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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 90 71
Rank change year-on-year -9 -19 -25
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 78 94 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.38% 2.82% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 3.01% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 50 37 139
10th Percentile £42,450 £46,250 £45,800
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% +13.91% -8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £89,625 £89,250 £83,750
South East median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -4.00%

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 4,105 3,118 5,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.41% 93.49% 84.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,699 1,242 3,995
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,775 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,813 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,587 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +13.17% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -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 7 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 7 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 +18 39 £75,000 +14.50% 17
Berkshire -32 24 £50,000 -20.00% 25
Oxfordshire +2 15 £85,000 +21.43% 5
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 7 (8.97%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.28%) Apache
2 1 (1.28%) CMS
2 1 (1.28%) IIS
2 1 (1.28%) JBoss
2 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (1.28%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.28%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 33 (42.31%) AWS
2 23 (29.49%) Azure
3 13 (16.67%) Serverless
4 12 (15.38%) Amazon ECS
4 12 (15.38%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (10.26%) Amazon S3
6 6 (7.69%) Amazon SQS
6 6 (7.69%) GCP
7 5 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (5.13%) Google Analytics
9 3 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (2.56%) GitHub
10 2 (2.56%) Miro
10 2 (2.56%) Smartsheet
11 1 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
11 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.85%) DHCP
1 3 (3.85%) DNS
1 3 (3.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 10 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (11.54%) SQL Server
4 6 (7.69%) Metadata
5 3 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.85%) MySQL
6 2 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (2.56%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (20.51%) JIRA
2 14 (17.95%) Git
3 12 (15.38%) Jenkins
4 6 (7.69%) Selenium
5 5 (6.41%) Postman
5 5 (6.41%) SoapUI
5 5 (6.41%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (6.41%) WebDriver
6 4 (5.13%) Zephyr
7 3 (3.85%) GitLab
8 2 (2.56%) JUnit
9 1 (1.28%) Bitbucket
9 1 (1.28%) SonarQube
General
1 31 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 11 (14.10%) Finance
3 11 (14.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (14.10%) Law
4 9 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (8.97%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.41%) Retail
8 1 (1.28%) Games
8 1 (1.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Developer
2 14 (17.95%) Architect
3 12 (15.38%) Java Developer
4 8 (10.26%) Senior
4 8 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (8.97%) Analyst
5 7 (8.97%) Full-Stack Developer
6 6 (7.69%) Data Architect
7 5 (6.41%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.41%) Head of IT
7 5 (6.41%) Lead
7 5 (6.41%) Test Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) .NET Developer
8 4 (5.13%) Agile Delivery Manager
8 4 (5.13%) Analytics Manager
8 4 (5.13%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) E-Commerce Manager
8 4 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (20.51%) React
2 15 (19.23%) REST
3 13 (16.67%) .NET
3 13 (16.67%) Spring
4 11 (14.10%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (14.10%) Spring Boot
5 10 (12.82%) Web Services
6 9 (11.54%) Node.js
7 7 (8.97%) AngularJS
7 7 (8.97%) Mustache
7 7 (8.97%) SOAP
8 6 (7.69%) ASP.NET
8 6 (7.69%) HTML
8 6 (7.69%) Kafka
9 5 (6.41%) Java EE
10 4 (5.13%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (5.13%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (5.13%) JMS
10 4 (5.13%) JPA
10 4 (5.13%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.51%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (12.82%) Product Ownership
3 7 (8.97%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.97%) Life Science
4 5 (6.41%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (6.41%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.85%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.85%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (2.56%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.56%) Linux
1 2 (2.56%) Windows
2 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (96.15%) Agile
2 34 (43.59%) Kanban
3 28 (35.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (35.90%) DevOps
4 21 (26.92%) CI/CD
5 18 (23.08%) Microservices
6 17 (21.79%) Computer Science
7 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (20.51%) TDD
8 14 (17.95%) ITIL
8 14 (17.95%) Technology Strategy
9 13 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (15.38%) Software Testing
11 11 (14.10%) Community of Practice
12 10 (12.82%) Data Modelling
12 10 (12.82%) Full-Stack Development
12 10 (12.82%) SDLC
13 9 (11.54%) ITSM
13 9 (11.54%) Mentoring
13 9 (11.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (24.36%) Java
1 19 (24.36%) SQL
2 13 (16.67%) C#
3 11 (14.10%) JavaScript
4 9 (11.54%) Python
5 4 (5.13%) PL/SQL
6 3 (3.85%) Bash
6 3 (3.85%) PHP
6 3 (3.85%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.85%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.56%) R
8 1 (1.28%) Groovy
8 1 (1.28%) Perl
8 1 (1.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (38.46%) Degree
2 14 (17.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 11 (14.10%) SC Cleared
5 9 (11.54%) ISTQB
6 5 (6.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.67%) QA
2 3 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.85%) SOC 2
3 2 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.28%) GDPR
4 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (23.08%) Docker
2 3 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.85%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 9 (11.54%) Ansible
3 8 (10.26%) Terraform
4 4 (5.13%) Kibana
5 3 (3.85%) Grafana
5 3 (3.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (8.97%) Oracle
2 6 (7.69%) Google
3 5 (6.41%) AppDynamics
3 5 (6.41%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.13%) IBM
4 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.85%) Databricks
5 3 (3.85%) VMware
6 2 (2.56%) Telerik