Scaled Agile Framework Contracts in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 191 209
Rank change year-on-year -29 +18 -2
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 186 294 390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.91% 1.25% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.40% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 227 297
10th Percentile £413 £450 £430
25th Percentile £487 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +4.42% +16.49%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £705 £705 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 9
10th Percentile - £49.70 -
25th Percentile - £70.00 £42.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £85.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.65% +88.89% -30.23%
75th Percentile - - £67.36
90th Percentile - £89.00 £85.75
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £85.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.65% +91.01% -17.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Scaled Agile Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework
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 Scaled Agile Framework within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East -9 63 £550 -8.33% 18
South West +7 41 £669 +4.49% 14
North of England +10 31 £518 -5.91% 10
Midlands +22 19 £675 +19.47% 10
Scotland +33 18 £479 -12.00% 6
West Midlands +27 18 £675 +24.14% 7
North West +9 18 £510 -7.27% 3
East of England -13 14 £635 +8.22% 6
Yorkshire +6 11 £600 -1.23% 7
North East +13 2 £533 +3.90%
East Midlands +8 1 £550 -8.33% 2
Scaled Agile Framework
UK

Scaled Agile Framework
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 (9.14%) Confluence
2 6 (3.23%) Apache
2 6 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.69%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.61%) CMS
4 3 (1.61%) Drupal
Applications
1 26 (13.98%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (13.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (13.44%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (13.44%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.08%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.08%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.08%) SAP CRM
2 2 (1.08%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.08%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.08%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (1.08%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 43 (23.12%) Azure
2 30 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (8.06%) AWS
4 12 (6.45%) GCP
5 8 (4.30%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.23%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.23%) PowerApps
6 6 (3.23%) Serverless
6 6 (3.23%) Snowflake
7 5 (2.69%) Amazon EMR
7 5 (2.69%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.69%) SaaS
8 3 (1.61%) GitHub
9 2 (1.08%) PaaS
9 2 (1.08%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.84%) Network Security
2 5 (2.69%) FTP
3 4 (2.15%) DNS
3 4 (2.15%) Firewall
4 3 (1.61%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (1.61%) SAN
4 3 (1.61%) SSL
5 1 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.54%) RTP
5 1 (0.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.30%) Power BI
2 6 (3.23%) Big Data
3 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.08%) GIS
4 2 (1.08%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.08%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.54%) Ataccama
5 1 (0.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 78 (41.94%) JIRA
2 14 (7.53%) Git
2 14 (7.53%) TestRail
3 9 (4.84%) Selenium
4 8 (4.30%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.23%) Robot Framework
5 6 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (3.23%) Subversion
6 3 (1.61%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.61%) GitLab
7 2 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.54%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.54%) GoCD
8 1 (0.54%) VersionOne
8 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (36.56%) Analytical Skills
1 68 (36.56%) Finance
2 59 (31.72%) Social Skills
3 29 (15.59%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (9.14%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.84%) Banking
5 9 (4.84%) Marketing
5 9 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (3.76%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.23%) Military
8 4 (2.15%) Games
9 3 (1.61%) Billing
10 2 (1.08%) Electronics
10 2 (1.08%) Front Office
10 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.08%) Retail
10 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.54%) Law
11 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (25.27%) Lead
2 26 (13.98%) Analyst
3 24 (12.90%) Project Leader
4 18 (9.68%) Project Manager
5 17 (9.14%) Architect
5 17 (9.14%) Scrum Master
6 14 (7.53%) Test Analyst
7 13 (6.99%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
8 12 (6.45%) Senior
9 8 (4.30%) Data Engineer
9 8 (4.30%) Developer
10 7 (3.76%) Technical Architect
11 6 (3.23%) SOC Manager
11 6 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.69%) Cloud Engineer
12 5 (2.69%) SAP Manager
12 5 (2.69%) SAP Project Manager
12 5 (2.69%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 5 (2.69%) Solutions Analyst
13 4 (2.15%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.76%) REST
2 6 (3.23%) XML
3 5 (2.69%) CSS
3 5 (2.69%) GraphQL
3 5 (2.69%) HTML
3 5 (2.69%) JSON
3 5 (2.69%) Kafka
4 4 (2.15%) .NET
5 3 (1.61%) gRPC
5 3 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.61%) React
6 2 (1.08%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.08%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.54%) DOM
7 1 (0.54%) HTML5
7 1 (0.54%) jQuery
7 1 (0.54%) Node.js
7 1 (0.54%) OAuth
7 1 (0.54%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.06%) Client/Server
2 14 (7.53%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 6 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.15%) PKI
5 4 (2.15%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.61%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.61%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.08%) DataPower
7 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) PMI
7 2 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.54%) Life Science
8 1 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.68%) Linux
2 17 (9.14%) Windows
3 15 (8.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 15 (8.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (94.62%) Agile
2 67 (36.02%) Scrum
3 57 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 49 (26.34%) DevOps
5 46 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (20.43%) Project Delivery
6 38 (20.43%) Project Management
7 37 (19.89%) PRINCE2
8 30 (16.13%) Roadmaps
8 30 (16.13%) Test Automation
9 29 (15.59%) Data Management
10 28 (15.05%) Coaching
11 26 (13.98%) Workshop Facilitation
12 25 (13.44%) Continuous Integration
12 25 (13.44%) Kanban
12 25 (13.44%) Project Planning
13 24 (12.90%) Commercial Awareness
13 24 (12.90%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 24 (12.90%) Programme Management
14 18 (9.68%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.74%) Python
2 18 (9.68%) Java
3 15 (8.06%) PowerShell
3 15 (8.06%) SQL
3 15 (8.06%) VBScript
4 11 (5.91%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.38%) C#
6 5 (2.69%) Scala
7 3 (1.61%) Go
8 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.08%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.54%) Bash
9 1 (0.54%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 78 (41.94%) Security Cleared
2 65 (34.95%) DV Cleared
3 25 (13.44%) APMP
4 17 (9.14%) Degree
5 14 (7.53%) ISTQB
5 14 (7.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 12 (6.45%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.30%) PMP
9 7 (3.76%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.69%) CISM
10 5 (2.69%) CISSP
11 3 (1.61%) CCNA
11 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.61%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.08%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.52%) PMO
2 12 (6.45%) QA
3 6 (3.23%) NIST
3 6 (3.23%) NIST 800
4 4 (2.15%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.08%) GxP
5 2 (1.08%) P3O
6 1 (0.54%) GAMP
6 1 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.54%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.54%) NCSC
6 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.61%) Docker
3 2 (1.08%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.54%) NFS
4 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (4.84%) Ansible
2 5 (2.69%) Terraform
3 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.14%) VMware
3 16 (8.60%) Salesforce
3 16 (8.60%) SAP
4 8 (4.30%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.76%) Databricks
6 6 (3.23%) Google
6 6 (3.23%) Informatica
6 6 (3.23%) Talend
7 4 (2.15%) Oracle
7 4 (2.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.61%) ArcSight
8 3 (1.61%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (1.61%) Cadence
8 3 (1.61%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.61%) Cisco
8 3 (1.61%) F5
8 3 (1.61%) IBM
9 2 (1.08%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.08%) StreamSets