Scrum Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Scrum
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 26 40
Rank change year-on-year -26 +14 -2
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 5 25 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.01% 5.91% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 7.23% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year - +2.36% -2.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 382 346 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 77.02% 81.80% 92.48%
Number of salaries quoted 168 119 205
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +21.21% -1.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Scrum relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Scrum job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Scrum
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Scrum

Scrum
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
County Antrim -11 5 £24,500 -51.00% 3
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Technology Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Trainee
1 3 (60.00%) Trainee Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform