Scrum Contract Job Trends in Central London

Scrum
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Scrum skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 57 40
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 -3
Contract jobs citing Scrum 88 71 113
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.63% 3.52% 4.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 3.79% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 37 78
10th Percentile £403 £408 £425
25th Percentile £500 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £676 £656 £684
90th Percentile £773 £800 £719
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £33.00
London median hourly rate £63.50 £70.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -9.29% +112.12% -54.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,083 1,874 2,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.04% 92.82% 90.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,421 1,215 1,580
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £771 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 24 27
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.52
25th Percentile £19.95 £22.75 £22.25
Median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £43.86 £43.97 £36.50
90th Percentile £59.32 £50.75 £56.15
London median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £29.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% +19.22% -25.64%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in Central London

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Scrum.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Scrum

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Central London over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in Central London

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Scrum.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Scrum

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Central London region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
City of London +4 82 £600 - 40
City of Westminster +3 3 £550 +18.92% 2
West End of London - 3 £550 - 1
Scrum
London

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (14.77%) Confluence
2 3 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.27%) Apache
3 2 (2.27%) Ethereum
3 2 (2.27%) Hyperledger
3 2 (2.27%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.14%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (1.14%) CMS
4 1 (1.14%) JBoss
4 1 (1.14%) SAS
4 1 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Trello
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.14%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.27%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.14%) Actimize
3 1 (1.14%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.14%) R3 Corda
3 1 (1.14%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.32%) Azure
2 11 (12.50%) AWS
3 8 (9.09%) GitHub
4 7 (7.95%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (6.82%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (6.82%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.55%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.41%) GCP
7 3 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (3.41%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.27%) Azure Stack
8 2 (2.27%) dbt
8 2 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.27%) Google Play
8 2 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (2.27%) Serverless
9 1 (1.14%) Alation
9 1 (1.14%) AWS CodeBuild
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.27%) HTTP
2 1 (1.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.55%) Power BI
2 3 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.41%) Metadata
2 3 (3.41%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.41%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.27%) Big Data
3 2 (2.27%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.27%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.14%) Data Vault
4 1 (1.14%) DB2
4 1 (1.14%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.14%) PowerCenter
4 1 (1.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (34.09%) JIRA
2 17 (19.32%) Git
3 7 (7.95%) JUnit
4 6 (6.82%) Jenkins
5 4 (4.55%) Bitbucket
5 4 (4.55%) Cucumber
6 3 (3.41%) GitLab
7 2 (2.27%) Ant
7 2 (2.27%) Cypress.io
7 2 (2.27%) Liquibase
7 2 (2.27%) Mockito
7 2 (2.27%) Postman
7 2 (2.27%) Selenium
7 2 (2.27%) Vite
8 1 (1.14%) Robot Framework
8 1 (1.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (52.27%) Finance
2 24 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.45%) Banking
4 16 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.09%) Law
6 7 (7.95%) Front Office
7 6 (6.82%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.55%) Legal
8 4 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.41%) Investment Banking
9 3 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.41%) Retail
10 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.27%) Marketing
10 2 (2.27%) Police
11 1 (1.14%) Back Office
11 1 (1.14%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.14%) German Language
11 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (26.14%) Developer
2 17 (19.32%) Senior
3 15 (17.05%) Analyst
4 13 (14.77%) Java Developer
5 10 (11.36%) Senior Manager
6 9 (10.23%) Project Manager
7 8 (9.09%) Business Analyst
7 8 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (7.95%) Product Manager
9 6 (6.82%) Scrum Master
10 5 (5.68%) Payments Analyst
11 4 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
12 3 (3.41%) Angular Developer
12 3 (3.41%) CRM Manager
12 3 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
12 3 (3.41%) Low Latency Java Developer
12 3 (3.41%) Senior Delivery Manager
12 3 (3.41%) Senior Developer
12 3 (3.41%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.64%) REST
2 8 (9.09%) Spring Boot
3 7 (7.95%) RESTful
4 6 (6.82%) Spring
5 5 (5.68%) AngularJS
5 5 (5.68%) React
6 4 (4.55%) CSS
6 4 (4.55%) HTML
6 4 (4.55%) Kafka
6 4 (4.55%) Web Services
7 3 (3.41%) .NET
7 3 (3.41%) J2EE
7 3 (3.41%) Jetpack Compose
7 3 (3.41%) ZK
8 2 (2.27%) Android Jetpack
8 2 (2.27%) gRPC
8 2 (2.27%) Node.js
8 2 (2.27%) Playwright
8 2 (2.27%) PySpark
8 2 (2.27%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.45%) Product Ownership
2 9 (10.23%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.68%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (3.41%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.41%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.41%) Digital Wallet
5 3 (3.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.27%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.27%) PMI
6 2 (2.27%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.14%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.14%) Equities
7 1 (1.14%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.14%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.14%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (1.14%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.27%) Android
1 2 (2.27%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (90.91%) Agile
2 23 (26.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (25.00%) Kanban
4 19 (21.59%) CI/CD
5 17 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (17.05%) DevOps
6 15 (17.05%) Test Automation
7 14 (15.91%) User Stories
8 12 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (12.50%) Migration
9 11 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (11.36%) Business Case
10 10 (11.36%) Microservices
10 10 (11.36%) Project Delivery
10 10 (11.36%) Sprint Planning
10 10 (11.36%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (10.23%) Data Modelling
11 9 (10.23%) TDD
11 9 (10.23%) Waterfall
12 8 (9.09%) AI
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.73%) Java
2 11 (12.50%) SQL
3 8 (9.09%) C#
3 8 (9.09%) TypeScript
4 6 (6.82%) Python
5 5 (5.68%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.41%) Kotlin
7 2 (2.27%) Go
8 1 (1.14%) Apex Code
8 1 (1.14%) Bash
8 1 (1.14%) PHP
8 1 (1.14%) Scala
8 1 (1.14%) Swift
8 1 (1.14%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 9 (10.23%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.95%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.82%) Degree
4 5 (5.68%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.41%) PMP
6 2 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.27%) CBAP
6 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.14%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.14%) CFA
7 1 (1.14%) IIBA
7 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.14%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.05%) QA
2 5 (5.68%) GDPR
2 5 (5.68%) PSD2
3 4 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.41%) ISO 20022
5 2 (2.27%) ISO 8583
5 2 (2.27%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.27%) PMO
5 2 (2.27%) WCAG
6 1 (1.14%) Basel III
6 1 (1.14%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (6.82%) Docker
2 2 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (7.95%) Ansible
2 4 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.41%) Terraform
4 1 (1.14%) Grafana
4 1 (1.14%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 11 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.09%) Oracle
3 4 (4.55%) Google
4 3 (3.41%) Atlassian
4 3 (3.41%) Databricks
4 3 (3.41%) Informatica
4 3 (3.41%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.27%) IBM
5 2 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.27%) Workday
6 1 (1.14%) Cisco
6 1 (1.14%) HP
6 1 (1.14%) LexisNexis
6 1 (1.14%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.14%) Pega
6 1 (1.14%) Planview
6 1 (1.14%) SAP
6 1 (1.14%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.14%) Sybase
6 1 (1.14%) Vermilion