Scrum Master Contracts in the City of London

Scrum Master
Central London > City of London

The median Scrum Master daily rate in the City of London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 113 145
Rank change year-on-year -4 +32 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 2 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% 0.59% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.62% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 20
10th Percentile - £463 £450
25th Percentile £325 £481 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% -8.00% +19.62%
75th Percentile £375 £641 £696
90th Percentile - £673 £789
Central London median daily rate £350 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -39.13% -8.00% +19.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,634 2,090 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.00% 95.13% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,486 2,357
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the City of London

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in the City of London

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 City of London region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Story Points
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Chatbot
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Conversational UI
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Conversational UI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Story Points
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft