Scrum Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Scrum
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 69 31
Rank change year-on-year +7 -38 -17
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 6 8 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.74% 1.17% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.29% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 24
10th Percentile - £30,469 £43,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £38,673 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £56,924 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.51% -1.00% +4.55%
75th Percentile £59,688 £72,500 £67,166
90th Percentile £66,250 £77,000 £80,449
North East median annual salary £35,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -41.67% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 640 619 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 79.40% 90.90% 87.74%
Number of salaries quoted 476 267 405
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,875 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,332 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,500 £77,500
North East median annual salary £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Scrum relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Scrum job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Scrum
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scrum in Tyne and Wear

Scrum
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +5 6 £35,000 -38.51% 17
Scrum
North East

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Technology Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Trainee
1 3 (50.00%) Trainee Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
3 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) MoSCoW
3 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
3 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CSPO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft