Scrum Master Job Trends in the City of London

Scrum Master
Central London > City of London

The median Scrum Master salary in the City of London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 161 161
Rank change year-on-year +32 0 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 3 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.14% 0.075% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.081% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £48,500 £66,750 £60,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £73,125 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £87,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £103,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £61,500 £110,250 £76,000
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -35.71% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 2,046 2,455 2,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.12% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,545 1,604 2,394
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,575 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Scrum Master' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Scrum Master job vacancy trend in the City of London

Scrum Master
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in the City of London

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Scrum Master 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 permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Apache
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Burndown Charts
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) OpenJDK
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OpenJDK
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Burndown Charts
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce