Scaled Agile Framework Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Scaled Agile Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 101 85
Rank change year-on-year -21 -16 +50
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 18 20 41
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.73% 1.12% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.20% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 32
10th Percentile £404 £478 £405
25th Percentile £499 £504 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £633 £510
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +24.07% -25.82%
75th Percentile £686 £688 £623
90th Percentile £763 £690 £738
Central London median daily rate £550 £633 £510
% change year-on-year -13.08% +24.07% -24.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,108 1,669 1,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.90% 93.82% 91.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,425 1,068 1,350
10th Percentile £366 £350 £363
25th Percentile £453 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £554 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -3.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 15
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.02 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.46 £24.43 £20.36
Median hourly rate £20.25 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.93% +10.19% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.74 £50.75 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.72 £66.25 £67.35
Central London median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -16.87% +11.47% -20.54%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scaled Agile Framework relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Scaled Agile Framework job vacancy trend in the City of London

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Scaled Agile Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Scaled Agile Framework

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the City of London

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) GCP
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.56%) Mimecast
4 1 (5.56%) SaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Smartsheet
4 1 (5.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Data Vault
2 1 (5.56%) Delta Lake
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Retail
4 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Product Owner
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Head of PMO
3 1 (5.56%) Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Lead Product Owner
3 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) ADO
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (5.56%) GraphQL
1 1 (5.56%) Jest
1 1 (5.56%) Next.js
1 1 (5.56%) Node.js
1 1 (5.56%) Playwright
1 1 (5.56%) React
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (11.11%) Life Science
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Credit Risk
3 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Reinsurance
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Agile
2 10 (55.56%) Scrum
3 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (22.22%) Validation
6 3 (16.67%) DevOps
6 3 (16.67%) Kanban
6 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 3 (16.67%) Product Management
6 3 (16.67%) Product Vision
6 3 (16.67%) Release Train
6 3 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (16.67%) Technical Debt
6 3 (16.67%) User Stories
7 2 (11.11%) Product Requirements
7 2 (11.11%) Software Assurance
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C#
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
1 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) CSPO
2 2 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (11.11%) GxP
2 2 (11.11%) PMO
3 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.56%) GDPR
3 1 (5.56%) GRC
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.56%) NCSC
3 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Databricks
2 1 (5.56%) F5
2 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.56%) Google
2 1 (5.56%) Informatica
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.56%) Planview
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Tenable
2 1 (5.56%) Workday