Scrum Master
UK

The median Scrum Master salary in the UK is £61,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 820 706 548
Rank change year-on-year -114 -158 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 87 259 959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.26% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.28% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 48 149 641
10th Percentile £43,099 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £64,029 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.34% +0.05% +16.36%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £78,250 £80,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

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 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Scrum Master in the UK

Scrum Master
Top 16 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 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -88 68 £67,500 +5.42% 13
UK excluding London -116 59 £54,000 -10.00% 10
Work from Home -23 35 £75,000 +17.13% 9
London +52 25 £75,000 -3.23% 5
North of England +11 20 £56,000 -6.67% 1
North West +6 17 £58,000 +16.00%
South East -25 10 £51,250 -18.00% 3
Scotland -81 9 £54,000 -7.87% 1
South West -8 8 £67,500 -1.92% 2
Wales +10 6 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Midlands -48 5 £39,969 -15.86% 1
East Midlands -10 4 £39,969 -30.49% 1
Yorkshire +45 2 £54,000 -15.66%
North East -3 1 - - 1
West Midlands -36 1 £42,200 -11.16%
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 87 (100.00%) Scrum
2 82 (94.25%) Agile
3 55 (63.22%) Social Skills
4 43 (49.43%) Coaching
5 36 (41.38%) JIRA
6 35 (40.23%) Product Ownership
7 31 (35.63%) Project Management
8 27 (31.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (25.29%) Agile Coaching
10 21 (24.14%) DevOps
11 20 (22.99%) Mentoring
11 20 (22.99%) SDLC
11 20 (22.99%) Finance
12 18 (20.69%) Confluence
12 18 (20.69%) Burndown Charts
13 17 (19.54%) Backlog Refinement
13 17 (19.54%) Kanban
13 17 (19.54%) Backlog Prioritisation
14 16 (18.39%) Security Cleared
15 15 (17.24%) Degree
16 14 (16.09%) Actionable Insight
16 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
17 13 (14.94%) PMO
17 13 (14.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 12 (13.79%) Sprint Planning
18 12 (13.79%) Cadence
18 12 (13.79%) SC Cleared
18 12 (13.79%) Product Backlog
18 12 (13.79%) Onboarding
19 11 (12.64%) Sprint Retrospective

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 18 (20.69%) Confluence
2 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.90%) Azure
2 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.60%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.30%) SaaS
5 1 (1.15%) AWS
5 1 (1.15%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Power BI
2 2 (2.30%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (41.38%) JIRA
General
1 55 (63.22%) Social Skills
2 20 (22.99%) Finance
3 10 (11.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.20%) Banking
5 5 (5.75%) Investment Banking
5 5 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Law
7 3 (3.45%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.15%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.15%) Marketing
8 1 (1.15%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 35 (40.23%) Product Ownership
2 12 (13.79%) Onboarding
3 9 (10.34%) Virtual Team
4 5 (5.75%) PMI
5 2 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.30%) iPad
6 1 (1.15%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (100.00%) Scrum
2 82 (94.25%) Agile
3 43 (49.43%) Coaching
4 31 (35.63%) Project Management
5 27 (31.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (25.29%) Agile Coaching
7 21 (24.14%) DevOps
8 20 (22.99%) Mentoring
8 20 (22.99%) SDLC
9 18 (20.69%) Burndown Charts
10 17 (19.54%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 17 (19.54%) Backlog Refinement
10 17 (19.54%) Kanban
11 14 (16.09%) Actionable Insight
11 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (14.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 12 (13.79%) Product Backlog
13 12 (13.79%) Sprint Planning
14 11 (12.64%) Sprint Retrospective
15 10 (11.49%) Backlog Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.45%) Java
2 2 (2.30%) SQL
3 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (18.39%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.24%) Degree
3 12 (13.79%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.90%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.30%) CSPO
7 1 (1.15%) PMP
7 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.94%) PMO
2 4 (4.60%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (13.79%) Cadence
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.45%) Atlassian
3 3 (3.45%) SAP
4 2 (2.30%) Oracle
5 1 (1.15%) Facebook
5 1 (1.15%) Instagram
5 1 (1.15%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.15%) Twitter
5 1 (1.15%) YouTube