Scrum Contracts in England

Scrum
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 44 37
Rank change year-on-year -17 -7 -11
Contract jobs citing Scrum 898 1,462 2,525
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.70% 4.02% 5.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 4.65% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 1,009 1,703
10th Percentile £363 £375 £413
25th Percentile £413 £430 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -7.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £675
90th Percentile £713 £715 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 31 86
10th Percentile £44.90 £31.71 £42.50
25th Percentile £49.63 £56.25 £55.31
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £74.69
90th Percentile £77.75 £70.00 £86.66
UK median hourly rate £57.13 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.12% - +44.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,169 31,438 43,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.25% 86.37% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,471 20,622 30,640
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,250 1,536
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.96 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% -1.75% +48.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 20 May 2025.

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 20 May 2025.

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 20 May 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 -30 467 £530 -3.64% 833
South East -3 123 £500 - 363
North of England -7 120 £448 -10.54% 367
Midlands +16 100 £450 -5.26% 150
North West +7 77 £425 -15.00% 226
West Midlands +2 67 £475 -5.00% 91
South West +30 52 £519 -9.78% 147
Yorkshire -8 34 £464 -15.59% 106
East Midlands +26 33 £410 +1.17% 52
East of England +11 15 £600 +9.09% 93
North East -6 9 £563 +7.14% 36
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
1 134 (14.92%) Confluence
2 18 (2.00%) Apache
2 18 (2.00%) CMS
3 15 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.56%) Tomcat
5 11 (1.22%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.00%) JBoss
7 8 (0.89%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.78%) WebLogic
9 6 (0.67%) NetWeaver
9 6 (0.67%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.67%) WordPress
10 5 (0.56%) Drupal
10 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
12 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 28 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (1.89%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.78%) Trello
5 14 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (0.56%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Shopify
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.33%) Primavera
4 3 (0.33%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.33%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.22%) Endur
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.22%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 183 (20.38%) Azure
2 155 (17.26%) AWS
3 90 (10.02%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (5.90%) Power Platform
5 49 (5.46%) GitHub
6 47 (5.23%) GCP
7 41 (4.57%) SaaS
7 41 (4.57%) Serverless
8 20 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
9 19 (2.12%) Amazon S3
10 17 (1.89%) Entra ID
11 15 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
12 14 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (1.22%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (1.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.90%) HTTP
2 23 (2.56%) Firewall
3 11 (1.22%) DNS
4 10 (1.11%) VPN
5 9 (1.00%) HTTPS
5 9 (1.00%) Software-Defined Radio
6 8 (0.89%) SNMP
7 6 (0.67%) 5G
7 6 (0.67%) SSH
7 6 (0.67%) Wireless
8 5 (0.56%) POP3
8 5 (0.56%) SMTP
8 5 (0.56%) SSL
9 4 (0.45%) BGP
9 4 (0.45%) Internet
9 4 (0.45%) NAS
9 4 (0.45%) Network Security
9 4 (0.45%) SAN
10 3 (0.33%) Broadband
10 3 (0.33%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (5.57%) SQL Server
2 41 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (4.57%) Power BI
3 35 (3.90%) Relational Database
4 24 (2.67%) NoSQL
5 18 (2.00%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.89%) MySQL
7 15 (1.67%) Big Data
8 13 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (1.45%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.22%) Redis
10 10 (1.11%) Amazon Aurora
10 10 (1.11%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.00%) Data Mining
11 9 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.00%) Delta Lake
12 8 (0.89%) Tableau
13 7 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
13 7 (0.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 262 (29.18%) JIRA
2 143 (15.92%) Git
3 91 (10.13%) Jenkins
4 42 (4.68%) Bitbucket
5 37 (4.12%) GitLab
5 37 (4.12%) Selenium
6 29 (3.23%) JUnit
7 24 (2.67%) Postman
8 19 (2.12%) GoogleTest
8 19 (2.12%) Maven
9 16 (1.78%) JMeter
10 15 (1.67%) Robot Framework
11 14 (1.56%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.56%) SonarQube
11 14 (1.56%) SpecFlow
11 14 (1.56%) Subversion
11 14 (1.56%) Visual Studio
12 13 (1.45%) TeamCity
13 12 (1.34%) Eclipse
13 12 (1.34%) Mockito
General
1 361 (40.20%) Social Skills
2 201 (22.38%) Finance
3 140 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.35%) Banking
5 68 (7.57%) Public Sector
6 31 (3.45%) Marketing
7 29 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (3.12%) Telecoms
9 27 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (2.78%) Investment Banking
12 23 (2.56%) Front Office
13 21 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 19 (2.12%) Retail
16 12 (1.34%) Legal
17 11 (1.22%) Back Office
18 10 (1.11%) Billing
19 9 (1.00%) Manufacturing
20 6 (0.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 174 (19.38%) Developer
2 106 (11.80%) Senior
3 104 (11.58%) Project Manager
4 103 (11.47%) Analyst
5 89 (9.91%) Business Analyst
6 72 (8.02%) Scrum Master
7 67 (7.46%) Lead
8 48 (5.35%) Software Engineer
9 47 (5.23%) Architect
10 46 (5.12%) Delivery Manager
11 37 (4.12%) Java Developer
12 32 (3.56%) Technical Manager
13 31 (3.45%) Product Owner
14 29 (3.23%) Senior Developer
15 27 (3.01%) Test Engineer
16 25 (2.78%) Consultant
17 24 (2.67%) Data Engineer
18 23 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
19 22 (2.45%) Technical Analyst
19 22 (2.45%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (9.91%) REST
2 77 (8.57%) HTML
3 74 (8.24%) CSS
4 65 (7.24%) Web Services
5 63 (7.02%) AngularJS
6 57 (6.35%) SOAP
7 56 (6.24%) .NET
8 53 (5.90%) React
9 50 (5.57%) RESTful
10 49 (5.46%) Kafka
11 44 (4.90%) Spring
12 39 (4.34%) Spring Boot
13 31 (3.45%) JSON
14 29 (3.23%) Node.js
15 27 (3.01%) ASP.NET
16 22 (2.45%) Hibernate
16 22 (2.45%) XML
17 21 (2.34%) ASP.NET Web API
18 20 (2.23%) Middleware
19 19 (2.12%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 161 (17.93%) Product Ownership
2 29 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (2.45%) Data Structures
5 20 (2.23%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.12%) Virtual Team
7 16 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.78%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.56%) Algorithms
8 14 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.22%) CMDB
10 11 (1.22%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.11%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.00%) Hedge funds
12 9 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.00%) Market Risk
12 9 (1.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 66 (7.35%) Linux
2 32 (3.56%) Windows
3 22 (2.45%) Android
4 19 (2.12%) Unix
5 14 (1.56%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.11%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Solaris
9 2 (0.22%) AIX
9 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (90.76%) Agile
2 222 (24.72%) DevOps
3 219 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (23.39%) CI/CD
5 193 (21.49%) Kanban
6 169 (18.82%) Project Management
7 160 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 120 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 110 (12.25%) Test Automation
10 101 (11.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 101 (11.25%) SDLC
11 100 (11.14%) Microservices
12 96 (10.69%) Software Engineering
13 94 (10.47%) User Stories
14 89 (9.91%) Sprint Planning
15 81 (9.02%) Risk Management
15 81 (9.02%) Roadmaps
16 79 (8.80%) TDD
17 76 (8.46%) Project Delivery
18 74 (8.24%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 153 (17.04%) Java
2 151 (16.82%) SQL
3 135 (15.03%) JavaScript
4 96 (10.69%) Python
5 74 (8.24%) C#
6 49 (5.46%) TypeScript
7 38 (4.23%) C++
8 20 (2.23%) PowerShell
9 16 (1.78%) Bash
10 15 (1.67%) Kotlin
10 15 (1.67%) PHP
10 15 (1.67%) Scala
11 13 (1.45%) Bicep
12 12 (1.34%) PL/SQL
13 11 (1.22%) Go
14 9 (1.00%) ABAP
14 9 (1.00%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.78%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.78%) Groovy
16 6 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 136 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 122 (13.59%) Degree
3 112 (12.47%) SC Cleared
4 51 (5.68%) PMP
5 50 (5.57%) PMI Certification
6 49 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.12%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.22%) CSPO
11 10 (1.11%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.00%) ISTQB
12 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 7 (0.78%) CBAP
14 7 (0.78%) CISSP
15 5 (0.56%) MCPD
15 5 (0.56%) MCSD
15 5 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (10.80%) QA
2 24 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.45%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.22%) PMO
5 10 (1.11%) GDPR
6 8 (0.89%) Basel II
6 8 (0.89%) WCAG
7 5 (0.56%) EMIR
7 5 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.45%) MiFID
9 3 (0.33%) Basel III
9 3 (0.33%) COREP
9 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.22%) SLA
10 2 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 72 (8.02%) Docker
2 25 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.56%) Firmware
4 5 (0.56%) Postfix
4 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.45%) vSphere
6 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 71 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 44 (4.90%) Terraform
3 27 (3.01%) Ansible
4 22 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.67%) Grafana
6 12 (1.34%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.78%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.78%) Puppet
9 6 (0.67%) Amdocs OSS
10 5 (0.56%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.45%) vRealize
12 3 (0.33%) Argo
12 3 (0.33%) SCCM
13 2 (0.22%) CA Wily
13 2 (0.22%) HP Data Protector
13 2 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
13 2 (0.22%) Nagios
13 2 (0.22%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 112 (12.47%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.13%) Oracle
3 42 (4.68%) Google
4 41 (4.57%) ServiceNow
5 36 (4.01%) Salesforce
5 36 (4.01%) SAP
6 26 (2.90%) Atlassian
6 26 (2.90%) Databricks
7 13 (1.45%) Splunk
7 13 (1.45%) VMware
8 12 (1.34%) Adobe
9 10 (1.11%) HP
10 9 (1.00%) Cisco
10 9 (1.00%) ForgeRock
11 8 (0.89%) CA Agile Central
11 8 (0.89%) Ping Identity
11 8 (0.89%) Zend
12 7 (0.78%) Fortinet
12 7 (0.78%) IBM
13 6 (0.67%) Amdocs