Scrum Master Job Trends in the West Midlands

Scrum Master
England > West Midlands

The median Scrum Master salary in the West Midlands is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 215 183
Rank change year-on-year +50 -32 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 2 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.062% 0.069% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.073% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 10
10th Percentile - £54,850 £43,575
25th Percentile £72,500 £56,125 £44,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% +8.18% +1.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £64,125 £58,438
90th Percentile - £66,150 £58,875
England median annual salary £58,750 £57,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.73% -11.15% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,999 5,497 3,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 94.82% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,936 3,024 2,798
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,530 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,529 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £65,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the West Midlands

Scrum Master
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Scrum Master job vacancies in the West Midlands

Scrum Master
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum Master within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Birmingham +26 1 - - 1
Warwickshire - 1 £75,000 -
Scrum Master
England

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA