Scrum
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Scrum skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Scrum over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 67 34
Rank change year-on-year -39 -33 -6
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 1,374 3,517 8,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.72% 3.81% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 4.38% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 812 2,563 4,356
10th Percentile £43,231 £39,087 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,114
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,236 80,210 105,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.56% 86.88% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25,832 57,895 61,933
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,045
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Scrum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Scrum.

Salary trend for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 2025. 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
England -37 1,250 £65,000 +8.33% 1,829
UK excluding London -40 878 £60,000 +9.09% 934
Work from Home -22 611 £65,000 +8.33% 986
London -18 482 £76,000 +4.83% 1,048
South East +7 272 £70,000 +16.67% 274
North of England -49 222 £55,000 -8.33% 266
North West -48 157 £59,500 -6.67% 165
Midlands -59 112 £61,250 +15.57% 105
South West -56 93 £60,000 +20.00% 110
East of England +12 92 £58,750 +6.82% 69
West Midlands -52 77 £60,000 +14.29% 72
Yorkshire -22 57 £50,223 -4.34% 76
Scotland -25 53 £57,500 +9.52% 77
East Midlands -12 35 £62,500 +13.64% 31
Wales -11 23 £50,796 -18.73% 21
Northern Ireland +33 14 £32,500 -65.79% 23
North East -19 10 £43,848 -16.48% 27

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 105 (7.64%) Confluence
2 40 (2.91%) CMS
3 17 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 13 (0.95%) Kentico
5 11 (0.80%) Apache
5 11 (0.80%) JBoss
5 11 (0.80%) nginx
5 11 (0.80%) Red Hat Fuse
6 10 (0.73%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.66%) Drupal
7 9 (0.66%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.66%) WordPress
8 7 (0.51%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
10 4 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.29%) Sitefinity
11 3 (0.22%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 36 (2.62%) Trello
2 31 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
3 29 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.22%) Productboard
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.15%) Simulink
9 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.073%) Notion
9 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.22%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.22%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
7 2 (0.15%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.073%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.073%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.073%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.073%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.073%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.073%) TrackWise
8 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 470 (34.21%) AWS
2 324 (23.58%) Azure
3 288 (20.96%) Serverless
4 237 (17.25%) Amazon S3
5 233 (16.96%) GitHub
6 230 (16.74%) AWS Lambda
7 224 (16.30%) Amazon SQS
8 197 (14.34%) Amazon Kinesis
9 98 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
10 82 (5.97%) SaaS
11 81 (5.90%) GCP
12 61 (4.44%) Power Platform
13 29 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
13 29 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
14 27 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
15 23 (1.67%) Azure Functions
16 22 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
16 22 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (1.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.75%) Firewall
2 13 (0.95%) HTTP
3 9 (0.66%) Bluetooth
3 9 (0.66%) Wireless
4 7 (0.51%) DNS
5 5 (0.36%) GSM
5 5 (0.36%) J1939
5 5 (0.36%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.29%) 3G
6 4 (0.29%) Broadband
6 4 (0.29%) GPRS
6 4 (0.29%) IPv6
6 4 (0.29%) LTE
6 4 (0.29%) Modbus
6 4 (0.29%) Multicast
6 4 (0.29%) Network Security
6 4 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 274 (19.94%) PostgreSQL
2 210 (15.28%) Redis
3 202 (14.70%) DynamoDB
4 85 (6.19%) SQL Server
5 73 (5.31%) Relational Database
6 59 (4.29%) MongoDB
7 56 (4.08%) NoSQL
8 42 (3.06%) Power BI
9 41 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (2.62%) MySQL
11 33 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 19 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
13 17 (1.24%) Big Data
14 13 (0.95%) Tableau
15 11 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (0.80%) RDBMS
16 9 (0.66%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 8 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 6 (0.44%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 275 (20.01%) Jenkins
2 259 (18.85%) JIRA
3 162 (11.79%) Git
4 63 (4.59%) JUnit
5 34 (2.47%) GitLab
6 26 (1.89%) Selenium
7 25 (1.82%) JMeter
8 21 (1.53%) eggPlant
8 21 (1.53%) Visual Studio
9 20 (1.46%) Mockito
9 20 (1.46%) Postman
10 18 (1.31%) Cypress.io
11 15 (1.09%) Cucumber
12 14 (1.02%) NUnit
13 12 (0.87%) Gatling
14 10 (0.73%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.58%) Maven
15 8 (0.58%) REST Assured
15 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
16 7 (0.51%) TestRail
General
1 417 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 315 (22.93%) Finance
3 270 (19.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 263 (19.14%) Marketing
5 200 (14.56%) Advertising
6 152 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
7 93 (6.77%) Public Sector
8 72 (5.24%) Banking
8 72 (5.24%) Law
9 48 (3.49%) Retail
10 47 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 39 (2.84%) Publishing
12 34 (2.47%) Manufacturing
13 29 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.04%) Electronics
15 24 (1.75%) Legal
16 22 (1.60%) Health Technology
16 22 (1.60%) Tech for Good
17 21 (1.53%) Automotive
17 21 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 329 (23.94%) Software Engineer
2 256 (18.63%) Developer
3 221 (16.08%) Senior
4 148 (10.77%) Lead
5 116 (8.44%) Analyst
6 67 (4.88%) Senior Developer
7 66 (4.80%) Business Analyst
8 61 (4.44%) Project Manager
9 59 (4.29%) Architect
10 54 (3.93%) Delivery Manager
11 52 (3.78%) Product Manager
12 47 (3.42%) .NET Developer
13 46 (3.35%) Java Developer
13 46 (3.35%) Product Owner
14 41 (2.98%) Senior Software Engineer
15 38 (2.77%) Lead Developer
15 38 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
16 37 (2.69%) C# Developer
17 36 (2.62%) Software Developer
18 33 (2.40%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 365 (26.56%) React
2 312 (22.71%) REST
3 297 (21.62%) Node.js
4 295 (21.47%) AngularJS
5 206 (14.99%) Tailwind CSS
6 157 (11.43%) .NET
7 117 (8.52%) HTML
8 115 (8.37%) RESTful
9 104 (7.57%) CSS
10 66 (4.80%) Spring
11 62 (4.51%) Spring Boot
12 61 (4.44%) Web Services
13 54 (3.93%) .NET Core
13 54 (3.93%) .NET Framework
14 45 (3.28%) Kafka
15 41 (2.98%) ASP.NET
16 38 (2.77%) SOAP
17 33 (2.40%) GraphQL
18 29 (2.11%) ASP.NET Web API
19 26 (1.89%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 212 (15.43%) Product Ownership
2 196 (14.26%) Blog
2 196 (14.26%) Digital Media
3 45 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
4 38 (2.77%) Mobile App
5 36 (2.62%) Management Information System
6 33 (2.40%) Cloud Native
7 32 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (1.82%) PMI
9 24 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 23 (1.67%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 19 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.31%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.31%) FMCG
13 18 (1.31%) Legacy Code
13 18 (1.31%) Social Media
14 17 (1.24%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.09%) IoT
15 15 (1.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 64 (4.66%) Linux
2 33 (2.40%) Windows
3 30 (2.18%) Android
4 21 (1.53%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.51%) Unix
7 6 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 2 (0.15%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.073%) Debian
9 1 (0.073%) Rocky
9 1 (0.073%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,238 (90.10%) Agile
2 464 (33.77%) Software Engineering
3 295 (21.47%) User Experience
4 290 (21.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 284 (20.67%) DevOps
6 273 (19.87%) CI/CD
7 270 (19.65%) Kanban
8 247 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
9 245 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 238 (17.32%) Continuous Delivery
11 235 (17.10%) E-Commerce
12 218 (15.87%) Epics
13 214 (15.57%) Project Management
14 197 (14.34%) Roadmaps
15 188 (13.68%) Mentoring
16 182 (13.25%) Microservices
17 177 (12.88%) Stakeholder Management
18 166 (12.08%) Test Automation
19 133 (9.68%) Waterfall
20 132 (9.61%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 325 (23.65%) TypeScript
2 204 (14.85%) JavaScript
3 193 (14.05%) Python
4 190 (13.83%) Java
5 168 (12.23%) SQL
6 162 (11.79%) C#
7 35 (2.55%) C++
8 26 (1.89%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.60%) C
9 22 (1.60%) Go
10 14 (1.02%) Bash
10 14 (1.02%) Ruby
11 12 (0.87%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.73%) Kotlin
12 10 (0.73%) Swift
13 9 (0.66%) PHP
14 8 (0.58%) Scala
14 8 (0.58%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.51%) Ada
15 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 208 (15.14%) Degree
2 152 (11.06%) Security Cleared
3 102 (7.42%) SC Cleared
4 67 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (4.22%) PMI Certification
6 44 (3.20%) PMP
7 41 (2.98%) DV Cleared
8 39 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (2.47%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 18 (1.31%) ISTQB
11 18 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.24%) DBS Check
13 16 (1.16%) CSPO
14 15 (1.09%) CISSP
15 10 (0.73%) CISM
16 9 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 8 (0.58%) AWS Certification
18 5 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
19 4 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (10.19%) QA
2 40 (2.91%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.53%) PMO
4 12 (0.87%) GDPR
4 12 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (0.87%) SLA
5 10 (0.73%) IEC 62304
5 10 (0.73%) ISO 13485
6 9 (0.66%) ISO 20022
7 8 (0.58%) GRC
8 6 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.44%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.36%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (0.36%) AUTOSAR
9 5 (0.36%) NIST
10 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.22%) WCAG
11 2 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 318 (23.14%) Docker
2 17 (1.24%) Firmware
3 15 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.36%) vSphere
7 2 (0.15%) NDS
8 1 (0.073%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.073%) Postfix
8 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.073%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 324 (23.58%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.84%) Terraform
3 32 (2.33%) Ansible
4 17 (1.24%) Kibana
5 9 (0.66%) Grafana
5 9 (0.66%) Istio
6 8 (0.58%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.36%) Argo
7 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.36%) Puppet
8 4 (0.29%) Kustomize
8 4 (0.29%) QRadar
8 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.22%) SCCM
10 2 (0.15%) logstash
10 2 (0.15%) MIIS
10 2 (0.15%) Nagios
Vendors
1 176 (12.81%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.51%) Google
3 47 (3.42%) Salesforce
4 43 (3.13%) Oracle
5 28 (2.04%) SAP
6 26 (1.89%) Atlassian
7 25 (1.82%) Databricks
8 21 (1.53%) Keysight
9 18 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.24%) Splunk
11 13 (0.95%) VMware
12 11 (0.80%) IBM
13 9 (0.66%) Bloomberg
13 9 (0.66%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.66%) Okta
14 8 (0.58%) Red Hat
15 5 (0.36%) Adobe
15 5 (0.36%) Guidewire
15 5 (0.36%) Ping Identity
15 5 (0.36%) Planview