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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 97 84
Rank change year-on-year -16 -13 +55
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 17 24 42
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.73% 1.43% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.52% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 32
10th Percentile £400 £444 £405
25th Percentile £519 £485 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £613 £505
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +21.29% -25.19%
75th Percentile £707 £676 £619
90th Percentile £764 £690 £673
Central London median daily rate £550 £613 £510
% change year-on-year -10.20% +20.10% -21.54%

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 2,001 1,574 1,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.37% 93.63% 90.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,359 992 1,364
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -2.04% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 12
10th Percentile £17.38 £18.15 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +6.38% -23.93%
75th Percentile £52.16 £41.48 £40.46
90th Percentile £62.89 £59.25 £49.41
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £28.33 £27.81
% change year-on-year -7.82% +1.85% -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 4 June 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 3 (17.65%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) GitHub
3 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (5.88%) Mimecast
3 1 (5.88%) Smartsheet
3 1 (5.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
1 1 (5.88%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Data Vault
2 1 (5.88%) Delta Lake
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) JIRA
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Retail
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
2 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
2 3 (17.65%) Marketing
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.88%) Front Office
3 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Product Manager
1 3 (17.65%) Product Owner
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Lead Product Owner
3 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (5.88%) GraphQL
1 1 (5.88%) Jest
1 1 (5.88%) Next.js
1 1 (5.88%) Node.js
1 1 (5.88%) Playwright
1 1 (5.88%) React
1 1 (5.88%) REST
1 1 (5.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Life Science
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Reinsurance
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Agile
2 10 (58.82%) Scrum
3 6 (35.29%) Roadmaps
4 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Product Management
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Business Case
5 3 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (17.65%) Product Vision
5 3 (17.65%) Validation
6 2 (11.76%) Backlog Management
6 2 (11.76%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) Epics
6 2 (11.76%) Product Backlog
6 2 (11.76%) Release Train
6 2 (11.76%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (11.76%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
1 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CSPO
2 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) GRC
2 1 (5.88%) GxP
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Databricks
2 1 (5.88%) F5
2 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.88%) Informatica
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.88%) Planview
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.88%) Tenable
2 1 (5.88%) Workday