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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 104 81
Rank change year-on-year -50 -23 -57
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 83 112 315
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.76% 2.31% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 2.56% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 43 90 265
10th Percentile £43,947 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,875 £47,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +15.57% -3.64%
75th Percentile £67,625 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £73,875 £77,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -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 8,201 4,372 8,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 75.55% 90.33% 82.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,784 2,588 6,834
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,485 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% +10.49% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,604 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 1 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 1 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 -30 59 £60,000 - 35
East Midlands -53 24 £60,000 -4.00% 13
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 (9.64%) Confluence
2 5 (6.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (2.41%) SAS
4 1 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Trello
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Maximo
2 1 (1.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (44.58%) Azure
2 24 (28.92%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (13.25%) AWS
4 6 (7.23%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.23%) SaaS
5 3 (3.61%) GCP
6 2 (2.41%) Asana
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.20%) Figma
7 1 (1.20%) Lucidchart
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.20%) Miro
7 1 (1.20%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) MySQL
3 1 (1.20%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.20%) Pentaho
3 1 (1.20%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (24.10%) JIRA
2 13 (15.66%) Git
3 6 (7.23%) JUnit
3 6 (7.23%) Maven
3 6 (7.23%) Mockito
4 5 (6.02%) XCUITest
5 3 (3.61%) SoapUI
6 2 (2.41%) GitLab
6 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
6 2 (2.41%) LoadRunner
6 2 (2.41%) Postman
7 1 (1.20%) Balsamiq
7 1 (1.20%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.20%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.20%) JMeter
7 1 (1.20%) REST Assured
7 1 (1.20%) Selenium
General
1 42 (50.60%) Social Skills
2 34 (40.96%) Finance
3 22 (26.51%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.87%) Public Sector
5 12 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (7.23%) Retail
7 3 (3.61%) Banking
7 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.61%) Marketing
7 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Games
9 1 (1.20%) iGaming
9 1 (1.20%) Legal
9 1 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (20.48%) Lead
1 17 (20.48%) Senior
2 16 (19.28%) Developer
3 11 (13.25%) Analyst
3 11 (13.25%) Scrum Master
4 10 (12.05%) Senior Developer
5 9 (10.84%) Business Analyst
5 9 (10.84%) Delivery Manager
6 8 (9.64%) Agile Scrum Master
7 6 (7.23%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (7.23%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 6 (7.23%) Java Developer
7 6 (7.23%) Release Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) Release Train Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Product Owner
8 5 (6.02%) Project Manager
8 5 (6.02%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (6.02%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (4.82%) Data Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Business Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.43%) REST
1 7 (8.43%) RESTful
2 6 (7.23%) React
3 5 (6.02%) SwiftUI
4 3 (3.61%) CSS
4 3 (3.61%) HTML
4 3 (3.61%) Node.js
4 3 (3.61%) Spring
5 2 (2.41%) EDI
5 2 (2.41%) JSON
5 2 (2.41%) Laravel
5 2 (2.41%) XML
6 1 (1.20%) .NET
6 1 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (1.20%) Playwright
6 1 (1.20%) SOAP
6 1 (1.20%) Visualforce
6 1 (1.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.30%) Product Ownership
2 7 (8.43%) Mobile App
3 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.20%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.20%) CMDB
6 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.20%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.02%) Apple iOS
1 5 (6.02%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (92.77%) Agile
2 29 (34.94%) DevOps
3 27 (32.53%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (28.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (26.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (25.30%) CI/CD
7 19 (22.89%) Coaching
8 18 (21.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 17 (20.48%) Kanban
10 14 (16.87%) User Stories
11 13 (15.66%) Project Management
11 13 (15.66%) Sprint Planning
12 12 (14.46%) Decision-Making
13 10 (12.05%) Acceptance Criteria
13 10 (12.05%) Backlog Refinement
13 10 (12.05%) Mentoring
13 10 (12.05%) SDLC
13 10 (12.05%) Unit Testing
13 10 (12.05%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (10.84%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) SQL
2 11 (13.25%) Java
3 9 (10.84%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.23%) Bash
4 6 (7.23%) PL/SQL
5 5 (6.02%) Swift
5 5 (6.02%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.82%) C
6 4 (4.82%) R
7 3 (3.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (2.41%) PHP
8 2 (2.41%) Python
9 1 (1.20%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (16.87%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.84%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.23%) Degree
4 4 (4.82%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.41%) IBM Certification
6 2 (2.41%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.41%) PMP
7 1 (1.20%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.20%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (36.14%) QA
2 5 (6.02%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.41%) GDPR
4 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.20%) GRC
4 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.20%) NIST
4 1 (1.20%) PMO
4 1 (1.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (9.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (9.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.43%) Oracle
3 5 (6.02%) Apple
4 3 (3.61%) Databricks
4 3 (3.61%) Guidewire
4 3 (3.61%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.41%) IBM
5 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.41%) Zend
6 1 (1.20%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.20%) Conga
6 1 (1.20%) Denodo
6 1 (1.20%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.20%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.20%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.20%) Jitterbit
6 1 (1.20%) Pardot
6 1 (1.20%) Planon
6 1 (1.20%) Splunk
6 1 (1.20%) Talend