Scrum Contracts in the South East

Scrum
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 46 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 -17 -1
Contract jobs citing Scrum 135 226 427
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.49% 4.07% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 4.79% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 131 274
10th Percentile £385 £388 £406
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £625
90th Percentile £660 £650 £696
England median daily rate £500 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -6.98% -6.52% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 27
10th Percentile £44.90 £59.50 -
25th Percentile £48.99 £62.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £70.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% +55.56% -25.00%
75th Percentile £64.13 £72.50 £56.80
90th Percentile £65.70 £77.00 £67.60
England median hourly rate £60.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.31% - +46.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Scrum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Scrum in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +15 60 £500 -5.66% 58
Berkshire +7 50 £500 -8.09% 26
Hampshire -1 39 £550 +2.33% 56
Surrey +11 19 £500 +13.31% 19
West Sussex +1 7 £425 - 13
Buckinghamshire +11 5 £575 -4.17% 17
Oxfordshire +5 5 £550 +13.40% 20
Kent +8 2 £600 +4.35% 25
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 25 (18.52%) Confluence
2 5 (3.70%) Apache
3 4 (2.96%) CMS
3 4 (2.96%) Drupal
3 4 (2.96%) WordPress
4 3 (2.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.48%) Appian
5 2 (1.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.74%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.74%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.74%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Primavera
2 1 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.74%) Maximo
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.11%) Azure
2 13 (9.63%) AWS
3 10 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (7.41%) SaaS
4 8 (5.93%) GitHub
5 6 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (4.44%) Serverless
6 4 (2.96%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.22%) GCP
7 3 (2.22%) Oracle CX
8 2 (1.48%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.74%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.74%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.74%) dbt
9 1 (0.74%) Figma
9 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.74%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.89%) Software-Defined Radio
2 9 (6.67%) SNMP
3 7 (5.19%) HTTP
4 4 (2.96%) Internet
5 3 (2.22%) Broadband
6 1 (0.74%) BGP
6 1 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.74%) GPON
6 1 (0.74%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.74%) MPLS
6 1 (0.74%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.67%) MySQL
2 7 (5.19%) NoSQL
2 7 (5.19%) Relational Database
3 6 (4.44%) MongoDB
3 6 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.70%) Redis
5 3 (2.22%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.22%) Power BI
6 2 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.48%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.74%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.74%) GIS
7 1 (0.74%) QlikView
7 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.74%) Tableau
7 1 (0.74%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 49 (36.30%) JIRA
2 39 (28.89%) Git
3 23 (17.04%) Bitbucket
4 22 (16.30%) GoogleTest
4 22 (16.30%) Jenkins
5 15 (11.11%) Robot Framework
6 12 (8.89%) Eclipse
7 11 (8.15%) GitLab
8 10 (7.41%) TestRail
9 7 (5.19%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (3.70%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (3.70%) Cypress.io
10 5 (3.70%) Selenium
11 4 (2.96%) Maven
11 4 (2.96%) SpecFlow
11 4 (2.96%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (2.22%) Cucumber
12 3 (2.22%) Subversion
12 3 (2.22%) Visual Studio
13 2 (1.48%) JUnit
General
1 44 (32.59%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.63%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.15%) Finance
5 4 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.48%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.48%) Legal
6 2 (1.48%) Marketing
6 2 (1.48%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.74%) Aviation
7 1 (0.74%) Billing
7 1 (0.74%) French Language
7 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (16.30%) Software Engineer
2 19 (14.07%) Senior
3 16 (11.85%) Developer
4 14 (10.37%) Embedded Engineer
5 13 (9.63%) Analyst
5 13 (9.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 12 (8.89%) Lead
7 11 (8.15%) Business Analyst
8 10 (7.41%) Product Owner
8 10 (7.41%) Scrum Master
9 9 (6.67%) Architect
9 9 (6.67%) Test Engineer
10 8 (5.93%) C++ Software Engineer
10 8 (5.93%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (5.93%) Software Test Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) Linux Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (17.78%) CSS
1 24 (17.78%) HTML
2 18 (13.33%) Web Services
3 15 (11.11%) REST
4 14 (10.37%) SOAP
5 12 (8.89%) JSON
6 11 (8.15%) RESTful
7 10 (7.41%) React
8 9 (6.67%) Ajax
8 9 (6.67%) AngularJS
9 8 (5.93%) XML
10 7 (5.19%) Kafka
11 6 (4.44%) .NET
11 6 (4.44%) Vue
11 6 (4.44%) YAML
12 5 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
13 4 (2.96%) .NET Core
13 4 (2.96%) ActiveMQ
13 4 (2.96%) Laravel
13 4 (2.96%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.96%) CMDB
2 4 (2.96%) Legacy Code
2 4 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.22%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.22%) Verilog
3 3 (2.22%) VHDL
4 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.74%) IoT
5 1 (0.74%) Life Science
5 1 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (25.19%) Linux
2 7 (5.19%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (3.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.74%) CentOS
4 1 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (85.19%) Agile
2 37 (27.41%) CI/CD
3 35 (25.93%) Software Engineering
4 29 (21.48%) Kanban
5 28 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (20.00%) DevOps
7 26 (19.26%) Test Automation
8 22 (16.30%) Roadmaps
9 21 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (14.81%) OO
11 19 (14.07%) UML
12 18 (13.33%) Design Patterns
12 18 (13.33%) User Stories
13 17 (12.59%) Sprint Planning
14 16 (11.85%) Computer Science
14 16 (11.85%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 14 (10.37%) SDLC
16 13 (9.63%) Migration
16 13 (9.63%) SOLID
16 13 (9.63%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.26%) JavaScript
2 21 (15.56%) C++
3 20 (14.81%) SQL
4 15 (11.11%) Python
5 11 (8.15%) C#
5 11 (8.15%) Java
6 8 (5.93%) PHP
7 5 (3.70%) Rust
8 4 (2.96%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.22%) Go
9 3 (2.22%) SystemVerilog
9 3 (2.22%) Tcl
10 2 (1.48%) Bash
11 1 (0.74%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.74%) Magik
11 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.74%) R
11 1 (0.74%) XPath
Qualifications
1 30 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 28 (20.74%) SC Cleared
3 26 (19.26%) Degree
4 11 (8.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.70%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.70%) PMP
6 3 (2.22%) CISSP
7 2 (1.48%) CISM
7 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.74%) CEH
8 1 (0.74%) CISA
8 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.74%) GIAC
8 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.74%) MBA
8 1 (0.74%) OSCP
8 1 (0.74%) PgMP
8 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.37%) QA
2 3 (2.22%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.48%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.48%) NIST
3 2 (1.48%) PMO
4 1 (0.74%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (8.89%) Docker
2 7 (5.19%) Firmware
3 2 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.74%) Postfix
4 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.22%) Terraform
3 2 (1.48%) Grafana
3 2 (1.48%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.74%) Packer
Vendors
1 20 (14.81%) Google
2 17 (12.59%) Atlassian
3 16 (11.85%) Microsoft
4 10 (7.41%) Oracle
4 10 (7.41%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.93%) Zend
6 6 (4.44%) Intel
7 5 (3.70%) SAP
8 3 (2.22%) Cisco
8 3 (2.22%) Snow
8 3 (2.22%) Xilinx
9 2 (1.48%) Adobe
9 2 (1.48%) Blue Prism
9 2 (1.48%) Genesys
9 2 (1.48%) Nokia
9 2 (1.48%) Rakuten
9 2 (1.48%) VMware
9 2 (1.48%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.74%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.74%) Salesforce