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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 52 50
Rank change year-on-year -47 -2 -23
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 407 872 1,192
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.68% 5.24% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 5.61% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 304 363 981
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,938 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -6.84%
75th Percentile £78,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

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 13,320 15,533 19,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.81% 93.33% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,203 15,873
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,669 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 7 January 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 (5.65%) Confluence
2 6 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.98%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.98%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.98%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.74%) Apache
4 3 (0.74%) CMS
4 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.25%) nginx
5 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.47%) Trello
4 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.49%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.49%) Sketch
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.74%) Maximo
1 3 (0.74%) Shopify
2 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.25%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) Primavera
3 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 145 (35.63%) Azure
2 102 (25.06%) AWS
3 60 (14.74%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (14.00%) Serverless
5 35 (8.60%) AWS Lambda
5 35 (8.60%) GitHub
6 34 (8.35%) SaaS
7 32 (7.86%) Power Platform
8 20 (4.91%) Amazon S3
9 19 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (4.18%) GCP
10 17 (4.18%) PaaS
10 17 (4.18%) Power Automate
11 16 (3.93%) Azure App Service
12 15 (3.69%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (3.69%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (2.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.13%) Broadband
2 3 (0.74%) Ethernet
2 3 (0.74%) RS-232
3 2 (0.49%) DNS
3 2 (0.49%) Firewall
3 2 (0.49%) GPRS
3 2 (0.49%) HTTP
3 2 (0.49%) LTE
3 2 (0.49%) Modbus
3 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.49%) VPN
3 2 (0.49%) Wireless
4 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.53%) SQL Server
2 30 (7.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 30 (7.37%) Elasticsearch
2 30 (7.37%) MongoDB
2 30 (7.37%) NoSQL
3 21 (5.16%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (3.44%) DynamoDB
5 14 (3.44%) MySQL
6 13 (3.19%) Power BI
7 11 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.72%) Tableau
9 5 (1.23%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.23%) GIS
9 5 (1.23%) Metadata
10 4 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.98%) QGIS
10 4 (0.98%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.74%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 81 (19.90%) JIRA
2 59 (14.50%) Git
3 42 (10.32%) Postman
4 40 (9.83%) Selenium
5 36 (8.85%) SoapUI
5 36 (8.85%) Team Foundation Server
6 35 (8.60%) Jenkins
6 35 (8.60%) WebDriver
7 22 (5.41%) GitLab
8 16 (3.93%) SonarQube
9 12 (2.95%) TeamCity
10 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.23%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.98%) JMeter
13 3 (0.74%) Storybook
13 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.49%) LoadRunner
14 2 (0.49%) SpecFlow
15 1 (0.25%) Gradle
General
1 159 (39.07%) Social Skills
2 108 (26.54%) Finance
3 56 (13.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 49 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (11.55%) Public Sector
6 44 (10.81%) Marketing
7 31 (7.62%) Tech for Good
8 27 (6.63%) Health Technology
8 27 (6.63%) Publishing
9 23 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (5.41%) Games
11 21 (5.16%) Law
12 18 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.70%) Legal
13 11 (2.70%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.46%) Retail
15 9 (2.21%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.97%) Front Office
17 6 (1.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 133 (32.68%) Developer
2 76 (18.67%) Senior
3 73 (17.94%) Lead
4 55 (13.51%) Analyst
5 46 (11.30%) .NET Developer
6 32 (7.86%) Lead Developer
7 31 (7.62%) Senior Developer
8 30 (7.37%) Python Developer
9 29 (7.13%) Software Engineer
10 28 (6.88%) React Developer
11 25 (6.14%) Architect
12 24 (5.90%) Test Analyst
13 22 (5.41%) AWS Developer
14 20 (4.91%) Business Analyst
14 20 (4.91%) Software Developer
15 18 (4.42%) Full-Stack Developer
16 16 (3.93%) Azure Developer
17 15 (3.69%) Lead Python Developer
17 15 (3.69%) Scrum Master
17 15 (3.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (29.73%) .NET
2 82 (20.15%) React
3 65 (15.97%) RESTful
4 60 (14.74%) SOAP
5 59 (14.50%) HTML
6 43 (10.57%) .NET Framework
7 40 (9.83%) ASP.NET Web API
8 37 (9.09%) .NET Core
8 37 (9.09%) Entity Framework
8 37 (9.09%) Node.js
9 35 (8.60%) REST
10 31 (7.62%) AngularJS
11 29 (7.13%) Vue
12 26 (6.39%) CSS
13 23 (5.65%) ASP.NET
14 19 (4.67%) ASP.NET MVC
15 17 (4.18%) Akka
16 15 (3.69%) Swagger
16 15 (3.69%) Visualforce
16 15 (3.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 70 (17.20%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.91%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (2.95%) Over-the-Top Content
4 12 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.95%) Video\Live Streaming
5 8 (1.97%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.23%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.74%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.74%) Device Driver
9 3 (0.74%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.74%) IoT
9 3 (0.74%) N-Tier
9 3 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.44%) Linux
2 4 (0.98%) Ubuntu
2 4 (0.98%) Windows
3 3 (0.74%) Android
3 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.49%) VMS
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (93.12%) Agile
2 138 (33.91%) DevOps
3 127 (31.20%) Kanban
4 125 (30.71%) CI/CD
5 117 (28.75%) Mentoring
6 111 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (21.87%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (18.18%) TDD
9 67 (16.46%) Microservices
10 66 (16.22%) Software Testing
11 62 (15.23%) Full-Stack Development
12 61 (14.99%) Stakeholder Management
13 59 (14.50%) Software Engineering
14 58 (14.25%) Roadmaps
15 54 (13.27%) User Stories
16 51 (12.53%) Project Delivery
17 49 (12.04%) API Testing
18 48 (11.79%) Continuous Integration
19 44 (10.81%) Coaching
20 42 (10.32%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 125 (30.71%) SQL
2 106 (26.04%) C#
3 69 (16.95%) JavaScript
3 69 (16.95%) TypeScript
4 65 (15.97%) Java
5 56 (13.76%) Python
6 15 (3.69%) Apex Code
6 15 (3.69%) SOQL
6 15 (3.69%) SOSL
7 14 (3.44%) Scala
8 8 (1.97%) C++
9 6 (1.47%) Bash
9 6 (1.47%) C
10 5 (1.23%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.74%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.74%) Erlang
11 3 (0.74%) Groovy
11 3 (0.74%) PHP
11 3 (0.74%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.74%) Swift
Qualifications
1 105 (25.80%) Degree
2 45 (11.06%) ISTQB
3 35 (8.60%) Security Cleared
4 34 (8.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (8.11%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 25 (6.14%) SC Cleared
7 20 (4.91%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.21%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.97%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.97%) PMP
10 7 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.23%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.98%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.74%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.74%) ISEB
14 2 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.49%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (24.08%) QA
2 16 (3.93%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.47%) WCAG
4 4 (0.98%) PMO
5 3 (0.74%) SLA
5 3 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.49%) ECSS
7 1 (0.25%) GDPR
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 37 (9.09%) Docker
2 13 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (8.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.18%) Terraform
3 13 (3.19%) Ansible
4 3 (0.74%) Grafana
4 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.49%) Argo
6 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 92 (22.60%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.16%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.69%) Splunk
4 11 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.21%) Google
5 9 (2.21%) Mercator
5 9 (2.21%) SAP
6 7 (1.72%) Oracle
7 5 (1.23%) DevExpress
7 5 (1.23%) ESRI
7 5 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.98%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.74%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.74%) IBM
10 2 (0.49%) Adobe
10 2 (0.49%) Foundry
10 2 (0.49%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.49%) Pega
10 2 (0.49%) SendGrid
10 2 (0.49%) Zend