Scrum Master Contracts in the North of England

Scrum Master
England > North of England

The median Scrum Master daily rate in the North of England is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 203 211
Rank change year-on-year +32 +8 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 13 15 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.26% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.28% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 26
10th Percentile £374 £493 £375
25th Percentile £390 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £560 £463
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +21.08% +15.63%
75th Percentile £478 £613 £538
90th Percentile £521 £634 £588
England median daily rate £520 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38.68
Median hourly rate - - £41.36
75th Percentile - - £44.70
90th Percentile - - £45.91
England median hourly rate £52.50 £85.00 £46.72
% change year-on-year -38.24% +81.93% -33.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,358 5,416 6,892
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.40% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,723 3,814 5,056
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £386 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £599 £556
90th Percentile £674 £680 £639
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 158 289
10th Percentile £11.06 £14.25 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.74 £30.65 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% +61.30% +6.15%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.06 £34.52
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the North of England

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in the North of England

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum Master in the North of England

Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum Master in the North of England

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 11 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
North West +24 11 £396 -26.42% 1
Yorkshire +8 2 £475 -15.18% 1
Scrum Master
England

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 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 North of England region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
2 11 (84.62%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Salesforce
3 6 (46.15%) Agile Coaching
3 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (38.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 5 (38.46%) SDLC
5 4 (30.77%) Banking
6 3 (23.08%) Project Management
6 3 (23.08%) Finance
6 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
6 3 (23.08%) PMP
6 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
7 2 (15.38%) Java
7 2 (15.38%) Front Office
7 2 (15.38%) AWS
7 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (15.38%) API Integration
7 2 (15.38%) Analytics
7 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 2 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (15.38%) Backlog Refinement
8 1 (7.69%) Product Backlog
8 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
8 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
8 1 (7.69%) Budget Management

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
General
1 4 (30.77%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Front Office
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
1 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
2 11 (84.62%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Agile Coaching
3 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (38.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 5 (38.46%) SDLC
5 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Analytics
6 2 (15.38%) API Integration
6 2 (15.38%) Backlog Refinement
6 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 2 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 1 (7.69%) Sprint Retrospective
7 1 (7.69%) Sprint Review
7 1 (7.69%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
1 3 (23.08%) PMP
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft