Scaled Agile Framework Contract Job Trends

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Scaled Agile Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 227 254
Rank change year-on-year -30 +27 +8
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 578 408 340
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.23% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.36% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 265 197
10th Percentile £406 £353 £397
25th Percentile £463 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £595
90th Percentile £725 £711 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £493 £550
% change year-on-year +11.56% -10.36% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 1
10th Percentile - £62.38 -
25th Percentile £40.18 £64.06 -
Median hourly rate £56.00 £68.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +28.30% -29.73%
75th Percentile £64.06 £73.63 -
90th Percentile £90.63 £77.45 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £71.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -11.97% +33.96% -34.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,826 30,024 32,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.73% 90.50% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,144 18,679 19,408
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,407 1,886 1,245
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.72 £65.07 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Scaled Agile Framework job vacancy trend in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Scaled Agile Framework
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
England -14 493 £550 - 314
UK excluding London -10 284 £550 +11.56% 190
London -49 229 £590 +2.61% 133
Work from Home -50 168 £550 +10.00% 175
South East +9 111 £575 +18.56% 54
North of England -52 56 £500 - 59
Midlands -27 50 £450 +5.88% 11
West Midlands -19 43 £488 -11.36% 7
Yorkshire -15 35 £550 +10.00% 20
South West -28 30 £500 -9.09% 27
Scotland -29 21 £469 +11.61% 17
North West -53 16 £474 -5.20% 31
East of England -21 14 £575 -8.00% 13
East Midlands -20 7 £401 +14.25% 4
North East -37 5 £400 -38.46% 8
Wales - 2 £525 - 2

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 109 (18.86%) Confluence
2 8 (1.38%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.04%) CMS
3 6 (1.04%) Documentum
4 5 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.52%) Apache
7 2 (0.35%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.17%) Mendix
8 1 (0.17%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 27 (4.67%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.87%) Trello
7 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (2.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.69%) Temenos T24
5 3 (0.52%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.52%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 3 (0.52%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.52%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.35%) Finacle
6 2 (0.35%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.35%) SAP MRS
6 2 (0.35%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.35%) Workfront
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.17%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.17%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 140 (24.22%) Azure
2 110 (19.03%) AWS
3 75 (12.98%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (7.09%) GCP
5 39 (6.75%) Power Platform
6 33 (5.71%) GitHub
7 26 (4.50%) Serverless
8 22 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
8 22 (3.81%) Amazon S3
8 22 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
10 20 (3.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 20 (3.46%) Amazon ECS
11 16 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (2.25%) SaaS
13 12 (2.08%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.73%) OpenShift
14 10 (1.73%) Snowflake
15 9 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.25%) Firewall
2 12 (2.08%) VPN
3 10 (1.73%) Network Security
4 5 (0.87%) Broadband
4 5 (0.87%) IPv4
4 5 (0.87%) IPv6
5 4 (0.69%) DNS
5 4 (0.69%) MQTT
6 2 (0.35%) DHCP
6 2 (0.35%) HTTP
6 2 (0.35%) NGFW
6 2 (0.35%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.35%) SAN
7 1 (0.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.36%) Power BI
2 21 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.60%) Metadata
4 10 (1.73%) Tableau
5 9 (1.56%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.21%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.04%) Big Data
8 6 (1.04%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.52%) GIS
9 3 (0.52%) Looker
9 3 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.52%) Power Query
9 3 (0.52%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.35%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.35%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.35%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 150 (25.95%) JIRA
2 34 (5.88%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.60%) Git
4 13 (2.25%) GitLab
5 11 (1.90%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.21%) Gradle
7 4 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.69%) Postman
7 4 (0.69%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.69%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.52%) Selenium
9 2 (0.35%) JMeter
9 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.35%) TestRail
9 2 (0.35%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.35%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.17%) Appium
10 1 (0.17%) Gatling
10 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.17%) ScalaTest
General
1 206 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 193 (33.39%) Finance
3 83 (14.36%) Banking
4 74 (12.80%) Public Sector
5 66 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (10.73%) Influencing Skills
7 44 (7.61%) Aerospace
8 24 (4.15%) Manufacturing
9 22 (3.81%) Retail
10 17 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.60%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.42%) Legal
12 14 (2.42%) Marketing
13 9 (1.56%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.21%) Aviation
15 7 (1.21%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (14.53%) Architect
2 74 (12.80%) Delivery Manager
3 69 (11.94%) Lead
4 64 (11.07%) Analyst
5 56 (9.69%) Scrum Master
5 56 (9.69%) Senior
6 51 (8.82%) Product Manager
7 47 (8.13%) Project Manager
8 46 (7.96%) Business Analyst
9 43 (7.44%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (5.88%) Product Owner
11 31 (5.36%) Programme Manager
12 27 (4.67%) AWS Architect
12 27 (4.67%) Technical Manager
13 25 (4.33%) Senior Manager
14 20 (3.46%) Product Delivery Manager
15 19 (3.29%) Agile Coach
16 18 (3.11%) Technical Leader
17 17 (2.94%) Developer
18 16 (2.77%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.88%) Kafka
2 20 (3.46%) Terraform
3 18 (3.11%) Spring Boot
4 17 (2.94%) REST
4 17 (2.94%) Spring
5 15 (2.60%) Middleware
5 15 (2.60%) RESTful
6 13 (2.25%) ADO
7 9 (1.56%) SOAP
8 8 (1.38%) Django
8 8 (1.38%) React
9 7 (1.21%) Hibernate
9 7 (1.21%) Redux
10 6 (1.04%) AWS CDK
10 6 (1.04%) JSON
11 5 (0.87%) gRPC
11 5 (0.87%) Web Services
12 4 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.69%) Apache NiFi
12 4 (0.69%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 184 (31.83%) Product Ownership
2 34 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 32 (5.54%) Cloud Native
4 25 (4.33%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.46%) Virtual Team
6 19 (3.29%) Data Centre
7 16 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.73%) PMI
11 9 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.38%) PKI
13 7 (1.21%) Life Science
13 7 (1.21%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.04%) Credit Risk
14 6 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (1.04%) NHS
15 5 (0.87%) AI Agents
15 5 (0.87%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.29%) Windows
2 18 (3.11%) Linux
3 3 (0.52%) Android
4 2 (0.35%) AIX
4 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.35%) HPUX
4 2 (0.35%) Solaris
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (91.18%) Agile
2 303 (52.42%) Scrum
3 272 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 221 (38.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 171 (29.58%) Roadmaps
6 151 (26.12%) DevOps
7 127 (21.97%) PRINCE2
8 108 (18.69%) Sprint Planning
9 104 (17.99%) Kanban
10 95 (16.44%) CI/CD
11 93 (16.09%) Decision-Making
12 90 (15.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 87 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
14 81 (14.01%) User Stories
15 76 (13.15%) ITIL
16 75 (12.98%) AI
17 73 (12.63%) Project Management
18 72 (12.46%) Acceptance Criteria
19 70 (12.11%) Project Delivery
20 67 (11.59%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.09%) Python
1 41 (7.09%) SQL
2 40 (6.92%) Java
3 7 (1.21%) PL/SQL
4 6 (1.04%) Shell Script
5 5 (0.87%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.69%) Rust
7 3 (0.52%) Bash
7 3 (0.52%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.35%) Go
8 2 (0.35%) Korn
8 2 (0.35%) Scala
9 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.17%) C#
9 1 (0.17%) C++
9 1 (0.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 245 (42.39%) Security Cleared
2 193 (33.39%) SC Cleared
3 100 (17.30%) Degree
4 68 (11.76%) PMI Certification
5 64 (11.07%) PMP
6 62 (10.73%) DV Cleared
7 25 (4.33%) AWS Certification
8 23 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (3.29%) SAFe Agilist
10 15 (2.60%) Azure Certification
11 13 (2.25%) CISSP
12 12 (2.08%) Master's Degree
13 11 (1.90%) IIBA
13 11 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 10 (1.73%) CSPO
14 10 (1.73%) ISTQB
14 10 (1.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 6 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.30%) QA
2 31 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 26 (4.50%) PMO
4 14 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.25%) GRC
6 10 (1.73%) GDPR
7 9 (1.56%) NIST
8 7 (1.21%) GxP
8 7 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.04%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.87%) SLA
11 4 (0.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 4 (0.69%) ISO 15022
12 3 (0.52%) NCSC
12 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.52%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.52%) WCAG
13 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.35%) ITGC
System Software
1 31 (5.36%) Docker
2 9 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.60%) Ansible
3 7 (1.21%) Control-M
4 5 (0.87%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.69%) Grafana
5 4 (0.69%) Podman
5 4 (0.69%) Puppet
6 3 (0.52%) MOM
7 2 (0.35%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.35%) Packer
7 2 (0.35%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 56 (9.69%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.19%) Oracle
2 30 (5.19%) SAP
3 29 (5.02%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.29%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.08%) Google
5 12 (2.08%) Sparx
6 11 (1.90%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.56%) VMware
8 8 (1.38%) Databricks
9 7 (1.21%) Ariba
9 7 (1.21%) Palantir
10 6 (1.04%) CA Agile Central
10 6 (1.04%) NVIDIA
10 6 (1.04%) Tenable
10 6 (1.04%) Workday
11 5 (0.87%) Adobe
11 5 (0.87%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (0.87%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.87%) Planview