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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 38 45
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -16
Contract jobs citing Scrum 215 71 73
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 6.45% 4.85% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.57% 5.44% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 42 57
10th Percentile £413 £338 £355
25th Percentile £455 £425 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £625
90th Percentile £588 £599 £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 0
10th Percentile £33.69 - -
25th Percentile £43.28 - -
Median hourly rate £59.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £64.15 - -
England median hourly rate £69.75 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.91% -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 2,839 1,305 1,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.18% 89.08% 81.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,864 824 1,096
10th Percentile £313 £205 £263
25th Percentile £405 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -5.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £659 £738
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 85 115
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.18
25th Percentile £22.42 £14.50 £14.19
Median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.65% +8.18% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60.69 £33.88 £39.38
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £57.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.87%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +12 118 £492 -4.00% 11
Solihull -1 27 £463 +10.12% 1
Birmingham -29 25 £475 -
Warwickshire -18 21 £563 +25.00% 4
Coventry -7 15 £468 +17.61% 1
Worcestershire - 6 - -
Staffordshire - 3 £320 - 4
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 (25.12%) Confluence
2 47 (21.86%) SAS
3 5 (2.33%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.86%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.86%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Primavera
2 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 67 (31.16%) AWS
2 34 (15.81%) Amazon S3
3 33 (15.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 32 (14.88%) Azure
5 30 (13.95%) Amazon EC2
6 18 (8.37%) Amazon SQS
6 18 (8.37%) Route 53
7 17 (7.91%) AWS KMS
7 17 (7.91%) Serverless
8 15 (6.98%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (6.98%) GitHub
9 14 (6.51%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (6.05%) Amazon ECS
10 13 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (6.05%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (6.05%) Power Platform
11 12 (5.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (5.12%) AWS CodePipeline
13 10 (4.65%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.40%) Network Security
2 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (16.74%) Pentaho
2 21 (9.77%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (9.77%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (9.30%) DynamoDB
4 17 (7.91%) Amazon Aurora
5 11 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (4.19%) Metadata
6 9 (4.19%) Power BI
7 6 (2.79%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (2.79%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (2.79%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.33%) Metadata Repository
8 5 (2.33%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.86%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 4 (1.86%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.40%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.40%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.40%) Impala
10 3 (1.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 83 (38.60%) JIRA
2 60 (27.91%) Jenkins
3 57 (26.51%) Git
4 47 (21.86%) GitLab
5 28 (13.02%) JUnit
6 21 (9.77%) Maven
6 21 (9.77%) Mockito
7 19 (8.84%) SonarQube
8 17 (7.91%) Bitbucket
9 13 (6.05%) DbUnit
9 13 (6.05%) jMock
10 11 (5.12%) Bitbucket Server
11 8 (3.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (3.72%) Selenium
12 3 (1.40%) 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 (33.49%) Social Skills
2 48 (22.33%) Public Sector
3 31 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.77%) Finance
5 5 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.40%) Electronics
7 3 (1.40%) 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 (0.47%) Automotive
9 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.47%) Local Government
9 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (22.79%) Data Engineer
2 36 (16.74%) Scrum Master
3 29 (13.49%) Developer
4 23 (10.70%) Java Developer
5 19 (8.84%) Senior
6 17 (7.91%) Lead
7 16 (7.44%) Analyst
8 15 (6.98%) Business Analyst
9 13 (6.05%) Project Manager
10 12 (5.58%) Architect
11 11 (5.12%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (3.72%) Senior Developer
13 7 (3.26%) Data Architect
13 7 (3.26%) SAS Engineer
13 7 (3.26%) Software Engineer
14 6 (2.79%) AWS DevOps
14 6 (2.79%) Senior Java Developer
14 6 (2.79%) Test Automation Specialist
14 6 (2.79%) Test Specialist
15 5 (2.33%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (14.88%) Spring
2 29 (13.49%) Spring Boot
3 24 (11.16%) REST
4 21 (9.77%) JPA
5 20 (9.30%) SOAP
6 19 (8.84%) Web Services
7 18 (8.37%) AngularJS
8 17 (7.91%) ActiveMQ
8 17 (7.91%) Hibernate
8 17 (7.91%) Spring Batch
8 17 (7.91%) Spring Integration
9 16 (7.44%) Spring Cloud
10 13 (6.05%) Node.js
10 13 (6.05%) PowerMock
11 12 (5.58%) RESTful
12 11 (5.12%) Bootstrap
13 10 (4.65%) AWS CDK
14 9 (4.19%) JSON
15 4 (1.86%) Gherkin
15 4 (1.86%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.28%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.98%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.86%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.40%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.40%) Virtual Team
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 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.56%) Linux
2 7 (3.26%) Unix
3 6 (2.79%) Windows
4 5 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.47%) Android
5 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (82.79%) Agile
2 95 (44.19%) DevOps
3 93 (43.26%) CI/CD
4 68 (31.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 66 (30.70%) Test Automation
6 54 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (22.79%) ETL
7 49 (22.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 47 (21.86%) Kanban
9 44 (20.47%) Analytics
10 43 (20.00%) Containerisation
11 40 (18.60%) Data Modelling
12 38 (17.67%) Business Intelligence
13 35 (16.28%) Data Pipeline
14 32 (14.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 31 (14.42%) Data Analytics
15 31 (14.42%) Microservices
15 31 (14.42%) Sprint Planning
16 29 (13.49%) Data Virtualisation
16 29 (13.49%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 77 (35.81%) SQL
2 38 (17.67%) Java
3 10 (4.65%) Python
4 9 (4.19%) Shell Script
5 7 (3.26%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.79%) Perl
7 4 (1.86%) C#
7 4 (1.86%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.86%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.40%) HiveQL
8 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.93%) Bash
10 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.47%) Swift
10 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 124 (57.67%) Security Cleared
2 112 (52.09%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (5.58%) Degree
5 11 (5.12%) AWS Certification
5 11 (5.12%) SAFe Agilist
6 9 (4.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.33%) CCNA
7 5 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.40%) CISM
8 3 (1.40%) CISSP
8 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.93%) PMP
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.70%) Data Quality
2 19 (8.84%) QA
3 12 (5.58%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.33%) WCAG
5 4 (1.86%) FATCA
5 4 (1.86%) GDPR
6 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.93%) PMO
8 1 (0.47%) GRC
8 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (29.30%) Docker
2 11 (5.12%) Postfix
3 3 (1.40%) HDFS
4 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (21.40%) Kubernetes
2 24 (11.16%) Grafana
3 21 (9.77%) Terraform
4 5 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.86%) Ansible
5 4 (1.86%) Kibana
6 1 (0.47%) Argo
6 1 (0.47%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.47%) Istio
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 44 (20.47%) Oracle
2 36 (16.74%) Talend
3 25 (11.63%) Denodo
4 23 (10.70%) Microsoft
5 22 (10.23%) Atlassian
6 18 (8.37%) Informatica
7 17 (7.91%) Jaspersoft
8 6 (2.79%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.33%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.86%) Pega
10 4 (1.86%) Remedy
10 4 (1.86%) Sage
11 3 (1.40%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.40%) Google
12 1 (0.47%) Actian
12 1 (0.47%) CA Agile Central
12 1 (0.47%) CyberArk
12 1 (0.47%) Okta
12 1 (0.47%) Splunk
12 1 (0.47%) Workday