Scrum Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Scrum
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Scrum skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 39 40
Rank change year-on-year +9 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Scrum 236 79 74
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 6.79% 4.78% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.90% 5.42% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 46 57
10th Percentile £413 £319 £355
25th Percentile £450 £416 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £515 £575 £612
90th Percentile £588 £619 £688
England median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £31.91 - -
25th Percentile £38.81 - -
Median hourly rate £51.08 - £32.28
75th Percentile £61.13 - -
90th Percentile £63.60 - -
England median hourly rate £69.50 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +26.36% -8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,988 1,458 1,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.94% 88.26% 81.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,924 917 1,036
10th Percentile £313 £217 £294
25th Percentile £406 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £671 £655 £738
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 106 67
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £12.90
25th Percentile £20.31 £14.01 £14.19
Median hourly rate £33.99 £23.42 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.13% +26.59% -32.11%
75th Percentile £53.75 £33.16 £38.13
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the West Midlands

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in the West Midlands

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 August 2026. 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
Shropshire +10 127 £492 -1.60% 22
Solihull +1 34 £463 +10.12% 4
Birmingham -19 24 £463 -2.63% 14
Coventry -10 21 £425 +6.92% 3
Warwickshire -19 19 £525 +16.67% 5
Worcestershire +1 4 - -
Staffordshire - 3 £320 - 5
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 67 (28.39%) Confluence
2 40 (16.95%) SAS
3 6 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.69%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.42%) Primavera
2 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.32%) AWS
2 43 (18.22%) Amazon S3
3 40 (16.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 40 (16.95%) Azure
4 37 (15.68%) Amazon EC2
5 26 (11.02%) Serverless
6 25 (10.59%) GitHub
7 23 (9.75%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (9.32%) Amazon EKS
8 22 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (8.90%) Amazon ECS
10 20 (8.47%) Power Platform
11 19 (8.05%) Amazon SQS
11 19 (8.05%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (7.63%) Route 53
13 17 (7.20%) AWS KMS
14 13 (5.51%) Power Automate
15 12 (5.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (4.66%) AWS CodePipeline
16 11 (4.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.42%) Network Security
1 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (15.25%) Pentaho
2 24 (10.17%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (9.32%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (8.47%) DynamoDB
5 17 (7.20%) Amazon Aurora
6 9 (3.81%) Power BI
7 8 (3.39%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.54%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.69%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.69%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (1.27%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.27%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.27%) Impala
10 3 (1.27%) Metadata
10 3 (1.27%) MySQL
10 3 (1.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 93 (39.41%) JIRA
2 69 (29.24%) Jenkins
3 64 (27.12%) Git
4 54 (22.88%) GitLab
5 35 (14.83%) JUnit
6 24 (10.17%) SonarQube
7 22 (9.32%) Bitbucket
7 22 (9.32%) Maven
7 22 (9.32%) Mockito
8 14 (5.93%) Selenium
9 13 (5.51%) DbUnit
9 13 (5.51%) jMock
10 12 (5.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 11 (4.66%) Bitbucket Server
12 9 (3.81%) Cucumber
13 8 (3.39%) Gatling
14 3 (1.27%) Cypress.io
14 3 (1.27%) Postman
14 3 (1.27%) Protractor
14 3 (1.27%) WebDriver
General
1 86 (36.44%) Social Skills
2 68 (28.81%) Public Sector
3 31 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.78%) Finance
5 11 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.27%) Electronics
8 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.85%) Advertising
9 2 (0.85%) Billing
9 2 (0.85%) Law
9 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.42%) Automotive
10 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.42%) Front Office
10 1 (0.42%) Local Government
10 1 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (21.19%) Data Engineer
2 45 (19.07%) Scrum Master
3 36 (15.25%) Developer
4 27 (11.44%) Senior
5 24 (10.17%) Java Developer
5 24 (10.17%) Lead
6 18 (7.63%) Analyst
7 16 (6.78%) Business Analyst
8 12 (5.08%) Senior Developer
9 11 (4.66%) Delivery Manager
9 11 (4.66%) Quality Engineer
10 8 (3.39%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 8 (3.39%) JIRA Engineer
10 8 (3.39%) Senior Java Developer
11 7 (2.97%) Project Manager
12 6 (2.54%) AWS DevOps
12 6 (2.54%) SAS Engineer
12 6 (2.54%) Software Engineer
12 6 (2.54%) Test Automation Specialist
12 6 (2.54%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (18.22%) Spring
2 38 (16.10%) Spring Boot
3 26 (11.02%) REST
4 22 (9.32%) JPA
4 22 (9.32%) SOAP
5 21 (8.90%) Web Services
6 20 (8.47%) RESTful
7 19 (8.05%) ActiveMQ
7 19 (8.05%) AngularJS
7 19 (8.05%) Hibernate
8 18 (7.63%) JSON
8 18 (7.63%) Spring Cloud
9 17 (7.20%) Spring Batch
9 17 (7.20%) Spring Integration
10 14 (5.93%) Node.js
11 13 (5.51%) PowerMock
12 11 (4.66%) Bootstrap
13 10 (4.24%) AWS CDK
14 9 (3.81%) Playwright
15 8 (3.39%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 52 (22.03%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.20%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.20%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.69%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.27%) Taxonomies
6 2 (0.85%) BYOD
6 2 (0.85%) Data Fabric
6 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.42%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.42%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.42%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.42%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.17%) Linux
2 7 (2.97%) Unix
3 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.69%) Windows
4 1 (0.42%) Android
4 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (84.75%) Agile
2 120 (50.85%) CI/CD
3 118 (50.00%) DevOps
4 86 (36.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (33.47%) Test Automation
6 61 (25.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 57 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (22.88%) ETL
9 53 (22.46%) Kanban
10 50 (21.19%) Sprint Planning
11 45 (19.07%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 44 (18.64%) Containerisation
13 43 (18.22%) Microservices
14 42 (17.80%) Analytics
15 39 (16.53%) Backlog Refinement
16 37 (15.68%) TDD
17 35 (14.83%) Data Modelling
17 35 (14.83%) Data Pipeline
18 34 (14.41%) Business Intelligence
18 34 (14.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 74 (31.36%) SQL
2 55 (23.31%) Java
3 14 (5.93%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.24%) Python
5 8 (3.39%) C#
6 7 (2.97%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.69%) Perl
7 4 (1.69%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.27%) HiveQL
8 3 (1.27%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.27%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.85%) Bash
9 2 (0.85%) R
9 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.42%) Scala
10 1 (0.42%) Swift
10 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 137 (58.05%) Security Cleared
2 126 (53.39%) SC Cleared
3 30 (12.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (6.78%) AWS Certification
5 12 (5.08%) Degree
6 11 (4.66%) SAFe Agilist
7 9 (3.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.12%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.69%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.27%) CCNA
11 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.27%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.27%) PMP
12 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.42%) CBAP
13 1 (0.42%) CISM
13 1 (0.42%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.17%) Accessibility
2 22 (9.32%) Data Quality
2 22 (9.32%) QA
3 11 (4.66%) WCAG
4 4 (1.69%) FATCA
4 4 (1.69%) GDPR
5 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.27%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) GRC
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 77 (32.63%) Docker
2 11 (4.66%) Postfix
3 3 (1.27%) HDFS
4 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 50 (21.19%) Kubernetes
2 26 (11.02%) Grafana
3 19 (8.05%) Terraform
4 7 (2.97%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.69%) Ansible
6 3 (1.27%) Kibana
7 2 (0.85%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.42%) Argo
8 1 (0.42%) Istio
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 45 (19.07%) Oracle
2 36 (15.25%) Talend
3 27 (11.44%) Microsoft
4 26 (11.02%) Atlassian
5 24 (10.17%) Denodo
6 19 (8.05%) Informatica
7 17 (7.20%) Jaspersoft
8 5 (2.12%) Sage
9 4 (1.69%) Pega
9 4 (1.69%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.69%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.27%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.85%) Google
11 2 (0.85%) HP
11 2 (0.85%) Remedy
11 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.85%) SAP
12 1 (0.42%) Citrix
12 1 (0.42%) Murex
12 1 (0.42%) NetApp