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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 40 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 -25
Contract jobs citing Scrum 210 59 72
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 6.62% 4.35% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.96% 4.92% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 32 52
10th Percentile £418 £410 £358
25th Percentile £456 £447 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -1.70% -7.41%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £625
90th Percentile £586 £600 £688
England median daily rate £510 £500 £536
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.72% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £59.50 - -
25th Percentile £59.88 - -
Median hourly rate £61.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.88 - -
90th Percentile £64.70 - -
England median hourly rate £65.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +9.17% -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 2,638 1,200 1,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.17% 88.43% 84.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,718 791 1,076
10th Percentile £306 £195 £275
25th Percentile £402 £383 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £670 £675 £750
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 60 114
10th Percentile £14.04 £12.62 £11.08
25th Percentile £21.30 £14.32 £14.00
Median hourly rate £33.98 £18.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.42% -19.42% +21.62%
75th Percentile £67.84 £24.42 £40.38
90th Percentile £72.54 £37.72 £58.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%

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 6 May 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
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 6 May 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 +15 117 £492 -3.53% 6
Birmingham -12 27 £475 - 17
Warwickshire -12 25 £563 +12.50% 6
Solihull -2 21 £463 +10.12% 1
Worcestershire - 9 £475 - 1
Coventry -17 5 £475 -9.52% 3
Staffordshire - 3 £320 - 2
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
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 52 (24.76%) SAS
2 49 (23.33%) Confluence
3 4 (1.90%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.43%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.48%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Maximo
2 1 (0.48%) Primavera
2 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (25.71%) AWS
2 26 (12.38%) Amazon S3
3 25 (11.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 23 (10.95%) Azure
5 22 (10.48%) Amazon EC2
6 15 (7.14%) Amazon SQS
7 14 (6.67%) AWS KMS
7 14 (6.67%) Route 53
8 12 (5.71%) Serverless
9 10 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (4.76%) GitHub
10 9 (4.29%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (4.29%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (4.29%) Power Platform
11 8 (3.81%) AWS CodePipeline
11 8 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (3.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.90%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.43%) Network Security
2 1 (0.48%) SMS
2 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (18.10%) Pentaho
2 18 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (8.10%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (8.10%) DynamoDB
4 14 (6.67%) Amazon Aurora
4 14 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.81%) Power BI
6 7 (3.33%) Metadata
7 6 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (2.86%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.38%) Metadata Repository
8 5 (2.38%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.90%) MySQL
9 4 (1.90%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.90%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.90%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 3 (1.43%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.43%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.43%) Impala
Development Applications
1 81 (38.57%) JIRA
2 60 (28.57%) Git
3 57 (27.14%) Jenkins
4 38 (18.10%) GitLab
5 23 (10.95%) JUnit
6 17 (8.10%) Maven
6 17 (8.10%) Mockito
7 15 (7.14%) SonarQube
8 14 (6.67%) Bitbucket
9 11 (5.24%) DbUnit
9 11 (5.24%) jMock
10 9 (4.29%) Bitbucket Server
11 8 (3.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (2.38%) Selenium
13 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.95%) REST Assured
14 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
14 1 (0.48%) Gatling
14 1 (0.48%) MSI
14 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 60 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.19%) Public Sector
3 29 (13.81%) Finance
4 27 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (3.33%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.43%) Banking
6 3 (1.43%) Electronics
6 3 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.95%) Advertising
7 2 (0.95%) Aeronautics
7 2 (0.95%) Law
7 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.95%) Retail
8 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 52 (24.76%) Data Engineer
2 36 (17.14%) Scrum Master
3 23 (10.95%) Developer
4 22 (10.48%) Project Manager
5 19 (9.05%) Java Developer
6 15 (7.14%) Architect
7 14 (6.67%) Senior
8 13 (6.19%) Lead
9 10 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (4.29%) Analyst
10 9 (4.29%) Business Analyst
10 9 (4.29%) SAS Engineer
11 8 (3.81%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 7 (3.33%) Data Architect
12 7 (3.33%) Data Manager
12 7 (3.33%) Software Engineer
13 6 (2.86%) Senior Developer
13 6 (2.86%) Test Automation Specialist
13 6 (2.86%) Test Specialist
14 5 (2.38%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.86%) Spring
2 24 (11.43%) Spring Boot
3 23 (10.95%) REST
4 17 (8.10%) JPA
4 17 (8.10%) SOAP
5 16 (7.62%) Web Services
6 15 (7.14%) AngularJS
6 15 (7.14%) Hibernate
7 14 (6.67%) ActiveMQ
7 14 (6.67%) Spring Batch
7 14 (6.67%) Spring Cloud
7 14 (6.67%) Spring Integration
8 11 (5.24%) Node.js
8 11 (5.24%) PowerMock
9 10 (4.76%) RESTful
10 9 (4.29%) Bootstrap
11 6 (2.86%) AWS CDK
12 5 (2.38%) Middleware
13 3 (1.43%) Ajax
13 3 (1.43%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.38%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.19%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.33%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.38%) CMDB
5 5 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.43%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.48%) FPGA
8 1 (0.48%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.48%) MicroBlaze
8 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.48%) Verilog
8 1 (0.48%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.90%) Linux
2 7 (3.33%) Unix
3 6 (2.86%) Windows
4 5 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.48%) Android
5 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (84.76%) Agile
2 90 (42.86%) DevOps
3 84 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 62 (29.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 54 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (24.29%) Analytics
7 51 (24.29%) ETL
8 45 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 43 (20.48%) Data Modelling
9 43 (20.48%) Kanban
10 41 (19.52%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (18.10%) Data Pipeline
11 38 (18.10%) Project Management
12 35 (16.67%) Containerisation
13 34 (16.19%) Data Analytics
14 33 (15.71%) Data Virtualisation
15 31 (14.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 28 (13.33%) Microservices
17 27 (12.86%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 79 (37.62%) SQL
2 31 (14.76%) Java
3 10 (4.76%) Python
4 8 (3.81%) Perl
4 8 (3.81%) Shell Script
5 5 (2.38%) MATLAB
5 5 (2.38%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.43%) HiveQL
6 3 (1.43%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.95%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.48%) Bash
8 1 (0.48%) C
8 1 (0.48%) C#
8 1 (0.48%) C++
8 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.48%) Swift
8 1 (0.48%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 114 (54.29%) Security Cleared
2 103 (49.05%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.10%) Degree
4 12 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (4.29%) AWS Certification
5 9 (4.29%) SAFe Agilist
6 6 (2.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.38%) CCNA
7 5 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.38%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.38%) PMP
8 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.43%) CISM
9 3 (1.43%) CISSP
9 3 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.67%) QA
3 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.90%) FATCA
4 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (0.95%) GDPR
5 2 (0.95%) ISO 19650
5 2 (0.95%) WCAG
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
6 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) PMO
6 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (28.10%) Docker
2 10 (4.76%) Postfix
3 3 (1.43%) HDFS
4 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (22.86%) Kubernetes
2 21 (10.00%) Grafana
3 17 (8.10%) Terraform
4 4 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.43%) Ansible
5 3 (1.43%) Kibana
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (21.90%) Oracle
2 38 (18.10%) Talend
3 30 (14.29%) Denodo
4 22 (10.48%) Atlassian
5 20 (9.52%) Microsoft
6 15 (7.14%) Informatica
7 14 (6.67%) Jaspersoft
8 9 (4.29%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.38%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.90%) Pega
10 4 (1.90%) Remedy
10 4 (1.90%) Sage
11 3 (1.43%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.95%) OneLogin
12 2 (0.95%) SAP
13 1 (0.48%) Cadence
13 1 (0.48%) Google
13 1 (0.48%) IBM
13 1 (0.48%) NetApp
13 1 (0.48%) VMware