Scrum Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Scrum
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Scrum skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 29 27
Rank change year-on-year -13 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Scrum 1 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.34% 1.91% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 2.47% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile - - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £550
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £415 £438 £475
% change year-on-year -5.14% -7.89% -5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 241 162 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 81.69% 77.51% 83.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 89 87
10th Percentile £133 £145 £211
25th Percentile £154 £206 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +3.13% -15.79%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £563
90th Percentile £636 £638 £643
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 26
10th Percentile - £12.43 £14.32
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.70 £15.50
Median hourly rate £41.86 £20.19 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.31% +12.17% +2.51%
75th Percentile £51.02 £23.00 £34.21
90th Percentile - £29.67 £37.18
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £31.50 £33.16
% change year-on-year +33.14% -5.01% -11.57%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Scrum

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 30 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
Liverpool -18 1 £450 - 2
Scrum
North West

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker