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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 137 105
Rank change year-on-year -30 -32 -51
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 96 94 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.75% 1.81% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 2.07% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 49 68 233
10th Percentile £36,280 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,563 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,490 £76,250 £82,500
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 8,906 4,546 10,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.69% 87.64% 79.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,280 2,653 7,479
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £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 £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -21 73 £60,000 - 25
East Midlands -15 22 £63,500 -5.93% 11
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 5 (5.21%) Confluence
2 4 (4.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.04%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.04%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.04%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (55.21%) Azure
2 29 (30.21%) AWS
3 20 (20.83%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (10.42%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.21%) GitHub
5 5 (5.21%) GitHub Copilot
5 5 (5.21%) SaaS
6 4 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.08%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.08%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.04%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.04%) GCP
8 1 (1.04%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.42%) Power BI
2 9 (9.38%) MongoDB
3 8 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.04%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.04%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.04%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.04%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (11.46%) JIRA
1 11 (11.46%) JUnit
1 11 (11.46%) Maven
1 11 (11.46%) Mockito
2 9 (9.38%) Git
3 4 (4.17%) XCUITest
4 3 (3.13%) GitLab
5 2 (2.08%) Postman
5 2 (2.08%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.04%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.04%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.04%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.04%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.04%) JMeter
6 1 (1.04%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.04%) NUnit
6 1 (1.04%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.04%) Selenium
General
1 35 (36.46%) Social Skills
2 27 (28.13%) Finance
3 21 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (15.63%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (7.29%) Retail
7 6 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.13%) Marketing
9 2 (2.08%) Law
9 2 (2.08%) Legal
9 2 (2.08%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.04%) Banking
10 1 (1.04%) Electronics
10 1 (1.04%) Games
10 1 (1.04%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.04%) iGaming
10 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (30.21%) Developer
2 21 (21.88%) Senior
3 17 (17.71%) Lead
4 11 (11.46%) Senior Developer
5 10 (10.42%) Delivery Manager
6 9 (9.38%) Java Developer
6 9 (9.38%) Scrum Master
7 8 (8.33%) .NET Developer
8 7 (7.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 7 (7.29%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 7 (7.29%) Lead Developer
9 6 (6.25%) Agile Scrum Master
9 6 (6.25%) Analyst
9 6 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 6 (6.25%) Project Manager
10 5 (5.21%) Business Analyst
10 5 (5.21%) Lead Java Developer
10 5 (5.21%) Release Engineer
10 5 (5.21%) Release Train Engineer
11 4 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (20.83%) React
2 13 (13.54%) REST
3 12 (12.50%) Spring
4 10 (10.42%) .NET
4 10 (10.42%) .NET Core
5 9 (9.38%) Node.js
6 8 (8.33%) ASP.NET
6 8 (8.33%) ASP.NET Core
7 7 (7.29%) RESTful
8 6 (6.25%) AngularJS
8 6 (6.25%) Vue
9 5 (5.21%) Playwright
10 4 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (4.17%) SwiftUI
11 3 (3.13%) Blazor
12 2 (2.08%) HTML
12 2 (2.08%) Spring Boot
12 2 (2.08%) Web Services
13 1 (1.04%) XML
13 1 (1.04%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.29%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.08%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.04%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.04%) CMDB
7 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.54%) Linux
2 6 (6.25%) Windows
3 4 (4.17%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (92.71%) Agile
2 37 (38.54%) CI/CD
3 32 (33.33%) Coaching
4 30 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (30.21%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (28.13%) DevOps
7 24 (25.00%) Mentoring
7 24 (25.00%) TDD
8 22 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (21.88%) Kanban
9 21 (21.88%) Microservices
10 19 (19.79%) Sprint Planning
11 17 (17.71%) Full-Stack Development
12 16 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 15 (15.63%) AI
14 14 (14.58%) Release Train
15 13 (13.54%) SDLC
15 13 (13.54%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (13.54%) Unit Testing
15 13 (13.54%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 29 (30.21%) SQL
2 20 (20.83%) Java
2 20 (20.83%) JavaScript
3 12 (12.50%) C#
4 11 (11.46%) PL/SQL
5 10 (10.42%) TypeScript
6 8 (8.33%) Bash
7 6 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (4.17%) Swift
9 3 (3.13%) C
10 2 (2.08%) C++
10 2 (2.08%) Python
10 2 (2.08%) R
11 1 (1.04%) Embedded C
11 1 (1.04%) MATLAB
11 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.38%) Degree
4 6 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.04%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (25.00%) QA
2 8 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.04%) GRC
4 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.04%) NIST
4 1 (1.04%) PMO
4 1 (1.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (17.71%) Docker
2 1 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (17.71%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.04%) Argo
2 1 (1.04%) Grafana
2 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.46%) Oracle
3 6 (6.25%) Databricks
4 4 (4.17%) Apple
4 4 (4.17%) Pega
5 2 (2.08%) IFS
5 2 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.04%) Adobe
6 1 (1.04%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.04%) Infor
6 1 (1.04%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.04%) Planon
6 1 (1.04%) SAP
6 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.04%) Splunk