Scrum Master Jobs in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
UK > UK excluding London

The median Scrum Master salary in the UK excluding London is £54,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary 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 718 587 445
Rank change year-on-year -131 -142 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 62 141 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.26% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.29% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28 75 325
10th Percentile £39,516 £43,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £48,968 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -3.36% +17.82%
75th Percentile £60,625 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,500 £72,161 £76,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Scrum Master in the UK excluding London

Scrum Master
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -12 19 £56,500 +2.73% 4
North West -22 15 £58,000 +15.15% 1
South East -41 10 £51,250 -18.00% 3
Scotland -72 9 £54,000 -1.82% 1
Wales +20 8 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West -36 8 £67,500 -1.92% 2
Midlands -77 7 £39,969 -22.01% 3
East Midlands -30 4 £39,969 -23.87%
Yorkshire +43 3 £54,500 -9.17% 2
West Midlands -49 3 £53,600 +4.59% 3
North East -18 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 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 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 UK excluding London region featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 62 (100.00%) Scrum
2 60 (96.77%) Agile
3 39 (62.90%) Social Skills
4 32 (51.61%) Coaching
5 30 (48.39%) JIRA
6 28 (45.16%) Product Ownership
7 25 (40.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (35.48%) Project Management
9 18 (29.03%) Mentoring
9 18 (29.03%) DevOps
10 17 (27.42%) Confluence
11 15 (24.19%) Finance
11 15 (24.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 14 (22.58%) SDLC
13 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (20.97%) Burndown Charts
13 13 (20.97%) Backlog Refinement
13 13 (20.97%) Degree
14 12 (19.35%) Kanban
14 12 (19.35%) Product Backlog
14 12 (19.35%) Agile Coaching
15 11 (17.74%) Sprint Retrospective
15 11 (17.74%) Actionable Insight
15 11 (17.74%) Security Cleared
16 10 (16.13%) SC Cleared
16 10 (16.13%) Cadence
16 10 (16.13%) PMO
16 10 (16.13%) Sprint Planning
16 10 (16.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 10 (16.13%) Backlog Management

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 17 (27.42%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) SAS
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.06%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (6.45%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.45%) SaaS
3 2 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.61%) AWS
4 1 (1.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (48.39%) JIRA
General
1 39 (62.90%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.19%) Finance
3 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.45%) Banking
4 4 (6.45%) Investment Banking
4 4 (6.45%) Law
5 2 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 28 (45.16%) Product Ownership
2 10 (16.13%) Onboarding
3 5 (8.06%) PMI
4 3 (4.84%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.23%) iPad
6 1 (1.61%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Scrum
2 60 (96.77%) Agile
3 32 (51.61%) Coaching
4 25 (40.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (35.48%) Project Management
6 18 (29.03%) DevOps
6 18 (29.03%) Mentoring
7 15 (24.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 14 (22.58%) SDLC
9 13 (20.97%) Backlog Refinement
9 13 (20.97%) Burndown Charts
9 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (19.35%) Agile Coaching
10 12 (19.35%) Kanban
10 12 (19.35%) Product Backlog
11 11 (17.74%) Actionable Insight
11 11 (17.74%) Sprint Retrospective
12 10 (16.13%) Backlog Management
12 10 (16.13%) Sprint Planning
12 10 (16.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) Java
1 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (20.97%) Degree
2 11 (17.74%) Security Cleared
3 10 (16.13%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.68%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) PMO
2 2 (3.23%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (16.13%) Cadence
2 5 (8.06%) SAP
3 3 (4.84%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.61%) Facebook
5 1 (1.61%) Instagram
5 1 (1.61%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.61%) Twitter
5 1 (1.61%) YouTube