Agile Scrum Master Contracts

Agile Scrum Master
UK

The median Agile Scrum Master daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 674 722
Rank change year-on-year +107 +48 -86
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Scrum Master 20 41 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.067% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.071% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 108
10th Percentile £400 £412 £406
25th Percentile £475 £473 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.50% +14.74%
75th Percentile £602 £636 £620
90th Percentile £634 £718 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £520
% change year-on-year +9.52% +0.96% +12.43%
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 excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,554 57,501 85,863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.56% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,500 40,089 60,302
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,611 1,615 2,125
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.25 £15.38
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.65 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.27 £42.26 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.17% +116.72% +2.63%

Agile Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Scrum Master over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +112 20 £550 -4.35% 2
London +103 15 £550 -10.20% 1
Work from Home +120 6 £600 +1.69%
UK excluding London +39 5 £575 +9.52% 1
Midlands +37 3 £650 +20.93%
West Midlands +33 2 £750 +39.53%
South East +23 1 £600 -
South West +17 1 £500 +17.37% 1
East Midlands - 1 £550 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 featuring Agile Scrum Master in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Scrum
1 20 (100.00%) Agile
2 12 (60.00%) Product Ownership
3 10 (50.00%) DevOps
4 7 (35.00%) Finance
5 6 (30.00%) Project Management
5 6 (30.00%) JIRA
6 5 (25.00%) Azure
6 5 (25.00%) Splunk
6 5 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 5 (25.00%) Coaching
6 5 (25.00%) SQL
6 5 (25.00%) Python
6 5 (25.00%) Banking
6 5 (25.00%) Agile Coaching
7 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 4 (20.00%) SDLC
8 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (15.00%) Confluence
8 3 (15.00%) Kanban
8 3 (15.00%) PMP
8 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
8 3 (15.00%) Change Management
9 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
9 2 (10.00%) Sprint Retrospective
9 2 (10.00%) Business Case
9 2 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (15.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) 4G
1 1 (5.00%) 5G
1 1 (5.00%) BGP
1 1 (5.00%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) 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 2 (10.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 12 (60.00%) 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 10 (50.00%) DevOps
3 6 (30.00%) Project Management
4 5 (25.00%) Agile Coaching
4 5 (25.00%) Coaching
4 5 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (20.00%) SDLC
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.00%) Change Management
6 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.00%) Kanban
6 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
7 2 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
7 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
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%) Cadence
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco