Senior Scrum Master Contracts

Senior Scrum Master
UK

The median Senior Scrum Master daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 686 819
Rank change year-on-year +103 +133 -132
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Scrum Master 7 13 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.022% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.024% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 21
10th Percentile £485 - £500
25th Percentile £538 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £678 £650
90th Percentile £745 £688 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £585 £558
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.93% +8.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,895 54,705 83,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,959 38,196 58,620
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,532 2,041
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%

Senior Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Scrum Master in the UK

Senior Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Scrum Master in the UK

Senior Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Scrum Master over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Scrum Master in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Scrum Master within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +102 7 £575 -6.50% 1
London +96 4 £700 +3.70%
UK excluding London +50 3 £563 -3.85% 1
Midlands - 2 £550 -
South West - 1 £575 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £550 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Scrum Master in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Kanban
3 2 (28.57%) Confluence
3 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
4 1 (14.29%) Epics
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Review
4 1 (14.29%) Backlog Management
4 1 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall

Senior 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Kanban
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Backlog Management
4 1 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Epics
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality