Scrum Master Jobs

Scrum Master
UK

The median Scrum Master salary in the UK is £64,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 798 680
Rank change year-on-year +134 -118 -135
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 28 98 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.100% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.11% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 22 59 168
10th Percentile £43,838 £44,671 £45,525
25th Percentile £50,938 £51,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £65,000 £64,029
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +1.52% +0.83%
75th Percentile £74,375 £77,500 £72,647
90th Percentile £86,625 £78,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the UK

Scrum Master
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master.

Salary trend for Scrum Master in the UK

Scrum Master
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Scrum Master in the UK

Scrum Master
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum Master within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +122 26 £64,750 -4.07% 25
UK excluding London +162 19 £60,000 +11.11% 16
South East +103 8 £70,000 +7.69% 4
London +88 7 £75,000 - 12
Work from Home +163 5 £47,000 -37.33% 24
North of England +68 5 £45,000 -13.46% 4
Yorkshire +77 4 £44,500 -14.41%
South West +101 2 £53,750 -20.37% 1
East of England - 2 £62,500 -
Scotland +123 1 - - 2
Midlands +78 1 - - 6
West Midlands +50 1 - - 6
North West +15 1 £64,500 +19.44% 3

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Scrum Master 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 permanent job ads featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Scrum
1 28 (100.00%) Agile
2 17 (60.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (60.71%) Product Ownership
3 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 12 (42.86%) Sprint Retrospective
4 12 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
5 10 (35.71%) Coaching
6 9 (32.14%) DevOps
6 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (28.57%) Project Management
7 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
8 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
9 6 (21.43%) Product Backlog
9 6 (21.43%) Kanban
9 6 (21.43%) JIRA
10 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
10 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
10 5 (17.86%) Azure
10 5 (17.86%) Backlog Management
11 4 (14.29%) Sprint Review
11 4 (14.29%) Servant Leadership
11 4 (14.29%) SaaS
11 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
11 4 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (14.29%) Finance
11 4 (14.29%) C#
11 4 (14.29%) TDD
11 4 (14.29%) Retail

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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Productboard
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Trello
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (14.29%) SaaS
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Miro
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) GIS
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Retail
3 3 (10.71%) Banking
3 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (60.71%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.14%) N-Tier
2 2 (7.14%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Agile
1 28 (100.00%) Scrum
2 17 (60.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
3 12 (42.86%) Sprint Retrospective
4 10 (35.71%) Coaching
5 9 (32.14%) DevOps
5 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (28.57%) Project Management
7 7 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
7 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (21.43%) Kanban
8 6 (21.43%) Product Backlog
9 5 (17.86%) Backlog Management
10 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 4 (14.29%) Servant Leadership
10 4 (14.29%) Sprint Review
10 4 (14.29%) TDD
11 3 (10.71%) Product Management
11 3 (10.71%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.57%) ESRI