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 £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 113 152
Rank change year-on-year -6 +39 -1
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 3 7 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.16% 0.34% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.36% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 12
10th Percentile £352 £444 £459
25th Percentile £391 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £538 £555
Median % change year-on-year -13.49% -3.15% -4.72%
75th Percentile £521 £625 £600
90th Percentile £550 £663 £638
Central London median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -5.58%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,722 1,947 3,016
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 94.65% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,136 1,279 2,074
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 12
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.87 £14.42
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.88 £20.09
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -27.03% -11.90%
75th Percentile £50.25 £89.06 £56.56
90th Percentile £65.21 £137.50 £76.63
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +4.26% -23.94% -14.46%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in the City of London

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 23 August 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 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (33.33%) Story Points
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Basel III
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching

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 (33.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Conversational UI
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Story Points
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Basel III
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft