Scrum Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Scrum
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Scrum skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 42 35
Rank change year-on-year -54 -7 +30
Contract jobs citing Scrum 61 79 74
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.13% 5.12% 4.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 5.62% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 49 60
10th Percentile £413 £364 £406
25th Percentile £456 £400 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -12.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £537 £603
90th Percentile £623 £590 £650
England median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,395 1,406 1,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.68% 91.06% 83.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,454 899 765
10th Percentile £336 £262 £315
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £669 £625 £660
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 58 50
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.10 £12.55
Median hourly rate £22.20 £22.14 £15.09
Median % change year-on-year +0.27% +46.77% -24.58%
75th Percentile £28.00 £25.15 £26.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £39.75
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scrum relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Scrum job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Scrum.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Scrum

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in Yorkshire

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Scrum.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Scrum

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
West Yorkshire -24 36 £525 +5.00% 41
South Yorkshire -41 23 £500 +9.59% 13
East Yorkshire -6 1 £500 - 2
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (9.84%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.64%) CA PPM
3 1 (1.64%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.64%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.64%) SAP MRS
3 1 (1.64%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) AWS
2 21 (34.43%) Azure
3 15 (24.59%) GCP
4 10 (16.39%) Serverless
5 5 (8.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 4 (6.56%) GitHub
7 3 (4.92%) Cloud Run
8 2 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.64%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.64%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.64%) Datadog
9 1 (1.64%) Figma
9 1 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.84%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) Neo4j
2 6 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.56%) Big Data
4 2 (3.28%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.28%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.64%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.64%) GIS
5 1 (1.64%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.64%) Power BI
5 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.64%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.64%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.64%) SQLite
5 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (31.15%) JIRA
2 14 (22.95%) Git
3 6 (9.84%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.56%) GitLab
5 2 (3.28%) Cucumber
5 2 (3.28%) Flyway
5 2 (3.28%) git-flow
5 2 (3.28%) JUnit
5 2 (3.28%) Liquibase
5 2 (3.28%) Mockito
5 2 (3.28%) MSBuild
5 2 (3.28%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (3.28%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.64%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.64%) Gatling
6 1 (1.64%) JMeter
6 1 (1.64%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.64%) NeoLoad
6 1 (1.64%) Vite
General
1 30 (49.18%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.95%) Finance
3 13 (21.31%) Public Sector
4 8 (13.11%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (11.48%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (8.20%) Banking
6 5 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.92%) Law
8 3 (4.92%) Military
9 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.28%) Retail
10 1 (1.64%) Games
10 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (21.31%) Delivery Manager
1 13 (21.31%) Senior
2 11 (18.03%) Developer
3 9 (14.75%) Lead
4 8 (13.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (11.48%) Project Manager
6 6 (9.84%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 6 (9.84%) Senior Developer
6 6 (9.84%) Senior Manager
7 5 (8.20%) Java Developer
7 5 (8.20%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
7 5 (8.20%) Senior Delivery Manager
8 4 (6.56%) Business Analyst
8 4 (6.56%) Product Owner
8 4 (6.56%) Python Developer
9 3 (4.92%) Analyst
9 3 (4.92%) Backend Developer
9 3 (4.92%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (4.92%) Senior Backend Developer
9 3 (4.92%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (22.95%) Terraform
2 11 (18.03%) REST
3 8 (13.11%) Kafka
4 6 (9.84%) Spring
4 6 (9.84%) Spring Boot
5 5 (8.20%) RESTful
6 3 (4.92%) OAuth
6 3 (4.92%) OAuth2
7 2 (3.28%) Drools
7 2 (3.28%) HATEOAS
7 2 (3.28%) Jasypt
7 2 (3.28%) JPA
7 2 (3.28%) JWT
7 2 (3.28%) Loki
7 2 (3.28%) Node.js
7 2 (3.28%) OpenAPI
7 2 (3.28%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (3.28%) React
7 2 (3.28%) Spring Batch
7 2 (3.28%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.95%) Product Ownership
2 13 (21.31%) Cloud Native
3 7 (11.48%) NHS
4 6 (9.84%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (9.84%) Onboarding
4 6 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.64%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Linux
1 1 (1.64%) Unix
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (96.72%) Agile
2 30 (49.18%) CI/CD
3 25 (40.98%) DevOps
4 24 (39.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (37.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (27.87%) Sprint Planning
7 15 (24.59%) Microservices
8 13 (21.31%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (21.31%) Roadmaps
8 13 (21.31%) Software Engineering
8 13 (21.31%) Test Automation
9 12 (19.67%) Kanban
9 12 (19.67%) Platform Engineering
9 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (16.39%) Backlog Management
10 10 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (16.39%) Observability
11 9 (14.75%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (14.75%) DevSecOps
11 9 (14.75%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.75%) SQL
2 7 (11.48%) Java
2 7 (11.48%) Python
3 3 (4.92%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.28%) PromQL
5 1 (1.64%) ABAP
5 1 (1.64%) Bash
5 1 (1.64%) Bicep
5 1 (1.64%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) Degree
1 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.56%) PMI Certification
2 4 (6.56%) PMP
3 3 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.28%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.28%) CISM
4 2 (3.28%) CISSP
4 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.28%) CRISC
5 1 (1.64%) CAPM
5 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.28%) GRC
2 2 (3.28%) NIST
2 2 (3.28%) PMO
3 1 (1.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (22.95%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (21.31%) Kubernetes
2 8 (13.11%) Ansible
3 5 (8.20%) Kustomize
4 3 (4.92%) Grafana
4 3 (4.92%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.28%) Consul
5 2 (3.28%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft
1 6 (9.84%) ServiceNow
2 3 (4.92%) SAP
3 2 (3.28%) Databricks
3 2 (3.28%) Solace
4 1 (1.64%) AppDynamics
4 1 (1.64%) Cadence
4 1 (1.64%) ESRI
4 1 (1.64%) Google
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle