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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 45 41
Rank change year-on-year +15 -4 -21
Contract jobs citing Scrum 124 105 122
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.30% 4.33% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.81% 4.72% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 64 75
10th Percentile £402 £450 £425
25th Percentile £438 £475 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £650 £687
90th Percentile £775 £773 £738
London median daily rate £540 £530 £569
% change year-on-year +1.89% -6.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £66.00 £54.04 £61.00
% change year-on-year +22.14% -11.42% +10.91%

All Process and 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 1,822 2,223 2,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.63% 91.59% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,272 1,385 1,818
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £423 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £668 £688 £693
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
London median daily rate £530 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 28 18
10th Percentile £19.94 £19.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £30.19 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -47.55%
75th Percentile £41.94 £65.63 £62.00
90th Percentile £60.95 £119.65 £70.25
London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.44
% change year-on-year -21.33% +5.81% -9.13%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 +12 116 £550 -1.92% 36
Southwark +1 1 - -
City of Westminster - 1 £230 - 4
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 (14.52%) Confluence
2 3 (2.42%) CMS
2 3 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.61%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.61%) Drupal
3 2 (1.61%) WordPress
4 1 (0.81%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.81%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.84%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Aladdin
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.61%) HFM
1 2 (1.61%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.81%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.81%) Maximo
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.74%) Azure
2 13 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (5.65%) GitHub
4 6 (4.84%) AWS
4 6 (4.84%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.23%) Figma
5 4 (3.23%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.42%) Miro
7 2 (1.61%) Azure AI
7 2 (1.61%) BrowserStack
7 2 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.61%) GCP
7 2 (1.61%) Google Play
7 2 (1.61%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.61%) SaaS
7 2 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Apigee
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.81%) Firebase
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.42%) LAN
1 3 (2.42%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (2.42%) WAN
2 2 (1.61%) SSL
2 2 (1.61%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.03%) Power BI
1 5 (4.03%) Star Schema
1 5 (4.03%) Tableau
2 3 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.42%) Metadata
3 2 (1.61%) Apache Hive
3 2 (1.61%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.61%) Hadoop
3 2 (1.61%) Spark SQL
4 1 (0.81%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 33 (26.61%) JIRA
2 25 (20.16%) Git
3 11 (8.87%) Bitbucket
4 6 (4.84%) Cucumber
5 5 (4.03%) Postman
6 4 (3.23%) GitLab
7 3 (2.42%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.42%) Jenkins
7 3 (2.42%) Selenium
8 2 (1.61%) JUnit
8 2 (1.61%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.81%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.81%) git-flow
9 1 (0.81%) Mockito
9 1 (0.81%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.81%) Vite
9 1 (0.81%) Zephyr
General
1 61 (49.19%) Finance
2 48 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (15.32%) Banking
5 15 (12.10%) Front Office
6 10 (8.06%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.65%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (5.65%) Investment Banking
8 6 (4.84%) Back Office
8 6 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.84%) Telecoms
9 5 (4.03%) Financial Institution
9 5 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.61%) Legal
12 1 (0.81%) Games
12 1 (0.81%) Law
12 1 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (30.65%) Developer
2 23 (18.55%) Analyst
3 21 (16.94%) Business Analyst
4 17 (13.71%) Java Developer
5 15 (12.10%) Senior
6 13 (10.48%) Project Manager
7 9 (7.26%) Scrum Master
8 8 (6.45%) Angular Developer
8 8 (6.45%) Lead
9 6 (4.84%) Product Owner
10 5 (4.03%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (4.03%) IT Manager
10 5 (4.03%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (4.03%) Low Latency Java Developer
10 5 (4.03%) Technical Analyst
11 4 (3.23%) Consultant
11 4 (3.23%) Senior Manager
11 4 (3.23%) Technical Business Analyst
11 4 (3.23%) Test Automation Engineer
11 4 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.52%) REST
2 11 (8.87%) HTML
3 10 (8.06%) AngularJS
3 10 (8.06%) React
4 9 (7.26%) CSS
5 8 (6.45%) .NET
5 8 (6.45%) Spring Boot
6 6 (4.84%) Web Services
7 5 (4.03%) RESTful
7 5 (4.03%) SOAP
7 5 (4.03%) XML
8 4 (3.23%) jQuery
8 4 (3.23%) ZK
9 3 (2.42%) Android Jetpack
9 3 (2.42%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (2.42%) Flask
9 3 (2.42%) Jetpack Compose
9 3 (2.42%) JSON
9 3 (2.42%) Pandas
9 3 (2.42%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 26 (20.97%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (5.65%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.03%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.23%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.23%) Reinsurance
5 4 (3.23%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.42%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.42%) Derivative
6 3 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.61%) CMDB
7 2 (1.61%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.61%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.61%) PMI
8 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.81%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.23%) Linux
1 4 (3.23%) Unix
2 3 (2.42%) Android
3 2 (1.61%) Windows
4 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (93.55%) Agile
2 43 (34.68%) Kanban
3 30 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (21.77%) DevOps
5 22 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (16.13%) Project Delivery
6 20 (16.13%) User Acceptance Testing
6 20 (16.13%) User Stories
7 19 (15.32%) Test Automation
8 17 (13.71%) Project Management
9 14 (11.29%) Backlog Management
9 14 (11.29%) CI/CD
9 14 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (11.29%) Data Modelling
9 14 (11.29%) Product Backlog
9 14 (11.29%) Requirements Gathering
9 14 (11.29%) TDD
10 13 (10.48%) SDLC
10 13 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (9.68%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 32 (25.81%) Java
2 26 (20.97%) SQL
3 18 (14.52%) JavaScript
4 17 (13.71%) Python
5 16 (12.90%) C#
6 11 (8.87%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.42%) Apex Code
7 3 (2.42%) Kotlin
7 3 (2.42%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.61%) C++
8 2 (1.61%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.81%) C
9 1 (0.81%) Groovy
9 1 (0.81%) Korn
9 1 (0.81%) SOQL
9 1 (0.81%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 26 (20.97%) Degree
2 13 (10.48%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.23%) CBAP
6 3 (2.42%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.42%) PMP
7 2 (1.61%) IIBA
7 2 (1.61%) ISEB
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.81%) CFA
8 1 (0.81%) CSPO
8 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.81%) MBA
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.81%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (18.55%) QA
2 5 (4.03%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.23%) PMO
4 3 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.42%) EMIR
4 3 (2.42%) MiFID
4 3 (2.42%) WCAG
5 2 (1.61%) ISO 8583
5 2 (1.61%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.61%) PSD2
6 1 (0.81%) Basel II
6 1 (0.81%) Basel III
6 1 (0.81%) GDPR
6 1 (0.81%) GRC
6 1 (0.81%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.81%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (4.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.84%) Ansible
2 5 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.81%) Argo
4 1 (0.81%) Grafana
4 1 (0.81%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.81%) Istio
4 1 (0.81%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.87%) Oracle
3 7 (5.65%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.03%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.03%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.23%) UiPath
6 3 (2.42%) Arista
6 3 (2.42%) Bloomberg
6 3 (2.42%) Cisco
6 3 (2.42%) Cloudera
6 3 (2.42%) Google
6 3 (2.42%) HP
6 3 (2.42%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.42%) SAP
7 2 (1.61%) BMC
7 2 (1.61%) Foundry
7 2 (1.61%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.61%) Ivanti
7 2 (1.61%) Palantir
7 2 (1.61%) Tagetik