Scrum Master Contracts with Work from Home Options

Scrum Master
UK > Work from Home

The median Scrum Master daily rate in Work from Home is £463 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 288 332 245
Rank change year-on-year +44 -87 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 58 141 471
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.55% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.58% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 92 346
10th Percentile £356 £413 £413
25th Percentile £383 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £578 £627 £588
90th Percentile £607 £673 £659
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - £72.50 £74.05
25th Percentile £51.25 - £78.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £85.00 £85.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% -0.58% +55.45%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £85.75
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,245 24,407 42,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.35% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,541 17,249 30,859
10th Percentile £325 £357 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 558 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.95 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Scrum Master
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Scrum Master in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Scrum Master trend for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Scrum Master.

Scrum Master daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Scrum Master over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Scrum Master daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum Master
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Scrum Master.

Scrum Master hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 58 (100.00%) Scrum
2 43 (74.14%) Agile
3 19 (32.76%) Finance
4 15 (25.86%) DevOps
5 14 (24.14%) Product Ownership
6 13 (22.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (20.69%) Azure
7 12 (20.69%) Sprint Planning
7 12 (20.69%) Banking
8 11 (18.97%) Sprint Retrospective
8 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
9 10 (17.24%) Sprint Review
9 10 (17.24%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 10 (17.24%) Coaching
10 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (15.52%) Kanban
10 9 (15.52%) Project Management
11 8 (13.79%) Change Management
11 8 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (13.79%) SDLC
12 7 (12.07%) User Stories
12 7 (12.07%) PRINCE2
12 7 (12.07%) PMP
12 7 (12.07%) PMI Certification
12 7 (12.07%) Security Cleared
12 7 (12.07%) Degree
13 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
13 6 (10.34%) Retail
13 6 (10.34%) Asset Management
13 6 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Programme

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.72%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.69%) Azure
2 8 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 19 (32.76%) Finance
2 12 (20.69%) Banking
3 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.34%) Retail
5 5 (8.62%) Front Office
6 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.72%) Back Office
7 1 (1.72%) Games
7 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) .NET
2 1 (1.72%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.62%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.72%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (100.00%) Scrum
2 43 (74.14%) Agile
3 15 (25.86%) DevOps
4 13 (22.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (20.69%) Sprint Planning
6 11 (18.97%) Sprint Retrospective
7 10 (17.24%) Coaching
7 10 (17.24%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 10 (17.24%) Sprint Review
8 9 (15.52%) Kanban
8 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (15.52%) Project Management
9 8 (13.79%) Change Management
9 8 (13.79%) SDLC
10 7 (12.07%) PRINCE2
10 7 (12.07%) User Stories
11 6 (10.34%) Asset Management
11 6 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 6 (10.34%) Mentoring
12 5 (8.62%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) C#
2 3 (5.17%) Python
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
3 2 (3.45%) Java
4 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (12.07%) Degree
1 7 (12.07%) PMI Certification
1 7 (12.07%) PMP
1 7 (12.07%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.72%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.72%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) VMware NSX
1 1 (1.72%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (3.45%) Salesforce
1 2 (3.45%) Splunk
2 1 (1.72%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (1.72%) Blue Prism
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.72%) UiPath
2 1 (1.72%) VMware