Scrum Master Contracts in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
UK > UK excluding London

The median Scrum Master daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 331 247
Rank change year-on-year -17 -84 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 55 127 315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.53% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.56% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 71 238
10th Percentile £373 £415 £411
25th Percentile £403 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -0.49% +12.02%
75th Percentile £597 £594 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £633
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 10
10th Percentile - £70.75 £31.50
25th Percentile - £83.13 £37.74
Median hourly rate £68.00 £85.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +105.54% -36.71%
75th Percentile - - £47.31
90th Percentile - £89.50 £85.75
UK median hourly rate £60.25 £85.00 £43.18
% change year-on-year -29.12% +96.86% -28.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,132 22,540 29,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.26% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,680 15,813 20,744
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,158 1,481
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Scrum Master in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +6 24 £575 +12.75% 1
North of England +25 12 £400 -27.93% 2
North West +24 11 £396 -26.42% 1
Scotland +24 7 £506 -3.57% 1
Midlands +14 6 £550 +22.22% 2
East Midlands +22 3 £413 -7.19%
South West +9 3 £575 +28.20% 4
West Midlands +9 3 £650 +44.44% 2
East of England -5 2 £363 -35.56% 2
Yorkshire +10 1 £500 -9.91% 1
Wales - 1 £350 - 3
Scrum Master
UK

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 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 UK excluding London region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 55 (100.00%) Scrum
2 44 (80.00%) Agile
3 21 (38.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 17 (30.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (29.09%) Kanban
5 16 (29.09%) JIRA
6 15 (27.27%) Product Ownership
7 12 (21.82%) Agile Coaching
8 11 (20.00%) Coaching
8 11 (20.00%) Salesforce
9 10 (18.18%) Java
9 10 (18.18%) Finance
9 10 (18.18%) Sprint Planning
10 9 (16.36%) Sprint Retrospective
10 9 (16.36%) Social Skills
10 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (14.55%) Product Backlog
11 8 (14.55%) Sprint Review
11 8 (14.55%) Mentoring
12 7 (12.73%) Banking
12 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
12 7 (12.73%) Security Cleared
13 6 (10.91%) Confluence
13 6 (10.91%) Capacity Planning
13 6 (10.91%) Project Management
13 6 (10.91%) SDLC
13 6 (10.91%) Decision-Making
13 6 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (10.91%) Project Delivery
13 6 (10.91%) Conflict Resolution

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (10.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.27%) AWS
1 4 (7.27%) Azure
2 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.64%) IaaS
4 1 (1.82%) Basecamp
4 1 (1.82%) Figma
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 16 (29.09%) JIRA
General
1 10 (18.18%) Finance
2 9 (16.36%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.73%) Banking
4 3 (5.45%) Billing
4 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.45%) Retail
5 2 (3.64%) Front Office
6 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Games
6 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) ADO
2 1 (1.82%) .NET
2 1 (1.82%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.64%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.82%) IoT
3 1 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) Scrum
2 44 (80.00%) Agile
3 21 (38.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 17 (30.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (29.09%) Kanban
6 12 (21.82%) Agile Coaching
7 11 (20.00%) Coaching
8 10 (18.18%) Sprint Planning
9 9 (16.36%) Sprint Retrospective
9 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (14.55%) Mentoring
10 8 (14.55%) Product Backlog
10 8 (14.55%) Sprint Review
11 6 (10.91%) Capacity Planning
11 6 (10.91%) Conflict Resolution
11 6 (10.91%) Decision-Making
11 6 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (10.91%) Project Delivery
11 6 (10.91%) Project Management
11 6 (10.91%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) Java
2 5 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 5 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
1 7 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.27%) Degree
3 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.45%) PMP
4 1 (1.82%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.82%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) QA
2 1 (1.82%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.64%) Atlassian
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle