Scrum Master Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Scrum Master
South West > Bristol

The median Scrum Master daily rate in Bristol is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 59 81
Rank change year-on-year -10 +22 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.46% 0.19% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.20% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £440 - -
25th Percentile £463 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £488 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -17.39% - +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,023 506 1,010
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 95.65% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 304 566
10th Percentile £294 £183 £244
25th Percentile £400 £317 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £570 £588 £625
90th Percentile £692 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 74 183
10th Percentile £17.87 £35.30 £40.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile - £68.56 £75.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £82.97
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -25.05%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Scrum Master' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Scrum Master job vacancy trend in Bristol

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Scrum Master
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in Bristol

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Scrum Master contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Looker
3 3 (60.00%) Power BI
3 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
4 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (40.00%) GCP
4 2 (40.00%) Kanban
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
5 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
5 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) QA
5 1 (20.00%) SaaS
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Backlog
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
5 1 (20.00%) Visualisation

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Looker
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
4 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (40.00%) Kanban
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
5 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
5 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Backlog
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
5 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA