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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 50 79
Rank change year-on-year -59 +29 -39
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 55 164 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.27% 4.91% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 5.28% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 36 62 121
10th Percentile £32,750 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,813 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% -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 3,419 3,109 4,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 78.96% 93.00% 87.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,921 1,300 3,390
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,650 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,002 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,100 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% -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 8 February 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 8 February 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 +6 25 £65,000 +1.96% 14
Berkshire -64 23 £42,500 -28.65% 15
Oxfordshire -16 7 £85,000 +21.43% 11
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 (10.91%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) AWS
1 19 (34.55%) Azure
2 7 (12.73%) GCP
3 6 (10.91%) Amazon ECS
3 6 (10.91%) Amazon EKS
3 6 (10.91%) Amazon S3
3 6 (10.91%) Amazon SQS
3 6 (10.91%) Serverless
4 3 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.45%) Collibra
5 2 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.64%) GitHub
5 2 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.64%) Miro
5 2 (3.64%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 8 (14.55%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (12.73%) Relational Database
4 4 (7.27%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (5.45%) Data Mining
5 3 (5.45%) Metadata
5 3 (5.45%) SAP BW
5 3 (5.45%) SAP HANA
6 2 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.64%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.82%) Power BI
7 1 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (27.27%) JIRA
2 10 (18.18%) Postman
2 10 (18.18%) Selenium
2 10 (18.18%) SoapUI
2 10 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (18.18%) WebDriver
3 8 (14.55%) Git
4 6 (10.91%) Jenkins
5 4 (7.27%) GitLab
6 3 (5.45%) ERwin
6 3 (5.45%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (1.82%) JUnit
7 1 (1.82%) Zephyr
General
1 35 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.27%) Finance
3 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.91%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.27%) Law
6 4 (7.27%) Publishing
7 3 (5.45%) Automotive
8 2 (3.64%) Banking
8 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.82%) Aviation
9 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (20.00%) Developer
2 10 (18.18%) Analyst
2 10 (18.18%) Senior
3 8 (14.55%) Full-Stack Developer
4 7 (12.73%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (10.91%) Java Developer
5 6 (10.91%) Test Analyst
6 5 (9.09%) Lead
6 5 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) .NET Developer
7 4 (7.27%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Senior Test Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Software Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Tester
8 3 (5.45%) Architect
8 3 (5.45%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) Data Manager
8 3 (5.45%) SAP Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (34.55%) .NET
2 10 (18.18%) HTML
2 10 (18.18%) REST
2 10 (18.18%) SOAP
3 9 (16.36%) React
4 7 (12.73%) ASP.NET
5 6 (10.91%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (10.91%) Kafka
5 6 (10.91%) Mustache
5 6 (10.91%) Node.js
5 6 (10.91%) Spring
5 6 (10.91%) Spring Boot
6 5 (9.09%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (9.09%) Web Services
7 4 (7.27%) .NET Framework
7 4 (7.27%) gRPC
7 4 (7.27%) Kendo UI
7 4 (7.27%) Middleware
7 4 (7.27%) Sass
7 4 (7.27%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 9 (16.36%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (12.73%) Cloud Native
4 4 (7.27%) Life Science
4 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.45%) N-Tier
6 2 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.64%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.64%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.82%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (89.09%) Agile
2 17 (30.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (29.09%) Mentoring
3 16 (29.09%) Software Testing
4 15 (27.27%) Kanban
5 14 (25.45%) CI/CD
6 13 (23.64%) DevOps
7 12 (21.82%) Full-Stack Development
8 11 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
8 11 (20.00%) Test Scripting
9 10 (18.18%) API Testing
9 10 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 10 (18.18%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 10 (18.18%) Test Management
10 9 (16.36%) Microservices
10 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (16.36%) TDD
11 7 (12.73%) Data Management
11 7 (12.73%) Logistics
11 7 (12.73%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (36.36%) Java
2 19 (34.55%) C#
2 19 (34.55%) SQL
3 6 (10.91%) JavaScript
4 5 (9.09%) Python
5 4 (7.27%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.64%) C
6 2 (3.64%) C++
7 1 (1.82%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (54.55%) Degree
2 11 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 10 (18.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
7 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
7 3 (5.45%) PMP
7 3 (5.45%) SAP Certification
8 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) Accessibility
2 6 (10.91%) QA
3 3 (5.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.64%) ECSS
4 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.64%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (14.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (7.27%) Telerik
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) SAP
3 2 (3.64%) Google
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle
4 1 (1.82%) Databricks
4 1 (1.82%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow