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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 43 66
Rank change year-on-year -13 +23 -36
Contract jobs citing Scrum 21 12 14
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.93% 2.32% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.52% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 9
10th Percentile £414 £340 £393
25th Percentile £430 £513 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £580
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -9.48% -7.20%
75th Percentile £513 £573 £700
90th Percentile £595 £678 £772
South West median daily rate £475 £565 £580
% change year-on-year -15.93% -2.59% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £70.25 - -
25th Percentile £78.13 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £92.50 - £52.05
% change year-on-year - - -20.54%

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 886 476 849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 81.51% 92.07% 82.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 284 485
10th Percentile £325 £213 £258
25th Percentile £400 £348 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £472 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% -7.45% +2.00%
75th Percentile £555 £588 £625
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 64 157
10th Percentile £17.69 £35.00 £36.25
25th Percentile £60.00 £60.94 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.23 £73.50 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +35.42% -21.95%

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 19 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in Bristol

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 (19.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe XD
2 1 (4.76%) Sketch
2 1 (4.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Primavera
1 2 (9.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) Asana
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) Figma
3 1 (4.76%) Google Analytics
3 1 (4.76%) Matillion
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Looker
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle APEX
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
4 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Scrum Master
2 6 (28.57%) Lead
3 4 (19.05%) Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Manager
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Designer
6 1 (4.76%) Facilities Management Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Facilities Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Software Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Software Engineering Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Software Engineering Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) .NET
1 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (4.76%) CSS
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
1 1 (4.76%) LangChain
1 1 (4.76%) Ollama
1 1 (4.76%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) CMDB
3 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) Synthetic Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (28.57%) Analytics
3 6 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
4 5 (23.81%) Data Engineering
4 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
4 5 (23.81%) Project Management
4 5 (23.81%) Sprint Retrospective
5 4 (19.05%) Budget Management
5 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (19.05%) Kanban
5 4 (19.05%) Resource Management
5 4 (19.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 4 (19.05%) User Stories
6 3 (14.29%) Backlog Management
6 3 (14.29%) Change Control
6 3 (14.29%) DevOps
6 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 3 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 11 (52.38%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Degree
4 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
4 2 (9.52%) PMP
5 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.76%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe
2 1 (4.76%) Blue Prism
2 1 (4.76%) Google
2 1 (4.76%) Hotjar
2 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle