Senior Scrum Master Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Scrum Master
UK > England

The median Senior Scrum Master daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 492 550
Rank change year-on-year -118 +58 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Scrum Master 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.008% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.008% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £388 - £545
25th Percentile £430 £563 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -9.80% +3.66%
75th Percentile - £588 £719
90th Percentile - - £753
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £638
% change year-on-year -13.04% -9.80% +4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £32.28
UK median hourly rate - - £32.28

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 40,580 24,049 34,742
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.16% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,840 15,686 22,733
10th Percentile £325 £291 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,926 1,128 2,569
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.00 £16.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -8.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%

Senior Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior Scrum Master job vacancy trend in England

Senior Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Senior Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Scrum Master in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Scrum Master in England

Senior 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 Senior Scrum Master within the England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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 -67 2 £360 -
Midlands - 2 £500 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 2
Senior Scrum Master
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 2026, Senior 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 Senior Scrum Master in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (50.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (25.00%) Burndown Charts
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Progress
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Servant Leadership

Senior 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) BYOD
2 1 (25.00%) Life Science
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (50.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (25.00%) Burndown Charts
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Servant Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Progress
1 1 (25.00%) Workday