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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 113 66
Rank change year-on-year -33 -47 -43
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 77 151 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.96% 2.40% 3.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 2.64% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 45 88 224
10th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,188 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,500 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 6,485 5,716 5,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.47% 90.93% 86.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,613 2,539 4,895
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,754 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -22 55 £69,500 +11.20% 50
East Midlands -26 22 £49,500 -17.50% 58
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 6 (7.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (6.49%) Confluence
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.30%) Apache
4 1 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.30%) Appian
4 1 (1.30%) SAS
4 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.60%) Trello
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.90%) Maximo
3 2 (2.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (1.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (1.30%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 30 (38.96%) Azure
2 15 (19.48%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (18.18%) AWS
4 6 (7.79%) SaaS
5 5 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.19%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.60%) Asana
7 2 (2.60%) GCP
7 2 (2.60%) Miro
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.30%) Figma
8 1 (1.30%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) DHCP
1 2 (2.60%) DNS
1 2 (2.60%) VPN
2 1 (1.30%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.30%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) MySQL
1 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.30%) Metadata
2 1 (1.30%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.30%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.30%) Pentaho
2 1 (1.30%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (18.18%) JIRA
2 8 (10.39%) Git
2 8 (10.39%) JUnit
2 8 (10.39%) Maven
2 8 (10.39%) Mockito
3 1 (1.30%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.30%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (1.30%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.30%) Selenium
3 1 (1.30%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.30%) XCUITest
General
1 34 (44.16%) Finance
2 33 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 15 (19.48%) Public Sector
4 13 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (12.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.60%) Banking
6 2 (2.60%) Law
6 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Retail
7 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Legal
7 1 (1.30%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (27.27%) Lead
2 18 (23.38%) Developer
3 13 (16.88%) Senior
4 11 (14.29%) Analyst
5 9 (11.69%) Scrum Master
6 8 (10.39%) Agile Scrum Master
6 8 (10.39%) Business Analyst
6 8 (10.39%) Full-Stack Developer
6 8 (10.39%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 8 (10.39%) Java Developer
6 8 (10.39%) Senior Developer
7 6 (7.79%) Project Manager
7 6 (7.79%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (7.79%) Senior Java Developer
8 5 (6.49%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (5.19%) Lead Developer
10 3 (3.90%) IT Manager
10 3 (3.90%) Product Owner
10 3 (3.90%) Release Engineer
10 3 (3.90%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.39%) REST
2 7 (9.09%) React
3 4 (5.19%) .NET
3 4 (5.19%) CSS
3 4 (5.19%) HTML
3 4 (5.19%) Spring
4 3 (3.90%) .NET Framework
4 3 (3.90%) Node.js
4 3 (3.90%) RESTful
5 2 (2.60%) EDI
5 2 (2.60%) Laravel
6 1 (1.30%) JSON
6 1 (1.30%) Kafka
6 1 (1.30%) SOAP
6 1 (1.30%) SwiftUI
6 1 (1.30%) Visualforce
6 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.08%) Product Ownership
2 7 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.90%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.90%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.60%) CMDB
5 2 (2.60%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.30%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.30%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.30%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.79%) Linux
2 3 (3.90%) Windows
3 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (94.81%) Agile
2 23 (29.87%) DevOps
2 23 (29.87%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (24.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (23.38%) Kanban
5 17 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (20.78%) CI/CD
7 13 (16.88%) Decision-Making
7 13 (16.88%) Project Management
8 12 (15.58%) Sprint Planning
8 12 (15.58%) User Stories
9 11 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 11 (14.29%) Project Delivery
9 11 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 11 (14.29%) SDLC
9 11 (14.29%) TDD
10 10 (12.99%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (12.99%) Unit Testing
11 9 (11.69%) Coaching
11 9 (11.69%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.58%) Java
2 11 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 11 (14.29%) SQL
3 9 (11.69%) TypeScript
4 8 (10.39%) PL/SQL
5 6 (7.79%) Bash
6 4 (5.19%) C
6 4 (5.19%) C#
6 4 (5.19%) R
7 2 (2.60%) PHP
7 2 (2.60%) Python
8 1 (1.30%) Apex Code
8 1 (1.30%) Groovy
8 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.09%) Degree
4 3 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.90%) IBM Certification
4 3 (3.90%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.90%) PMP
5 2 (2.60%) MCP
5 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.30%) CSPO
6 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.30%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (33.77%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.60%) PMO
3 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) GRC
3 1 (1.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (11.69%) Docker
2 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (11.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
1 10 (12.99%) Oracle
2 4 (5.19%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.90%) Guidewire
3 3 (3.90%) IBM
4 2 (2.60%) SAP
4 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.60%) Zend
5 1 (1.30%) Apple
5 1 (1.30%) Conga
5 1 (1.30%) Denodo
5 1 (1.30%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.30%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.30%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.30%) Jitterbit
5 1 (1.30%) Pardot
5 1 (1.30%) Planon
5 1 (1.30%) Talend
5 1 (1.30%) Workday