Agile Scrum Master Contracts in England

Agile Scrum Master
UK > England

The median Agile Scrum Master daily rate in England is £494, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 522 616
Rank change year-on-year +42 +94 +64
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Scrum Master 5 20 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.054% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.058% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 25
10th Percentile £376 £400 £442
25th Percentile £402 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile - £602 £644
90th Percentile £498 £634 £743
UK median daily rate £494 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -10.18% -2.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £87.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Agile Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Scrum Master in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile Scrum Master in England.

Hourly rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Scrum Master within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South East +47 2 £494 -17.67%
London +24 1 £358 -34.91%
Midlands +20 1 £500 -23.08%
East Midlands +10 1 £500 -9.09%
North West - 1 £402 -
North of England - 1 £402 -
Agile Scrum Master
UK

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Agile 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 England region featuring Agile Scrum Master in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 4 (80.00%) Backlog Management
2 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) SOAP
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) JBoss
4 2 (40.00%) Tomcat
4 2 (40.00%) Broadband
4 2 (40.00%) WSDL
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
4 2 (40.00%) DB2
4 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
4 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (40.00%) Statistics
4 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Budget Control
4 2 (40.00%) AWS
4 2 (40.00%) Kanban
4 2 (40.00%) Git
4 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
4 2 (40.00%) Situational Awareness
4 2 (40.00%) Servant Leadership

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (40.00%) JBoss
1 2 (40.00%) Tomcat
1 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (40.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) RAML
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) SOAP
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) WSDL
2 1 (20.00%) EJB
2 1 (20.00%) J2EE
2 1 (20.00%) JSP
2 1 (20.00%) Servlets
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Private Cloud
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Backlog Management
2 4 (80.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Budget Control
4 2 (40.00%) Burndown Charts
4 2 (40.00%) Coaching
4 2 (40.00%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Kanban
4 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
4 2 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Servant Leadership
4 2 (40.00%) Situational Awareness
4 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (40.00%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (40.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle