Scrum Master Contracts in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
UK > UK excluding London

The median Scrum Master daily rate in the UK excluding London is £460, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 320 236
Rank change year-on-year -24 -84 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 57 110 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.48% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.51% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 69 229
10th Percentile £373 £410 £408
25th Percentile £403 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -0.97% +8.42%
75th Percentile £573 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £644 £628
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 13
10th Percentile - £64.00 £32.69
25th Percentile - £70.00 £37.43
Median hourly rate £68.00 £85.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +105.54% -40.92%
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - £88.00 £85.60
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £80.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -15.00% +93.45% -40.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scrum Master in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scrum Master in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum Master within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
South East +5 19 £500 -1.96% 3
North of England +16 13 £400 -29.52% 4
Scotland +39 10 £475 -6.40% 1
North West +20 10 £391 -32.00% 1
Midlands 0 7 £560 +24.44% 3
South West +2 4 £470 -4.57% 2
West Midlands +1 4 £605 +34.44% 3
Yorkshire +8 3 £475 -15.18% 2
East Midlands +7 3 £413 -17.40%
East of England -11 3 £444 -15.48%
Wales - 1 £350 - 1
Scrum Master
UK

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 57 (100.00%) Scrum
2 43 (75.44%) Agile
3 19 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 16 (28.07%) JIRA
4 16 (28.07%) Kanban
5 14 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (22.81%) Agile Coaching
7 12 (21.05%) Product Ownership
8 11 (19.30%) Coaching
9 10 (17.54%) Sprint Planning
9 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
10 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (14.04%) Java
11 8 (14.04%) Salesforce
11 8 (14.04%) Project Management
11 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
11 8 (14.04%) Security Cleared
11 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
11 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (12.28%) Sprint Review
12 7 (12.28%) Sprint Retrospective
12 7 (12.28%) Product Backlog
12 7 (12.28%) Public Sector
12 7 (12.28%) Conflict Resolution
12 7 (12.28%) Banking
12 7 (12.28%) Finance
13 6 (10.53%) Confluence
13 6 (10.53%) Mentoring
13 6 (10.53%) Decision-Making
14 5 (8.77%) SDLC

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.02%) AWS
2 3 (5.26%) Azure
3 2 (3.51%) IaaS
4 1 (1.75%) Basecamp
4 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.75%) Figma
4 1 (1.75%) Miro
4 1 (1.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (28.07%) JIRA
General
1 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.28%) Banking
2 7 (12.28%) Finance
2 7 (12.28%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.26%) Billing
4 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Front Office
4 2 (3.51%) Games
5 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.75%) Retail
5 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.75%) IoT
2 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (100.00%) Scrum
2 43 (75.44%) Agile
3 19 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 16 (28.07%) Kanban
5 14 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (22.81%) Agile Coaching
7 11 (19.30%) Coaching
8 10 (17.54%) Sprint Planning
9 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
10 8 (14.04%) Project Management
11 7 (12.28%) Conflict Resolution
11 7 (12.28%) Product Backlog
11 7 (12.28%) Sprint Retrospective
11 7 (12.28%) Sprint Review
12 6 (10.53%) Decision-Making
12 6 (10.53%) Mentoring
13 5 (8.77%) SDLC
13 5 (8.77%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) Java
2 5 (8.77%) JavaScript
2 5 (8.77%) Python
3 2 (3.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
1 8 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.77%) Degree
3 3 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.26%) PMP
4 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.51%) Atlassian
2 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft