Senior Scrum Master Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Scrum Master
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Scrum Master daily rate in the UK excluding London 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 453 351 383
Rank change year-on-year -102 +32 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Scrum Master 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.007% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.008% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile - £563 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% -1.32%
75th Percentile - £588 £581
90th Percentile - - £585
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £638
% change year-on-year -13.04% -9.80% +4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £32.28
UK median hourly rate - - £32.28

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 24,282 12,849 19,573
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 91.14% 92.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,840 7,995 11,727
10th Percentile £303 £220 £213
25th Percentile £406 £363 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £494
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £594
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,827 1,033 2,438
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.51 £16.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%

Senior Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Senior Scrum Master job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Scrum Master job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Scrum Master job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Scrum Master within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands - 2 £500 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 2
Senior Scrum Master
UK

Senior Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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 UK excluding London 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