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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 93 118
Rank change year-on-year -10 +25 +7
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 19 34 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.08% 1.64% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.78% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 22
10th Percentile £412 - £463
25th Percentile £476 £463 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -19.23% +4.00%
75th Percentile £651 £634 £719
90th Percentile £732 £758 £774
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% +4.00%

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 1,657 1,905 2,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.20% 92.07% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,207 1,901
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £415 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

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
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 16 September 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 4 (21.05%) Confluence
2 2 (10.53%) Apache
2 2 (10.53%) Apache Spark
2 2 (10.53%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Convergent Charging
1 1 (5.26%) SAP CRM
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) AWS
3 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.26%) GCP
5 1 (5.26%) iPaaS
5 1 (5.26%) Mimecast
5 1 (5.26%) Miro
5 1 (5.26%) SaaS
5 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) SSH
2 1 (5.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Power BI
2 2 (10.53%) Apache Hive
2 2 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (10.53%) Delta Lake
2 2 (10.53%) Metadata
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (5.26%) Data Hub
3 1 (5.26%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) JIRA
2 2 (10.53%) Git
2 2 (10.53%) RStudio
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Technical Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Data Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Product Owner
3 2 (10.53%) Scrum Master
4 1 (5.26%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Architect
4 1 (5.26%) CRM Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Kafka Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Planning Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Principal Technical Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Release Train Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Planning Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Architect
4 1 (5.26%) UML Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) JSON
2 2 (10.53%) pydantic
2 2 (10.53%) PySpark
2 2 (10.53%) Web Services
2 2 (10.53%) YAML
3 1 (5.26%) Kafka
3 1 (5.26%) MACH
3 1 (5.26%) Middleware
3 1 (5.26%) REST
3 1 (5.26%) SAP BSP
3 1 (5.26%) SOAP
3 1 (5.26%) WSDL
3 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Data Structures
2 2 (10.53%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (10.53%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.26%) PMI
3 1 (5.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Agile
2 9 (47.37%) Scrum
3 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
5 4 (21.05%) Coaching
5 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
5 4 (21.05%) TOGAF
6 3 (15.79%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Kanban
6 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 3 (15.79%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (15.79%) User Experience
7 2 (10.53%) Agile Coaching
7 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (10.53%) Metadata Management
7 2 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Bash
1 2 (10.53%) Python
1 2 (10.53%) Scala
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) ABAP
2 1 (5.26%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
3 3 (15.79%) PMI Certification
4 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) PMP
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Databricks
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.26%) Dynatrace
3 1 (5.26%) F5
3 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.26%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) Tenable