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 £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 147 153
Rank change year-on-year +30 +6 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 13 25 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.60% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.74% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 29
10th Percentile - £450 £416
25th Percentile £463 £503 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £613 £520
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +17.79% +6.18%
75th Percentile £628 £669 £600
90th Percentile £649 £713 £688
Central London median daily rate £550 £613 £520
% change year-on-year -10.20% +17.79% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,072 3,370 3,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 95.04% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,469 2,287 3,013
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.73% +8.10%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £594 £560
% change year-on-year -7.37% +6.03% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 53
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.97 £65.10
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

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
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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 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 City of London region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
2 12 (92.31%) Agile
3 8 (61.54%) Project Management
3 8 (61.54%) Azure
3 8 (61.54%) DevOps
4 6 (46.15%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (46.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 6 (46.15%) Finance
5 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
6 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
6 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
6 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (23.08%) Kanban
7 3 (23.08%) TDD
7 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
8 2 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
8 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
8 2 (15.38%) Active Listening
8 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
8 2 (15.38%) Coaching
8 2 (15.38%) Reinsurance
8 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
8 2 (15.38%) Minimum Viable Product
8 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
8 2 (15.38%) PMP
8 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
3 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
1 2 (15.38%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
2 12 (92.31%) Agile
3 8 (61.54%) DevOps
3 8 (61.54%) Project Management
4 6 (46.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
6 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
6 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (23.08%) Kanban
7 3 (23.08%) TDD
8 2 (15.38%) Active Listening
8 2 (15.38%) Coaching
8 2 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
8 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
8 2 (15.38%) Minimum Viable Product
8 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
8 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
8 2 (15.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Java
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
1 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow