The first table below looks at the demand for the ScrumMaster role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ScrumMaster in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum Master
Rank 181 207 240
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +33
Contract jobs requiring a ScrumMaster 24 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.373% 0.100% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.404% 0.110% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 0
Average daily rate £530 £473 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.16% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
-18.15% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5944 7299 8873
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.46% 91.48% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4372 5246 6461
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 182 195
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £41.50 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
ScrumMaster
London

ScrumMaster
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ScrumMaster across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London ScrumMaster Jobs Demand Trend

ScrumMaster
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ScrumMaster across the City of London region.

City of London ScrumMaster Daily Rate Trend

ScrumMaster
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ScrumMaster across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London ScrumMaster Daily Rate Histogram

ScrumMaster
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited ScrumMaster in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with ScrumMaster in their job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Scrum
2 19 (54.29%) Banking
3 12 (34.29%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (28.57%) Finance
5 9 (25.71%) Project Management
6 8 (22.86%) Investment Banking
7 7 (20.00%) C#
7 7 (20.00%) .NET
8 5 (14.29%) C++
8 5 (14.29%) Fixed Income
8 5 (14.29%) Web Development
9 4 (11.43%) SQL Server
10 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2
10 3 (8.571%) Front Office
10 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
10 3 (8.571%) Derivative
10 3 (8.571%) Migration
10 3 (8.571%) TDD
11 2 (5.714%) Retail
11 2 (5.714%) WinForms
11 2 (5.714%) SQL Server 2008
11 2 (5.714%) Velocity
11 2 (5.714%) CRM
11 2 (5.714%) MS Visio
11 2 (5.714%) Microsoft
11 2 (5.714%) Salesforce.com
11 2 (5.714%) MS Project
11 2 (5.714%) MS Office
11 2 (5.714%) Java
11 2 (5.714%) Waterfall

ScrumMaster
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited ScrumMaster in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with ScrumMaster in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (5.714%) WinForms
2 2 (5.714%) Velocity
3 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (2.857%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) IIS
1 1 (2.857%) SAS
1 1 (2.857%) Drupal
1 1 (2.857%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.714%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.714%) MS Project
2 2 (5.714%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) Internet
1 1 (2.857%) SMS
1 1 (2.857%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.714%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.857%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (2.857%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.857%) NUnit
General
1 19 (54.29%) Banking
2 10 (28.57%) Finance
3 8 (22.86%) Investment Banking
4 3 (8.571%) Front Office
5 2 (5.714%) Retail
6 1 (2.857%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Fixed Income
2 3 (8.571%) Derivative
3 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.857%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.857%) SaaS
3 1 (2.857%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.857%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Scrum
2 12 (34.29%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (25.71%) Project Management
4 5 (14.29%) Web Development
5 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2
5 3 (8.571%) Migration
5 3 (8.571%) TDD
6 2 (5.714%) CRM
6 2 (5.714%) Waterfall
6 2 (5.714%) User Stories
7 1 (2.857%) BDD
7 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.857%) Agile Project Management
7 1 (2.857%) ITIL
7 1 (2.857%) UML
7 1 (2.857%) OOP
7 1 (2.857%) OO
7 1 (2.857%) Service Management
7 1 (2.857%) ITSM
7 1 (2.857%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) C#
2 5 (14.29%) C++
3 2 (5.714%) Java
4 1 (2.857%) SQL
4 1 (2.857%) VB
4 1 (2.857%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (2.857%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (5.714%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.714%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle
2 1 (2.857%) Progress
City of London
London based - the successful person will be working on a global project. Essential Skills: -Extensive experience as a Scrum Master -Ability to coach -Global reach -Experience of global...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £450 - £600 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Essential Skills: -Extensive experience as a Scrum Master -Ability to coach -Global reach -Experience of global rollouts/distributions-Agile advocator/evangelist Interviews available immediately for the right candidates.
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidates must have recent examples of working on similar projects within a financial services arena.Essential skills/Knowledge required must include:* Excellent recent financial services background...
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013