Scrum Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Scrum
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 74 62
Rank change year-on-year -87 -12 -34
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 557 1,170 2,040
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.19% 3.54% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 3.92% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 356 530 1,620
10th Percentile £38,332 £42,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,238
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.15% -7.94%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £88,750 £84,964
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,991 29,876 43,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 77.14% 90.48% 86.86%
Number of salaries quoted 20,941 13,352 33,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Scrum relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Scrum job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Scrum
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the UK excluding London

Scrum
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
South East -67 177 £55,000 -20.00% 173
North of England -74 136 £62,500 +3.05% 89
North West -39 89 £65,000 +6.03% 54
Midlands -41 78 £60,000 -4.00% 49
South West -56 66 £57,500 - 61
West Midlands -15 61 £65,000 +4.00% 35
Scotland -23 48 £65,000 +13.04% 13
Yorkshire -67 40 £63,750 +10.87% 24
East of England -49 36 £65,000 +8.33% 48
Wales -4 21 £45,000 -7.22% 10
East Midlands -38 17 £57,500 -4.17% 14
North East -3 7 £35,000 -41.67% 12
Northern Ireland -38 6 £24,500 -51.00% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 39 (7.00%) Confluence
2 12 (2.15%) OpenStack
3 11 (1.97%) Apache
4 10 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.62%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.72%) CMS
8 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.54%) SAS
9 2 (0.36%) Apache Qpid
9 2 (0.36%) IIS
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.18%) Appian
10 1 (0.18%) CICS
10 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.18%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
4 3 (0.54%) Trello
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.54%) Maximo
4 2 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.18%) Primavera
5 1 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 179 (32.14%) Azure
2 146 (26.21%) AWS
3 62 (11.13%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (7.90%) Serverless
5 32 (5.75%) Power Platform
6 29 (5.21%) GCP
7 25 (4.49%) Amazon EKS
8 24 (4.31%) SaaS
9 21 (3.77%) Amazon S3
10 19 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
12 16 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (2.69%) GitHub
14 13 (2.33%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
15 10 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (1.62%) Amazon SQS
16 9 (1.62%) Azure Functions
16 9 (1.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.75%) Broadband
2 13 (2.33%) DNS
3 8 (1.44%) HTTP
4 6 (1.08%) AMQP
4 6 (1.08%) Ethernet
4 6 (1.08%) RS-232
5 5 (0.90%) Firewall
6 4 (0.72%) Wireless
7 3 (0.54%) BGP
7 3 (0.54%) LAN
7 3 (0.54%) MPLS
7 3 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.54%) WAN
8 2 (0.36%) MQTT
9 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.18%) GPRS
9 1 (0.18%) LTE
9 1 (0.18%) Modbus
9 1 (0.18%) RFID
9 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.03%) Relational Database
3 25 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 18 (3.23%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (2.51%) Power BI
7 8 (1.44%) Big Data
8 7 (1.26%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.26%) MySQL
9 6 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.90%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (0.90%) Metadata
11 4 (0.72%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.72%) Redis
12 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.54%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.54%) DB2
12 3 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 96 (17.24%) JIRA
2 75 (13.46%) Git
3 62 (11.13%) Jenkins
4 51 (9.16%) GitLab
5 43 (7.72%) Selenium
6 32 (5.75%) Postman
6 32 (5.75%) SonarQube
7 28 (5.03%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (4.85%) SoapUI
9 26 (4.67%) WebDriver
10 16 (2.87%) JUnit
10 16 (2.87%) Robot Framework
11 15 (2.69%) Snyk
12 12 (2.15%) Maven
13 8 (1.44%) Cypress.io
13 8 (1.44%) Mockito
14 6 (1.08%) Subversion
15 4 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 3 (0.54%) SpecFlow
16 3 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 203 (36.45%) Social Skills
2 133 (23.88%) Finance
3 91 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (9.87%) Public Sector
5 51 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (7.54%) Marketing
7 34 (6.10%) Games
8 15 (2.69%) Banking
9 14 (2.51%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.15%) Law
10 12 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.97%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.97%) Retail
12 10 (1.80%) Legal
12 10 (1.80%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.62%) Advertising
14 8 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.26%) Electronics
16 5 (0.90%) Automotive
16 5 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (17.95%) Developer
2 89 (15.98%) Lead
3 85 (15.26%) Senior
4 65 (11.67%) Software Engineer
5 54 (9.69%) Analyst
6 35 (6.28%) Architect
7 34 (6.10%) Full-Stack Developer
8 30 (5.39%) Business Analyst
9 27 (4.85%) Scrum Master
10 26 (4.67%) Salesforce Architect
11 25 (4.49%) Java Developer
11 25 (4.49%) Senior Developer
12 23 (4.13%) Test Analyst
13 22 (3.95%) Product Owner
13 22 (3.95%) Senior Software Engineer
14 21 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
15 20 (3.59%) Product Manager
16 16 (2.87%) .NET Developer
16 16 (2.87%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 16 (2.87%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (15.80%) .NET
2 87 (15.62%) REST
3 79 (14.18%) React
4 61 (10.95%) SOAP
5 59 (10.59%) HTML
6 43 (7.72%) Spring
7 41 (7.36%) AngularJS
8 40 (7.18%) Node.js
9 37 (6.64%) Spring Boot
10 36 (6.46%) CSS
11 32 (5.75%) RESTful
12 30 (5.39%) Visualforce
13 29 (5.21%) Lightning Web Components
14 28 (5.03%) Web Services
15 23 (4.13%) Kafka
16 17 (3.05%) ASP.NET
17 16 (2.87%) .NET Framework
18 13 (2.33%) .NET Core
18 13 (2.33%) gRPC
18 13 (2.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 151 (27.11%) Product Ownership
2 35 (6.28%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (2.69%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 9 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.62%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.26%) e-Learning
9 6 (1.08%) Device Driver
9 6 (1.08%) NHS
9 6 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.08%) PMI
9 6 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.90%) Over-the-Top Content
11 4 (0.72%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.72%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.62%) Linux
2 15 (2.69%) Windows
3 7 (1.26%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.90%) CentOS
4 5 (0.90%) Debian
4 5 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.90%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.72%) Android
5 4 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (91.38%) Agile
2 197 (35.37%) DevOps
3 183 (32.85%) CI/CD
4 165 (29.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 142 (25.49%) Kanban
6 131 (23.52%) Problem-Solving
7 112 (20.11%) Roadmaps
8 102 (18.31%) Software Engineering
9 95 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 94 (16.88%) Mentoring
11 76 (13.64%) Microservices
12 71 (12.75%) Full-Stack Development
13 70 (12.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 59 (10.59%) Software Testing
14 59 (10.59%) TDD
15 57 (10.23%) Infrastructure as Code
16 54 (9.69%) Coaching
16 54 (9.69%) Sprint Planning
17 52 (9.34%) Project Management
18 50 (8.98%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 116 (20.83%) Java
2 111 (19.93%) SQL
3 98 (17.59%) JavaScript
4 81 (14.54%) C#
5 75 (13.46%) Python
6 62 (11.13%) TypeScript
7 30 (5.39%) Apex Code
8 28 (5.03%) SOQL
8 28 (5.03%) SOSL
9 21 (3.77%) Bash
10 20 (3.59%) C++
11 14 (2.51%) C
12 10 (1.80%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.62%) Go
13 9 (1.62%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.08%) Embedded C
15 5 (0.90%) Groovy
15 5 (0.90%) R
15 5 (0.90%) Scala
16 4 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (16.16%) Degree
2 86 (15.44%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.98%) DV Cleared
4 41 (7.36%) SC Cleared
5 35 (6.28%) ISTQB
6 23 (4.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (3.05%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.33%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.15%) PMP
11 7 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (1.26%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.72%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.54%) CBAP
14 3 (0.54%) IBM Certification
14 3 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.54%) SAFe Agilist
14 3 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (14.90%) QA
2 17 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.08%) PMO
5 5 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.72%) SEPA
6 4 (0.72%) TARGET2
7 3 (0.54%) GDPR
8 2 (0.36%) ECSS
8 2 (0.36%) GRC
8 2 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.36%) SLA
8 2 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.36%) WCAG
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 59 (10.59%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) Firmware
2 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) RACF
Systems Management
1 62 (11.13%) Kubernetes
2 52 (9.34%) Terraform
3 36 (6.46%) Ansible
4 7 (1.26%) Argo
4 7 (1.26%) Grafana
5 6 (1.08%) Puppet
6 5 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.90%) Rancher
6 5 (0.90%) yum
7 4 (0.72%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.54%) Kibana
9 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.18%) Packer
10 1 (0.18%) Podman
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.36%) Salesforce
3 33 (5.92%) Splunk
4 27 (4.85%) Oracle
5 15 (2.69%) Black Duck
5 15 (2.69%) Coverity
5 15 (2.69%) Google
5 15 (2.69%) SAP
6 13 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.08%) Atlassian
8 5 (0.90%) IBM
8 5 (0.90%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.90%) SaltStack
9 4 (0.72%) Pega
9 4 (0.72%) Telerik
9 4 (0.72%) WSO2
10 3 (0.54%) DevExpress
10 3 (0.54%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.54%) Foundry
10 3 (0.54%) SolarWinds