Scaled Agile Framework Job Trends in England

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 476 417
Rank change year-on-year -5 -59 -35
Permanent jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework 297 161 339
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.37% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.42% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 152 64 224
10th Percentile £41,500 £55,000 £51,625
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,938 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,625 £107,500
UK median annual salary £76,500 £73,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.73% +1.72% +3.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Scaled Agile Framework falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,581 38,469 54,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.57% 89.04% 82.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53,748 21,719 29,115
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Scaled Agile Framework job vacancy trend in England

Scaled Agile Framework
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Scaled Agile Framework.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Scaled Agile Framework

Scaled Agile Framework
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework in England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Scaled Agile Framework in England

Scaled Agile Framework
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scaled Agile Framework within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -21 120 £83,750 +3.08% 145
South West -34 52 £72,500 +5.80% 35
North of England -44 50 £83,750 +21.82% 63
South East -27 44 £75,000 +7.14% 56
North West -15 37 £87,500 +37.25% 26
Midlands -56 12 £92,500 +48.00% 15
Yorkshire -29 10 £82,500 +20.00% 26
West Midlands -33 9 £92,500 +48.00% 12
East of England -26 8 £76,500 +6.99% 15
East Midlands -32 3 - - 3
North East -63 3 - - 11
Scaled Agile Framework
UK

Scaled Agile Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 49 (16.50%) Confluence
2 8 (2.69%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.36%) Apache
4 2 (0.67%) nginx
5 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
5 1 (0.34%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (6.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.36%) Trello
4 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.35%) Windchill
5 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (7.07%) Workfront
2 6 (2.02%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (27.61%) AWS
2 70 (23.57%) Azure
3 36 (12.12%) SaaS
4 32 (10.77%) GCP
5 23 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (7.41%) Miro
7 20 (6.73%) iPaaS
8 19 (6.40%) Serverless
9 14 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.69%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.69%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.36%) OpenShift
13 6 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.35%) GitHub
15 3 (1.01%) Amazon ECS
15 3 (1.01%) Amazon S3
16 2 (0.67%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.73%) Broadband
2 7 (2.36%) AMQP
3 5 (1.68%) MQTT
4 4 (1.35%) LAN
4 4 (1.35%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.35%) WAN
5 3 (1.01%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.41%) Metadata
2 14 (4.71%) Big Data
3 7 (2.36%) Cloudera CDH
3 7 (2.36%) Hadoop
4 6 (2.02%) Data Lake
4 6 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.68%) Power BI
6 4 (1.35%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.35%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.67%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.67%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.67%) Tableau
8 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 60 (20.20%) JIRA
2 20 (6.73%) Git
3 7 (2.36%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.01%) IntelliJ
4 3 (1.01%) Maven
5 2 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.67%) git-flow
5 2 (0.67%) GitLab
5 2 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.34%) Postman
6 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
General
1 123 (41.41%) Social Skills
2 89 (29.97%) Finance
3 48 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 29 (9.76%) Marketing
6 27 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (6.40%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (4.38%) Aerospace
9 12 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.70%) Law
11 7 (2.36%) Banking
12 6 (2.02%) Environmental Health
12 6 (2.02%) Military
12 6 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.02%) Police
12 6 (2.02%) Retail
13 5 (1.68%) Aviation
13 5 (1.68%) Games
13 5 (1.68%) Legal
14 4 (1.35%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 39 (13.13%) Architect
2 37 (12.46%) Lead
3 36 (12.12%) Analyst
4 33 (11.11%) Product Owner
5 32 (10.77%) Business Analyst
6 31 (10.44%) Senior
7 29 (9.76%) Software Engineer
8 23 (7.74%) Delivery Manager
9 20 (6.73%) Senior Manager
10 19 (6.40%) Cloud Architect
10 19 (6.40%) Product Manager
11 18 (6.06%) Project Manager
12 12 (4.04%) Scrum Master
12 12 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.70%) Programme Manager
14 10 (3.37%) Consultant
15 9 (3.03%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
16 8 (2.69%) Data Manager
16 8 (2.69%) Senior Software Engineer
17 7 (2.36%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.09%) React
2 20 (6.73%) REST
3 17 (5.72%) Node.js
4 16 (5.39%) AngularJS
5 15 (5.05%) Terraform
6 10 (3.37%) .NET
6 10 (3.37%) Kafka
7 9 (3.03%) SOAP
8 8 (2.69%) gRPC
8 8 (2.69%) Middleware
8 8 (2.69%) OpenAPI
8 8 (2.69%) Spring
8 8 (2.69%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.36%) Material-UI
9 7 (2.36%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (2.36%) Swagger
10 4 (1.35%) Web Services
11 3 (1.01%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (1.01%) JSON
11 3 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 89 (29.97%) Product Ownership
2 37 (12.46%) Cloud Native
3 24 (8.08%) Marketing Technology
4 20 (6.73%) Over-the-Top Content
4 20 (6.73%) Social Media
5 15 (5.05%) Virtual Team
6 14 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (3.37%) Robotics
8 8 (2.69%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.69%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.69%) PMI
9 7 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.35%) e-Learning
12 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.01%) FPGA
12 3 (1.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 2 (0.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.39%) Linux
2 7 (2.36%) CentOS
2 7 (2.36%) Debian
2 7 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (2.36%) Ubuntu
3 5 (1.68%) Windows
4 1 (0.34%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (89.23%) Agile
2 134 (45.12%) Scrum
2 134 (45.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 105 (35.35%) Roadmaps
4 97 (32.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (26.60%) DevOps
6 66 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 66 (22.22%) Kanban
7 63 (21.21%) CI/CD
8 56 (18.86%) AI
8 56 (18.86%) Sprint Planning
9 54 (18.18%) Microservices
9 54 (18.18%) Software Engineering
10 52 (17.51%) Coaching
11 49 (16.50%) User Stories
12 46 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
12 46 (15.49%) Product Vision
13 43 (14.48%) Containerisation
14 41 (13.80%) Mentoring
15 39 (13.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.79%) Java
2 33 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 31 (10.44%) Python
4 19 (6.40%) C#
5 12 (4.04%) SQL
5 12 (4.04%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.02%) Bash
7 5 (1.68%) C++
7 5 (1.68%) Rust
8 3 (1.01%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.01%) SOQL
9 2 (0.67%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.34%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (31.99%) Security Cleared
2 56 (18.86%) Degree
3 51 (17.17%) SC Cleared
4 47 (15.82%) DV Cleared
5 35 (11.78%) PMI Certification
6 27 (9.09%) PMP
7 13 (4.38%) CSPO
8 10 (3.37%) Master's Degree
9 9 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.36%) AWS Certification
11 6 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.02%) DBS Check
11 6 (2.02%) IIBA
11 6 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.68%) SAFe Agilist
13 4 (1.35%) APMP
13 4 (1.35%) MBA
13 4 (1.35%) PgMP
14 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.77%) QA
2 11 (3.70%) PMO
3 8 (2.69%) GDPR
4 7 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.02%) SLA
6 5 (1.68%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.35%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.35%) GRC
7 4 (1.35%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.35%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (1.01%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.67%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (4.38%) Docker
2 6 (2.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (6.06%) Ansible
2 17 (5.72%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.37%) Puppet
4 3 (1.01%) Grafana
5 2 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.34%) Podman
Vendors
1 31 (10.44%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.42%) Adobe
3 10 (3.37%) Workday
4 9 (3.03%) Google
4 9 (3.03%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.69%) Oracle
6 7 (2.36%) SaltStack
6 7 (2.36%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.02%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.35%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.35%) Cognizant
9 3 (1.01%) OneLogin
9 3 (1.01%) Sage
9 3 (1.01%) SAP
9 3 (1.01%) Solace
10 2 (0.67%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.67%) IBM
10 2 (0.67%) Palantir
11 1 (0.34%) Remedy
11 1 (0.34%) VMware