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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 49 61
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 -47
Contract jobs citing Scrum 135 70 60
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 6.75% 3.72% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 4.48% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 45 43
10th Percentile £403 £353 £363
25th Percentile £450 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% +3.16% -11.21%
75th Percentile £562 £600 £579
90th Percentile £625 £619 £688
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 £68.51 £65.00
% change year-on-year -19.72% +5.40% -

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 1,814 1,564 1,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.65% 83.01% 84.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,149 988 1,098
10th Percentile £263 £231 £263
25th Percentile £400 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £614 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 39 57
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.61 £16.28
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.34 £26.13 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% -5.00% +55.19%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -2 65 £519 +44.10% 15
Warwickshire 0 22 £450 -23.86% 5
Birmingham +10 20 £475 +5.56% 12
Coventry +3 15 £613 +25.64% 5
Solihull - 9 £345 - 1
Worcestershire -7 4 £600 +20.00% 3
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 41 (30.37%) SAS
2 8 (5.93%) WebLogic
3 7 (5.19%) Apache
3 7 (5.19%) Confluence
3 7 (5.19%) JBoss
4 3 (2.22%) Drupal
4 3 (2.22%) PowerFactory
5 2 (1.48%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.48%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.74%) CMS
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.74%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.74%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.74%) Moqups
4 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) SAP HR
1 4 (2.96%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.19%) AWS
2 18 (13.33%) Azure
3 10 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
3 10 (7.41%) Amazon S3
4 9 (6.67%) Amazon SQS
4 9 (6.67%) GCP
4 9 (6.67%) OpenShift
5 8 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.19%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (4.44%) AWS KMS
7 6 (4.44%) Power Platform
7 6 (4.44%) Route 53
8 5 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.48%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.48%) GitHub
10 2 (1.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.70%) Firewall
2 3 (2.22%) VPN
3 2 (1.48%) BGP
3 2 (1.48%) DHCP
3 2 (1.48%) DNS
3 2 (1.48%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.48%) HTTP
3 2 (1.48%) IPsec
3 2 (1.48%) Network Security
3 2 (1.48%) OSPF
3 2 (1.48%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (1.48%) SSL
3 2 (1.48%) TACACS
3 2 (1.48%) VLAN
3 2 (1.48%) Wireless
4 1 (0.74%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (20.74%) Pentaho
2 17 (12.59%) Oracle Database
3 14 (10.37%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 13 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (8.15%) MongoDB
6 10 (7.41%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (6.67%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (5.19%) DynamoDB
9 5 (3.70%) Metadata
9 5 (3.70%) Power BI
10 4 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.96%) Metadata Repository
10 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.48%) MySQL
11 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
11 2 (1.48%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
12 1 (0.74%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 64 (47.41%) Git
2 53 (39.26%) JIRA
3 47 (34.81%) Jenkins
4 30 (22.22%) JUnit
5 24 (17.78%) Selenium
6 15 (11.11%) GitLab
6 15 (11.11%) Maven
7 11 (8.15%) Mockito
8 9 (6.67%) SonarQube
9 8 (5.93%) Cucumber
10 7 (5.19%) Eclipse
10 7 (5.19%) IntelliJ
11 4 (2.96%) Bitbucket Server
11 4 (2.96%) DbUnit
11 4 (2.96%) jMock
12 2 (1.48%) TestPartner
12 2 (1.48%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.74%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.74%) Postman
13 1 (0.74%) REST Assured
General
1 51 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 13 (9.63%) Finance
4 8 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.96%) Banking
7 4 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.22%) Legal
9 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Retail
10 1 (0.74%) Advertising
10 1 (0.74%) Automotive
10 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (17.04%) Developer
2 16 (11.85%) Java Developer
3 15 (11.11%) Scrum Master
4 11 (8.15%) Architect
5 10 (7.41%) Data Engineer
6 8 (5.93%) Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) Lead
6 8 (5.93%) Test Specialist
7 6 (4.44%) Data Architect
7 6 (4.44%) Product Owner
7 6 (4.44%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.70%) Senior
9 4 (2.96%) Integration Engineer
9 4 (2.96%) Lead Developer
9 4 (2.96%) Salesforce Architect
9 4 (2.96%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 4 (2.96%) SAS Engineer
9 4 (2.96%) Software Engineer
9 4 (2.96%) Technical Architect
9 4 (2.96%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (19.26%) REST
2 24 (17.78%) Spring
3 17 (12.59%) SOAP
3 17 (12.59%) Spring Boot
4 15 (11.11%) HTML
4 15 (11.11%) JSON
5 13 (9.63%) Hibernate
5 13 (9.63%) JPA
6 11 (8.15%) Web Services
7 10 (7.41%) RESTful
8 9 (6.67%) ActiveMQ
9 8 (5.93%) HTML5
9 8 (5.93%) pytest
10 7 (5.19%) AngularJS
10 7 (5.19%) EJB
10 7 (5.19%) J2EE
10 7 (5.19%) J2SE
10 7 (5.19%) Play Framework
10 7 (5.19%) React
10 7 (5.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.56%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (5.19%) SCADA
3 3 (2.22%) Client/Server
3 3 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.74%) Animation
5 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.74%) PDA
5 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.41%) Linux
2 7 (5.19%) Unix
3 3 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.22%) Windows
3 3 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Android
4 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (92.59%) Agile
2 70 (51.85%) DevOps
3 59 (43.70%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (41.48%) CI/CD
5 47 (34.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (31.85%) Analytics
7 41 (30.37%) Data Modelling
8 39 (28.89%) Test Automation
9 36 (26.67%) Data Pipeline
10 33 (24.44%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (24.44%) ETL
11 32 (23.70%) Deployment Automation
12 28 (20.74%) Data Virtualisation
13 27 (20.00%) Data Analytics
13 27 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 26 (19.26%) Data Integration
15 25 (18.52%) Microservices
16 23 (17.04%) Business Analytics
16 23 (17.04%) Sprint Planning
17 21 (15.56%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 46 (34.07%) SQL
2 29 (21.48%) Java
3 14 (10.37%) Python
4 9 (6.67%) Scala
5 6 (4.44%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.96%) Apex Code
6 4 (2.96%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.22%) Bash
7 3 (2.22%) C#
7 3 (2.22%) VBScript
8 2 (1.48%) PHP
8 2 (1.48%) Ruby
8 2 (1.48%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.74%) C
9 1 (0.74%) Go
9 1 (0.74%) Groovy
9 1 (0.74%) Korn
9 1 (0.74%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 51 (37.78%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.89%) Degree
4 4 (2.96%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.48%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.48%) PMP
5 2 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.67%) QA
3 7 (5.19%) WCAG
4 5 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.96%) PMO
6 1 (0.74%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.74%) GDPR
6 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.74%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.74%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.74%) NCSC
6 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (45.19%) Docker
2 4 (2.96%) Postfix
3 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 49 (36.30%) Kubernetes
2 13 (9.63%) Grafana
3 8 (5.93%) Puppet
4 7 (5.19%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.70%) Kibana
6 2 (1.48%) Nagios
6 2 (1.48%) Terraform
7 1 (0.74%) Ansible
7 1 (0.74%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.74%) Podman
7 1 (0.74%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 43 (31.85%) Oracle
2 28 (20.74%) Denodo
2 28 (20.74%) Talend
3 14 (10.37%) Microsoft
4 10 (7.41%) Salesforce
5 8 (5.93%) webMethods
6 5 (3.70%) Atlassian
6 5 (3.70%) Google
6 5 (3.70%) SAP
6 5 (3.70%) VMware
7 4 (2.96%) Cisco
7 4 (2.96%) Jaspersoft
8 3 (2.22%) DIgSILENT
8 3 (2.22%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.48%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.48%) Arista
9 2 (1.48%) Juniper
9 2 (1.48%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.48%) Splunk
10 1 (0.74%) Sitecore