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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 49 79
Rank change year-on-year -59 +30 -40
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 61 139 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.31% 4.93% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 5.24% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 39 59 139
10th Percentile £32,750 £46,000 £46,200
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,625 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +9.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £56,250 £70,000 £62,100
% change year-on-year -19.64% +12.72% -4.46%

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 3,513 2,652 5,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 75.26% 93.98% 86.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,183 1,208 3,854
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,673 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.77% +13.35% -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 15 March 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 15 March 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 +1 30 £65,000 +8.33% 19
Berkshire -54 21 £33,500 -46.40% 7
Oxfordshire -19 10 £85,000 +21.43% 6
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 (9.84%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.70%) AWS
2 19 (31.15%) Azure
3 7 (11.48%) Amazon ECS
3 7 (11.48%) Amazon S3
3 7 (11.48%) GCP
3 7 (11.48%) Serverless
4 6 (9.84%) Amazon EKS
4 6 (9.84%) Amazon SQS
5 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.92%) Collibra
5 3 (4.92%) GitHub
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.28%) Miro
6 2 (3.28%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (13.11%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (13.11%) Relational Database
3 5 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (8.20%) Metadata
4 3 (4.92%) Data Mining
4 3 (4.92%) SAP BW
4 3 (4.92%) SAP HANA
5 2 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.28%) MySQL
5 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (26.23%) JIRA
2 9 (14.75%) Git
3 8 (13.11%) Postman
3 8 (13.11%) Selenium
3 8 (13.11%) SoapUI
3 8 (13.11%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (13.11%) WebDriver
4 6 (9.84%) Jenkins
5 4 (6.56%) GitLab
6 3 (4.92%) ERwin
6 3 (4.92%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (3.28%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.64%) JUnit
General
1 36 (59.02%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Finance
3 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (11.48%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (9.84%) Law
6 4 (6.56%) Publishing
7 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.28%) Banking
9 1 (1.64%) Automotive
9 1 (1.64%) Aviation
9 1 (1.64%) Retail
9 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (21.31%) Developer
2 10 (16.39%) Senior
3 8 (13.11%) Analyst
3 8 (13.11%) Full-Stack Developer
4 7 (11.48%) Architect
4 7 (11.48%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (9.84%) Java Developer
6 5 (8.20%) Lead
6 5 (8.20%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.56%) .NET Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 4 (6.56%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Test Analyst
7 4 (6.56%) Tester
8 3 (4.92%) SAP Data Manager
8 3 (4.92%) SAP Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (29.51%) .NET
2 12 (19.67%) React
3 10 (16.39%) REST
4 8 (13.11%) ASP.NET
4 8 (13.11%) HTML
4 8 (13.11%) SOAP
5 6 (9.84%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (9.84%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (9.84%) Kafka
5 6 (9.84%) Mustache
5 6 (9.84%) Node.js
5 6 (9.84%) Spring
5 6 (9.84%) Spring Boot
6 5 (8.20%) Web Services
7 4 (6.56%) .NET Framework
7 4 (6.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (6.56%) gRPC
7 4 (6.56%) Middleware
7 4 (6.56%) Sass
7 4 (6.56%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Distributed Systems
1 10 (16.39%) Product Ownership
2 8 (13.11%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.56%) Life Science
3 4 (6.56%) N-Tier
4 3 (4.92%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.28%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.28%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (88.52%) Agile
2 18 (29.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (29.51%) DevOps
2 18 (29.51%) Kanban
3 17 (27.87%) CI/CD
4 15 (24.59%) Mentoring
4 15 (24.59%) Software Testing
5 12 (19.67%) Computer Science
5 12 (19.67%) Microservices
5 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (18.03%) Full-Stack Development
7 10 (16.39%) Non-Functional Testing
7 10 (16.39%) TDD
7 10 (16.39%) Technology Strategy
7 10 (16.39%) Test Scripting
8 9 (14.75%) Software Engineering
9 8 (13.11%) ITIL
9 8 (13.11%) MVC
9 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (13.11%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (29.51%) C#
1 18 (29.51%) Java
1 18 (29.51%) SQL
2 9 (14.75%) JavaScript
3 6 (9.84%) Python
4 4 (6.56%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.28%) C
5 2 (3.28%) C++
5 2 (3.28%) PHP
5 2 (3.28%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (45.90%) Degree
2 10 (16.39%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (16.39%) ISTQB
3 8 (13.11%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 5 (8.20%) Master's Degree
4 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.92%) PMI Certification
6 3 (4.92%) PMP
6 3 (4.92%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.11%) Accessibility
2 7 (11.48%) QA
3 3 (4.92%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.28%) ECSS
5 1 (1.64%) GDPR
5 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (16.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (13.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
1 4 (6.56%) Telerik
2 3 (4.92%) SAP
3 2 (3.28%) Databricks
3 2 (3.28%) Google
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle
3 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow