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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 31 23
Rank change year-on-year -23 -8 +2
Contract jobs citing Scrum 695 1,367 2,207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.43% 5.91% 7.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 6.61% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 954 1,499
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £419 £447 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £592
90th Percentile £646 £688 £654
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.05% +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 72 67
10th Percentile £56.25 £42.50 £32.10
25th Percentile £60.00 £52.19 £42.33
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year - +21.50% -5.31%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.13 £85.00 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -20.35%

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 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -17 222 £500 -8.26% 142
North of England +5 154 £500 -9.09% 128
Scotland -11 122 £475 -5.00% 33
Midlands -28 86 £475 -9.52% 121
North West -4 79 £494 -5.95% 77
West Midlands -22 69 £500 -7.06% 88
Yorkshire +10 65 £550 -0.90% 39
South West -56 64 £575 - 78
East of England -43 29 £550 +4.76% 46
Wales +21 20 £503 +14.20% 16
East Midlands 0 17 £405 -4.65% 31
North East +4 10 £525 -32.26% 12
Northern Ireland -2 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 (9.64%) Confluence
2 15 (2.16%) Apache
3 14 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.73%) SAS
5 11 (1.58%) CICS
6 7 (1.01%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.58%) CMS
8 4 (0.58%) Drupal
8 4 (0.58%) 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%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.58%) 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 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.01%) 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
1 129 (18.56%) Azure
2 109 (15.68%) AWS
3 56 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (7.05%) Serverless
5 41 (5.90%) Amazon S3
6 35 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
7 34 (4.89%) GitHub
8 32 (4.60%) Power Platform
9 24 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
9 24 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 24 (3.45%) GCP
10 20 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (2.88%) SaaS
11 18 (2.59%) PaaS
12 17 (2.45%) OpenShift
13 15 (2.16%) IaaS
14 12 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (1.29%) AWS CodePipeline
16 9 (1.29%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.02%) VPN
2 19 (2.73%) TCP/IP
3 16 (2.30%) DNS
3 16 (2.30%) SNMP
4 15 (2.16%) Firewall
4 15 (2.16%) Software-Defined Radio
5 10 (1.44%) Radio Access Network
6 9 (1.29%) BGP
6 9 (1.29%) Ethernet VPN
6 9 (1.29%) HTTP
6 9 (1.29%) MPLS
7 6 (0.86%) Modbus
7 6 (0.86%) RS-422
7 6 (0.86%) RS-485
7 6 (0.86%) SSL
8 5 (0.72%) FTP
9 3 (0.43%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.43%) Broadband
9 3 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (10.94%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (5.32%) Relational Database
3 36 (5.18%) MySQL
4 29 (4.17%) MongoDB
5 25 (3.60%) SQL Server
6 22 (3.17%) Power BI
7 18 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (1.87%) DB2
9 12 (1.73%) Amazon Aurora
9 12 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.58%) IDMS
10 11 (1.58%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.29%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (1.15%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.86%) Big Data
13 6 (0.86%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.86%) Informix
Development Applications
1 162 (23.31%) JIRA
2 131 (18.85%) Git
3 51 (7.34%) GitLab
4 44 (6.33%) Jenkins
5 35 (5.04%) Robot Framework
6 29 (4.17%) Bitbucket
7 22 (3.17%) JUnit
8 16 (2.30%) Eclipse
9 15 (2.16%) GoogleTest
9 15 (2.16%) Postman
10 13 (1.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 13 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
11 12 (1.73%) TestRail
12 11 (1.58%) CircleCI
12 11 (1.58%) Selenium
13 10 (1.44%) Artifactory
14 9 (1.29%) Travis CI
14 9 (1.29%) Visual Studio
15 8 (1.15%) webpack
16 7 (1.01%) Cypress.io
General
1 172 (24.75%) Social Skills
2 93 (13.38%) Public Sector
3 75 (10.79%) Finance
4 66 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (2.88%) Telecoms
6 19 (2.73%) Banking
7 18 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.30%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.30%) Marketing
9 14 (2.01%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.44%) Billing
11 10 (1.44%) Electronics
12 9 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.15%) Legal
14 7 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.86%) Law
16 5 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.58%) Automotive
18 3 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 149 (21.44%) Developer
2 84 (12.09%) Analyst
3 71 (10.22%) Senior
4 65 (9.35%) Project Manager
5 53 (7.63%) Scrum Master
6 50 (7.19%) Business Analyst
7 48 (6.91%) Software Engineer
8 44 (6.33%) Java Developer
9 42 (6.04%) Lead
10 39 (5.61%) Architect
11 29 (4.17%) Test Engineer
12 24 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
13 23 (3.31%) C++ Software Engineer
13 23 (3.31%) Senior Manager
14 21 (3.02%) Data Engineer
15 16 (2.30%) Consultant
15 16 (2.30%) DevOps Engineer
15 16 (2.30%) Product Owner
16 14 (2.01%) Software Developer
16 14 (2.01%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (7.48%) REST
2 51 (7.34%) HTML
3 45 (6.47%) CSS
4 43 (6.19%) React
5 39 (5.61%) Spring
6 36 (5.18%) .NET
7 34 (4.89%) XML
8 29 (4.17%) Spring Boot
9 27 (3.88%) AngularJS
10 26 (3.74%) AWS CDK
10 26 (3.74%) Kafka
10 26 (3.74%) Web Services
11 25 (3.60%) JSON
12 19 (2.73%) RESTful
13 18 (2.59%) SOAP
14 16 (2.30%) Hibernate
15 15 (2.16%) GraphQL
15 15 (2.16%) Node.js
15 15 (2.16%) OAuth
16 14 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 91 (13.09%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 21 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.01%) PKI
6 13 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (1.87%) Mainframe
6 13 (1.87%) Replication
7 11 (1.58%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.58%) IBM Mainframe
7 11 (1.58%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.15%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.15%) Smart Meter
9 7 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.86%) Client/Server
10 6 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.72%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 94 (13.53%) Linux
2 56 (8.06%) Windows
3 32 (4.60%) Unix
4 22 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.58%) zOS
7 8 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.01%) 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
1 616 (88.63%) Agile
2 164 (23.60%) Kanban
3 153 (22.01%) DevOps
4 115 (16.55%) Software Engineering
5 109 (15.68%) CI/CD
6 99 (14.24%) Project Management
7 98 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (14.10%) Test Automation
8 85 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 76 (10.94%) User Stories
10 65 (9.35%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 63 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (8.63%) SDLC
13 59 (8.49%) Roadmaps
14 58 (8.35%) Waterfall
15 56 (8.06%) Continuous Integration
16 55 (7.91%) Unit Testing
17 53 (7.63%) Project Delivery
17 53 (7.63%) Requirements Gathering
18 51 (7.34%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 128 (18.42%) Java
2 118 (16.98%) SQL
3 111 (15.97%) Python
4 78 (11.22%) JavaScript
5 55 (7.91%) C#
6 49 (7.05%) C++
7 47 (6.76%) TypeScript
8 37 (5.32%) Bash
9 34 (4.89%) PowerShell
10 27 (3.88%) C
11 14 (2.01%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.73%) Shell Script
13 11 (1.58%) CLIST
13 11 (1.58%) COBOL
13 11 (1.58%) Perl
13 11 (1.58%) REXX
14 10 (1.44%) SELCOPY
15 8 (1.15%) PHP
16 7 (1.01%) Bourne shell
16 7 (1.01%) Korn
Qualifications
1 156 (22.45%) Security Cleared
2 114 (16.40%) SC Cleared
3 71 (10.22%) Degree
4 35 (5.04%) DV Cleared
5 22 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.73%) PMP
7 18 (2.59%) PMI Certification
8 15 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.58%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.01%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.72%) CBAP
11 5 (0.72%) ISEB
12 4 (0.58%) APMP
12 4 (0.58%) CSPO
12 4 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.43%) HNC
14 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (9.50%) QA
2 20 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.58%) PMO
4 9 (1.29%) Disclosure Scotland
5 8 (1.15%) GDPR
6 7 (1.01%) RMADS
7 4 (0.58%) 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 82 (11.80%) Docker
2 20 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.59%) Active Directory
4 15 (2.16%) Firmware
5 9 (1.29%) vSphere
6 6 (0.86%) VirtualBox
7 5 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.58%) 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 60 (8.63%) Kubernetes
2 55 (7.91%) Ansible
3 51 (7.34%) Grafana
4 40 (5.76%) Terraform
5 16 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.87%) Kibana
6 13 (1.87%) Puppet
7 11 (1.58%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (1.29%) logstash
9 7 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.01%) vRealize
10 6 (0.86%) Argo
10 6 (0.86%) Packer
11 4 (0.58%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.58%) 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 55 (7.91%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.19%) Oracle
3 36 (5.18%) Salesforce
4 30 (4.32%) Atlassian
5 29 (4.17%) VMware
6 24 (3.45%) Google
6 24 (3.45%) SAP
7 23 (3.31%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.73%) Talend
9 15 (2.16%) Splunk
10 14 (2.01%) Denodo
10 14 (2.01%) IBM
11 11 (1.58%) Syncsort
12 10 (1.44%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.86%) Cadence
14 5 (0.72%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.72%) HP
14 5 (0.72%) Informatica
14 5 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 5 (0.72%) Veritas