Agile Scrum Master Contract Job Trends in England

Agile Scrum Master
UK > England

The median Agile Scrum Master daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 470 545
Rank change year-on-year -59 +75 +113
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Scrum Master 14 7 25
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.043% 0.027% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.029% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 16
10th Percentile £393 - £438
25th Percentile £438 £356 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £616
90th Percentile £662 £685 £631
UK median daily rate £491 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.80% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 29,830 24,448 35,088
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 93.01% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,019 15,064 23,689
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,843 738 1,948
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.98 £13.31
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.26 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -9.98% -13.33% +7.14%

Agile Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Agile Scrum Master' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Agile Scrum Master job vacancy trend in England

Agile Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Agile Scrum Master job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Agile Scrum Master job vacancies 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 27 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Scrum Master in England

Agile Scrum Master
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Agile Scrum Master job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Agile Scrum Master job vacancies 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 27 January 2026. 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
London -21 4 £635 -2.31% 2
Midlands -51 3 £425 -15.00% 1
North of England -53 3 £513 +43.96% 3
South East - 3 £500 -
West Midlands - 3 £425 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £550 - 1
North West -30 1 £475 +33.43% 2
East of England - 1 £625 -
Agile Scrum Master
UK

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 January 2026, Agile Scrum Master contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Agile Scrum Master in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Agile
1 14 (100.00%) Scrum
2 9 (64.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (64.29%) JIRA
3 7 (50.00%) Confluence
3 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (42.86%) Kanban
4 6 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
5 5 (35.71%) Azure
5 5 (35.71%) Backlog Management
5 5 (35.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (35.71%) Sprint Retrospective
6 4 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (28.57%) Coaching
6 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
6 4 (28.57%) DevOps
7 3 (21.43%) Agile Coaching
7 3 (21.43%) Backlog Refinement
7 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
7 3 (21.43%) PMI Certification
7 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (21.43%) QA
7 3 (21.43%) Servant Leadership
7 3 (21.43%) Workflow
8 2 (14.29%) Budgeting
8 2 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
8 2 (14.29%) Business Agility
8 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) Miro
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Database
1 1 (7.14%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (64.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Automotive
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) ADO
1 1 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) PMI
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
1 14 (100.00%) Scrum
2 9 (64.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (42.86%) Kanban
4 6 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
5 5 (35.71%) Backlog Management
5 5 (35.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (35.71%) Sprint Retrospective
6 4 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (28.57%) Coaching
6 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
6 4 (28.57%) DevOps
7 3 (21.43%) Agile Coaching
7 3 (21.43%) Backlog Refinement
7 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
7 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (21.43%) Servant Leadership
7 3 (21.43%) Workflow
8 2 (14.29%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C#
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) CISA
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 1 (7.14%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) SAP