Scrum Contracts in the City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Scrum skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Scrum London > City of London
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	25	19	25
Rank change year-on-year	-6	+6
Contract jobs citing Scrum	236	278	365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London	7.22%	8.32%	6.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	8.19%	9.68%	7.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	193	256	299
City of London median daily rate	£525	£450	£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+16.66%	-
10th Percentile	£407	£344	£324
90th Percentile	£638	£638	£619
London median daily rate	£500	£475	£450
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	+5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	3
City of London median hourly rate	-	-	£45.00
London median hourly rate	£31.50	-	£40.00

Scrum is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills City of London
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	2881	2873	4730
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London	88.16%	85.97%	81.09%
Number of daily rates quoted	8890	9138	13095
City of London median daily rate	£500	£475	£465
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	+2.15%
10th Percentile	£340	£319	£313
90th Percentile	£675	£656	£649
London median daily rate	£500	£475	£450
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	+5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	53	90	126
City of London median hourly rate	£20.00	£19.00	£24.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-22.44%
10th Percentile	£14.00	£11.25	£14.71
90th Percentile	£43.00	£34.53	£55.75
London median hourly rate	£26.50	£21.00	£21.69
% change year-on-year	+26.19%	-3.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Scrum as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Scrum in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Scrum in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Scrum in the City of London over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Scrum in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Scrum in the City of London

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Scrum also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Scrum.

1	447 (90.85%)	Agile Software Development
2	195 (39.63%)	TDD
3	185 (37.60%)	Java
4	156 (31.71%)	Finance
5	136 (27.64%)	Kanban
6	123 (25.00%)	JavaScript
7	122 (24.80%)	BDD
8	112 (22.76%)	Banking
9	108 (21.95%)	Test Automation
10	102 (20.73%)	HTML
11	100 (20.33%)	CSS
12	92 (18.70%)	Continuous Integration
13	91 (18.50%)	AngularJS
14	82 (16.67%)	SQL
15	78 (15.85%)	C#

16	74 (15.04%)	Web Services
17	71 (14.43%)	DevOps
18	69 (14.02%)	MVC
19	67 (13.62%)	SQL Server
19	67 (13.62%)	Spring
19	67 (13.62%)	JIRA
20	66 (13.41%)	Git (software)
21	63 (12.80%)	Software Engineering
21	63 (12.80%)	REST
22	62 (12.60%)	HTML5
23	57 (11.59%)	.NET
23	57 (11.59%)	Amazon AWS
24	50 (10.16%)	User Stories
25	49 (9.96%)	User Experience
26	48 (9.76%)	QA

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	23 (4.67%)	Apache Spark
2	21 (4.27%)	Confluence
3	18 (3.66%)	BizTalk Server
4	14 (2.85%)	SharePoint
5	13 (2.64%)	IIS
6	11 (2.24%)	Apache
6	11 (2.24%)	Tomcat
7	8 (1.63%)	Mule
8	7 (1.42%)	WebSphere
9	6 (1.22%)	Cloud Foundry
9	6 (1.22%)	Oracle SOA Suite
10	5 (1.02%)	JBoss
11	4 (0.81%)	Adobe Experience Manager
11	4 (0.81%)	CMS
12	3 (0.61%)	Elasticsearch
13	2 (0.41%)	Anypoint
13	2 (0.41%)	GlassFish
13	2 (0.41%)	MQSeries
13	2 (0.41%)	Mule ESB
13	2 (0.41%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	4 (0.81%)	Microsoft Office
2	3 (0.61%)	Adobe Creative Suite
2	3 (0.61%)	Adobe Illustrator
2	3 (0.61%)	MS Visio
2	3 (0.61%)	Photoshop
3	2 (0.41%)	Microsoft Excel
3	2 (0.41%)	Microsoft Project
3	2 (0.41%)	OmniGraffle

Business Applications
1	16 (3.25%)	Dynamics CRM
2	12 (2.44%)	Dynamics AX
3	4 (0.81%)	SimCorp Dimension
4	3 (0.61%)	ION MarketView
5	1 (0.20%)	RMDS
5	1 (0.20%)	SAP Hybris

Cloud Services
1	57 (11.59%)	Amazon AWS
2	36 (7.32%)	Microsoft Azure
3	14 (2.85%)	IaaS
3	14 (2.85%)	PaaS
4	7 (1.42%)	AWS CloudFormation
5	6 (1.22%)	GitHub
6	4 (0.81%)	Slack
6	4 (0.81%)	TestFlight
7	3 (0.61%)	Google Play
8	2 (0.41%)	Amazon CloudWatch
8	2 (0.41%)	Amazon EC2
8	2 (0.41%)	Amazon S3
8	2 (0.41%)	SaaS
8	2 (0.41%)	Virtual Private Cloud
9	1 (0.20%)	Basecamp
9	1 (0.20%)	CloudBees
9	1 (0.20%)	Dynamics 365
9	1 (0.20%)	Google Cloud Platform
9	1 (0.20%)	OpenShift

Communications & Networking
1	8 (1.63%)	HTTP
2	4 (0.81%)	TCP/IP
3	3 (0.61%)	Internet
4	2 (0.41%)	DSL
5	1 (0.20%)	Bluetooth
5	1 (0.20%)	Firewall
5	1 (0.20%)	Intranet
5	1 (0.20%)	Kerberos
5	1 (0.20%)	LAN
5	1 (0.20%)	LDAP
5	1 (0.20%)	Network Security
5	1 (0.20%)	RTP
5	1 (0.20%)	RTSP
5	1 (0.20%)	SNMP
5	1 (0.20%)	WAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	67 (13.62%)	SQL Server
2	46 (9.35%)	MongoDB
3	36 (7.32%)	Big Data
3	36 (7.32%)	NoSQL
4	29 (5.89%)	Hadoop
5	20 (4.07%)	MySQL
5	20 (4.07%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	16 (3.25%)	Apache Cassandra
7	14 (2.85%)	Relational Database
7	14 (2.85%)	SQL Server 2008
8	12 (2.44%)	Data Warehouse
9	9 (1.83%)	CouchDB
10	8 (1.63%)	Hazelcast
11	7 (1.42%)	KDB
11	7 (1.42%)	Kdb+
12	6 (1.22%)	DB2
12	6 (1.22%)	PostgreSQL
12	6 (1.22%)	SQLite
13	5 (1.02%)	Azure SQL Database
13	5 (1.02%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	67 (13.62%)	JIRA
2	66 (13.41%)	Git (software)
3	42 (8.54%)	Jenkins
3	42 (8.54%)	Selenium
4	36 (7.32%)	gulp
5	35 (7.11%)	Team Foundation Server
6	27 (5.49%)	Grunt
7	24 (4.88%)	Cucumber
8	23 (4.67%)	IntelliJ
9	19 (3.86%)	WebDriver
10	18 (3.66%)	JUnit
11	17 (3.46%)	Maven
11	17 (3.46%)	webpack
12	14 (2.85%)	Visual Studio
13	13 (2.64%)	Subversion
14	11 (2.24%)	NUnit
15	8 (1.63%)	Appium
15	8 (1.63%)	Jasmine
15	8 (1.63%)	TeamCity
16	7 (1.42%)	Calabash

General
1	156 (31.71%)	Finance
2	112 (22.76%)	Banking
3	39 (7.93%)	Investment Banking
4	27 (5.49%)	Retail
5	21 (4.27%)	Front Office
6	14 (2.85%)	Financial Institution
7	11 (2.24%)	Marketing
8	10 (2.03%)	Advertising
9	9 (1.83%)	Games
10	7 (1.42%)	Law
11	6 (1.22%)	Retail Banking
12	5 (1.02%)	Publishing
13	4 (0.81%)	Back Office
13	4 (0.81%)	Wholesale Banking
14	3 (0.61%)	Corporate Banking
14	3 (0.61%)	Legal
14	3 (0.61%)	Private Banking
15	2 (0.41%)	Spanish Language
15	2 (0.41%)	Telecoms
16	1 (0.20%)	Dutch Language

Job Titles
1	259 (52.64%)	Developer
2	106 (21.54%)	Java Developer
3	62 (12.60%)	Analyst
4	41 (8.33%)	Senior Developer
5	40 (8.13%)	Business Analyst
6	36 (7.32%)	Scrum Master
7	30 (6.10%)	Full Stack Developer
7	30 (6.10%)	Scala Developer
8	25 (5.08%)	Project Manager
9	23 (4.67%)	.NET Developer
10	22 (4.47%)	JavaScript Developer
11	21 (4.27%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12	20 (4.07%)	Agile Developer
12	20 (4.07%)	C# Developer
13	17 (3.46%)	Big Data Developer
14	16 (3.25%)	Java Scala Developer
15	15 (3.05%)	Agile Coach
16	14 (2.85%)	Architect
16	14 (2.85%)	iOS Developer
16	14 (2.85%)	Test Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	102 (20.73%)	HTML
2	100 (20.33%)	CSS
3	91 (18.50%)	AngularJS
4	74 (15.04%)	Web Services
5	67 (13.62%)	Spring
6	63 (12.80%)	REST
7	62 (12.60%)	HTML5
8	57 (11.59%)	.NET
9	46 (9.35%)	React
10	40 (8.13%)	Node.js
11	34 (6.91%)	jQuery
12	33 (6.71%)	JSON
13	32 (6.50%)	ASP.NET
13	32 (6.50%)	RESTful
14	29 (5.89%)	CSS3
15	27 (5.49%)	SOAP
16	26 (5.28%)	ASP.NET MVC
16	26 (5.28%)	WCF
17	25 (5.08%)	Hystrix
18	23 (4.67%)	Sass

Miscellaneous
1	49 (9.96%)	User Experience
2	33 (6.71%)	Analytical Skills
3	31 (6.30%)	Mobile App
4	22 (4.47%)	Fintech
5	20 (4.07%)	Equities
6	17 (3.46%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
6	17 (3.46%)	Greenfield Project
7	16 (3.25%)	Computer Science
8	14 (2.85%)	Derivative
8	14 (2.85%)	Fixed Income
8	14 (2.85%)	Virtual Team
9	12 (2.44%)	Credit Risk
10	11 (2.24%)	Enterprise Software
11	9 (1.83%)	Market Risk
11	9 (1.83%)	Public Cloud
12	8 (1.63%)	Mobile Banking
13	7 (1.42%)	Algorithms
14	6 (1.22%)	Data Structures
14	6 (1.22%)	iPad
14	6 (1.22%)	NHS

Operating Systems
1	36 (7.32%)	Windows
2	27 (5.49%)	Apple iOS
3	23 (4.67%)	Linux
4	20 (4.07%)	Android
5	15 (3.05%)	Unix
6	5 (1.02%)	Windows Server
7	4 (0.81%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	1 (0.20%)	Mac OS X
8	1 (0.20%)	Ubuntu

Processes & Methodologies
1	447 (90.85%)	Agile Software Development
2	195 (39.63%)	TDD
3	136 (27.64%)	Kanban
4	122 (24.80%)	BDD
5	108 (21.95%)	Test Automation
6	92 (18.70%)	Continuous Integration
7	71 (14.43%)	DevOps
8	69 (14.02%)	MVC
9	63 (12.80%)	Software Engineering
10	50 (10.16%)	User Stories
11	46 (9.35%)	E-Commerce
11	46 (9.35%)	SOA
12	44 (8.94%)	Microservices
12	44 (8.94%)	Web Development
13	43 (8.74%)	Front End Development
13	43 (8.74%)	Pair Programming
13	43 (8.74%)	SOLID
14	35 (7.11%)	OO
14	35 (7.11%)	Project Management
15	30 (6.10%)	Stakeholder Management

Programming Languages
1	185 (37.60%)	Java
2	123 (25.00%)	JavaScript
3	82 (16.67%)	SQL
4	78 (15.85%)	C#
5	45 (9.15%)	Scala
6	24 (4.88%)	Groovy
7	21 (4.27%)	Objective-C
8	17 (3.46%)	Apple Swift
9	16 (3.25%)	Python
10	8 (1.63%)	ES6
10	8 (1.63%)	PL/SQL
11	6 (1.22%)	T-SQL
12	5 (1.02%)	Bash Shell
12	5 (1.02%)	PHP
12	5 (1.02%)	TypeScript
13	4 (0.81%)	C++
13	4 (0.81%)	Perl
13	4 (0.81%)	Shell Script
14	3 (0.61%)	C
15	2 (0.41%)	VB

Qualifications
1	27 (5.49%)	Degree
2	10 (2.03%)	Security Cleared
3	8 (1.63%)	SC Cleared
4	7 (1.42%)	PMP
5	5 (1.02%)	ISTQB
6	4 (0.81%)	CFA
6	4 (0.81%)	Computer Science Degree
6	4 (0.81%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	4 (0.81%)	PMI Certification
7	3 (0.61%)	ISEB
8	2 (0.41%)	BPSS Clearance
9	1 (0.20%)	CIMA
9	1 (0.20%)	CISA
9	1 (0.20%)	ITIL Certification
9	1 (0.20%)	MAPM
9	1 (0.20%)	Master's Degree
9	1 (0.20%)	PRINCE2 Certification
9	1 (0.20%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	48 (9.76%)	QA
2	11 (2.24%)	MiFID
3	5 (1.02%)	Dodd-Frank
3	5 (1.02%)	SEPA
4	3 (0.61%)	PMO
5	1 (0.20%)	COBIT
5	1 (0.20%)	EMIR
5	1 (0.20%)	P3O

System Software
1	16 (3.25%)	Docker
2	2 (0.41%)	HDFS
2	2 (0.41%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	1 (0.20%)	Active Directory
3	1 (0.20%)	vCloud

Systems Management
1	10 (2.03%)	Kubernetes
2	6 (1.22%)	Puppet
3	4 (0.81%)	HP Quality Center
4	2 (0.41%)	Graphite
4	2 (0.41%)	Opscode Chef
4	2 (0.41%)	Terraform
5	1 (0.20%)	Ansible
5	1 (0.20%)	BladeLogic
5	1 (0.20%)	CA Service Virtualization
5	1 (0.20%)	Control-M
5	1 (0.20%)	HockeyApp
5	1 (0.20%)	Kibana
5	1 (0.20%)	Oozie
5	1 (0.20%)	OpenIDM

Vendors
1	45 (9.15%)	Microsoft
2	30 (6.10%)	Oracle
3	20 (4.07%)	New Relic
4	11 (2.24%)	Apple
5	8 (1.63%)	Telerik
6	7 (1.42%)	IBM
7	6 (1.22%)	Adobe
7	6 (1.22%)	Atlassian
7	6 (1.22%)	Google
7	6 (1.22%)	Xamarin
8	5 (1.02%)	Netezza
9	4 (0.81%)	Cloudera
9	4 (0.81%)	ION Trading
9	4 (0.81%)	Red Hat
9	4 (0.81%)	Serena
9	4 (0.81%)	SimCorp
10	3 (0.61%)	CA Agile Central
10	3 (0.61%)	hybris
10	3 (0.61%)	Salesforce.com
10	3 (0.61%)	Tableau