Scrum Contracts in London

Scrum
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 40 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 -20 +8
Contract jobs citing Scrum 871 1,470 3,067
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.92% 5.43% 7.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 5.96% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 983 2,066
10th Percentile £400 £445 £425
25th Percentile £459 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £728 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 43
10th Percentile - £48.75 -
25th Percentile £31.71 £60.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £33.00 £72.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.48% +62.92% -26.75%
75th Percentile £53.75 £87.50 £49.63
90th Percentile £60.50 £90.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year - +46.07% -21.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +2 116 £550 -12.00% 33
West London +4 31 £450 -27.42% 6
South London +11 28 £494 -1.25% 2
East London +7 20 £540 -1.82% 11
North London - 1 £425 -
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 51 (5.86%) Confluence
2 26 (2.99%) CMS
3 15 (1.72%) Apache
4 9 (1.03%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.03%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.92%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.69%) IIS
7 5 (0.57%) Drupal
7 5 (0.57%) JBoss
8 4 (0.46%) WordPress
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.34%) govService
9 3 (0.34%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.23%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
11 1 (0.11%) Documentum
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 17 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.23%) Mingle
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.11%) InDesign
5 1 (0.11%) InVision
5 1 (0.11%) Marvel
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.11%) Sketch
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.80%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) Endur
4 5 (0.57%) SAP BPC
4 5 (0.57%) SimCorp Dimension
5 4 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.23%) HFM
7 2 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.23%) Shopify
8 1 (0.11%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.11%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.11%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 282 (32.38%) Azure
2 166 (19.06%) Azure DevOps
3 118 (13.55%) AWS
4 59 (6.77%) Entra ID
5 48 (5.51%) GCP
6 47 (5.40%) Power Platform
7 42 (4.82%) Serverless
8 28 (3.21%) GitHub
9 24 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
10 21 (2.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 21 (2.41%) SaaS
11 20 (2.30%) PaaS
12 19 (2.18%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (2.07%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.95%) Azure Functions
15 14 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
17 11 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
18 10 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
18 10 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.26%) DNS
2 10 (1.15%) Firewall
3 8 (0.92%) DHCP
3 8 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (0.80%) BGP
4 7 (0.80%) Network Security
5 6 (0.69%) VPN
6 5 (0.57%) 5G
6 5 (0.57%) HTTP
6 5 (0.57%) MPLS
6 5 (0.57%) SSH
6 5 (0.57%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.46%) Internet
7 4 (0.46%) Intranet
7 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.46%) VLAN
7 4 (0.46%) WAN
8 3 (0.34%) DMZ
8 3 (0.34%) LAN
8 3 (0.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (17.45%) SQL Server
2 48 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (4.36%) Relational Database
4 36 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (4.02%) Power BI
6 33 (3.79%) NoSQL
7 32 (3.67%) Data Lake
8 26 (2.99%) Big Data
9 20 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (2.07%) Tableau
11 16 (1.84%) MongoDB
12 15 (1.72%) Redis
13 12 (1.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 11 (1.26%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.26%) MySQL
15 10 (1.15%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (1.03%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.92%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 129 (14.81%) JIRA
2 91 (10.45%) Git
3 46 (5.28%) Jenkins
4 39 (4.48%) Selenium
5 37 (4.25%) SpecFlow
6 29 (3.33%) JUnit
7 28 (3.21%) Visual Studio
8 22 (2.53%) GitLab
9 20 (2.30%) Postman
10 16 (1.84%) WebDriver
11 15 (1.72%) Cucumber
12 14 (1.61%) TeamCity
13 11 (1.26%) JMeter
14 9 (1.03%) Cypress.io
14 9 (1.03%) SoapUI
14 9 (1.03%) SonarQube
15 8 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
16 7 (0.80%) Artifactory
16 7 (0.80%) Mockito
16 7 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 245 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 188 (21.58%) Finance
3 100 (11.48%) Public Sector
4 97 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (9.64%) Banking
6 36 (4.13%) Front Office
7 33 (3.79%) Retail
8 32 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (3.21%) Marketing
10 27 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.87%) Investment Banking
12 23 (2.64%) Back Office
13 20 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (2.07%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.61%) Local Government
16 11 (1.26%) Legal
17 9 (1.03%) Law
17 9 (1.03%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.69%) Automotive
18 6 (0.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 218 (25.03%) Developer
2 156 (17.91%) Senior
3 98 (11.25%) Scrum Master
4 84 (9.64%) Analyst
5 83 (9.53%) Project Manager
6 69 (7.92%) Senior Developer
7 63 (7.23%) Business Analyst
8 60 (6.89%) Lead
9 47 (5.40%) Architect
9 47 (5.40%) Software Developer
10 46 (5.28%) Java Developer
11 38 (4.36%) Product Owner
12 35 (4.02%) Delivery Manager
13 33 (3.79%) Senior Software Developer
14 31 (3.56%) Senior Analyst
15 28 (3.21%) C# Developer
15 28 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (3.10%) Azure Developer
17 24 (2.76%) Full Stack Developer
18 23 (2.64%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (14.47%) .NET
2 108 (12.40%) XML
3 69 (7.92%) REST
4 64 (7.35%) AngularJS
5 58 (6.66%) React
6 55 (6.31%) .NET Framework
7 53 (6.08%) HTML
8 51 (5.86%) Spring
9 44 (5.05%) Web Services
10 43 (4.94%) .NET Core
11 37 (4.25%) CSS
12 35 (4.02%) Spring Boot
13 31 (3.56%) JSON
14 28 (3.21%) Hibernate
15 27 (3.10%) JPA
16 25 (2.87%) Kafka
16 25 (2.87%) SOAP
17 23 (2.64%) RESTful
18 22 (2.53%) ARM Templates
18 22 (2.53%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 152 (17.45%) Product Ownership
2 23 (2.64%) Mobile App
3 21 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
3 21 (2.41%) Hedge funds
4 18 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (1.84%) Derivative
6 15 (1.72%) Fixed Income
7 14 (1.61%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.49%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.26%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.26%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.15%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.03%) Mobile Banking
12 9 (1.03%) Replication
12 9 (1.03%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.92%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.86%) Linux
2 27 (3.10%) Unix
3 21 (2.41%) Windows
4 13 (1.49%) Android
5 11 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.15%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) VMS
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (90.01%) Agile
2 286 (32.84%) DevOps
3 190 (21.81%) CI/CD
4 189 (21.70%) Kanban
5 127 (14.58%) Project Management
6 125 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
7 99 (11.37%) SDLC
8 97 (11.14%) Test Automation
9 96 (11.02%) Microservices
10 90 (10.33%) Project Delivery
11 88 (10.10%) TDD
12 84 (9.64%) Software Engineering
13 82 (9.41%) Roadmaps
14 80 (9.18%) User Stories
15 78 (8.96%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 68 (7.81%) B2C
17 67 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
18 66 (7.58%) Analytics
18 66 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
19 63 (7.23%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 149 (17.11%) SQL
2 144 (16.53%) C#
3 125 (14.35%) PowerShell
4 123 (14.12%) Java
5 92 (10.56%) Python
6 77 (8.84%) JavaScript
7 44 (5.05%) Bicep
8 32 (3.67%) TypeScript
9 18 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.38%) PL/SQL
10 12 (1.38%) Scala
10 12 (1.38%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.15%) C
12 8 (0.92%) XPath
13 7 (0.80%) Perl
13 7 (0.80%) XQuery
14 6 (0.69%) Bash
14 6 (0.69%) C++
14 6 (0.69%) Go
15 5 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 103 (11.83%) Security Cleared
2 93 (10.68%) Degree
3 83 (9.53%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.67%) PMP
5 31 (3.56%) PMI Certification
6 29 (3.33%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.61%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.57%) MBA
11 4 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.46%) PgMP
12 3 (0.34%) CISM
12 3 (0.34%) CISSP
12 3 (0.34%) CSPO
13 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.23%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.23%) CBAP
14 1 (0.11%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.35%) QA
2 22 (2.53%) Accessibility
2 22 (2.53%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.49%) PMO
4 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.57%) NIST
6 4 (0.46%) SLA
6 4 (0.46%) WCAG
7 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.23%) GRC
8 2 (0.23%) GxP
8 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.11%) COBIT
9 1 (0.11%) GAAP
9 1 (0.11%) GDPR
9 1 (0.11%) JTAG
9 1 (0.11%) P3O
9 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 69 (7.92%) Docker
2 65 (7.46%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.11%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (6.77%) Terraform
2 58 (6.66%) Kubernetes
3 44 (5.05%) Ansible
4 29 (3.33%) Puppet
5 17 (1.95%) Grafana
6 11 (1.26%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.46%) Kibana
9 3 (0.34%) logstash
9 3 (0.34%) Netcool
10 2 (0.23%) Istio
10 2 (0.23%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.11%) Argo
11 1 (0.11%) Control-M
11 1 (0.11%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.11%) TIBCO Hawk
11 1 (0.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 171 (19.63%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.48%) SAP
3 38 (4.36%) Oracle
4 24 (2.76%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.18%) Google
6 18 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.07%) Splunk
7 16 (1.84%) Databricks
8 8 (0.92%) Cisco
8 8 (0.92%) Informatica
9 7 (0.80%) Adobe
9 7 (0.80%) IBM
10 6 (0.69%) Dell
11 5 (0.57%) Centrify
11 5 (0.57%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.57%) Optimizely
11 5 (0.57%) SimCorp
11 5 (0.57%) Sybase
12 4 (0.46%) Conga
12 4 (0.46%) DocuSign