Scrum Contracts in the UK excluding London

Scrum
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Scrum skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scrum over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -23 -9 +3
Contract jobs citing Scrum 717 1,280 2,209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.37% 5.64% 7.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 6.33% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 904 1,498
10th Percentile £358 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.25% +9.16%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 58 75
10th Percentile £57.00 £42.50 £32.61
25th Percentile £60.00 £50.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year - +28.03% -11.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.70 £75.26 £79.60
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -22.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Scrum falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,598 20,227 27,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.72% 89.09% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,365 13,876 18,976
10th Percentile £250 £260 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,188 1,246 1,331
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.63 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £33.14 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.02% +57.82% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.40 £75.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the UK excluding London

Scrum
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum in the UK excluding London

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the UK excluding London

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in the UK excluding London

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in the UK excluding London

Scrum
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
South East -16 218 £500 -6.98% 109
North of England +16 169 £510 -7.27% 136
Scotland -10 124 £475 -5.00% 33
Midlands -22 93 £475 -9.52% 99
Yorkshire +25 81 £538 +1.18% 35
West Midlands -20 74 £500 -7.41% 71
North West -10 73 £500 -4.76% 93
South West -51 68 £575 - 85
East of England -50 28 £550 +4.76% 35
East Midlands -7 19 £398 -6.47% 28
Wales +27 18 £503 +16.86% 10
North East +7 15 £513 -33.84% 9
Northern Ireland -4 1 £640 +60.00% 15
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 64 (8.93%) Confluence
2 15 (2.09%) SAS
3 12 (1.67%) Apache
4 11 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.53%) CICS
5 8 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.98%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.56%) CMS
7 4 (0.56%) Drupal
7 4 (0.56%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.28%) Mendix
8 2 (0.28%) Mule
9 1 (0.14%) Appian
9 1 (0.14%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.42%) Trello
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.84%) SAP PM
3 4 (0.56%) Maximo
4 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.28%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.28%) VisionPLUS
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 137 (19.11%) Azure
2 108 (15.06%) AWS
3 56 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (6.97%) Serverless
5 47 (6.56%) Power Platform
6 40 (5.58%) Amazon S3
7 33 (4.60%) GitHub
8 31 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
9 26 (3.63%) GCP
10 24 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (2.79%) SaaS
12 17 (2.37%) OpenShift
13 16 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (2.23%) PaaS
14 14 (1.95%) IaaS
15 10 (1.39%) AWS CodePipeline
15 10 (1.39%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.39%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.79%) TCP/IP
1 20 (2.79%) VPN
2 18 (2.51%) Firewall
2 18 (2.51%) SNMP
3 17 (2.37%) Software-Defined Radio
4 16 (2.23%) DNS
5 9 (1.26%) HTTP
6 8 (1.12%) BGP
6 8 (1.12%) MPLS
7 7 (0.98%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (0.84%) Ethernet VPN
8 6 (0.84%) RS-485
8 6 (0.84%) SSL
9 5 (0.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 5 (0.70%) FTP
9 5 (0.70%) Modbus
9 5 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.70%) RS-422
10 4 (0.56%) Network Security
10 4 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.48%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (7.53%) MySQL
3 47 (6.56%) Relational Database
4 33 (4.60%) Power BI
5 27 (3.77%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 22 (3.07%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (2.37%) Qlik Sense
10 13 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (1.67%) Amazon Aurora
12 11 (1.53%) DB2
12 11 (1.53%) IDMS
13 10 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.12%) Informix
15 7 (0.98%) Big Data
15 7 (0.98%) InfluxDB
15 7 (0.98%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 159 (22.18%) JIRA
2 140 (19.53%) Git
3 48 (6.69%) GitLab
4 43 (6.00%) Jenkins
5 34 (4.74%) Robot Framework
6 27 (3.77%) Bitbucket
7 24 (3.35%) JUnit
8 18 (2.51%) Eclipse
8 18 (2.51%) GoogleTest
9 16 (2.23%) Postman
10 13 (1.81%) Selenium
10 13 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
11 12 (1.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 10 (1.39%) Artifactory
12 10 (1.39%) TestRail
13 9 (1.26%) CircleCI
13 9 (1.26%) Travis CI
14 8 (1.12%) Visual Studio
15 7 (0.98%) Maven
15 7 (0.98%) NUnit
General
1 181 (25.24%) Social Skills
2 104 (14.50%) Public Sector
3 71 (9.90%) Finance
4 67 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (2.93%) Telecoms
6 19 (2.65%) Banking
7 18 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.23%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.23%) Marketing
9 14 (1.95%) Aerospace
9 14 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.39%) Billing
11 9 (1.26%) Electronics
11 9 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.84%) Legal
13 6 (0.84%) Retail
14 5 (0.70%) Automotive
14 5 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 145 (20.22%) Developer
2 84 (11.72%) Analyst
3 71 (9.90%) Senior
4 67 (9.34%) Project Manager
5 56 (7.81%) Scrum Master
6 52 (7.25%) Software Engineer
7 50 (6.97%) Business Analyst
8 43 (6.00%) Java Developer
9 38 (5.30%) Architect
10 36 (5.02%) Lead
11 27 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
11 27 (3.77%) Test Engineer
12 26 (3.63%) C++ Software Engineer
13 22 (3.07%) Senior Manager
14 21 (2.93%) Consultant
15 20 (2.79%) Data Engineer
16 18 (2.51%) DevOps Engineer
17 16 (2.23%) Product Owner
18 15 (2.09%) Tester
19 14 (1.95%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (8.79%) HTML
2 60 (8.37%) CSS
3 47 (6.56%) REST
4 44 (6.14%) React
5 40 (5.58%) AngularJS
6 39 (5.44%) Spring
7 33 (4.60%) XML
8 32 (4.46%) .NET
8 32 (4.46%) Spring Boot
9 29 (4.04%) Web Services
10 26 (3.63%) Kafka
11 25 (3.49%) AWS CDK
11 25 (3.49%) JSON
12 21 (2.93%) RESTful
13 18 (2.51%) OAuth
14 16 (2.23%) Hibernate
14 16 (2.23%) SOAP
15 14 (1.95%) Elastic Stack
16 13 (1.81%) GraphQL
16 13 (1.81%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 84 (11.72%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.35%) Data Structures
3 22 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (1.81%) Mainframe
6 12 (1.67%) PKI
7 11 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.53%) IBM Mainframe
7 11 (1.53%) Replication
8 10 (1.39%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.39%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.26%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.12%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.12%) Smart Meter
11 7 (0.98%) Client/Server
11 7 (0.98%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 96 (13.39%) Linux
2 54 (7.53%) Windows
3 32 (4.46%) Unix
4 23 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.53%) zOS
7 8 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.98%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.70%) VMS
10 3 (0.42%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.28%) Android
11 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.14%) CentOS
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 625 (87.17%) Agile
2 166 (23.15%) Kanban
3 147 (20.50%) DevOps
4 122 (17.02%) Software Engineering
5 106 (14.78%) CI/CD
6 101 (14.09%) Test Automation
7 98 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (13.67%) Project Management
8 91 (12.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 80 (11.16%) User Stories
10 71 (9.90%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 67 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 66 (9.21%) Continuous Integration
13 62 (8.65%) Analytics
14 58 (8.09%) Roadmaps
15 56 (7.81%) Coaching
15 56 (7.81%) Requirements Gathering
16 55 (7.67%) Waterfall
17 54 (7.53%) SDLC
18 53 (7.39%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 129 (17.99%) Java
2 125 (17.43%) SQL
3 102 (14.23%) Python
4 90 (12.55%) JavaScript
5 51 (7.11%) C#
6 49 (6.83%) C++
7 48 (6.69%) TypeScript
8 35 (4.88%) Bash
8 35 (4.88%) PowerShell
9 24 (3.35%) C
10 14 (1.95%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.53%) CLIST
11 11 (1.53%) COBOL
11 11 (1.53%) Perl
11 11 (1.53%) REXX
11 11 (1.53%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.39%) SELCOPY
13 8 (1.12%) PHP
13 8 (1.12%) Scala
14 7 (0.98%) Korn
Qualifications
1 157 (21.90%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.62%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.44%) Degree
4 36 (5.02%) DV Cleared
5 35 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (4.74%) PMP
7 33 (4.60%) PMI Certification
8 22 (3.07%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.39%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.70%) CBAP
11 5 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.56%) CSPO
12 4 (0.56%) HNC
12 4 (0.56%) ISEB
12 4 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.42%) APMP
13 3 (0.42%) CCNA
13 3 (0.42%) CCNP
13 3 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.32%) QA
2 17 (2.37%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.53%) PMO
4 10 (1.39%) Disclosure Scotland
5 7 (0.98%) GDPR
5 7 (0.98%) RMADS
6 4 (0.56%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.42%) WCAG
8 2 (0.28%) IFRS
8 2 (0.28%) P3O
8 2 (0.28%) SLA
8 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) GxP
9 1 (0.14%) JTAG
9 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (10.74%) Docker
2 22 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.23%) Firmware
5 7 (0.98%) vSphere
6 6 (0.84%) VirtualBox
7 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.42%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.14%) XenApp
10 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (8.51%) Grafana
2 58 (8.09%) Ansible
3 57 (7.95%) Kubernetes
4 41 (5.72%) Terraform
5 18 (2.51%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.67%) Kibana
6 12 (1.67%) Puppet
7 11 (1.53%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.26%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (1.26%) logstash
9 7 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.84%) Argo
10 6 (0.84%) vRealize
11 5 (0.70%) Packer
12 4 (0.56%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.56%) SCCM
13 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.28%) VxRail
14 1 (0.14%) Rancher
14 1 (0.14%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 51 (7.11%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.69%) Oracle
3 37 (5.16%) ServiceNow
4 33 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 32 (4.46%) Atlassian
6 27 (3.77%) VMware
7 26 (3.63%) Google
7 26 (3.63%) Talend
8 21 (2.93%) Denodo
8 21 (2.93%) SAP
9 16 (2.23%) Splunk
10 14 (1.95%) IBM
11 11 (1.53%) Syncsort
12 9 (1.26%) Cadence
12 9 (1.26%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.84%) PagerDuty
13 6 (0.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 5 (0.70%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.70%) F5
14 5 (0.70%) Informatica