Scrum
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Scrum skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Scrum over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 48 28
Rank change year-on-year -37 -20 0
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 2,345 3,545 13,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.84% 5.54% 9.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 5.85% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,219 2,681 6,839
10th Percentile £42,400 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,150 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,700 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% - +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Scrum falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,984 60,548 148,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.36% 94.66% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 35,867 43,131 80,678
10th Percentile £32,258 £32,620 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,235 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Scrum.

Salary trend for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Scrum in the UK

Scrum
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -36 2,047 £62,806 -3.38% 688
UK excluding London -29 1,622 £58,700 -2.17% 453
Work from Home -34 909 £62,000 -4.62% 400
London -63 654 £72,500 -3.33% 271
South East -27 389 £62,500 +2.80% 122
North of England -22 385 £60,000 - 110
South West -7 311 £58,700 -2.57% 65
North West -9 251 £60,000 - 82
Midlands -48 209 £55,000 -8.33% 79
Scotland -28 171 £52,500 -10.28% 26
West Midlands -30 144 £56,250 -2.17% 53
Yorkshire -36 117 £55,000 -8.33% 25
East of England -46 86 £51,000 -16.12% 38
East Midlands -67 63 £55,000 -9.54% 25
Wales -3 51 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Northern Ireland +11 24 £48,750 -2.50% 10
North East -40 17 £62,500 +4.17% 4
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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
1 133 (5.67%) Confluence
2 46 (1.96%) WebLogic
3 40 (1.71%) Apache
3 40 (1.71%) Apache Spark
4 38 (1.62%) CMS
5 19 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 18 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.60%) IIS
8 13 (0.55%) nginx
9 11 (0.47%) Umbraco
10 9 (0.38%) ArcGIS
11 8 (0.34%) Apache Solr
11 8 (0.34%) OpenStack
12 7 (0.30%) Kentico
12 7 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
12 7 (0.30%) Sitefinity
12 7 (0.30%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.17%) JBoss
13 4 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
13 4 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 43 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.68%) Photoshop
6 13 (0.55%) Simulink
7 12 (0.51%) Adobe XD
8 11 (0.47%) Trello
9 7 (0.30%) MadCap Flare
9 7 (0.30%) RoboHelp
10 5 (0.21%) Sketch
11 2 (0.085%) S-PLUS
11 2 (0.085%) Windchill
12 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.043%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.043%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.043%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.043%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 53 (2.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (1.02%) Maximo
4 16 (0.68%) SDL Web 8
5 11 (0.47%) Magento
6 7 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.17%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.17%) Shopify
8 3 (0.13%) Primavera
9 2 (0.085%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.085%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.043%) Avolution ABACUS
10 1 (0.043%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.043%) iTrent
10 1 (0.043%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.043%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.043%) SAP Hybris
10 1 (0.043%) SAP SD
10 1 (0.043%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 848 (36.16%) Azure
2 684 (29.17%) AWS
3 251 (10.70%) Azure DevOps
4 241 (10.28%) GCP
5 156 (6.65%) Power Platform
6 152 (6.48%) Serverless
7 91 (3.88%) Amazon EKS
8 90 (3.84%) SaaS
9 74 (3.16%) Amazon SQS
10 71 (3.03%) GitHub
11 67 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
12 62 (2.64%) PowerApps
13 61 (2.60%) Power Automate
14 56 (2.39%) Amazon S3
15 54 (2.30%) Azure Functions
16 53 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
17 52 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
18 51 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
19 49 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
20 39 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 79 (3.37%) DNS
2 63 (2.69%) Broadband
3 57 (2.43%) Firewall
3 57 (2.43%) TCP/IP
4 48 (2.05%) SSL
5 47 (2.00%) BGP
6 28 (1.19%) Internet
7 15 (0.64%) AMQP
8 13 (0.55%) 5G
9 11 (0.47%) WAN
10 10 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
11 9 (0.38%) IPv6
11 9 (0.38%) Network Security
11 9 (0.38%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.34%) HTTP
12 8 (0.34%) VPN
13 6 (0.26%) Wireless
14 5 (0.21%) Intranet
15 4 (0.17%) SAN
16 3 (0.13%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (10.45%) SQL Server
2 218 (9.30%) Relational Database
3 148 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
4 97 (4.14%) NoSQL
5 95 (4.05%) Power BI
6 90 (3.84%) BigQuery
7 77 (3.28%) Looker
8 74 (3.16%) MySQL
9 65 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
9 65 (2.77%) MongoDB
10 60 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
10 60 (2.56%) RDBMS
11 54 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
12 51 (2.17%) Data Lake
12 51 (2.17%) Oracle Database
13 37 (1.58%) Big Data
13 37 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 37 (1.58%) Tableau
14 33 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
15 32 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 387 (16.50%) JIRA
2 308 (13.13%) Git
3 116 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 86 (3.67%) Selenium
4 86 (3.67%) Visual Studio
5 74 (3.16%) GitLab
6 52 (2.22%) SpecFlow
7 46 (1.96%) TeamCity
8 45 (1.92%) Cucumber
9 43 (1.83%) NUnit
10 33 (1.41%) Bitbucket
11 27 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
12 25 (1.07%) Moq
13 22 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
14 21 (0.90%) JUnit
15 20 (0.85%) Postman
16 19 (0.81%) Maven
16 19 (0.81%) SonarQube
17 18 (0.77%) git-flow
17 18 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 833 (35.52%) Social Skills
2 438 (18.68%) Finance
3 351 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (6.57%) Marketing
5 127 (5.42%) Public Sector
6 120 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 95 (4.05%) Law
8 89 (3.80%) Retail
9 75 (3.20%) Military
10 68 (2.90%) Aerospace
11 56 (2.39%) Billing
12 55 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
13 53 (2.26%) Banking
14 50 (2.13%) Manufacturing
15 46 (1.96%) Electronics
16 45 (1.92%) Games
17 42 (1.79%) Automotive
18 37 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
18 37 (1.58%) Legal
19 33 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 615 (26.23%) Developer
2 486 (20.72%) Senior
3 315 (13.43%) Lead
4 286 (12.20%) Architect
5 241 (10.28%) Software Engineer
6 206 (8.78%) Senior Developer
7 156 (6.65%) Solutions Architect
8 120 (5.12%) Analyst
9 100 (4.26%) .NET Developer
10 96 (4.09%) Project Manager
11 94 (4.01%) Full-Stack Developer
12 91 (3.88%) Software Developer
13 84 (3.58%) Product Owner
14 82 (3.50%) Data Engineer
15 80 (3.41%) C# Developer
15 80 (3.41%) Engineering Manager
16 72 (3.07%) Scrum Master
17 71 (3.03%) Senior Software Engineer
18 69 (2.94%) Business Analyst
19 62 (2.64%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 384 (16.38%) .NET
2 297 (12.67%) React
3 254 (10.83%) AngularJS
4 240 (10.23%) CSS
5 239 (10.19%) HTML
6 160 (6.82%) Web Services
7 156 (6.65%) Spring Boot
8 155 (6.61%) .NET Framework
9 140 (5.97%) Node.js
10 137 (5.84%) REST
11 133 (5.67%) ASP.NET
12 131 (5.59%) Spring
13 123 (5.25%) RESTful
14 115 (4.90%) .NET Core
15 104 (4.43%) Middleware
16 84 (3.58%) Entity Framework
17 77 (3.28%) RabbitMQ
18 67 (2.86%) jQuery
19 66 (2.81%) Vue
20 65 (2.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 398 (16.97%) Product Ownership
2 142 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 107 (4.56%) Management Information System
4 83 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
5 78 (3.33%) Public Cloud
6 65 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
7 44 (1.88%) Mobile App
8 41 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
9 35 (1.49%) Data Structures
9 35 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 32 (1.36%) IoT
11 28 (1.19%) Private Cloud
12 27 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
12 27 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (1.11%) CMDB
14 22 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
15 21 (0.90%) Client/Server
16 20 (0.85%) Hedge funds
16 20 (0.85%) PMI
17 19 (0.81%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 256 (10.92%) Linux
2 86 (3.67%) Windows
3 62 (2.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 35 (1.49%) Unix
5 30 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 28 (1.19%) Android
6 28 (1.19%) Windows Server
7 23 (0.98%) Ubuntu
8 18 (0.77%) CentOS
9 13 (0.55%) Debian
10 12 (0.51%) VxWorks
11 7 (0.30%) Solaris
12 5 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
12 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.043%) Alpine Linux
14 1 (0.043%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.043%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,113 (90.11%) Agile
2 654 (27.89%) Kanban
3 651 (27.76%) DevOps
4 549 (23.41%) Problem-Solving
5 524 (22.35%) CI/CD
6 488 (20.81%) Software Engineering
7 365 (15.57%) Test Automation
8 356 (15.18%) Project Management
9 318 (13.56%) Mentoring
10 307 (13.09%) Roadmaps
11 298 (12.71%) SDLC
12 289 (12.32%) TDD
13 282 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 270 (11.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 262 (11.17%) Full-Stack Development
16 253 (10.79%) Computer Science
17 248 (10.58%) Microservices
18 226 (9.64%) Project Delivery
19 219 (9.34%) Coaching
20 214 (9.13%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 498 (21.24%) SQL
2 497 (21.19%) JavaScript
3 426 (18.17%) C#
4 417 (17.78%) Python
5 400 (17.06%) Java
6 165 (7.04%) TypeScript
7 78 (3.33%) C++
8 69 (2.94%) Kotlin
9 47 (2.00%) PHP
10 45 (1.92%) Scala
11 41 (1.75%) C
12 38 (1.62%) PowerShell
13 37 (1.58%) T-SQL
14 18 (0.77%) Go
15 16 (0.68%) Shell Script
15 16 (0.68%) XPath
16 15 (0.64%) MATLAB
17 14 (0.60%) Apex Code
18 12 (0.51%) Bicep
19 9 (0.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 479 (20.43%) Security Cleared
2 449 (19.15%) Degree
3 347 (14.80%) SC Cleared
4 165 (7.04%) DV Cleared
5 149 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 120 (5.12%) Azure Certification
7 82 (3.50%) AWS Certification
8 62 (2.64%) Master's Degree
9 58 (2.47%) PMI Certification
10 57 (2.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 53 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
12 46 (1.96%) PMP
13 31 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
14 29 (1.24%) DBS Check
15 24 (1.02%) ISTQB
16 19 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 18 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 14 (0.60%) CSPO
18 14 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 13 (0.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 320 (13.65%) QA
2 70 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 35 (1.49%) Accessibility
4 25 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (0.90%) PMO
6 15 (0.64%) NIST
7 13 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.51%) GRC
9 11 (0.47%) GDPR
10 9 (0.38%) SLA
11 8 (0.34%) NCSC
11 8 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.13%) Automotive SPICE
13 3 (0.13%) AUTOSAR
13 3 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.13%) MISRA
13 3 (0.13%) MISRA C
13 3 (0.13%) WCAG
14 2 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 181 (7.72%) Docker
2 25 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 15 (0.64%) Firmware
5 13 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.13%) NDS
6 3 (0.13%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 2 (0.085%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.043%) IAG
8 1 (0.043%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.043%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 197 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 153 (6.52%) Terraform
3 92 (3.92%) Ansible
4 69 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
5 30 (1.28%) Puppet
6 19 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.60%) Progress Chef
8 13 (0.55%) Grafana
9 9 (0.38%) Istio
10 7 (0.30%) HP ALM
11 6 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.26%) Kibana
11 6 (0.26%) MIIS
11 6 (0.26%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 5 (0.21%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.085%) SCCM
14 1 (0.043%) CA Endevor
14 1 (0.043%) Hadoop YARN
14 1 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.043%) WSUS
Vendors
1 373 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 181 (7.72%) Google
3 117 (4.99%) Oracle
4 101 (4.31%) ServiceNow
5 86 (3.67%) Databricks
6 54 (2.30%) Sparx
7 53 (2.26%) Salesforce
8 39 (1.66%) SAP
9 36 (1.54%) Adobe
10 28 (1.19%) Atlassian
11 24 (1.02%) Informatica
12 17 (0.72%) IBM
12 17 (0.72%) Red Hat
13 16 (0.68%) Cognizant
13 16 (0.68%) ForgeRock
13 16 (0.68%) Xamarin
14 15 (0.64%) VMware
15 13 (0.55%) SaltStack
16 12 (0.51%) Black Duck
16 12 (0.51%) Splunk