Scrum Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Scrum
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 56 63
Rank change year-on-year -63 +7 -26
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 53 165 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.31% 4.78% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 5.22% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 35 63 96
10th Percentile £32,750 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% +8.33% -5.88%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £92,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £54,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.15% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,257 3,161 3,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.66% 91.62% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,745 1,440 2,325
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,750 £76,002 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +9.43% -3.64%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Scrum job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Scrum
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the Thames Valley

Scrum
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Berkshire -59 25 £45,000 -23.89% 19
Buckinghamshire +2 24 £65,000 +1.96% 20
Oxfordshire -11 4 £60,000 -14.29% 10
Scrum
South East

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (11.32%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.08%) Azure
2 15 (28.30%) AWS
3 6 (11.32%) Amazon ECS
3 6 (11.32%) Amazon EKS
3 6 (11.32%) Amazon S3
3 6 (11.32%) Amazon SQS
3 6 (11.32%) Serverless
4 4 (7.55%) GCP
5 3 (5.66%) Collibra
6 2 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.77%) GitHub
6 2 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.77%) Miro
6 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.77%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.89%) PaaS
7 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (11.32%) Relational Database
3 3 (5.66%) Data Mining
3 3 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.66%) Metadata
3 3 (5.66%) SAP BW
3 3 (5.66%) SAP HANA
4 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.77%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (30.19%) JIRA
2 12 (22.64%) Postman
2 12 (22.64%) Selenium
2 12 (22.64%) SoapUI
2 12 (22.64%) Team Foundation Server
2 12 (22.64%) WebDriver
3 9 (16.98%) Git
4 8 (15.09%) Jenkins
5 3 (5.66%) ERwin
5 3 (5.66%) GitLab
5 3 (5.66%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (3.77%) SonarQube
7 1 (1.89%) JUnit
General
1 32 (60.38%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.19%) Finance
3 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.55%) Law
5 3 (5.66%) Automotive
5 3 (5.66%) Publishing
6 2 (3.77%) Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Aviation
7 1 (1.89%) Marketing
7 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Analyst
2 12 (22.64%) Senior
3 11 (20.75%) Developer
4 8 (15.09%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (15.09%) Test Analyst
5 7 (13.21%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (11.32%) Delivery Manager
6 6 (11.32%) Java Developer
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Test Analyst
7 4 (7.55%) .NET Developer
7 4 (7.55%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Software Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Tester
8 3 (5.66%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Data Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Data Model Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Lead
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (37.74%) .NET
2 12 (22.64%) HTML
2 12 (22.64%) SOAP
3 10 (18.87%) REST
4 9 (16.98%) React
5 7 (13.21%) ASP.NET
6 6 (11.32%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (11.32%) Kafka
6 6 (11.32%) Mustache
6 6 (11.32%) Node.js
6 6 (11.32%) Spring
6 6 (11.32%) Spring Boot
7 5 (9.43%) .NET Framework
7 5 (9.43%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (9.43%) Web Services
8 4 (7.55%) Kendo UI
8 4 (7.55%) Middleware
8 4 (7.55%) Razor View Engine
8 4 (7.55%) Sass
8 4 (7.55%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (13.21%) Product Ownership
3 5 (9.43%) Cloud Native
4 4 (7.55%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.66%) N-Tier
6 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.77%) Life Science
7 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Linux
1 2 (3.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (88.68%) Agile
2 17 (32.08%) Mentoring
3 15 (28.30%) Software Testing
4 14 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (24.53%) CI/CD
6 12 (22.64%) API Testing
6 12 (22.64%) Cross-Browser Testing
6 12 (22.64%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (22.64%) Non-Functional Testing
6 12 (22.64%) Test Management
6 12 (22.64%) Test Scripting
7 11 (20.75%) DevOps
7 11 (20.75%) Kanban
8 9 (16.98%) Microservices
8 9 (16.98%) TDD
9 8 (15.09%) Computer Science
9 8 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (13.21%) Data Management
10 7 (13.21%) Logistics
10 7 (13.21%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 21 (39.62%) SQL
2 20 (37.74%) C#
2 20 (37.74%) Java
3 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
4 5 (9.43%) Python
5 4 (7.55%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.77%) C
6 2 (3.77%) C++
Qualifications
1 28 (52.83%) Degree
2 12 (22.64%) ISTQB
2 12 (22.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 7 (13.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (9.43%) Master's Degree
5 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
6 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.66%) PMI Certification
6 3 (5.66%) PMP
6 3 (5.66%) SAP Certification
6 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.66%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.66%) QA
3 2 (3.77%) ECSS
3 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.77%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (18.87%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.77%) Ansible
2 2 (3.77%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (3.77%) Rundeck
3 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
1 4 (7.55%) Telerik
2 3 (5.66%) SAP
3 2 (3.77%) VMware
4 1 (1.89%) HubSpot