Scrum Master Contracts in London

Scrum Master
England > London

The median Scrum Master daily rate in London is £550, 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 328 358 291
Rank change year-on-year +30 -67 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Scrum Master 72 124 364
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.41% 0.49% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.52% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 84 249
10th Percentile £363 £408 £425
25th Percentile £433 £497 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £664 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £56.88
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year - +36.17% -
75th Percentile - £90.13 £60.63
90th Percentile - £94.85 -
England median hourly rate - £80.00 £51.88
% change year-on-year - +54.22% -26.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Scrum Master
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scrum Master in London

Scrum Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Scrum Master in London

Scrum Master
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Scrum Master in London

Scrum Master
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Scrum Master in London

Scrum Master
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
Central London +28 12 £575 -4.17%
South London +11 4 £588 +2.62%
West London +21 2 £385 -18.95%
Scrum Master
England

Scrum Master Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 London region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 72 (100.00%) Scrum
2 58 (80.56%) Agile
3 26 (36.11%) Finance
4 25 (34.72%) DevOps
5 24 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 21 (29.17%) Banking
7 17 (23.61%) Coaching
7 17 (23.61%) Azure
8 15 (20.83%) Kanban
8 15 (20.83%) Project Management
8 15 (20.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 15 (20.83%) Sprint Retrospective
8 15 (20.83%) Sprint Planning
8 15 (20.83%) Sprint Review
8 15 (20.83%) Product Ownership
9 14 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (18.06%) Mentoring
10 13 (18.06%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (15.28%) SDLC
11 11 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (15.28%) Decision-Making
11 11 (15.28%) Project Delivery
12 9 (12.50%) PRINCE2
12 9 (12.50%) PMP
12 9 (12.50%) PMI Certification
12 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (12.50%) JIRA
13 8 (11.11%) Degree
13 8 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
13 8 (11.11%) Roadmaps

Scrum Master Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (5.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) Apache
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.39%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.61%) Azure
2 13 (18.06%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.78%) AWS
3 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.39%) Miro
4 1 (1.39%) Serverless
4 1 (1.39%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (36.11%) Finance
2 24 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 21 (29.17%) Banking
4 7 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.94%) Front Office
5 5 (6.94%) Investment Banking
5 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.56%) Retail
7 3 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (2.78%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.39%) Games
9 1 (1.39%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.39%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.39%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) HTML
1 1 (1.39%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.33%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.78%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.39%) Derivative
5 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.39%) Equities
5 1 (1.39%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Android
1 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (100.00%) Scrum
2 58 (80.56%) Agile
3 25 (34.72%) DevOps
4 17 (23.61%) Coaching
5 15 (20.83%) Kanban
5 15 (20.83%) Project Management
5 15 (20.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 15 (20.83%) Sprint Planning
5 15 (20.83%) Sprint Retrospective
5 15 (20.83%) Sprint Review
6 14 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (18.06%) Mentoring
8 11 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (15.28%) Decision-Making
8 11 (15.28%) Project Delivery
8 11 (15.28%) SDLC
9 9 (12.50%) PRINCE2
9 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.33%) SQL
2 5 (6.94%) Java
2 5 (6.94%) Python
3 1 (1.39%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 9 (12.50%) PMP
2 8 (11.11%) Degree
3 4 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.56%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) QA
2 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.39%) GAAP
2 1 (1.39%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Docker
1 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (5.56%) Splunk
2 2 (2.78%) Automation Anywhere
2 2 (2.78%) Blue Prism
2 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.78%) UiPath
3 1 (1.39%) Planview
3 1 (1.39%) SAP
3 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow