Scrum Contracts in Central London

Scrum
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Scrum skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scrum over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 35 39
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -19
Contract jobs citing Scrum 104 138 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.23% 5.83% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.59% 6.39% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 101 127
10th Percentile £407 £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £713
90th Percentile £838 £738 £775
London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +165.15% - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £65.00 £32.29 £74.00
% change year-on-year +101.30% -56.36% +66.29%

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 1,862 2,159 3,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.61% 91.17% 90.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 1,511 2,267
10th Percentile £350 £363 £325
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 23 27
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £22.50 £17.56
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.47% -20.54% -18.13%
75th Percentile £49.75 £36.50 £53.38
90th Percentile £63.75 £48.57 £88.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year +6.67% -25.93% +12.50%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Scrum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in Central London

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Scrum in Central London

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Central London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in Central London

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum in Central London.

Hourly rate trend 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 3 July 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 +1 100 £638 +17.24% 190
City of Westminster -4 1 £375 - 9
Southwark - 1 - - 1
Scrum
London

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (10.58%) Confluence
2 5 (4.81%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.88%) CMS
3 3 (2.88%) Drupal
4 2 (1.92%) Apache
4 2 (1.92%) Jupyter
4 2 (1.92%) WordPress
5 1 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.92%) Trello
5 1 (0.96%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.96%) HFM
2 1 (0.96%) Maximo
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.96%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.96%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.96%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.96%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 23 (22.12%) Azure
2 16 (15.38%) AWS
3 15 (14.42%) Power Platform
4 10 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (7.69%) SaaS
6 5 (4.81%) GCP
7 4 (3.85%) Figma
7 4 (3.85%) Miro
8 3 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.88%) GitHub
8 3 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.92%) Kong
9 2 (1.92%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.92%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.92%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.96%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.92%) Firewall
1 2 (1.92%) SSH
2 1 (0.96%) Network Security
2 1 (0.96%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.42%) Power BI
2 8 (7.69%) Data Mining
3 4 (3.85%) Apache Hive
3 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.85%) Star Schema
4 3 (2.88%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.88%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.92%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.92%) Spark SQL
5 2 (1.92%) Tableau
6 1 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.96%) Big Data
6 1 (0.96%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.96%) DB2
6 1 (0.96%) Looker
6 1 (0.96%) Metadata
6 1 (0.96%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (30.77%) JIRA
2 14 (13.46%) Git
3 4 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.85%) Postman
3 4 (3.85%) Selenium
4 3 (2.88%) Bitbucket
4 3 (2.88%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.92%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.92%) GitLab
5 2 (1.92%) JMeter
5 2 (1.92%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.92%) RStudio
5 2 (1.92%) ScriptRunner
5 2 (1.92%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.92%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.96%) Gatling
6 1 (0.96%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.96%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (0.96%) Storybook
6 1 (0.96%) Vite
General
1 58 (55.77%) Social Skills
2 44 (42.31%) Finance
3 18 (17.31%) Banking
4 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.54%) Investment Banking
6 10 (9.62%) Front Office
7 5 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.88%) Back Office
10 2 (1.92%) Legal
11 1 (0.96%) Advertising
11 1 (0.96%) Billing
11 1 (0.96%) Law
11 1 (0.96%) Marketing
11 1 (0.96%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (21.15%) Analyst
2 20 (19.23%) Business Analyst
3 16 (15.38%) Consultant
4 14 (13.46%) Developer
4 14 (13.46%) Project Manager
4 14 (13.46%) Senior
5 12 (11.54%) Lead
6 8 (7.69%) Lead Consultant
7 7 (6.73%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (6.73%) Lead Business Analyst
7 7 (6.73%) Risk Consultant
7 7 (6.73%) Senior Consultant
8 6 (5.77%) Business Consultant
9 5 (4.81%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.85%) Android Developer
10 4 (3.85%) Charles River Consultant
11 3 (2.88%) Business Development Consultant
11 3 (2.88%) Java Developer
11 3 (2.88%) Scrum Master
11 3 (2.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.73%) REST
2 5 (4.81%) .NET
2 5 (4.81%) CSS
2 5 (4.81%) HTML
3 4 (3.85%) PySpark
4 3 (2.88%) Android Jetpack
4 3 (2.88%) GraphQL
4 3 (2.88%) Jetpack Compose
4 3 (2.88%) YAML
5 2 (1.92%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.92%) Hibernate
5 2 (1.92%) JSON
5 2 (1.92%) Kafka
5 2 (1.92%) Middleware
5 2 (1.92%) pydantic
5 2 (1.92%) Spring
5 2 (1.92%) Web Services
5 2 (1.92%) ZK
6 1 (0.96%) Protocol Buffers
6 1 (0.96%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.35%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.69%) Market Risk
3 6 (5.77%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.85%) Derivative
4 4 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (3.85%) Reinsurance
5 3 (2.88%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.88%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.88%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.92%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.92%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.92%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.92%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.96%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (0.96%) iSeries
7 1 (0.96%) PACS
7 1 (0.96%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.69%) Linux
2 4 (3.85%) Android
3 3 (2.88%) Unix
4 2 (1.92%) Windows
5 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (95.19%) Agile
2 35 (33.65%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (26.92%) Project Management
4 23 (22.12%) Kanban
5 20 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (18.27%) DevOps
7 18 (17.31%) Project Delivery
8 17 (16.35%) Data Analysis
9 16 (15.38%) Analytics
9 16 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (14.42%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (14.42%) CI/CD
10 15 (14.42%) SDLC
11 14 (13.46%) Change Management
11 14 (13.46%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (13.46%) User Stories
12 13 (12.50%) Business Analysis
12 13 (12.50%) Roadmaps
13 12 (11.54%) Asset Management
13 12 (11.54%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 34 (32.69%) SQL
2 14 (13.46%) Python
3 13 (12.50%) Java
4 8 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 6 (5.77%) C#
6 4 (3.85%) Kotlin
7 3 (2.88%) Scala
8 2 (1.92%) Bash
8 2 (1.92%) C++
8 2 (1.92%) Groovy
9 1 (0.96%) ABAP
9 1 (0.96%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.96%) COBOL
9 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.96%) RPG
9 1 (0.96%) Swift
9 1 (0.96%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (19.23%) Degree
2 13 (12.50%) PMP
3 10 (9.62%) PMI Certification
4 6 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.77%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.81%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.96%) CAPM
7 1 (0.96%) CBAP
7 1 (0.96%) CFA
7 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.96%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.42%) QA
2 8 (7.69%) EMIR
2 8 (7.69%) MiFID
3 7 (6.73%) Basel II
4 6 (5.77%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.88%) WCAG
6 2 (1.92%) GDPR
6 2 (1.92%) PMO
7 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.96%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.96%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (5.77%) Docker
2 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.88%) Ansible
2 3 (2.88%) Terraform
3 2 (1.92%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.96%) Argo
4 1 (0.96%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.96%) Istio
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.77%) Databricks
2 6 (5.77%) Oracle
3 4 (3.85%) Charles River
3 4 (3.85%) SAP
4 2 (1.92%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.92%) Foundry
4 2 (1.92%) Google
4 2 (1.92%) Palantir
5 1 (0.96%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.96%) Avaloq
5 1 (0.96%) Cloudera
5 1 (0.96%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.96%) FNZ
5 1 (0.96%) GoldenSource
5 1 (0.96%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.96%) SimCorp
5 1 (0.96%) Splunk
5 1 (0.96%) Tagetik
5 1 (0.96%) UiPath