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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 113 89
Rank change year-on-year -54 -24 -63
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 86 105 319
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.71% 2.16% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 2.42% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 42 80 264
10th Percentile £43,722 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +16.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £69,500 £70,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,750 £74,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%

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 8,945 4,339 9,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 73.71% 89.26% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,264 2,592 7,101
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £66,063 £65,000 £61,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -40 57 £60,000 - 28
East Midlands -56 29 £60,000 -7.69% 14
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 (8.14%) Confluence
2 5 (5.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (2.33%) SAS
4 1 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.16%) Sketch
1 1 (1.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Maximo
2 1 (1.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (44.19%) Azure
2 22 (25.58%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (15.12%) AWS
4 8 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.98%) SaaS
6 3 (3.49%) GCP
7 2 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.16%) Asana
8 1 (1.16%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.16%) Figma
8 1 (1.16%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.16%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.16%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.16%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.30%) Power BI
2 2 (2.33%) MySQL
3 1 (1.16%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.16%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.16%) Pentaho
3 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.16%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 17 (19.77%) JIRA
2 12 (13.95%) Git
3 6 (6.98%) JUnit
3 6 (6.98%) Maven
3 6 (6.98%) Mockito
4 5 (5.81%) XCUITest
5 3 (3.49%) GitLab
6 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
6 2 (2.33%) Postman
6 2 (2.33%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.16%) Balsamiq
7 1 (1.16%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.16%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.16%) JMeter
7 1 (1.16%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.16%) REST Assured
7 1 (1.16%) Selenium
General
1 44 (51.16%) Social Skills
2 32 (37.21%) Finance
3 28 (32.56%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (13.95%) Public Sector
5 8 (9.30%) Retail
6 6 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.49%) Banking
7 3 (3.49%) Marketing
7 3 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.16%) Games
9 1 (1.16%) iGaming
9 1 (1.16%) Legal
9 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (20.93%) Senior
2 15 (17.44%) Developer
3 14 (16.28%) Lead
4 12 (13.95%) Delivery Manager
5 10 (11.63%) Analyst
5 10 (11.63%) Senior Developer
6 9 (10.47%) Business Analyst
6 9 (10.47%) Scrum Master
7 7 (8.14%) Agile Scrum Master
8 6 (6.98%) Business Intelligence Manager
8 6 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (6.98%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 6 (6.98%) Java Developer
8 6 (6.98%) Release Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Release Train Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Product Owner
9 5 (5.81%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.81%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (5.81%) Senior Java Developer
10 4 (4.65%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.14%) REST
1 7 (8.14%) RESTful
2 6 (6.98%) React
3 5 (5.81%) SwiftUI
4 4 (4.65%) Node.js
5 3 (3.49%) CSS
5 3 (3.49%) HTML
5 3 (3.49%) Spring
6 2 (2.33%) EDI
6 2 (2.33%) Laravel
7 1 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (1.16%) JSON
7 1 (1.16%) Playwright
7 1 (1.16%) Visualforce
7 1 (1.16%) XML
7 1 (1.16%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.58%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.98%) Mobile App
2 6 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.16%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.16%) CMDB
6 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.16%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.98%) Linux
2 5 (5.81%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.16%) Unix
3 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (93.02%) Agile
2 28 (32.56%) DevOps
2 28 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (31.40%) Coaching
4 25 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (27.91%) CI/CD
6 20 (23.26%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 20 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (19.77%) Kanban
7 17 (19.77%) User Stories
8 15 (17.44%) Release Train
9 13 (15.12%) Sprint Planning
10 12 (13.95%) Project Management
10 12 (13.95%) Technology Strategy
11 11 (12.79%) Analytics
11 11 (12.79%) Backlog Refinement
11 11 (12.79%) Data Modelling
11 11 (12.79%) Roadmaps
12 10 (11.63%) Acceptance Criteria
12 10 (11.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.44%) SQL
2 12 (13.95%) Java
3 9 (10.47%) JavaScript
4 6 (6.98%) Bash
4 6 (6.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (6.98%) PL/SQL
5 5 (5.81%) Swift
5 5 (5.81%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.65%) C
6 4 (4.65%) R
7 2 (2.33%) PHP
7 2 (2.33%) Python
8 1 (1.16%) Apex Code
8 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (15.12%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.47%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.98%) Degree
4 4 (4.65%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.33%) IBM Certification
6 2 (2.33%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.33%) PMP
6 2 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (31.40%) QA
2 5 (5.81%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.33%) GDPR
4 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.16%) GRC
4 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.16%) NIST
4 1 (1.16%) PMO
4 1 (1.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (9.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) Argo
2 1 (1.16%) Grafana
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (10.47%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.14%) Oracle
3 6 (6.98%) Databricks
4 5 (5.81%) Apple
5 3 (3.49%) Guidewire
5 3 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.33%) IBM
6 2 (2.33%) Zend
7 1 (1.16%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (1.16%) Conga
7 1 (1.16%) Denodo
7 1 (1.16%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.16%) Infor
7 1 (1.16%) JD Edwards
7 1 (1.16%) Jitterbit
7 1 (1.16%) Pardot
7 1 (1.16%) SAP
7 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.16%) Splunk
7 1 (1.16%) Talend