Scrum Master Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Scrum Master
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Scrum Master daily rate in West Yorkshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 70 91
Rank change year-on-year -2 +21 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 9 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 1.10% 0.37% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 0.39% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £483 - £555
25th Percentile £486 £475 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £556 £525 £588
90th Percentile £568 - £595
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £475 £575
% change year-on-year +10.53% -17.39% +17.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 781 760 1,359
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 92.91% 97.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 473 887
10th Percentile £284 £320 £310
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £572 £573 £619
90th Percentile £650 £638 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -3.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 19
10th Percentile - £16.70 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £19.50 £15.54
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +31.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £81.25 £40.63 £23.00
90th Percentile - £48.75 £27.44
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.79 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +1.92% +9.53% +12.16%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Scrum Master' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Scrum Master job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Bradford - 5 £550 -
Leeds -2 4 £500 - 1
Scrum Master
Yorkshire

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Scrum
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Product Ownership
3 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
3 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (66.67%) User Stories
4 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (55.56%) Planning Poker
4 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (55.56%) Kanban
4 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
4 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
4 5 (55.56%) Burndown Charts
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
4 5 (55.56%) Backlog Refinement
5 4 (44.44%) Finance
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
6 3 (33.33%) CRM
6 3 (33.33%) Migration
6 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (33.33%) ERP
6 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
6 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (33.33%) Sprint Backlog
6 3 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 3 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
6 3 (33.33%) Customer Service

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Product Ownership
2 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Scrum
2 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 6 (66.67%) User Stories
3 5 (55.56%) Backlog Refinement
3 5 (55.56%) Burndown Charts
3 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 5 (55.56%) Kanban
3 5 (55.56%) Planning Poker
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
3 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
4 3 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 3 (33.33%) ERP
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MBA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft