Scaled Agile Framework Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Scaled Agile Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 63 67
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +22
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 11 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.59% 0.63% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 0.67% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £373 - £461
25th Percentile £400 £360 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £370 £479
Median % change year-on-year +27.03% -22.68% -16.05%
75th Percentile £489 £380 £487
90th Percentile £543 - -
Scotland median daily rate £447 £370 £470
% change year-on-year +20.88% -21.28% -13.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 600 599 713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.58% 95.08% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 332 421
10th Percentile £241 £205 £239
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £463 £484
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -4.39% +1.89%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £648 £637 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 31
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £15.10
25th Percentile £28.38 £19.42 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% +0.57% +6.55%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +7.68%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Scaled Agile Framework job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Scaled Agile Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Scaled Agile Framework

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in Edinburgh

Scaled Agile Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Scaled Agile Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Scaled Agile Framework

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) SMS
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Billing
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Agile Scrum Master
1 3 (27.27%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Scrum Master
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Agile Coach
3 1 (9.09%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) JIRA Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Product Owner
3 1 (9.09%) Release Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Release Train Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Product Ownership
2 3 (27.27%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) IVR
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (45.45%) DevOps
2 5 (45.45%) Scrum
3 4 (36.36%) Coaching
3 4 (36.36%) Kanban
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (27.27%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
4 3 (27.27%) Epics
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Spotify Model
4 3 (27.27%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Sprint Retrospective
5 2 (18.18%) Agile Coaching
5 2 (18.18%) Business Case
5 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
1 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) CA Agile Central
1 3 (27.27%) Spotify
2 1 (9.09%) Atlassian