Scrum Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Scrum
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Scrum skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 55 75
Rank change year-on-year +6 +20 -39
Contract jobs citing Scrum 182 142 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.60% 3.46% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.17% 4.11% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 103 112
10th Percentile £357 £376 £400
25th Percentile £385 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £517 £521
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% -0.77% +4.20%
75th Percentile £516 £586 £588
90th Percentile £617 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £560
% change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49.63 £69.50 -
Median hourly rate £53.61 £72.00 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.54% +38.46% -30.67%
75th Percentile £57.59 £74.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,518 3,458 4,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.86% 84.26% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,305 1,925 3,026
10th Percentile £263 £300 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £580 £600
90th Percentile £672 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 179 205
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.68 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% +27.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £36.75 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £63.45
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +50.85%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Scrum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the North of England

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Scrum.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Scrum

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the North of England

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Scrum.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Scrum

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
North West +27 99 £420 -11.58% 77
Yorkshire -14 75 £488 -11.36% 29
North East -11 10 £538 +10.77% 6
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 40 (21.98%) Confluence
2 9 (4.95%) WebSphere
3 5 (2.75%) JBoss
3 5 (2.75%) Tomcat
3 5 (2.75%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.65%) IIS
4 3 (1.65%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.10%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.55%) Apache
6 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.10%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.10%) Trello
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 7 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.55%) Finacle
3 1 (0.55%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.55%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 35 (19.23%) Azure
2 31 (17.03%) AWS
3 18 (9.89%) GCP
4 15 (8.24%) GitHub
5 10 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.95%) CloudBees
7 8 (4.40%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.75%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.75%) Serverless
9 4 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.65%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.65%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.65%) Figma
10 3 (1.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (1.65%) IaaS
10 3 (1.65%) PaaS
10 3 (1.65%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.30%) SAN
2 4 (2.20%) Firewall
3 3 (1.65%) DNS
3 3 (1.65%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.65%) NAS
3 3 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.10%) HTTP
5 1 (0.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.30%) BigQuery
1 6 (3.30%) DB2
1 6 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.20%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.20%) Power BI
2 4 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.65%) DocumentDB
3 3 (1.65%) Redis
3 3 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.10%) MySQL
4 2 (1.10%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.55%) Looker
5 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.55%) Power Query
5 1 (0.55%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (33.52%) JIRA
2 36 (19.78%) Jenkins
3 34 (18.68%) Git
4 22 (12.09%) GitLab
5 10 (5.49%) Cucumber
5 10 (5.49%) Postman
6 9 (4.95%) SoapUI
7 7 (3.85%) Bitbucket
7 7 (3.85%) Gradle
7 7 (3.85%) JUnit
7 7 (3.85%) Selenium
7 7 (3.85%) Xcode
8 5 (2.75%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.65%) git-flow
9 3 (1.65%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (1.10%) Android Studio
10 2 (1.10%) JMeter
10 2 (1.10%) TestRail
10 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio
10 2 (1.10%) Zephyr
General
1 64 (35.16%) Social Skills
2 42 (23.08%) Finance
3 28 (15.38%) Banking
4 23 (12.64%) Public Sector
5 20 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.65%) Back Office
9 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.55%) Military
10 1 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.55%) Retail
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (18.13%) Developer
2 32 (17.58%) Analyst
3 23 (12.64%) Scrum Master
4 22 (12.09%) Business Analyst
5 14 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
5 14 (7.69%) Senior
6 12 (6.59%) Lead
7 11 (6.04%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.49%) Engineering Manager
9 9 (4.95%) Test Analyst
10 8 (4.40%) Automation Engineer
11 6 (3.30%) Architect
11 6 (3.30%) Data Protection Engineer
11 6 (3.30%) iOS Developer
11 6 (3.30%) Java Developer
11 6 (3.30%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.75%) Data Engineer
12 5 (2.75%) Technical Manager
12 5 (2.75%) User Researcher
13 4 (2.20%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.09%) REST
2 15 (8.24%) SOAP
3 12 (6.59%) RESTful
4 11 (6.04%) HTML
5 10 (5.49%) CSS
5 10 (5.49%) Kafka
5 10 (5.49%) Node.js
5 10 (5.49%) Spring
5 10 (5.49%) Spring Boot
5 10 (5.49%) Web Services
6 9 (4.95%) React
7 8 (4.40%) .NET
7 8 (4.40%) Middleware
8 7 (3.85%) RAML
9 6 (3.30%) WSDL
10 5 (2.75%) J2EE
10 5 (2.75%) JDBC
10 5 (2.75%) LDAP
10 5 (2.75%) OAuth
11 4 (2.20%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (25.82%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 8 (4.40%) Mobile Banking
3 8 (4.40%) Private Cloud
4 6 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.20%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (2.20%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.20%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.20%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.65%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.65%) PKI
6 3 (1.65%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.10%) Derivative
7 2 (1.10%) Equities
7 2 (1.10%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.55%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.14%) Android
2 10 (5.49%) Apple iOS
2 10 (5.49%) Linux
3 8 (4.40%) Windows
4 6 (3.30%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.65%) Unix
6 2 (1.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (91.21%) Agile
2 48 (26.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 47 (25.82%) Kanban
4 46 (25.27%) CI/CD
5 45 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (24.18%) DevOps
7 33 (18.13%) Sprint Planning
7 33 (18.13%) User Stories
8 30 (16.48%) Sprint Retrospective
9 29 (15.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (14.29%) Microservices
11 24 (13.19%) Coaching
11 24 (13.19%) Roadmaps
11 24 (13.19%) SDLC
12 23 (12.64%) Project Management
12 23 (12.64%) Test Automation
13 22 (12.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 20 (10.99%) Decision-Making
14 20 (10.99%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 19 (10.44%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 53 (29.12%) Java
2 32 (17.58%) JavaScript
2 32 (17.58%) Python
3 24 (13.19%) SQL
4 14 (7.69%) Kotlin
5 13 (7.14%) C++
6 11 (6.04%) Bash
7 7 (3.85%) C
7 7 (3.85%) Objective-C
7 7 (3.85%) Ruby
7 7 (3.85%) Scala
7 7 (3.85%) Swift
8 5 (2.75%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.75%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.20%) C#
10 3 (1.65%) ABAP
10 3 (1.65%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.65%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.10%) Bicep
12 1 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 15 (8.24%) Security Cleared
2 14 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.95%) ISTQB
5 8 (4.40%) CISM
5 8 (4.40%) CISSP
5 8 (4.40%) Degree
6 6 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.75%) PMP
8 3 (1.65%) CBAP
8 3 (1.65%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.10%) CSPO
10 1 (0.55%) IBM Certification
10 1 (0.55%) ISEB
10 1 (0.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.55%) MBA
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.55%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.84%) QA
2 11 (6.04%) GDPR
3 7 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.85%) NIST
4 6 (3.30%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.30%) WCAG
5 4 (2.20%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.65%) PSD2
7 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.55%) GRC
7 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.55%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (3.30%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.75%) Docker
3 4 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.65%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (9.34%) Ansible
2 8 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.40%) NetBackup
3 7 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.65%) Grafana
4 3 (1.65%) Podman
4 3 (1.65%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.65%) SELinux
4 3 (1.65%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.65%) vRealize
5 2 (1.10%) Terraform
6 1 (0.55%) HP Data Protector
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.55%) Puppet
6 1 (0.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.14%) Google
3 11 (6.04%) Oracle
4 10 (5.49%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.40%) BeyondTrust
5 8 (4.40%) CyberArk
5 8 (4.40%) Red Hat
5 8 (4.40%) Thycotic
5 8 (4.40%) Veritas
6 7 (3.85%) Commvault
6 7 (3.85%) VMware
7 6 (3.30%) F5
8 5 (2.75%) IBM
8 5 (2.75%) SAP
9 4 (2.20%) Ping Identity
9 4 (2.20%) Splunk
10 3 (1.65%) Citrix
10 3 (1.65%) Databricks
10 3 (1.65%) ForgeRock
10 3 (1.65%) HP