Scrum Job Trends in London

Scrum
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 97 69
Rank change year-on-year -13 -28 -31
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 398 413 898
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.96% 3.27% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 3.40% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 254 274 669
10th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.10%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,875 £106,250 £109,000
England median annual salary £69,310 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.68% +12.50% -9.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,586 12,149 21,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.78% 96.08% 91.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,138 7,429 15,994
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,464 £37,580
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in London

Scrum
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Scrum in London

Scrum
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Central London -43 47 £77,500 -6.06% 47
South London -6 14 £70,000 +7.69% 3
East London +3 11 - - 8
West London -10 7 £32,500 -48.00% 5
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 41 (10.30%) Confluence
2 18 (4.52%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (4.52%) Apache Spark
3 17 (4.27%) Apache
4 4 (1.01%) CMS
5 3 (0.75%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (4.27%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.01%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.75%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.50%) Productboard
6 2 (0.50%) Sketch
7 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.01%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.25%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.25%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (29.65%) AWS
2 108 (27.14%) Azure
3 39 (9.80%) GCP
4 31 (7.79%) OpenShift
5 28 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.53%) Serverless
7 25 (6.28%) Amazon S3
8 14 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.27%) SaaS
10 12 (3.02%) Power Platform
11 11 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (2.76%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.51%) Figma
12 10 (2.51%) GitHub
12 10 (2.51%) PaaS
13 9 (2.26%) Cloud Functions
13 9 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.26%) PowerApps
14 8 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (2.01%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.53%) Broadband
2 9 (2.26%) Software-Defined Networking
3 7 (1.76%) Firewall
3 7 (1.76%) LAN
3 7 (1.76%) WAN
4 5 (1.26%) Multicast
4 5 (1.26%) Network Security
4 5 (1.26%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.26%) Wireless
5 4 (1.01%) IPv4
6 2 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.50%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (0.50%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (0.50%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.78%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.28%) Relational Database
3 19 (4.77%) NoSQL
3 19 (4.77%) Oracle Database
4 18 (4.52%) SQL Server
4 18 (4.52%) Tableau
5 16 (4.02%) Apache Hive
5 16 (4.02%) Impala
5 16 (4.02%) Parquet
5 16 (4.02%) Spark SQL
6 13 (3.27%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.27%) RDBMS
7 11 (2.76%) DB2
7 11 (2.76%) Power BI
8 10 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.51%) Metadata
10 5 (1.26%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.26%) MySQL
10 5 (1.26%) Redis
10 5 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (15.83%) JIRA
2 50 (12.56%) Git
3 36 (9.05%) Jenkins
4 24 (6.03%) TeamCity
5 19 (4.77%) Selenium
6 16 (4.02%) IBM UrbanCode
7 12 (3.02%) Bitbucket
8 10 (2.51%) Cypress.io
9 9 (2.26%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.76%) CircleCI
11 6 (1.51%) GitLab
11 6 (1.51%) SpecFlow
12 4 (1.01%) JUnit
12 4 (1.01%) Postman
12 4 (1.01%) Storybook
12 4 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
13 3 (0.75%) Subversion
13 3 (0.75%) TestRail
13 3 (0.75%) webpack
General
1 138 (34.67%) Finance
2 137 (34.42%) Social Skills
3 73 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (16.08%) Banking
5 49 (12.31%) Law
6 39 (9.80%) Public Sector
7 36 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (7.04%) Legal
9 24 (6.03%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (5.03%) Marketing
10 20 (5.03%) Telecoms
11 19 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (4.27%) Investment Banking
14 14 (3.52%) Billing
15 13 (3.27%) Publishing
16 12 (3.02%) Health Technology
16 12 (3.02%) Tech for Good
17 11 (2.76%) Retail
18 8 (2.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 91 (22.86%) Senior
2 89 (22.36%) Developer
3 72 (18.09%) Analyst
4 59 (14.82%) Business Analyst
5 47 (11.81%) Lead
6 27 (6.78%) Architect
7 25 (6.28%) Scrum Master
7 25 (6.28%) Senior Developer
8 23 (5.78%) Java Developer
9 19 (4.77%) Delivery Manager
9 19 (4.77%) Senior Manager
9 19 (4.77%) Software Engineer
10 18 (4.52%) Product Manager
11 17 (4.27%) Banking Analyst
11 17 (4.27%) Lead Developer
11 17 (4.27%) Transformation Analyst
12 16 (4.02%) Consultant
13 15 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
13 15 (3.77%) React Developer
14 14 (3.52%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.30%) RESTful
2 39 (9.80%) React
3 32 (8.04%) .NET
4 29 (7.29%) REST
5 25 (6.28%) CSS
6 24 (6.03%) HTML
7 22 (5.53%) AngularJS
8 20 (5.03%) Node.js
8 20 (5.03%) Spring
9 19 (4.77%) PySpark
9 19 (4.77%) Spring Boot
10 16 (4.02%) Akka
10 16 (4.02%) Pandas
11 13 (3.27%) Bootstrap
12 12 (3.02%) Playwright
12 12 (3.02%) SOAP
13 10 (2.51%) .NET Framework
13 10 (2.51%) Elastic Stack
14 8 (2.01%) JSON
14 8 (2.01%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 89 (22.36%) Product Ownership
2 28 (7.04%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.02%) Over-the-Top Content
3 16 (4.02%) Video\Live Streaming
4 11 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.51%) Fixed Income
6 9 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.26%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.76%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.76%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.76%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.51%) Derivative
9 6 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.26%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.26%) Equities
10 5 (1.26%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.76%) Linux
2 8 (2.01%) Windows
3 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.25%) Android
4 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (93.97%) Agile
2 106 (26.63%) CI/CD
3 98 (24.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 97 (24.37%) Kanban
5 88 (22.11%) DevOps
6 72 (18.09%) Analytics
6 72 (18.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 70 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (17.59%) User Stories
8 68 (17.09%) Roadmaps
9 67 (16.83%) AI
9 67 (16.83%) Mentoring
10 58 (14.57%) Coaching
11 56 (14.07%) Project Delivery
12 55 (13.82%) Microservices
13 50 (12.56%) Sprint Planning
14 47 (11.81%) Software Engineering
15 46 (11.56%) Acceptance Criteria
15 46 (11.56%) User Experience
16 45 (11.31%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 76 (19.10%) Python
2 70 (17.59%) SQL
3 50 (12.56%) Java
3 50 (12.56%) JavaScript
4 36 (9.05%) C#
5 31 (7.79%) TypeScript
6 16 (4.02%) Scala
7 6 (1.51%) Bash
8 4 (1.01%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.01%) RPG
8 4 (1.01%) Ruby
9 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.50%) Bicep
10 2 (0.50%) Go
10 2 (0.50%) PHP
10 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.25%) C
11 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.25%) Perl
11 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 82 (20.60%) Degree
2 56 (14.07%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (8.29%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.03%) PMI Certification
6 19 (4.77%) PMP
7 16 (4.02%) AWS Certification
7 16 (4.02%) ISTQB
8 12 (3.02%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.51%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.51%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.26%) CCIE
13 5 (1.26%) CCNP
13 5 (1.26%) CCSA
13 5 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.26%) JNCIE
13 5 (1.26%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.06%) QA
2 22 (5.53%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.52%) PMO
4 13 (3.27%) Accessibility
5 12 (3.02%) GDPR
6 9 (2.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.76%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.26%) MiFID
9 4 (1.01%) GRC
9 4 (1.01%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.75%) WCAG
11 2 (0.50%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.50%) PSD2
12 1 (0.25%) GxP
12 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.25%) P3O
12 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (12.81%) Docker
2 6 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.01%) Squid
3 4 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.01%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.01%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (12.81%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.28%) Terraform
3 13 (3.27%) Ansible
4 7 (1.76%) Podman
5 4 (1.01%) Packer
5 4 (1.01%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.50%) Argo
6 2 (0.50%) Puppet
6 2 (0.50%) Rancher
Vendors
1 44 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.29%) Oracle
3 21 (5.28%) Red Hat
4 17 (4.27%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.02%) Google
6 10 (2.51%) Databricks
7 8 (2.01%) Atlassian
7 8 (2.01%) Cognizant
7 8 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.76%) Cisco
8 7 (1.76%) Guidewire
8 7 (1.76%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.76%) SAP
9 6 (1.51%) Workday
10 5 (1.26%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.26%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.26%) Splunk
11 4 (1.01%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.01%) Reuters
11 4 (1.01%) Trayport