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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 42 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 -23 +6
Contract jobs citing Scrum 885 1,285 3,079
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.05% 5.05% 7.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.72% 5.56% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 876 2,088
10th Percentile £381 £425 £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 £638 £725 £675
90th Percentile £745 £800 £758
England median daily rate £531 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -7.61% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 37
10th Percentile £29.20 £48.13 -
25th Percentile £31.71 £65.94 £39.75
Median hourly rate £32.00 £76.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +70.79% -24.58%
75th Percentile £32.82 £89.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £49.00 £90.00 £55.83
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -22.41%

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 15,465 23,124 35,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.32% 90.91% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,089 16,746 26,132
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 264 402
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.21 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +10.45% +8.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 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
Central London +8 132 £525 -16.00% 37
West London +8 33 £465 -25.30% 3
South London +6 23 £450 -21.05% 1
East London +6 20 £538 -2.27% 6
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 51 (5.76%) Confluence
2 25 (2.82%) CMS
3 18 (2.03%) Apache
4 12 (1.36%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.02%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.90%) IIS
7 6 (0.68%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.56%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.56%) JBoss
9 3 (0.34%) Drupal
9 3 (0.34%) govService
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) Documentum
11 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.11%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.23%) Mingle
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) InVision
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.11%) Sketch
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.90%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.79%) SimCorp Dimension
4 6 (0.68%) Endur
5 5 (0.56%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.34%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.34%) Shopify
7 2 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.11%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.11%) HFM
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 293 (33.11%) Azure
2 170 (19.21%) Azure DevOps
3 102 (11.53%) AWS
4 67 (7.57%) Entra ID
5 58 (6.55%) Power Platform
6 42 (4.75%) Serverless
7 37 (4.18%) GCP
8 35 (3.95%) Azure Service Bus
9 31 (3.50%) GitHub
10 23 (2.60%) Amazon S3
10 23 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 21 (2.37%) SaaS
12 20 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
12 20 (2.26%) PaaS
13 18 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (1.69%) Azure Functions
15 14 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.13%) DNS
2 9 (1.02%) SSH
3 8 (0.90%) Firewall
4 6 (0.68%) DHCP
4 6 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.56%) HTTP
5 5 (0.56%) Internet
5 5 (0.56%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.45%) Intranet
6 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.34%) 5G
7 3 (0.34%) DMZ
7 3 (0.34%) MPLS
7 3 (0.34%) SNMP
8 2 (0.23%) BGP
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (17.51%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
2 46 (5.20%) Power BI
3 39 (4.41%) Relational Database
4 36 (4.07%) NoSQL
5 32 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (3.39%) Data Lake
7 28 (3.16%) Big Data
7 28 (3.16%) Tableau
8 21 (2.37%) Redis
9 20 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.92%) MongoDB
11 14 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (1.36%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 10 (1.13%) DynamoDB
14 9 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
14 9 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.90%) MySQL
15 8 (0.90%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 143 (16.16%) JIRA
2 93 (10.51%) Git
3 58 (6.55%) Jenkins
4 46 (5.20%) Selenium
5 40 (4.52%) SpecFlow
6 32 (3.62%) JUnit
7 31 (3.50%) Postman
8 29 (3.28%) GitLab
9 25 (2.82%) Visual Studio
10 17 (1.92%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.69%) JMeter
11 15 (1.69%) WebDriver
12 12 (1.36%) SoapUI
12 12 (1.36%) SonarQube
13 11 (1.24%) TeamCity
14 10 (1.13%) Appium
14 10 (1.13%) Cypress.io
15 9 (1.02%) Artifactory
16 8 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
17 7 (0.79%) Mockito
General
1 251 (28.36%) Social Skills
2 190 (21.47%) Finance
3 95 (10.73%) Banking
3 95 (10.73%) Public Sector
4 93 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.41%) Front Office
6 31 (3.50%) Investment Banking
6 31 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
6 31 (3.50%) Retail
7 29 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (3.28%) Marketing
8 26 (2.94%) Back Office
9 18 (2.03%) Local Government
10 15 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.36%) Legal
12 9 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.90%) Law
14 6 (0.68%) Automotive
14 6 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (25.76%) Developer
2 161 (18.19%) Senior
3 86 (9.72%) Analyst
4 84 (9.49%) Project Manager
4 84 (9.49%) Scrum Master
5 78 (8.81%) Senior Developer
6 61 (6.89%) Lead
7 60 (6.78%) Business Analyst
8 50 (5.65%) Software Developer
9 49 (5.54%) Architect
10 39 (4.41%) Product Owner
11 38 (4.29%) Java Developer
12 36 (4.07%) Delivery Manager
12 36 (4.07%) Senior Software Developer
13 34 (3.84%) Senior Analyst
14 30 (3.39%) Azure Developer
14 30 (3.39%) Backend Developer
15 29 (3.28%) C# Developer
15 29 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (2.60%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (15.37%) .NET
2 122 (13.79%) XML
3 68 (7.68%) React
4 65 (7.34%) REST
5 62 (7.01%) HTML
6 59 (6.67%) AngularJS
7 57 (6.44%) .NET Framework
8 50 (5.65%) Spring
9 48 (5.42%) .NET Core
9 48 (5.42%) CSS
10 46 (5.20%) Web Services
11 34 (3.84%) JSON
12 33 (3.73%) Spring Boot
13 31 (3.50%) JPA
14 29 (3.28%) Hibernate
15 26 (2.94%) SOAP
16 24 (2.71%) Kafka
17 23 (2.60%) ARM Templates
17 23 (2.60%) Node.js
18 21 (2.37%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 158 (17.85%) Product Ownership
2 25 (2.82%) Mobile App
3 22 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (2.37%) Algorithms
4 21 (2.37%) Hedge funds
5 19 (2.15%) Derivative
6 18 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.58%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.47%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
9 12 (1.36%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.24%) Fixed Income
10 11 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.24%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.02%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.90%) Contactless
12 8 (0.90%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.79%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.33%) Linux
2 32 (3.62%) Unix
3 19 (2.15%) Windows
4 15 (1.69%) Android
5 14 (1.58%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.02%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) VMS
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (90.96%) Agile
2 289 (32.66%) DevOps
3 209 (23.62%) CI/CD
4 194 (21.92%) Kanban
5 133 (15.03%) Project Management
6 123 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (12.32%) Test Automation
8 102 (11.53%) SDLC
9 96 (10.85%) Software Engineering
10 91 (10.28%) Microservices
11 87 (9.83%) TDD
11 87 (9.83%) User Stories
12 83 (9.38%) Roadmaps
13 81 (9.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 80 (9.04%) Project Delivery
15 76 (8.59%) B2C
15 76 (8.59%) Continuous Integration
16 74 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
17 72 (8.14%) Analytics
18 69 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 159 (17.97%) SQL
2 153 (17.29%) C#
3 132 (14.92%) PowerShell
4 125 (14.12%) Java
5 97 (10.96%) Python
6 82 (9.27%) JavaScript
7 50 (5.65%) Bicep
8 47 (5.31%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.81%) Scala
10 15 (1.69%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.36%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.24%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.13%) C
14 9 (1.02%) C++
14 9 (1.02%) Perl
15 8 (0.90%) XPath
16 7 (0.79%) XQuery
17 6 (0.68%) Groovy
18 5 (0.56%) Bash
18 5 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 92 (10.40%) Degree
1 92 (10.40%) Security Cleared
2 75 (8.47%) SC Cleared
3 27 (3.05%) PMI Certification
3 27 (3.05%) PMP
4 25 (2.82%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.36%) AWS Certification
6 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.45%) APMP
8 4 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.45%) PgMP
9 3 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.34%) CSPO
9 3 (0.34%) MBA
10 2 (0.23%) CBAP
10 2 (0.23%) CCIE
10 2 (0.23%) CCNP
10 2 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.25%) QA
2 28 (3.16%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.26%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.81%) PMO
5 7 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.45%) P3O
6 4 (0.45%) WCAG
7 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.34%) NIST
7 3 (0.34%) SLA
7 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.23%) GRC
8 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.11%) GAAP
9 1 (0.11%) GxP
9 1 (0.11%) JTAG
9 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 75 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 70 (7.91%) Docker
3 7 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.11%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 56 (6.33%) Terraform
3 44 (4.97%) Ansible
4 26 (2.94%) Puppet
5 14 (1.58%) Grafana
6 11 (1.24%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.45%) Kibana
9 4 (0.45%) Podman
10 3 (0.34%) logstash
10 3 (0.34%) Netcool
11 2 (0.23%) Istio
11 2 (0.23%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.11%) Control-M
12 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.11%) Rancher
12 1 (0.11%) TIBCO Hawk
12 1 (0.11%) vRealize
12 1 (0.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 180 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.75%) SAP
3 36 (4.07%) Oracle
4 26 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.03%) Splunk
7 17 (1.92%) Google
8 16 (1.81%) Databricks
9 8 (0.90%) Informatica
10 7 (0.79%) CyberArk
10 7 (0.79%) SimCorp
11 6 (0.68%) Checkmarx
11 6 (0.68%) Cloudera
11 6 (0.68%) Dell
12 5 (0.56%) Adobe
12 5 (0.56%) CA Agile Central
12 5 (0.56%) Centrify
12 5 (0.56%) Cisco
12 5 (0.56%) Sybase
13 4 (0.45%) Conga