Scaled Agile Framework Contracts

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 255 192
Rank change year-on-year -2 -63 +39
Contract jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 388 610 1,308
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 1.05% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.17% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 447 870
10th Percentile £413 £450 £413
25th Percentile £481 £513 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +12.20%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £775 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +18.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 42
10th Percentile - £55.60 -
25th Percentile - £70.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £53.00 £85.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.65% +91.01% -17.10%
75th Percentile - - £49.25
90th Percentile - £88.50 £64.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.00 £85.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.65% +88.89% -30.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Scaled Agile Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Scaled Agile Framework in the UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Top 15 Contract 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 7 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
England -4 346 £550 -8.33% 107
UK excluding London -11 185 £550 -6.38% 77
London +41 175 £550 -12.00% 32
Work from Home +7 120 £550 -3.08% 62
South East -14 63 £550 -8.33% 22
South West +9 41 £669 +4.49% 15
North of England +5 30 £510 -7.27% 12
Midlands +19 19 £675 +19.47% 12
Scotland +38 18 £479 -12.00% 6
West Midlands +30 18 £675 +24.14% 9
North West +17 18 £510 -7.27% 5
East of England -19 14 £635 +8.36% 7
Yorkshire +12 10 £600 -1.23% 7
North East +15 2 £533 +3.90%
East Midlands +4 1 £550 -8.33% 2

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (9.28%) Confluence
2 10 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.06%) Site Server
4 7 (1.80%) Apache
4 7 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.29%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.03%) CMS
7 3 (0.77%) Drupal
8 2 (0.52%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.52%) IIS
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (6.96%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (6.44%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.52%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.52%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.52%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.52%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (0.52%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.26%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.52%) Azure
2 50 (12.89%) AWS
3 49 (12.63%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (6.19%) GCP
5 20 (5.15%) SaaS
6 15 (3.87%) Amazon S3
6 15 (3.87%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.32%) IaaS
8 8 (2.06%) Serverless
8 8 (2.06%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.80%) Miro
9 7 (1.80%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (1.55%) GitHub
11 5 (1.29%) Amazon EMR
11 5 (1.29%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.32%) Network Security
2 6 (1.55%) Firewall
3 5 (1.29%) FTP
4 4 (1.03%) DNS
5 3 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.77%) SAN
5 3 (0.77%) SSL
6 2 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.52%) Internet
6 2 (0.52%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.52%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.26%) HTTP
7 1 (0.26%) LAN
7 1 (0.26%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.26%) RTP
7 1 (0.26%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.41%) Big Data
2 17 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.12%) GIS
4 12 (3.09%) Data Lake
5 11 (2.84%) Power BI
6 9 (2.32%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.29%) Tableau
8 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.77%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.77%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.52%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.52%) MySQL
10 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 111 (28.61%) JIRA
2 26 (6.70%) Git
3 22 (5.67%) Selenium
4 14 (3.61%) TestRail
5 13 (3.35%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.84%) Postman
6 11 (2.84%) SoapUI
7 10 (2.58%) Appium
7 10 (2.58%) Cucumber
7 10 (2.58%) eggPlant
7 10 (2.58%) JUnit
7 10 (2.58%) REST Assured
7 10 (2.58%) SOAtest
7 10 (2.58%) TestNG
7 10 (2.58%) WebDriver
8 6 (1.55%) Robot Framework
8 6 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.55%) Subversion
9 5 (1.29%) GitLab
10 3 (0.77%) CircleCI
General
1 125 (32.22%) Social Skills
2 118 (30.41%) Finance
3 85 (21.91%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.34%) Public Sector
5 42 (10.82%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (6.70%) Banking
7 23 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (2.84%) Marketing
10 10 (2.58%) Legal
11 9 (2.32%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.06%) Front Office
13 7 (1.80%) Military
13 7 (1.80%) Retail
13 7 (1.80%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.29%) Games
15 4 (1.03%) Automotive
15 4 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 57 (14.69%) Lead
2 55 (14.18%) Analyst
3 39 (10.05%) Architect
4 37 (9.54%) Senior
5 35 (9.02%) Scrum Master
6 30 (7.73%) Project Manager
7 24 (6.19%) Business Analyst
7 24 (6.19%) Developer
7 24 (6.19%) Project Leader
8 21 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (3.87%) Programme Manager
10 14 (3.61%) Consultant
10 14 (3.61%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (3.61%) Principal Architect
10 14 (3.61%) Test Analyst
11 13 (3.35%) Cloud Architect
11 13 (3.35%) Cloud Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.35%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
12 12 (3.09%) Principal Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.19%) REST
2 23 (5.93%) .NET
3 15 (3.87%) HTML
4 14 (3.61%) CSS
5 9 (2.32%) .NET Framework
5 9 (2.32%) React
6 8 (2.06%) ADO
6 8 (2.06%) JSON
6 8 (2.06%) Kafka
7 7 (1.80%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.80%) GraphQL
7 7 (1.80%) XML
8 5 (1.29%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.29%) HTML5
8 5 (1.29%) Web Services
9 4 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (1.03%) Node.js
9 4 (1.03%) Visualforce
10 3 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.77%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.31%) Product Ownership
2 15 (3.87%) Client/Server
3 10 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.58%) PKI
3 10 (2.58%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.06%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.06%) Mobile App
5 7 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (1.55%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.29%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.03%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.03%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.77%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.77%) Online Banking
9 3 (0.77%) PMI
9 3 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.25%) Linux
2 18 (4.64%) Windows
3 15 (3.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 15 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.52%) Android
4 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (90.46%) Agile
2 168 (43.30%) Scrum
3 87 (22.42%) DevOps
4 83 (21.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 74 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (15.98%) Kanban
6 62 (15.98%) Project Management
7 57 (14.69%) Project Delivery
8 55 (14.18%) PRINCE2
9 49 (12.63%) Roadmaps
10 44 (11.34%) Test Automation
11 43 (11.08%) Coaching
12 38 (9.79%) CI/CD
13 37 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (9.28%) Programme Management
15 35 (9.02%) Continuous Integration
16 33 (8.51%) Workshop Facilitation
17 32 (8.25%) Mentoring
18 30 (7.73%) Data Management
18 30 (7.73%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 48 (12.37%) Python
2 44 (11.34%) Java
3 36 (9.28%) PowerShell
4 34 (8.76%) SQL
5 29 (7.47%) C#
6 24 (6.19%) JavaScript
7 15 (3.87%) VBScript
8 9 (2.32%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.06%) Korn
10 7 (1.80%) C++
11 5 (1.29%) Scala
12 4 (1.03%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.03%) Go
13 2 (0.52%) C
13 2 (0.52%) Groovy
14 1 (0.26%) ABAP
14 1 (0.26%) Bash
14 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.26%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 120 (30.93%) Security Cleared
2 79 (20.36%) DV Cleared
3 47 (12.11%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.99%) Degree
5 26 (6.70%) APMP
6 16 (4.12%) PMP
7 15 (3.87%) AWS Certification
8 14 (3.61%) ISTQB
8 14 (3.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 14 (3.61%) PMI Certification
9 12 (3.09%) CISM
9 12 (3.09%) CISSP
10 11 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.80%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.55%) CRISC
12 6 (1.55%) SANS
13 5 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.77%) CCNA
14 3 (0.77%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.51%) PMO
2 26 (6.70%) QA
3 9 (2.32%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.80%) NIST
5 6 (1.55%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.77%) GxP
7 3 (0.77%) P3O
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) GAMP
9 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.32%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.80%) Docker
4 1 (0.26%) NFS
4 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (6.44%) Ansible
2 23 (5.93%) Terraform
3 13 (3.35%) Puppet
4 6 (1.55%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.52%) Podman
6 2 (0.52%) SCCM
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 48 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.70%) SAP
3 24 (6.19%) Oracle
4 20 (5.15%) Salesforce
5 18 (4.64%) VMware
6 13 (3.35%) ESRI
7 10 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.32%) Databricks
8 9 (2.32%) Informatica
9 6 (1.55%) Google
9 6 (1.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.55%) Talend
10 5 (1.29%) Adobe
10 5 (1.29%) Cisco
10 5 (1.29%) F5
11 4 (1.03%) IBM
11 4 (1.03%) Splunk
12 3 (0.77%) ArcSight
12 3 (0.77%) Cadence
12 3 (0.77%) CheckPoint