Scaled Agile Framework Contracts in Cheshire

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Scaled Agile Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 45 56
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 4 13 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.89% 2.58% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 3.06% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 6
10th Percentile £326 £390 £456
25th Percentile £339 £398 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £493 £575
Median % change year-on-year -25.94% -14.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £393 £515 £600
90th Percentile £409 - -
North West median daily rate £413 £510 £550
% change year-on-year -19.12% -7.27% -6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Scaled Agile Framework falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in Cheshire

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in Cheshire

Scaled Agile Framework
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Warrington - 2 £413 - 2
Knutsford -7 1 £317 -19.75%
Crewe - 1 - -
Scaled Agile Framework
North West

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Gantt Chart
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) SWOT Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) VB
1 1 (25.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
1 1 (25.00%) MCSA
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) McAfee
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec
1 1 (25.00%) VMware