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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 36 46
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 -16
Contract jobs citing Scrum 216 75 72
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 6.40% 4.91% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.48% 5.52% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 44 56
10th Percentile £413 £352 £354
25th Percentile £455 £425 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £525 £503 £625
90th Percentile £588 £600 £688
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £33.69 - -
25th Percentile £43.28 - -
Median hourly rate £59.50 - £32.28
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £64.15 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.35% -12.69% -

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 2,887 1,358 1,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.59% 88.82% 81.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,893 858 1,112
10th Percentile £313 £206 £275
25th Percentile £405 £371 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £669 £731
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 88 113
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.12
25th Percentile £20.31 £13.76 £14.13
Median hourly rate £33.99 £24.28 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +39.99% +21.70% -20.20%
75th Percentile £60.37 £34.16 £37.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +16 118 £492 -2.81% 14
Solihull 0 27 £463 +10.12% 2
Birmingham -27 25 £475 -0.84% 9
Warwickshire -19 21 £563 +25.00% 4
Coventry -11 16 £460 +15.72% 1
Worcestershire - 6 - -
Staffordshire - 3 £320 - 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 54 (25.00%) Confluence
2 46 (21.30%) SAS
3 5 (2.31%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.85%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.46%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.46%) Primavera
2 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 67 (31.02%) AWS
2 34 (15.74%) Amazon S3
2 34 (15.74%) Azure
3 33 (15.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 30 (13.89%) Amazon EC2
5 18 (8.33%) Amazon SQS
5 18 (8.33%) Route 53
6 17 (7.87%) AWS KMS
6 17 (7.87%) Serverless
7 15 (6.94%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (6.94%) GitHub
8 14 (6.48%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (6.48%) Power Platform
9 13 (6.02%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 11 (5.09%) AWS CodePipeline
12 10 (4.63%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.39%) Network Security
2 1 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (16.20%) Pentaho
2 21 (9.72%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (9.72%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (9.26%) DynamoDB
4 17 (7.87%) Amazon Aurora
5 11 (5.09%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (4.17%) Metadata
6 9 (4.17%) Power BI
7 6 (2.78%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (2.78%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (2.78%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.31%) Metadata Repository
8 5 (2.31%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.85%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.85%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 4 (1.85%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.39%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.39%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.39%) Impala
10 3 (1.39%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 82 (37.96%) JIRA
2 59 (27.31%) Jenkins
3 56 (25.93%) Git
4 47 (21.76%) GitLab
5 28 (12.96%) JUnit
6 21 (9.72%) Maven
6 21 (9.72%) Mockito
7 19 (8.80%) SonarQube
8 17 (7.87%) Bitbucket
9 13 (6.02%) DbUnit
9 13 (6.02%) jMock
10 11 (5.09%) Bitbucket Server
11 8 (3.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (3.70%) Selenium
12 3 (1.39%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.93%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.93%) Gatling
13 2 (0.93%) Postman
13 2 (0.93%) Protractor
13 2 (0.93%) REST Assured
General
1 72 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 49 (22.69%) Public Sector
3 31 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.26%) Finance
5 6 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.39%) Electronics
7 3 (1.39%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.93%) Advertising
8 2 (0.93%) Banking
8 2 (0.93%) Billing
8 2 (0.93%) Law
8 2 (0.93%) Retail
9 1 (0.46%) Automotive
9 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.46%) Local Government
9 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (22.22%) Data Engineer
2 38 (17.59%) Scrum Master
3 30 (13.89%) Developer
4 23 (10.65%) Java Developer
5 21 (9.72%) Senior
6 17 (7.87%) Lead
7 16 (7.41%) Analyst
8 15 (6.94%) Business Analyst
9 12 (5.56%) Architect
9 12 (5.56%) Project Manager
10 11 (5.09%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (3.70%) Senior Developer
12 7 (3.24%) Data Architect
12 7 (3.24%) Software Engineer
13 6 (2.78%) AWS DevOps
13 6 (2.78%) SAS Engineer
13 6 (2.78%) Senior Java Developer
13 6 (2.78%) Test Automation Specialist
13 6 (2.78%) Test Specialist
14 5 (2.31%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (14.81%) Spring
2 29 (13.43%) Spring Boot
3 23 (10.65%) REST
4 21 (9.72%) JPA
5 20 (9.26%) SOAP
6 19 (8.80%) Web Services
7 18 (8.33%) AngularJS
8 17 (7.87%) ActiveMQ
8 17 (7.87%) Hibernate
8 17 (7.87%) Spring Batch
8 17 (7.87%) Spring Integration
9 16 (7.41%) Spring Cloud
10 13 (6.02%) Node.js
10 13 (6.02%) PowerMock
11 12 (5.56%) RESTful
12 11 (5.09%) Bootstrap
13 10 (4.63%) AWS CDK
13 10 (4.63%) JSON
14 4 (1.85%) Gherkin
14 4 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.13%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.24%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.39%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.93%) BYOD
7 2 (0.93%) CMDB
7 2 (0.93%) Data Fabric
7 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.93%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.50%) Linux
2 7 (3.24%) Unix
3 6 (2.78%) Windows
4 5 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.46%) Android
5 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (82.87%) Agile
2 95 (43.98%) DevOps
3 93 (43.06%) CI/CD
4 69 (31.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 65 (30.09%) Test Automation
6 53 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (22.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 48 (22.22%) ETL
8 48 (22.22%) Kanban
9 43 (19.91%) Analytics
9 43 (19.91%) Containerisation
10 39 (18.06%) Data Modelling
11 37 (17.13%) Business Intelligence
12 34 (15.74%) Data Pipeline
13 33 (15.28%) Sprint Planning
14 32 (14.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 31 (14.35%) Microservices
16 30 (13.89%) Data Analytics
17 29 (13.43%) TDD
18 28 (12.96%) Data Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 76 (35.19%) SQL
2 38 (17.59%) Java
3 10 (4.63%) Python
4 9 (4.17%) Shell Script
5 8 (3.70%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.78%) Perl
7 5 (2.31%) C#
8 4 (1.85%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.85%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.39%) HiveQL
9 3 (1.39%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.93%) Bash
11 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.46%) Swift
11 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 123 (56.94%) Security Cleared
2 111 (51.39%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (5.56%) Degree
5 11 (5.09%) AWS Certification
5 11 (5.09%) SAFe Agilist
6 9 (4.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.31%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.31%) CCNA
7 5 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.31%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.39%) CISM
9 3 (1.39%) CISSP
10 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.93%) PMP
11 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.19%) Data Quality
2 19 (8.80%) QA
3 13 (6.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.31%) WCAG
5 4 (1.85%) FATCA
5 4 (1.85%) GDPR
6 3 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.93%) PMO
8 1 (0.46%) GRC
8 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (28.70%) Docker
2 11 (5.09%) Postfix
3 3 (1.39%) HDFS
4 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 45 (20.83%) Kubernetes
2 24 (11.11%) Grafana
3 21 (9.72%) Terraform
4 5 (2.31%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.85%) Ansible
5 4 (1.85%) Kibana
6 1 (0.46%) Argo
6 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.46%) Istio
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.46%) Puppet
Vendors
1 43 (19.91%) Oracle
2 35 (16.20%) Talend
3 24 (11.11%) Denodo
3 24 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 21 (9.72%) Atlassian
5 18 (8.33%) Informatica
6 17 (7.87%) Jaspersoft
7 6 (2.78%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.31%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.85%) Pega
9 4 (1.85%) Remedy
9 4 (1.85%) Sage
10 3 (1.39%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.39%) Google
11 1 (0.46%) Actian
11 1 (0.46%) CA Agile Central
11 1 (0.46%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.46%) Okta
11 1 (0.46%) Splunk
11 1 (0.46%) Workday