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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 98 81
Rank change year-on-year -1 -17 -30
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 81 89 207
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.43% 2.63% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.81% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 52 32 128
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £44,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,844 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% -12.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,625 £82,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% -8.00%

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 4,092 3,168 5,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.18% 93.51% 83.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,815 1,189 3,946
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,900 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,800 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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
Buckinghamshire +32 42 £75,000 +14.50% 8
Berkshire -30 23 £50,000 -25.93% 13
Oxfordshire -5 16 £85,000 +21.43% 4
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 (7.41%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.23%) Apache
2 1 (1.23%) CMS
2 1 (1.23%) IIS
2 1 (1.23%) JBoss
2 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (1.23%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.23%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 38 (46.91%) AWS
2 31 (38.27%) Azure
3 14 (17.28%) Serverless
4 13 (16.05%) Amazon ECS
4 13 (16.05%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (8.64%) Amazon S3
5 7 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (6.17%) Amazon SQS
6 5 (6.17%) GCP
7 4 (4.94%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (4.94%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (4.94%) Google Analytics
8 3 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.70%) GitHub
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.47%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.70%) DHCP
1 3 (3.70%) DNS
1 3 (3.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.75%) Relational Database
2 11 (13.58%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (8.64%) Metadata
3 7 (8.64%) SQL Server
4 5 (6.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (6.17%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (6.17%) MongoDB
5 3 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.70%) MySQL
6 2 (2.47%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.47%) Power BI
6 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (17.28%) JIRA
2 13 (16.05%) Git
2 13 (16.05%) Jenkins
3 6 (7.41%) Zephyr
4 5 (6.17%) Selenium
5 3 (3.70%) GitLab
5 3 (3.70%) JUnit
5 3 (3.70%) Postman
5 3 (3.70%) SoapUI
5 3 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (3.70%) WebDriver
6 2 (2.47%) JMeter
6 2 (2.47%) Mockito
7 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.23%) SonarQube
General
1 29 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.46%) Public Sector
3 13 (16.05%) Finance
3 13 (16.05%) Law
4 11 (13.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (9.88%) Manufacturing
6 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (6.17%) Retail
8 2 (2.47%) Legal
8 2 (2.47%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.23%) Games
9 1 (1.23%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (29.63%) Developer
2 15 (18.52%) Architect
3 13 (16.05%) Java Developer
4 9 (11.11%) Senior
5 8 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (8.64%) Data Architect
7 6 (7.41%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (7.41%) Head of IT
8 5 (6.17%) .NET Developer
8 5 (6.17%) Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Analytics Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (4.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) E-Commerce Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 4 (4.94%) Lead
9 4 (4.94%) QA Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Senior Test Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (25.93%) React
2 14 (17.28%) .NET
2 14 (17.28%) REST
2 14 (17.28%) Spring
3 12 (14.81%) Spring Boot
3 12 (14.81%) Web Services
4 11 (13.58%) Node.js
5 10 (12.35%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (9.88%) AngularJS
6 8 (9.88%) HTML
6 8 (9.88%) Mustache
7 7 (8.64%) .NET Core
7 7 (8.64%) ASP.NET
8 6 (7.41%) JPA
9 5 (6.17%) ASP.NET Core
9 5 (6.17%) ASP.NET Web API
9 5 (6.17%) Java EE
9 5 (6.17%) Kafka
9 5 (6.17%) RESTful
9 5 (6.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.52%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (13.58%) Product Ownership
3 8 (9.88%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.17%) Life Science
4 5 (6.17%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (6.17%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.70%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.70%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.47%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (2.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.47%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.47%) Linux
1 2 (2.47%) Windows
2 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (96.30%) Agile
2 36 (44.44%) Kanban
3 32 (39.51%) DevOps
4 27 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (29.63%) Microservices
6 23 (28.40%) Computer Science
7 22 (27.16%) CI/CD
8 20 (24.69%) TDD
9 17 (20.99%) ITIL
10 16 (19.75%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (17.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (17.28%) Technology Strategy
12 12 (14.81%) ITSM
12 12 (14.81%) Software Testing
13 11 (13.58%) BDD
13 11 (13.58%) Data Modelling
13 11 (13.58%) SDLC
13 11 (13.58%) Software Engineering
13 11 (13.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.16%) SQL
2 18 (22.22%) Java
3 16 (19.75%) JavaScript
4 14 (17.28%) C#
5 11 (13.58%) Python
6 4 (4.94%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.94%) TypeScript
7 3 (3.70%) Bash
7 3 (3.70%) PHP
7 3 (3.70%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.70%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.47%) R
9 1 (1.23%) Groovy
9 1 (1.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 31 (38.27%) Degree
2 19 (23.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (16.05%) Security Cleared
4 12 (14.81%) SC Cleared
5 9 (11.11%) ISTQB
6 3 (3.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.47%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.75%) QA
2 3 (3.70%) GDPR
2 3 (3.70%) SOC 2
3 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (27.16%) Docker
2 3 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (24.69%) Kubernetes
2 9 (11.11%) Ansible
3 8 (9.88%) Terraform
4 6 (7.41%) Kibana
5 3 (3.70%) Grafana
5 3 (3.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (12.35%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.64%) Oracle
3 6 (7.41%) Google
3 6 (7.41%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.17%) AppDynamics
5 4 (4.94%) IBM
6 3 (3.70%) Databricks
6 3 (3.70%) VMware
7 2 (2.47%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.47%) Splunk