Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Scaled Agile Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 335 372
Rank change year-on-year -100 +37 +16
Permanent jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 539 1,079 1,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 1.03% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.08% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 312 339 616
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £62,456
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Scaled Agile Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework.

Salary trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -108 442 £75,000 +3.48% 92
UK excluding London -117 391 £72,500 +7.41% 59
Work from Home -154 136 £72,500 +5.84% 40
London -19 121 £75,000 -9.09% 29
South East +11 114 £64,000 -8.57% 24
North of England -40 97 £85,000 +47.83% 9
North West +22 74 £90,000 +41.18% 5
Scotland -38 64 £65,000 -18.75% 2
South West -21 55 £105,000 +50.00% 10
Midlands -94 44 £69,250 +25.91% 5
West Midlands -74 32 £75,000 +39.53% 4
North East +3 12 £52,500 -
East Midlands -21 12 £67,500 +12.50% 1
Yorkshire -21 11 £77,500 +3.33% 4
East of England -58 7 - - 9
Wales +1 6 - - 1
Northern Ireland +27 4 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

Scaled Agile Framework
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 65 (12.06%) Confluence
2 26 (4.82%) Apache
3 24 (4.45%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.30%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.37%) CMS
5 2 (0.37%) Moodle
5 2 (0.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.86%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 239 (44.34%) Azure
2 124 (23.01%) AWS
3 82 (15.21%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (10.20%) GCP
5 44 (8.16%) AWS CloudFormation
6 38 (7.05%) SaaS
7 34 (6.31%) Serverless
8 30 (5.57%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (4.64%) OpenShift
10 24 (4.45%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (3.34%) PaaS
13 17 (3.15%) BlazeMeter
14 16 (2.97%) IaaS
15 12 (2.23%) GitHub
16 5 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (0.93%) Collibra
16 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (0.74%) Snowflake
18 3 (0.56%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.45%) AMQP
2 20 (3.71%) Network Security
3 15 (2.78%) Firewall
4 6 (1.11%) Wireless
5 5 (0.93%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.74%) Internet
7 3 (0.56%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.56%) Broadband
7 3 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.56%) Cisco Wireless
7 3 (0.56%) MPLS
7 3 (0.56%) NaaS
7 3 (0.56%) SAN
7 3 (0.56%) SSL
7 3 (0.56%) VPN
7 3 (0.56%) WAN
8 1 (0.19%) 5G
8 1 (0.19%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.72%) SQL Server
2 46 (8.53%) Data Vault
3 40 (7.42%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (6.31%) Delta Lake
5 30 (5.57%) Big Data
6 25 (4.64%) Hadoop
7 24 (4.45%) Cloudera CDH
7 24 (4.45%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.60%) NoSQL
9 12 (2.23%) InfluxDB
10 7 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.11%) Metadata
12 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.37%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.37%) MySQL
13 2 (0.37%) Redis
13 2 (0.37%) Tableau
14 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 152 (28.20%) JIRA
2 29 (5.38%) Jenkins
3 18 (3.34%) JMeter
4 17 (3.15%) Selenium
5 14 (2.60%) SonarQube
6 13 (2.41%) GitLab
6 13 (2.41%) WebDriver
7 11 (2.04%) NUnit
7 11 (2.04%) Visual Studio
8 10 (1.86%) TestRail
9 7 (1.30%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.30%) gulp
10 6 (1.11%) Git
10 6 (1.11%) Oracle APEX
11 5 (0.93%) Spinnaker
12 4 (0.74%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.74%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.74%) Subversion
13 3 (0.56%) Postman
General
1 152 (28.20%) Social Skills
2 128 (23.75%) Finance
3 85 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (8.72%) Marketing
6 44 (8.16%) Public Sector
7 43 (7.98%) Law
8 35 (6.49%) Aerospace
9 24 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (4.08%) Banking
11 20 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (3.34%) Military
13 6 (1.11%) Legal
13 6 (1.11%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.56%) Retail
15 2 (0.37%) Electronics
15 2 (0.37%) Games
15 2 (0.37%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 99 (18.37%) Architect
2 82 (15.21%) Analyst
3 81 (15.03%) Senior
4 60 (11.13%) Lead
5 59 (10.95%) Solutions Architect
6 54 (10.02%) Data Engineer
6 54 (10.02%) Software Engineer
7 45 (8.35%) Business Analyst
8 37 (6.86%) Senior Architect
9 35 (6.49%) Project Manager
10 33 (6.12%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 26 (4.82%) Consultant
12 25 (4.64%) Informatica Engineer
12 25 (4.64%) Java Engineer
13 24 (4.45%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
14 22 (4.08%) Product Owner
15 21 (3.90%) Full Stack Engineer
15 21 (3.90%) Full Stack Software Engineer
16 20 (3.71%) Java Software Engineer
17 19 (3.53%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (11.69%) React
2 44 (8.16%) REST
3 35 (6.49%) Spring
4 34 (6.31%) Node.js
5 33 (6.12%) .NET
5 33 (6.12%) Spring Boot
6 28 (5.19%) RabbitMQ
7 26 (4.82%) AngularJS
8 25 (4.64%) gRPC
9 24 (4.45%) Material-UI
9 24 (4.45%) OpenAPI
9 24 (4.45%) Swagger
10 21 (3.90%) PySpark
11 20 (3.71%) Kafka
11 20 (3.71%) Middleware
12 14 (2.60%) .NET Core
13 13 (2.41%) Elastic Stack
14 12 (2.23%) JSON
14 12 (2.23%) XML
15 9 (1.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 113 (20.96%) Product Ownership
2 80 (14.84%) Cloud Native
3 74 (13.73%) Data Structures
4 60 (11.13%) Public Cloud
5 42 (7.79%) Reinsurance
6 20 (3.71%) Cyber Defence
7 18 (3.34%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (3.15%) Market Risk
9 15 (2.78%) Management Information System
10 13 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (2.04%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.86%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.67%) IoT
14 8 (1.48%) Data Centre
15 6 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (0.93%) PMI
17 3 (0.56%) Algorithms
17 3 (0.56%) Client/Server
17 3 (0.56%) CMDB
17 3 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 75 (13.91%) Linux
2 32 (5.94%) Windows
3 31 (5.75%) Ubuntu
4 26 (4.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (4.45%) CentOS
5 24 (4.45%) Debian
6 7 (1.30%) Solaris
6 7 (1.30%) Unix
7 3 (0.56%) Android
7 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (96.85%) Agile
2 307 (56.96%) Scrum
3 144 (26.72%) DevOps
4 108 (20.04%) Software Engineering
5 104 (19.29%) Kanban
6 99 (18.37%) Mentoring
7 89 (16.51%) Actionable Insight
7 89 (16.51%) Microservices
8 82 (15.21%) Coaching
9 81 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
10 76 (14.10%) Decision-Making
11 71 (13.17%) Data Modelling
12 69 (12.80%) Project Management
13 68 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 67 (12.43%) Collaborative Working
15 66 (12.24%) Analytics
15 66 (12.24%) Data Analysis
16 63 (11.69%) Roadmaps
17 61 (11.32%) CI/CD
18 59 (10.95%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 89 (16.51%) Java
2 81 (15.03%) Python
3 79 (14.66%) SQL
4 78 (14.47%) JavaScript
5 40 (7.42%) C#
6 14 (2.60%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.41%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.23%) Bash
9 9 (1.67%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.30%) C
11 6 (1.11%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.11%) SOQL
12 3 (0.56%) C++
12 3 (0.56%) Go
13 2 (0.37%) VBScript
14 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.19%) R
14 1 (0.19%) Ruby
14 1 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 125 (23.19%) Security Cleared
2 85 (15.77%) Degree
3 84 (15.58%) SC Cleared
4 63 (11.69%) DV Cleared
5 39 (7.24%) TOGAF Certification
6 30 (5.57%) PMI Certification
7 25 (4.64%) PMP
8 21 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (3.34%) AWS Certification
10 15 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 14 (2.60%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.23%) ISTQB
13 11 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 10 (1.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (1.67%) Master's Degree
16 8 (1.48%) AWS Certified Developer
16 8 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (1.30%) CISSP
18 6 (1.11%) SAFe Agilist
19 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.20%) Data Quality
2 50 (9.28%) QA
3 18 (3.34%) NIST
3 18 (3.34%) NIST 800
4 11 (2.04%) PMO
5 8 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.30%) ISO 13485
7 3 (0.56%) GRC
7 3 (0.56%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.37%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) GAMP
9 1 (0.19%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (4.27%) Docker
2 13 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.48%) KVM
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 50 (9.28%) Kubernetes
2 49 (9.09%) Terraform
3 39 (7.24%) Ansible
4 24 (4.45%) Puppet
5 12 (2.23%) Grafana
5 12 (2.23%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 61 (11.32%) Oracle
2 51 (9.46%) Databricks
2 51 (9.46%) Informatica
3 43 (7.98%) Google
3 43 (7.98%) Microsoft
4 24 (4.45%) Red Hat
4 24 (4.45%) SaltStack
5 17 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.41%) Cisco
7 13 (2.41%) VMware
8 12 (2.23%) SAP
9 8 (1.48%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.11%) Apttus
10 6 (1.11%) Confluent
10 6 (1.11%) DocuSign
11 4 (0.74%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (0.74%) YouTube
12 3 (0.56%) Freshdesk
12 3 (0.56%) Palo Alto