Scrum Master
UK

The median Scrum Master salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 814 690 555
Rank change year-on-year -124 -135 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 96 303 925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.29% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.32% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 57 164 628
10th Percentile £44,343 £45,000 £46,175
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,029 £64,350
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -0.50% +17.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,047 £73,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £82,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the UK

Scrum Master
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Scrum Master in the UK

Scrum Master
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Scrum Master in the UK

Scrum Master
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum Master within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England -83 76 £67,500 +5.42% 18
UK excluding London -145 65 £54,000 -10.00% 14
Work from Home -33 37 £75,000 +17.13% 12
London +62 28 £75,000 -3.23% 7
North of England +18 22 £52,000 -13.33% 2
North West +22 18 £54,000 +2.86% 1
South East -7 13 £65,000 +4.00% 1
Scotland -82 10 £54,000 -7.87% 1
South West -33 8 £67,500 -1.92% 4
Wales +18 6 £60,000 -4.00% 3
Midlands -37 5 £39,969 -15.86% 2
East Midlands -12 4 £39,969 -30.49%
Yorkshire +56 3 £51,995 -18.79% 1
North East -8 1 - -
West Midlands -27 1 £42,200 -11.16% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

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

1 96 (100.00%) Scrum
2 89 (92.71%) Agile
3 58 (60.42%) Social Skills
4 48 (50.00%) Coaching
5 39 (40.63%) Product Ownership
6 37 (38.54%) JIRA
7 34 (35.42%) Project Management
8 28 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (22.92%) DevOps
9 22 (22.92%) Agile Coaching
10 21 (21.88%) Mentoring
10 21 (21.88%) Finance
10 21 (21.88%) Burndown Charts
11 20 (20.83%) SDLC
12 19 (19.79%) Kanban
13 18 (18.75%) Confluence
13 18 (18.75%) Backlog Prioritisation
14 17 (17.71%) Backlog Refinement
15 16 (16.67%) Product Backlog
15 16 (16.67%) Security Cleared
15 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (15.63%) Sprint Planning
16 15 (15.63%) Degree
17 14 (14.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 14 (14.58%) Actionable Insight
17 14 (14.58%) Sprint Retrospective
18 13 (13.54%) PMO
19 12 (12.50%) SC Cleared
19 12 (12.50%) Cadence
19 12 (12.50%) Onboarding

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 18 (18.75%) Confluence
2 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.29%) Azure
2 6 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.08%) SaaS
5 1 (1.04%) AWS
5 1 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.08%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (38.54%) JIRA
General
1 58 (60.42%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.88%) Finance
3 12 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (8.33%) Banking
5 5 (5.21%) Investment Banking
5 5 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.17%) Law
7 3 (3.13%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.04%) Marketing
8 1 (1.04%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (1.04%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 39 (40.63%) Product Ownership
2 12 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 11 (11.46%) Virtual Team
4 5 (5.21%) PMI
5 2 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.08%) iPad
6 1 (1.04%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (100.00%) Scrum
2 89 (92.71%) Agile
3 48 (50.00%) Coaching
4 34 (35.42%) Project Management
5 28 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (22.92%) Agile Coaching
6 22 (22.92%) DevOps
7 21 (21.88%) Burndown Charts
7 21 (21.88%) Mentoring
8 20 (20.83%) SDLC
9 19 (19.79%) Kanban
10 18 (18.75%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 17 (17.71%) Backlog Refinement
12 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (16.67%) Product Backlog
13 15 (15.63%) Sprint Planning
14 14 (14.58%) Actionable Insight
14 14 (14.58%) Sprint Retrospective
14 14 (14.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 11 (11.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.13%) Java
1 3 (3.13%) SQL
2 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.63%) Degree
3 12 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.08%) CSPO
7 1 (1.04%) PMP
7 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.54%) PMO
2 4 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (12.50%) Cadence
2 5 (5.21%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.13%) Atlassian
3 3 (3.13%) SAP
4 2 (2.08%) Oracle
5 1 (1.04%) Facebook
5 1 (1.04%) Instagram
5 1 (1.04%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.04%) Twitter
5 1 (1.04%) YouTube