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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 138 105
Rank change year-on-year -30 -33 -58
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 95 96 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.72% 1.71% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 2.00% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 51 70 206
10th Percentile £36,663 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,188 £43,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,188 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £74,985 £77,500 £84,964
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -7.69%

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 9,249 4,806 10,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.79% 85.65% 79.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,561 2,862 7,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -27 70 £60,000 -0.41% 36
East Midlands -26 24 £61,750 -8.52% 22
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 (6.32%) Confluence
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.05%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.11%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.05%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.05%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.05%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.05%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.05%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (50.53%) Azure
2 28 (29.47%) AWS
3 17 (17.89%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.26%) GitHub
5 5 (5.26%) GitHub Copilot
5 5 (5.26%) SaaS
6 4 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.11%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.11%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.05%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.05%) GCP
8 1 (1.05%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.05%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.53%) Power BI
2 9 (9.47%) MongoDB
3 8 (8.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (8.42%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.05%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.05%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.05%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.05%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (12.63%) JIRA
2 9 (9.47%) JUnit
2 9 (9.47%) Maven
2 9 (9.47%) Mockito
3 7 (7.37%) Git
4 4 (4.21%) GitLab
4 4 (4.21%) XCUITest
5 3 (3.16%) Postman
5 3 (3.16%) SoapUI
6 2 (2.11%) Jenkins
6 2 (2.11%) JMeter
6 2 (2.11%) Selenium
7 1 (1.05%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.05%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.05%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.05%) Eclipse
7 1 (1.05%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.05%) NUnit
7 1 (1.05%) REST Assured
7 1 (1.05%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.16%) Finance
3 21 (22.11%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.68%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.37%) Retail
6 6 (6.32%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.21%) Law
9 3 (3.16%) Marketing
10 2 (2.11%) Legal
10 2 (2.11%) Social Housing
11 1 (1.05%) Banking
11 1 (1.05%) Electronics
11 1 (1.05%) Games
11 1 (1.05%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.05%) iGaming
11 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (28.42%) Developer
2 20 (21.05%) Senior
3 17 (17.89%) Lead
4 10 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
5 9 (9.47%) Senior Developer
6 8 (8.42%) .NET Developer
6 8 (8.42%) Project Manager
7 7 (7.37%) Analyst
7 7 (7.37%) Java Developer
7 7 (7.37%) Lead Developer
7 7 (7.37%) Scrum Master
8 6 (6.32%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 5 (5.26%) Business Analyst
9 5 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (5.26%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 5 (5.26%) Lead Java Developer
10 4 (4.21%) Java Team Leader
10 4 (4.21%) Release Engineer
10 4 (4.21%) Software Engineer
10 4 (4.21%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.05%) React
2 12 (12.63%) Spring
3 11 (11.58%) REST
4 10 (10.53%) .NET
4 10 (10.53%) .NET Core
5 9 (9.47%) Node.js
6 8 (8.42%) ASP.NET
6 8 (8.42%) ASP.NET Core
7 7 (7.37%) RESTful
8 6 (6.32%) AngularJS
8 6 (6.32%) Playwright
8 6 (6.32%) Vue
9 4 (4.21%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (4.21%) SwiftUI
10 3 (3.16%) Blazor
11 2 (2.11%) HTML
11 2 (2.11%) JSON
11 2 (2.11%) Spring Boot
11 2 (2.11%) Web Services
11 2 (2.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.84%) Product Ownership
2 9 (9.47%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.11%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.05%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.05%) CMDB
7 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.05%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.05%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.58%) Linux
2 6 (6.32%) Windows
3 4 (4.21%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (89.47%) Agile
2 35 (36.84%) CI/CD
3 30 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (29.47%) Coaching
4 28 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (26.32%) DevOps
5 25 (26.32%) Mentoring
6 23 (24.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (23.16%) TDD
8 19 (20.00%) Microservices
9 18 (18.95%) Kanban
10 17 (17.89%) Sprint Planning
11 15 (15.79%) AI
11 15 (15.79%) Full-Stack Development
12 13 (13.68%) Release Train
12 13 (13.68%) SDLC
12 13 (13.68%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (13.68%) User Stories
13 12 (12.63%) Roadmaps
13 12 (12.63%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 28 (29.47%) SQL
2 20 (21.05%) JavaScript
3 19 (20.00%) Java
4 12 (12.63%) C#
5 10 (10.53%) TypeScript
6 9 (9.47%) PL/SQL
7 6 (6.32%) Bash
7 6 (6.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (4.21%) Swift
9 2 (2.11%) C++
9 2 (2.11%) Python
10 1 (1.05%) C
10 1 (1.05%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.05%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (18.95%) Security Cleared
2 14 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.53%) Degree
4 6 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.16%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.11%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.05%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (21.05%) QA
2 8 (8.42%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.21%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) GRC
4 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.05%) NIST
4 1 (1.05%) PMO
4 1 (1.05%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (15.79%) Docker
2 1 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.05%) Argo
2 1 (1.05%) Grafana
2 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.47%) Oracle
3 6 (6.32%) Databricks
4 5 (5.26%) Pega
5 4 (4.21%) Apple
5 4 (4.21%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.11%) IFS
6 2 (2.11%) SAP
7 1 (1.05%) Adobe
7 1 (1.05%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (1.05%) Infor
7 1 (1.05%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.05%) Planon
7 1 (1.05%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.05%) Splunk