Scrum Contracts

Scrum
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Scrum skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scrum over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 40 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 -15 0
Contract jobs citing Scrum 1,739 2,920 6,725
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.04% 5.18% 7.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.72% 5.77% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,988 4,471
10th Percentile £375 £406 £413
25th Percentile £425 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 81 115
10th Percentile £31.88 £42.50 £35.97
25th Percentile £54.38 £52.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +44.44% -22.41%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.71 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.63 £85.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year - +21.50% -7.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Scrum is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Scrum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum.

Daily rate trend for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -5 1,480 £533 -7.39% 822
London +5 886 £550 -8.33% 317
UK excluding London -21 695 £500 -4.76% 538
Work from Home -10 566 £500 -9.01% 453
South East -15 224 £495 -7.91% 112
North of England +6 154 £510 -7.27% 130
Scotland -8 126 £475 -5.00% 42
Midlands -25 83 £475 -9.52% 115
North West -8 75 £500 -4.76% 90
Yorkshire +24 68 £550 +1.15% 32
West Midlands -20 66 £500 -7.41% 89
South West -56 61 £575 - 84
East of England -46 29 £550 +3.77% 36
Wales +23 19 £503 +16.86% 10
East Midlands -8 17 £398 -6.47% 26
North East +5 11 £525 -32.26% 9
Northern Ireland -2 1 £640 +60.00% 13

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 133 (7.65%) Confluence
2 31 (1.78%) Apache
2 31 (1.78%) CMS
3 21 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.15%) SAS
5 17 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.86%) SharePoint
7 14 (0.81%) CICS
8 10 (0.58%) IIS
9 8 (0.46%) Drupal
10 7 (0.40%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.29%) Headless CMS
11 5 (0.29%) JBoss
12 3 (0.17%) govService
12 3 (0.17%) WordPress
13 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.12%) EPiServer
13 2 (0.12%) Mule
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 33 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.40%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.12%) Mingle
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.058%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.058%) InVision
8 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.058%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 26 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.46%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
5 6 (0.35%) Endur
5 6 (0.35%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.29%) Maximo
6 5 (0.29%) SAP BPC
6 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
8 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.12%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.12%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.12%) SAP MII
9 2 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 476 (27.37%) Azure
2 249 (14.32%) Azure DevOps
3 226 (13.00%) AWS
4 108 (6.21%) Power Platform
5 89 (5.12%) Serverless
6 77 (4.43%) GitHub
7 75 (4.31%) Entra ID
8 73 (4.20%) GCP
9 60 (3.45%) Amazon S3
10 48 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
11 47 (2.70%) PaaS
11 47 (2.70%) SaaS
12 43 (2.47%) Azure Service Bus
13 41 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
14 33 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
15 29 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
16 27 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
16 27 (1.55%) PowerApps
17 26 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 25 (1.44%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.55%) DNS
2 26 (1.50%) Firewall
3 24 (1.38%) TCP/IP
4 23 (1.32%) VPN
5 21 (1.21%) SNMP
6 16 (0.92%) Software-Defined Radio
7 15 (0.86%) HTTP
8 12 (0.69%) MPLS
9 11 (0.63%) BGP
10 9 (0.52%) Ethernet VPN
10 9 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
10 9 (0.52%) SSH
11 7 (0.40%) DHCP
11 7 (0.40%) Internet
11 7 (0.40%) RS-485
11 7 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.35%) FTP
12 6 (0.35%) Modbus
12 6 (0.35%) RS-422
12 6 (0.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (11.04%) SQL Server
2 105 (6.04%) PostgreSQL
3 80 (4.60%) Power BI
4 79 (4.54%) Relational Database
5 63 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
6 52 (2.99%) MySQL
7 46 (2.65%) MongoDB
7 46 (2.65%) NoSQL
8 38 (2.19%) Big Data
9 36 (2.07%) Data Lake
10 31 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
11 30 (1.73%) Tableau
12 26 (1.50%) Redis
13 25 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
14 23 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
15 20 (1.15%) DB2
16 17 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 16 (0.92%) Oracle Database
17 16 (0.92%) RDBMS
18 14 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 339 (19.49%) JIRA
2 246 (14.15%) Git
3 111 (6.38%) Jenkins
4 82 (4.72%) GitLab
5 59 (3.39%) Selenium
6 53 (3.05%) JUnit
6 53 (3.05%) Postman
7 42 (2.42%) SpecFlow
8 39 (2.24%) Robot Framework
9 37 (2.13%) Visual Studio
10 35 (2.01%) Bitbucket
11 23 (1.32%) JMeter
12 22 (1.27%) Cucumber
13 21 (1.21%) Artifactory
14 20 (1.15%) Cypress.io
15 18 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
16 17 (0.98%) Eclipse
16 17 (0.98%) GoogleTest
17 16 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 15 (0.86%) WebDriver
General
1 479 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 284 (16.33%) Finance
3 200 (11.50%) Public Sector
4 183 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (7.02%) Banking
6 52 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
7 50 (2.88%) Marketing
8 44 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (2.36%) Front Office
9 41 (2.36%) Telecoms
10 37 (2.13%) Retail
11 33 (1.90%) Investment Banking
12 31 (1.78%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.55%) Back Office
13 27 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.32%) Electronics
15 21 (1.21%) Legal
16 19 (1.09%) Local Government
17 18 (1.04%) Billing
18 17 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 398 (22.89%) Developer
2 248 (14.26%) Senior
3 200 (11.50%) Analyst
4 158 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 156 (8.97%) Scrum Master
6 123 (7.07%) Business Analyst
7 106 (6.10%) Lead
8 100 (5.75%) Architect
9 95 (5.46%) Senior Developer
10 83 (4.77%) Java Developer
11 75 (4.31%) Software Engineer
12 65 (3.74%) Software Developer
13 61 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
14 60 (3.45%) Product Owner
15 48 (2.76%) Data Engineer
16 45 (2.59%) Consultant
17 44 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
18 43 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
19 41 (2.36%) C# Developer
19 41 (2.36%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (10.52%) .NET
2 158 (9.09%) XML
3 122 (7.02%) HTML
4 117 (6.73%) React
5 116 (6.67%) REST
6 105 (6.04%) CSS
7 90 (5.18%) AngularJS
8 89 (5.12%) Spring
9 73 (4.20%) .NET Framework
9 73 (4.20%) Web Services
10 65 (3.74%) Spring Boot
11 63 (3.62%) JSON
12 61 (3.51%) .NET Core
13 49 (2.82%) Kafka
14 46 (2.65%) RESTful
15 45 (2.59%) JPA
15 45 (2.59%) SOAP
16 44 (2.53%) Hibernate
17 41 (2.36%) Node.js
18 28 (1.61%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 272 (15.64%) Product Ownership
2 39 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
3 38 (2.19%) Data Structures
4 36 (2.07%) Mobile App
5 35 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
6 34 (1.96%) Algorithms
6 34 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (1.21%) Hedge funds
9 21 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.15%) Derivative
10 20 (1.15%) Mainframe
11 19 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
11 19 (1.09%) Replication
12 17 (0.98%) Cloud Native
12 17 (0.98%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.86%) IBM Mainframe
14 13 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (0.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 160 (9.20%) Linux
2 76 (4.37%) Windows
3 75 (4.31%) Unix
4 33 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (1.04%) Android
7 15 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 15 (0.86%) zOS
8 9 (0.52%) VMS
9 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.058%) CentOS
13 1 (0.058%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.058%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,542 (88.67%) Agile
2 477 (27.43%) DevOps
3 388 (22.31%) Kanban
4 329 (18.92%) CI/CD
5 254 (14.61%) Project Management
6 252 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
7 225 (12.94%) Software Engineering
7 225 (12.94%) Test Automation
8 188 (10.81%) User Stories
9 176 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 168 (9.66%) SDLC
11 164 (9.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 159 (9.14%) Roadmaps
13 144 (8.28%) Continuous Integration
14 142 (8.17%) Analytics
14 142 (8.17%) Project Delivery
15 137 (7.88%) Microservices
15 137 (7.88%) TDD
16 130 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 130 (7.48%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 307 (17.65%) SQL
2 263 (15.12%) Java
3 219 (12.59%) C#
4 211 (12.13%) Python
5 172 (9.89%) JavaScript
6 170 (9.78%) PowerShell
7 94 (5.41%) TypeScript
8 60 (3.45%) C++
9 52 (2.99%) Bicep
10 45 (2.59%) Bash
11 36 (2.07%) C
12 27 (1.55%) PL/SQL
12 27 (1.55%) Shell Script
13 26 (1.50%) Scala
14 24 (1.38%) T-SQL
15 20 (1.15%) Perl
16 17 (0.98%) COBOL
17 16 (0.92%) REXX
18 15 (0.86%) SELCOPY
19 14 (0.81%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 264 (15.18%) Security Cleared
2 203 (11.67%) SC Cleared
3 190 (10.93%) Degree
4 58 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 58 (3.34%) DV Cleared
5 56 (3.22%) PMP
6 55 (3.16%) PMI Certification
7 28 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (0.81%) AWS Certification
10 10 (0.58%) CSPO
11 9 (0.52%) CBAP
12 8 (0.46%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.46%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.40%) APMP
14 5 (0.29%) CCNP
14 5 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (9.14%) QA
2 41 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 34 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 28 (1.61%) PMO
5 10 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
6 9 (0.52%) GDPR
6 9 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.40%) RMADS
7 7 (0.40%) WCAG
8 6 (0.35%) P3O
9 5 (0.29%) SLA
9 5 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
10 4 (0.23%) GxP
11 3 (0.17%) GRC
11 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.17%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.17%) JTAG
11 3 (0.17%) NIST
12 2 (0.12%) IFRS
12 2 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 153 (8.80%) Docker
2 96 (5.52%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.98%) Firmware
6 11 (0.63%) vSphere
7 6 (0.35%) VirtualBox
8 5 (0.29%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.058%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.058%) XenApp
10 1 (0.058%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 126 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 109 (6.27%) Terraform
3 106 (6.10%) Ansible
4 68 (3.91%) Grafana
5 41 (2.36%) Puppet
6 28 (1.61%) Prometheus
7 20 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 17 (0.98%) Kibana
10 12 (0.69%) logstash
11 9 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (0.52%) HP ALM
12 8 (0.46%) vRealize
13 6 (0.35%) Argo
13 6 (0.35%) Packer
14 4 (0.23%) Podman
14 4 (0.23%) SCCM
15 3 (0.17%) Netcool
15 3 (0.17%) VxRail
16 2 (0.12%) Istio
Vendors
1 258 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 104 (5.98%) Oracle
3 75 (4.31%) SAP
4 64 (3.68%) Salesforce
5 57 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 53 (3.05%) Google
7 36 (2.07%) Atlassian
8 35 (2.01%) VMware
9 33 (1.90%) Splunk
10 23 (1.32%) Talend
11 22 (1.27%) IBM
12 19 (1.09%) Databricks
13 16 (0.92%) Denodo
13 16 (0.92%) Syncsort
14 14 (0.81%) Informatica
15 10 (0.58%) Cadence
15 10 (0.58%) Dell
16 9 (0.52%) Adobe
16 9 (0.52%) Cisco
16 9 (0.52%) HP