Scrum Job Trends in the West Midlands

Scrum
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Scrum skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 105 58
Rank change year-on-year -15 -47 -35
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 54 106 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.03% 2.56% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 2.80% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28 51 134
10th Percentile £53,375 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,375 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £89,050 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,250
% change year-on-year - +2.77% -6.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,323 3,783 3,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.09% 91.51% 87.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,682 2,769
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Scrum relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Scrum job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Scrum
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Scrum.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Scrum

Scrum
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the West Midlands

Scrum
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Birmingham +13 25 £67,500 +3.85% 8
Warwickshire +5 6 £80,000 +23.08% 10
Staffordshire -17 4 - - 2
Solihull +2 3 £78,750 +28.57%
Shropshire -13 3 £60,000 -9.43% 9
Worcestershire -14 2 £83,750 +34.00% 2
Coventry -6 1 £52,500 -25.00% 2
Walsall - 1 £45,000 - 2
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.85%) Apache
2 1 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.85%) Appian
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Trello
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.85%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (5.56%) Maximo
2 1 (1.85%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 24 (44.44%) Azure
2 13 (24.07%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (20.37%) AWS
4 7 (12.96%) SaaS
5 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.70%) Asana
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.85%) Figma
8 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.85%) Serverless
8 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.85%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.85%) Metadata
2 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.85%) Pentaho
2 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.85%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (14.81%) JUnit
1 8 (14.81%) Maven
1 8 (14.81%) Mockito
2 6 (11.11%) JIRA
3 5 (9.26%) Git
4 1 (1.85%) Balsamiq
4 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.85%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.85%) Moq
4 1 (1.85%) MSTest
4 1 (1.85%) NSubstitute
4 1 (1.85%) NUnit
4 1 (1.85%) SoapUI
General
1 28 (51.85%) Finance
2 22 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 14 (25.93%) Public Sector
4 9 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Retail
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Law
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Developer
1 14 (25.93%) Lead
2 10 (18.52%) Senior
3 8 (14.81%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (14.81%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 8 (14.81%) Java Developer
4 7 (12.96%) Scrum Master
5 6 (11.11%) Agile Scrum Master
5 6 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Senior Java Developer
6 4 (7.41%) Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) CRM Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Lead Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Maximo Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Software Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Data Centre Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) REST
2 7 (12.96%) React
3 4 (7.41%) .NET
3 4 (7.41%) .NET Framework
3 4 (7.41%) CSS
3 4 (7.41%) HTML
3 4 (7.41%) Spring
4 3 (5.56%) Node.js
5 2 (3.70%) EDI
6 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.85%) ARM Templates
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.85%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.85%) Kafka
6 1 (1.85%) SOAP
6 1 (1.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Product Ownership
2 7 (12.96%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.85%) CMDB
6 1 (1.85%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.85%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (96.30%) Agile
2 20 (37.04%) DevOps
3 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.78%) CI/CD
5 14 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (20.37%) Kanban
7 10 (18.52%) SDLC
7 10 (18.52%) Sprint Planning
7 10 (18.52%) TDD
8 9 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 9 (16.67%) Microservices
8 9 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 9 (16.67%) Project Management
8 9 (16.67%) SOA
8 9 (16.67%) User Stories
9 8 (14.81%) Full-Stack Development
9 8 (14.81%) Mentoring
9 8 (14.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 11 (20.37%) Java
2 11 (20.37%) SQL
3 8 (14.81%) PL/SQL
3 8 (14.81%) TypeScript
4 6 (11.11%) Bash
5 5 (9.26%) C#
6 4 (7.41%) C
6 4 (7.41%) R
7 2 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (5.56%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) IBM Certification
3 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) CSPO
4 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (40.74%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) Oracle
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.56%) Guidewire
3 3 (5.56%) IBM
4 2 (3.70%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Denodo
5 1 (1.85%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.85%) Talend
5 1 (1.85%) Workday