Scrum Job Trends in the South West

Scrum
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 89 42
Rank change year-on-year -15 -47 +5
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 130 84 437
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.58% 2.58% 4.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 3.02% 5.64%
Number of salaries quoted 79 58 302
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,813 £31,375
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,875 £77,375
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,877 2,780 7,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.51% 85.28% 78.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,874 1,805 5,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,396
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.57% -3.37%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,343 £80,000
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 South West

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in the South West

Scrum
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the South West over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the South West

Scrum
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Gloucestershire -2 43 £60,000 -14.29% 29
Bristol -22 39 £54,250 -9.21% 19
Devon -23 16 £45,000 -4.00% 4
Dorset -3 13 £43,750 -7.89% 4
Somerset -31 13 £45,000 -41.94% 7
Cornwall - 5 - -
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (9.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (7.69%) Confluence
3 5 (3.85%) Apache
4 4 (3.08%) NServiceBus
5 3 (2.31%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.54%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.77%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (35.38%) Azure
2 30 (23.08%) AWS
3 22 (16.92%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (16.92%) Serverless
4 13 (10.00%) GitHub
5 12 (9.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 12 (9.23%) Azure Functions
5 12 (9.23%) Azure Key Vault
5 12 (9.23%) Azure Monitor
5 12 (9.23%) GCP
5 12 (9.23%) IaaS
5 12 (9.23%) PaaS
6 10 (7.69%) Power Platform
7 9 (6.92%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (5.38%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (4.62%) Amazon S3
10 4 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (3.08%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (3.08%) Miro
10 4 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.23%) VPN
2 5 (3.85%) Broadband
3 4 (3.08%) IPv4
3 4 (3.08%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (2.31%) AMQP
5 2 (1.54%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.62%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (13.08%) MongoDB
3 9 (6.92%) Power BI
3 9 (6.92%) SQL Server
4 8 (6.15%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (5.38%) NoSQL
6 6 (4.62%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.85%) Data Lake
8 4 (3.08%) Big Data
8 4 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (2.31%) Cloudera CDH
9 3 (2.31%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.54%) MySQL
10 2 (1.54%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.54%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (24.62%) Git
2 19 (14.62%) JIRA
3 8 (6.15%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.15%) Subversion
4 5 (3.85%) Cypress.io
5 4 (3.08%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.08%) GitLab
6 3 (2.31%) CircleCI
6 3 (2.31%) Postman
6 3 (2.31%) SoapUI
6 3 (2.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.54%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.54%) DBeaver
7 2 (1.54%) Gradle
7 2 (1.54%) JMeter
7 2 (1.54%) Maven
7 2 (1.54%) Selenium
7 2 (1.54%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.77%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 59 (45.38%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.92%) Finance
3 14 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (9.23%) Law
5 11 (8.46%) Aerospace
6 8 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.08%) Retail
8 1 (0.77%) Marketing
8 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.77%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 24 (18.46%) Analyst
2 18 (13.85%) Developer
3 16 (12.31%) Software Engineer
4 13 (10.00%) Scrum Master
5 12 (9.23%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 11 (8.46%) .NET Developer
7 10 (7.69%) Senior
8 9 (6.92%) Business Analyst
9 8 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.62%) Lead
11 6 (4.62%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
12 5 (3.85%) Applications Support
12 5 (3.85%) Applications Support Specialist
12 5 (3.85%) Consultant
12 5 (3.85%) Development Team Leader
12 5 (3.85%) Security Consultant
12 5 (3.85%) Security Management Consultant
12 5 (3.85%) Support Specialist
12 5 (3.85%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (16.15%) .NET
2 15 (11.54%) React
3 14 (10.77%) Node.js
4 13 (10.00%) ASP.NET
5 11 (8.46%) AngularJS
6 10 (7.69%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (6.15%) REST
8 7 (5.38%) .NET Core
8 7 (5.38%) .NET Framework
8 7 (5.38%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (5.38%) Blazor
8 7 (5.38%) HTML
8 7 (5.38%) Middleware
9 4 (3.08%) boto
9 4 (3.08%) CSS
9 4 (3.08%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (3.08%) Spring
9 4 (3.08%) Spring Boot
10 3 (2.31%) gRPC
10 3 (2.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.31%) Product Ownership
2 13 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (9.23%) Podcast
3 12 (9.23%) Public Cloud
3 12 (9.23%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.54%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.54%) Over-the-Top Content
6 2 (1.54%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.77%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.77%) Culture of Ownership
7 1 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.62%) Linux
2 16 (12.31%) Windows
3 12 (9.23%) VMS
4 4 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.31%) CentOS
5 3 (2.31%) Debian
5 3 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.31%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (83.85%) Agile
2 50 (38.46%) DevOps
3 41 (31.54%) CI/CD
4 38 (29.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (26.15%) Kanban
6 28 (21.54%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (19.23%) Software Engineering
9 24 (18.46%) AI
10 23 (17.69%) Test Automation
11 21 (16.15%) Microservices
12 20 (15.38%) Analytics
12 20 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (13.85%) Decision-Making
14 17 (13.08%) Task Automation
15 16 (12.31%) DevSecOps
15 16 (12.31%) SDLC
16 15 (11.54%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 14 (10.77%) Collaborative Culture
17 14 (10.77%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 44 (33.85%) SQL
2 30 (23.08%) Python
3 29 (22.31%) Java
4 28 (21.54%) Bash
5 23 (17.69%) C#
6 22 (16.92%) JavaScript
7 18 (13.85%) PowerShell
8 12 (9.23%) Bicep
8 12 (9.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (8.46%) C++
10 9 (6.92%) Go
11 5 (3.85%) TypeScript
12 4 (3.08%) Groovy
13 2 (1.54%) Scala
13 2 (1.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 27 (20.77%) DV Cleared
3 20 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (12.31%) Azure Certification
5 12 (9.23%) SC Cleared
6 8 (6.15%) AWS Certification
7 4 (3.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.08%) CCNA
7 4 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.08%) ISTQB
7 4 (3.08%) OSCP
7 4 (3.08%) RHCE
7 4 (3.08%) RHCSA
8 3 (2.31%) Degree
9 2 (1.54%) CSPO
10 1 (0.77%) CIPD
10 1 (0.77%) HND
10 1 (0.77%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.38%) QA
2 4 (3.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (3.08%) GDPR
3 3 (2.31%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.54%) SLA
5 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.77%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (12.31%) Active Directory
1 16 (12.31%) VMware Infrastructure
1 16 (12.31%) vSphere
2 15 (11.54%) Docker
3 12 (9.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (3.08%) Squid
4 4 (3.08%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (15.38%) Terraform
2 19 (14.62%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.92%) Puppet
4 8 (6.15%) Argo
4 8 (6.15%) Rancher
4 8 (6.15%) yum
5 7 (5.38%) Ansible
6 4 (3.08%) Packer
6 4 (3.08%) Podman
6 4 (3.08%) ZABBIX
7 2 (1.54%) Kibana
7 2 (1.54%) logstash
Vendors
1 41 (31.54%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.31%) VMware
3 12 (9.23%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (7.69%) Oracle
5 7 (5.38%) Google
5 7 (5.38%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.08%) Epicor
6 4 (3.08%) IFS
6 4 (3.08%) Infor
6 4 (3.08%) SAP
6 4 (3.08%) Splunk
7 3 (2.31%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.77%) Databricks
8 1 (0.77%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.77%) Zoho