Scrum Job Trends in the Midlands

Scrum
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 143 113
Rank change year-on-year -16 -30 -63
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 112 94 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.81% 1.65% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.93% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 58 69 165
10th Percentile £35,713 £44,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,563 £48,750 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -8.70%
75th Percentile £64,750 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,985 £77,500 £84,000
England median annual salary £66,771 £67,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.34% +11.67% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,598 4,876 9,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.80% 85.42% 78.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,831 2,944 5,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,842 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.74% -4.32% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,000 £63,750 £63,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -11.29%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Scrum
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the Midlands

Scrum
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
West Midlands -17 84 £60,000 -2.24% 50
East Midlands -18 27 £60,000 -7.69% 17
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 7 (6.25%) Confluence
2 5 (4.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.89%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.89%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.89%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.89%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (49.11%) Azure
2 43 (38.39%) AWS
3 16 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (8.93%) Power Platform
5 8 (7.14%) SaaS
6 6 (5.36%) GitHub
7 5 (4.46%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.79%) GCP
9 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.79%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.79%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.89%) Amazon Kinesis
10 1 (0.89%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.89%) Dagster
10 1 (0.89%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.93%) Power BI
2 9 (8.04%) MongoDB
3 8 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.89%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.89%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.89%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.89%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.89%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 1 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (11.61%) JIRA
1 13 (11.61%) JUnit
1 13 (11.61%) Maven
2 12 (10.71%) Mockito
3 9 (8.04%) Git
4 6 (5.36%) GitLab
4 6 (5.36%) Jenkins
4 6 (5.36%) Postman
5 5 (4.46%) JMeter
5 5 (4.46%) Selenium
5 5 (4.46%) SoapUI
6 4 (3.57%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.57%) XCUITest
7 3 (2.68%) Zephyr
8 2 (1.79%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.79%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.89%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.89%) Gradle
9 1 (0.89%) TestNG
9 1 (0.89%) WebDriver
General
1 29 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 27 (24.11%) Finance
3 18 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (13.39%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.14%) Retail
6 7 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.46%) Law
8 4 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.57%) Marketing
9 2 (1.79%) Banking
9 2 (1.79%) Legal
9 2 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.79%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.89%) Electronics
10 1 (0.89%) Games
10 1 (0.89%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.89%) iGaming
10 1 (0.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (29.46%) Developer
2 28 (25.00%) Senior
3 18 (16.07%) Lead
4 15 (13.39%) Senior Developer
5 12 (10.71%) Project Manager
6 10 (8.93%) Delivery Manager
6 10 (8.93%) Java Developer
6 10 (8.93%) Scrum Master
7 8 (7.14%) .NET Developer
7 8 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
7 8 (7.14%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 7 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 7 (6.25%) Lead Developer
9 6 (5.36%) Analyst
9 6 (5.36%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 6 (5.36%) React Developer
9 6 (5.36%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 6 (5.36%) Senior React Developer
10 5 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (4.46%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (24.11%) React
2 17 (15.18%) REST
3 15 (13.39%) Spring
4 12 (10.71%) Playwright
5 11 (9.82%) .NET
5 11 (9.82%) .NET Core
6 9 (8.04%) Node.js
7 8 (7.14%) ASP.NET
7 8 (7.14%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (7.14%) RESTful
8 7 (6.25%) AngularJS
8 7 (6.25%) Vue
9 5 (4.46%) JSON
9 5 (4.46%) XML
10 4 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (3.57%) SwiftUI
11 3 (2.68%) ADO
11 3 (2.68%) Blazor
11 3 (2.68%) SOAP
12 2 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.93%) Mobile App
3 6 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.89%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.89%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.89%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.89%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.89%) NHS
8 1 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.29%) Linux
2 6 (5.36%) Windows
3 5 (4.46%) Unix
4 4 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (87.50%) Agile
2 46 (41.07%) CI/CD
3 37 (33.04%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (29.46%) Mentoring
6 30 (26.79%) DevOps
7 26 (23.21%) Coaching
8 25 (22.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (22.32%) TDD
9 23 (20.54%) Microservices
9 23 (20.54%) Sprint Planning
10 21 (18.75%) AI
11 20 (17.86%) SDLC
12 18 (16.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 17 (15.18%) Kanban
14 16 (14.29%) LLM
14 16 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
15 15 (13.39%) Test Automation
16 14 (12.50%) BDD
16 14 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 36 (32.14%) SQL
2 27 (24.11%) Java
3 26 (23.21%) JavaScript
4 13 (11.61%) C#
4 13 (11.61%) TypeScript
5 12 (10.71%) PL/SQL
6 9 (8.04%) Bash
7 6 (5.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (3.57%) Swift
9 2 (1.79%) C++
9 2 (1.79%) Python
10 1 (0.89%) C
10 1 (0.89%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.89%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (27.68%) Security Cleared
2 26 (23.21%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.82%) Degree
4 6 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.57%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.68%) ISEB
7 1 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.89%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.89%) PMP
7 1 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (21.43%) QA
2 10 (8.93%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.89%) NIST
4 1 (0.89%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (17.86%) Docker
2 2 (1.79%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (19.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.68%) Terraform
3 1 (0.89%) Argo
3 1 (0.89%) Grafana
Vendors
1 17 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.71%) Oracle
3 7 (6.25%) Databricks
3 7 (6.25%) Pega
4 5 (4.46%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.57%) Apple
5 4 (3.57%) SAP
6 2 (1.79%) IFS
7 1 (0.89%) Adobe
7 1 (0.89%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.89%) Infor
7 1 (0.89%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.89%) Splunk
7 1 (0.89%) Workday