Agile Scrum Master Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Agile Scrum Master
North West > Manchester

The median Agile Scrum Master daily rate in Manchester is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
5 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Scrum Master 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £488 £402 -
% change year-on-year +21.27% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,641 840 1,371
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.02% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 585 944
10th Percentile £315 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £575
90th Percentile £650 £662 £688
North West median daily rate £475 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +2.70% -5.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 44 84
10th Percentile £22.50 - £12.07
25th Percentile £36.75 £13.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £57.50 £24.83 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.62% -12.89% +26.67%
75th Percentile £76.00 £66.25 £63.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.38 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £28.75 £32.90
% change year-on-year +73.91% -12.60% +10.94%

Agile Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Agile Scrum Master job vacancy trend in Manchester

Agile Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 Manchester region featuring Agile Scrum Master in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Servant Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Servant Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories