Agile Scrum Master Contracts in England

Agile Scrum Master
UK > England

The median Agile Scrum Master daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 611 684
Rank change year-on-year +82 +73 -108
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Scrum Master 20 35 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.071% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.076% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 79
10th Percentile £400 £433 £411
25th Percentile £475 £500 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £602 £641 £600
90th Percentile £634 £713 £655
UK median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £71.25
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - +10.34% -
75th Percentile - £87.50 £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £80.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year - +10.34% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Agile Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Agile Scrum Master in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile Scrum Master in England.

Daily rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Scrum Master in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile Scrum Master in England.

Hourly rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Scrum Master within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +89 16 £550 -10.20%
Midlands +25 2 £550 +2.33%
South East +20 1 £600 -
South West +17 1 £500 +17.37% 1
West Midlands +16 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £550 -
Agile Scrum Master
UK

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Agile Scrum Master contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Agile Scrum Master in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Scrum
1 20 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (55.00%) Product Ownership
3 9 (45.00%) DevOps
4 8 (40.00%) Finance
5 6 (30.00%) JIRA
5 6 (30.00%) Project Management
6 5 (25.00%) SQL
6 5 (25.00%) Python
6 5 (25.00%) Banking
6 5 (25.00%) Splunk
7 4 (20.00%) Azure
7 4 (20.00%) Kanban
7 4 (20.00%) Coaching
7 4 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
7 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 4 (20.00%) Agile Coaching
7 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
8 3 (15.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (15.00%) PMP
8 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
8 3 (15.00%) Change Management
8 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (15.00%) SDLC
9 2 (10.00%) Degree
9 2 (10.00%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
9 2 (10.00%) QA
9 2 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
9 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Miro
2 1 (5.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) 4G
1 1 (5.00%) 5G
1 1 (5.00%) BGP
1 1 (5.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Mobile Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Agile
1 20 (100.00%) Scrum
2 9 (45.00%) DevOps
3 6 (30.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Agile Coaching
4 4 (20.00%) Coaching
4 4 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Kanban
4 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.00%) Change Management
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (15.00%) SDLC
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Service Management
6 2 (10.00%) Six Sigma
6 2 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) Python
1 5 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) PMP
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Planview