Agile Scrum Master Contracts

Agile Scrum Master
UK

The median Agile Scrum Master daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 653 742
Rank change year-on-year +93 +89 -100
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Scrum Master 19 41 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.072% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.076% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 28 94
10th Percentile £400 £407 £402
25th Percentile £450 £483 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £603 £639 £600
90th Percentile £638 £713 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £531 £506
% change year-on-year +3.53% +4.94% +10.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £71.25
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - +10.34% -
75th Percentile - £90.13 £73.75
90th Percentile - £94.85 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,468 54,175 84,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,716 37,826 59,224
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,504 2,051
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%

Agile Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile Scrum Master.

Daily rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Scrum Master over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile Scrum Master.

Hourly rate trend for Agile Scrum Master in the UK

Agile Scrum Master
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Scrum Master within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +97 18 £550 -4.35% 1
London +93 15 £569 -7.14%
Work from Home +102 6 £600 - 1
UK excluding London +41 3 £550 +3.53% 1
South East +20 1 £600 -
Midlands +16 1 £550 +2.33% 1
South West +9 1 £500 +29.87%
East Midlands - 1 £550 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Agile 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 job ads featuring Agile Scrum Master in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Scrum
1 19 (100.00%) Agile
2 10 (52.63%) Product Ownership
3 8 (42.11%) Finance
4 7 (36.84%) DevOps
5 6 (31.58%) Project Management
6 5 (26.32%) SQL
6 5 (26.32%) Python
6 5 (26.32%) Banking
6 5 (26.32%) JIRA
6 5 (26.32%) Splunk
7 4 (21.05%) Kanban
7 4 (21.05%) Coaching
7 4 (21.05%) Continuous Delivery
7 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
7 4 (21.05%) Agile Coaching
8 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (15.79%) Change Management
8 3 (15.79%) Azure
9 2 (10.53%) Degree
9 2 (10.53%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (10.53%) SDLC
9 2 (10.53%) Target Operating Model
9 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
9 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
9 2 (10.53%) Service Management

Agile 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 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) ChatGPT
2 1 (5.26%) Miro
2 1 (5.26%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Mobile Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Agile
1 19 (100.00%) Scrum
2 7 (36.84%) DevOps
3 6 (31.58%) Project Management
4 4 (21.05%) Agile Coaching
4 4 (21.05%) Coaching
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (21.05%) Kanban
4 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.79%) Change Management
5 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
6 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
6 2 (10.53%) SDLC
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 2 (10.53%) Six Sigma
6 2 (10.53%) Target Operating Model
6 2 (10.53%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Python
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
1 2 (10.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Splunk
2 1 (5.26%) Planview
2 1 (5.26%) UiPath