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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 58 72
Rank change year-on-year -42 +14 -28
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 65 117 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.29% 4.26% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 4.56% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 44 45 144
10th Percentile £41,813 £46,250 £46,075
25th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £85,625 £70,000 £71,750
90th Percentile £88,375 £92,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £56,250 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -19.64% +12.00% -3.85%

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 3,708 2,563 5,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 73.31% 93.34% 85.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,385 1,204 4,003
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,280 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,000 £50,360
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +17.16% -5.87%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 6 April 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 6 April 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 32 £70,000 +16.18% 16
Berkshire -46 21 £42,500 -32.00% 18
Oxfordshire -19 12 £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 6 (9.23%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 28 (43.08%) AWS
2 22 (33.85%) Azure
3 12 (18.46%) Serverless
4 11 (16.92%) Amazon ECS
4 11 (16.92%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (12.31%) Amazon S3
6 6 (9.23%) Amazon SQS
6 6 (9.23%) GCP
7 4 (6.15%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (4.62%) GitHub
9 2 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.08%) Miro
9 2 (3.08%) Smartsheet
10 1 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) DHCP
1 1 (1.54%) DNS
1 1 (1.54%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (18.46%) Relational Database
3 8 (12.31%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.62%) Metadata
5 2 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.08%) MySQL
5 2 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.54%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (23.08%) JIRA
2 14 (21.54%) Git
3 11 (16.92%) Jenkins
4 6 (9.23%) Postman
4 6 (9.23%) Selenium
4 6 (9.23%) SoapUI
4 6 (9.23%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (9.23%) WebDriver
5 5 (7.69%) GitLab
6 3 (4.62%) Zephyr
7 1 (1.54%) JUnit
7 1 (1.54%) SonarQube
General
1 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.54%) Public Sector
3 10 (15.38%) Finance
4 8 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (10.77%) Law
5 7 (10.77%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.54%) Automotive
7 1 (1.54%) Aviation
7 1 (1.54%) Games
7 1 (1.54%) Publishing
7 1 (1.54%) Retail
7 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (26.15%) Developer
2 10 (15.38%) Java Developer
2 10 (15.38%) Senior
3 9 (13.85%) Architect
4 8 (12.31%) Full-Stack Developer
5 6 (9.23%) Analyst
5 6 (9.23%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (7.69%) Lead
7 4 (6.15%) .NET Developer
7 4 (6.15%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 4 (6.15%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (6.15%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (6.15%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (6.15%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Test Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Backend Developer
8 3 (4.62%) Data Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Head of IT
8 3 (4.62%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (26.15%) React
2 16 (24.62%) .NET
3 14 (21.54%) REST
4 11 (16.92%) Spring
5 10 (15.38%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (15.38%) Spring Boot
6 9 (13.85%) Web Services
7 8 (12.31%) ASP.NET
8 6 (9.23%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (9.23%) HTML
8 6 (9.23%) Kafka
8 6 (9.23%) Mustache
8 6 (9.23%) Node.js
8 6 (9.23%) SOAP
9 5 (7.69%) AngularJS
10 4 (6.15%) Kendo UI
10 4 (6.15%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (6.15%) Razor View Engine
10 4 (6.15%) Sass
10 4 (6.15%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.08%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (13.85%) Cloud Native
3 8 (12.31%) Product Ownership
4 5 (7.69%) Life Science
5 4 (6.15%) N-Tier
6 3 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (4.62%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (4.62%) Virtual Team
7 2 (3.08%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.54%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.54%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (95.38%) Agile
2 27 (41.54%) DevOps
3 25 (38.46%) Kanban
4 22 (33.85%) CI/CD
4 22 (33.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (26.15%) Microservices
6 15 (23.08%) TDD
7 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (21.54%) Software Testing
8 11 (16.92%) Computer Science
8 11 (16.92%) Full-Stack Development
8 11 (16.92%) Technology Strategy
9 10 (15.38%) ITIL
9 10 (15.38%) Mentoring
9 10 (15.38%) Software Engineering
10 9 (13.85%) Non-Functional Testing
10 9 (13.85%) SDLC
10 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (13.85%) Test Scripting
11 8 (12.31%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 20 (30.77%) Java
2 18 (27.69%) SQL
3 16 (24.62%) C#
4 9 (13.85%) JavaScript
4 9 (13.85%) Python
5 4 (6.15%) PL/SQL
5 4 (6.15%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.08%) C
6 2 (3.08%) C++
6 2 (3.08%) PHP
6 2 (3.08%) R
7 1 (1.54%) Bash
7 1 (1.54%) Groovy
7 1 (1.54%) Perl
7 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (38.46%) Degree
2 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 9 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (13.85%) ISTQB
3 9 (13.85%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.38%) QA
2 5 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.08%) ECSS
4 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.54%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (24.62%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (21.54%) Kubernetes
2 6 (9.23%) Ansible
2 6 (9.23%) Terraform
3 4 (6.15%) Kibana
4 1 (1.54%) Grafana
4 1 (1.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (9.23%) Oracle
2 5 (7.69%) AppDynamics
3 4 (6.15%) IBM
3 4 (6.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.15%) Telerik
4 3 (4.62%) Databricks
4 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.08%) Google
6 1 (1.54%) VMware