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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 67 36
Rank change year-on-year -67 -31 -10
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 1,186 3,621 7,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.27% 3.68% 6.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 4.28% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 806 2,548 3,985
10th Percentile £43,270 £39,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,362 £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 £103,921
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 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 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 30 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 -64 1,055 £65,000 +8.33% 1,173
UK excluding London -73 765 £60,000 +9.09% 725
Work from Home -64 411 £64,000 +6.67% 818
London -40 407 £75,000 +3.45% 525
North of England -69 218 £55,000 -8.33% 237
South East -40 196 £62,500 +4.17% 139
North West -75 149 £59,000 -5.60% 159
Midlands -54 106 £62,500 +19.05% 127
South West -52 94 £60,000 +20.00% 86
West Midlands -41 79 £60,000 +14.29% 85
Yorkshire -17 61 £50,000 -8.26% 62
East of England -17 56 £60,000 +9.09% 58
Scotland -9 53 £60,750 +15.71% 48
Wales -7 27 £52,796 -14.15% 27
East Midlands -29 27 £65,000 +18.18% 42
Northern Ireland +33 16 £32,500 -65.79% 13
North East -9 10 £43,848 -16.48% 16

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 95 (8.01%) Confluence
2 38 (3.20%) CMS
3 19 (1.60%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.26%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.01%) JBoss
5 12 (1.01%) Red Hat Fuse
6 11 (0.93%) Apache
6 11 (0.93%) Kentico
7 9 (0.76%) Drupal
7 9 (0.76%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.76%) WordPress
8 7 (0.59%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.42%) EPiServer
10 4 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
10 4 (0.34%) Sitefinity
11 3 (0.25%) nginx
11 3 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.17%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (2.70%) Trello
2 29 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
3 27 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
5 14 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.25%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.25%) Productboard
8 2 (0.17%) Sketch
9 1 (0.084%) Notion
9 1 (0.084%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 17 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
4 3 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
5 2 (0.17%) BASE24
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
6 1 (0.084%) Endur
6 1 (0.084%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.084%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.084%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.084%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.084%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.084%) Shopify
6 1 (0.084%) TrackWise
6 1 (0.084%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 349 (29.43%) Azure
2 274 (23.10%) AWS
3 102 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
4 101 (8.52%) Serverless
5 79 (6.66%) SaaS
6 69 (5.82%) GCP
7 66 (5.56%) Power Platform
8 42 (3.54%) GitHub
9 41 (3.46%) AWS Lambda
10 36 (3.04%) Amazon S3
11 34 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
13 32 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
14 31 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
15 26 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
16 25 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (1.77%) Amazon SQS
18 20 (1.69%) Azure Functions
18 20 (1.69%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.43%) Firewall
2 13 (1.10%) HTTP
3 9 (0.76%) DNS
4 6 (0.51%) Kerberos
4 6 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.51%) Wireless
5 5 (0.42%) Bluetooth
5 5 (0.42%) DHCP
6 4 (0.34%) IPv6
6 4 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.25%) 3G
7 3 (0.25%) GPRS
7 3 (0.25%) GSM
7 3 (0.25%) Intranet
7 3 (0.25%) J1939
7 3 (0.25%) LTE
7 3 (0.25%) Modbus
7 3 (0.25%) Network Security
7 3 (0.25%) RTP
7 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (7.42%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 79 (6.66%) Relational Database
4 60 (5.06%) MongoDB
5 57 (4.81%) NoSQL
6 45 (3.79%) Elasticsearch
7 43 (3.63%) Power BI
8 39 (3.29%) MySQL
9 33 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (1.85%) Big Data
11 17 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.18%) RDBMS
13 13 (1.10%) DynamoDB
13 13 (1.10%) Tableau
14 12 (1.01%) Redis
14 12 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (0.84%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.59%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 253 (21.33%) JIRA
2 163 (13.74%) Git
3 84 (7.08%) Jenkins
4 69 (5.82%) JUnit
5 35 (2.95%) GitLab
6 34 (2.87%) Selenium
7 31 (2.61%) JMeter
8 26 (2.19%) Postman
9 25 (2.11%) Mockito
10 23 (1.94%) Visual Studio
11 21 (1.77%) eggPlant
12 17 (1.43%) Cypress.io
13 15 (1.26%) NUnit
14 13 (1.10%) Cucumber
14 13 (1.10%) Gatling
15 10 (0.84%) Maven
16 8 (0.67%) REST Assured
16 8 (0.67%) SonarQube
16 8 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
17 7 (0.59%) webpack
General
1 445 (37.52%) Social Skills
2 333 (28.08%) Finance
3 155 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (8.01%) Public Sector
5 74 (6.24%) Law
6 73 (6.16%) Banking
7 65 (5.48%) Marketing
8 64 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 54 (4.55%) Retail
10 39 (3.29%) Publishing
11 36 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (2.95%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.85%) Electronics
14 22 (1.85%) Legal
14 22 (1.85%) Tech for Good
15 20 (1.69%) Health Technology
16 19 (1.60%) Automotive
17 15 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.10%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 269 (22.68%) Developer
2 234 (19.73%) Senior
3 150 (12.65%) Lead
4 127 (10.71%) Software Engineer
5 107 (9.02%) Analyst
6 77 (6.49%) Senior Developer
7 58 (4.89%) Project Manager
8 53 (4.47%) Architect
8 53 (4.47%) Java Developer
9 52 (4.38%) Business Analyst
10 48 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
11 45 (3.79%) Product Owner
12 44 (3.71%) .NET Developer
13 43 (3.63%) Product Manager
14 40 (3.37%) Team Leader
15 39 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
16 37 (3.12%) Senior Software Engineer
17 33 (2.78%) Lead Developer
17 33 (2.78%) Software Developer
17 33 (2.78%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (14.92%) React
2 153 (12.90%) .NET
3 120 (10.12%) RESTful
4 115 (9.70%) HTML
5 114 (9.61%) REST
6 99 (8.35%) CSS
7 95 (8.01%) AngularJS
8 90 (7.59%) Node.js
9 73 (6.16%) Spring
10 71 (5.99%) Spring Boot
11 69 (5.82%) Web Services
12 59 (4.97%) .NET Framework
13 53 (4.47%) .NET Core
14 52 (4.38%) Kafka
15 43 (3.63%) SOAP
16 39 (3.29%) ASP.NET
17 30 (2.53%) Hibernate
18 28 (2.36%) ASP.NET Web API
19 27 (2.28%) GraphQL
19 27 (2.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 217 (18.30%) Product Ownership
2 50 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.61%) Cloud Native
4 31 (2.61%) Mobile App
5 29 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (2.11%) Algorithms
7 24 (2.02%) PMI
8 23 (1.94%) Virtual Team
9 21 (1.77%) Onboarding
10 19 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.60%) Social Media
11 18 (1.52%) FMCG
12 16 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.18%) Legacy Code
14 13 (1.10%) IoT
14 13 (1.10%) Private Cloud
15 12 (1.01%) PKI
16 11 (0.93%) Public Cloud
17 10 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 59 (4.97%) Linux
2 34 (2.87%) Windows
3 23 (1.94%) Android
4 18 (1.52%) Apple iOS
5 15 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.76%) Unix
7 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.084%) Debian
9 1 (0.084%) Rocky
9 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,062 (89.54%) Agile
2 293 (24.70%) DevOps
3 286 (24.11%) CI/CD
4 283 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
5 264 (22.26%) Kanban
6 254 (21.42%) Software Engineering
7 253 (21.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 210 (17.71%) Project Management
9 190 (16.02%) Test Automation
10 189 (15.94%) Microservices
11 179 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 177 (14.92%) Roadmaps
13 171 (14.42%) Mentoring
14 135 (11.38%) Waterfall
15 129 (10.88%) SDLC
16 128 (10.79%) TDD
17 124 (10.46%) Computer Science
18 118 (9.95%) Project Delivery
19 115 (9.70%) Coaching
20 114 (9.61%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 216 (18.21%) Java
2 215 (18.13%) JavaScript
3 185 (15.60%) Python
4 183 (15.43%) C#
5 175 (14.76%) SQL
6 125 (10.54%) TypeScript
7 34 (2.87%) C++
8 23 (1.94%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.85%) Rust
10 18 (1.52%) C
10 18 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 16 (1.35%) Go
12 14 (1.18%) Bash
13 12 (1.01%) Ruby
14 11 (0.93%) T-SQL
15 10 (0.84%) Swift
16 8 (0.67%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.67%) PHP
17 7 (0.59%) Ada
17 7 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 213 (17.96%) Degree
2 154 (12.98%) Security Cleared
3 109 (9.19%) SC Cleared
4 72 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (4.64%) PMI Certification
6 44 (3.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 40 (3.37%) PMP
8 39 (3.29%) Master's Degree
9 35 (2.95%) DV Cleared
10 26 (2.19%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.11%) ISTQB
12 22 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (1.52%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.35%) CISSP
14 16 (1.35%) CSPO
15 11 (0.93%) CISM
16 9 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.67%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.67%) MBA
17 8 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (12.23%) QA
2 44 (3.71%) Accessibility
3 19 (1.60%) PMO
4 14 (1.18%) GDPR
5 13 (1.10%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.10%) SLA
6 9 (0.76%) ISO 20022
7 8 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.59%) GRC
8 7 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.51%) IEC 62304
9 6 (0.51%) ISO 13485
10 5 (0.42%) NIST
11 4 (0.34%) WCAG
12 3 (0.25%) Automotive SPICE
12 3 (0.25%) AUTOSAR
12 3 (0.25%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 127 (10.71%) Docker
2 15 (1.26%) Firmware
3 14 (1.18%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.34%) vSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Postfix
8 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.084%) NDS
9 1 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 126 (10.62%) Kubernetes
2 46 (3.88%) Terraform
3 34 (2.87%) Ansible
4 19 (1.60%) Kibana
5 11 (0.93%) Progress Chef
6 9 (0.76%) Puppet
7 8 (0.67%) Grafana
7 8 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.42%) Argo
8 5 (0.42%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.42%) QRadar
9 4 (0.34%) Istio
9 4 (0.34%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.34%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (0.25%) SCOM
11 2 (0.17%) MIIS
11 2 (0.17%) Nagios
11 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 215 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.38%) Google
3 50 (4.22%) Oracle
4 46 (3.88%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.19%) Databricks
5 26 (2.19%) Splunk
6 24 (2.02%) Atlassian
6 24 (2.02%) ServiceNow
7 21 (1.77%) Keysight
8 20 (1.69%) SAP
9 13 (1.10%) VMware
10 12 (1.01%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.93%) IBM
12 9 (0.76%) Okta
13 8 (0.67%) Adobe
13 8 (0.67%) Bloomberg
13 8 (0.67%) Cisco
13 8 (0.67%) HP
13 8 (0.67%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.59%) MuleSoft