Scrum Contracts in England

Scrum
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Scrum skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scrum over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 34 27
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 +1
Contract jobs citing Scrum 1,475 2,790 5,341
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.99% 5.52% 7.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 6.12% 8.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,006 1,867 3,609
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £430 £490 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 92 87
10th Percentile £38.48 £42.50 £32.10
25th Percentile £54.38 £54.38 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - +46.07% -21.24%
75th Percentile - £76.06 £61.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.49 £77.81
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -19.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Scrum is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in England

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum in England

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in England

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in England

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in England

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +2 871 £550 -8.33% 291
South East -18 225 £501 -7.31% 110
North of England -1 158 £494 -8.14% 114
North West +1 92 £475 -9.52% 72
Midlands -26 88 £500 -7.06% 102
West Midlands -21 70 £510 -5.56% 65
South West -58 62 £575 - 83
Yorkshire -6 54 £509 -4.28% 35
East of England -39 34 £550 +3.77% 52
East Midlands +1 18 £425 - 37
North East +8 12 £513 -33.84% 7
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 105 (7.12%) Confluence
2 35 (2.37%) Apache
3 32 (2.17%) CMS
4 20 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.15%) Apache Spark
6 13 (0.88%) SAS
7 11 (0.75%) CICS
7 11 (0.75%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.68%) Drupal
9 9 (0.61%) OpenStack
10 8 (0.54%) IIS
11 5 (0.34%) JBoss
11 5 (0.34%) WordPress
12 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.20%) govService
14 2 (0.14%) GeoServer
14 2 (0.14%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
14 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
14 2 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.20%) Trello
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.14%) Mingle
7 1 (0.068%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.068%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.068%) InDesign
7 1 (0.068%) InVision
7 1 (0.068%) Marvel
7 1 (0.068%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.068%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.47%) Primavera
3 7 (0.47%) SAP PM
4 6 (0.41%) Endur
5 5 (0.34%) SAP BPC
5 5 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.20%) Maximo
7 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.14%) HFM
8 2 (0.14%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.14%) SAP MII
8 2 (0.14%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.14%) Shopify
8 2 (0.14%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 398 (26.98%) Azure
2 213 (14.44%) Azure DevOps
3 197 (13.36%) AWS
4 71 (4.81%) Power Platform
5 69 (4.68%) Serverless
6 64 (4.34%) Entra ID
6 64 (4.34%) GCP
7 56 (3.80%) GitHub
8 39 (2.64%) PaaS
8 39 (2.64%) SaaS
9 32 (2.17%) Amazon S3
9 32 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 31 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
11 30 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.76%) Azure Functions
13 25 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
15 23 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 19 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (1.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.90%) VPN
2 25 (1.69%) Firewall
3 23 (1.56%) DNS
4 19 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.22%) BGP
6 16 (1.08%) MPLS
7 15 (1.02%) SNMP
8 13 (0.88%) Ethernet VPN
8 13 (0.88%) Software-Defined Radio
9 12 (0.81%) HTTP
9 12 (0.81%) Radio Access Network
10 9 (0.61%) DHCP
10 9 (0.61%) PPP
10 9 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.54%) Modbus
11 8 (0.54%) Network Security
11 8 (0.54%) RS-422
11 8 (0.54%) RS-485
12 7 (0.47%) 5G
12 7 (0.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (12.27%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (4.14%) Relational Database
4 54 (3.66%) Power BI
5 46 (3.12%) NoSQL
6 39 (2.64%) Data Lake
6 39 (2.64%) MongoDB
7 37 (2.51%) Big Data
8 34 (2.31%) MySQL
9 27 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (1.29%) Redis
12 18 (1.22%) Tableau
13 17 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
14 15 (1.02%) DB2
15 13 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
15 13 (0.88%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.81%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 258 (17.49%) JIRA
2 210 (14.24%) Git
3 89 (6.03%) Jenkins
4 65 (4.41%) GitLab
5 52 (3.53%) Selenium
6 44 (2.98%) JUnit
7 40 (2.71%) Robot Framework
8 38 (2.58%) SpecFlow
8 38 (2.58%) Visual Studio
9 33 (2.24%) Bitbucket
10 32 (2.17%) Postman
11 21 (1.42%) Cucumber
12 18 (1.22%) JMeter
13 17 (1.15%) TestRail
14 16 (1.08%) Cypress.io
14 16 (1.08%) TeamCity
14 16 (1.08%) WebDriver
15 14 (0.95%) Artifactory
15 14 (0.95%) Eclipse
15 14 (0.95%) GoogleTest
General
1 411 (27.86%) Social Skills
2 257 (17.42%) Finance
3 165 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 99 (6.71%) Banking
6 46 (3.12%) Marketing
7 44 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (2.64%) Telecoms
9 38 (2.58%) Front Office
9 38 (2.58%) Retail
10 37 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
11 29 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.69%) Investment Banking
13 24 (1.63%) Back Office
14 23 (1.56%) Electronics
14 23 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.15%) Legal
16 15 (1.02%) Billing
17 14 (0.95%) Local Government
18 13 (0.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 341 (23.12%) Developer
2 209 (14.17%) Senior
3 152 (10.31%) Scrum Master
4 146 (9.90%) Analyst
5 136 (9.22%) Project Manager
6 101 (6.85%) Business Analyst
7 88 (5.97%) Architect
8 86 (5.83%) Lead
9 76 (5.15%) Senior Developer
10 74 (5.02%) Java Developer
11 63 (4.27%) Software Engineer
12 57 (3.86%) Software Developer
13 54 (3.66%) Product Owner
14 48 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
15 41 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
16 38 (2.58%) C# Developer
17 36 (2.44%) Consultant
17 36 (2.44%) Data Engineer
17 36 (2.44%) Tester
18 35 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (10.98%) .NET
2 139 (9.42%) XML
3 112 (7.59%) REST
4 94 (6.37%) React
5 91 (6.17%) HTML
6 86 (5.83%) AngularJS
7 72 (4.88%) Spring
8 71 (4.81%) CSS
9 68 (4.61%) .NET Framework
10 65 (4.41%) Web Services
11 53 (3.59%) JSON
12 52 (3.53%) .NET Core
13 51 (3.46%) Spring Boot
14 46 (3.12%) SOAP
15 44 (2.98%) Kafka
16 43 (2.92%) Hibernate
17 41 (2.78%) RESTful
18 40 (2.71%) JPA
19 30 (2.03%) Node.js
20 24 (1.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 236 (16.00%) Product Ownership
2 35 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
3 31 (2.10%) Mobile App
4 30 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 24 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.63%) Management Information System
7 23 (1.56%) Algorithms
8 21 (1.42%) Hedge funds
9 18 (1.22%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.15%) Derivative
11 16 (1.08%) Mainframe
11 16 (1.08%) PKI
12 15 (1.02%) Fixed Income
12 15 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
13 13 (0.88%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.88%) Replication
13 13 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 133 (9.02%) Linux
2 82 (5.56%) Windows
3 54 (3.66%) Unix
4 33 (2.24%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.02%) Android
5 15 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.81%) zOS
7 9 (0.61%) VMS
8 8 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
8 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.34%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.068%) CentOS
10 1 (0.068%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.068%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,319 (89.42%) Agile
2 422 (28.61%) DevOps
3 317 (21.49%) Kanban
4 285 (19.32%) CI/CD
5 216 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (13.56%) Project Management
7 189 (12.81%) Software Engineering
8 183 (12.41%) Test Automation
9 153 (10.37%) User Stories
10 148 (10.03%) SDLC
11 147 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 145 (9.83%) Project Delivery
13 136 (9.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 130 (8.81%) Microservices
15 129 (8.75%) TDD
16 126 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 124 (8.41%) Continuous Integration
18 116 (7.86%) Roadmaps
19 105 (7.12%) Mentoring
20 103 (6.98%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 246 (16.68%) SQL
2 220 (14.92%) Java
3 209 (14.17%) C#
4 186 (12.61%) Python
5 154 (10.44%) PowerShell
6 140 (9.49%) JavaScript
7 59 (4.00%) TypeScript
8 55 (3.73%) C++
9 46 (3.12%) Bicep
10 38 (2.58%) Bash
10 38 (2.58%) C
11 25 (1.69%) PL/SQL
12 21 (1.42%) Shell Script
12 21 (1.42%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.22%) Scala
14 15 (1.02%) Perl
15 14 (0.95%) COBOL
16 13 (0.88%) Go
16 13 (0.88%) REXX
17 12 (0.81%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 264 (17.90%) Security Cleared
2 196 (13.29%) SC Cleared
3 154 (10.44%) Degree
4 67 (4.54%) DV Cleared
5 50 (3.39%) PMP
6 46 (3.12%) PMI Certification
7 39 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.49%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 17 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.47%) CBAP
11 7 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.41%) CSPO
12 6 (0.41%) ISEB
13 5 (0.34%) APMP
13 5 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.34%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.34%) MBA
14 4 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.27%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.41%) QA
2 35 (2.37%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.36%) PMO
5 9 (0.61%) GDPR
6 8 (0.54%) WCAG
7 7 (0.47%) RMADS
8 6 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.34%) NIST
9 5 (0.34%) SLA
9 5 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
10 4 (0.27%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.20%) GRC
11 3 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.20%) JTAG
12 2 (0.14%) GxP
12 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.14%) IFRS
12 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 126 (8.54%) Docker
2 86 (5.83%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.95%) Firmware
6 10 (0.68%) vSphere
7 6 (0.41%) VirtualBox
8 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.34%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.068%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.068%) HDFS
11 1 (0.068%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.068%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.068%) XenApp
11 1 (0.068%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 101 (6.85%) Kubernetes
1 101 (6.85%) Terraform
2 87 (5.90%) Ansible
3 38 (2.58%) Grafana
3 38 (2.58%) Puppet
4 23 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.02%) Progress Chef
5 15 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.68%) Kibana
7 9 (0.61%) logstash
8 7 (0.47%) vRealize
9 6 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (0.41%) Packer
10 5 (0.34%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.34%) SCCM
11 3 (0.20%) Netcool
11 3 (0.20%) VxRail
12 2 (0.14%) Istio
12 2 (0.14%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.14%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 221 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.15%) Oracle
3 67 (4.54%) SAP
4 64 (4.34%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.85%) Google
6 38 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.03%) VMware
8 25 (1.69%) Splunk
9 22 (1.49%) Atlassian
9 22 (1.49%) IBM
10 19 (1.29%) Talend
11 17 (1.15%) Databricks
12 15 (1.02%) Informatica
13 13 (0.88%) Syncsort
14 10 (0.68%) Adobe
14 10 (0.68%) Dell
14 10 (0.68%) Denodo
15 9 (0.61%) Cisco
15 9 (0.61%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.54%) HP