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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 53 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 -12 -23
Contract jobs citing Scrum 18 16 39
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.30% 2.00% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.43% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 28
10th Percentile £315 £344 £429
25th Percentile £335 £395 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £525 £613
Median % change year-on-year -11.19% -14.29% +6.52%
75th Percentile £580 £590 £675
90th Percentile £660 £627 £711
South West median daily rate £475 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -17.39% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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 711 659 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 90.92% 82.38% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 363 584
10th Percentile £235 £231 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £645
90th Percentile £745 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.24% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 91 126
10th Percentile £13.04 £35.00 £30.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £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 2 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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 3 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.56%) AWS
4 1 (5.56%) Matillion
4 1 (5.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) HTTP
2 4 (22.22%) NetScaler
3 1 (5.56%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Git
1 6 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Billing
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) OSS Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Software Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Software Engineering Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Software Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 6 (33.33%) JMS
1 6 (33.33%) React
1 6 (33.33%) SOAP
1 6 (33.33%) XML
1 6 (33.33%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Agile
2 9 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 7 (38.89%) Test Automation
4 6 (33.33%) OO
4 6 (33.33%) OOP
5 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
6 3 (16.67%) DevOps
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (16.67%) Technical Debt
6 3 (16.67%) Validation
7 2 (11.11%) Change Control
7 2 (11.11%) Network Management
7 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 2 (11.11%) Project Management
7 2 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (11.11%) User Stories
7 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 9 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
4 1 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (22.22%) XenDesktop
2 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Blue Prism
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 4 (22.22%) Citrix
4 3 (16.67%) Ivanti
5 2 (11.11%) Oracle
5 2 (11.11%) VMware
6 1 (5.56%) Amdocs
6 1 (5.56%) Ciena
6 1 (5.56%) Ericsson
6 1 (5.56%) MuleSoft
6 1 (5.56%) NetCracker
6 1 (5.56%) Nokia