Scrum Contracts in the UK excluding London

Scrum
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -20 -9 +2
Contract jobs citing Scrum 701 1,328 2,181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.44% 5.80% 7.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 6.49% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 929 1,472
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £590
90th Percentile £645 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 66 70
10th Percentile £57.00 £42.50 £32.40
25th Percentile £60.00 £51.56 £42.37
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -3.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.94 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.05 £77.93 £81.00
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 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,095 20,476 27,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.93% 89.37% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,219 14,070 18,908
10th Percentile £250 £260 £235
25th Percentile £377 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,248 1,358
10th Percentile £12.37 £10.63 £12.29
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.63 £62.18
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 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
South East -14 226 £500 -7.19% 100
North of England +3 156 £500 -9.05% 116
Scotland -9 122 £475 -5.00% 32
Midlands -18 85 £475 -9.52% 107
North West +1 79 £494 -5.95% 73
West Midlands -16 69 £500 -7.41% 76
Yorkshire +13 66 £550 -0.90% 34
South West -58 65 £575 - 79
East of England -44 29 £550 +4.76% 42
Wales +23 20 £503 +14.20% 9
East Midlands -3 16 £405 -4.65% 30
North East +5 11 £525 -32.26% 10
Northern Ireland -4 1 £640 +60.00% 8
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 67 (9.56%) Confluence
2 14 (2.00%) Apache
3 13 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.71%) SAS
5 11 (1.57%) CICS
6 7 (1.00%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.86%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.57%) CMS
8 4 (0.57%) Drupal
8 4 (0.57%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.29%) Mule
9 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.14%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.14%) IIS
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) Mendix
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.00%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.29%) Trello
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.00%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.43%) Maximo
4 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.29%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.29%) VisionPLUS
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
1 132 (18.83%) Azure
2 109 (15.55%) AWS
3 56 (7.99%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (6.99%) Serverless
5 40 (5.71%) Amazon S3
6 34 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
6 34 (4.85%) GitHub
6 34 (4.85%) Power Platform
7 25 (3.57%) GCP
8 24 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
9 23 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (3.00%) SaaS
11 19 (2.71%) PaaS
12 16 (2.28%) OpenShift
13 15 (2.14%) IaaS
14 13 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (1.28%) AWS CodePipeline
16 9 (1.28%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.00%) VPN
2 19 (2.71%) TCP/IP
3 17 (2.43%) SNMP
4 16 (2.28%) DNS
4 16 (2.28%) Firewall
4 16 (2.28%) Software-Defined Radio
5 9 (1.28%) BGP
5 9 (1.28%) HTTP
5 9 (1.28%) MPLS
5 9 (1.28%) Radio Access Network
6 8 (1.14%) Ethernet VPN
7 7 (1.00%) RS-485
8 6 (0.86%) Modbus
8 6 (0.86%) RS-422
8 6 (0.86%) SSL
9 5 (0.71%) FTP
10 4 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 4 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (0.43%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (10.56%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (5.28%) Relational Database
3 36 (5.14%) MySQL
4 28 (3.99%) MongoDB
5 25 (3.57%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.28%) Power BI
7 18 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (2.57%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (1.85%) DB2
9 12 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.57%) IDMS
11 9 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.28%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (1.14%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.00%) Big Data
14 6 (0.86%) InfluxDB
14 6 (0.86%) Informix
Development Applications
1 164 (23.40%) JIRA
2 134 (19.12%) Git
3 51 (7.28%) GitLab
4 46 (6.56%) Jenkins
5 35 (4.99%) Robot Framework
6 30 (4.28%) Bitbucket
7 23 (3.28%) JUnit
8 17 (2.43%) Eclipse
8 17 (2.43%) GoogleTest
9 16 (2.28%) Postman
10 13 (1.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 13 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
11 11 (1.57%) CircleCI
11 11 (1.57%) Selenium
11 11 (1.57%) TestRail
12 10 (1.43%) Artifactory
13 9 (1.28%) Travis CI
13 9 (1.28%) Visual Studio
14 8 (1.14%) webpack
15 7 (1.00%) NUnit
General
1 173 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 94 (13.41%) Public Sector
3 75 (10.70%) Finance
4 65 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (2.85%) Banking
5 20 (2.85%) Telecoms
6 18 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (2.43%) Marketing
8 16 (2.28%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.14%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.43%) Billing
10 10 (1.43%) Electronics
10 10 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.14%) Legal
12 7 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.86%) Law
14 5 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.57%) Automotive
16 3 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 151 (21.54%) Developer
2 84 (11.98%) Analyst
3 71 (10.13%) Senior
4 66 (9.42%) Project Manager
5 53 (7.56%) Scrum Master
6 50 (7.13%) Business Analyst
7 49 (6.99%) Software Engineer
8 44 (6.28%) Java Developer
9 41 (5.85%) Lead
10 38 (5.42%) Architect
11 29 (4.14%) Test Engineer
12 24 (3.42%) C++ Software Engineer
12 24 (3.42%) Delivery Manager
13 23 (3.28%) Senior Manager
14 22 (3.14%) Data Engineer
15 18 (2.57%) Consultant
16 17 (2.43%) DevOps Engineer
17 16 (2.28%) Product Owner
18 14 (2.00%) Software Developer
18 14 (2.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (7.42%) HTML
2 50 (7.13%) REST
3 46 (6.56%) CSS
4 45 (6.42%) React
5 40 (5.71%) Spring
6 34 (4.85%) .NET
6 34 (4.85%) XML
7 30 (4.28%) Spring Boot
8 27 (3.85%) AngularJS
9 26 (3.71%) Kafka
10 25 (3.57%) AWS CDK
10 25 (3.57%) JSON
10 25 (3.57%) Web Services
11 18 (2.57%) RESTful
12 17 (2.43%) SOAP
13 16 (2.28%) Hibernate
14 15 (2.14%) GraphQL
14 15 (2.14%) Node.js
14 15 (2.14%) OAuth
15 14 (2.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 91 (12.98%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.42%) Data Structures
3 22 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.00%) PKI
6 13 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (1.85%) Mainframe
6 13 (1.85%) Replication
7 11 (1.57%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.57%) IBM Mainframe
7 11 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.28%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.14%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.14%) Smart Meter
10 7 (1.00%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 97 (13.84%) Linux
2 56 (7.99%) Windows
3 33 (4.71%) Unix
4 23 (3.28%) Windows Server
5 19 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.57%) zOS
7 8 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.00%) Embedded Linux
9 6 (0.86%) VMS
10 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.29%) Android
11 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.14%) CentOS
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 621 (88.59%) Agile
2 166 (23.68%) Kanban
3 153 (21.83%) DevOps
4 117 (16.69%) Software Engineering
5 110 (15.69%) CI/CD
6 100 (14.27%) Project Management
6 100 (14.27%) Test Automation
7 99 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (12.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (11.13%) User Stories
10 66 (9.42%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 64 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 59 (8.42%) Roadmaps
12 59 (8.42%) SDLC
13 58 (8.27%) Continuous Integration
13 58 (8.27%) Waterfall
14 56 (7.99%) Unit Testing
15 53 (7.56%) Analytics
15 53 (7.56%) Project Delivery
15 53 (7.56%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 130 (18.54%) Java
2 118 (16.83%) SQL
3 110 (15.69%) Python
4 80 (11.41%) JavaScript
5 54 (7.70%) C#
6 51 (7.28%) C++
7 47 (6.70%) TypeScript
8 37 (5.28%) Bash
9 35 (4.99%) PowerShell
10 27 (3.85%) C
11 15 (2.14%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.71%) Shell Script
13 11 (1.57%) CLIST
13 11 (1.57%) COBOL
13 11 (1.57%) Perl
13 11 (1.57%) REXX
14 10 (1.43%) SELCOPY
15 8 (1.14%) PHP
16 7 (1.00%) Bourne shell
16 7 (1.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 158 (22.54%) Security Cleared
2 114 (16.26%) SC Cleared
3 74 (10.56%) Degree
4 36 (5.14%) DV Cleared
5 24 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.71%) PMP
7 18 (2.57%) PMI Certification
8 15 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.00%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.71%) CBAP
11 5 (0.71%) ISEB
12 4 (0.57%) APMP
12 4 (0.57%) CSPO
12 4 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.43%) HNC
14 2 (0.29%) CCNA
14 2 (0.29%) CCNP
14 2 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (9.56%) QA
2 19 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.57%) PMO
4 9 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
5 8 (1.14%) GDPR
6 7 (1.00%) RMADS
7 4 (0.57%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.43%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) IFRS
9 2 (0.29%) JTAG
9 2 (0.29%) P3O
9 2 (0.29%) SLA
9 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (11.41%) Docker
2 21 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.57%) Active Directory
4 16 (2.28%) Firmware
5 9 (1.28%) vSphere
6 6 (0.86%) VirtualBox
7 5 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.57%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) XenApp
9 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (8.42%) Kubernetes
2 56 (7.99%) Ansible
3 51 (7.28%) Grafana
4 40 (5.71%) Terraform
5 17 (2.43%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.85%) Kibana
6 13 (1.85%) Puppet
7 11 (1.57%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.28%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (1.28%) logstash
9 7 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.00%) vRealize
10 6 (0.86%) Argo
10 6 (0.86%) Packer
11 4 (0.57%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.57%) SCCM
12 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 56 (7.99%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.13%) Oracle
3 37 (5.28%) Salesforce
4 31 (4.42%) Atlassian
5 30 (4.28%) VMware
6 26 (3.71%) Google
7 24 (3.42%) SAP
7 24 (3.42%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.71%) Talend
9 15 (2.14%) Splunk
10 14 (2.00%) Denodo
10 14 (2.00%) IBM
11 11 (1.57%) Syncsort
12 10 (1.43%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.86%) Cadence
13 6 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 5 (0.71%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.71%) Arqiva
14 5 (0.71%) Informatica
14 5 (0.71%) PagerDuty