Scrum Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Scrum
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Scrum skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 51 45
Rank change year-on-year -9 -6 -25
Contract jobs citing Scrum 13 14 29
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.54% 2.12% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 2.36% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 20
10th Percentile £331 £340 £476
25th Percentile £413 £513 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £535 £640
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% -16.41% +6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £621 £696
90th Percentile £582 £643 £755
South West median daily rate £475 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -19.15% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £69.76
25th Percentile £91.25 - £76.90
Median hourly rate £92.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £93.75 - £84.65
90th Percentile - - £84.86
South West median hourly rate £92.50 £67.02 £69.62
% change year-on-year +38.02% -3.73% +6.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Scrum falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 726 594 820
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 86.02% 90.00% 84.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 328 509
10th Percentile £263 £213 £288
25th Percentile £400 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.38% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £744 £716 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 74 117
10th Percentile £15.62 £35.00 £43.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £58.31 £58.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.52% +1.54%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £80.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.90
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -7.69%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scrum relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Scrum job vacancy trend in Bristol

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Scrum.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Scrum

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in Bristol

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Scrum.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Scrum

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe XD
2 1 (7.69%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) Asana
4 1 (7.69%) Figma
4 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Matillion
4 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (15.38%) Git
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Facilities Management Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Facilities Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Facilities Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
5 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow Manager
5 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Software Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) AngularJS
2 2 (15.38%) JMS
2 2 (15.38%) React
2 2 (15.38%) SOAP
2 2 (15.38%) XML
2 2 (15.38%) XSD
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) DevOps
2 5 (38.46%) Validation
3 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) User Stories
4 3 (23.08%) Budget Management
4 3 (23.08%) Resource Management
4 3 (23.08%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Sprint Retrospective
4 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (15.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (15.38%) Contract Management
5 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Governance
5 2 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (15.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
5 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Blue Prism
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
1 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Hotjar
3 1 (7.69%) MuleSoft