Scrum Contract Job Trends

Scrum
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Scrum skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 51 48
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -20
Contract jobs citing Scrum 1,622 1,396 1,893
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 4.47% 3.91% 4.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 4.47% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 881 1,339
10th Percentile £350 £358 £400
25th Percentile £411 £420 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £600 £610 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £536
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.69% +2.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 29 61
10th Percentile £50.00 £31.52 £51.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.63 £58.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.13 £82.10 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,247 31,236 40,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.88% 87.47% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,285 18,990 26,947
10th Percentile £300 £308 £310
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,084 1,559
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £18.94
Median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in the UK

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Scrum

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Scrum

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the UK over the 6 months to 13 December 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
England +4 1,394 £500 -4.76% 793
UK excluding London +3 734 £475 -5.00% 720
London +5 709 £540 +1.89% 191
Work from Home -3 462 £500 - 486
Midlands +5 186 £492 +4.24% 115
North of England +2 179 £484 -2.76% 158
South East -23 160 £500 -4.76% 222
West Midlands +7 137 £515 +7.97% 60
Yorkshire +2 94 £500 -0.10% 49
South West +13 83 £475 -20.83% 88
North West +8 74 £437 -5.26% 98
Scotland -1 73 £470 +7.43% 51
East Midlands -3 49 £360 -11.66% 51
East of England +1 37 £509 +13.11% 69
Wales +7 22 £456 +15.87% 16
North East +1 13 £538 -6.11% 12
Northern Ireland -12 2 £375 -14.29% 11

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 238 (14.67%) Confluence
2 46 (2.84%) SAS
3 30 (1.85%) Apache
4 28 (1.73%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.05%) CMS
6 14 (0.86%) WebLogic
7 12 (0.74%) Anypoint
7 12 (0.74%) nginx
8 11 (0.68%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.68%) JBoss
9 8 (0.49%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.43%) Mule
11 6 (0.37%) Drupal
11 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.18%) Appian
13 3 (0.18%) Camunda
13 3 (0.18%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 21 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
6 18 (1.11%) Trello
7 8 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.12%) Notion
8 2 (0.12%) Sketch
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.062%) InVision
9 1 (0.062%) Moqups
9 1 (0.062%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 10 (0.62%) Endur
5 9 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
6 8 (0.49%) SAP PM
7 6 (0.37%) SAP HR
7 6 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.31%) Temenos T24
9 3 (0.18%) Aladdin
9 3 (0.18%) Maximo
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.12%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.12%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 417 (25.71%) Azure
2 267 (16.46%) AWS
3 235 (14.49%) Azure DevOps
4 130 (8.01%) GitHub
5 93 (5.73%) GCP
6 86 (5.30%) Serverless
7 80 (4.93%) Power Platform
8 54 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
9 45 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
10 40 (2.47%) Amazon S3
11 38 (2.34%) SaaS
12 34 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
12 34 (2.10%) OpenShift
13 32 (1.97%) Miro
14 31 (1.91%) Power Automate
14 31 (1.91%) Snowflake
15 28 (1.73%) PowerApps
16 27 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
17 20 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 19 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.66%) HTTP
2 19 (1.17%) DNS
3 16 (0.99%) Firewall
4 13 (0.80%) SSL
5 9 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.55%) VPN
6 8 (0.49%) SAN
7 7 (0.43%) AMQP
7 7 (0.43%) DSL
8 6 (0.37%) LAN
8 6 (0.37%) SSH
8 6 (0.37%) WAN
9 5 (0.31%) Network Security
10 4 (0.25%) DHCP
10 4 (0.25%) NAS
11 3 (0.18%) MPLS
11 3 (0.18%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.12%) Ethernet VPN
12 2 (0.12%) MQTT
12 2 (0.12%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (3.21%) Power BI
3 48 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (2.96%) SQL Server
4 45 (2.77%) MongoDB
5 40 (2.47%) NoSQL
6 39 (2.40%) Relational Database
7 33 (2.03%) Pentaho
8 32 (1.97%) Big Data
9 31 (1.91%) Oracle Database
10 25 (1.54%) Metadata
11 22 (1.36%) MySQL
12 21 (1.29%) Tableau
13 20 (1.23%) Hadoop
14 19 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
15 18 (1.11%) BigQuery
16 17 (1.05%) Data Lake
17 16 (0.99%) Data Vault
18 15 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
19 14 (0.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 491 (30.27%) JIRA
2 249 (15.35%) Git
3 185 (11.41%) Jenkins
4 113 (6.97%) GitLab
5 76 (4.69%) Selenium
6 63 (3.88%) Cucumber
6 63 (3.88%) Postman
7 48 (2.96%) Bitbucket
8 44 (2.71%) JUnit
9 34 (2.10%) Oracle APEX
10 22 (1.36%) SonarQube
11 20 (1.23%) Cypress.io
12 14 (0.86%) Maven
12 14 (0.86%) SpecFlow
13 13 (0.80%) ERwin
13 13 (0.80%) SoapUI
14 12 (0.74%) ER Studio
14 12 (0.74%) JMeter
15 11 (0.68%) REST Assured
15 11 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 672 (41.43%) Social Skills
2 356 (21.95%) Finance
3 206 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (11.47%) Public Sector
5 147 (9.06%) Banking
6 61 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
7 41 (2.53%) Front Office
7 41 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (2.16%) Retail
9 33 (2.03%) Marketing
10 32 (1.97%) Investment Banking
11 29 (1.79%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (1.54%) Back Office
14 24 (1.48%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (0.92%) Manufacturing
17 14 (0.86%) Legal
18 9 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 380 (23.43%) Developer
2 218 (13.44%) Senior
3 212 (13.07%) Analyst
4 158 (9.74%) Business Analyst
5 134 (8.26%) Scrum Master
6 132 (8.14%) Project Manager
7 123 (7.58%) Lead
8 81 (4.99%) Senior Developer
9 75 (4.62%) Architect
10 71 (4.38%) Product Owner
11 70 (4.32%) Java Developer
12 59 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
13 52 (3.21%) Data Engineer
14 45 (2.77%) Software Engineer
15 38 (2.34%) Senior Manager
16 35 (2.16%) Test Engineer
17 32 (1.97%) Technical Analyst
18 31 (1.91%) DevOps Engineer
19 30 (1.85%) ServiceNow Developer
20 28 (1.73%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (11.34%) REST
2 119 (7.34%) SOAP
3 116 (7.15%) RESTful
4 105 (6.47%) .NET
5 104 (6.41%) React
6 91 (5.61%) HTML
7 88 (5.43%) Kafka
8 86 (5.30%) AngularJS
9 78 (4.81%) Spring
10 71 (4.38%) JSON
11 69 (4.25%) Spring Boot
12 61 (3.76%) CSS
13 57 (3.51%) XML
14 52 (3.21%) Web Services
15 51 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
16 47 (2.90%) Playwright
17 43 (2.65%) OAuth
18 36 (2.22%) Node.js
19 34 (2.10%) OAuth2
20 32 (1.97%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 306 (18.87%) Product Ownership
2 76 (4.69%) Cloud Native
3 50 (3.08%) Onboarding
4 40 (2.47%) Virtual Team
5 37 (2.28%) Mobile App
5 37 (2.28%) PMI
6 35 (2.16%) CMDB
7 34 (2.10%) Algorithms
8 33 (2.03%) Data Structures
9 31 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
10 30 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 29 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 27 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
13 24 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (1.17%) Derivative
16 18 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
16 18 (1.11%) NHS
17 16 (0.99%) Management Information System
18 15 (0.92%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 70 (4.32%) Linux
2 57 (3.51%) Windows
3 35 (2.16%) Unix
4 26 (1.60%) Android
5 19 (1.17%) Apple iOS
6 18 (1.11%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.55%) VMS
8 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.12%) CentOS
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.062%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.062%) tvOS
10 1 (0.062%) watchOS
10 1 (0.062%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.062%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,525 (94.02%) Agile
2 528 (32.55%) DevOps
3 432 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
4 422 (26.02%) Kanban
5 391 (24.11%) CI/CD
6 322 (19.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 303 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 259 (15.97%) Test Automation
9 219 (13.50%) User Stories
10 215 (13.26%) Sprint Planning
11 211 (13.01%) Microservices
12 202 (12.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 179 (11.04%) Roadmaps
14 178 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 176 (10.85%) Project Management
15 176 (10.85%) Software Engineering
16 162 (9.99%) Analytics
17 154 (9.49%) Sprint Retrospective
18 148 (9.12%) TDD
19 147 (9.06%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 317 (19.54%) SQL
2 249 (15.35%) Java
3 228 (14.06%) Python
4 201 (12.39%) JavaScript
5 111 (6.84%) C#
6 65 (4.01%) TypeScript
7 45 (2.77%) Bash
8 40 (2.47%) PowerShell
9 37 (2.28%) PL/SQL
9 37 (2.28%) Scala
10 24 (1.48%) C++
11 19 (1.17%) Apex Code
11 19 (1.17%) Go
11 19 (1.17%) VB
12 18 (1.11%) Ruby
13 17 (1.05%) Kotlin
14 13 (0.80%) Shell Script
15 12 (0.74%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.49%) C
16 8 (0.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 348 (21.45%) Security Cleared
2 274 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 171 (10.54%) Degree
4 74 (4.56%) PMI Certification
5 59 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 56 (3.45%) DV Cleared
7 50 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 47 (2.90%) PMP
9 23 (1.42%) ISTQB
10 20 (1.23%) CSPO
10 20 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.92%) CBAP
12 13 (0.80%) MCP
13 12 (0.74%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.74%) Azure Certification
14 11 (0.68%) CISSP
15 9 (0.55%) CISM
16 8 (0.49%) ISEB
17 6 (0.37%) MBA
17 6 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (12.21%) QA
2 83 (5.12%) Data Quality
3 59 (3.64%) Accessibility
4 34 (2.10%) NIST
5 32 (1.97%) GDPR
6 30 (1.85%) PMO
7 24 (1.48%) WCAG
8 21 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (1.11%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.99%) GRC
11 12 (0.74%) EU AI Act
12 11 (0.68%) PSD2
13 7 (0.43%) Basel III
13 7 (0.43%) SLA
14 6 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
14 6 (0.37%) ISO 8583
14 6 (0.37%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.31%) HL7
15 5 (0.31%) RMADS
16 4 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 208 (12.82%) Docker
2 27 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.18%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) KVM
7 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.062%) Firmware
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.062%) PowerHA
8 1 (0.062%) RACF
Systems Management
1 207 (12.76%) Kubernetes
2 101 (6.23%) Terraform
3 76 (4.69%) Ansible
4 52 (3.21%) Grafana
5 31 (1.91%) Prometheus
6 24 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (1.23%) Puppet
8 14 (0.86%) NetBackup
9 8 (0.49%) Argo
9 8 (0.49%) Packer
10 7 (0.43%) Kibana
11 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.31%) Podman
11 5 (0.31%) Rancher
11 5 (0.31%) vRealize
12 4 (0.25%) Consul
12 4 (0.25%) Kustomize
12 4 (0.25%) Nagios
12 4 (0.25%) SCCM
13 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 212 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 146 (9.00%) Oracle
3 105 (6.47%) ServiceNow
4 64 (3.95%) Salesforce
5 52 (3.21%) SAP
6 45 (2.77%) Google
7 35 (2.16%) Talend
8 33 (2.03%) Denodo
9 31 (1.91%) Atlassian
10 30 (1.85%) Red Hat
11 26 (1.60%) VMware
12 25 (1.54%) Databricks
13 23 (1.42%) MuleSoft
14 21 (1.29%) Foundry
14 21 (1.29%) Splunk
15 20 (1.23%) HP
16 16 (0.99%) Cloudera
16 16 (0.99%) Commvault
17 15 (0.92%) IBM
17 15 (0.92%) Remedy