Scrum Master Contracts in the Midlands

Scrum Master
England > Midlands

The median Scrum Master daily rate in the Midlands is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 142 139
Rank change year-on-year +17 -3 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 6 22 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.22% 0.65% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.69% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 48
10th Percentile £389 £406 £389
25th Percentile £413 £444 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £520
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -13.46% +42.08%
75th Percentile £650 £509 £545
90th Percentile - £566 £584
England median daily rate £520 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,488 3,198 4,784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.70% 95.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,673 2,252 3,504
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £328 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 124 167
10th Percentile £11.86 £12.15 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.07 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.18
90th Percentile £52.56 £62.75 £34.70
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the Midlands

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in the Midlands

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum Master in the Midlands

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
East Midlands +21 3 £413 -7.19%
West Midlands +8 3 £650 +44.44% 4
Scrum Master
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 Midlands region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Product Ownership
3 3 (50.00%) JIRA
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) ADO
3 3 (50.00%) Coaching
3 3 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 3 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (50.00%) Sprint Review
4 2 (33.33%) Trello
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
4 2 (33.33%) Servant Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
5 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (16.67%) Kanban
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) Confluence
5 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (16.67%) User Stories
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Coaching
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 3 (50.00%) Sprint Review
3 2 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 2 (33.33%) Servant Leadership
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Epics
4 1 (16.67%) Kanban
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce