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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 37 44
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 -21
Contract jobs citing Scrum 208 62 73
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 7.25% 4.67% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.63% 5.23% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 39 49
10th Percentile £415 £409 £358
25th Percentile £455 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% -5.29% -5.56%
75th Percentile £553 £522 £625
90th Percentile £588 £590 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% -3.91%
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 2,411 1,185 1,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.04% 89.30% 84.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,604 802 1,101
10th Percentile £304 £200 £263
25th Percentile £402 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £654 £688 £706
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 53 119
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.32 £11.11
25th Percentile £16.05 £14.70 £14.06
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -20.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £24.22 £40.25
90th Percentile £60.65 £34.75 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +6.06% - -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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +11 121 £500 +2.04% 9
Warwickshire -5 29 £563 +15.38% 5
Birmingham -18 24 £475 -0.84% 12
Solihull -1 14 £402 -4.29% 2
Worcestershire - 9 £475 - 1
Coventry -21 8 £560 +17.89% 2
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 61 (29.33%) SAS
2 37 (17.79%) Confluence
3 9 (4.33%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.92%) Apache
4 4 (1.92%) JBoss
4 4 (1.92%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.44%) Drupal
6 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.48%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Maximo
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 45 (21.63%) AWS
2 19 (9.13%) Azure
3 13 (6.25%) Amazon S3
4 12 (5.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 12 (5.77%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (5.77%) OpenShift
5 10 (4.81%) Amazon SQS
6 9 (4.33%) AWS KMS
6 9 (4.33%) Route 53
7 7 (3.37%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.40%) GitHub
9 5 (2.40%) Serverless
10 4 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.92%) GCP
10 4 (1.92%) SaaS
11 3 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) Network Security
2 2 (0.96%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) Firewall
3 1 (0.48%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (17.79%) Pentaho
2 18 (8.65%) Oracle Database
3 15 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (7.21%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 14 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (6.25%) MongoDB
6 12 (5.77%) Metadata
7 9 (4.33%) Amazon Aurora
7 9 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (4.33%) DynamoDB
7 9 (4.33%) Metadata Repository
8 6 (2.88%) MySQL
8 6 (2.88%) Power BI
9 4 (1.92%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.44%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.44%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (1.44%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.44%) Impala
10 3 (1.44%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 79 (37.98%) Git
2 76 (36.54%) JIRA
3 61 (29.33%) Jenkins
4 35 (16.83%) JUnit
5 33 (15.87%) GitLab
6 23 (11.06%) Selenium
7 17 (8.17%) Maven
7 17 (8.17%) Mockito
8 10 (4.81%) SonarQube
9 9 (4.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (4.33%) Bitbucket
10 8 (3.85%) Cucumber
11 7 (3.37%) DbUnit
11 7 (3.37%) jMock
12 5 (2.40%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (1.92%) Eclipse
13 4 (1.92%) IntelliJ
14 3 (1.44%) REST Assured
15 1 (0.48%) MSI
15 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 68 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.42%) Finance
3 27 (12.98%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.37%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.92%) Banking
8 3 (1.44%) Advertising
8 3 (1.44%) Electronics
8 3 (1.44%) Retail
9 2 (0.96%) Aeronautics
9 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Law
10 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (19.23%) Data Engineer
2 32 (15.38%) Scrum Master
3 26 (12.50%) Developer
4 24 (11.54%) Project Manager
5 18 (8.65%) Java Developer
6 17 (8.17%) Architect
7 12 (5.77%) Data Architect
7 12 (5.77%) Lead
7 12 (5.77%) Test Specialist
8 8 (3.85%) SAS Engineer
8 8 (3.85%) Senior
9 7 (3.37%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.37%) Software Engineer
9 7 (3.37%) Test Automation Specialist
10 6 (2.88%) Analyst
10 6 (2.88%) Business Analyst
10 6 (2.88%) Java Engineer
11 5 (2.40%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 5 (2.40%) Denodo Engineer
11 5 (2.40%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (15.38%) Spring
2 26 (12.50%) REST
3 25 (12.02%) Spring Boot
4 17 (8.17%) JPA
5 14 (6.73%) Hibernate
5 14 (6.73%) Web Services
6 13 (6.25%) SOAP
7 11 (5.29%) HTML
7 11 (5.29%) JSON
7 11 (5.29%) Node.js
7 11 (5.29%) pytest
8 10 (4.81%) AngularJS
9 9 (4.33%) ActiveMQ
9 9 (4.33%) RESTful
9 9 (4.33%) Spring Batch
9 9 (4.33%) Spring Cloud
9 9 (4.33%) Spring Integration
10 8 (3.85%) Gherkin
11 7 (3.37%) PowerMock
11 7 (3.37%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.40%) CMDB
3 5 (2.40%) Data Centre
3 5 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.44%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.48%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.48%) FPGA
6 1 (0.48%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.48%) SCADA
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.10%) Linux
2 7 (3.37%) Unix
3 6 (2.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.88%) Windows
4 1 (0.48%) Android
4 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (86.06%) Agile
2 86 (41.35%) DevOps
3 85 (40.87%) CI/CD
4 71 (34.13%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (28.37%) Analytics
6 59 (28.37%) Test Automation
7 52 (25.00%) Data Modelling
8 51 (24.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 47 (22.60%) Business Intelligence
10 46 (22.12%) Data Pipeline
11 45 (21.63%) ETL
12 39 (18.75%) Project Management
13 36 (17.31%) Containerisation
13 36 (17.31%) Data Virtualisation
14 33 (15.87%) Data Analytics
14 33 (15.87%) Deployment Automation
14 33 (15.87%) Microservices
15 31 (14.90%) Data Integration
16 29 (13.94%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 71 (34.13%) SQL
2 39 (18.75%) Java
3 17 (8.17%) Python
4 10 (4.81%) Shell Script
5 9 (4.33%) Perl
6 5 (2.40%) MATLAB
6 5 (2.40%) Scala
7 4 (1.92%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.92%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.44%) HiveQL
8 3 (1.44%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.96%) Bash
9 2 (0.96%) PHP
9 2 (0.96%) Ruby
10 1 (0.48%) C
10 1 (0.48%) C#
10 1 (0.48%) C++
10 1 (0.48%) Groovy
10 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 109 (52.40%) Security Cleared
2 99 (47.60%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.65%) Degree
4 8 (3.85%) AWS Certification
4 8 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.40%) CCNA
5 5 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.40%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.40%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.40%) PMP
6 4 (1.92%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.92%) SAFe Agilist
7 3 (1.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (1.44%) CISM
7 3 (1.44%) CISSP
7 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.35%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.77%) QA
3 8 (3.85%) WCAG
4 4 (1.92%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.96%) GDPR
6 2 (0.96%) ISO 19650
6 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.96%) PMO
7 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 69 (33.17%) Docker
2 6 (2.88%) Postfix
3 3 (1.44%) HDFS
4 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 70 (33.65%) Kubernetes
2 18 (8.65%) Grafana
3 10 (4.81%) Terraform
4 8 (3.85%) Kibana
5 4 (1.92%) Puppet
6 3 (1.44%) Ansible
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 50 (24.04%) Oracle
2 37 (17.79%) Talend
3 33 (15.87%) Denodo
4 20 (9.62%) Microsoft
5 18 (8.65%) Atlassian
6 9 (4.33%) Jaspersoft
7 7 (3.37%) Informatica
8 6 (2.88%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.88%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.92%) Remedy
9 4 (1.92%) webMethods
10 3 (1.44%) Google
11 2 (0.96%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.96%) OneLogin
11 2 (0.96%) SAP
12 1 (0.48%) Actian
12 1 (0.48%) CA Agile Central
12 1 (0.48%) CyberArk
12 1 (0.48%) Okta
12 1 (0.48%) Workday