Scrum Master Contracts in the South East

Scrum Master
England > South East

The median Scrum Master daily rate in the South East is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 185 167
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 24 34 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.59% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.62% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 65
10th Percentile - - £418
25th Percentile £425 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% +5.61%
75th Percentile £613 £589 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £85.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.24% +88.89% -35.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,135 5,467 7,435
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.57% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,083 3,809 5,039
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year - +2.28% +8.64%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 241 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £17.72 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.60
England median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the South East

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in the South East

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum Master in the South East

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum Master within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Hampshire +5 11 £450 -11.76%
Thames Valley -6 11 £600 +41.18%
Berkshire -20 8 £600 +41.18%
Buckinghamshire +27 3 £600 +41.18%
Surrey +8 1 £475 -9.52%
West Sussex - 1 £600 -
Scrum Master
England

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, 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 South East region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Scrum
2 17 (70.83%) Agile
3 12 (50.00%) Kanban
4 10 (41.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 8 (33.33%) JIRA
6 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
6 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
6 7 (29.17%) Java
7 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (25.00%) Product Ownership
8 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
8 5 (20.83%) Sprint Retrospective
8 5 (20.83%) Sprint Planning
8 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
8 5 (20.83%) Agile Coaching
8 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
8 5 (20.83%) Coaching
8 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
8 5 (20.83%) Python
9 4 (16.67%) CRM
9 4 (16.67%) Finance
9 4 (16.67%) Sprint Review
10 3 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
10 3 (12.50%) DevOps
10 3 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
10 3 (12.50%) Burndown Charts
10 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
10 3 (12.50%) Salesforce

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
1 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.17%) IaaS
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Billing
4 2 (8.33%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.33%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.17%) IoT
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Scrum
2 17 (70.83%) Agile
3 12 (50.00%) Kanban
4 10 (41.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (20.83%) Agile Coaching
6 5 (20.83%) Coaching
6 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
6 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
6 5 (20.83%) Sprint Planning
6 5 (20.83%) Sprint Retrospective
7 4 (16.67%) CRM
7 4 (16.67%) Sprint Review
8 3 (12.50%) Burndown Charts
8 3 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (12.50%) DevOps
8 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Java
2 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
2 5 (20.83%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
1 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Salesforce