Scaled Agile Framework Contracts in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Scaled Agile Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 201 195
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 186 283 403
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.91% 1.20% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.35% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 223 303
10th Percentile £414 £450 £426
25th Percentile £487 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +4.44% +15.98%
75th Percentile £640 £638 £650
90th Percentile £703 £700 £735
UK median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +12.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 11
10th Percentile - £41.83 -
25th Percentile - £61.50 £42.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £85.00 £63.62
Median % change year-on-year -37.65% +33.62% -1.37%
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - £90.00 £85.75
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £80.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.75% +79.78% -17.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,300 21,032 27,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.50% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,314 14,532 18,929
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,056 1,281 1,348
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.44 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.00 £47.05
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Scaled Agile Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK excluding London

Scaled Agile Framework
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
South East -12 63 £550 -8.33% 19
South West +10 41 £669 +4.49% 13
North of England +7 31 £518 -5.91% 10
Midlands +18 20 £675 +19.47% 13
West Midlands +23 19 £675 +24.14% 10
Scotland +33 18 £479 -10.98% 5
North West +17 18 £510 -7.27% 3
East of England -12 13 £635 +8.36% 6
Yorkshire +9 11 £600 -1.23% 7
North East +15 2 £533 +3.90%
East Midlands +6 1 £550 -8.33% 2
Scaled Agile Framework
UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (8.60%) Confluence
2 6 (3.23%) Apache
2 6 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.69%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.61%) CMS
4 3 (1.61%) Drupal
Applications
1 26 (13.98%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (13.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (13.44%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (13.44%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.08%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.08%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.08%) SAP CRM
2 2 (1.08%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.08%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.08%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (1.08%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 44 (23.66%) Azure
2 31 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (8.60%) AWS
4 12 (6.45%) GCP
5 8 (4.30%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.23%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.23%) PowerApps
6 6 (3.23%) Serverless
6 6 (3.23%) Snowflake
7 5 (2.69%) Amazon EMR
7 5 (2.69%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.69%) SaaS
8 4 (2.15%) GitHub
9 2 (1.08%) PaaS
9 2 (1.08%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.84%) Network Security
2 5 (2.69%) FTP
3 4 (2.15%) DNS
3 4 (2.15%) Firewall
4 3 (1.61%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (1.61%) SAN
4 3 (1.61%) SSL
5 1 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.54%) RTP
5 1 (0.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.30%) Power BI
2 6 (3.23%) Big Data
3 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.08%) GIS
4 2 (1.08%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.08%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.54%) Ataccama
5 1 (0.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 77 (41.40%) JIRA
2 14 (7.53%) Git
2 14 (7.53%) TestRail
3 9 (4.84%) Selenium
4 8 (4.30%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.23%) Robot Framework
5 6 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (3.23%) Subversion
6 4 (2.15%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.61%) GitLab
8 2 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.54%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.54%) GoCD
9 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.54%) VersionOne
9 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 69 (37.10%) Finance
2 68 (36.56%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (32.26%) Social Skills
4 29 (15.59%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.84%) Banking
6 9 (4.84%) Marketing
6 9 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (3.76%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.23%) Military
9 4 (2.15%) Games
10 3 (1.61%) Billing
11 2 (1.08%) Electronics
11 2 (1.08%) Front Office
11 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.54%) Law
12 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (25.27%) Lead
2 26 (13.98%) Analyst
3 24 (12.90%) Project Leader
4 18 (9.68%) Project Manager
5 17 (9.14%) Architect
6 16 (8.60%) Scrum Master
7 14 (7.53%) Test Analyst
8 13 (6.99%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
9 12 (6.45%) Senior
10 8 (4.30%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.30%) Developer
11 7 (3.76%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.23%) SOC Manager
12 6 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.69%) Cloud Engineer
13 5 (2.69%) SAP Manager
13 5 (2.69%) SAP Project Manager
13 5 (2.69%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 5 (2.69%) Solutions Analyst
14 4 (2.15%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.76%) REST
2 6 (3.23%) XML
3 5 (2.69%) CSS
3 5 (2.69%) GraphQL
3 5 (2.69%) HTML
3 5 (2.69%) JSON
3 5 (2.69%) Kafka
4 4 (2.15%) .NET
5 3 (1.61%) gRPC
5 3 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.61%) React
6 2 (1.08%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.08%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.54%) DOM
7 1 (0.54%) Ember.js
7 1 (0.54%) HTML5
7 1 (0.54%) jQuery
7 1 (0.54%) OAuth
7 1 (0.54%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.06%) Client/Server
2 14 (7.53%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 6 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.15%) PKI
5 4 (2.15%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.61%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.61%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.08%) DataPower
7 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) PMI
7 2 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.54%) Life Science
8 1 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.68%) Linux
1 18 (9.68%) Windows
2 16 (8.60%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (94.62%) Agile
2 67 (36.02%) Scrum
3 57 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (26.88%) DevOps
5 46 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (20.43%) Project Delivery
6 38 (20.43%) Project Management
7 37 (19.89%) PRINCE2
8 31 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 30 (16.13%) Roadmaps
10 29 (15.59%) Data Management
11 28 (15.05%) Coaching
12 26 (13.98%) Kanban
12 26 (13.98%) Workshop Facilitation
13 25 (13.44%) Continuous Integration
13 25 (13.44%) Project Planning
14 24 (12.90%) Commercial Awareness
14 24 (12.90%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 24 (12.90%) Programme Management
15 19 (10.22%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.74%) Python
2 18 (9.68%) Java
3 16 (8.60%) PowerShell
4 15 (8.06%) SQL
4 15 (8.06%) VBScript
5 11 (5.91%) JavaScript
6 10 (5.38%) C#
7 5 (2.69%) Scala
8 3 (1.61%) Go
9 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.08%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.54%) Bash
10 1 (0.54%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 78 (41.94%) Security Cleared
2 65 (34.95%) DV Cleared
3 25 (13.44%) APMP
4 17 (9.14%) Degree
5 14 (7.53%) ISTQB
5 14 (7.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 12 (6.45%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.30%) PMP
9 7 (3.76%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.69%) CISM
10 5 (2.69%) CISSP
11 3 (1.61%) CCNA
11 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.61%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.08%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.52%) PMO
2 12 (6.45%) QA
3 6 (3.23%) NIST
3 6 (3.23%) NIST 800
4 4 (2.15%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.08%) GxP
5 2 (1.08%) P3O
6 1 (0.54%) GAMP
6 1 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.54%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.54%) NCSC
6 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.15%) Docker
3 2 (1.08%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.54%) NFS
4 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (5.38%) Ansible
2 6 (3.23%) Terraform
3 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.54%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.54%) Puppet
4 1 (0.54%) Rancher
4 1 (0.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.68%) VMware
3 16 (8.60%) Salesforce
3 16 (8.60%) SAP
4 8 (4.30%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.76%) Databricks
6 6 (3.23%) Google
6 6 (3.23%) Informatica
6 6 (3.23%) Talend
7 4 (2.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.61%) ArcSight
8 3 (1.61%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (1.61%) Cadence
8 3 (1.61%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.61%) Cisco
8 3 (1.61%) F5
8 3 (1.61%) IBM
8 3 (1.61%) Oracle
9 2 (1.08%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.08%) Guidewire