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

6 months to
4 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 69 34
Rank change year-on-year -41 -35 -7
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 1,334 3,533 7,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.65% 3.80% 7.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 4.38% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 806 2,564 4,296
10th Percentile £43,231 £39,026 £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 47,107 80,667 105,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.53% 86.75% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 25,846 58,165 61,284
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,025
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £61,700
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -10.86% +2.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,761 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,590
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.41% +3.98%

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 4 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 4 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 -42 1,208 £65,000 +8.33% 1,925
UK excluding London -43 855 £60,000 +9.09% 1,025
Work from Home -23 576 £65,000 +8.33% 1,192
London -24 469 £76,000 +4.83% 1,062
South East -5 255 £70,000 +13.45% 273
North of England -46 221 £55,000 -8.33% 297
North West -43 157 £59,500 -6.67% 189
Midlands -58 110 £61,250 +16.67% 131
South West -56 94 £60,000 +20.00% 120
East of England +15 85 £57,500 +4.55% 88
West Midlands -55 75 £60,000 +14.29% 89
Scotland -15 56 £57,500 +9.52% 82
Yorkshire -26 55 £50,445 -3.91% 82
East Midlands -18 35 £62,500 +13.64% 39
Wales -13 23 £50,796 -18.73% 25
Northern Ireland +33 14 £32,500 -65.79% 22
North East -16 11 £44,424 -15.38% 28

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 (7.87%) Confluence
2 38 (2.85%) CMS
3 17 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 13 (0.97%) Kentico
5 12 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.90%) JBoss
5 12 (0.90%) Red Hat Fuse
6 11 (0.82%) Apache
7 10 (0.75%) nginx
8 9 (0.67%) Drupal
8 9 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 9 (0.67%) WordPress
9 6 (0.45%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
11 4 (0.30%) Sitefinity
12 3 (0.22%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 36 (2.70%) Trello
2 31 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
3 29 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.22%) Productboard
7 3 (0.22%) Simulink
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.075%) Notion
9 1 (0.075%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.30%) 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 (0.075%) Magento
8 1 (0.075%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.075%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.075%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.075%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.075%) TrackWise
8 1 (0.075%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 434 (32.53%) AWS
2 324 (24.29%) Azure
3 256 (19.19%) Serverless
4 201 (15.07%) Amazon S3
5 198 (14.84%) GitHub
6 196 (14.69%) AWS Lambda
7 188 (14.09%) Amazon SQS
8 162 (12.14%) Amazon Kinesis
9 96 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
10 83 (6.22%) SaaS
11 76 (5.70%) GCP
12 60 (4.50%) Power Platform
13 31 (2.32%) Amazon ECS
13 31 (2.32%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
15 25 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (1.72%) Azure Functions
17 22 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
17 22 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.80%) Firewall
2 13 (0.97%) HTTP
3 8 (0.60%) Bluetooth
3 8 (0.60%) Wireless
4 7 (0.52%) DNS
5 6 (0.45%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.30%) 3G
6 4 (0.30%) Broadband
6 4 (0.30%) GPRS
6 4 (0.30%) GSM
6 4 (0.30%) IPv6
6 4 (0.30%) J1939
6 4 (0.30%) LTE
6 4 (0.30%) Modbus
6 4 (0.30%) Multicast
6 4 (0.30%) Network Security
6 4 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.30%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 242 (18.14%) PostgreSQL
2 175 (13.12%) Redis
3 169 (12.67%) DynamoDB
4 86 (6.45%) SQL Server
5 74 (5.55%) Relational Database
6 58 (4.35%) MongoDB
6 58 (4.35%) NoSQL
7 42 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
8 41 (3.07%) Power BI
9 36 (2.70%) MySQL
10 32 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
12 17 (1.27%) Big Data
13 12 (0.90%) RDBMS
13 12 (0.90%) Tableau
14 11 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.67%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 4 (0.30%) GIS
Development Applications
1 258 (19.34%) JIRA
2 242 (18.14%) Jenkins
3 165 (12.37%) Git
4 65 (4.87%) JUnit
5 34 (2.55%) GitLab
6 27 (2.02%) Selenium
7 26 (1.95%) JMeter
8 21 (1.57%) eggPlant
8 21 (1.57%) Mockito
8 21 (1.57%) Visual Studio
9 20 (1.50%) Postman
10 18 (1.35%) Cypress.io
11 15 (1.12%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.12%) NUnit
12 12 (0.90%) Gatling
13 10 (0.75%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.60%) Maven
14 8 (0.60%) REST Assured
14 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (0.52%) TestRail
General
1 413 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 317 (23.76%) Finance
3 236 (17.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 230 (17.24%) Marketing
5 166 (12.44%) Advertising
6 149 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
7 95 (7.12%) Public Sector
8 74 (5.55%) Banking
9 71 (5.32%) Law
10 48 (3.60%) Retail
11 47 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
12 42 (3.15%) Publishing
13 34 (2.55%) Manufacturing
14 29 (2.17%) Electronics
15 28 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.80%) Legal
16 24 (1.80%) Tech for Good
17 23 (1.72%) Health Technology
18 20 (1.50%) Automotive
18 20 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 292 (21.89%) Software Engineer
2 261 (19.57%) Developer
3 223 (16.72%) Senior
4 143 (10.72%) Lead
5 113 (8.47%) Analyst
6 69 (5.17%) Senior Developer
7 64 (4.80%) Business Analyst
8 61 (4.57%) Project Manager
9 58 (4.35%) Architect
10 55 (4.12%) Delivery Manager
11 51 (3.82%) Product Manager
12 48 (3.60%) Java Developer
13 46 (3.45%) Product Owner
14 45 (3.37%) .NET Developer
15 40 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
16 39 (2.92%) Software Developer
17 38 (2.85%) Lead Developer
17 38 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
18 35 (2.62%) C# Developer
19 30 (2.25%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (24.66%) React
2 276 (20.69%) REST
3 262 (19.64%) Node.js
4 258 (19.34%) AngularJS
5 171 (12.82%) Tailwind CSS
6 154 (11.54%) .NET
7 120 (9.00%) HTML
8 118 (8.85%) RESTful
9 105 (7.87%) CSS
10 68 (5.10%) Spring
11 64 (4.80%) Spring Boot
12 62 (4.65%) Web Services
13 54 (4.05%) .NET Framework
14 52 (3.90%) .NET Core
15 45 (3.37%) Kafka
16 40 (3.00%) ASP.NET
17 39 (2.92%) SOAP
18 31 (2.32%) GraphQL
19 28 (2.10%) ASP.NET Web API
20 26 (1.95%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.74%) Product Ownership
2 161 (12.07%) Blog
2 161 (12.07%) Digital Media
3 49 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (2.77%) Mobile App
5 36 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (2.32%) Cloud Native
8 25 (1.87%) PMI
9 24 (1.80%) Algorithms
9 24 (1.80%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.57%) Virtual Team
11 18 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (1.35%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.35%) FMCG
11 18 (1.35%) Legacy Code
11 18 (1.35%) Social Media
12 16 (1.20%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.12%) IoT
14 14 (1.05%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.72%) Linux
2 34 (2.55%) Windows
3 30 (2.25%) Android
4 21 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 14 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.52%) Unix
7 6 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 2 (0.15%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.075%) Debian
9 1 (0.075%) Rocky
9 1 (0.075%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,201 (90.03%) Agile
2 425 (31.86%) Software Engineering
3 281 (21.06%) DevOps
4 268 (20.09%) CI/CD
4 268 (20.09%) Kanban
5 259 (19.42%) User Experience
6 253 (18.97%) Full-Stack Development
7 250 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
8 245 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 216 (16.19%) Project Management
10 204 (15.29%) Continuous Delivery
11 200 (14.99%) E-Commerce
12 192 (14.39%) Roadmaps
13 185 (13.87%) Microservices
14 183 (13.72%) Epics
14 183 (13.72%) Mentoring
15 176 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
16 163 (12.22%) Test Automation
17 133 (9.97%) Waterfall
18 131 (9.82%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 293 (21.96%) TypeScript
2 206 (15.44%) JavaScript
3 192 (14.39%) Java
4 191 (14.32%) Python
5 166 (12.44%) SQL
6 162 (12.14%) C#
7 35 (2.62%) C++
8 27 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.65%) Go
10 21 (1.57%) C
11 14 (1.05%) Bash
11 14 (1.05%) Ruby
12 13 (0.97%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.75%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.75%) Swift
14 9 (0.67%) PHP
15 8 (0.60%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.60%) Scala
15 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.52%) Ada
Qualifications
1 208 (15.59%) Degree
2 154 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 104 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 68 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (4.35%) PMI Certification
6 44 (3.30%) PMP
7 41 (3.07%) DV Cleared
8 39 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (2.55%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.50%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (1.35%) ISTQB
13 17 (1.27%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.20%) CISSP
15 15 (1.12%) CSPO
16 11 (0.82%) CISM
17 9 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 8 (0.60%) AWS Certification
19 5 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
20 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (10.34%) QA
2 40 (3.00%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.57%) PMO
4 12 (0.90%) GDPR
4 12 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (0.90%) SLA
5 10 (0.75%) IEC 62304
5 10 (0.75%) ISO 13485
6 9 (0.67%) ISO 20022
7 8 (0.60%) GRC
8 6 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.37%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.37%) NIST
10 4 (0.30%) Automotive SPICE
10 4 (0.30%) AUTOSAR
11 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.22%) WCAG
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 284 (21.29%) Docker
2 17 (1.27%) Firmware
3 16 (1.20%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.37%) vSphere
7 2 (0.15%) NDS
8 1 (0.075%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.075%) Postfix
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 290 (21.74%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.92%) Terraform
3 33 (2.47%) Ansible
4 18 (1.35%) Kibana
5 9 (0.67%) Grafana
5 9 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.60%) Istio
6 8 (0.60%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.37%) Argo
7 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.37%) Puppet
7 5 (0.37%) QRadar
8 4 (0.30%) Kustomize
8 4 (0.30%) 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 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.27%) Google
3 48 (3.60%) Salesforce
4 43 (3.22%) Oracle
5 25 (1.87%) Atlassian
5 25 (1.87%) SAP
6 23 (1.72%) Databricks
7 21 (1.57%) Keysight
8 19 (1.42%) Splunk
9 18 (1.35%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.97%) VMware
11 11 (0.82%) IBM
12 10 (0.75%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.67%) Bloomberg
13 9 (0.67%) Okta
14 8 (0.60%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.45%) Adobe
16 5 (0.37%) Guidewire
16 5 (0.37%) Planview
16 5 (0.37%) SolarWinds