Scrum Contracts in Wales

Scrum
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Scrum skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scrum over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 +5
Contract jobs citing Scrum 31 20 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 7.69% 3.14% 6.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.72% 3.64% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 14 44
10th Percentile £381 £205 £413
25th Percentile £489 £247 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £390 £550
Median % change year-on-year +31.73% -29.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £530 £516 £606
90th Percentile £646 £649 £693
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Scrum is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 319 549 839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.16% 86.19% 83.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 423 609
10th Percentile £175 £180 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £570 £574 £575
90th Percentile £667 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 29 31
10th Percentile £11.75 £14.00 £14.31
25th Percentile £14.78 £16.98 £19.02
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.14 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.04% -27.44% +31.58%
75th Percentile £51.75 £25.00 £29.25
90th Percentile £86.00 £49.00 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Scrum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in Wales

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Scrum in Wales

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in Wales

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in Wales

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
South Wales +25 28 £515 +47.14% 8
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (51.61%) Azure
2 14 (45.16%) GitHub
2 14 (45.16%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (35.48%) MySQL
2 2 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) JIRA
2 3 (9.68%) Postman
3 2 (6.45%) Cypress.io
4 1 (3.23%) Git
4 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (3.23%) tSQLt
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (61.29%) Project Manager
2 11 (35.48%) Migration Manager
2 11 (35.48%) Migration Project Manager
3 5 (16.13%) Agile Project Manager
3 5 (16.13%) Software Project Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Developer
4 3 (9.68%) Development Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Development Project Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Software Development Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Software Development Project Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Software Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Agile Development Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) QA Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) SQL Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) .NET
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (6.45%) Playwright
3 1 (3.23%) CSS
3 1 (3.23%) CSS3
3 1 (3.23%) FHIR
3 1 (3.23%) GraphQL
3 1 (3.23%) HTML
3 1 (3.23%) HTML5
3 1 (3.23%) MobX
3 1 (3.23%) Next.js
3 1 (3.23%) Node.js
3 1 (3.23%) React
3 1 (3.23%) Redux
3 1 (3.23%) RESTful
3 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (32.26%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.45%) NHS
3 1 (3.23%) Clustering
3 1 (3.23%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (83.87%) Agile
2 17 (54.84%) SDLC
3 12 (38.71%) Containerisation
3 12 (38.71%) Project Management
4 11 (35.48%) Migration
5 9 (29.03%) Kanban
6 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (25.81%) Project Governance
7 7 (22.58%) CI/CD
8 6 (19.35%) Kalman Filter
8 6 (19.35%) Project Delivery
9 5 (16.13%) Analytics
10 4 (12.90%) Data Analytics
10 4 (12.90%) DevOps
10 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (9.68%) Community of Practice
11 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
11 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
11 3 (9.68%) IT Strategy
11 3 (9.68%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) PHP
2 4 (12.90%) SQL
3 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.45%) PL/SQL
3 2 (6.45%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.23%) Java
4 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (58.06%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) DBS Check
2 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (9.68%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) Argo
2 3 (9.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Atlassian
2 16 (51.61%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) Progress
4 1 (3.23%) Dynatrace
4 1 (3.23%) RedGate