Scrum Contract Job Trends in Essex

Scrum
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Scrum skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -21
Contract jobs citing Scrum 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 3.15% - 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% - 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £456 - £220
25th Percentile £458 - £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - £388
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.12%
75th Percentile £463 - £466
90th Percentile £464 - £509
East of England median daily rate £493 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -8.28% -2.27% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 115 108 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 90.55% 81.20% 81.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 47 126
10th Percentile £200 £178 £210
25th Percentile £323 £238 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -30.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £516 £494 £575
90th Percentile £550 £575 £624
East of England median daily rate £500 £442 £500
% change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 12
10th Percentile £13.25 £18.39 £24.00
25th Percentile - £29.17 £41.44
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.50 £67.59
Median % change year-on-year -73.23% +4.31% +22.89%
75th Percentile £39.88 £80.00 £78.00
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.95
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -37.13% +101.92% -2.17%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in Essex

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Scrum.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Scrum

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Scrum.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Scrum

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Essex region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Witham - 3 £460 -
Basildon - 1 - - 4
Scrum
East of England

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Capacity Management
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 3 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 3 (75.00%) Sprint Review
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Progress