Scaled Agile Framework Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland 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 81 116 139
Rank change year-on-year +35 +23 +8
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 33 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.10% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 3 1
10th Percentile £308 £470 -
25th Percentile £360 £481 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -14.53%
75th Percentile £500 £513 -
90th Percentile £576 £520 -
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £578
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.76% -3.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,386 1,521 2,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.22% 88.43% 91.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 901 1,374
10th Percentile £238 £213 £250
25th Percentile £381 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -8.63% +3.68%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 46 57
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.11 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £18.77 £16.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.81% +19.59% +3.68%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £52.25 £31.44 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Scaled Agile Framework job vacancy trend in Scotland

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in Scotland

Scaled Agile Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Scaled Agile Framework
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +15 19 £434 -13.30% 1
Edinburgh +18 14 £475 -5.00% 4
Scaled Agile Framework
UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 9 (27.27%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) FileNet
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) AWS
3 4 (12.12%) GCP
3 4 (12.12%) OCI
4 3 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.03%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (54.55%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.03%) IntelliJ
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 14 (42.42%) Finance
3 7 (21.21%) Banking
4 5 (15.15%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Legal
5 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 4 (12.12%) Retail
6 3 (9.09%) Billing
6 3 (9.09%) Retail Banking
7 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Agile Coach
2 7 (21.21%) Scrum Master
3 6 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (15.15%) Project Manager
5 4 (12.12%) Implementation Specialist
6 3 (9.09%) Agile Scrum Master
6 3 (9.09%) Implementation Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Implementation Project Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Project Implementation Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Agile Product Owner
7 2 (6.06%) Product Owner
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Data Business Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Deputy Programme Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Developer
8 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.12%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.06%) PMI
4 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Agile
2 20 (60.61%) Scrum
3 15 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (39.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (33.33%) Agile Coaching
6 9 (27.27%) Kanban
7 7 (21.21%) Coaching
7 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
7 7 (21.21%) Migration
7 7 (21.21%) Sprint Planning
7 7 (21.21%) Sprint Retrospective
8 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (15.15%) Runbook
8 5 (15.15%) Spotify Model
9 4 (12.12%) Business Case
9 4 (12.12%) Epics
9 4 (12.12%) Incident Response
9 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (12.12%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) C#
1 1 (3.03%) Java
1 1 (3.03%) Python
1 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) COBIT
2 3 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.03%) PMO
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Ansible
1 5 (15.15%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
1 5 (15.15%) Spotify
2 4 (12.12%) CheckPoint
2 4 (12.12%) Dell
2 4 (12.12%) Dynatrace
2 4 (12.12%) F5
2 4 (12.12%) HP
2 4 (12.12%) Oracle
2 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.09%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (3.03%) IBM