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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 51 64
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 -41
Contract jobs citing Scrum 14 14 17
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.46% 2.31% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.57% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 14
10th Percentile £331 £340 £442
25th Percentile £403 £513 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £535 £638
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% -16.08% +3.66%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £695
90th Percentile £575 £643 £780
South West median daily rate £475 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -17.39% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - £76.90
Median hourly rate £92.50 - £80.78
75th Percentile £93.75 - £84.65
90th Percentile - - -
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 803 545 877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.82% 89.93% 83.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 303 535
10th Percentile £325 £210 £300
25th Percentile £403 £353 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £640
90th Percentile £744 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 63 142
10th Percentile £17.69 £31.80 £33.20
25th Percentile £33.50 £57.75 £50.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.94
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £51.21 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -21.22% +18.18% -10.57%

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 1 February 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 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe XD
2 1 (7.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.14%) Asana
4 1 (7.14%) Figma
4 1 (7.14%) Google Analytics
4 1 (7.14%) Matillion
4 1 (7.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Git
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Facilities Management Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Facilities Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Facilities Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Product Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Product Owner
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Software Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) AngularJS
2 2 (14.29%) JMS
2 2 (14.29%) React
2 2 (14.29%) SOAP
2 2 (14.29%) XML
2 2 (14.29%) XSD
3 1 (7.14%) CSS
3 1 (7.14%) HTML
3 1 (7.14%) LangChain
3 1 (7.14%) Ollama
3 1 (7.14%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 1 (7.14%) Synthetic Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) DevOps
2 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 4 (28.57%) User Stories
2 4 (28.57%) Validation
3 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
3 3 (21.43%) Change Control
3 3 (21.43%) Resource Management
3 3 (21.43%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (21.43%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (14.29%) AI
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Network Management
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Use Case
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
5 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Blue Prism
2 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) Adobe
4 1 (7.14%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) Hotjar
4 1 (7.14%) MuleSoft