Scrum Contracts in the South East

Scrum
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 29 27
Rank change year-on-year -15 -2 -6
Contract jobs citing Scrum 224 397 517
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.97% 7.00% 6.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 7.86% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 256 342
10th Percentile £352 £406 £391
25th Percentile £413 £436 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% +2.38% +6.06%
75th Percentile £582 £619 £625
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £533 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -7.39% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 27 22
10th Percentile £62.75 - -
25th Percentile £68.75 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +1.45% -17.86%
75th Percentile £70.94 £59.38 £63.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £71.48 £65.49
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -22.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,684 5,048 6,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.95% 89.05% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,709 3,470 4,714
10th Percentile £260 £250 £233
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 221 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Scrum as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum in the South East

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum in the South East

Scrum
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Scrum in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scrum in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Scrum in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Hampshire +5 87 £538 +1.90% 26
Thames Valley -33 80 £501 -9.00% 34
Berkshire -37 70 £508 -6.79% 14
Surrey -14 29 £433 -17.62% 14
West Sussex +17 17 £425 -24.58% 10
Buckinghamshire -3 7 £463 -22.92% 16
Kent - 4 £600 - 12
East Sussex +4 3 £490 -2.00% 10
Oxfordshire +2 3 £488 -3.47% 4
Middlesex -3 3 - -
Home Counties - 1 - -
Scrum
England

Scrum
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (13.39%) Confluence
2 8 (3.57%) Apache
3 7 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.68%) SAS
5 4 (1.79%) CICS
6 3 (1.34%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.89%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.45%) Drupal
8 1 (0.45%) IIS
8 1 (0.45%) JBoss
8 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.45%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (1.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.89%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (0.45%) Maximo
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MII
3 1 (0.45%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (16.96%) Azure
2 21 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (7.59%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.70%) AWS
5 10 (4.46%) Serverless
6 9 (4.02%) SaaS
7 8 (3.57%) PaaS
8 7 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (3.13%) IaaS
8 7 (3.13%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.68%) Azure Functions
10 5 (2.23%) GCP
10 5 (2.23%) GitHub
11 4 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.34%) Azure AKS
12 3 (1.34%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.59%) SNMP
2 16 (7.14%) Software-Defined Radio
3 9 (4.02%) BGP
3 9 (4.02%) MPLS
3 9 (4.02%) VPN
4 8 (3.57%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.13%) Ethernet VPN
5 7 (3.13%) Firewall
5 7 (3.13%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (1.34%) Network Security
7 2 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.89%) DMVPN
7 2 (0.89%) DNS
7 2 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.89%) IPsec
7 2 (0.89%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.89%) Sourcefire
7 2 (0.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (8.04%) MongoDB
3 14 (6.25%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.80%) Power BI
5 12 (5.36%) Relational Database
6 10 (4.46%) MySQL
7 8 (3.57%) RDBMS
8 7 (3.13%) NoSQL
9 5 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (2.23%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.79%) Couchbase
10 4 (1.79%) DB2
10 4 (1.79%) GIS
10 4 (1.79%) IDMS
11 3 (1.34%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.89%) Big Data
12 2 (0.89%) CouchDB
12 2 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.89%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 57 (25.45%) JIRA
2 52 (23.21%) Git
3 34 (15.18%) Robot Framework
4 23 (10.27%) Bitbucket
5 19 (8.48%) GitLab
6 17 (7.59%) Eclipse
6 17 (7.59%) GoogleTest
6 17 (7.59%) Jenkins
7 11 (4.91%) TestRail
8 8 (3.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.79%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.79%) ClearCase
9 4 (1.79%) ClearQuest
9 4 (1.79%) Selenium
9 4 (1.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (1.34%) Subversion
11 2 (0.89%) JUnit
11 2 (0.89%) Postman
12 1 (0.45%) VersionOne
General
1 41 (18.30%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.14%) Finance
4 11 (4.91%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.46%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.02%) Billing
7 8 (3.57%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.23%) Automotive
8 5 (2.23%) Marketing
9 3 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.34%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.89%) Banking
10 2 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.89%) Retail
11 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.45%) French Language
11 1 (0.45%) Legal
11 1 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 47 (20.98%) Developer
2 34 (15.18%) Software Engineer
3 29 (12.95%) Analyst
4 24 (10.71%) Senior
5 20 (8.93%) Scrum Master
6 19 (8.48%) C++ Software Engineer
7 11 (4.91%) Architect
7 11 (4.91%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.91%) Test Engineer
8 10 (4.46%) Java Developer
8 10 (4.46%) Linux Engineer
8 10 (4.46%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (4.02%) Product Owner
10 8 (3.57%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.57%) Product Analyst
11 7 (3.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 7 (3.13%) Java Engineer
11 7 (3.13%) Java Software Engineer
11 7 (3.13%) Security Architect
11 7 (3.13%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.05%) HTML
2 24 (10.71%) CSS
3 18 (8.04%) REST
4 14 (6.25%) SOAP
4 14 (6.25%) XML
5 11 (4.91%) Kafka
6 9 (4.02%) React
7 8 (3.57%) .NET
7 8 (3.57%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.57%) Spring
7 8 (3.57%) YANG
8 7 (3.13%) NETCONF
8 7 (3.13%) RESTCONF
8 7 (3.13%) RESTful
9 6 (2.68%) Node.js
9 6 (2.68%) Web Services
10 5 (2.23%) ASP.NET
10 5 (2.23%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (2.23%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.79%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.18%) Product Ownership
2 12 (5.36%) PKI
3 10 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.57%) Smart Meter
5 7 (3.13%) Client/Server
5 7 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.68%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.23%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.79%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (1.34%) Clustering
9 3 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.34%) Replication
9 3 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.34%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.89%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
10 2 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.89%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.89%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 70 (31.25%) Linux
2 43 (19.20%) Windows
3 19 (8.48%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.80%) Unix
5 12 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.13%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (2.68%) VMS
8 4 (1.79%) zOS
9 1 (0.45%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (82.59%) Agile
2 61 (27.23%) Kanban
3 55 (24.55%) Software Engineering
4 41 (18.30%) Test Automation
5 35 (15.63%) DevOps
6 29 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 26 (11.61%) OO
9 23 (10.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 22 (9.82%) UML
11 20 (8.93%) TDD
12 19 (8.48%) Project Delivery
12 19 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (8.48%) User Stories
13 18 (8.04%) Computer Science
13 18 (8.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (8.04%) Project Management
14 17 (7.59%) Analytics
15 16 (7.14%) SysML
16 15 (6.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 51 (22.77%) Python
2 43 (19.20%) SQL
3 41 (18.30%) Java
4 39 (17.41%) JavaScript
5 38 (16.96%) C++
6 20 (8.93%) C#
7 14 (6.25%) PowerShell
8 13 (5.80%) Bash
8 13 (5.80%) C
9 9 (4.02%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.23%) VBScript
11 4 (1.79%) CLIST
11 4 (1.79%) COBOL
11 4 (1.79%) F#
11 4 (1.79%) Perl
11 4 (1.79%) REXX
12 3 (1.34%) Go
12 3 (1.34%) SELCOPY
12 3 (1.34%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.89%) VB
Qualifications
1 66 (29.46%) Security Cleared
2 43 (19.20%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.71%) Degree
4 7 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.23%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (2.23%) PMP
7 4 (1.79%) CSPO
7 4 (1.79%) HNC
8 3 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.89%) CCNA
9 2 (0.89%) CCNP
9 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.38%) QA
2 7 (3.13%) RMADS
3 5 (2.23%) PMO
4 4 (1.79%) GDPR
5 3 (1.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.45%) GxP
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (8.04%) Docker
2 17 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (7.14%) Firmware
4 15 (6.70%) Active Directory
5 9 (4.02%) vSphere
6 6 (2.68%) VirtualBox
7 5 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.89%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.89%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.45%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (8.04%) Ansible
2 14 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.36%) Terraform
4 7 (3.13%) vRealize
5 6 (2.68%) Packer
6 4 (1.79%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.89%) VxRail
8 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.45%) Kibana
8 1 (0.45%) SCCM
8 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (10.27%) VMware
2 20 (8.93%) Google
2 20 (8.93%) Microsoft
3 18 (8.04%) Oracle
4 16 (7.14%) Atlassian
5 6 (2.68%) SAP
6 5 (2.23%) Ab Initio
6 5 (2.23%) Arqiva
6 5 (2.23%) Veritas
7 4 (1.79%) HP
7 4 (1.79%) IBM
7 4 (1.79%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.79%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.79%) Syncsort
8 3 (1.34%) Adobe
8 3 (1.34%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (1.34%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.34%) Sparx
9 2 (0.89%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.89%) Zscaler