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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 147 106
Rank change year-on-year +4 -41 -53
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 127 92 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.87% 1.58% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.86% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 62 72 151
10th Percentile £34,888 £45,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,375 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% +16.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £64,500 £72,813 £63,125
90th Percentile £74,985 £77,375 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

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 10,144 4,949 8,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.85% 85.09% 77.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,222 2,998 4,983
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

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 17 August 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 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +9 97 £57,500 -11.54% 85
East Midlands -15 29 £52,500 - 16
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 (5.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (4.72%) Confluence
3 2 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.36%) Simulink
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (46.46%) Azure
2 53 (41.73%) AWS
3 14 (11.02%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (7.87%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.09%) SaaS
6 6 (4.72%) GitHub
7 5 (3.94%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.57%) Dagster
9 2 (1.57%) dbt
9 2 (1.57%) GCP
9 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.57%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.57%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.57%) Prefect
9 2 (1.57%) Serverless
9 2 (1.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.87%) Power BI
2 9 (7.09%) MongoDB
3 8 (6.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (6.30%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.36%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.57%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.57%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.79%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (11.81%) JUnit
1 15 (11.81%) Maven
2 14 (11.02%) Mockito
3 13 (10.24%) JIRA
4 10 (7.87%) Git
5 8 (6.30%) Jenkins
6 6 (4.72%) Postman
7 5 (3.94%) GitLab
7 5 (3.94%) JMeter
7 5 (3.94%) Selenium
7 5 (3.94%) SoapUI
8 4 (3.15%) Cucumber
8 4 (3.15%) XCUITest
9 3 (2.36%) Eclipse
9 3 (2.36%) Zephyr
10 2 (1.57%) Cypress.io
10 2 (1.57%) REST Assured
10 2 (1.57%) Subversion
11 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.79%) Gradle
General
1 32 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.26%) Finance
3 18 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.30%) Retail
6 7 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (5.51%) Law
7 5 (3.94%) Electronics
8 4 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.15%) Marketing
8 4 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.36%) Games
9 3 (2.36%) Legal
9 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.57%) Banking
10 2 (1.57%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.79%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.79%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 39 (30.71%) Developer
2 34 (26.77%) Senior
3 24 (18.90%) Lead
4 19 (14.96%) Senior Developer
5 17 (13.39%) Project Manager
6 12 (9.45%) Java Developer
6 12 (9.45%) Scrum Master
7 10 (7.87%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (7.87%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 9 (7.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 8 (6.30%) .NET Developer
9 8 (6.30%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (6.30%) React Developer
9 8 (6.30%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 8 (6.30%) Senior React Developer
10 7 (5.51%) Lead Developer
10 7 (5.51%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (5.51%) Senior Java Developer
11 6 (4.72%) Business Intelligence Manager
11 6 (4.72%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (24.41%) React
2 22 (17.32%) REST
3 16 (12.60%) Spring
4 14 (11.02%) Playwright
5 11 (8.66%) .NET
5 11 (8.66%) .NET Core
6 9 (7.09%) Node.js
7 8 (6.30%) ASP.NET
7 8 (6.30%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (6.30%) RESTful
8 7 (5.51%) AngularJS
8 7 (5.51%) Vue
9 6 (4.72%) JSON
10 5 (3.94%) XML
11 4 (3.15%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (3.15%) HTML
11 4 (3.15%) SOAP
11 4 (3.15%) SwiftUI
12 3 (2.36%) ADO
12 3 (2.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Product Ownership
2 12 (9.45%) Mobile App
3 8 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.94%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.36%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.57%) CMDB
8 2 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.57%) FPGA
8 2 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.57%) Verilog
8 2 (1.57%) VHDL
9 1 (0.79%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.79%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (15.75%) Linux
2 7 (5.51%) Unix
3 6 (4.72%) Windows
4 4 (3.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (86.61%) Agile
2 51 (40.16%) CI/CD
3 44 (34.65%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (29.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (28.35%) Mentoring
6 31 (24.41%) DevOps
7 29 (22.83%) Sprint Planning
8 26 (20.47%) SDLC
8 26 (20.47%) TDD
9 25 (19.69%) Microservices
10 24 (18.90%) AI
11 22 (17.32%) Coaching
11 22 (17.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (15.75%) Full-Stack Development
12 20 (15.75%) LLM
13 18 (14.17%) Technical Architecture
13 18 (14.17%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (13.39%) Software Testing
14 17 (13.39%) Time Management
15 15 (11.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (30.71%) SQL
2 34 (26.77%) Java
3 32 (25.20%) JavaScript
4 15 (11.81%) TypeScript
5 14 (11.02%) PL/SQL
6 13 (10.24%) C#
7 10 (7.87%) Bash
8 6 (4.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (3.15%) Swift
10 3 (2.36%) C
10 3 (2.36%) Embedded C
10 3 (2.36%) MATLAB
10 3 (2.36%) Python
11 2 (1.57%) C++
11 2 (1.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (32.28%) Security Cleared
2 36 (28.35%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.02%) Degree
4 5 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.15%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.36%) ISEB
7 2 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.79%) PMP
8 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.54%) QA
2 11 (8.66%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.57%) GDPR
3 2 (1.57%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (18.90%) Docker
2 6 (4.72%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (4.72%) Firmware
3 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (22.05%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.94%) Terraform
3 1 (0.79%) Argo
3 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.02%) Oracle
3 8 (6.30%) Databricks
4 7 (5.51%) Pega
5 6 (4.72%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.15%) Apple
6 4 (3.15%) SAP
7 3 (2.36%) Workday
8 2 (1.57%) Altera
8 2 (1.57%) IFS
8 2 (1.57%) Microsemi
8 2 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.57%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.79%) Adobe
9 1 (0.79%) Infor
9 1 (0.79%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud