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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 36 47
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 -27
Contract jobs citing Scrum 217 67 64
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 7.23% 4.98% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.60% 5.61% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 41 44
10th Percentile £419 £410 £358
25th Percentile £456 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £531
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% -8.95% -1.76%
75th Percentile £540 £525 £650
90th Percentile £585 £600 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +0.05% -7.41% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.75 - -
Median hourly rate £63.50 - -
75th Percentile £65.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 2,523 1,194 1,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.02% 88.71% 83.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,665 805 1,064
10th Percentile £305 £200 £275
25th Percentile £402 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +1.01% -1.98%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £601
90th Percentile £650 £688 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 54 117
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.36 £11.10
25th Percentile £17.09 £14.55 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.72% -20.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £71.37 £34.63 £57.25
England median hourly rate £38.25 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +17.69% -1.52% -12.00%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +11 133 £500 +2.04% 8
Warwickshire -7 28 £563 +12.50% 6
Birmingham -10 24 £475 -0.84% 11
Solihull -2 14 £463 +10.12% 3
Worcestershire - 9 £475 - 1
Coventry -24 6 £508 +6.84% 1
Staffordshire +1 3 £320 -5.19% 1
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 71 (32.72%) SAS
2 37 (17.05%) Confluence
3 9 (4.15%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.84%) Apache
4 4 (1.84%) JBoss
5 3 (1.38%) Drupal
5 3 (1.38%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.46%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.46%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Maximo
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 51 (23.50%) AWS
2 21 (9.68%) Azure
3 15 (6.91%) Amazon S3
4 14 (6.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 14 (6.45%) Amazon EC2
5 12 (5.53%) Amazon SQS
5 12 (5.53%) OpenShift
6 11 (5.07%) AWS KMS
6 11 (5.07%) Route 53
7 7 (3.23%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.30%) GitHub
9 5 (2.30%) Serverless
10 4 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.84%) GCP
10 4 (1.84%) SaaS
11 3 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.38%) Network Security
2 2 (0.92%) VPN
3 1 (0.46%) Firewall
3 1 (0.46%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (18.43%) Pentaho
2 18 (8.29%) Oracle Database
3 17 (7.83%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (6.91%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 14 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (5.99%) MongoDB
7 12 (5.53%) Metadata
8 11 (5.07%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (5.07%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (5.07%) DynamoDB
9 9 (4.15%) Metadata Repository
10 6 (2.76%) MySQL
10 6 (2.76%) Power BI
11 4 (1.84%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.38%) Apache Hive
12 3 (1.38%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (1.38%) Hadoop
12 3 (1.38%) Impala
12 3 (1.38%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 84 (38.71%) Git
2 79 (36.41%) JIRA
3 66 (30.41%) Jenkins
4 37 (17.05%) JUnit
5 35 (16.13%) GitLab
6 23 (10.60%) Selenium
7 19 (8.76%) Maven
7 19 (8.76%) Mockito
8 12 (5.53%) SonarQube
9 9 (4.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (4.15%) Bitbucket
9 9 (4.15%) DbUnit
9 9 (4.15%) jMock
10 8 (3.69%) Cucumber
11 7 (3.23%) Bitbucket Server
12 4 (1.84%) Eclipse
12 4 (1.84%) IntelliJ
13 3 (1.38%) REST Assured
14 1 (0.46%) MSI
14 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 74 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 31 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 29 (13.36%) Finance
4 22 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.38%) Advertising
7 3 (1.38%) Banking
7 3 (1.38%) Electronics
8 2 (0.92%) Aeronautics
8 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.92%) Retail
9 1 (0.46%) Law
9 1 (0.46%) Legal
Job Titles
1 46 (21.20%) Data Engineer
2 30 (13.82%) Scrum Master
3 28 (12.90%) Developer
4 23 (10.60%) Project Manager
5 20 (9.22%) Java Developer
6 19 (8.76%) Architect
7 14 (6.45%) Test Specialist
8 13 (5.99%) Lead
9 12 (5.53%) Data Architect
10 11 (5.07%) SAS Engineer
11 10 (4.61%) Senior
12 9 (4.15%) Test Automation Specialist
13 7 (3.23%) Data Manager
13 7 (3.23%) Senior Developer
13 7 (3.23%) Software Engineer
14 6 (2.76%) Analyst
14 6 (2.76%) Business Analyst
14 6 (2.76%) Java Engineer
14 6 (2.76%) Senior Java Developer
15 5 (2.30%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (15.67%) Spring
2 30 (13.82%) REST
3 27 (12.44%) Spring Boot
4 19 (8.76%) JPA
5 17 (7.83%) SOAP
6 16 (7.37%) Hibernate
6 16 (7.37%) Web Services
7 12 (5.53%) AngularJS
8 11 (5.07%) ActiveMQ
8 11 (5.07%) HTML
8 11 (5.07%) JSON
8 11 (5.07%) Node.js
8 11 (5.07%) pytest
8 11 (5.07%) RESTful
8 11 (5.07%) Spring Batch
8 11 (5.07%) Spring Cloud
8 11 (5.07%) Spring Integration
9 9 (4.15%) PowerMock
10 8 (3.69%) Gherkin
11 7 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.83%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.30%) CMDB
3 5 (2.30%) Data Centre
3 5 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.38%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.46%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.46%) FPGA
6 1 (0.46%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) SCADA
6 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.98%) Linux
2 10 (4.61%) Unix
3 6 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.76%) Windows
4 1 (0.46%) Android
4 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (85.71%) Agile
2 95 (43.78%) DevOps
3 91 (41.94%) CI/CD
4 74 (34.10%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (31.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (29.49%) Analytics
7 63 (29.03%) Test Automation
8 55 (25.35%) Data Modelling
9 52 (23.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 50 (23.04%) Business Intelligence
11 49 (22.58%) Data Pipeline
12 48 (22.12%) ETL
13 39 (17.97%) Data Virtualisation
14 38 (17.51%) Containerisation
14 38 (17.51%) Data Analytics
14 38 (17.51%) Project Management
15 36 (16.59%) Deployment Automation
15 36 (16.59%) Kanban
16 35 (16.13%) Microservices
17 34 (15.67%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 79 (36.41%) SQL
2 41 (18.89%) Java
3 17 (7.83%) Python
4 10 (4.61%) Shell Script
5 9 (4.15%) Perl
6 5 (2.30%) MATLAB
6 5 (2.30%) Scala
7 4 (1.84%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.84%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.38%) HiveQL
8 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.92%) Bash
9 2 (0.92%) PHP
9 2 (0.92%) Ruby
10 1 (0.46%) C
10 1 (0.46%) C#
10 1 (0.46%) C++
10 1 (0.46%) Groovy
10 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 120 (55.30%) Security Cleared
2 109 (50.23%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.29%) Degree
4 8 (3.69%) AWS Certification
4 8 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.30%) CCNA
5 5 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.30%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.30%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.30%) PMP
6 4 (1.84%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.84%) SAFe Agilist
7 3 (1.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (1.38%) CISM
7 3 (1.38%) CISSP
7 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.05%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.53%) QA
3 8 (3.69%) WCAG
4 4 (1.84%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.92%) GDPR
6 2 (0.92%) ISO 19650
6 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.46%) NCSC
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (34.10%) Docker
2 8 (3.69%) Postfix
3 3 (1.38%) HDFS
4 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 73 (33.64%) Kubernetes
2 20 (9.22%) Grafana
3 10 (4.61%) Terraform
4 8 (3.69%) Kibana
5 4 (1.84%) Puppet
6 3 (1.38%) Ansible
6 3 (1.38%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (25.81%) Oracle
2 40 (18.43%) Talend
3 36 (16.59%) Denodo
4 20 (9.22%) Atlassian
4 20 (9.22%) Microsoft
5 11 (5.07%) Jaspersoft
6 7 (3.23%) Informatica
7 6 (2.76%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.76%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.84%) Remedy
8 4 (1.84%) webMethods
9 3 (1.38%) Google
9 3 (1.38%) Pega
10 2 (0.92%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.92%) OneLogin
10 2 (0.92%) SAP
11 1 (0.46%) Actian
11 1 (0.46%) CA Agile Central
11 1 (0.46%) Okta
11 1 (0.46%) Workday