Scaled Agile Framework Contracts in the Thames Valley

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 86 127 115
Rank change year-on-year +41 -12 -15
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 16 18 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.06% 0.67% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.77% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 24
10th Percentile £473 £501 £419
25th Percentile £543 £512 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -
75th Percentile £636 £615 £619
90th Percentile £650 £625 £660
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.50
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
75th Percentile - - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £42.58
% change year-on-year - - -49.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the Thames Valley

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the Thames Valley

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the Thames Valley

Scaled Agile Framework
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +24 11 £600 +9.09% 10
Buckinghamshire - 3 £560 - 8
Oxfordshire - 2 £588 - 8
Scaled Agile Framework
South East

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (12.50%) Appian
2 1 (6.25%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Primavera
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle CX
2 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (6.25%) 2G
2 1 (6.25%) 3G
2 1 (6.25%) 4G
2 1 (6.25%) 5G
2 1 (6.25%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Lead
2 3 (18.75%) Product Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Agile Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Network Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Product Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Product Owner
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (6.25%) GIS Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) PMI
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Agile
2 10 (62.50%) Scrum
3 7 (43.75%) Project Management
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (25.00%) Epics
5 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (25.00%) User Stories
6 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 3 (18.75%) Product Roadmap
7 2 (12.50%) B2B
7 2 (12.50%) CRM
7 2 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (12.50%) DevOps
7 2 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (12.50%) ITIL
7 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
7 2 (12.50%) Six Sigma
7 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.25%) Magik
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) APMP
2 2 (12.50%) ISEB
2 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) CISA
3 1 (6.25%) CISM
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) PgMP
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) Blue Prism
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Nokia
2 2 (12.50%) Rakuten
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe
3 1 (6.25%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (6.25%) Cramer
3 1 (6.25%) Genesys
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Snow
3 1 (6.25%) Sparx