Scrum Contracts with Work from Home Options

Scrum
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 41 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 -19 +5
Contract jobs citing Scrum 575 1,220 3,469
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.92% 5.11% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 5.70% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 838 2,284
10th Percentile £360 £400 £406
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £535
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +1.87% +7.43%
75th Percentile £580 £636 £625
90th Percentile £652 £727 £725
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 53 83
10th Percentile £34.05 £42.50 -
25th Percentile £45.11 £46.25 £39.75
Median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +44.44% -26.83%
75th Percentile £63.63 £66.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £70.15 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -23.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Scrum
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Scrum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Scrum trend for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Scrum.

Scrum daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Scrum over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Scrum daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Scrum.

Scrum hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Scrum over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Scrum hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 41 (7.13%) Confluence
2 10 (1.74%) CMS
2 10 (1.74%) SAS
3 9 (1.57%) CICS
4 8 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.70%) Apache
7 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.35%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.17%) Mule
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.52%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.52%) Trello
7 2 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.35%) InVision
7 2 (0.35%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.35%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 10 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.52%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.35%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.35%) Endur
4 2 (0.35%) Maximo
4 2 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 154 (26.78%) Azure
2 84 (14.61%) AWS
3 82 (14.26%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (6.26%) Power Platform
5 35 (6.09%) Serverless
6 28 (4.87%) GCP
7 27 (4.70%) SaaS
8 24 (4.17%) Amazon S3
8 24 (4.17%) Entra ID
9 21 (3.65%) GitHub
10 20 (3.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 19 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (2.96%) OpenShift
13 15 (2.61%) PaaS
14 14 (2.43%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (2.09%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.74%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 10 (1.74%) Azure Functions
16 10 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.57%) TCP/IP
2 8 (1.39%) DNS
3 6 (1.04%) Firewall
4 5 (0.87%) HTTP
5 4 (0.70%) 5G
5 4 (0.70%) Internet
5 4 (0.70%) VPN
6 3 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.52%) SNMP
7 2 (0.35%) DHCP
7 2 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.17%) LTE
8 1 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.17%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.17%) VLAN
8 1 (0.17%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (12.17%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.74%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.17%) Power BI
5 22 (3.83%) MySQL
6 16 (2.78%) MongoDB
6 16 (2.78%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.26%) DB2
8 12 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (1.91%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (1.74%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.57%) IDMS
12 8 (1.39%) Big Data
12 8 (1.39%) NoSQL
13 7 (1.22%) GIS
13 7 (1.22%) Informix
13 7 (1.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 107 (18.61%) JIRA
2 65 (11.30%) Git
3 38 (6.61%) Jenkins
4 24 (4.17%) GitLab
5 21 (3.65%) Selenium
6 18 (3.13%) JMeter
7 17 (2.96%) Postman
8 13 (2.26%) SpecFlow
9 12 (2.09%) Cypress.io
10 11 (1.91%) Visual Studio
11 10 (1.74%) Artifactory
11 10 (1.74%) Bitbucket
12 7 (1.22%) Appium
12 7 (1.22%) JUnit
13 6 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 5 (0.87%) Maven
14 5 (0.87%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (0.87%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.87%) WebDriver
General
1 180 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 105 (18.26%) Finance
3 72 (12.52%) Public Sector
4 45 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (7.13%) Banking
6 27 (4.70%) Marketing
7 25 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.43%) Legal
10 13 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.09%) Retail
12 11 (1.91%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.74%) Front Office
14 9 (1.57%) Electronics
15 8 (1.39%) Back Office
15 8 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.22%) Investment Banking
17 6 (1.04%) Law
18 4 (0.70%) German Language
18 4 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 121 (21.04%) Developer
2 89 (15.48%) Senior
3 77 (13.39%) Analyst
4 64 (11.13%) Project Manager
5 51 (8.87%) Scrum Master
6 49 (8.52%) Business Analyst
7 39 (6.78%) Senior Developer
8 28 (4.87%) Lead
9 27 (4.70%) Software Developer
10 24 (4.17%) Architect
11 20 (3.48%) Product Owner
12 19 (3.30%) Azure Developer
12 19 (3.30%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (2.96%) Consultant
13 17 (2.96%) Data Engineer
13 17 (2.96%) Java Developer
14 16 (2.78%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (2.78%) Senior Software Developer
15 15 (2.61%) Test Analyst
16 14 (2.43%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.26%) .NET
2 49 (8.52%) XML
3 38 (6.61%) React
4 32 (5.57%) HTML
5 31 (5.39%) CSS
6 29 (5.04%) AngularJS
6 29 (5.04%) REST
7 22 (3.83%) .NET Framework
7 22 (3.83%) RESTful
8 21 (3.65%) Web Services
9 18 (3.13%) AWS CDK
10 17 (2.96%) Spring Boot
11 16 (2.78%) .NET Core
11 16 (2.78%) Node.js
12 15 (2.61%) JSON
12 15 (2.61%) OAuth
12 15 (2.61%) Spring
13 14 (2.43%) GraphQL
14 12 (2.09%) ARM Templates
15 11 (1.91%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 81 (14.09%) Product Ownership
2 11 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (1.91%) Mainframe
3 10 (1.74%) Algorithms
3 10 (1.74%) Data Structures
3 10 (1.74%) IBM Mainframe
3 10 (1.74%) Mobile App
4 9 (1.57%) Replication
5 8 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.39%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.39%) Over-the-Top Content
5 8 (1.39%) Video\Live Streaming
6 7 (1.22%) Derivative
6 7 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.22%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.04%) Contactless
7 6 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.04%) Public Cloud
8 5 (0.87%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.91%) Linux
2 23 (4.00%) Windows
3 19 (3.30%) Unix
4 9 (1.57%) zOS
5 8 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.70%) Android
7 4 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
8 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (88.70%) Agile
2 137 (23.83%) DevOps
3 128 (22.26%) Kanban
4 108 (18.78%) CI/CD
5 86 (14.96%) Project Management
6 85 (14.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 84 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (11.83%) Test Automation
9 64 (11.13%) Software Engineering
10 63 (10.96%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 63 (10.96%) User Stories
11 62 (10.78%) Analytics
12 54 (9.39%) Continuous Integration
13 52 (9.04%) Roadmaps
14 49 (8.52%) SDLC
15 47 (8.17%) User Experience
16 45 (7.83%) Project Delivery
17 44 (7.65%) Business Analysis
17 44 (7.65%) Requirements Gathering
18 43 (7.48%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 92 (16.00%) SQL
2 69 (12.00%) Java
3 67 (11.65%) C#
4 59 (10.26%) JavaScript
5 54 (9.39%) Python
6 53 (9.22%) PowerShell
7 35 (6.09%) TypeScript
8 22 (3.83%) Bicep
9 14 (2.43%) Bash
10 11 (1.91%) COBOL
10 11 (1.91%) REXX
10 11 (1.91%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.74%) SELCOPY
12 9 (1.57%) CLIST
12 9 (1.57%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.39%) C++
13 8 (1.39%) Scala
14 6 (1.04%) Perl
15 5 (0.87%) F#
15 5 (0.87%) PHP
Qualifications
1 70 (12.17%) Degree
2 65 (11.30%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.65%) PMP
6 20 (3.48%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.22%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.70%) ISEB
9 4 (0.70%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.52%) APMP
10 3 (0.52%) CBAP
10 3 (0.52%) CSPO
10 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.17%) CRISC
12 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.22%) QA
2 15 (2.61%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.39%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.39%) PMO
4 5 (0.87%) GDPR
4 5 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.52%) GxP
5 3 (0.52%) P3O
6 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.35%) PSD2
7 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) SEPA
7 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (5.91%) Docker
2 27 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.52%) VirtualBox
5 2 (0.35%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (6.26%) Grafana
2 35 (6.09%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.87%) Terraform
4 26 (4.52%) Ansible
5 11 (1.91%) Puppet
6 9 (1.57%) Kibana
6 9 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.39%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.04%) logstash
9 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.35%) Argo
11 2 (0.35%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.35%) TIBCO Hawk
12 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.17%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 93 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.48%) Oracle
3 22 (3.83%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.48%) SAP
5 14 (2.43%) Google
5 14 (2.43%) IBM
5 14 (2.43%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.26%) Splunk
7 11 (1.91%) Denodo
7 11 (1.91%) Syncsort
7 11 (1.91%) Talend
8 6 (1.04%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.04%) Cadence
8 6 (1.04%) Databricks
9 4 (0.70%) Adobe
9 4 (0.70%) Cisco
9 4 (0.70%) Conga
9 4 (0.70%) Informatica
9 4 (0.70%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud