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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 48 63
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 -36
Contract jobs citing Scrum 15 14 17
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.52% 2.37% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 2.64% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 13
10th Percentile £409 £340 £483
25th Percentile £431 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £535 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% -17.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £544 £621 £700
90th Percentile £600 £676 £787
South West median daily rate £475 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -17.39% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £92.50 - £69.62
% change year-on-year - - +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 821 530 871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.27% 89.68% 83.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 296 521
10th Percentile £325 £205 £288
25th Percentile £403 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £605 £638
90th Percentile £725 £694 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £531
% change year-on-year - -1.18% -2.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 65 140
10th Percentile £17.69 £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £40.94 £61.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £72.66 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -11.54% +25.28% -15.63%

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 15 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 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe XD
2 1 (6.67%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Primavera
2 1 (6.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) Asana
4 1 (6.67%) Figma
4 1 (6.67%) Google Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Matillion
4 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (6.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) HTTP
1 1 (6.67%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (6.67%) Git
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow Manager
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Facilities Management Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Facilities Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Product Owner
4 1 (6.67%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) JMS
2 1 (6.67%) LangChain
2 1 (6.67%) Ollama
2 1 (6.67%) React
2 1 (6.67%) scikit-learn
2 1 (6.67%) SOAP
2 1 (6.67%) XML
2 1 (6.67%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.67%) CMDB
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.67%) Synthetic Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Agile
2 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (33.33%) User Stories
4 4 (26.67%) Budget Management
4 4 (26.67%) DevOps
4 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) Resource Management
4 4 (26.67%) Validation
5 3 (20.00%) Change Control
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) ITSM
5 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (20.00%) Service Management
5 3 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
6 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
6 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
4 2 (13.33%) PMP
5 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (6.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (13.33%) Blue Prism
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) Adobe
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Hotjar
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) MuleSoft