Scaled Agile Framework Contracts in the City of London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Scaled Agile Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 144 138
Rank change year-on-year +62 -6 -63
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 41 23 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.89% 0.66% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 0.72% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 17 37
10th Percentile £450 £493 £463
25th Percentile £463 £613 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £688 £600
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +14.58% +15.38%
75th Percentile £619 £763 £685
90th Percentile £675 £845 £723
Central London median daily rate £505 £688 £600
% change year-on-year -26.55% +14.58% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Scaled Agile Framework is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,960 3,209 3,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.53% 91.53% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,378 2,164 2,956
10th Percentile £350 £352 £381
25th Percentile £450 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £726 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 26 46
10th Percentile £19.95 £14.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £17.08 £21.81
Median hourly rate £25.63 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% -12.50% +122.53%
75th Percentile £40.00 £57.50 £54.38
90th Percentile £41.65 £88.30 £64.13
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

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 21 May 2024.

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 6 (14.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (12.20%) Site Server
3 4 (9.76%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (19.51%) AWS
4 5 (12.20%) Amazon S3
4 5 (12.20%) IaaS
5 4 (9.76%) SaaS
6 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.44%) GitHub
7 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) GIS
1 6 (14.63%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (29.27%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) Appium
2 2 (4.88%) Cucumber
2 2 (4.88%) eggPlant
2 2 (4.88%) Git
2 2 (4.88%) JUnit
2 2 (4.88%) Postman
2 2 (4.88%) REST Assured
2 2 (4.88%) Selenium
2 2 (4.88%) SoapUI
2 2 (4.88%) SOAtest
2 2 (4.88%) TestNG
2 2 (4.88%) WebDriver
3 1 (2.44%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.44%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (2.44%) TeamCity
General
1 17 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Finance
2 11 (26.83%) Public Sector
3 10 (24.39%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Banking
5 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.44%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) Analyst
1 6 (14.63%) Scrum Master
1 6 (14.63%) Senior
2 5 (12.20%) Business Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) Agile Coach
3 4 (9.76%) Product Owner
3 4 (9.76%) Senior Product Owner
4 3 (7.32%) Applications Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Developer
4 3 (7.32%) GIS Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) GIS Specialist
5 2 (4.88%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Automation Consultant
6 1 (2.44%) Business Requirements Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Senior Scrum Master
6 1 (2.44%) Test Automation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (19.51%) .NET
2 5 (12.20%) .NET Core
2 5 (12.20%) ADO
2 5 (12.20%) REST
3 1 (2.44%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.44%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (70.73%) Agile
2 23 (56.10%) Scrum
3 14 (34.15%) DevOps
4 8 (19.51%) Business Case
4 8 (19.51%) Change Management
4 8 (19.51%) Kanban
4 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (17.07%) ETL
5 7 (17.07%) Project Management
6 6 (14.63%) Agile Coaching
6 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
6 6 (14.63%) Programme Management
7 5 (12.20%) API Management
7 5 (12.20%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (12.20%) Data Modelling
7 5 (12.20%) Information Security
7 5 (12.20%) Objectives and Key Results
8 4 (9.76%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) C#
2 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
3 5 (12.20%) C++
3 5 (12.20%) Korn
3 5 (12.20%) Python
4 3 (7.32%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.76%) PMI Certification
2 4 (9.76%) PMP
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) APMP
4 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) PMO
2 1 (2.44%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Ansible
1 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
1 1 (2.44%) Puppet
1 1 (2.44%) Rancher
1 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) ESRI
2 6 (14.63%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Guidewire
3 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) VMware