Scrum Contracts in London

Scrum
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Scrum skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scrum over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 41 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -22 +8
Contract jobs citing Scrum 868 1,347 3,084
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.97% 5.21% 8.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 5.73% 8.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 907 2,085
10th Percentile £394 £450 £425
25th Percentile £450 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
England median daily rate £530 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -7.83% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 40
10th Percentile £29.20 £48.75 -
25th Percentile £31.71 £60.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £32.36 £72.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.37% +62.92% -26.75%
75th Percentile £48.56 £87.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £59.38 £90.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -20.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,475 23,527 35,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.92% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 16,975 26,024
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 269 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.40 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.34 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% -0.43% +14.77%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.61
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.30 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum in London.

Daily rate trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum in London.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in London

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in London

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +6 127 £525 -16.00% 44
West London +5 33 £450 -28.00% 3
South London +7 24 £450 -14.29%
East London +6 19 £540 -1.82% 10
North London - 1 £425 -
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 52 (5.99%) Confluence
2 26 (3.00%) CMS
3 17 (1.96%) Apache
4 12 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.92%) IIS
5 8 (0.92%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.69%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.58%) JBoss
8 4 (0.46%) Drupal
8 4 (0.46%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.35%) govService
9 3 (0.35%) WordPress
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.12%) Documentum
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 16 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.23%) Mingle
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.12%) InDesign
5 1 (0.12%) InVision
5 1 (0.12%) Marvel
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.12%) Sketch
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.81%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) Endur
3 6 (0.69%) SimCorp Dimension
4 5 (0.58%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (0.35%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.35%) Shopify
6 2 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.12%) HFM
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 283 (32.60%) Azure
2 170 (19.59%) Azure DevOps
3 97 (11.18%) AWS
4 67 (7.72%) Entra ID
5 46 (5.30%) Power Platform
6 42 (4.84%) GCP
7 37 (4.26%) Serverless
8 32 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
9 28 (3.23%) GitHub
10 21 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 20 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
12 19 (2.19%) SaaS
13 17 (1.96%) Amazon S3
13 17 (1.96%) PaaS
14 16 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.73%) Azure Functions
16 13 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
17 12 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
18 11 (1.27%) PowerApps
19 10 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.27%) DNS
2 8 (0.92%) Firewall
3 7 (0.81%) DHCP
3 7 (0.81%) SSH
4 6 (0.69%) Internet
4 6 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.58%) HTTP
5 5 (0.58%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.46%) Intranet
6 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.35%) 5G
7 3 (0.35%) DMZ
7 3 (0.35%) MPLS
7 3 (0.35%) Network Security
7 3 (0.35%) SNMP
7 3 (0.35%) VPN
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.23%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (17.97%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.30%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (4.15%) Relational Database
4 34 (3.92%) Power BI
5 32 (3.69%) Data Lake
6 31 (3.57%) NoSQL
7 30 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (2.88%) Big Data
9 22 (2.53%) Redis
10 20 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 19 (2.19%) Tableau
12 15 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 14 (1.61%) MongoDB
14 10 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
14 10 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (1.04%) MySQL
16 8 (0.92%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
17 7 (0.81%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 138 (15.90%) JIRA
2 87 (10.02%) Git
3 49 (5.65%) Jenkins
4 42 (4.84%) Selenium
5 38 (4.38%) SpecFlow
6 30 (3.46%) JUnit
7 26 (3.00%) GitLab
8 25 (2.88%) Visual Studio
9 22 (2.53%) Postman
10 16 (1.84%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.73%) JMeter
11 15 (1.73%) WebDriver
12 13 (1.50%) TeamCity
13 10 (1.15%) Cypress.io
13 10 (1.15%) SoapUI
13 10 (1.15%) SonarQube
14 9 (1.04%) Artifactory
15 8 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
16 7 (0.81%) Appium
16 7 (0.81%) Mockito
General
1 249 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 191 (22.00%) Finance
3 96 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (10.83%) Public Sector
5 88 (10.14%) Banking
6 35 (4.03%) Front Office
7 34 (3.92%) Retail
8 32 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (3.46%) Marketing
10 28 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (3.11%) Investment Banking
12 25 (2.88%) Back Office
13 16 (1.84%) Local Government
14 15 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.73%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.15%) Legal
16 9 (1.04%) Manufacturing
17 8 (0.92%) Law
18 6 (0.69%) Automotive
18 6 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (25.00%) Developer
2 161 (18.55%) Senior
3 97 (11.18%) Scrum Master
4 82 (9.45%) Analyst
4 82 (9.45%) Project Manager
5 74 (8.53%) Senior Developer
6 60 (6.91%) Business Analyst
7 58 (6.68%) Lead
8 51 (5.88%) Software Developer
9 50 (5.76%) Architect
10 38 (4.38%) Product Owner
11 36 (4.15%) Java Developer
11 36 (4.15%) Senior Software Developer
12 34 (3.92%) Delivery Manager
13 30 (3.46%) Azure Developer
13 30 (3.46%) Backend Developer
13 30 (3.46%) Senior Analyst
13 30 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (3.34%) C# Developer
15 23 (2.65%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (15.44%) .NET
2 121 (13.94%) XML
3 65 (7.49%) React
4 63 (7.26%) REST
5 61 (7.03%) HTML
6 59 (6.80%) AngularJS
7 57 (6.57%) .NET Framework
8 49 (5.65%) .NET Core
9 45 (5.18%) CSS
9 45 (5.18%) Spring
9 45 (5.18%) Web Services
10 32 (3.69%) JSON
11 28 (3.23%) Spring Boot
12 27 (3.11%) Hibernate
12 27 (3.11%) JPA
13 25 (2.88%) Kafka
14 23 (2.65%) ARM Templates
15 22 (2.53%) ASP.NET
15 22 (2.53%) SOAP
16 19 (2.19%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 163 (18.78%) Product Ownership
2 23 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
2 23 (2.65%) Mobile App
3 21 (2.42%) Hedge funds
4 17 (1.96%) Derivative
5 16 (1.84%) Algorithms
5 16 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (1.50%) Fixed Income
8 12 (1.38%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.38%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.38%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.04%) Mobile Banking
12 8 (0.92%) Contactless
12 8 (0.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.99%) Linux
2 30 (3.46%) Unix
3 22 (2.53%) Windows
4 13 (1.50%) Android
5 12 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.15%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.35%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 790 (91.01%) Agile
2 285 (32.83%) DevOps
3 199 (22.93%) CI/CD
4 190 (21.89%) Kanban
5 129 (14.86%) Project Management
6 126 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
7 105 (12.10%) Test Automation
8 99 (11.41%) SDLC
9 85 (9.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 85 (9.79%) Software Engineering
9 85 (9.79%) TDD
10 84 (9.68%) Microservices
10 84 (9.68%) Project Delivery
10 84 (9.68%) Roadmaps
10 84 (9.68%) User Stories
11 76 (8.76%) B2C
12 73 (8.41%) Continuous Integration
13 71 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 64 (7.37%) Analytics
15 62 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 151 (17.40%) C#
2 146 (16.82%) SQL
3 135 (15.55%) PowerShell
4 115 (13.25%) Java
5 92 (10.60%) Python
6 79 (9.10%) JavaScript
7 50 (5.76%) Bicep
8 41 (4.72%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.84%) Scala
10 15 (1.73%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.27%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.15%) C
13 8 (0.92%) Perl
13 8 (0.92%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.92%) XPath
14 7 (0.81%) C++
14 7 (0.81%) XQuery
15 6 (0.69%) Bash
16 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 95 (10.94%) Security Cleared
2 90 (10.37%) Degree
3 78 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.46%) PMI Certification
4 30 (3.46%) PMP
5 26 (3.00%) DV Cleared
6 21 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.73%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.50%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.58%) MBA
11 4 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.46%) PgMP
12 3 (0.35%) APMP
12 3 (0.35%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.35%) CISM
12 3 (0.35%) CISSP
12 3 (0.35%) CSPO
13 2 (0.23%) CCIE
13 2 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.72%) QA
2 21 (2.42%) Accessibility
2 21 (2.42%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.84%) PMO
4 7 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.58%) NIST
6 4 (0.46%) SLA
6 4 (0.46%) WCAG
7 3 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.35%) P3O
7 3 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.23%) GRC
8 2 (0.23%) GxP
8 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.12%) COBIT
9 1 (0.12%) GAAP
9 1 (0.12%) GDPR
9 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 74 (8.53%) Active Directory
2 66 (7.60%) Docker
3 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.12%) Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 53 (6.11%) Terraform
3 43 (4.95%) Ansible
4 28 (3.23%) Puppet
5 15 (1.73%) Grafana
6 11 (1.27%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.46%) Kibana
10 3 (0.35%) logstash
10 3 (0.35%) Netcool
11 2 (0.23%) Istio
11 2 (0.23%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.12%) Control-M
12 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.12%) Rancher
12 1 (0.12%) Salt
12 1 (0.12%) TIBCO Hawk
12 1 (0.12%) vRealize
12 1 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 178 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.49%) SAP
3 37 (4.26%) Oracle
4 22 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.42%) ServiceNow
6 19 (2.19%) Splunk
7 18 (2.07%) Google
8 16 (1.84%) Databricks
9 8 (0.92%) Informatica
10 7 (0.81%) CyberArk
11 6 (0.69%) Adobe
11 6 (0.69%) Dell
11 6 (0.69%) SimCorp
12 5 (0.58%) CA Agile Central
12 5 (0.58%) Centrify
12 5 (0.58%) Cisco
12 5 (0.58%) IBM
12 5 (0.58%) Sybase
13 4 (0.46%) DocuSign
13 4 (0.46%) Optimizely