Scrum Contracts in London

Scrum
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 37 39
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 -19
Contract jobs citing Scrum 469 867 1,343
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.80% 4.96% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.12% 5.60% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 613 909
10th Percentile £400 £391 £438
25th Percentile £450 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £725
90th Percentile £788 £750 £800
England median daily rate £500 £531 £575
% change year-on-year -5.88% -7.61% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 15
10th Percentile - £29.20 £48.75
25th Percentile - £31.71 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.36 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.90% -56.28% +66.29%
75th Percentile £71.25 £48.56 £88.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £59.38 £90.00
England median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +44.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,393 15,485 23,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.20% 88.60% 90.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,687 11,108 17,072
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £593
Median % change year-on-year - -7.17% +3.04%
75th Percentile £688 £681 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 308 267
10th Percentile £16.04 £15.81 £18.30
25th Percentile £22.86 £20.00 £22.45
Median hourly rate £33.00 £27.92 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +18.19% -25.23% +2.55%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £63.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.83 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
% change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London -16 77 £638 +18.60% 95
West London -5 12 £400 -11.11% 26
South London -14 5 - - 7
East London -3 1 £360 -33.33% 13
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 49 (10.45%) Confluence
2 14 (2.99%) CMS
3 12 (2.56%) Apache
4 11 (2.35%) SharePoint
5 10 (2.13%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.71%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.85%) JBoss
7 4 (0.85%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.64%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.43%) WordPress
10 1 (0.21%) IIS
10 1 (0.21%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.77%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (2.35%) Trello
4 8 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (1.28%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.64%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.21%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.85%) Shopify
3 3 (0.64%) Endur
3 3 (0.64%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.21%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
5 1 (0.21%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 120 (25.59%) Azure
2 91 (19.40%) AWS
3 57 (12.15%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (7.68%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.82%) GCP
5 32 (6.82%) GitHub
6 27 (5.76%) Serverless
7 26 (5.54%) SaaS
8 19 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (2.99%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.13%) PaaS
12 9 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.92%) IaaS
13 8 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.71%) Miro
13 8 (1.71%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.49%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.77%) Firewall
2 8 (1.71%) VPN
3 7 (1.49%) HTTP
4 6 (1.28%) SSH
5 5 (1.07%) DNS
6 4 (0.85%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.85%) SSL
7 2 (0.43%) BGP
8 1 (0.21%) DHCP
8 1 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.21%) LAN
8 1 (0.21%) MPLS
8 1 (0.21%) MQTT
8 1 (0.21%) Network Security
8 1 (0.21%) POP3
8 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.21%) SMS
8 1 (0.21%) SMTP
8 1 (0.21%) WAN
8 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 27 (5.76%) Power BI
3 15 (3.20%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.77%) Data Lake
6 12 (2.56%) Big Data
7 11 (2.35%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.92%) Data Mining
8 9 (1.92%) Delta Lake
9 7 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.28%) Apache Hive
10 6 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.28%) Metadata
10 6 (1.28%) Redis
11 5 (1.07%) MS Access
11 5 (1.07%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.85%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.64%) EDMS
13 3 (0.64%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 127 (27.08%) JIRA
2 72 (15.35%) Git
3 45 (9.59%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.48%) Selenium
5 18 (3.84%) Bitbucket
6 16 (3.41%) Postman
7 15 (3.20%) GitLab
8 13 (2.77%) JMeter
9 11 (2.35%) TeamCity
10 10 (2.13%) JUnit
10 10 (2.13%) SpecFlow
11 9 (1.92%) REST Assured
12 8 (1.71%) Gatling
12 8 (1.71%) SonarQube
13 7 (1.49%) Cypress.io
14 6 (1.28%) LoadRunner
14 6 (1.28%) RStudio
15 5 (1.07%) NeoLoad
15 5 (1.07%) SoapUI
15 5 (1.07%) Visual Studio
General
1 218 (46.48%) Social Skills
2 121 (25.80%) Finance
3 76 (16.20%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (13.01%) Banking
5 31 (6.61%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.12%) Marketing
7 23 (4.90%) Front Office
7 23 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (4.69%) Investment Banking
9 19 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (3.20%) Retail
11 11 (2.35%) Back Office
11 11 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.28%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.07%) Legal
14 5 (1.07%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.64%) Billing
15 3 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (19.19%) Developer
2 66 (14.07%) Project Manager
3 62 (13.22%) Analyst
3 62 (13.22%) Senior
4 56 (11.94%) Business Analyst
5 36 (7.68%) Lead
6 32 (6.82%) Scrum Master
7 29 (6.18%) Delivery Manager
8 27 (5.76%) Technical Manager
9 21 (4.48%) Consultant
9 21 (4.48%) Data Engineer
9 21 (4.48%) Technical Project Manager
10 20 (4.26%) Senior Developer
11 18 (3.84%) Architect
11 18 (3.84%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.41%) Technical Analyst
13 15 (3.20%) Java Developer
14 14 (2.99%) Test Engineer
15 13 (2.77%) Product Owner
15 13 (2.77%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.74%) REST
2 29 (6.18%) .NET
2 29 (6.18%) CSS
2 29 (6.18%) React
3 28 (5.97%) HTML
3 28 (5.97%) Kafka
4 20 (4.26%) SOAP
5 19 (4.05%) AngularJS
5 19 (4.05%) ASP.NET
6 18 (3.84%) RESTful
7 16 (3.41%) Node.js
7 16 (3.41%) Web Services
8 15 (3.20%) ASP.NET Web API
9 13 (2.77%) .NET Core
9 13 (2.77%) OAuth
9 13 (2.77%) Spring
10 12 (2.56%) HTML5
10 12 (2.56%) JSON
11 11 (2.35%) .NET Framework
11 11 (2.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (14.07%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.05%) Cloud Native
3 18 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.62%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.35%) Algorithms
5 11 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (2.35%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.92%) Hedge funds
6 9 (1.92%) Market Risk
7 8 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.71%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.49%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.28%) Derivative
9 6 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.28%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.90%) Linux
2 19 (4.05%) Windows
3 13 (2.77%) Android
4 11 (2.35%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.28%) Unix
6 5 (1.07%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.21%) CentOS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (91.90%) Agile
2 129 (27.51%) DevOps
3 114 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (22.81%) Kanban
5 103 (21.96%) CI/CD
6 102 (21.75%) Project Management
7 87 (18.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 57 (12.15%) Risk Management
9 54 (11.51%) Test Automation
10 53 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (11.30%) Project Delivery
11 51 (10.87%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 50 (10.66%) Analytics
13 47 (10.02%) SDLC
13 47 (10.02%) Sprint Planning
14 43 (9.17%) Microservices
15 41 (8.74%) Roadmaps
15 41 (8.74%) Software Engineering
15 41 (8.74%) User Stories
16 39 (8.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 94 (20.04%) SQL
2 72 (15.35%) Java
3 65 (13.86%) JavaScript
4 58 (12.37%) Python
5 53 (11.30%) C#
6 37 (7.89%) TypeScript
7 19 (4.05%) C++
8 15 (3.20%) Scala
9 11 (2.35%) Bicep
10 10 (2.13%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.92%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.71%) Bash
13 6 (1.28%) Go
13 6 (1.28%) Groovy
13 6 (1.28%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.07%) Apex Code
14 5 (1.07%) PHP
14 5 (1.07%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.85%) Ruby
15 4 (0.85%) Swift
Qualifications
1 67 (14.29%) Degree
2 61 (13.01%) Security Cleared
3 49 (10.45%) SC Cleared
4 31 (6.61%) PMP
5 29 (6.18%) PMI Certification
6 27 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.77%) Master's Degree
8 10 (2.13%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.28%) CSPO
10 5 (1.07%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.07%) MCPD
10 5 (1.07%) MCSD
10 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.64%) CBAP
11 3 (0.64%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.43%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (12.15%) QA
2 14 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.71%) Basel II
3 8 (1.71%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.71%) GDPR
4 5 (1.07%) EMIR
4 5 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.85%) MiFID
5 4 (0.85%) WCAG
6 3 (0.64%) Basel III
6 3 (0.64%) COREP
6 3 (0.64%) PMO
7 2 (0.43%) GRC
7 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (7.25%) Docker
2 12 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (9.17%) Kubernetes
2 32 (6.82%) Terraform
3 13 (2.77%) Ansible
4 10 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.64%) Grafana
5 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.64%) Puppet
6 2 (0.43%) Argo
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.43%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.21%) Kibana
7 1 (0.21%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.21%) Plesk
7 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.33%) Databricks
2 25 (5.33%) Oracle
2 25 (5.33%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.62%) SAP
4 16 (3.41%) Google
5 9 (1.92%) Adobe
6 7 (1.49%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.49%) Splunk
7 6 (1.28%) ForgeRock
8 5 (1.07%) Cisco
8 5 (1.07%) Planview
8 5 (1.07%) Sitecore
9 4 (0.85%) IBM
9 4 (0.85%) Ping Identity
10 3 (0.64%) Avaloq
10 3 (0.64%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.64%) Foundry
10 3 (0.64%) Palantir
10 3 (0.64%) Palo Alto