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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 40 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 -20 +7
Contract jobs citing Scrum 879 1,388 3,068
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.97% 5.28% 7.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 5.81% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 928 2,073
10th Percentile £400 £450 £425
25th Percentile £450 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £750
England median daily rate £536 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.78% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 42
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 £49.81
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 15,694 23,906 35,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 90.95% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,256 17,189 26,035
10th Percentile £340 £375 £389
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 £680 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 270 421
10th Percentile £15.97 £18.45 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +6.85% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.19 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £80.23 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 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
Central London +3 120 £538 -14.00% 35
West London +2 32 £450 -28.00% 15
South London +10 27 £475 -9.52% 1
East London +6 20 £540 -1.82% 10
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 52 (5.92%) Confluence
2 26 (2.96%) CMS
3 17 (1.93%) Apache
4 12 (1.37%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.80%) IIS
5 7 (0.80%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.80%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.57%) JBoss
7 4 (0.46%) Drupal
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.34%) govService
8 3 (0.34%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.34%) WordPress
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.23%) SAS
9 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.11%) CoreMedia CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Documentum
10 1 (0.11%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.23%) Mingle
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
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 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.91%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.68%) Endur
4 6 (0.68%) SimCorp Dimension
5 5 (0.57%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.34%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.34%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.23%) Shopify
8 1 (0.11%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.11%) HFM
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.11%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 288 (32.76%) Azure
2 174 (19.80%) Azure DevOps
3 111 (12.63%) AWS
4 67 (7.62%) Entra ID
5 47 (5.35%) Power Platform
6 46 (5.23%) GCP
7 41 (4.66%) Serverless
8 33 (3.75%) Azure Service Bus
9 26 (2.96%) GitHub
10 22 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
11 21 (2.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 20 (2.28%) SaaS
13 19 (2.16%) Amazon S3
14 18 (2.05%) PaaS
15 17 (1.93%) Azure Functions
16 14 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
18 10 (1.14%) Azure API Management
18 10 (1.14%) Azure Key Vault
18 10 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.14%) DNS
2 8 (0.91%) Firewall
3 7 (0.80%) DHCP
4 6 (0.68%) SSH
4 6 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.57%) 5G
5 5 (0.57%) HTTP
5 5 (0.57%) MPLS
5 5 (0.57%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.46%) BGP
6 4 (0.46%) Intranet
6 4 (0.46%) Network Security
6 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.34%) DMZ
7 3 (0.34%) Internet
7 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 2 (0.23%) 4G
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.23%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 48 (5.46%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (4.32%) Relational Database
4 35 (3.98%) Data Lake
4 35 (3.98%) Power BI
5 34 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (3.75%) NoSQL
7 26 (2.96%) Big Data
8 22 (2.50%) Redis
9 21 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (2.28%) Tableau
11 16 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (1.71%) MongoDB
13 11 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (1.02%) DynamoDB
15 9 (1.02%) MySQL
16 8 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.91%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 138 (15.70%) JIRA
2 89 (10.13%) Git
3 46 (5.23%) Jenkins
4 41 (4.66%) Selenium
5 39 (4.44%) SpecFlow
6 30 (3.41%) JUnit
7 26 (2.96%) Visual Studio
8 23 (2.62%) GitLab
9 21 (2.39%) Postman
10 16 (1.82%) Cucumber
10 16 (1.82%) WebDriver
11 14 (1.59%) JMeter
12 13 (1.48%) TeamCity
13 9 (1.02%) Cypress.io
13 9 (1.02%) SoapUI
13 9 (1.02%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (0.80%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.80%) Mockito
15 7 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 250 (28.44%) Social Skills
2 193 (21.96%) Finance
3 97 (11.04%) Public Sector
4 96 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
5 88 (10.01%) Banking
6 37 (4.21%) Front Office
7 34 (3.87%) Retail
8 32 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (3.19%) Marketing
10 25 (2.84%) Back Office
10 25 (2.84%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.71%) Local Government
14 10 (1.14%) Legal
15 9 (1.02%) Law
16 8 (0.91%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.68%) Automotive
18 5 (0.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 224 (25.48%) Developer
2 162 (18.43%) Senior
3 100 (11.38%) Scrum Master
4 86 (9.78%) Analyst
5 83 (9.44%) Project Manager
6 75 (8.53%) Senior Developer
7 65 (7.39%) Business Analyst
8 59 (6.71%) Lead
9 51 (5.80%) Software Developer
10 49 (5.57%) Architect
11 40 (4.55%) Java Developer
12 39 (4.44%) Product Owner
13 36 (4.10%) Senior Software Developer
14 35 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
15 31 (3.53%) Azure Developer
15 31 (3.53%) Senior Analyst
16 30 (3.41%) Backend Developer
16 30 (3.41%) C# Developer
17 29 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
18 23 (2.62%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (15.13%) .NET
2 119 (13.54%) XML
3 67 (7.62%) REST
4 66 (7.51%) React
5 61 (6.94%) AngularJS
5 61 (6.94%) HTML
6 58 (6.60%) .NET Framework
7 49 (5.57%) .NET Core
8 48 (5.46%) Spring
9 45 (5.12%) CSS
9 45 (5.12%) Web Services
10 32 (3.64%) JSON
10 32 (3.64%) Spring Boot
11 28 (3.19%) Hibernate
11 28 (3.19%) JPA
12 24 (2.73%) Kafka
13 23 (2.62%) ARM Templates
13 23 (2.62%) SOAP
14 22 (2.50%) ASP.NET
15 20 (2.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 162 (18.43%) Product Ownership
2 23 (2.62%) Mobile App
3 22 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (2.50%) Hedge funds
4 16 (1.82%) Algorithms
4 16 (1.82%) Derivative
4 16 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (1.71%) Fixed Income
6 13 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.25%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.14%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.02%) Mobile Banking
11 8 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (0.91%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.92%) Linux
2 28 (3.19%) Unix
3 20 (2.28%) Windows
4 13 (1.48%) Android
5 11 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.14%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) VMS
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 797 (90.67%) Agile
2 289 (32.88%) DevOps
3 202 (22.98%) CI/CD
4 189 (21.50%) Kanban
5 128 (14.56%) Project Management
6 125 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (11.49%) SDLC
7 101 (11.49%) Test Automation
8 91 (10.35%) Microservices
9 87 (9.90%) Project Delivery
9 87 (9.90%) TDD
10 86 (9.78%) Software Engineering
11 85 (9.67%) User Stories
12 84 (9.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 83 (9.44%) Roadmaps
14 75 (8.53%) B2C
15 70 (7.96%) Continuous Integration
16 66 (7.51%) Analytics
16 66 (7.51%) Stakeholder Management
17 63 (7.17%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 154 (17.52%) C#
2 149 (16.95%) SQL
3 137 (15.59%) PowerShell
4 120 (13.65%) Java
5 94 (10.69%) Python
6 81 (9.22%) JavaScript
7 52 (5.92%) Bicep
8 41 (4.66%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.82%) Scala
9 16 (1.82%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.37%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.14%) C
12 8 (0.91%) Perl
12 8 (0.91%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.91%) XPath
13 7 (0.80%) C++
13 7 (0.80%) XQuery
14 6 (0.68%) Bash
15 5 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.57%) Go
Qualifications
1 100 (11.38%) Security Cleared
2 93 (10.58%) Degree
3 82 (9.33%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.53%) PMP
5 30 (3.41%) PMI Certification
6 27 (3.07%) DV Cleared
7 23 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.57%) MBA
12 4 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.46%) PgMP
13 3 (0.34%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.34%) CISM
13 3 (0.34%) CISSP
13 3 (0.34%) CSPO
14 2 (0.23%) CCIE
14 2 (0.23%) CCNP
14 2 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.62%) QA
2 24 (2.73%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.59%) PMO
5 7 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.57%) NIST
7 4 (0.46%) SLA
7 4 (0.46%) WCAG
8 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.23%) GRC
9 2 (0.23%) GxP
9 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.11%) COBIT
10 1 (0.11%) GAAP
10 1 (0.11%) JTAG
10 1 (0.11%) P3O
10 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 73 (8.30%) Active Directory
2 67 (7.62%) Docker
3 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
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 57 (6.48%) Terraform
2 56 (6.37%) Kubernetes
3 41 (4.66%) Ansible
4 28 (3.19%) Puppet
5 16 (1.82%) Grafana
6 11 (1.25%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.80%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.46%) Kibana
10 3 (0.34%) logstash
10 3 (0.34%) Netcool
11 2 (0.23%) Istio
11 2 (0.23%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.11%) Control-M
12 1 (0.11%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.11%) TIBCO Hawk
12 1 (0.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 177 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.44%) SAP
3 36 (4.10%) Oracle
4 22 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.16%) Google
5 19 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.05%) Databricks
6 18 (2.05%) Splunk
7 8 (0.91%) Informatica
8 7 (0.80%) IBM
9 6 (0.68%) Cisco
9 6 (0.68%) Dell
9 6 (0.68%) SimCorp
10 5 (0.57%) Adobe
10 5 (0.57%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (0.57%) Centrify
10 5 (0.57%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.57%) Sybase
11 4 (0.46%) DocuSign
11 4 (0.46%) Optimizely