Scrum Job Trends in England

Scrum
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 82 66
Rank change year-on-year -57 -16 -36
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 952 1,490 2,751
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 3.58% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 3.83% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 620 769 2,253
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,290 £39,087
25th Percentile £50,375 £51,698 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,563 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Scrum falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,162 38,910 62,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.46% 93.52% 87.66%
Number of salaries quoted 30,888 20,514 49,276
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,185 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in England

Scrum
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum in England over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Scrum in England

Scrum
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -23 380 £75,000 -1.32% 244
South East -52 188 £57,500 -17.86% 169
North of England -58 165 £65,000 +8.33% 139
North West -39 118 £65,000 +6.03% 73
Midlands -52 78 £60,000 - 76
South West -46 73 £57,500 -4.17% 95
West Midlands -28 61 £62,500 - 54
East of England -42 45 £65,000 +15.56% 57
Yorkshire -68 40 £62,500 +13.64% 40
East Midlands -47 17 £57,500 -4.17% 22
North East -17 7 £35,000 -21.21% 28
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 89 (9.35%) Confluence
2 37 (3.89%) Apache
3 35 (3.68%) Apache Spark
4 31 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (1.37%) OpenStack
6 9 (0.95%) CMS
6 9 (0.95%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.42%) Documentum
9 3 (0.32%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.32%) IIS
9 3 (0.32%) SAS
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Qpid
10 2 (0.21%) CICS
10 2 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.11%) nginx
11 1 (0.11%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 30 (3.15%) MS Visio
2 19 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.84%) Trello
5 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.32%) Sketch
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 25 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.32%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.32%) Maximo
4 2 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.21%) Shopify
4 2 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.11%) Primavera
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 275 (28.89%) Azure
2 259 (27.21%) AWS
3 94 (9.87%) Azure DevOps
4 69 (7.25%) Serverless
5 66 (6.93%) Power Platform
6 62 (6.51%) Amazon S3
7 48 (5.04%) GCP
8 44 (4.62%) OpenShift
9 43 (4.52%) SaaS
10 40 (4.20%) AWS Lambda
11 34 (3.57%) GitHub
12 32 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
13 31 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
14 23 (2.42%) Amazon SQS
14 23 (2.42%) PowerApps
15 20 (2.10%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (1.89%) Power Automate
18 16 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
19 15 (1.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.73%) Broadband
2 13 (1.37%) DNS
3 8 (0.84%) HTTP
4 6 (0.63%) AMQP
5 5 (0.53%) Multicast
6 4 (0.42%) Firewall
6 4 (0.42%) MQTT
7 2 (0.21%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.21%) DAB
7 2 (0.21%) LAN
7 2 (0.21%) SSL
7 2 (0.21%) VPN
7 2 (0.21%) WAN
8 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.11%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 62 (6.51%) Relational Database
3 55 (5.78%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.41%) Power BI
5 38 (3.99%) MongoDB
6 37 (3.89%) NoSQL
7 34 (3.57%) Tableau
8 32 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
9 24 (2.52%) Apache Hive
9 24 (2.52%) Impala
9 24 (2.52%) Oracle Database
9 24 (2.52%) Parquet
9 24 (2.52%) Spark SQL
10 22 (2.31%) MySQL
11 16 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 16 (1.68%) DB2
11 16 (1.68%) RDBMS
12 15 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.16%) Metadata
14 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 172 (18.07%) JIRA
2 153 (16.07%) Git
3 85 (8.93%) Jenkins
4 59 (6.20%) Selenium
5 38 (3.99%) GitLab
6 35 (3.68%) Postman
7 33 (3.47%) TeamCity
8 29 (3.05%) Team Foundation Server
9 27 (2.84%) SoapUI
10 25 (2.63%) WebDriver
11 24 (2.52%) IBM UrbanCode
12 21 (2.21%) Visual Studio
13 19 (2.00%) JUnit
14 16 (1.68%) Robot Framework
15 15 (1.58%) Snyk
16 14 (1.47%) Cucumber
16 14 (1.47%) Maven
17 13 (1.37%) Bitbucket
18 11 (1.16%) Cypress.io
19 10 (1.05%) Subversion
General
1 336 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 278 (29.20%) Finance
3 182 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 81 (8.51%) Banking
6 48 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (4.83%) Law
8 43 (4.52%) Marketing
9 39 (4.10%) Legal
10 34 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (3.15%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.63%) Investment Banking
14 21 (2.21%) Retail
15 20 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.89%) Publishing
16 18 (1.89%) Tech for Good
17 17 (1.79%) Billing
18 16 (1.68%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 210 (22.06%) Developer
2 168 (17.65%) Senior
3 152 (15.97%) Lead
4 129 (13.55%) Analyst
5 88 (9.24%) Business Analyst
5 88 (9.24%) Software Engineer
6 59 (6.20%) Java Developer
7 54 (5.67%) Senior Developer
8 47 (4.94%) Full-Stack Developer
9 46 (4.83%) Scrum Master
10 37 (3.89%) Delivery Manager
10 37 (3.89%) Project Manager
11 33 (3.47%) Architect
11 33 (3.47%) Product Manager
12 31 (3.26%) Product Owner
12 31 (3.26%) Senior Manager
13 29 (3.05%) .NET Developer
14 28 (2.94%) Consultant
15 27 (2.84%) Banking Analyst
15 27 (2.84%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (14.39%) .NET
2 128 (13.45%) React
3 99 (10.40%) REST
4 96 (10.08%) HTML
5 85 (8.93%) AngularJS
6 79 (8.30%) RESTful
7 76 (7.98%) CSS
8 69 (7.25%) Spring
9 67 (7.04%) Node.js
10 59 (6.20%) Spring Boot
11 51 (5.36%) SOAP
12 39 (4.10%) .NET Framework
13 36 (3.78%) Web Services
14 31 (3.26%) ASP.NET
15 30 (3.15%) .NET Core
15 30 (3.15%) Kafka
16 28 (2.94%) Akka
17 26 (2.73%) PySpark
18 24 (2.52%) Elastic Stack
19 22 (2.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 206 (21.64%) Product Ownership
2 56 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 39 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.63%) Over-the-Top Content
7 23 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.42%) Video\Live Streaming
8 17 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.68%) Virtual Team
10 15 (1.58%) Fixed Income
10 15 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.37%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.95%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.84%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.74%) e-Learning
14 7 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (0.74%) Mobile App
15 6 (0.63%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.46%) Linux
2 16 (1.68%) Windows
3 8 (0.84%) Android
4 7 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.53%) CentOS
5 5 (0.53%) Debian
5 5 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.21%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 869 (91.28%) Agile
2 287 (30.15%) CI/CD
3 269 (28.26%) Kanban
4 253 (26.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 244 (25.63%) DevOps
6 219 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
7 169 (17.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 158 (16.60%) Roadmaps
9 155 (16.28%) Mentoring
10 154 (16.18%) Software Engineering
11 142 (14.92%) Microservices
12 135 (14.18%) TDD
13 133 (13.97%) User Stories
14 125 (13.13%) Analytics
15 112 (11.76%) Sprint Planning
16 111 (11.66%) Coaching
17 104 (10.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 103 (10.82%) Full-Stack Development
18 103 (10.82%) Project Management
19 100 (10.50%) AI
Programming Languages
1 198 (20.80%) SQL
2 188 (19.75%) Java
3 170 (17.86%) JavaScript
4 150 (15.76%) Python
5 131 (13.76%) C#
6 88 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 27 (2.84%) Scala
8 25 (2.63%) Bash
9 18 (1.89%) C++
10 14 (1.47%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.16%) C
11 11 (1.16%) Go
12 6 (0.63%) PHP
12 6 (0.63%) R
12 6 (0.63%) Rust
13 5 (0.53%) Groovy
13 5 (0.53%) Swift
14 4 (0.42%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.42%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 161 (16.91%) Degree
2 145 (15.23%) Security Cleared
3 78 (8.19%) DV Cleared
4 76 (7.98%) SC Cleared
5 48 (5.04%) ISTQB
6 40 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (3.68%) PMI Certification
8 29 (3.05%) PMP
9 24 (2.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 18 (1.89%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.68%) DBS Check
12 14 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (1.05%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.53%) Azure Certification
17 4 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 4 (0.42%) CAPM
17 4 (0.42%) CBAP
17 4 (0.42%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (14.18%) QA
2 41 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 22 (2.31%) GDPR
5 14 (1.47%) PMO
6 11 (1.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 11 (1.16%) HIPAA
7 9 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.95%) MiFID
8 6 (0.63%) GRC
8 6 (0.63%) WCAG
9 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.42%) SLA
10 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.32%) SEPA
10 3 (0.32%) TARGET2
11 2 (0.21%) ECSS
11 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.21%) NIST
11 2 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 103 (10.82%) Docker
2 2 (0.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.21%) Firmware
2 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 115 (12.08%) Kubernetes
2 61 (6.41%) Terraform
3 39 (4.10%) Ansible
4 7 (0.74%) Argo
4 7 (0.74%) Puppet
4 7 (0.74%) Rancher
5 6 (0.63%) Grafana
5 6 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.63%) yum
6 4 (0.42%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.32%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.32%) Kibana
8 2 (0.21%) logstash
8 2 (0.21%) Packer
8 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.11%) Podman
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 105 (11.03%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.93%) Oracle
3 31 (3.26%) Red Hat
4 27 (2.84%) Google
5 25 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.42%) SAP
7 22 (2.31%) Atlassian
8 16 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.58%) Black Duck
9 15 (1.58%) Coverity
10 11 (1.16%) Guidewire
10 11 (1.16%) Pega
11 7 (0.74%) IBM
12 6 (0.63%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.53%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.53%) Foundry
13 5 (0.53%) GoldenSource
13 5 (0.53%) OpenText
13 5 (0.53%) SaltStack
14 4 (0.42%) Telerik