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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 50 60
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 -46
Contract jobs citing Scrum 143 64 54
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 6.25% 3.81% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.19% 4.42% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 36 34
10th Percentile £416 £378 £395
25th Percentile £463 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% -5.71% -2.42%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £583
90th Percentile £628 £612 £684
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.28 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% -

All Process and 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 1,988 1,449 1,538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.93% 86.35% 84.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,257 909 1,032
10th Percentile £263 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £582 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 50 51
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.14
25th Percentile £16.10 £16.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -5.24% +29.94%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.70 £53.13
90th Percentile £36.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +22.56%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 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
Shropshire +5 81 £515 +8.88% 23
Warwickshire -3 25 £550 +10.00% 10
Coventry -6 13 £616 +29.74% 14
Birmingham -5 12 £475 +5.56% 14
Worcestershire -10 7 £575 +15.00% 13
Solihull - 2 £345 -
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 11
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 46 (32.17%) SAS
2 9 (6.29%) WebLogic
3 8 (5.59%) Apache
3 8 (5.59%) Confluence
3 8 (5.59%) JBoss
4 3 (2.10%) Drupal
4 3 (2.10%) PowerFactory
5 1 (0.70%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.70%) CMS
5 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.70%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.70%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.70%) Moqups
4 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.80%) SAP HR
1 4 (2.80%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.70%) Maximo
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.38%) AWS
2 14 (9.79%) Azure
3 10 (6.99%) OpenShift
4 8 (5.59%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.50%) GCP
7 3 (2.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.40%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.40%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.40%) SaaS
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.70%) Datadog
9 1 (0.70%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) Firewall
1 1 (0.70%) SMS
1 1 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (23.08%) Pentaho
2 17 (11.89%) Oracle Database
3 14 (9.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 13 (9.09%) MongoDB
5 7 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.50%) Metadata
7 4 (2.80%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.10%) MySQL
8 3 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.40%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.40%) Power BI
9 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.40%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 2 (1.40%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.70%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 63 (44.06%) Git
2 55 (38.46%) JIRA
3 42 (29.37%) Jenkins
4 25 (17.48%) Selenium
5 24 (16.78%) JUnit
6 16 (11.19%) GitLab
7 8 (5.59%) Cucumber
7 8 (5.59%) Eclipse
7 8 (5.59%) IntelliJ
8 7 (4.90%) Maven
9 6 (4.20%) Mockito
10 2 (1.40%) TestPartner
11 1 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.70%) Gatling
11 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 54 (37.76%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.19%) Public Sector
3 14 (9.79%) Finance
4 9 (6.29%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.50%) Banking
7 5 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.80%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.10%) Legal
10 2 (1.40%) Aeronautics
10 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Advertising
11 1 (0.70%) Marketing
11 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (16.08%) Scrum Master
2 17 (11.89%) Data Engineer
3 14 (9.79%) Developer
3 14 (9.79%) Project Manager
4 13 (9.09%) Architect
5 8 (5.59%) Test Specialist
6 7 (4.90%) Java Developer
7 6 (4.20%) SAS Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Analyst
8 5 (3.50%) Data Architect
8 5 (3.50%) Delivery Manager
8 5 (3.50%) Java Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Senior
8 5 (3.50%) Technical Architect
9 4 (2.80%) Agile Project Manager
9 4 (2.80%) Integration Engineer
9 4 (2.80%) Lead
9 4 (2.80%) Salesforce Architect
9 4 (2.80%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 4 (2.80%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.59%) REST
2 16 (11.19%) HTML
2 16 (11.19%) JSON
2 16 (11.19%) Spring
3 9 (6.29%) Hibernate
3 9 (6.29%) HTML5
4 8 (5.59%) EJB
4 8 (5.59%) J2EE
4 8 (5.59%) J2SE
4 8 (5.59%) Play Framework
4 8 (5.59%) pytest
4 8 (5.59%) SOAP
4 8 (5.59%) Spring Boot
4 8 (5.59%) XML
5 6 (4.20%) Gherkin
5 6 (4.20%) JPA
5 6 (4.20%) Playwright
5 6 (4.20%) React
6 5 (3.50%) OAuth
6 5 (3.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.49%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.10%) Client/Server
2 3 (2.10%) CMDB
2 3 (2.10%) SCADA
3 2 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.70%) Animation
4 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.70%) FPGA
4 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.70%) MicroBlaze
4 1 (0.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.70%) PDA
4 1 (0.70%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.70%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.59%) Linux
1 8 (5.59%) Unix
2 4 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.10%) Windows
3 3 (2.10%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.70%) Android
4 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (90.91%) Agile
2 67 (46.85%) DevOps
3 65 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (37.76%) CI/CD
5 53 (37.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (34.97%) Analytics
7 48 (33.57%) Data Modelling
8 43 (30.07%) Test Automation
9 41 (28.67%) Data Pipeline
10 39 (27.27%) ETL
11 36 (25.17%) Business Intelligence
11 36 (25.17%) Deployment Automation
12 32 (22.38%) Data Virtualisation
13 30 (20.98%) Data Integration
13 30 (20.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (20.28%) Data Analytics
15 25 (17.48%) Business Analytics
16 23 (16.08%) Project Management
16 23 (16.08%) Sprint Planning
17 19 (13.29%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 50 (34.97%) SQL
2 21 (14.69%) Java
3 15 (10.49%) Python
4 9 (6.29%) Scala
5 4 (2.80%) Apex Code
5 4 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.10%) Perl
6 3 (2.10%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.10%) VBScript
7 2 (1.40%) Bash
7 2 (1.40%) C#
7 2 (1.40%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.40%) PHP
7 2 (1.40%) Ruby
8 1 (0.70%) C
8 1 (0.70%) C++
8 1 (0.70%) Go
8 1 (0.70%) Groovy
8 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (42.66%) Security Cleared
2 52 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 16 (11.19%) Degree
4 5 (3.50%) PMI Certification
4 5 (3.50%) PMP
4 5 (3.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (2.80%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.70%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.99%) QA
3 7 (4.90%) WCAG
4 5 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.10%) ISO 19650
5 3 (2.10%) PMO
6 1 (0.70%) GDPR
6 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.70%) NCSC
6 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 55 (38.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 54 (37.76%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.29%) Puppet
3 6 (4.20%) Grafana
3 6 (4.20%) Kibana
4 2 (1.40%) Terraform
5 1 (0.70%) Ansible
5 1 (0.70%) Podman
5 1 (0.70%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (34.27%) Oracle
2 33 (23.08%) Denodo
2 33 (23.08%) Talend
3 10 (6.99%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.59%) webMethods
5 5 (3.50%) SAP
5 5 (3.50%) VMware
6 4 (2.80%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.10%) DIgSILENT
7 3 (2.10%) Google
7 3 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.40%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.40%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.70%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.70%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.70%) Okta
9 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.70%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.70%) Splunk