Scrum Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Scrum
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Scrum skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 35 40
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Scrum 28 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 3.15% 2.55% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 2.76% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 7 7
10th Percentile £349 £265 £410
25th Percentile £470 £311 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £413 £463
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -10.81% -17.78%
75th Percentile £585 £438 £557
90th Percentile £604 £558 £636
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.10% -9.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 707 290 325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 79.53% 92.36% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 168 221
10th Percentile £334 £211 £234
25th Percentile £450 £329 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £434 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.04% -3.61% -10.00%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £637 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 51 15
10th Percentile £13.05 - £21.75
25th Percentile £14.75 £14.20 £22.50
Median hourly rate £16.35 £15.91 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% -42.15% +83.52%
75th Percentile £17.50 £25.15 £30.00
90th Percentile £43.75 - £36.45
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.32 £57.35
% change year-on-year +157.97% -62.82% +14.70%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scrum relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Scrum job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Scrum.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Scrum

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in Buckinghamshire

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Scrum.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Scrum

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -19 27 £520 +26.06% 14
Scrum
South East

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) Azure
2 7 (25.00%) AWS
2 7 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (21.43%) GCP
3 6 (21.43%) Google App Engine
4 1 (3.57%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) DocumentDB
2 2 (7.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (42.86%) Git
2 6 (21.43%) GitLab
3 4 (14.29%) NUnit
4 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Automotive
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Developer
2 8 (28.57%) ServiceNow Developer
3 6 (21.43%) Product Manager
4 5 (17.86%) .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Senior
5 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.14%) ITIL Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Product Manager
7 1 (3.57%) .NET Software Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Data Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Data Scientist
7 1 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Product Owner
7 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.57%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (64.29%) REST
2 11 (39.29%) SOAP
3 7 (25.00%) .NET
3 7 (25.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 6 (21.43%) React
5 5 (17.86%) .NET Framework
5 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET
5 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 5 (17.86%) OAuth
6 4 (14.29%) Entity Framework
6 4 (14.29%) NHibernate
7 3 (10.71%) Middleware
8 2 (7.14%) .NET Core
9 1 (3.57%) vLLM
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.71%) CMDB
3 1 (3.57%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Agile
2 14 (50.00%) ITIL
3 13 (46.43%) DevOps
4 11 (39.29%) ITSM
4 11 (39.29%) Service Delivery
5 9 (32.14%) CAD
6 8 (28.57%) CI/CD
7 7 (25.00%) PRINCE2
7 7 (25.00%) SOLID
7 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (25.00%) TDD
8 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
8 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (21.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 6 (21.43%) Service Management
8 6 (21.43%) User Experience
9 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
9 5 (17.86%) Service Design
9 5 (17.86%) Workflow
9 5 (17.86%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 7 (25.00%) C#
2 7 (25.00%) SQL
3 6 (21.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (53.57%) Security Cleared
2 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
3 8 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) CSPO
4 1 (3.57%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 5 (17.86%) Terraform
3 1 (3.57%) Rancher
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) ServiceNow
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft