Scaled Agile Framework Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands 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 128 118 99
Rank change year-on-year -10 -19 +29
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 36 14 35
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 1.16% 0.56% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 0.66% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 7 25
10th Percentile £333 £393 £409
25th Percentile £368 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £581 £597 £655
90th Percentile £659 £645 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £593
% change year-on-year - -7.17% -1.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,688 2,125 2,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.96% 84.70% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 1,322 1,557
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £373 £375 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £689
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 80 104
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.04
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.94 £17.41
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% -6.51% +41.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £34.06 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Scaled Agile Framework job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the Midlands

Scaled Agile Framework
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -6 25 £550 -3.30% 12
East Midlands -15 11 £353 -35.82% 4
Scaled Agile Framework
England

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (11.11%) Confluence
2 3 (8.33%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.78%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) AWS
1 9 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle Database
1 2 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) GitLab
2 5 (13.89%) Git
2 5 (13.89%) JIRA
General
1 13 (36.11%) Finance
2 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Banking
5 3 (8.33%) Aeronautics
5 3 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (5.56%) Financial Institution
6 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Retail
6 2 (5.56%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Legal
7 1 (2.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.89%) AWS Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Product Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Product Owner
3 4 (11.11%) Scrum Master
4 3 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Junior
4 3 (8.33%) Junior Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Application Integration Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Architect
5 2 (5.56%) Banking Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Lead
5 2 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.78%) Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Finance Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Programme Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (8.33%) Client/Server
3 2 (5.56%) PMI
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.78%) Windows
1 10 (27.78%) Windows Server
2 3 (8.33%) Linux
2 3 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Agile
2 18 (50.00%) Scrum
3 17 (47.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (36.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (22.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 8 (22.22%) Change Control
5 8 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 8 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 8 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 7 (19.44%) Fintech
6 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (19.44%) Product Management
6 7 (19.44%) Product Vision
7 6 (16.67%) Analytics
7 6 (16.67%) Backlog Management
7 6 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 6 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 6 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
7 6 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.56%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) VBScript
3 1 (2.78%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) AWS Certification
3 8 (22.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (16.67%) Azure Certification
5 3 (8.33%) Degree
5 3 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 2 (5.56%) MBA
6 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
6 2 (5.56%) PMP
6 2 (5.56%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) Basel III
3 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.78%) PMO
3 1 (2.78%) PSD2
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Ansible
1 6 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 4 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) DIgSILENT
3 2 (5.56%) ArcSight
3 2 (5.56%) Oracle
3 2 (5.56%) VMware
4 1 (2.78%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.78%) Planview
4 1 (2.78%) Red Hat