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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 147 113
Rank change year-on-year +10 -34 -59
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 137 87 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.92% 1.49% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.76% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 65 68 138
10th Percentile £36,125 £45,750 £34,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £64,750 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,986 £77,500 £90,375
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 10,363 4,941 8,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.71% 84.68% 77.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7,402 2,965 4,642
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,700
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 £63,500 £64,108
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 31 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 31 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 +14 108 £59,761 -11.47% 59
East Midlands -21 28 £56,250 +7.14% 15
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 8 (5.84%) Confluence
2 7 (5.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Simulink
1 5 (3.65%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.73%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.73%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.46%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 60 (43.80%) Azure
2 55 (40.15%) AWS
3 15 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (7.30%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.57%) SaaS
6 7 (5.11%) GitHub
7 6 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (3.65%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.46%) Dagster
10 2 (1.46%) dbt
10 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.46%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.46%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.46%) Prefect
10 2 (1.46%) Serverless
10 2 (1.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.65%) Wireshark
2 2 (1.46%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.30%) Power BI
2 9 (6.57%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (5.84%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.65%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.46%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.46%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.73%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.73%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (13.87%) JIRA
2 15 (10.95%) JUnit
2 15 (10.95%) Maven
3 14 (10.22%) Git
3 14 (10.22%) Mockito
4 10 (7.30%) Jenkins
5 8 (5.84%) GitLab
5 8 (5.84%) Postman
6 7 (5.11%) JMeter
6 7 (5.11%) Selenium
6 7 (5.11%) SoapUI
7 6 (4.38%) Cucumber
8 5 (3.65%) Eclipse
8 5 (3.65%) Zephyr
9 4 (2.92%) Subversion
9 4 (2.92%) XCUITest
10 3 (2.19%) Cypress.io
11 2 (1.46%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.73%) TestNG
12 1 (0.73%) WebDriver
General
1 42 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.98%) Finance
3 21 (15.33%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.22%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.57%) Electronics
5 9 (6.57%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.84%) Retail
7 7 (5.11%) Law
8 5 (3.65%) Games
8 5 (3.65%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.92%) Marketing
9 4 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.19%) Legal
11 2 (1.46%) Banking
11 2 (1.46%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.73%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 42 (30.66%) Developer
2 37 (27.01%) Senior
3 28 (20.44%) Lead
4 20 (14.60%) Senior Developer
5 17 (12.41%) Project Manager
6 12 (8.76%) Java Developer
6 12 (8.76%) Scrum Master
7 10 (7.30%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (7.30%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 9 (6.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 9 (6.57%) React Developer
8 9 (6.57%) Senior React Developer
9 8 (5.84%) .NET Developer
9 8 (5.84%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (5.84%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 7 (5.11%) IT Manager
10 7 (5.11%) Lead Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Senior Java Developer
11 6 (4.38%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (23.36%) React
2 23 (16.79%) REST
3 17 (12.41%) Playwright
4 16 (11.68%) Spring
5 11 (8.03%) .NET
5 11 (8.03%) .NET Core
6 9 (6.57%) Node.js
6 9 (6.57%) RESTful
7 8 (5.84%) ASP.NET
7 8 (5.84%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (5.84%) JSON
8 7 (5.11%) AngularJS
8 7 (5.11%) HTML
8 7 (5.11%) Vue
8 7 (5.11%) XML
9 6 (4.38%) SOAP
10 5 (3.65%) ADO
10 5 (3.65%) CSS
10 5 (3.65%) Terraform
10 5 (3.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.22%) Product Ownership
2 12 (8.76%) Mobile App
3 8 (5.84%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.38%) CMDB
6 5 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.92%) FPGA
7 4 (2.92%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.92%) Verilog
7 4 (2.92%) VHDL
8 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.19%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.46%) IoT
9 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.73%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.73%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.60%) Linux
2 7 (5.11%) Unix
3 6 (4.38%) Windows
4 4 (2.92%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (86.86%) Agile
2 54 (39.42%) CI/CD
3 49 (35.77%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (29.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (28.47%) Mentoring
6 33 (24.09%) DevOps
7 31 (22.63%) Sprint Planning
8 27 (19.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (18.98%) AI
9 26 (18.98%) SDLC
9 26 (18.98%) TDD
10 25 (18.25%) Microservices
11 22 (16.06%) Coaching
11 22 (16.06%) Software Testing
12 20 (14.60%) Full-Stack Development
12 20 (14.60%) LLM
13 19 (13.87%) Technical Leadership
14 18 (13.14%) Technical Architecture
15 17 (12.41%) Test Automation
16 16 (11.68%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (29.93%) SQL
2 39 (28.47%) Java
3 35 (25.55%) JavaScript
4 16 (11.68%) TypeScript
5 14 (10.22%) PL/SQL
6 13 (9.49%) C#
7 10 (7.30%) Bash
8 6 (4.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (3.65%) C
9 5 (3.65%) Embedded C
9 5 (3.65%) MATLAB
9 5 (3.65%) Python
10 4 (2.92%) Perl
10 4 (2.92%) Swift
11 2 (1.46%) C++
Qualifications
1 46 (33.58%) Security Cleared
2 37 (27.01%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.60%) Degree
4 7 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.38%) ISTQB
6 5 (3.65%) ISEB
7 3 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.06%) QA
2 12 (8.76%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.46%) GDPR
3 2 (1.46%) NCSC
3 2 (1.46%) PMO
4 1 (0.73%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (17.52%) Docker
2 8 (5.84%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (5.84%) Firmware
3 3 (2.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (20.44%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.73%) Argo
Vendors
1 21 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.22%) Oracle
3 10 (7.30%) Pega
4 8 (5.84%) Databricks
4 8 (5.84%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.38%) SAP
5 6 (4.38%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.92%) Altera
6 4 (2.92%) Apple
6 4 (2.92%) Microsemi
6 4 (2.92%) Xilinx
7 3 (2.19%) Workday
8 2 (1.46%) IFS
8 2 (1.46%) Planon
9 1 (0.73%) Adobe
9 1 (0.73%) Infor
9 1 (0.73%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud