Scrum Master Jobs in England

Scrum Master
UK > England

The median Scrum Master salary in England is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 683 535
Rank change year-on-year -74 -148 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 74 249 814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.28% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.30% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 47 142 541
10th Percentile £43,014 £46,300 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,029 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% -1.49% +18.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £64,029 £64,675
% change year-on-year -2.39% -1.00% +17.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in England

Scrum Master
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in England.

Salary trend for Scrum Master in England

Scrum Master
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Scrum Master in England

Scrum Master
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum Master within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +60 27 £75,000 -3.23% 4
North of England +13 22 £52,000 -13.33% 2
North West +7 18 £54,000 +2.86% 1
South East -11 12 £58,750 -6.00% 1
South West -21 8 £67,500 -1.92% 4
Midlands -64 5 £39,969 -22.01% 2
East Midlands -14 4 £39,969 -30.49%
Yorkshire +50 3 £51,995 -18.79% 1
North East -7 1 - -
West Midlands -50 1 £42,200 -17.66% 2
Scrum Master
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Scrum Master 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 74 (100.00%) Scrum
2 68 (91.89%) Agile
3 42 (56.76%) Social Skills
4 38 (51.35%) Coaching
5 34 (45.95%) Product Ownership
6 29 (39.19%) Project Management
7 23 (31.08%) JIRA
8 19 (25.68%) Agile Coaching
9 18 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (24.32%) Kanban
10 17 (22.97%) SDLC
11 15 (20.27%) DevOps
12 14 (18.92%) Mentoring
13 13 (17.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
14 12 (16.22%) Burndown Charts
14 12 (16.22%) Product Backlog
14 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
15 11 (14.86%) Sprint Planning
15 11 (14.86%) Security Cleared
15 11 (14.86%) Degree
16 10 (13.51%) Sprint Review
16 10 (13.51%) Sprint Retrospective
16 10 (13.51%) Virtual Team
17 9 (12.16%) Actionable Insight
17 9 (12.16%) Backlog Refinement
17 9 (12.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 9 (12.16%) Finance
18 8 (10.81%) PMO
18 8 (10.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 8 (10.81%) Confluence

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

Application Platforms
1 8 (10.81%) Confluence
2 3 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.35%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.76%) Azure
2 4 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.70%) SaaS
4 1 (1.35%) AWS
4 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.35%) Power BI
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (31.08%) JIRA
General
1 42 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.16%) Finance
3 7 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.76%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Banking
6 3 (4.05%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (1.35%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.35%) Marketing
7 1 (1.35%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 34 (45.95%) Product Ownership
2 10 (13.51%) Virtual Team
3 7 (9.46%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.76%) PMI
5 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.70%) iPad
6 1 (1.35%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (100.00%) Scrum
2 68 (91.89%) Agile
3 38 (51.35%) Coaching
4 29 (39.19%) Project Management
5 19 (25.68%) Agile Coaching
6 18 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (24.32%) Kanban
7 17 (22.97%) SDLC
8 15 (20.27%) DevOps
9 14 (18.92%) Mentoring
10 13 (17.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 12 (16.22%) Burndown Charts
11 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (16.22%) Product Backlog
12 11 (14.86%) Sprint Planning
13 10 (13.51%) Sprint Retrospective
13 10 (13.51%) Sprint Review
14 9 (12.16%) Actionable Insight
14 9 (12.16%) Backlog Refinement
14 9 (12.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) Java
1 3 (4.05%) SQL
2 1 (1.35%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (14.86%) Degree
1 11 (14.86%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.46%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.11%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) PMP
6 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) PMO
2 4 (5.41%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (9.46%) Cadence
2 5 (6.76%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.05%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) Facebook
5 1 (1.35%) Instagram
5 1 (1.35%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.35%) Twitter
5 1 (1.35%) YouTube