Scrum Master Jobs

Scrum Master
UK

The median Scrum Master salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 820 717 562
Rank change year-on-year -103 -155 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Scrum Master 88 220 989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.24% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.26% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 49 128 639
10th Percentile £44,500 £44,775 £45,750
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,313 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year -5.22% -3.36% +17.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 103,724 84,717 165,173
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 91.22% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 73,308 55,181 85,146
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,605 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 11 June 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 11 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
England -82 67 £66,250 +6.00% 15
UK excluding London -135 61 £54,500 -5.22% 14
Work from Home -42 34 £70,000 +16.67% 10
London +41 24 £75,000 -3.23% 3
North of England -1 19 £56,500 +2.73% 4
North West -18 15 £58,000 +15.15% 1
South East -39 10 £51,250 -18.00% 3
Scotland -67 9 £54,000 -1.82% 1
Wales +19 8 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West -25 8 £67,500 -1.92% 2
Midlands -65 6 £39,969 -22.01% 3
East Midlands -37 4 £39,969 -23.87%
Yorkshire +35 3 £54,500 -9.17% 2
West Midlands -53 2 £53,600 +4.59% 3
North East -19 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 featuring Scrum Master in the job title.

1 88 (100.00%) Scrum
2 83 (94.32%) Agile
3 55 (62.50%) Social Skills
4 42 (47.73%) Coaching
5 38 (43.18%) JIRA
6 34 (38.64%) Product Ownership
7 30 (34.09%) Project Management
8 29 (32.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (26.14%) Finance
10 22 (25.00%) DevOps
11 21 (23.86%) Agile Coaching
12 20 (22.73%) SDLC
13 19 (21.59%) Mentoring
13 19 (21.59%) Confluence
13 19 (21.59%) Kanban
14 17 (19.32%) Security Cleared
14 17 (19.32%) Burndown Charts
14 17 (19.32%) Backlog Prioritisation
14 17 (19.32%) Backlog Refinement
15 14 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (15.91%) Sprint Planning
15 14 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
15 14 (15.91%) Degree
16 13 (14.77%) SC Cleared
16 13 (14.77%) PMO
16 13 (14.77%) Sprint Retrospective
17 12 (13.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 12 (13.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 12 (13.64%) Cadence
17 12 (13.64%) Product Backlog

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 19 (21.59%) Confluence
2 3 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.14%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.95%) Azure
2 6 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.41%) SaaS
5 1 (1.14%) AWS
5 1 (1.14%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.55%) Power BI
2 2 (2.27%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (43.18%) JIRA
General
1 55 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 23 (26.14%) Finance
3 9 (10.23%) Banking
4 8 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.68%) Investment Banking
5 5 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.55%) Law
7 3 (3.41%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.27%) Tech for Good
9 1 (1.14%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (1.14%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 34 (38.64%) Product Ownership
2 12 (13.64%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.82%) Virtual Team
4 5 (5.68%) PMI
5 2 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.27%) iPad
6 1 (1.14%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (100.00%) Scrum
2 83 (94.32%) Agile
3 42 (47.73%) Coaching
4 30 (34.09%) Project Management
5 29 (32.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (25.00%) DevOps
7 21 (23.86%) Agile Coaching
8 20 (22.73%) SDLC
9 19 (21.59%) Kanban
9 19 (21.59%) Mentoring
10 17 (19.32%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 17 (19.32%) Backlog Refinement
10 17 (19.32%) Burndown Charts
11 14 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
11 14 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (15.91%) Sprint Planning
12 13 (14.77%) Sprint Retrospective
13 12 (13.64%) Product Backlog
13 12 (13.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 12 (13.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.41%) Java
2 2 (2.27%) SQL
3 1 (1.14%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (19.32%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.91%) Degree
3 13 (14.77%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.82%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.27%) CSPO
7 1 (1.14%) PMP
7 1 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.77%) PMO
2 4 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (13.64%) Cadence
2 5 (5.68%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.55%) SAP
4 3 (3.41%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.27%) Oracle
6 1 (1.14%) Facebook
6 1 (1.14%) Instagram
6 1 (1.14%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.14%) Twitter
6 1 (1.14%) YouTube