Scrum
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 37 25
Rank change year-on-year -8 -12 -1
Contract jobs citing Scrum 1,744 3,154 6,716
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.06% 5.42% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 6.04% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,187 2,114 4,460
10th Percentile £375 £406 £410
25th Percentile £430 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £546
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.73% +9.20%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +9.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 92 112
10th Percentile £31.84 £42.50 £35.24
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +44.44% -20.35%
75th Percentile £65.75 £74.06 £65.54
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.49 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £52.14
% change year-on-year - +24.68% -7.73%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum.

Daily rate trend for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 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
England -5 1,475 £533 -7.39% 723
London +3 877 £550 -8.33% 260
UK excluding London -21 703 £500 -4.76% 502
Work from Home -11 581 £500 -9.05% 431
South East -18 222 £500 -7.41% 102
North of England 0 154 £500 -8.05% 105
Scotland -12 120 £475 -5.00% 34
Midlands -23 91 £500 -4.76% 113
North West +1 81 £481 -7.89% 63
West Midlands -23 73 £510 -5.20% 78
South West -61 63 £575 - 78
Yorkshire +9 62 £527 -0.75% 34
East of England -43 31 £538 +2.38% 54
Wales +26 24 £509 +18.26% 15
East Midlands +4 18 £413 -2.82% 33
North East +5 11 £525 -32.26% 8
Northern Ireland +1 1 £640 +60.00% 9

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
1 139 (7.97%) Confluence
2 33 (1.89%) Apache
3 31 (1.78%) CMS
4 20 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (0.97%) SAS
7 14 (0.80%) CICS
7 14 (0.80%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.57%) Drupal
8 10 (0.57%) IIS
9 7 (0.40%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.29%) JBoss
11 4 (0.23%) WordPress
12 3 (0.17%) govService
12 3 (0.17%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.17%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.34%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.11%) InVision
7 2 (0.11%) Mingle
7 2 (0.11%) Sketch
8 1 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.057%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.057%) InDesign
8 1 (0.057%) Marvel
8 1 (0.057%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.46%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.40%) SAP PM
5 6 (0.34%) Endur
5 6 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
6 5 (0.29%) SAP BPC
6 5 (0.29%) SAP QM
6 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.23%) Maximo
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
8 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.11%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.11%) SAP MII
9 2 (0.11%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 464 (26.61%) Azure
2 248 (14.22%) Azure DevOps
3 237 (13.59%) AWS
4 90 (5.16%) Serverless
5 89 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 79 (4.53%) GitHub
7 74 (4.24%) GCP
8 71 (4.07%) Entra ID
9 56 (3.21%) Amazon S3
10 46 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
11 44 (2.52%) SaaS
12 42 (2.41%) PaaS
13 41 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
14 38 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
15 33 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
16 32 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
17 27 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
18 26 (1.49%) Azure Functions
19 24 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 23 (1.32%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.43%) DNS
2 23 (1.32%) VPN
3 22 (1.26%) Firewall
3 22 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.03%) SNMP
5 15 (0.86%) MPLS
5 15 (0.86%) Software-Defined Radio
6 14 (0.80%) BGP
6 14 (0.80%) HTTP
7 12 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (0.63%) Radio Access Network
9 8 (0.46%) DHCP
10 7 (0.40%) 5G
10 7 (0.40%) FTP
10 7 (0.40%) Modbus
10 7 (0.40%) RS-422
10 7 (0.40%) RS-485
10 7 (0.40%) SSH
10 7 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (11.53%) SQL Server
2 109 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
3 73 (4.19%) Relational Database
4 70 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
5 67 (3.84%) Power BI
6 51 (2.92%) MySQL
7 45 (2.58%) MongoDB
7 45 (2.58%) NoSQL
8 43 (2.47%) Data Lake
9 34 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 34 (1.95%) Big Data
10 28 (1.61%) Redis
11 26 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
12 23 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
12 23 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 21 (1.20%) Tableau
14 20 (1.15%) DB2
15 17 (0.97%) Oracle Database
16 16 (0.92%) RDBMS
17 14 (0.80%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 339 (19.44%) JIRA
2 237 (13.59%) Git
3 103 (5.91%) Jenkins
4 80 (4.59%) GitLab
5 56 (3.21%) Selenium
6 48 (2.75%) JUnit
7 43 (2.47%) Postman
8 41 (2.35%) Robot Framework
9 40 (2.29%) SpecFlow
10 39 (2.24%) Bitbucket
10 39 (2.24%) Visual Studio
11 23 (1.32%) Cucumber
12 22 (1.26%) JMeter
13 21 (1.20%) Artifactory
14 19 (1.09%) Cypress.io
14 19 (1.09%) TestRail
15 18 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
16 17 (0.97%) TeamCity
17 16 (0.92%) GoogleTest
17 16 (0.92%) WebDriver
General
1 489 (28.04%) Social Skills
2 284 (16.28%) Finance
3 203 (11.64%) Public Sector
4 189 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 116 (6.65%) Banking
6 55 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
7 50 (2.87%) Marketing
8 47 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
9 44 (2.52%) Telecoms
10 41 (2.35%) Retail
11 39 (2.24%) Front Office
12 32 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 29 (1.66%) Manufacturing
14 27 (1.55%) Back Office
15 26 (1.49%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.43%) Electronics
17 21 (1.20%) Legal
18 19 (1.09%) Billing
19 18 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
20 17 (0.97%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 389 (22.31%) Developer
2 250 (14.33%) Senior
3 194 (11.12%) Analyst
4 175 (10.03%) Scrum Master
5 163 (9.35%) Project Manager
6 131 (7.51%) Business Analyst
7 108 (6.19%) Lead
8 100 (5.73%) Architect
9 89 (5.10%) Senior Developer
10 85 (4.87%) Java Developer
11 74 (4.24%) Software Engineer
12 66 (3.78%) Software Developer
13 61 (3.50%) Product Owner
14 59 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
15 51 (2.92%) Data Engineer
16 45 (2.58%) Consultant
16 45 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
17 43 (2.47%) C# Developer
17 43 (2.47%) Senior Manager
18 41 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (10.44%) .NET
2 156 (8.94%) XML
3 122 (7.00%) REST
4 118 (6.77%) HTML
5 112 (6.42%) React
6 99 (5.68%) CSS
7 88 (5.05%) AngularJS
8 84 (4.82%) Spring
9 73 (4.19%) Web Services
10 72 (4.13%) .NET Framework
11 62 (3.56%) JSON
12 60 (3.44%) Spring Boot
13 57 (3.27%) .NET Core
14 49 (2.81%) Kafka
15 47 (2.69%) RESTful
16 46 (2.64%) SOAP
17 43 (2.47%) Hibernate
18 41 (2.35%) JPA
19 40 (2.29%) Node.js
20 29 (1.66%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 283 (16.23%) Product Ownership
2 41 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
3 36 (2.06%) Data Structures
3 36 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (1.95%) Mobile App
5 33 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (1.61%) Algorithms
8 22 (1.26%) Hedge funds
8 22 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (1.20%) Replication
10 20 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.15%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.09%) Mainframe
12 17 (0.97%) Derivative
12 17 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (0.92%) PKI
13 16 (0.92%) Virtual Team
14 15 (0.86%) IBM Mainframe
15 14 (0.80%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 150 (8.60%) Linux
2 84 (4.82%) Windows
3 69 (3.96%) Unix
4 35 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (0.92%) Android
7 15 (0.86%) zOS
8 13 (0.75%) Apple iOS
9 9 (0.52%) VMS
10 8 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
10 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.057%) CentOS
13 1 (0.057%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.057%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,556 (89.22%) Agile
2 478 (27.41%) DevOps
3 381 (21.85%) Kanban
4 325 (18.64%) CI/CD
5 261 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
6 257 (14.74%) Project Management
7 217 (12.44%) Software Engineering
7 217 (12.44%) Test Automation
8 182 (10.44%) User Stories
9 177 (10.15%) SDLC
10 171 (9.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 162 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 161 (9.23%) Roadmaps
13 156 (8.94%) Project Delivery
14 141 (8.08%) Continuous Integration
15 140 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
16 139 (7.97%) TDD
17 136 (7.80%) Microservices
18 130 (7.45%) Analytics
19 123 (7.05%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 295 (16.92%) SQL
2 255 (14.62%) Java
3 225 (12.90%) C#
4 215 (12.33%) Python
5 174 (9.98%) PowerShell
6 168 (9.63%) JavaScript
7 89 (5.10%) TypeScript
8 58 (3.33%) C++
9 53 (3.04%) Bicep
10 45 (2.58%) Bash
11 39 (2.24%) C
12 28 (1.61%) Scala
13 25 (1.43%) Shell Script
14 24 (1.38%) PL/SQL
14 24 (1.38%) T-SQL
15 19 (1.09%) Perl
16 17 (0.97%) COBOL
17 16 (0.92%) REXX
18 15 (0.86%) PHP
18 15 (0.86%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 284 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 217 (12.44%) SC Cleared
3 198 (11.35%) Degree
4 64 (3.67%) DV Cleared
5 57 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.27%) PMP
6 53 (3.04%) PMI Certification
7 29 (1.66%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (0.97%) AWS Certification
10 11 (0.63%) CSPO
11 9 (0.52%) Azure Certification
11 9 (0.52%) CBAP
12 8 (0.46%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.34%) APMP
13 6 (0.34%) ISEB
13 6 (0.34%) MBA
14 5 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (8.60%) QA
2 44 (2.52%) Accessibility
3 28 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 28 (1.61%) PMO
4 11 (0.63%) GDPR
5 9 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 9 (0.52%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.40%) RMADS
6 7 (0.40%) WCAG
7 6 (0.34%) SLA
8 5 (0.29%) GxP
8 5 (0.29%) NIST
8 5 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
9 4 (0.23%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.23%) P3O
10 3 (0.17%) GRC
10 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.17%) JTAG
11 2 (0.11%) IFRS
11 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 155 (8.89%) Docker
2 93 (5.33%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.92%) Firmware
6 11 (0.63%) vSphere
7 6 (0.34%) VirtualBox
7 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.057%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.057%) XenApp
10 1 (0.057%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 118 (6.77%) Kubernetes
2 112 (6.42%) Terraform
3 105 (6.02%) Ansible
4 69 (3.96%) Grafana
5 43 (2.47%) Puppet
6 27 (1.55%) Prometheus
7 21 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.09%) Progress Chef
9 17 (0.97%) Kibana
10 11 (0.63%) logstash
11 9 (0.52%) Argo
11 9 (0.52%) HP ALM
12 8 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
13 7 (0.40%) vRealize
14 6 (0.34%) Packer
14 6 (0.34%) SCCM
15 3 (0.17%) Netcool
15 3 (0.17%) VxRail
16 2 (0.11%) Istio
16 2 (0.11%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 260 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.08%) Oracle
3 79 (4.53%) SAP
4 69 (3.96%) Salesforce
5 52 (2.98%) Google
6 44 (2.52%) ServiceNow
7 39 (2.24%) Atlassian
8 35 (2.01%) VMware
9 32 (1.83%) Splunk
10 25 (1.43%) IBM
11 23 (1.32%) Databricks
11 23 (1.32%) Talend
12 16 (0.92%) Denodo
12 16 (0.92%) Syncsort
13 14 (0.80%) Informatica
14 11 (0.63%) Adobe
14 11 (0.63%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.57%) Dell
15 10 (0.57%) HP
16 9 (0.52%) Cadence