Scrum Contracts in the City of London

Scrum
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 36 38
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -15
Contract jobs citing Scrum 100 118 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.37% 5.52% 5.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.72% 6.05% 5.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 91 118
10th Percentile £409 £413 £425
25th Percentile £469 £463 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -10.20% +11.36%
75th Percentile £725 £653 £713
90th Percentile £838 £738 £775
Central London median daily rate £625 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% +9.09%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate £87.50 £33.00 -
% change year-on-year +165.15% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,749 1,952 3,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.93% 91.30% 90.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,131 1,338 2,120
10th Percentile £338 £363 £340
25th Percentile £435 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £679 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £600
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 22
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.63 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.36 £15.78
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -22.86% -18.36%
75th Percentile £56.75 £55.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £101.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.86% -20.54% -16.67%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the City of London

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Scrum in the City of London

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the City of London

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in the City of London

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 17 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
London Bridge - 1 - -
Scrum
Central London

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 13 (13.00%) Confluence
2 5 (5.00%) Apache Spark
3 3 (3.00%) CMS
3 3 (3.00%) Drupal
4 2 (2.00%) Apache
4 2 (2.00%) Jupyter
4 2 (2.00%) WordPress
5 1 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 11 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.00%) Trello
4 1 (1.00%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.00%) HFM
2 1 (1.00%) Maximo
2 1 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (21.00%) Azure
2 16 (16.00%) AWS
3 15 (15.00%) Power Platform
4 9 (9.00%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (8.00%) SaaS
6 5 (5.00%) GCP
7 4 (4.00%) Figma
7 4 (4.00%) Miro
7 4 (4.00%) Snowflake
8 3 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (3.00%) GitHub
8 3 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.00%) Kong
9 2 (2.00%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.00%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (1.00%) Amazon Kinesis
10 1 (1.00%) Apple Pay
10 1 (1.00%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.00%) Firewall
1 2 (2.00%) SSH
2 1 (1.00%) SSL
2 1 (1.00%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.00%) Power BI
2 8 (8.00%) Data Mining
3 4 (4.00%) Apache Hive
3 4 (4.00%) Star Schema
3 4 (4.00%) Tableau
4 3 (3.00%) Data Lake
4 3 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.00%) Hadoop
4 3 (3.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.00%) Delta Lake
5 2 (2.00%) Spark SQL
6 1 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.00%) Big Data
6 1 (1.00%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.00%) DB2
6 1 (1.00%) Looker
6 1 (1.00%) Metadata
6 1 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (32.00%) JIRA
2 16 (16.00%) Git
3 5 (5.00%) Postman
4 4 (4.00%) Jenkins
4 4 (4.00%) Selenium
5 3 (3.00%) Bitbucket
5 3 (3.00%) GitLab
5 3 (3.00%) LoadRunner
6 2 (2.00%) Cucumber
6 2 (2.00%) Cypress.io
6 2 (2.00%) JMeter
6 2 (2.00%) REST Assured
6 2 (2.00%) RStudio
6 2 (2.00%) ScriptRunner
6 2 (2.00%) SonarQube
6 2 (2.00%) Zephyr
7 1 (1.00%) Android Studio
7 1 (1.00%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (1.00%) Storybook
7 1 (1.00%) Vite
General
1 57 (57.00%) Social Skills
2 41 (41.00%) Finance
3 17 (17.00%) Banking
4 14 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (12.00%) Investment Banking
6 10 (10.00%) Front Office
7 5 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.00%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.00%) Back Office
10 1 (1.00%) Advertising
10 1 (1.00%) Billing
10 1 (1.00%) Law
10 1 (1.00%) Legal
10 1 (1.00%) Marketing
10 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.00%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (20.00%) Analyst
2 18 (18.00%) Business Analyst
3 16 (16.00%) Consultant
4 15 (15.00%) Developer
5 14 (14.00%) Senior
6 12 (12.00%) Lead
6 12 (12.00%) Project Manager
7 8 (8.00%) Lead Consultant
8 7 (7.00%) Lead Business Analyst
8 7 (7.00%) Risk Consultant
8 7 (7.00%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (6.00%) Business Consultant
9 6 (6.00%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (5.00%) Data Engineer
11 4 (4.00%) Android Developer
11 4 (4.00%) Charles River Consultant
12 3 (3.00%) Business Development Analyst
12 3 (3.00%) Development Analyst
12 3 (3.00%) Development Consultant
12 3 (3.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.00%) HTML
1 8 (8.00%) REST
2 7 (7.00%) CSS
3 4 (4.00%) PySpark
4 3 (3.00%) .NET
4 3 (3.00%) Android Jetpack
4 3 (3.00%) Flask
4 3 (3.00%) GraphQL
4 3 (3.00%) Jetpack Compose
4 3 (3.00%) JSON
4 3 (3.00%) Pandas
4 3 (3.00%) Web Services
5 2 (2.00%) Hibernate
5 2 (2.00%) jQuery
5 2 (2.00%) Kafka
5 2 (2.00%) Middleware
5 2 (2.00%) SOAP
5 2 (2.00%) Spring
5 2 (2.00%) YAML
5 2 (2.00%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.00%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.00%) Market Risk
3 6 (6.00%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.00%) Derivative
4 4 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (3.00%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (3.00%) Reinsurance
5 3 (3.00%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.00%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.00%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.00%) Learning Management System
6 2 (2.00%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.00%) AS400
7 1 (1.00%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.00%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.00%) iSeries
7 1 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.00%) Linux
2 4 (4.00%) Android
3 3 (3.00%) Unix
4 2 (2.00%) Windows
5 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (96.00%) Agile
2 32 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (27.00%) Project Management
4 22 (22.00%) Kanban
5 20 (20.00%) DevOps
6 17 (17.00%) Project Delivery
6 17 (17.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (16.00%) Analytics
7 16 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (16.00%) Data Analysis
8 15 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (15.00%) CI/CD
9 14 (14.00%) Asset Management
9 14 (14.00%) Change Management
9 14 (14.00%) Data Modelling
9 14 (14.00%) SDLC
10 12 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (12.00%) Software Engineering
10 12 (12.00%) User Stories
11 11 (11.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (36.00%) SQL
2 16 (16.00%) Python
3 13 (13.00%) Java
4 12 (12.00%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.00%) C#
6 4 (4.00%) Kotlin
7 3 (3.00%) Scala
8 2 (2.00%) Bash
8 2 (2.00%) C++
8 2 (2.00%) Groovy
9 1 (1.00%) ABAP
9 1 (1.00%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.00%) COBOL
9 1 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.00%) RPG
9 1 (1.00%) Swift
9 1 (1.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (18.00%) Degree
2 11 (11.00%) PMP
3 8 (8.00%) PMI Certification
4 7 (7.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (6.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.00%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.00%) CBAP
7 1 (1.00%) CFA
7 1 (1.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.00%) QA
2 8 (8.00%) EMIR
2 8 (8.00%) MiFID
3 7 (7.00%) Accessibility
3 7 (7.00%) Basel II
4 4 (4.00%) WCAG
5 3 (3.00%) Data Quality
6 2 (2.00%) GDPR
6 2 (2.00%) PMO
7 1 (1.00%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.00%) SEPA
System Software
1 8 (8.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.00%) Ansible
3 2 (2.00%) Opsgenie
3 2 (2.00%) Terraform
4 1 (1.00%) Argo
4 1 (1.00%) HP ALM
4 1 (1.00%) Istio
4 1 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.00%) Databricks
3 5 (5.00%) Oracle
4 4 (4.00%) Charles River
4 4 (4.00%) SAP
5 3 (3.00%) Bloomberg
5 3 (3.00%) Cloudera
6 2 (2.00%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.00%) Foundry
6 2 (2.00%) Google
6 2 (2.00%) HP
6 2 (2.00%) Palantir
7 1 (1.00%) Apple
7 1 (1.00%) BMC
7 1 (1.00%) GoldenSource
7 1 (1.00%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.00%) IBM
7 1 (1.00%) Remedy
7 1 (1.00%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.00%) SimCorp