Scrum Master Contracts in the South East

Scrum Master
England > South East

The median Scrum Master daily rate in the South East is £494, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 170 184
Rank change year-on-year +18 +14 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 9 21 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.26% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.46% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 20
10th Percentile £439 - -
25th Percentile £471 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +17.65% -19.05%
75th Percentile £573 £581 £509
90th Percentile £650 £641 £675
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £53.61 £32.28 £82.50
% change year-on-year +66.08% -60.87% -2.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 3,177 4,534 5,365
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 92.06% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,060 2,777 3,670
10th Percentile £208 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £663 £697 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 378 237
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +17.05% +122.70%
75th Percentile £55.00 £72.33 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%

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 11 August 2025.

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 11 August 2025. 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
Berkshire +20 7 £494 -1.20%
Thames Valley +17 7 £494 +1.33% 1
Hampshire +9 2 £480 -4.00%
Scrum Master
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 2025, 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 9 (100.00%) Scrum
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 7 (77.78%) Sprint Planning
4 6 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
5 5 (55.56%) Product Backlog
5 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
6 4 (44.44%) Product Ownership
6 4 (44.44%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (44.44%) Burndown Charts
6 4 (44.44%) Backlog Management
6 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
6 4 (44.44%) Kanban
7 3 (33.33%) Statistics
7 3 (33.33%) Degree
7 3 (33.33%) Coaching
7 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (33.33%) Broadband
7 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
7 3 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
8 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (22.22%) Backlog Refinement
8 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
8 2 (22.22%) Oracle
8 2 (22.22%) CRM
8 2 (22.22%) Oracle CX
8 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement

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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle CX
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Product Ownership
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Scrum
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 7 (77.78%) Sprint Planning
4 6 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
5 5 (55.56%) Product Backlog
6 4 (44.44%) Backlog Management
6 4 (44.44%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (44.44%) Burndown Charts
6 4 (44.44%) Kanban
7 3 (33.33%) Coaching
7 3 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
7 3 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (33.33%) Statistics
8 2 (22.22%) Backlog Refinement
8 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (22.22%) CRM
8 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
9 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Genesys
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce