Scrum Master Contracts in the South West

Scrum Master
England > South West

The median Scrum Master daily rate in the South West is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 160 122
Rank change year-on-year +13 -38 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 3 15 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.093% 0.41% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.44% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 40
10th Percentile £513 £336 £424
25th Percentile £531 £397 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £471 £515
Median % change year-on-year +22.08% -8.54% +11.35%
75th Percentile £588 £539 £588
90th Percentile - £635 £604
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £85.25
Median hourly rate - £85.00 £85.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.58% +48.70%
75th Percentile - - £85.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £85.00 £43.18
% change year-on-year -38.24% +96.86% -24.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,002 3,405 3,579
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 92.33% 95.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,949 2,544 2,545
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £706 £713 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 282 197
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.13 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.50 £51.25 £16.80
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.69 £62.50
90th Percentile £77.60 £83.75 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the South West

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in the South West

Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum Master in the South West

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Gloucestershire +12 1 £575 +9.52% 1
Bristol +8 1 £500 -
Wiltshire +6 1 £575 +22.08%
Scrum Master
England

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 South West region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Release Train
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (66.67%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Release Train
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Atlassian