22 (4.60%) GitHub
10 19 (3.97%) Entra ID
11 18 (3.77%) Amazon S3
12 15 (3.14%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (3.14%) PaaS
13 14 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (2.30%) Azure App Service
14 11 (2.30%) PowerApps
15 10 (2.09%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.09%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (15.90%) Broadband
2 11 (2.30%) Ethernet
2 11 (2.30%) RS-232
3 6 (1.26%) Firewall
4 4 (0.84%) LAN
4 4 (0.84%) MQTT
4 4 (0.84%) WAN
5 2 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.42%) Network Security
5 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.42%) VPN
5 2 (0.42%) Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.74%) NoSQL
2 33 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.39%) MongoDB
4 18 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.93%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.72%) Power BI
7 10 (2.09%) MySQL
8 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.46%) Metadata
9 6 (1.26%) Tableau
10 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.84%) GIS
10 4 (0.84%) QGIS
10 4 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.63%) Power Query
12 2 (0.42%) Looker
12 2 (0.42%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 71 (14.85%) Jenkins
2 67 (14.02%) JIRA
3 52 (10.88%) Git
4 51 (10.67%) GitLab
5 41 (8.58%) SonarQube
6 30 (6.28%) Postman
7 27 (5.65%) SoapUI
8 26 (5.44%) Selenium
9 24 (5.02%) WebDriver
10 23 (4.81%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (4.81%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.88%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.26%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.05%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.84%) JMeter
14 4 (0.84%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.63%) Storybook
16 2 (0.42%) REST Assured
16 2 (0.42%) Serenity BDD
General
1 179 (37.45%) Social Skills
2 102 (21.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 100 (20.92%) Finance
4 76 (15.90%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (12.76%) Public Sector
6 60 (12.55%) Marketing
7 50 (10.46%) Games
8 44 (9.21%) Law
9 27 (5.65%) Legal
10 19 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.35%) Health Technology
11 16 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.93%) Publishing
12 14 (2.93%) Tech for Good
13 12 (2.51%) Banking
13 12 (2.51%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.67%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.26%) Electronics
16 5 (1.05%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 101 (21.13%) Developer
2 97 (20.29%) Senior
3 69 (14.44%) Lead
4 60 (12.55%) Software Engineer
5 59 (12.34%) Architect
6 53 (11.09%) Analyst
7 39 (8.16%) Salesforce Architect
8 31 (6.49%) Business Analyst
9 29 (6.07%) Product Manager
10 27 (5.65%) Lead Developer
11 25 (5.23%) .NET Developer
11 25 (5.23%) Senior Software Engineer
12 21 (4.39%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (4.39%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 21 (4.39%) Technical Architect
13 20 (4.18%) Senior Developer
13 20 (4.18%) Software Developer
14 19 (3.97%) Product Owner
15 18 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.35%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (17.99%) .NET
2 68 (14.23%) SOAP
3 66 (13.81%) React
4 56 (11.72%) REST
5 51 (10.67%) HTML
6 50 (10.46%) RESTful
7 45 (9.41%) Lightning Web Components
7 45 (9.41%) Visualforce
8 33 (6.90%) .NET Framework
9 30 (6.28%) CSS
9 30 (6.28%) Node.js
10 26 (5.44%) Akka
11 22 (4.60%) AngularJS
12 20 (4.18%) ASP.NET Web API
12 20 (4.18%) Entity Framework
13 17 (3.56%) .NET Core
14 16 (3.35%) Spring
14 16 (3.35%) Web Services
15 15 (3.14%) Spring Boot
16 14 (2.93%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 149 (31.17%) Product Ownership
2 39 (8.16%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.81%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (4.81%) Video\Live Streaming
4 14 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.30%) Device Driver
5 11 (2.30%) Podcast
6 10 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.46%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.26%) Culture of Ownership
9 5 (1.05%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.84%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.84%) N-Tier
10 4 (0.84%) PMI
11 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.60%) Linux
2 11 (2.30%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.05%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.21%) CentOS
5 1 (0.21%) Debian
5 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (92.26%) Agile
2 179 (37.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 160 (33.47%) CI/CD
3 160 (33.47%) DevOps
4 155 (32.43%) Kanban
5 113 (23.64%) Roadmaps
6 103 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (19.46%) Mentoring
8 90 (18.83%) Software Engineering
9 81 (16.95%) User Stories
10 74 (15.48%) Coaching
11 72 (15.06%) Community of Practice
12 70 (14.64%) Acceptance Criteria
13 67 (14.02%) TDD
14 65 (13.60%) Continuous Integration
15 64 (13.39%) Continuous Delivery
16 62 (12.97%) Microservices
17 61 (12.76%) OO
17 61 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
18 56 (11.72%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 85 (17.78%) SQL
2 71 (14.85%) C#
3 69 (14.44%) Java
4 61 (12.76%) JavaScript
5 53 (11.09%) Python
6 48 (10.04%) TypeScript
7 45 (9.41%) Apex Code
8 41 (8.58%) SOQL
8 41 (8.58%) SOSL
9 23 (4.81%) Scala
10 17 (3.56%) C++
11 13 (2.72%) C
12 11 (2.30%) Embedded C
13 6 (1.26%) Bicep
14 5 (1.05%) Ruby
15 4 (0.84%) Bash
15 4 (0.84%) PHP
15 4 (0.84%) Rust
16 3 (0.63%) Erlang
17 2 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 111 (23.22%) Degree
2 61 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 52 (10.88%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (5.65%) ISTQB
5 20 (4.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 15 (3.14%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.93%) DBS Check
7 14 (2.93%) PMI Certification
8 11 (2.30%) PMP
9 7 (1.46%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.05%) CIPD
12 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.63%) PhD
14 2 (0.42%) CCIE Security
14 2 (0.42%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (15.69%) QA
2 17 (3.56%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.09%) GRC
4 5 (1.05%) PMO
5 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.63%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.42%) ECSS
7 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.42%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 63 (13.18%) Docker
2 9 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (12.13%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.90%) Terraform
3 18 (3.77%) Ansible
4 6 (1.26%) Grafana
4 6 (1.26%) Podman
5 5 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.42%) Argo
6 2 (0.42%) Packer
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 64 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.88%) Salesforce
3 41 (8.58%) Splunk
4 15 (3.14%) Google
5 11 (2.30%) Oracle
6 9 (1.88%) SAP
7 8 (1.67%) Mercator
8 5 (1.05%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.84%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.84%) Cisco
9 4 (0.84%) ESRI
9 4 (0.84%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.63%) Foundry
10 3 (0.63%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.42%) Adobe
11 2 (0.42%) IBM
11 2 (0.42%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.42%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.42%) Zend