Scrum
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Scrum skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Scrum over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 36 26
Rank change year-on-year -33 -10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 3,605 7,313 14,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.68% 6.99% 9.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 7.31% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,538 4,013 6,998
10th Percentile £39,735 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,250 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £104,800 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Scrum is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Top 18 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 27 April 2024. 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 -31 3,033 £60,000 -11.11% 768
UK excluding London -38 2,506 £55,000 -8.33% 511
Work from Home -16 1,687 £60,000 -7.69% 490
London -29 913 £72,500 -6.45% 291
North of England -30 590 £60,000 -1.48% 114
South East -35 541 £60,000 -7.69% 110
South West +16 507 £50,000 -13.79% 83
North West -24 331 £62,500 +2.63% 72
Midlands -66 321 £52,500 -4.55% 102
Scotland -53 293 £52,500 -13.15% 34
West Midlands -56 212 £52,500 -4.55% 65
Yorkshire -33 186 £54,500 -12.80% 35
East of England -35 150 £55,000 -4.35% 52
East Midlands -40 112 £55,000 -8.33% 37
Wales +2 85 £61,500 +6.49% 14
North East -7 73 £52,500 -4.55% 7
Northern Ireland -18 19 £95,000 +90.00% 10
Isle of Man - 5 £54,000 - 1

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
1 289 (8.02%) Confluence
2 86 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 61 (1.69%) Apache
4 56 (1.55%) CMS
5 46 (1.28%) WebLogic
6 42 (1.17%) OpenStack
7 38 (1.05%) Apache Spark
8 16 (0.44%) EPiServer
9 14 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 14 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 14 (0.39%) Umbraco
10 11 (0.31%) JBoss
10 11 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
11 10 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
12 9 (0.25%) Apache Solr
12 9 (0.25%) IIS
12 9 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 8 (0.22%) Anypoint
13 8 (0.22%) nginx
13 8 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
2 47 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 44 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 39 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
5 35 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 11 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 9 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.25%) Trello
9 3 (0.083%) Simulink
10 2 (0.055%) S-PLUS
11 1 (0.028%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.028%) Blender
11 1 (0.028%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.028%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.028%) InVision
11 1 (0.028%) OmniGraffle
11 1 (0.028%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 95 (2.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 49 (1.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
4 9 (0.25%) Maximo
4 9 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
5 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.17%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.14%) Magento
7 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.083%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.083%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.083%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.083%) Shopify
9 2 (0.055%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.028%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.028%) Endur
10 1 (0.028%) HFM
10 1 (0.028%) Primavera
10 1 (0.028%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 1,438 (39.89%) Azure
2 1,023 (28.38%) AWS
3 506 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
4 298 (8.27%) Power Platform
5 238 (6.60%) Serverless
6 217 (6.02%) GCP
7 185 (5.13%) SaaS
8 181 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
9 141 (3.91%) Amazon EKS
10 136 (3.77%) PowerApps
11 126 (3.50%) Power Automate
12 114 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
13 93 (2.58%) GitHub
14 83 (2.30%) Azure Functions
15 75 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
15 75 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
16 69 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
17 64 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
18 55 (1.53%) PaaS
19 51 (1.41%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 85 (2.36%) DNS
2 61 (1.69%) Firewall
3 58 (1.61%) TCP/IP
4 57 (1.58%) BGP
5 52 (1.44%) SSL
6 34 (0.94%) Internet
7 29 (0.80%) Broadband
8 24 (0.67%) AMQP
9 23 (0.64%) VPN
10 18 (0.50%) 5G
11 16 (0.44%) Hyperconnected
11 16 (0.44%) Network Security
12 15 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
12 15 (0.42%) MPLS
13 13 (0.36%) Mobile Broadband
14 11 (0.31%) WAN
15 7 (0.19%) NaaS
15 7 (0.19%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 585 (16.23%) SQL Server
2 300 (8.32%) MongoDB
3 249 (6.91%) Elasticsearch
4 174 (4.83%) Power BI
5 169 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
6 136 (3.77%) Relational Database
7 119 (3.30%) NoSQL
8 102 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
9 89 (2.47%) Looker
10 87 (2.41%) BigQuery
11 63 (1.75%) MySQL
12 59 (1.64%) Oracle Database
13 52 (1.44%) RDBMS
14 51 (1.41%) Big Data
15 50 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
16 48 (1.33%) Data Vault
17 42 (1.17%) Tableau
18 34 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
18 34 (0.94%) Delta Lake
19 31 (0.86%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 662 (18.36%) JIRA
2 442 (12.26%) Git
3 188 (5.21%) Jenkins
4 183 (5.08%) Visual Studio
5 127 (3.52%) GitLab
6 123 (3.41%) Bitbucket
7 99 (2.75%) Selenium
8 84 (2.33%) Cucumber
9 73 (2.02%) Sourcetree
10 56 (1.55%) TeamCity
11 50 (1.39%) NUnit
12 46 (1.28%) JUnit
13 40 (1.11%) Postman
14 38 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
15 33 (0.92%) SpecFlow
16 32 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
17 29 (0.80%) Moq
18 27 (0.75%) WebDriver
19 25 (0.69%) SoapUI
20 24 (0.67%) Cypress.io
General
1 934 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 771 (21.39%) Finance
3 462 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 335 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 317 (8.79%) Marketing
6 281 (7.79%) Law
7 229 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
8 190 (5.27%) Public Sector
9 145 (4.02%) Games
10 124 (3.44%) Banking
11 112 (3.11%) Retail
12 102 (2.83%) Aerospace
13 86 (2.39%) Billing
14 71 (1.97%) Legal
15 52 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
16 51 (1.41%) Investment Banking
16 51 (1.41%) Manufacturing
17 46 (1.28%) Telecoms
18 34 (0.94%) Financial Institution
19 30 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,160 (32.18%) Developer
2 599 (16.62%) Senior
3 486 (13.48%) Lead
4 370 (10.26%) .NET Developer
5 335 (9.29%) Software Engineer
6 261 (7.24%) Senior Developer
7 245 (6.80%) Architect
8 235 (6.52%) Analyst
9 197 (5.46%) Project Manager
10 156 (4.33%) C# Developer
11 150 (4.16%) Business Analyst
12 148 (4.11%) Delivery Manager
13 138 (3.83%) Engineering Manager
14 128 (3.55%) Product Owner
15 124 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
16 123 (3.41%) Full Stack Developer
17 117 (3.25%) C# .NET Developer
18 108 (3.00%) Java Developer
19 103 (2.86%) Agile Delivery Manager
20 102 (2.83%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 814 (22.58%) .NET
2 555 (15.40%) AngularJS
3 539 (14.95%) React
4 426 (11.82%) .NET Framework
5 423 (11.73%) Node.js
6 403 (11.18%) .NET Core
7 372 (10.32%) ASP.NET
8 320 (8.88%) Entity Framework
9 319 (8.85%) Vue
10 287 (7.96%) ASP.NET Web API
11 280 (7.77%) REST
12 277 (7.68%) ASP.NET MVC
13 269 (7.46%) HTML
14 237 (6.57%) CSS
15 218 (6.05%) Spring Boot
16 182 (5.05%) Spring
17 164 (4.55%) Web Services
18 138 (3.83%) RESTful
18 138 (3.83%) XML
19 136 (3.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 642 (17.81%) Product Ownership
2 212 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 132 (3.66%) Public Cloud
4 126 (3.50%) Data Structures
5 119 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
6 110 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
7 88 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 88 (2.44%) Virtual Reality
8 71 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
9 65 (1.80%) Mobile App
10 63 (1.75%) Onboarding
11 55 (1.53%) Algorithms
12 54 (1.50%) Virtual Team
13 53 (1.47%) Reinsurance
14 50 (1.39%) Private Cloud
15 45 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
16 40 (1.11%) Reference Data
17 36 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
18 31 (0.86%) PMI
19 29 (0.80%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 287 (7.96%) Linux
2 110 (3.05%) Windows
3 75 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 42 (1.17%) Unix
5 37 (1.03%) CentOS
6 32 (0.89%) Ubuntu
7 24 (0.67%) Android
7 24 (0.67%) Debian
7 24 (0.67%) Windows Server
8 17 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.22%) Solaris
11 6 (0.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.055%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.028%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,205 (88.90%) Agile
2 1,140 (31.62%) DevOps
3 1,091 (30.26%) Kanban
4 820 (22.75%) Software Engineering
5 678 (18.81%) CI/CD
6 632 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
7 616 (17.09%) Microservices
8 571 (15.84%) TDD
9 535 (14.84%) Project Management
10 506 (14.04%) Full Stack Development
11 438 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 430 (11.93%) SDLC
13 400 (11.10%) MVC
14 399 (11.07%) Roadmaps
15 395 (10.96%) BDD
16 376 (10.43%) Coaching
17 372 (10.32%) Mentoring
18 362 (10.04%) Test Automation
19 323 (8.96%) Collaborative Working
20 313 (8.68%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 956 (26.52%) C#
2 856 (23.74%) JavaScript
3 683 (18.95%) SQL
4 534 (14.81%) Java
5 472 (13.09%) Python
6 401 (11.12%) TypeScript
7 88 (2.44%) T-SQL
8 70 (1.94%) PowerShell
9 47 (1.30%) PHP
10 46 (1.28%) C++
11 39 (1.08%) Scala
12 36 (1.00%) Kotlin
13 34 (0.94%) Bicep
13 34 (0.94%) Shell Script
14 31 (0.86%) C
15 30 (0.83%) XPath
16 27 (0.75%) Bash
17 25 (0.69%) PL/SQL
18 20 (0.55%) Apex Code
19 16 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 632 (17.53%) Security Cleared
2 577 (16.01%) Degree
3 452 (12.54%) SC Cleared
4 149 (4.13%) DV Cleared
5 141 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 117 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 114 (3.16%) Azure Certification
8 82 (2.27%) AWS Certification
8 82 (2.27%) PMI Certification
9 64 (1.78%) PMP
10 61 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 54 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 45 (1.25%) Master's Degree
13 44 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
14 34 (0.94%) CSPO
14 34 (0.94%) DBS Check
15 26 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 25 (0.69%) MBA
17 24 (0.67%) ISTQB
18 19 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 396 (10.98%) QA
2 80 (2.22%) PMO
3 78 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 63 (1.75%) Accessibility
5 32 (0.89%) GDPR
6 29 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 11 (0.31%) SLA
8 9 (0.25%) GRC
9 8 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.19%) NIST
11 5 (0.14%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.11%) Automotive SPICE
12 4 (0.11%) AUTOSAR
12 4 (0.11%) WCAG
13 3 (0.083%) IFRS
13 3 (0.083%) JTAG
13 3 (0.083%) PSD2
14 2 (0.055%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.055%) IEC 61508
14 2 (0.055%) NCSC
System Software
1 353 (9.79%) Docker
2 56 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 37 (1.03%) Hyper-V
4 21 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
5 19 (0.53%) Firmware
6 14 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
8 11 (0.31%) IAG
9 7 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
11 3 (0.083%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.028%) etcd
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 340 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 234 (6.49%) Terraform
3 187 (5.19%) Ansible
4 36 (1.00%) Puppet
5 31 (0.86%) Grafana
6 27 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
10 8 (0.22%) Kibana
10 8 (0.22%) MIIS
11 5 (0.14%) SCOM
12 4 (0.11%) Consul
13 3 (0.083%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.083%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.083%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.083%) SCCM
13 3 (0.083%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.055%) Argo
Vendors
1 889 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 217 (6.02%) Google
3 213 (5.91%) Oracle
4 87 (2.41%) Databricks
5 77 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 57 (1.58%) Informatica
7 49 (1.36%) Sparx
8 42 (1.17%) WSO2
9 38 (1.05%) SAP
9 38 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 34 (0.94%) Adobe
11 29 (0.80%) Red Hat
12 25 (0.69%) Atlassian
13 24 (0.67%) SaltStack
14 22 (0.61%) VMware
15 19 (0.53%) Cadence
16 17 (0.47%) Cisco
17 16 (0.44%) IBM
17 16 (0.44%) Splunk
18 14 (0.39%) Cognizant