Scaled Agile Framework Contracts in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Scaled Agile Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 115 118
Rank change year-on-year +19 +3 -14
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 15 42 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.89% 1.31% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.58% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 35
10th Percentile £513 £560 £479
25th Percentile £531 £563 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £640
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +1.56% +6.67%
75th Percentile £625 £734 £675
90th Percentile £675 £805 £717
England median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £69.70
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £53.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -37.65% +102.38%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +17.92% -37.65% +91.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Scaled Agile Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the South West

Scaled Agile Framework
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Wiltshire +30 8 £575 -11.54% 3
Gloucestershire -3 4 £575 - 18
Bristol +17 3 £775 +7.27% 6
Scaled Agile Framework
England

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub
2 1 (6.67%) IaaS
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) PaaS
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) MLflow
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Aviation
5 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Configuration Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Scrum Master
2 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Scrum Master
3 1 (6.67%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Wintel Technical Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Workday Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Workday Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) CMDB
1 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Android
2 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Scrum
3 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
5 4 (26.67%) ITIL
5 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Trend Analysis
6 3 (20.00%) Analytics
6 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
7 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
7 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 2 (13.33%) DevOps
7 2 (13.33%) Kanban
7 2 (13.33%) Project Governance
7 2 (13.33%) Project Management
7 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
7 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) Bash
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) Perl
2 1 (6.67%) PL/SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) Ruby
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) VB
2 1 (6.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (6.67%) MCITP
5 1 (6.67%) MCP
5 1 (6.67%) MCSA
5 1 (6.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (6.67%) NCSC
2 1 (6.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) BitLocker
2 1 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Prometheus
2 1 (6.67%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) Atlassian
2 1 (6.67%) McAfee
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Symantec
2 1 (6.67%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Workday