Scrum Master Contracts in Cheshire

Scrum Master
North West > Cheshire

The median Scrum Master daily rate in Cheshire is £391 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 63 56
Rank change year-on-year +14 -7 -
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 9 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.73% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile £356 - -
25th Percentile £386 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £400 £488 -
90th Percentile £404 - -
North West median daily rate £396 £538 £450
% change year-on-year -26.42% +19.44% +15.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 485 477 489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 88.83% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 329 275
10th Percentile £276 £262 £184
25th Percentile £390 £389 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% +10.80% +0.34%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £625 £651 £631
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 21 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.54 £18.82 £16.49
Median hourly rate £22.50 £27.98 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.59% +14.20% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £44.25 £40.00 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.25
% change year-on-year -13.59% +50.85% +12.47%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in Cheshire

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in Cheshire

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum Master within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford - 7 £396 -
Scrum Master
North West

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 Cheshire region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Scrum
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 6 (66.67%) Salesforce
4 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (55.56%) SDLC
4 5 (55.56%) Agile Coaching
4 5 (55.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 4 (44.44%) Banking
6 3 (33.33%) Finance
6 3 (33.33%) Project Management
6 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
6 3 (33.33%) PMP
6 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
7 2 (22.22%) Java
7 2 (22.22%) Front Office
7 2 (22.22%) AWS
7 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (22.22%) API Integration
7 2 (22.22%) Analytics
7 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
7 2 (22.22%) Backlog Refinement
8 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
8 1 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
8 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
8 1 (11.11%) Sprint Review
8 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
8 1 (11.11%) User Stories
8 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
General
1 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Front Office
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Scrum
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 5 (55.56%) Agile Coaching
3 5 (55.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (55.56%) SDLC
3 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) API Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Backlog Refinement
5 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Review
6 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 3 (33.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Salesforce