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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 48 56
Rank change year-on-year +15 +8 -32
Contract jobs citing Scrum 35 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 4.26% 1.43% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.32% 1.57% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 5 2
10th Percentile £263 £410 £373
25th Percentile £356 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -20.83%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £556
90th Percentile £678 - £598
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile £62.00 - £52.50
25th Percentile £63.13 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

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 658 382 673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 80.05% 90.74% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 179 234
10th Percentile £200 £249 £213
25th Percentile £406 £425 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +37.50% -23.44%
75th Percentile £658 £575 £575
90th Percentile £750 £675 £696
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 108 294
10th Percentile £15.99 £16.94 £31.50
25th Percentile £22.63 £26.81 £38.12
Median hourly rate £61.76 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% +10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.55 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 - 13 £500 - 2
Hatfield +1 8 £283 -52.92%
Welwyn Garden City +5 6 £850 +112.50%
Watford - 6 £625 -
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 7 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.71%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Miro
3 5 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.71%) Azure AKS
4 2 (5.71%) IaaS
4 2 (5.71%) PaaS
4 2 (5.71%) SaaS
5 1 (2.86%) AWS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (5.71%) MySQL
2 2 (5.71%) Redis
2 2 (5.71%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (34.29%) JIRA
2 4 (11.43%) GitLab
3 1 (2.86%) Snyk
General
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Finance
2 8 (22.86%) Retail
3 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 5 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.86%) Law
6 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Senior
2 6 (17.14%) Product Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Project Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Product Owner
4 4 (11.43%) Scrum Master
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Coordinator
5 3 (8.57%) Project Coordinator
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Product Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Lead
6 2 (5.71%) Python Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior DevOps
6 2 (5.71%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Software Testing Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Test Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Testing Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Celery
1 2 (5.71%) Django
1 2 (5.71%) JWT
1 2 (5.71%) OAuth
1 2 (5.71%) React
1 2 (5.71%) REST
1 2 (5.71%) Vue
2 1 (2.86%) Spring
2 1 (2.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 5 (14.29%) Life Science
3 4 (11.43%) Robotics
4 3 (8.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.71%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.71%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.86%) IoT
6 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (5.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (5.71%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.86%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (88.57%) Agile
2 15 (42.86%) Kanban
3 13 (37.14%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 12 (34.29%) Sprint Planning
5 10 (28.57%) AI
5 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (22.86%) Software Delivery
6 8 (22.86%) Sprint Review
7 7 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (20.00%) DevOps
7 7 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 7 (20.00%) Validation
8 6 (17.14%) Generative AI
8 6 (17.14%) Product Backlog
8 6 (17.14%) Roadmaps
8 6 (17.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 6 (17.14%) Sprint Retrospective
8 6 (17.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) Java
2 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.71%) PMP
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.86%) CSPO
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 5 (14.29%) GxP
1 5 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (5.71%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Lustre
2 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Terraform
2 2 (5.71%) Ansible
2 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Oracle
2 4 (11.43%) IBM
2 4 (11.43%) Salesforce
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.71%) VMware
5 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.86%) New Relic
5 1 (2.86%) SAP
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk