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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 51 81
Rank change year-on-year -58 +30 -42
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 59 151 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.33% 4.80% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 5.13% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 38 58 124
10th Percentile £32,750 £45,875 £45,300
25th Percentile £43,750 £53,688 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +12.93% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £56,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +16.67% -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 3,435 2,943 4,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 77.43% 93.52% 87.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,008 1,238 3,491
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,675 £29,175
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,563 £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 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,300 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 22 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 22 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 +8 26 £65,000 - 17
Berkshire -67 24 £42,500 -32.00% 6
Oxfordshire -15 9 £85,000 +21.43% 10
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 (10.17%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (35.59%) AWS
2 18 (30.51%) Azure
3 7 (11.86%) Amazon ECS
3 7 (11.86%) Amazon S3
3 7 (11.86%) Serverless
4 6 (10.17%) Amazon EKS
4 6 (10.17%) Amazon SQS
4 6 (10.17%) GCP
5 3 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (5.08%) Collibra
5 3 (5.08%) GitHub
6 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.39%) Miro
6 2 (3.39%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.64%) SQL Server
2 8 (13.56%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (13.56%) Relational Database
3 5 (8.47%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (8.47%) Metadata
4 3 (5.08%) Data Mining
4 3 (5.08%) SAP BW
4 3 (5.08%) SAP HANA
5 2 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.39%) MySQL
5 2 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (28.81%) JIRA
2 9 (15.25%) Git
2 9 (15.25%) Postman
2 9 (15.25%) Selenium
2 9 (15.25%) SoapUI
2 9 (15.25%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (15.25%) WebDriver
3 6 (10.17%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.78%) GitLab
5 3 (5.08%) ERwin
5 3 (5.08%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (1.69%) JUnit
6 1 (1.69%) Zephyr
General
1 35 (59.32%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.03%) Finance
3 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.86%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.47%) Law
6 5 (8.47%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.78%) Publishing
8 2 (3.39%) Automotive
8 2 (3.39%) Banking
8 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.69%) Aviation
9 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (20.34%) Developer
2 10 (16.95%) Senior
3 9 (15.25%) Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Full-Stack Developer
5 6 (10.17%) Architect
5 6 (10.17%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (10.17%) Java Developer
6 5 (8.47%) Lead
6 5 (8.47%) Test Analyst
7 4 (6.78%) .NET Developer
7 4 (6.78%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (6.78%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (6.78%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.78%) Tester
8 3 (5.08%) Data Manager
8 3 (5.08%) Scrum Master
8 3 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (30.51%) .NET
2 11 (18.64%) React
3 10 (16.95%) REST
4 9 (15.25%) HTML
4 9 (15.25%) SOAP
5 7 (11.86%) ASP.NET
6 6 (10.17%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (10.17%) Kafka
6 6 (10.17%) Mustache
6 6 (10.17%) Node.js
6 6 (10.17%) Spring
6 6 (10.17%) Spring Boot
7 5 (8.47%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (8.47%) Web Services
8 4 (6.78%) .NET Framework
8 4 (6.78%) Kendo UI
8 4 (6.78%) Middleware
8 4 (6.78%) Razor View Engine
8 4 (6.78%) Sass
8 4 (6.78%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Product Ownership
2 9 (15.25%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (11.86%) Cloud Native
4 4 (6.78%) Life Science
4 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.08%) N-Tier
6 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.39%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (3.39%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (88.14%) Agile
2 17 (28.81%) CI/CD
3 16 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (25.42%) DevOps
4 15 (25.42%) Kanban
4 15 (25.42%) Mentoring
4 15 (25.42%) Software Testing
5 12 (20.34%) Computer Science
5 12 (20.34%) Full-Stack Development
6 11 (18.64%) Microservices
6 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (16.95%) Non-Functional Testing
7 10 (16.95%) Test Scripting
8 9 (15.25%) API Testing
8 9 (15.25%) Cross-Browser Testing
8 9 (15.25%) TDD
8 9 (15.25%) Test Management
9 8 (13.56%) Roadmaps
9 8 (13.56%) Software Engineering
10 7 (11.86%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (32.20%) Java
1 19 (32.20%) SQL
2 18 (30.51%) C#
3 8 (13.56%) JavaScript
4 6 (10.17%) Python
5 4 (6.78%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.39%) C
6 2 (3.39%) C++
6 2 (3.39%) PHP
6 2 (3.39%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (49.15%) Degree
2 10 (16.95%) ISTQB
3 9 (15.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (15.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 5 (8.47%) Master's Degree
5 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
6 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.08%) PMI Certification
6 3 (5.08%) PMP
6 3 (5.08%) SAP Certification
6 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) Accessibility
2 6 (10.17%) QA
3 3 (5.08%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.39%) ECSS
5 1 (1.69%) GDPR
5 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (16.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (13.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (6.78%) Telerik
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.08%) SAP
3 2 (3.39%) Databricks
3 2 (3.39%) Google
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle
4 1 (1.69%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow