Agile Scrum Master Contracts

Agile Scrum Master
UK

The median Agile Scrum Master daily rate in the UK is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 July 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
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 581 652
Rank change year-on-year +44 +71 +98
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Scrum Master 7 12 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.028% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.030% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 32
10th Percentile £358 £390 £416
25th Percentile £369 £438 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £480 £619 £608
90th Percentile £494 £694 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £437 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -12.60% -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £90.13
90th Percentile - - £94.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 30,054 39,908 53,504
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 93.02% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,145 25,675 37,129
10th Percentile £287 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,391 2,727 1,579
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.00 £14.34
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.50 £39.55 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% -8.02% +67.45%
75th Percentile £56.25 £62.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.14% +91.57%

Agile Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile Scrum Master.

Daily rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile Scrum Master.

Hourly rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Scrum Master within the UK over the 6 months to 12 July 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
England +38 6 £437 -16.76% 1
UK excluding London +24 6 £437 -12.60% 1
South East +45 3 £494 -1.20%
North of England - 2 £420 -
North West - 2 £420 -
London +23 1 £358 -34.91%
Scotland - 1 £358 -

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 July 2025, Agile 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 featuring Agile Scrum Master in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 6 (85.71%) Product Ownership
3 5 (71.43%) Backlog Management
4 4 (57.14%) SDLC
4 4 (57.14%) RAML
4 4 (57.14%) Servant Leadership
4 4 (57.14%) Conflict Resolution
4 4 (57.14%) REST
4 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (57.14%) SQL
4 4 (57.14%) Oracle
4 4 (57.14%) DB2
4 4 (57.14%) SOAP
4 4 (57.14%) Web Services
4 4 (57.14%) WSDL
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) JBoss
5 3 (42.86%) Tomcat
5 3 (42.86%) WebLogic
5 3 (42.86%) Bitbucket
5 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
5 3 (42.86%) AWS
5 3 (42.86%) Kanban
5 3 (42.86%) Git
5 3 (42.86%) Budget Control
5 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
5 3 (42.86%) API Development

Agile Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (42.86%) JBoss
1 3 (42.86%) Tomcat
1 3 (42.86%) WebLogic
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Bitbucket
1 3 (42.86%) Git
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) RAML
1 4 (57.14%) REST
1 4 (57.14%) SOAP
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
1 4 (57.14%) WSDL
2 1 (14.29%) EJB
2 1 (14.29%) J2EE
2 1 (14.29%) JSP
2 1 (14.29%) Servlets
2 1 (14.29%) Spring
2 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Product Ownership
2 3 (42.86%) Private Cloud
3 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
2 6 (85.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 5 (71.43%) Backlog Management
4 4 (57.14%) Conflict Resolution
4 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (57.14%) SDLC
4 4 (57.14%) Servant Leadership
5 3 (42.86%) API Development
5 3 (42.86%) Budget Control
5 3 (42.86%) Kanban
5 3 (42.86%) Situational Awareness
5 3 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (42.86%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (28.57%) Burndown Charts
6 2 (28.57%) Coaching
6 2 (28.57%) Product Backlog
6 2 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
6 2 (28.57%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle