Scrum Master Contracts in London

Scrum Master
England > London

The median Scrum Master daily rate in London is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 350 294
Rank change year-on-year +52 -56 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 97 130 361
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.56% 0.50% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.53% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 86 244
10th Percentile £366 £425 £417
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £600 £547
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +9.79% +10.40%
75th Percentile £602 £675 £625
90th Percentile £650 £706 £689
England median daily rate £510 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £58.31
25th Percentile £51.25 £72.50 £60.47
Median hourly rate £52.50 £80.00 £65.63
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +21.90% -
75th Percentile £53.75 £87.50 £70.47
90th Percentile - - £72.44
England median hourly rate £52.50 £82.50 £51.88
% change year-on-year -36.36% +59.04% -25.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,328 24,595 36,745
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 95.20% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,803 17,870 26,915
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 283 439
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.69 £23.12
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +10.62%
75th Percentile £46.05 £62.25 £49.80
90th Percentile £65.32 £80.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in London

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in London

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum Master in London

Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Scrum Master in London

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum Master within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Central London +41 14 £563 -8.16% 1
South London +8 6 £588 +2.62%
West London +24 4 £450 -5.26%
Scrum Master
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, 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 London region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 97 (100.00%) Scrum
2 80 (82.47%) Agile
3 36 (37.11%) Finance
4 35 (36.08%) DevOps
5 28 (28.87%) Product Ownership
6 25 (25.77%) Banking
7 24 (24.74%) Coaching
7 24 (24.74%) Azure
7 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
8 23 (23.71%) Sprint Planning
9 22 (22.68%) Sprint Review
9 22 (22.68%) Sprint Retrospective
10 21 (21.65%) Project Management
11 19 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (17.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 16 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (16.49%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (16.49%) Kanban
14 15 (15.46%) SDLC
15 13 (13.40%) Mentoring
15 13 (13.40%) Decision-Making
15 13 (13.40%) Conflict Resolution
16 12 (12.37%) Project Delivery
16 12 (12.37%) PMP
16 12 (12.37%) PMI Certification
16 12 (12.37%) PRINCE2
17 11 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
18 10 (10.31%) User Stories
18 10 (10.31%) Degree
18 10 (10.31%) Product Backlog

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (4.12%) Confluence
2 1 (1.03%) Apache
2 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.03%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 24 (24.74%) Azure
2 16 (16.49%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.12%) GCP
4 3 (3.09%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.06%) AWS
6 1 (1.03%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.03%) Miro
6 1 (1.03%) Serverless
6 1 (1.03%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.09%) Power BI
2 1 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (9.28%) JIRA
2 1 (1.03%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (37.11%) Finance
2 25 (25.77%) Banking
3 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
4 7 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.19%) Front Office
5 6 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.19%) Retail
6 5 (5.15%) Investment Banking
6 5 (5.15%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (2.06%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.03%) Back Office
9 1 (1.03%) Games
9 1 (1.03%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.03%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.03%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) HTML
1 1 (1.03%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 28 (28.87%) Product Ownership
2 9 (9.28%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (3.09%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.06%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.06%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.03%) Derivative
5 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.03%) Equities
5 1 (1.03%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.03%) Android
1 1 (1.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (100.00%) Scrum
2 80 (82.47%) Agile
3 35 (36.08%) DevOps
4 24 (24.74%) Coaching
5 23 (23.71%) Sprint Planning
6 22 (22.68%) Sprint Retrospective
6 22 (22.68%) Sprint Review
7 21 (21.65%) Project Management
8 19 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (17.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 16 (16.49%) Kanban
10 16 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (15.46%) SDLC
12 13 (13.40%) Conflict Resolution
12 13 (13.40%) Decision-Making
12 13 (13.40%) Mentoring
13 12 (12.37%) PRINCE2
13 12 (12.37%) Project Delivery
14 11 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (10.31%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.28%) SQL
2 7 (7.22%) Python
3 5 (5.15%) Java
4 1 (1.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (12.37%) PMI Certification
1 12 (12.37%) PMP
2 10 (10.31%) Degree
3 4 (4.12%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.12%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.09%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.06%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.06%) QA
2 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.03%) GAAP
2 1 (1.03%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.03%) Docker
1 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 6 (6.19%) Splunk
2 2 (2.06%) Automation Anywhere
2 2 (2.06%) Blue Prism
2 2 (2.06%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.06%) UiPath
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.03%) Planview
3 1 (1.03%) SAP
3 1 (1.03%) ServiceNow