Scrum Contracts in Central London

Scrum
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 42 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 -17 +1
Contract jobs citing Scrum 124 192 331
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.12% 5.08% 7.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.65% 5.56% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 131 235
10th Percentile £425 £450 £413
25th Percentile £463 £506 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £661 £747 £638
90th Percentile £719 £775 £733
London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.00 - -
London median hourly rate £32.36 £72.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -55.37% +62.92% -26.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,196 3,454 4,135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.59% 91.33% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,563 2,340 3,166
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.80% +9.05%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 28 43
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.18 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £18.03 £22.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £30.41 £55.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -28.21% +5.41% +12.63%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in Central London

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum in Central London

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Central London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in Central London

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
City of London -1 107 £550 -15.38% 35
West End of London +11 8 - - 3
City of Westminster - 6 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
Scrum
London

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 7 (5.65%) Confluence
2 6 (4.84%) Apache
3 5 (4.03%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.42%) CMS
4 3 (2.42%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.81%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.81%) Documentum
5 1 (0.81%) Drupal
5 1 (0.81%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.81%) JBoss
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.81%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 51 (41.13%) Azure
2 34 (27.42%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (8.06%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.26%) AWS
4 9 (7.26%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.65%) SaaS
6 6 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (4.03%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (4.03%) GCP
7 5 (4.03%) GitHub
8 4 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.23%) Azure Pipelines
8 4 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.42%) Serverless
10 2 (1.61%) Amazon EventBridge
10 2 (1.61%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (1.61%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.42%) DNS
1 3 (2.42%) Firewall
2 2 (1.61%) DHCP
2 2 (1.61%) Internet
3 1 (0.81%) Intranet
3 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.81%) VLAN
3 1 (0.81%) VoIP
3 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (24.19%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (7.26%) Power BI
4 8 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (4.84%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 6 (4.84%) Geospatial Data
6 5 (4.03%) NoSQL
6 5 (4.03%) Redis
7 4 (3.23%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (3.23%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.42%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.42%) MySQL
8 3 (2.42%) Parquet
8 3 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.61%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.81%) Big Data
10 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.81%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 23 (18.55%) JIRA
2 9 (7.26%) Git
3 6 (4.84%) Selenium
3 6 (4.84%) SpecFlow
4 4 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.23%) JUnit
4 4 (3.23%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.42%) GitLab
5 3 (2.42%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.42%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.61%) Android Studio
6 2 (1.61%) Deequ
6 2 (1.61%) JMeter
6 2 (1.61%) Mockito
6 2 (1.61%) Postman
6 2 (1.61%) ScalaTest
6 2 (1.61%) Subversion
6 2 (1.61%) WebDriver
6 2 (1.61%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.81%) Jaeger
General
1 34 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.16%) Finance
3 14 (11.29%) Public Sector
4 12 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.23%) Law
6 4 (3.23%) Marketing
7 3 (2.42%) Automotive
7 3 (2.42%) Back Office
7 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.42%) Front Office
7 3 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.61%) French Language
9 1 (0.81%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.81%) German Language
9 1 (0.81%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.81%) Korean Language
9 1 (0.81%) Local Government
9 1 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 28 (22.58%) Developer
2 25 (20.16%) Senior
3 19 (15.32%) Analyst
4 15 (12.10%) Scrum Master
5 13 (10.48%) Business Analyst
6 11 (8.87%) Product Owner
7 9 (7.26%) Senior Developer
8 8 (6.45%) Lead
8 8 (6.45%) Project Manager
9 7 (5.65%) Backend Developer
9 7 (5.65%) Senior Product Owner
10 5 (4.03%) Azure Developer
10 5 (4.03%) Data Engineer
10 5 (4.03%) Senior Backend Developer
10 5 (4.03%) Senior Software Developer
10 5 (4.03%) Software Developer
10 5 (4.03%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (4.03%) Technical Business Analyst
10 5 (4.03%) Test Analyst
11 4 (3.23%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (15.32%) XML
2 16 (12.90%) .NET
3 12 (9.68%) .NET Core
4 9 (7.26%) HTML
5 8 (6.45%) AngularJS
6 7 (5.65%) CSS
7 6 (4.84%) ARM Templates
7 6 (4.84%) React
7 6 (4.84%) REST
8 5 (4.03%) JSON
9 4 (3.23%) .NET Framework
9 4 (3.23%) ASP.NET
9 4 (3.23%) Web Services
10 3 (2.42%) Apache Avro
10 3 (2.42%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (2.42%) JSON Schema
10 3 (2.42%) Kafka
10 3 (2.42%) PySpark
11 2 (1.61%) Playwright
11 2 (1.61%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 26 (20.97%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.23%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.61%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.61%) Contactless
4 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.61%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.61%) Web 2.0
5 1 (0.81%) Acoustics
5 1 (0.81%) CBDC
5 1 (0.81%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (0.81%) Digital Currency
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.81%) IVR
5 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.81%) PKI
5 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.84%) Windows
2 5 (4.03%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.61%) Android
4 1 (0.81%) Linux
4 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (91.13%) Agile
2 42 (33.87%) DevOps
3 30 (24.19%) CI/CD
4 27 (21.77%) Kanban
5 25 (20.16%) Project Management
6 22 (17.74%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 16 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.29%) Analytics
8 14 (11.29%) Data Modelling
9 12 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (8.87%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (8.87%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (8.87%) Decision-Making
10 11 (8.87%) Mentoring
11 10 (8.06%) B2C
11 10 (8.06%) Change Management
11 10 (8.06%) Migration
11 10 (8.06%) TDD
11 10 (8.06%) Test Automation
11 10 (8.06%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.94%) SQL
2 18 (14.52%) C#
2 18 (14.52%) PowerShell
3 10 (8.06%) Java
3 10 (8.06%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.26%) Bicep
5 8 (6.45%) Python
6 7 (5.65%) T-SQL
6 7 (5.65%) XPath
7 6 (4.84%) PL/SQL
7 6 (4.84%) XQuery
8 4 (3.23%) Scala
8 4 (3.23%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.61%) Go
10 1 (0.81%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.81%) C++
10 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.81%) Ruby
10 1 (0.81%) Rust
10 1 (0.81%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 10 (8.06%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.26%) Degree
3 5 (4.03%) PMI Certification
3 5 (4.03%) PMP
4 4 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.81%) CISM
5 1 (0.81%) CISSP
5 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.81%) CRISC
5 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.81%) MBA
5 1 (0.81%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.45%) QA
2 7 (5.65%) PMO
3 6 (4.84%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.42%) WCAG
6 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.81%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.81%) NIST
6 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (11.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.84%) Terraform
2 5 (4.03%) Ansible
3 3 (2.42%) Progress Chef
3 3 (2.42%) Puppet
4 2 (1.61%) Grafana
4 2 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.81%) Kibana
5 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.81%) logstash
5 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.81%) Rancher
5 1 (0.81%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 30 (24.19%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.87%) Oracle
2 11 (8.87%) SAP
3 7 (5.65%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.42%) Databricks
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe
6 1 (0.81%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.81%) Embarcadero
6 1 (0.81%) Genesys
6 1 (0.81%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.81%) IBM
6 1 (0.81%) New Relic
6 1 (0.81%) Optimizely
6 1 (0.81%) PagerDuty
6 1 (0.81%) Remedy
6 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Splunk
6 1 (0.81%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.81%) Zoho