Scrum Master Job Trends in Manchester

Scrum Master
North West > Manchester

The median Scrum Master salary in Manchester is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - 197
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 7 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.15% - 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £85,938 - -
90th Percentile £86,250 - -
North West median annual salary £80,000 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,167 1,889 4,397
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 94.07% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,980 1,262 3,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,075 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,966 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% +7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,250 £87,725 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -9.09%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Scrum Master job vacancy trend in Manchester

Scrum Master
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in Manchester

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 6 April 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 Manchester region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
1 7 (100.00%) Servant Leadership
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Backlog Management
2 6 (85.71%) BDD
2 6 (85.71%) Burndown Charts
2 6 (85.71%) Business Transformation
2 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
2 6 (85.71%) Community of Practice
2 6 (85.71%) Confluence
2 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) JIRA
2 6 (85.71%) Kanban
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 6 (85.71%) SDLC
2 6 (85.71%) Software Delivery
2 6 (85.71%) Sprint Planning
2 6 (85.71%) Sprint Retrospective
2 6 (85.71%) Sprint Review
2 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (85.71%) TDD
3 5 (71.43%) Agile Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) CRM
4 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (85.71%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Banking
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
1 6 (85.71%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
1 7 (100.00%) Servant Leadership
2 6 (85.71%) Backlog Management
2 6 (85.71%) BDD
2 6 (85.71%) Burndown Charts
2 6 (85.71%) Business Transformation
2 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
2 6 (85.71%) Community of Practice
2 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Kanban
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 6 (85.71%) SDLC
2 6 (85.71%) Software Delivery
2 6 (85.71%) Sprint Planning
2 6 (85.71%) Sprint Retrospective
2 6 (85.71%) Sprint Review
2 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (85.71%) TDD
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Salesforce