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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 33 31
Rank change year-on-year -31 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Scrum 97 117 124
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.93% 6.03% 5.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 6.44% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 82 92
10th Percentile £413 £405 £425
25th Percentile £463 £459 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -11.58%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £641
90th Percentile £725 £838 £724
London median daily rate £550 £550 £535
% change year-on-year - +2.80% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £82.50 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £86.25 - -
London median hourly rate £64.75 £65.00 £32.68
% change year-on-year -0.38% +98.90% -55.84%

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 2,215 1,818 2,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.68% 93.76% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,530 1,217 1,384
10th Percentile £363 £316 £363
25th Percentile £456 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 26
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £23.69
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +34.62%
75th Percentile £43.00 £50.75 £42.13
90th Percentile £64.15 £63.75 £115.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.13% -10.01% -7.28%

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 20 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in Central London over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in Central London

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 20 September 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 -31 86 £550 -12.00% 49
West End of London - 9 £513 - 6
City of Westminster -2 8 £475 +106.52% 12
Southwark -2 1 £600 -
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 18 (18.56%) Confluence
2 2 (2.06%) Apache
2 2 (2.06%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.06%) CMS
2 2 (2.06%) IIS
2 2 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (4.12%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.03%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 24 (24.74%) Azure
2 18 (18.56%) AWS
3 12 (12.37%) Power Platform
4 9 (9.28%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (9.28%) GitHub
5 8 (8.25%) Power Automate
6 7 (7.22%) Serverless
7 6 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (6.19%) GCP
7 6 (6.19%) PowerApps
7 6 (6.19%) SaaS
7 6 (6.19%) Snowflake
8 5 (5.15%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (5.15%) Azure Functions
8 5 (5.15%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (3.09%) Azure Databricks
10 2 (2.06%) Azure API Management
10 2 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.06%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.09%) HTTP
2 2 (2.06%) Internet
2 2 (2.06%) Intranet
3 1 (1.03%) Firewall
3 1 (1.03%) Network Security
3 1 (1.03%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.22%) Power BI
2 5 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (5.15%) Relational Database
2 5 (5.15%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.12%) MongoDB
3 4 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.09%) ClickHouse
4 3 (3.09%) Metadata
4 3 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.06%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.06%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.03%) Big Data
6 1 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.03%) Data Vault
6 1 (1.03%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.03%) MySQL
6 1 (1.03%) Redis
6 1 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (29.90%) JIRA
2 10 (10.31%) Git
3 8 (8.25%) Jenkins
4 6 (6.19%) JUnit
5 5 (5.15%) Mockito
6 4 (4.12%) GitLab
7 3 (3.09%) Selenium
7 3 (3.09%) Visual Studio
8 2 (2.06%) Artifactory
8 2 (2.06%) Bitbucket
8 2 (2.06%) Cypress.io
8 2 (2.06%) JMeter
8 2 (2.06%) Maven
8 2 (2.06%) SonarQube
8 2 (2.06%) TeamCity
8 2 (2.06%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (2.06%) Vite
8 2 (2.06%) Xcode
8 2 (2.06%) Zephyr
9 1 (1.03%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 41 (42.27%) Finance
2 40 (41.24%) Social Skills
3 23 (23.71%) Banking
4 20 (20.62%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (12.37%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.22%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (7.22%) Marketing
7 6 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (5.15%) Law
8 5 (5.15%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.12%) Front Office
9 4 (4.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (4.12%) Police
10 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.09%) Retail
11 2 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.06%) Investment Banking
11 2 (2.06%) Retail Banking
11 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.03%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 23 (23.71%) Developer
2 16 (16.49%) Senior
3 14 (14.43%) Analyst
4 10 (10.31%) Lead
5 8 (8.25%) Project Manager
6 7 (7.22%) Business Analyst
6 7 (7.22%) Java Developer
6 7 (7.22%) Product Owner
6 7 (7.22%) Senior Developer
7 6 (6.19%) Data Engineer
8 5 (5.15%) Architect
8 5 (5.15%) C# Developer
8 5 (5.15%) Product Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.12%) Scrum Master
10 3 (3.09%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (3.09%) QA Engineer
10 3 (3.09%) Senior C# Developer
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Java Developer
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.49%) REST
2 10 (10.31%) .NET
2 10 (10.31%) RESTful
3 9 (9.28%) SOAP
4 8 (8.25%) Spring
4 8 (8.25%) Spring Boot
5 6 (6.19%) CSS
5 6 (6.19%) HTML
5 6 (6.19%) Kafka
5 6 (6.19%) Terraform
5 6 (6.19%) Web Services
6 5 (5.15%) AngularJS
6 5 (5.15%) Spring Cloud
7 4 (4.12%) .NET Framework
8 3 (3.09%) Ajax
8 3 (3.09%) Bootstrap
8 3 (3.09%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (3.09%) JSON
8 3 (3.09%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (3.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (27.84%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.25%) Cloud Native
3 7 (7.22%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (5.15%) Life Science
5 4 (4.12%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.09%) Credit Risk
6 3 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.09%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.06%) AI Agents
7 2 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.06%) CMDB
7 2 (2.06%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.06%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (2.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.03%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.03%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.03%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.12%) Linux
1 4 (4.12%) Unix
2 2 (2.06%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (97.94%) Agile
2 39 (40.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (30.93%) CI/CD
4 27 (27.84%) Sprint Planning
5 25 (25.77%) DevOps
6 24 (24.74%) User Stories
7 23 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (19.59%) Kanban
9 15 (15.46%) Data Governance
10 14 (14.43%) AI
10 14 (14.43%) Microservices
10 14 (14.43%) Roadmaps
10 14 (14.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (14.43%) Test Automation
11 13 (13.40%) Project Management
11 13 (13.40%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 12 (12.37%) Data Modelling
12 12 (12.37%) Product Backlog
12 12 (12.37%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 22 (22.68%) SQL
2 14 (14.43%) Python
3 12 (12.37%) C#
3 12 (12.37%) Java
4 9 (9.28%) JavaScript
4 9 (9.28%) TypeScript
5 4 (4.12%) PL/SQL
6 3 (3.09%) Korn
6 3 (3.09%) Scala
7 2 (2.06%) Swift
8 1 (1.03%) Bicep
8 1 (1.03%) COBOL
8 1 (1.03%) Go
8 1 (1.03%) RPG
8 1 (1.03%) X++
Qualifications
1 15 (15.46%) Degree
2 14 (14.43%) Security Cleared
3 11 (11.34%) PMI Certification
4 10 (10.31%) PMP
5 8 (8.25%) SC Cleared
6 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.09%) CSPO
8 2 (2.06%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.06%) CAPM
9 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.03%) CBAP
9 1 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.03%) IIBA
9 1 (1.03%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (1.03%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.46%) QA
2 10 (10.31%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.15%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.09%) GRC
4 3 (3.09%) PMO
5 2 (2.06%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (2.06%) Basel III
5 2 (2.06%) GxP
5 2 (2.06%) WCAG
6 1 (1.03%) GDPR
6 1 (1.03%) IFRS
6 1 (1.03%) IFRS 9
6 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (11.34%) Docker
2 2 (2.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (9.28%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.09%) Ansible
3 2 (2.06%) Grafana
3 2 (2.06%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.03%) Bosun
Vendors
1 19 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.19%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.15%) Databricks
3 5 (5.15%) Oracle
4 3 (3.09%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.06%) Informatica
5 2 (2.06%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.06%) New Relic
5 2 (2.06%) SAP
5 2 (2.06%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.03%) Avaloq
6 1 (1.03%) F5
6 1 (1.03%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.03%) IBM
6 1 (1.03%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.03%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.03%) Planview
6 1 (1.03%) Tenable
6 1 (1.03%) UiPath