Scrum Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Scrum
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Scrum skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 43 35
Rank change year-on-year -8 -8 -12
Contract jobs citing Scrum 14 3 35
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.21% 0.80% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 0.92% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 7
10th Percentile - £360 £375
25th Percentile £463 £394 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £463 £588
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -21.28% +0.26%
75th Percentile £675 £531 £619
90th Percentile £698 £565 £638
East of England median daily rate £493 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +3.79% -13.64% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 21
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
East of England median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 550 325 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 86.89% 87.13% 87.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 135 307
10th Percentile £193 £271 £287
25th Percentile £408 £363 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £650
90th Percentile £713 £683 £755
East of England median daily rate £475 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -0.58% -4.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 77 156
10th Percentile £16.48 £17.81 £37.91
25th Percentile £18.50 £47.50 £49.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.61% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £67.44 £75.25 £70.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.27 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.10% +59.09% -

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scrum relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Scrum job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Scrum

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in Hertfordshire

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Scrum

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Stevenage - 5 £525 - 11
Watford 0 3 £475 +2.70% 5
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £725 -
Hatfield - 2 £650 - 2
Letchworth - 1 £375 -
Scrum
East of England

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (14.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
1 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 2 (14.29%) VLAN
1 2 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Lead
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Product Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) ADO
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (7.14%) REST
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) CCTV
1 2 (14.29%) PMI
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Life Science
2 1 (7.14%) LIMS
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) DevOps
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 3 (21.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (21.43%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (21.43%) Sprint Retrospective
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 2 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) SDLC
5 2 (14.29%) Sprint Review
5 2 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
1 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Databricks
1 2 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (7.14%) Avature
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) SAP