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 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 117 119
Rank change year-on-year +24 +2 -19
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 18 37 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.95% 1.21% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.45% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 28
10th Percentile £539 £531 £494
25th Percentile £550 £536 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -9.62% +10.69%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £696
90th Percentile £635 £713 £704
England median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +0.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £58.23
25th Percentile - - £75.44
Median hourly rate - £53.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -37.65% +102.38%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £53.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +22.64% -33.75% +79.78%

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 1,689 2,544 3,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.60% 83.30% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 999 1,616 2,171
10th Percentile £220 £263 £313
25th Percentile £367 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +6.80%
75th Percentile £613 £627 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 342 257
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.04 £23.43
25th Percentile £18.51 £35.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.50 £77.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £84.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +63.46%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +31 10 £575 -14.81%
Bristol +13 4 £600 +11.63% 8
Gloucestershire +3 4 £513 -10.87% 13
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 1 (5.56%) Camunda
1 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.56%) GCP
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub
4 1 (5.56%) IaaS
4 1 (5.56%) OpenShift
4 1 (5.56%) PaaS
4 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (11.11%) GitLab
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (16.67%) PMO Lead
2 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Project Planner
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Scrum Master
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Planner
4 1 (5.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (5.56%) ARM Templates
1 1 (5.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Private Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) IoT
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) PKI
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Agile
2 8 (44.44%) Waterfall
3 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (22.22%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 4 (22.22%) Scrum
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (16.67%) Critical Path Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Dependency Management
5 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 3 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (11.11%) Business Case
6 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
6 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (11.11%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 9 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (11.11%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) PMO
2 3 (16.67%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.56%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (5.56%) NetApp
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Workday