Scrum Master Jobs in England

Scrum Master
UK > England

The median Scrum Master salary in England is £68,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 765 661 530
Rank change year-on-year -104 -131 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 77 273 803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.30% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.32% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 50 149 541
10th Percentile £43,271 £46,650 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,438 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 £64,029 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.59% -1.49% +18.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,029 £64,000
% change year-on-year +1.52% +0.05% +16.36%

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 80,536 84,581 127,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,273 53,585 75,560
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,595 £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 £71,820 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +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 2 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 2 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 +56 29 £75,000 -3.23% 3
North of England +7 22 £52,000 -13.33% 3
North West +9 18 £54,000 +2.86% 2
South East -6 13 £65,000 +4.00% 1
South West -27 8 £67,500 -1.92% 5
Midlands -43 5 £39,969 -22.01% 3
East Midlands -14 4 £39,969 -30.49%
Yorkshire +52 3 £51,995 -18.79% 1
North East -8 1 - -
West Midlands -27 1 £42,200 -13.44% 3
Scrum Master
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 77 (100.00%) Scrum
2 70 (90.91%) Agile
3 44 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 40 (51.95%) Coaching
5 36 (46.75%) Product Ownership
6 28 (36.36%) Project Management
7 23 (29.87%) JIRA
8 19 (24.68%) Kanban
8 19 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (24.68%) Agile Coaching
9 17 (22.08%) SDLC
10 15 (19.48%) DevOps
11 14 (18.18%) Mentoring
11 14 (18.18%) Product Backlog
12 13 (16.88%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 13 (16.88%) Sprint Planning
12 13 (16.88%) Burndown Charts
13 12 (15.58%) Virtual Team
13 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (15.58%) Sprint Retrospective
14 11 (14.29%) Sprint Review
14 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
14 11 (14.29%) Degree
15 10 (12.99%) Roadmaps
16 9 (11.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (11.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 9 (11.69%) Backlog Refinement
16 9 (11.69%) Actionable Insight
17 8 (10.39%) PMO
17 8 (10.39%) Backlog Management

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 (10.39%) Confluence
2 3 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.49%) Azure
2 4 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.60%) SaaS
4 1 (1.30%) AWS
4 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.30%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (29.87%) JIRA
General
1 44 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (10.39%) Finance
4 5 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.19%) Banking
6 3 (3.90%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 36 (46.75%) Product Ownership
2 12 (15.58%) Virtual Team
3 7 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.49%) PMI
5 2 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.60%) iPad
6 1 (1.30%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (100.00%) Scrum
2 70 (90.91%) Agile
3 40 (51.95%) Coaching
4 28 (36.36%) Project Management
5 19 (24.68%) Agile Coaching
5 19 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (24.68%) Kanban
6 17 (22.08%) SDLC
7 15 (19.48%) DevOps
8 14 (18.18%) Mentoring
8 14 (18.18%) Product Backlog
9 13 (16.88%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 13 (16.88%) Burndown Charts
9 13 (16.88%) Sprint Planning
10 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (15.58%) Sprint Retrospective
11 11 (14.29%) Sprint Review
12 10 (12.99%) Roadmaps
13 9 (11.69%) Backlog Refinement
13 9 (11.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.90%) Java
1 3 (3.90%) SQL
2 1 (1.30%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) Degree
1 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.79%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.19%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) PMO
2 3 (3.90%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (9.09%) Cadence
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.90%) SAP
4 2 (2.60%) Oracle
5 1 (1.30%) Facebook
5 1 (1.30%) Instagram
5 1 (1.30%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.30%) Twitter
5 1 (1.30%) YouTube