Senior Scrum Master Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Scrum Master
England > Midlands

The median Senior Scrum Master daily rate in the Midlands 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 187 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Scrum Master 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.044% - 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% - 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
75th Percentile - - £563
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £575 £638
% change year-on-year -13.04% -9.80% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £32.28
England median hourly rate - - £32.28

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 4,179 2,026 2,734
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 90.16% 91.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,536 1,305 1,820
10th Percentile £313 £204 £213
25th Percentile £406 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £581 £540 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 157 230
10th Percentile £13.53 £12.62 £11.83
25th Percentile £17.23 £14.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.06 £23.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.96% +21.05% -9.46%
75th Percentile £47.50 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £52.01
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -8.95%

Senior Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Senior Scrum Master job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Senior Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 2
Senior Scrum Master
England

Senior Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

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 Midlands region featuring Senior Scrum Master in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SFIA
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Burndown Charts
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Senior Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) BYOD
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SFIA
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Burndown Charts
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance