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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 47 50
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 -19
Contract jobs citing Scrum 106 83 93
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.99% 4.02% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 4.37% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 42 58
10th Percentile £402 £450 £463
25th Percentile £456 £463 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £606
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% -17.36% +1.04%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £698
90th Percentile £788 £798 £775
London median daily rate £525 £525 £563
% change year-on-year - -6.67% -6.25%

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 1,892 1,899 2,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.04% 92.05% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,186 1,638
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £437 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £661 £675 £688
90th Percentile £773 £775 £811
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 27
10th Percentile £19.75 £21.85 £18.16
25th Percentile £24.85 £33.13 £21.36
Median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -24.74% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £41.00 £40.92
90th Percentile £55.30 £61.40 £65.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year -6.67% +24.34% -17.37%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 +9 100 £550 +7.47% 36
City of Westminster +4 2 £390 -29.09%
West End of London +7 1 £550 +2.80%
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 16 (15.09%) Confluence
2 4 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.89%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.89%) Hyperledger
3 2 (1.89%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.94%) Apache
4 1 (0.94%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.94%) CMS
4 1 (0.94%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.72%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.89%) Trello
4 1 (0.94%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.89%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.94%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.94%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.94%) HFM
3 1 (0.94%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.94%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.98%) Azure
2 10 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (8.49%) AWS
4 6 (5.66%) GitHub
5 4 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.77%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.83%) GCP
7 2 (1.89%) Google Play
7 2 (1.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.94%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.94%) Cloud Functions
8 1 (0.94%) Cloud Run
8 1 (0.94%) Figma
8 1 (0.94%) Miro
8 1 (0.94%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.94%) Serverless
8 1 (0.94%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.83%) LAN
1 3 (2.83%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (2.83%) WAN
2 2 (1.89%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.83%) Metadata
1 3 (2.83%) MongoDB
1 3 (2.83%) Power BI
1 3 (2.83%) Star Schema
1 3 (2.83%) Tableau
2 2 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.89%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.89%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.94%) Big Data
3 1 (0.94%) Data Vault
3 1 (0.94%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.94%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.94%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 33 (31.13%) JIRA
2 19 (17.92%) Git
3 7 (6.60%) Bitbucket
4 6 (5.66%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.77%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.77%) JUnit
5 4 (3.77%) Postman
6 3 (2.83%) GitLab
6 3 (2.83%) Selenium
7 2 (1.89%) Ant
7 2 (1.89%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.89%) Liquibase
7 2 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.94%) Mockito
8 1 (0.94%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.94%) Vite
General
1 52 (49.06%) Finance
2 34 (32.08%) Social Skills
3 23 (21.70%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (18.87%) Banking
5 14 (13.21%) Front Office
6 7 (6.60%) Law
6 7 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.72%) Investment Banking
8 5 (4.72%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.77%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.77%) Legal
9 4 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.83%) Back Office
10 3 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.83%) Retail
11 2 (1.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (28.30%) Developer
2 20 (18.87%) Senior
3 17 (16.04%) Analyst
4 16 (15.09%) Java Developer
5 14 (13.21%) Project Manager
6 13 (12.26%) Business Analyst
7 11 (10.38%) Scrum Master
8 9 (8.49%) Senior Manager
9 8 (7.55%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (5.66%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (4.72%) Angular Developer
11 5 (4.72%) IT Manager
11 5 (4.72%) IT Project Manager
11 5 (4.72%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 5 (4.72%) Payments Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Product Manager
12 4 (3.77%) Lead
12 4 (3.77%) Senior Project Manager
12 4 (3.77%) Technical Business Analyst
13 3 (2.83%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.21%) REST
2 8 (7.55%) React
2 8 (7.55%) Spring Boot
3 7 (6.60%) .NET
3 7 (6.60%) AngularJS
4 5 (4.72%) CSS
4 5 (4.72%) HTML
4 5 (4.72%) RESTful
5 4 (3.77%) Web Services
5 4 (3.77%) XML
5 4 (3.77%) ZK
6 3 (2.83%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (2.83%) Kafka
6 3 (2.83%) Playwright
6 3 (2.83%) Spring
7 2 (1.89%) Android Jetpack
7 2 (1.89%) Jetpack Compose
7 2 (1.89%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (1.89%) RxJava
7 2 (1.89%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.81%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.49%) Onboarding
3 8 (7.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (4.72%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.77%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (2.83%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.83%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.83%) Digital Wallet
7 2 (1.89%) PMI
7 2 (1.89%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.89%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.94%) CMDB
8 1 (0.94%) Derivative
8 1 (0.94%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.94%) Equities
8 1 (0.94%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.94%) IPTV
8 1 (0.94%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Android
1 2 (1.89%) Unix
2 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (88.68%) Agile
2 35 (33.02%) Kanban
3 26 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (19.81%) DevOps
5 20 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (17.92%) User Acceptance Testing
7 18 (16.98%) Test Automation
8 17 (16.04%) CI/CD
9 16 (15.09%) Project Delivery
9 16 (15.09%) User Stories
10 13 (12.26%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 13 (12.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (11.32%) Project Management
11 12 (11.32%) SDLC
11 12 (11.32%) Sprint Planning
12 11 (10.38%) Backlog Management
12 11 (10.38%) Migration
12 11 (10.38%) TDD
13 10 (9.43%) Microservices
13 10 (9.43%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 28 (26.42%) Java
2 17 (16.04%) SQL
3 14 (13.21%) C#
4 10 (9.43%) JavaScript
4 10 (9.43%) Python
4 10 (9.43%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.89%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.89%) Go
5 2 (1.89%) Kotlin
5 2 (1.89%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.89%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.94%) Bash
6 1 (0.94%) Korn
6 1 (0.94%) PHP
6 1 (0.94%) SOQL
6 1 (0.94%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 20 (18.87%) Degree
2 10 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.77%) CBAP
5 4 (3.77%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.89%) CFA
6 2 (1.89%) IIBA
6 2 (1.89%) ISEB
6 2 (1.89%) PMP
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.94%) MBA
7 1 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.94%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.98%) QA
2 5 (4.72%) PSD2
3 4 (3.77%) GDPR
3 4 (3.77%) PMO
4 3 (2.83%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.83%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.89%) ISO 8583
5 2 (1.89%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.94%) Basel III
6 1 (0.94%) GRC
6 1 (0.94%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.66%) Ansible
2 3 (2.83%) Terraform
3 2 (1.89%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.94%) Grafana
4 1 (0.94%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 13 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.32%) Oracle
3 6 (5.66%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.77%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.83%) Arista
5 3 (2.83%) Cisco
5 3 (2.83%) Google
6 2 (1.89%) Databricks
6 2 (1.89%) IBM
6 2 (1.89%) Informatica
6 2 (1.89%) SAP
6 2 (1.89%) UiPath
6 2 (1.89%) Workday
7 1 (0.94%) HP
7 1 (0.94%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.94%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.94%) Planview
7 1 (0.94%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.94%) Splunk