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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 38 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 -29
Contract jobs citing Scrum 196 61 70
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 7.22% 4.34% 3.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% 4.83% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 35 40
10th Percentile £421 £411 £369
25th Percentile £462 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £505
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -4.36% -6.48%
75th Percentile £560 £525 £586
90th Percentile £600 £601 £676
England median daily rate £500 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -0.09%

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 2,315 1,263 1,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.33% 89.89% 84.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,520 801 1,039
10th Percentile £300 £210 £273
25th Percentile £402 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 52 108
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.52 £11.81
25th Percentile £16.10 £15.22 £15.83
Median hourly rate £21.46 £20.12 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.66% -12.52% +29.87%
75th Percentile £27.21 £30.95 £47.81
90th Percentile £37.45 £41.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £34.25
% change year-on-year -21.43% +2.19% -2.14%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 +12 121 £503 +5.50% 11
Warwickshire -9 28 £550 +10.00% 3
Birmingham -7 22 £475 - 12
Coventry -15 9 £560 +17.89% 2
Solihull -3 8 £358 -14.76% 7
Worcestershire - 7 £475 - 4
Staffordshire -3 1 - - 2
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 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 63 (32.14%) SAS
2 25 (12.76%) Confluence
3 13 (6.63%) WebLogic
4 8 (4.08%) Apache
4 8 (4.08%) JBoss
5 3 (1.53%) Drupal
5 3 (1.53%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.51%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Maximo
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.94%) AWS
2 16 (8.16%) Azure
3 12 (6.12%) OpenShift
4 9 (4.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 9 (4.59%) Amazon EC2
4 9 (4.59%) Amazon S3
4 9 (4.59%) Amazon SQS
4 9 (4.59%) AWS KMS
4 9 (4.59%) Route 53
5 8 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.55%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.04%) GCP
9 3 (1.53%) SaaS
10 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.02%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.02%) GitHub
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.53%) Network Security
2 1 (0.51%) Firewall
2 1 (0.51%) SMS
2 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (20.92%) Pentaho
2 21 (10.71%) Oracle Database
3 18 (9.18%) MongoDB
3 18 (9.18%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 14 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (6.12%) Metadata
6 9 (4.59%) Amazon Aurora
6 9 (4.59%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (4.59%) DynamoDB
6 9 (4.59%) Metadata Repository
7 6 (3.06%) MySQL
8 5 (2.55%) Power BI
9 3 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.53%) Apache Hive
9 3 (1.53%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.53%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.53%) Impala
9 3 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.53%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 86 (43.88%) Git
2 63 (32.14%) JIRA
3 61 (31.12%) Jenkins
4 40 (20.41%) JUnit
5 31 (15.82%) GitLab
6 28 (14.29%) Selenium
7 17 (8.67%) Maven
7 17 (8.67%) Mockito
8 10 (5.10%) SonarQube
9 9 (4.59%) Cucumber
10 8 (4.08%) Eclipse
10 8 (4.08%) IntelliJ
11 7 (3.57%) DbUnit
11 7 (3.57%) jMock
12 6 (3.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (2.55%) Bitbucket Server
14 3 (1.53%) Bitbucket
15 2 (1.02%) Gatling
15 2 (1.02%) REST Assured
16 1 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 64 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.78%) Public Sector
3 26 (13.27%) Finance
4 15 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.55%) Banking
7 5 (2.55%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.53%) Retail
9 2 (1.02%) Advertising
9 2 (1.02%) Aeronautics
9 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Electronics
10 1 (0.51%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (19.90%) Data Engineer
2 27 (13.78%) Developer
3 25 (12.76%) Scrum Master
4 20 (10.20%) Project Manager
5 18 (9.18%) Java Developer
6 16 (8.16%) Architect
7 12 (6.12%) Data Architect
8 11 (5.61%) Test Specialist
9 9 (4.59%) SAS Engineer
9 9 (4.59%) Software Engineer
10 8 (4.08%) Senior
11 7 (3.57%) Java Engineer
11 7 (3.57%) Lead
12 6 (3.06%) Test Automation Specialist
13 5 (2.55%) Analyst
13 5 (2.55%) Business Analyst
13 5 (2.55%) Data Manager
13 5 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
13 5 (2.55%) Denodo Engineer
13 5 (2.55%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (17.86%) Spring
2 29 (14.80%) REST
3 24 (12.24%) Spring Boot
4 18 (9.18%) Hibernate
5 17 (8.67%) JPA
5 17 (8.67%) SOAP
6 16 (8.16%) JSON
7 15 (7.65%) HTML
8 13 (6.63%) Web Services
9 11 (5.61%) pytest
10 10 (5.10%) AngularJS
10 10 (5.10%) Node.js
11 9 (4.59%) ActiveMQ
11 9 (4.59%) RESTful
11 9 (4.59%) Spring Batch
11 9 (4.59%) Spring Cloud
11 9 (4.59%) Spring Integration
12 8 (4.08%) Gherkin
12 8 (4.08%) HTML5
12 8 (4.08%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.10%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.55%) CMDB
3 5 (2.55%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.53%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.51%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.51%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.51%) MicroBlaze
7 1 (0.51%) RISC-V
7 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.51%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.20%) Linux
2 11 (5.61%) Unix
3 6 (3.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.04%) Windows
5 1 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (86.22%) Agile
2 85 (43.37%) CI/CD
3 84 (42.86%) DevOps
4 72 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (32.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (30.10%) Test Automation
7 58 (29.59%) Analytics
8 56 (28.57%) Data Modelling
9 50 (25.51%) Business Intelligence
9 50 (25.51%) Data Pipeline
10 49 (25.00%) ETL
11 44 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 41 (20.92%) Deployment Automation
13 40 (20.41%) Data Virtualisation
14 36 (18.37%) Microservices
15 35 (17.86%) Data Analytics
15 35 (17.86%) Data Integration
15 35 (17.86%) Project Management
16 32 (16.33%) Containerisation
17 30 (15.31%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 79 (40.31%) SQL
2 43 (21.94%) Java
3 16 (8.16%) Python
4 10 (5.10%) Shell Script
5 9 (4.59%) Perl
5 9 (4.59%) Scala
6 4 (2.04%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.04%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.04%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.53%) HiveQL
8 2 (1.02%) C#
8 2 (1.02%) PHP
8 2 (1.02%) Ruby
9 1 (0.51%) Bash
9 1 (0.51%) C
9 1 (0.51%) C++
9 1 (0.51%) Groovy
9 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.51%) Swift
9 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 90 (45.92%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.65%) Degree
4 8 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.04%) CCNA
7 4 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.04%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.04%) PMP
8 3 (1.53%) CISM
8 3 (1.53%) CISSP
9 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.51%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (19.39%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.61%) QA
3 9 (4.59%) WCAG
4 5 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.53%) ISO 19650
5 3 (1.53%) PMO
6 1 (0.51%) GDPR
6 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) NCSC
6 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (36.73%) Docker
2 6 (3.06%) Postfix
3 3 (1.53%) HDFS
4 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 72 (36.73%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.67%) Grafana
3 8 (4.08%) Kibana
3 8 (4.08%) Puppet
4 5 (2.55%) Terraform
5 3 (1.53%) Ansible
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (28.06%) Oracle
2 41 (20.92%) Talend
3 37 (18.88%) Denodo
4 12 (6.12%) Microsoft
5 10 (5.10%) Atlassian
6 9 (4.59%) Jaspersoft
7 8 (4.08%) webMethods
8 7 (3.57%) Informatica
9 6 (3.06%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.55%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.04%) Remedy
12 3 (1.53%) Google
13 2 (1.02%) MuleSoft
13 2 (1.02%) OneLogin
14 1 (0.51%) Actian
14 1 (0.51%) CA Agile Central
14 1 (0.51%) CyberArk
14 1 (0.51%) DIgSILENT
14 1 (0.51%) Okta
14 1 (0.51%) Workday