Agile Contracts in the City of London

Agile Software Development
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 423 823 1,166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 19.41% 23.18% 27.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.46% 25.32% 30.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 532 875
10th Percentile £410 £423 £439
25th Percentile £463 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £591
Median % change year-on-year -6.16% +3.77% +7.36%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £710
90th Percentile £789 £820 £788
Central London median daily rate £565 £600 £589
% change year-on-year -5.83% +1.95% +8.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59.50
Median hourly rate - - £61.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £33.00 - £61.00
% change year-on-year - - +205.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Agile 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 City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,971 3,251 3,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.45% 91.55% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,393 2,187 2,928
10th Percentile £351 £354 £388
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £677
90th Percentile £823 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.39% +9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 42
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.10 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.61 £21.81
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -12.50% +122.53%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the City of London region over the 6 months to 8 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
London Bridge +2 1 £501 -19.92%
Agile
Central London

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 23 (5.44%) Confluence
1 23 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.65%) CMS
4 6 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.42%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.95%) Apache
5 4 (0.95%) IIS
5 4 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.71%) MTS
7 2 (0.47%) Documentum
7 2 (0.47%) Jadu
7 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.47%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.47%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Moodle
8 1 (0.24%) nginx
8 1 (0.24%) Tornado
Applications
1 15 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (2.13%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.47%) Sketch
7 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.24%) InVision
7 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.71%) Aligne
2 3 (0.71%) Endur
2 3 (0.71%) EuroRunner
3 2 (0.47%) Primavera
3 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.24%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.24%) Front Arena
4 1 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.24%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.24%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.24%) Softmar
4 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 138 (32.62%) Azure
2 56 (13.24%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (10.64%) AWS
4 35 (8.27%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (3.55%) Serverless
7 14 (3.31%) GCP
8 13 (3.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (3.07%) SaaS
9 12 (2.84%) GitHub
10 11 (2.60%) Azure Functions
10 11 (2.60%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (1.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.18%) Firewall
2 4 (0.95%) Internet
3 3 (0.71%) DNS
3 3 (0.71%) VoIP
4 2 (0.47%) Intranet
4 2 (0.47%) LAN
4 2 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.47%) VPN
4 2 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.24%) CTI
5 1 (0.24%) DHCP
5 1 (0.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.24%) VLAN
5 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.15%) Power BI
3 17 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.31%) MongoDB
5 11 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (2.36%) MySQL
7 9 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.89%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.89%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.42%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.18%) Big Data
10 5 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.95%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.95%) Siebel EIM
12 3 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.71%) Data Mart
12 3 (0.71%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 45 (10.64%) JIRA
2 28 (6.62%) Git
3 19 (4.49%) Selenium
4 13 (3.07%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.60%) GitLab
6 10 (2.36%) Postman
7 9 (2.13%) SpecFlow
8 8 (1.89%) JUnit
9 6 (1.42%) Mockito
9 6 (1.42%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.42%) WebDriver
10 5 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.95%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.95%) JMeter
11 4 (0.95%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.95%) TestNG
12 3 (0.71%) Maven
12 3 (0.71%) Subversion
12 3 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 135 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 111 (26.24%) Finance
3 46 (10.87%) Banking
4 43 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.44%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (4.49%) Legal
8 16 (3.78%) Front Office
9 14 (3.31%) Investment Banking
10 13 (3.07%) Retail
11 12 (2.84%) Back Office
12 10 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.36%) Law
13 9 (2.13%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.42%) Retail Banking
16 5 (1.18%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.18%) Marketing
17 4 (0.95%) Automotive
18 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (21.28%) Developer
2 67 (15.84%) Analyst
3 51 (12.06%) Senior
4 45 (10.64%) Business Analyst
5 39 (9.22%) Project Manager
6 28 (6.62%) Lead
7 27 (6.38%) Architect
8 20 (4.73%) Product Owner
8 20 (4.73%) Senior Developer
9 19 (4.49%) Java Developer
10 16 (3.78%) Delivery Manager
11 15 (3.55%) Consultant
12 14 (3.31%) Test Analyst
13 13 (3.07%) Full Stack Developer
14 11 (2.60%) Scrum Master
14 11 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
15 10 (2.36%) Data Engineer
15 10 (2.36%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 10 (2.36%) Product Manager
15 10 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.17%) .NET
2 19 (4.49%) HTML
3 18 (4.26%) .NET Core
3 18 (4.26%) Web Services
4 16 (3.78%) AngularJS
4 16 (3.78%) CSS
5 14 (3.31%) React
5 14 (3.31%) XML
6 13 (3.07%) Kafka
6 13 (3.07%) Spring
7 12 (2.84%) REST
8 11 (2.60%) .NET Framework
8 11 (2.60%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.13%) ASP.NET
9 9 (2.13%) JSON
10 7 (1.65%) Blazor
10 7 (1.65%) jQuery
10 7 (1.65%) Node.js
10 7 (1.65%) SOAP
11 6 (1.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.24%) Product Ownership
2 11 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 9 (2.13%) Market Risk
4 8 (1.89%) Mobile App
5 7 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (1.65%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.18%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.71%) Derivative
8 3 (0.71%) Fixed Income
8 3 (0.71%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.47%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.47%) IVR
9 2 (0.47%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.47%) PKI
9 2 (0.47%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.26%) Linux
1 18 (4.26%) Windows
2 9 (2.13%) Unix
3 4 (0.95%) Android
3 4 (0.95%) Mac OS X
4 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.47%) CentOS
5 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (25.77%) DevOps
2 94 (22.22%) Scrum
3 78 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (15.60%) CI/CD
5 60 (14.18%) Project Management
6 51 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (12.06%) Waterfall
7 38 (8.98%) SDLC
8 37 (8.75%) Microservices
9 36 (8.51%) Test Automation
10 35 (8.27%) User Stories
11 34 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (7.80%) Migration
12 33 (7.80%) Roadmaps
12 33 (7.80%) Software Engineering
13 32 (7.57%) PRINCE2
14 31 (7.33%) Analytics
15 29 (6.86%) Project Delivery
16 28 (6.62%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.08%) SQL
2 54 (12.77%) C#
3 50 (11.82%) Python
4 49 (11.58%) Java
5 36 (8.51%) PowerShell
6 34 (8.04%) JavaScript
7 16 (3.78%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.36%) Bicep
8 10 (2.36%) Go
9 8 (1.89%) C++
9 8 (1.89%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.42%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.42%) Scala
11 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.71%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.71%) PHP
11 3 (0.71%) R
11 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.71%) Swift
12 2 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (10.64%) Degree
2 30 (7.09%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (2.13%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.65%) PMP
8 6 (1.42%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.18%) ISEB
9 5 (1.18%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.47%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.47%) CCNA
12 2 (0.47%) CIMA
12 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.47%) SANS
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.38%) QA
2 23 (5.44%) PMO
3 8 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.65%) SLA
5 6 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.95%) NIST
6 4 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.95%) WCAG
7 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.47%) EMIR
8 2 (0.47%) GDPR
8 2 (0.47%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (4.02%) Docker
2 10 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Ceph
4 1 (0.24%) NFS
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (5.44%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.84%) Terraform
3 8 (1.89%) Ansible
3 8 (1.89%) PingFederate
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.95%) Grafana
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.95%) Puppet
6 3 (0.71%) Kibana
6 3 (0.71%) logstash
6 3 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) Consul
8 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.24%) Graylog
8 1 (0.24%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.24%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.24%) Mesos
8 1 (0.24%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.24%) Packer
Vendors
1 82 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.38%) Oracle
3 13 (3.07%) Databricks
3 13 (3.07%) SAP
4 12 (2.84%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.60%) Google
6 9 (2.13%) Adobe
6 9 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.65%) Cadence
8 6 (1.42%) IBM
8 6 (1.42%) iManage
8 6 (1.42%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.18%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (1.18%) Cisco
9 5 (1.18%) Splunk
10 4 (0.95%) Siebel
11 3 (0.71%) Arista
11 3 (0.71%) Okta
11 3 (0.71%) Proofpoint
11 3 (0.71%) Symantec