Scaled Agile Framework Contracts in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Scaled Agile Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 121 105
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 +2
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 42 50 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.31% 1.38% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.54% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 36 57
10th Percentile £560 £483 £458
25th Percentile £563 £600 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £645 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £734 £675 £673
90th Percentile £805 £716 £775
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £69.70 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £53.00 £85.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.65% +102.38% -40.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £68.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £85.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.65% +91.01% -24.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Scaled Agile Framework is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,654 3,248 3,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.02% 89.70% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 2,395 2,337
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £723 £668
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 332 192
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £16.89 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £61.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +26.52% +8.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.98
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Scaled Agile Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the South West over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire +23 26 £575 -4.17% 3
Wiltshire -4 10 £650 +0.78% 2
Bristol +12 5 £723 +3.21% 6
Scaled Agile Framework
England

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (11.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (59.52%) Microsoft Office
1 25 (59.52%) Microsoft Project
1 25 (59.52%) Spreadsheet
2 24 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) AWS
1 2 (4.76%) Azure
1 2 (4.76%) GCP
2 1 (2.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (2.38%) DNS
2 1 (2.38%) Internet
2 1 (2.38%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (71.43%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) GitLab
2 1 (2.38%) GoCD
2 1 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (73.81%) Analytical Skills
1 31 (73.81%) Social Skills
2 29 (69.05%) Finance
3 24 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (14.29%) Military
5 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.76%) Electronics
7 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.76%) Marketing
7 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (59.52%) Lead
2 24 (57.14%) Project Leader
3 7 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 6 (14.29%) SOC Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Architect
5 3 (7.14%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Senior
6 2 (4.76%) Scrum Master
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Transformation Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.76%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Agile Project Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Lead DevOps
7 1 (2.38%) Principal Architect
7 1 (2.38%) Product Owner
7 1 (2.38%) Project Officer
7 1 (2.38%) Project Support Officer
7 1 (2.38%) Senior Scrum Master
7 1 (2.38%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
1 6 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.76%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.38%) PKI
3 1 (2.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Agile
2 28 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (59.52%) PRINCE2
3 25 (59.52%) Project Delivery
3 25 (59.52%) Project Management
3 25 (59.52%) Project Planning
3 25 (59.52%) Workshop Facilitation
4 24 (57.14%) Commercial Awareness
4 24 (57.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 24 (57.14%) Data Management
4 24 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (30.95%) Programme Management
6 10 (23.81%) Mentoring
7 6 (14.29%) Coaching
7 6 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (14.29%) Information Security
7 6 (14.29%) Resource Management
7 6 (14.29%) Security Architecture
7 6 (14.29%) Security Operations
7 6 (14.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 34 (80.95%) DV Cleared
3 25 (59.52%) APMP
4 5 (11.90%) CISM
4 5 (11.90%) CISSP
4 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 2 (4.76%) PMP
6 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (57.14%) PMO
2 6 (14.29%) NIST
2 6 (14.29%) NIST 800
3 2 (4.76%) QA
4 1 (2.38%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (2.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.38%) NFS
1 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Ansible
1 1 (2.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (59.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Atlassian
2 2 (4.76%) SAP
2 2 (4.76%) VMware
3 1 (2.38%) Citrix