Scrum
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Scrum skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Scrum over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 36 26
Rank change year-on-year -33 -10 +4
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 3,630 7,060 14,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.66% 6.95% 9.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 7.27% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,536 3,899 6,980
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Top 18 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 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -29 3,058 £60,000 -9.77% 793
UK excluding London -37 2,528 £55,000 -8.33% 536
Work from Home -14 1,700 £60,000 -7.69% 520
London -29 920 £72,000 -7.10% 293
North of England -34 600 £60,000 -1.32% 110
South East -35 539 £60,000 -5.14% 110
South West +11 513 £50,000 -16.34% 91
North West -23 343 £62,500 +2.80% 66
Midlands -65 323 £52,500 -4.55% 111
Scotland -50 295 £50,000 -17.22% 40
West Midlands -60 211 £52,500 -4.55% 76
Yorkshire -33 183 £55,000 -10.86% 37
East of England -30 151 £55,000 -4.35% 58
East Midlands -39 113 £55,000 -8.33% 33
Wales +12 85 £60,500 +7.56% 13
North East -11 74 £52,500 -4.55% 7
Northern Ireland -23 19 £95,000 +85.37% 10
Isle of Man - 5 £54,000 - 1

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
1 292 (8.04%) Confluence
2 85 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 63 (1.74%) Apache
4 58 (1.60%) CMS
5 46 (1.27%) WebLogic
6 42 (1.16%) OpenStack
7 41 (1.13%) Apache Spark
8 16 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 16 (0.44%) EPiServer
9 14 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 14 (0.39%) Umbraco
10 11 (0.30%) IIS
10 11 (0.30%) JBoss
10 11 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
11 10 (0.28%) Apache Solr
11 10 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
12 9 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 9 (0.25%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.22%) Anypoint
14 6 (0.17%) Kentico
Applications
1 50 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
1 50 (1.38%) MS Visio
2 44 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 11 (0.30%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.25%) Trello
8 3 (0.083%) Simulink
9 2 (0.055%) Sketch
9 2 (0.055%) S-PLUS
10 1 (0.028%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.028%) Blender
10 1 (0.028%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.028%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.028%) InVision
10 1 (0.028%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 94 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 49 (1.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
4 11 (0.30%) Maximo
5 9 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
6 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.14%) Magento
8 5 (0.14%) Visualfiles
8 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.083%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.083%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.083%) Shopify
11 2 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.055%) SAP S/4HANA
12 1 (0.028%) Elite 3E
12 1 (0.028%) HFM
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle ERP
12 1 (0.028%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 1,460 (40.22%) Azure
2 1,045 (28.79%) AWS
3 503 (13.86%) Azure DevOps
4 295 (8.13%) Power Platform
5 242 (6.67%) Serverless
6 217 (5.98%) GCP
7 186 (5.12%) SaaS
8 179 (4.93%) Dynamics 365
9 141 (3.88%) Amazon EKS
10 136 (3.75%) PowerApps
11 126 (3.47%) Power Automate
12 113 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
13 93 (2.56%) GitHub
14 79 (2.18%) Azure Functions
15 76 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
16 71 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
16 71 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
17 66 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
18 57 (1.57%) Amazon SQS
19 54 (1.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (2.40%) DNS
2 65 (1.79%) Firewall
3 58 (1.60%) TCP/IP
4 57 (1.57%) BGP
5 52 (1.43%) SSL
6 33 (0.91%) Internet
7 30 (0.83%) Broadband
8 26 (0.72%) AMQP
9 23 (0.63%) VPN
10 17 (0.47%) 5G
10 17 (0.47%) Network Security
11 16 (0.44%) Hyperconnected
12 14 (0.39%) Ethernet VPN
12 14 (0.39%) Mobile Broadband
12 14 (0.39%) MPLS
13 12 (0.33%) WAN
14 9 (0.25%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.19%) Wireless
16 6 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 594 (16.36%) SQL Server
2 303 (8.35%) MongoDB
3 251 (6.91%) Elasticsearch
4 182 (5.01%) Data Warehouse
5 170 (4.68%) Power BI
6 140 (3.86%) Relational Database
7 131 (3.61%) NoSQL
8 99 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
9 91 (2.51%) Looker
10 88 (2.42%) BigQuery
11 62 (1.71%) MySQL
12 59 (1.63%) Oracle Database
13 54 (1.49%) RDBMS
14 52 (1.43%) Big Data
15 50 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
16 49 (1.35%) Data Vault
17 47 (1.29%) Tableau
18 39 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
19 34 (0.94%) Data Lake
19 34 (0.94%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 662 (18.24%) JIRA
2 449 (12.37%) Git
3 189 (5.21%) Visual Studio
4 184 (5.07%) Jenkins
5 126 (3.47%) GitLab
6 123 (3.39%) Bitbucket
7 103 (2.84%) Selenium
8 80 (2.20%) Cucumber
9 73 (2.01%) Sourcetree
10 56 (1.54%) TeamCity
11 50 (1.38%) NUnit
12 47 (1.29%) JUnit
13 39 (1.07%) Postman
14 37 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
15 34 (0.94%) SpecFlow
16 32 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
17 29 (0.80%) Moq
18 26 (0.72%) SonarQube
19 25 (0.69%) SoapUI
19 25 (0.69%) WebDriver
General
1 932 (25.67%) Social Skills
2 770 (21.21%) Finance
3 457 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
4 339 (9.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 324 (8.93%) Marketing
6 291 (8.02%) Law
7 230 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
8 191 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 145 (3.99%) Games
10 124 (3.42%) Banking
11 111 (3.06%) Aerospace
11 111 (3.06%) Retail
12 86 (2.37%) Billing
13 70 (1.93%) Legal
14 54 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
15 52 (1.43%) Investment Banking
16 50 (1.38%) Manufacturing
17 45 (1.24%) Telecoms
18 32 (0.88%) Financial Institution
19 31 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,161 (31.98%) Developer
2 599 (16.50%) Senior
3 490 (13.50%) Lead
4 377 (10.39%) .NET Developer
5 350 (9.64%) Software Engineer
6 257 (7.08%) Senior Developer
7 254 (7.00%) Architect
8 236 (6.50%) Analyst
9 189 (5.21%) Project Manager
10 160 (4.41%) C# Developer
11 152 (4.19%) Delivery Manager
12 149 (4.10%) Business Analyst
13 139 (3.83%) Engineering Manager
14 133 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
15 126 (3.47%) Product Owner
16 124 (3.42%) Full Stack Developer
17 119 (3.28%) C# .NET Developer
18 107 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
18 107 (2.95%) Senior Manager
19 106 (2.92%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 827 (22.78%) .NET
2 558 (15.37%) AngularJS
3 554 (15.26%) React
4 438 (12.07%) .NET Framework
5 430 (11.85%) Node.js
6 418 (11.52%) .NET Core
7 382 (10.52%) ASP.NET
8 324 (8.93%) Entity Framework
9 323 (8.90%) Vue
10 291 (8.02%) ASP.NET Web API
11 288 (7.93%) ASP.NET MVC
12 281 (7.74%) REST
13 269 (7.41%) HTML
14 239 (6.58%) CSS
15 217 (5.98%) Spring Boot
16 183 (5.04%) Spring
17 169 (4.66%) Web Services
18 140 (3.86%) XML
19 135 (3.72%) JSON
20 133 (3.66%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 635 (17.49%) Product Ownership
2 226 (6.23%) Cloud Native
3 131 (3.61%) Public Cloud
4 127 (3.50%) Data Structures
5 117 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
6 110 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
7 91 (2.51%) Management Information System
8 88 (2.42%) Virtual Reality
9 70 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
10 66 (1.82%) Mobile App
11 60 (1.65%) Onboarding
12 57 (1.57%) Private Cloud
13 55 (1.52%) Algorithms
14 53 (1.46%) Reinsurance
14 53 (1.46%) Virtual Team
15 46 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
16 42 (1.16%) Reference Data
17 37 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
18 31 (0.85%) PMI
19 30 (0.83%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 305 (8.40%) Linux
2 115 (3.17%) Windows
3 78 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 41 (1.13%) Unix
5 40 (1.10%) CentOS
6 35 (0.96%) Ubuntu
7 29 (0.80%) Windows Server
8 26 (0.72%) Debian
9 21 (0.58%) Android
10 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (0.22%) Solaris
13 6 (0.17%) VMS
14 2 (0.055%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.028%) Embedded Linux
15 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,231 (89.01%) Agile
2 1,143 (31.49%) DevOps
3 1,109 (30.55%) Kanban
4 831 (22.89%) Software Engineering
5 679 (18.71%) CI/CD
6 631 (17.38%) Microservices
7 627 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
8 578 (15.92%) TDD
9 533 (14.68%) Project Management
10 512 (14.10%) Full Stack Development
11 440 (12.12%) SDLC
12 430 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 409 (11.27%) MVC
14 394 (10.85%) BDD
15 392 (10.80%) Roadmaps
16 385 (10.61%) Coaching
17 379 (10.44%) Test Automation
18 377 (10.39%) Mentoring
19 328 (9.04%) Collaborative Working
20 324 (8.93%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 972 (26.78%) C#
2 866 (23.86%) JavaScript
3 701 (19.31%) SQL
4 546 (15.04%) Java
5 496 (13.66%) Python
6 405 (11.16%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.37%) T-SQL
8 72 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 46 (1.27%) C++
9 46 (1.27%) PHP
10 45 (1.24%) Kotlin
11 39 (1.07%) Scala
12 34 (0.94%) Bicep
13 33 (0.91%) C
14 32 (0.88%) Shell Script
15 30 (0.83%) XPath
16 26 (0.72%) Bash
17 25 (0.69%) PL/SQL
18 20 (0.55%) Apex Code
19 16 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 648 (17.85%) Security Cleared
2 582 (16.03%) Degree
3 460 (12.67%) SC Cleared
4 156 (4.30%) DV Cleared
5 138 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 119 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 114 (3.14%) Azure Certification
8 82 (2.26%) AWS Certification
9 80 (2.20%) PMI Certification
10 62 (1.71%) PMP
11 58 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 55 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 53 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 46 (1.27%) Master's Degree
15 36 (0.99%) DBS Check
16 34 (0.94%) CSPO
17 26 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 25 (0.69%) MBA
19 23 (0.63%) ISTQB
20 21 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 406 (11.18%) QA
2 82 (2.26%) Data Quality
3 77 (2.12%) PMO
4 66 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 31 (0.85%) GDPR
6 29 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 11 (0.30%) SLA
8 7 (0.19%) GRC
8 7 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.17%) NIST
10 5 (0.14%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.11%) Automotive SPICE
11 4 (0.11%) AUTOSAR
11 4 (0.11%) WCAG
12 3 (0.083%) IFRS
12 3 (0.083%) JTAG
12 3 (0.083%) PSD2
13 2 (0.055%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.055%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.055%) NCSC
System Software
1 347 (9.56%) Docker
2 57 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 36 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 19 (0.52%) Firmware
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
5 15 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.30%) IAG
6 11 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.083%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.028%) etcd
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 338 (9.31%) Kubernetes
2 242 (6.67%) Terraform
3 196 (5.40%) Ansible
4 38 (1.05%) Puppet
5 32 (0.88%) Grafana
6 27 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 18 (0.50%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
8 12 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.22%) Kibana
9 8 (0.22%) MIIS
10 5 (0.14%) SCOM
11 3 (0.083%) Consul
11 3 (0.083%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.083%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.083%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.083%) SCCM
11 3 (0.083%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.055%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 898 (24.74%) Microsoft
2 215 (5.92%) Oracle
3 212 (5.84%) Google
4 89 (2.45%) Databricks
5 79 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 56 (1.54%) Informatica
7 49 (1.35%) Sparx
8 42 (1.16%) WSO2
9 39 (1.07%) ServiceNow
10 38 (1.05%) SAP
11 33 (0.91%) Adobe
12 31 (0.85%) Red Hat
13 26 (0.72%) Atlassian
13 26 (0.72%) SaltStack
14 23 (0.63%) VMware
15 18 (0.50%) Cadence
16 17 (0.47%) Cisco
17 16 (0.44%) Splunk
18 15 (0.41%) IBM
19 14 (0.39%) Cognizant