Scaled Agile Framework Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Scaled Agile Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 1.95% 1.32% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.39% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £326 £402 -
25th Percentile £358 £405 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £410 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% - -
75th Percentile £402 £415 -
90th Percentile £404 £418 -
Cheshire median daily rate £408 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -25.91% +10.00% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 248 144 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 96.88% 94.74% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 117 63
10th Percentile £310 £323 £450
25th Percentile £358 £356 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £415 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -20.95% +12.18%
75th Percentile £492 £538 £582
90th Percentile £579 £615 £588
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -9.90% -0.77% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £23.18 £24.18 £23.61
% change year-on-year -4.16% +2.41% +54.82%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Scaled Agile Framework job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 (60.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Finance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Junior
2 1 (20.00%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Product Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Product Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) PMI
3 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Product Backlog
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Business Case
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Feasibility Study
3 2 (40.00%) Kanban
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CBAP
1 2 (40.00%) CSPO
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MBA
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 20022
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (20.00%) Basel III
2 1 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IBM
1 2 (40.00%) IBM Sterling
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft