Scrum Contracts in the South West

Scrum
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 75 31
Rank change year-on-year +6 -44 -6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Scrum 47 68 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.43% 2.46% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 2.96% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 44 136
10th Percentile £318 £416 £396
25th Percentile £390 £524 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £578 £577
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +0.04% +4.95%
75th Percentile £538 £634 £675
90th Percentile £599 £683 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £63.51
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate - £67.02 £67.34
Median % change year-on-year - -0.48% +3.20%
75th Percentile - - £80.00
90th Percentile - - £84.65
England median hourly rate £55.00 £66.01 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.68% +1.55% +2.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,736 2,298 2,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.81% 83.20% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,479 2,067
10th Percentile £213 £263 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
75th Percentile £613 £636 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £510 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.77% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 259 252
10th Percentile £14.94 £13.86 £19.03
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.13 £40.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.25 £63.57
Median % change year-on-year -62.60% +5.78% +17.73%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.72
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.85
% change year-on-year -41.17% +4.66% +51.39%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the South West

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Scrum.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Scrum

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the South West over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the South West

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Scrum.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Scrum

Scrum
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +6 19 £425 -26.41% 26
Gloucestershire +21 12 £500 -16.67% 33
Wiltshire +15 6 £393 -31.14% 2
Dorset +4 4 £490 - 3
Devon -1 4 £425 -35.23% 3
Somerset -10 1 £557 -7.17% 12
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (8.51%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Apache
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Adobe XD
1 1 (2.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) BASE24
1 1 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (44.68%) Azure
2 7 (14.89%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.64%) GitHub
3 5 (10.64%) Power Automate
4 3 (6.38%) Figma
5 2 (4.26%) AWS
5 2 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.13%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) 5G
2 5 (10.64%) HTTP
3 4 (8.51%) NetScaler
4 2 (4.26%) WAAS
5 1 (2.13%) ATM
5 1 (2.13%) Firewall
5 1 (2.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.13%) Flink
2 1 (2.13%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (29.79%) JIRA
2 7 (14.89%) Git
3 2 (4.26%) Storybook
3 2 (4.26%) Vite
3 2 (4.26%) webpack
4 1 (2.13%) GitLab
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (2.13%) VersaTest
4 1 (2.13%) Zephyr
General
1 24 (51.06%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.77%) Billing
2 6 (12.77%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Finance
5 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.13%) Advertising
6 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Military
6 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Developer
2 10 (21.28%) Project Manager
3 6 (12.77%) OSS Project Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Telecoms Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 5 (10.64%) Lead
5 4 (8.51%) Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Technical Leader
6 3 (6.38%) Test Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Lead Developer
7 2 (4.26%) Senior
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.26%) UI Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Backend Developer
8 1 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (2.13%) Digital Product Manager
8 1 (2.13%) Lead Python Developer
8 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
8 1 (2.13%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.15%) AngularJS
1 9 (19.15%) React
1 9 (19.15%) SOAP
2 5 (10.64%) JMS
2 5 (10.64%) REST
2 5 (10.64%) XML
2 5 (10.64%) XSD
3 4 (8.51%) HTML
3 4 (8.51%) RESTful
3 4 (8.51%) Spring
3 4 (8.51%) Spring Boot
4 3 (6.38%) ARM Templates
4 3 (6.38%) CSS
4 3 (6.38%) Middleware
4 3 (6.38%) OAuth
4 3 (6.38%) OAuth2
4 3 (6.38%) Spring Security
4 3 (6.38%) Vue
4 3 (6.38%) Web Services
5 2 (4.26%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.26%) EPoS
3 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.13%) CESG
4 1 (2.13%) EMV
4 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.28%) Windows
2 5 (10.64%) Windows 10
3 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.51%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.13%) Android
4 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.13%) Linux
4 1 (2.13%) VMS
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (95.74%) Agile
2 12 (25.53%) Project Management
2 12 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (21.28%) DevOps
4 10 (21.28%) Project Delivery
5 9 (19.15%) PRINCE2
5 9 (19.15%) Test Automation
6 8 (17.02%) CI/CD
6 8 (17.02%) Risk Management
6 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (12.77%) CRM
7 6 (12.77%) Fault Management
7 6 (12.77%) Migration
7 6 (12.77%) Network Management
7 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
7 6 (12.77%) Waterfall
8 5 (10.64%) Mentoring
8 5 (10.64%) OO
8 5 (10.64%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) JavaScript
2 8 (17.02%) PowerShell
3 6 (12.77%) SQL
4 4 (8.51%) Java
5 1 (2.13%) C#
5 1 (2.13%) COBOL
5 1 (2.13%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.13%) Python
5 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.13%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (40.43%) Security Cleared
2 15 (31.91%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.89%) PMI Certification
3 7 (14.89%) PMP
4 4 (8.51%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.26%) ISEB
5 2 (4.26%) ISTQB
5 2 (4.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.13%) APMP
6 1 (2.13%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.77%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.26%) WCAG
4 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.13%) JSP 440
4 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (8.51%) XenDesktop
3 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.38%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.26%) Docker
4 2 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Amdocs OSS
1 6 (12.77%) SCCM
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.38%) Terraform
4 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.13%) Ansible
5 1 (2.13%) Grafana
5 1 (2.13%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.89%) ServiceNow
3 6 (12.77%) Amdocs
3 6 (12.77%) Blue Prism
3 6 (12.77%) Ciena
3 6 (12.77%) Ericsson
3 6 (12.77%) NetCracker
3 6 (12.77%) Nokia
4 4 (8.51%) Citrix
4 4 (8.51%) Ivanti
5 3 (6.38%) NetApp
5 3 (6.38%) VMware
6 2 (4.26%) HP
7 1 (2.13%) Adobe
7 1 (2.13%) BMC
7 1 (2.13%) Google
7 1 (2.13%) Hotjar
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle
7 1 (2.13%) Remedy