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Forecast 870b1074 · published 2026-09-07
Around 19 job postings for scrum master roles are expected the week of Oct 5–11, 2026 (likely range: 0–49, 80% coverage) — down from 61 the week of Sep 7–13, 2026.
Confirmed
What was claimed
The forecast
- Target period
- Oct 5–11, 2026
- Predicted mentions
- 19 job postings
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
- Method
- Linear trend fit with confidence interval
- Review by
- 2026-10-11
- Expires
- 2026-10-18
Confidence at publication
Early signal
What happened
Outcome
- Actual mentions
- 25 job postings
- Off by
- 6 postings
- Accuracy
- 76%
- Direction
- ✓ Called correctly
- Predicted range
- ✓ Actual fell inside it
Interval 0.0-48.5 covered the observed 25.0 (down) in 2026-W41; point estimate was 18.9 (down).
Observed history
scrum master — the series behind the fit
Aug 3–9, 2026: 12 mentionsAug 10–16, 2026: 11 mentionsAug 17–23, 2026: 21 mentionsAug 24–30, 2026: 197 mentionsAug 31–Sep 6, 2026: 161 mentionsSep 7–13, 2026: 61 mentions
How we know
Evidence
40+
Confidence
Early signal
Source diversity
2 sources
98% from one source — treat as narrow
Last updated
2026-09-07
Reality validation
- Predicted
- 18.9
- Actual
- 25
- Accuracy
- 76%
- Direction
- called correctly
How this forecast was made
- Approach
- Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
- How far ahead
- 4 weeks
- Checked against reality by
- 2026-10-11
- Can it be edited?
- No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is
Track record for scrum master
20 forecasts published, 14 scored, mean accuracy 53%.
Primary sources