Agile Scrum Master Contracts with Work from Home Options

Agile Scrum Master
UK > Work from Home

The median Agile Scrum Master daily rate in Work from Home is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 451 541
Rank change year-on-year +113 +90 -85
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Scrum Master 6 20 82
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.039% 0.078% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.082% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 64
10th Percentile £440 £396 £408
25th Percentile £500 £428 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £558 £551
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% +1.18% +16.00%
75th Percentile £619 £642 £625
90th Percentile £630 £713 £696
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £531
% change year-on-year - +3.53% +11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 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 median hourly rate - £80.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year - +10.34% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,262 24,476 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.36% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,547 17,287 30,849
10th Percentile £325 £356 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 563 608
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.50 £13.21
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.98 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Agile Scrum Master
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Agile Scrum Master in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Agile Scrum Master trend for jobs with a WFH option

Agile Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Agile Scrum Master.

Agile Scrum Master daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Agile Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Agile Scrum Master over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Agile Scrum Master daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Agile Scrum Master in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Splunk
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) PMO
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Epics
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
4 1 (16.67%) Order Management
4 1 (16.67%) Aladdin
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Aladdin
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Epics
4 1 (16.67%) Order Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk