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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 55 45
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 -27
Contract jobs citing Scrum 17 12 35
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.10% 1.56% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.83% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 24
10th Percentile £313 £340 £436
25th Percentile £328 £371 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -16.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £544 £600 £676
90th Percentile £559 £633 £724
South West median daily rate £475 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -17.39% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £65.00
25th Percentile £91.25 - £67.98
Median hourly rate £92.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £93.75 - £83.49
90th Percentile - - £84.82
South West median hourly rate £92.50 £67.02 £69.62
% change year-on-year +38.02% -3.73% +6.29%

All Process and 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 705 657 891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 87.14% 85.44% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 348 556
10th Percentile £250 £224 £308
25th Percentile £393 £380 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £739 £750 £703
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 94 118
10th Percentile £15.30 £35.30 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.88
Median hourly rate £61.25 £65.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% - +0.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £69.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +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 27 November 2025.

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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe XD
2 1 (5.88%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) Power Automate
3 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Figma
4 1 (5.88%) Google Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Matillion
4 1 (5.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) HTTP
2 2 (11.76%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Git
1 6 (35.29%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Facilities Management Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Facilities Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Facilities Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Software Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (41.18%) AngularJS
2 6 (35.29%) JMS
2 6 (35.29%) React
2 6 (35.29%) SOAP
2 6 (35.29%) XML
2 6 (35.29%) XSD
3 1 (5.88%) CSS
3 1 (5.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
3 7 (41.18%) Test Automation
4 6 (35.29%) OO
4 6 (35.29%) OOP
5 4 (23.53%) DevOps
5 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
5 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (23.53%) User Stories
5 4 (23.53%) Validation
6 3 (17.65%) Change Control
6 3 (17.65%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (17.65%) Sprint Retrospective
7 2 (11.76%) Business Case
7 2 (11.76%) Contract Management
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (11.76%) Product Roadmap
7 2 (11.76%) Programme Delivery
7 2 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (11.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
3 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 10 (58.82%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (11.76%) XenDesktop
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Blue Prism
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) ServiceNow
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) Hotjar
4 1 (5.88%) Ivanti
4 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft