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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 146 109
Rank change year-on-year +1 -37 -55
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 135 91 225
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.92% 1.56% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.84% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 66 71 148
10th Percentile £35,438 £45,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £43,438 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,761 £62,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +17.37% -11.25%
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 10,235 4,941 8,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.71% 84.85% 77.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7,314 2,964 4,919
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,094 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 24 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 24 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 +15 105 £59,761 -9.79% 41
East Midlands -18 29 £52,500 - 9
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 (5.19%) Confluence
1 7 (5.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (2.96%) Simulink
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.74%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.48%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 60 (44.44%) Azure
2 54 (40.00%) AWS
3 15 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (7.41%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.67%) SaaS
6 6 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (4.44%) GitHub
7 5 (3.70%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.48%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.48%) Dagster
9 2 (1.48%) GCP
9 2 (1.48%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.48%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.48%) Prefect
9 2 (1.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.96%) Wireshark
2 2 (1.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.41%) Power BI
2 9 (6.67%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (5.93%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.48%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.48%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.74%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.74%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (12.59%) JIRA
2 15 (11.11%) JUnit
2 15 (11.11%) Maven
3 14 (10.37%) Mockito
4 12 (8.89%) Git
5 9 (6.67%) Jenkins
6 7 (5.19%) Postman
7 6 (4.44%) GitLab
7 6 (4.44%) JMeter
7 6 (4.44%) Selenium
7 6 (4.44%) SoapUI
8 5 (3.70%) Cucumber
9 4 (2.96%) Eclipse
9 4 (2.96%) XCUITest
9 4 (2.96%) Zephyr
10 3 (2.22%) Subversion
11 2 (1.48%) Cypress.io
11 2 (1.48%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.74%) TestNG
12 1 (0.74%) WebDriver
General
1 39 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.00%) Finance
3 21 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.93%) Retail
7 7 (5.19%) Electronics
7 7 (5.19%) Law
8 4 (2.96%) Games
8 4 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.96%) Marketing
8 4 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.22%) Legal
10 2 (1.48%) Banking
10 2 (1.48%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.74%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.74%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 41 (30.37%) Developer
2 37 (27.41%) Senior
3 26 (19.26%) Lead
4 19 (14.07%) Senior Developer
5 17 (12.59%) Project Manager
6 13 (9.63%) Scrum Master
7 12 (8.89%) Java Developer
8 10 (7.41%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (7.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 9 (6.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 8 (5.93%) .NET Developer
10 8 (5.93%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (5.93%) React Developer
10 8 (5.93%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 8 (5.93%) Senior React Developer
11 7 (5.19%) IT Manager
11 7 (5.19%) Lead Developer
11 7 (5.19%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (5.19%) Senior Java Developer
12 6 (4.44%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (22.96%) React
2 22 (16.30%) REST
3 16 (11.85%) Spring
4 15 (11.11%) Playwright
5 11 (8.15%) .NET
5 11 (8.15%) .NET Core
6 9 (6.67%) Node.js
7 8 (5.93%) ASP.NET
7 8 (5.93%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (5.93%) RESTful
8 7 (5.19%) AngularJS
8 7 (5.19%) JSON
8 7 (5.19%) Vue
9 6 (4.44%) HTML
9 6 (4.44%) XML
10 5 (3.70%) SOAP
10 5 (3.70%) Terraform
10 5 (3.70%) Web Services
11 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (2.96%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 12 (8.89%) Mobile App
3 8 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (4.44%) CMDB
5 6 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.22%) FPGA
7 3 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.22%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.22%) Verilog
7 3 (2.22%) VHDL
8 2 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.48%) IoT
9 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.74%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.81%) Linux
2 7 (5.19%) Unix
3 6 (4.44%) Windows
4 4 (2.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (86.67%) Agile
2 52 (38.52%) CI/CD
3 48 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (27.41%) Mentoring
6 32 (23.70%) DevOps
7 30 (22.22%) Sprint Planning
8 26 (19.26%) AI
8 26 (19.26%) SDLC
8 26 (19.26%) TDD
9 25 (18.52%) Microservices
9 25 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (16.30%) Coaching
11 20 (14.81%) Full-Stack Development
11 20 (14.81%) LLM
11 20 (14.81%) Software Testing
12 18 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
12 18 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (12.59%) Time Management
14 15 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (29.63%) SQL
2 37 (27.41%) Java
3 34 (25.19%) JavaScript
4 15 (11.11%) TypeScript
5 14 (10.37%) PL/SQL
6 13 (9.63%) C#
7 10 (7.41%) Bash
8 6 (4.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (2.96%) C
9 4 (2.96%) Embedded C
9 4 (2.96%) MATLAB
9 4 (2.96%) Python
9 4 (2.96%) Swift
10 3 (2.22%) Perl
11 2 (1.48%) C++
Qualifications
1 46 (34.07%) Security Cleared
2 37 (27.41%) SC Cleared
3 18 (13.33%) Degree
4 7 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.70%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.96%) ISEB
7 3 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.30%) QA
2 11 (8.15%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.48%) GDPR
3 2 (1.48%) NCSC
3 2 (1.48%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (17.78%) Docker
2 7 (5.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (5.19%) Firmware
3 3 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (20.74%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.74%) Argo
Vendors
1 21 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.37%) Oracle
3 8 (5.93%) Databricks
3 8 (5.93%) Pega
3 8 (5.93%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.70%) SAP
6 4 (2.96%) Apple
7 3 (2.22%) Altera
7 3 (2.22%) Microsemi
7 3 (2.22%) Workday
7 3 (2.22%) Xilinx
8 2 (1.48%) IFS
8 2 (1.48%) Planon
9 1 (0.74%) Adobe
9 1 (0.74%) Infor
9 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud