Scaled Agile Framework Contracts in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 85 135
Rank change year-on-year -16 +50 +6
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 20 41 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.12% 1.92% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 2.11% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 32 21
10th Percentile £478 £405 £450
25th Percentile £504 £463 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £510 £688
Median % change year-on-year +24.07% -25.82% +14.58%
75th Percentile £688 £623 £725
90th Percentile £690 £738 £775
Central London median daily rate £633 £510 £675
% change year-on-year +24.07% -24.44% +12.50%

All Process and 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 1,669 1,940 3,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.82% 91.04% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 1,350 2,115
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 24
10th Percentile £17.02 £20.04 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.36 £16.33
Median hourly rate £29.75 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -22.86% -18.83%
75th Percentile £50.75 £40.92 £57.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £67.35 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.47% -20.54% -18.13%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the City of London

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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 2025.

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

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (10.00%) Apache
1 2 (10.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
1 2 (10.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP Convergent Charging
1 2 (10.00%) SAP CRM
1 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) Power BI
3 2 (10.00%) Apache Hive
3 2 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (10.00%) Delta Lake
4 1 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (5.00%) Data Hub
4 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) RStudio
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Consultant
1 3 (15.00%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (15.00%) Software Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) ABAP Developer
2 2 (10.00%) Architect
2 2 (10.00%) CRM Developer
2 2 (10.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Developer
2 2 (10.00%) Product Owner
2 2 (10.00%) SAP CRM Developer
2 2 (10.00%) SAP Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.00%) AWS Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Integration Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Planning Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Planning Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Programme Manager
3 1 (5.00%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) JSON
1 3 (15.00%) Web Services
2 2 (10.00%) pydantic
2 2 (10.00%) PySpark
2 2 (10.00%) SAP BSP
2 2 (10.00%) SOAP
2 2 (10.00%) YAML
3 1 (5.00%) Kafka
3 1 (5.00%) Middleware
3 1 (5.00%) REST
3 1 (5.00%) WSDL
3 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (10.00%) Reference Data
2 2 (10.00%) Replication
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (35.00%) Scrum
4 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (20.00%) Project Management
6 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Design Patterns
7 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
7 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (15.00%) Technical Debt
7 3 (15.00%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
7 3 (15.00%) TOGAF
7 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
8 2 (10.00%) Agile Coaching
8 2 (10.00%) Data Ingestion
8 2 (10.00%) Release Train
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (10.00%) ABAP
2 2 (10.00%) Bash
2 2 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) Scala
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 6 (30.00%) PMI Certification
3 5 (25.00%) PMP
4 3 (15.00%) Azure Certification
5 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Databricks
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
3 2 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (5.00%) Dynatrace