Scrum Master Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Scrum Master
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Scrum Master daily rate in Birmingham is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.33% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £463 - £374
25th Percentile £481 - £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.05%
75th Percentile £581 - £453
90th Percentile £608 - £466
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £560 £451
% change year-on-year -6.25% +24.10% -13.01%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 544 676 791
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 95.89% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 435 531
10th Percentile £185 £200 £260
25th Percentile £360 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £573 £625 £600
90th Percentile £658 £738 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 14 25
10th Percentile - £15.45 £12.98
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.69 £15.12
Median hourly rate £16.50 £34.56 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.26% +77.24% +8.33%
75th Percentile £26.51 £51.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.29 £56.65 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £22.05 £22.20
% change year-on-year +14.08% -0.68% +23.31%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in Birmingham

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in Birmingham

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in Birmingham over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum Master in Birmingham

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, 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 across the Birmingham region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Release Train
2 1 (50.00%) Burndown Charts
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management

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

General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Burndown Charts
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Release Train
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware