Agile Contracts in Edinburgh

Agile Software Development
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 180 516 682
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 22.06% 39.91% 35.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.07% 41.92% 37.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 429 509
10th Percentile £281 £363 £362
25th Percentile £413 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £505 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £623
Scotland median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - -
Median hourly rate £60.50 - -
75th Percentile £60.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.50 £65.00 £49.54
% change year-on-year -6.92% +31.21% -5.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 718 1,231 1,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.99% 95.20% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 879 1,251
10th Percentile £235 £260 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £559
90th Percentile £670 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 13 19
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.07 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.13
Median hourly rate £21.02 £21.26 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -35.58% -39.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £51.25
90th Percentile - £64.90 £53.86
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
% change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 9 (5.00%) Confluence
2 7 (3.89%) CMS
3 4 (2.22%) Apache
4 2 (1.11%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.11%) JBoss
4 2 (1.11%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.11%) WildFly
5 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.56%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 46 (25.56%) AWS
2 27 (15.00%) Amazon S3
2 27 (15.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 26 (14.44%) Azure
3 26 (14.44%) Serverless
4 24 (13.33%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (8.33%) OpenShift
6 12 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (6.11%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (4.44%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.89%) AWS CodePipeline
10 6 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (3.33%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.22%) GCP
12 4 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (2.22%) SaaS
13 3 (1.67%) Amazon SageMaker
13 3 (1.67%) IaaS
13 3 (1.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.44%) Firewall
2 4 (2.22%) Internet
2 4 (2.22%) LAN
2 4 (2.22%) VSAN
3 3 (1.67%) SSL
4 2 (1.11%) FabricPath
4 2 (1.11%) NX-OS
4 2 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.11%) VPN
4 2 (1.11%) WAN
5 1 (0.56%) ATM
5 1 (0.56%) HTTP
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (15.00%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (8.33%) Amazon Aurora
3 7 (3.89%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.89%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.22%) Informix
4 4 (2.22%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.67%) InfluxDB
5 3 (1.67%) Power BI
5 3 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.11%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.11%) GIS
6 2 (1.11%) Metadata
6 2 (1.11%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.11%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (1.11%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.56%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (17.78%) JIRA
2 13 (7.22%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.11%) GitLab
4 8 (4.44%) Cypress.io
4 8 (4.44%) Git
5 4 (2.22%) Cucumber
5 4 (2.22%) Maven
5 4 (2.22%) Subversion
6 3 (1.67%) JUnit
6 3 (1.67%) Selenium
7 2 (1.11%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.11%) ER Studio
7 2 (1.11%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.11%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.56%) Capybara
8 1 (0.56%) Gradle
8 1 (0.56%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.56%) Postman
General
1 90 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 70 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 29 (16.11%) Finance
4 19 (10.56%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (8.33%) Banking
6 12 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.78%) Electronics
10 3 (1.67%) Billing
10 3 (1.67%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.11%) Publishing
11 2 (1.11%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 32 (17.78%) Analyst
2 31 (17.22%) Developer
3 20 (11.11%) Lead
4 18 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 17 (9.44%) Project Manager
5 17 (9.44%) Senior
6 15 (8.33%) Designer
7 11 (6.11%) Architect
8 10 (5.56%) Data Engineer
8 10 (5.56%) Full Stack Developer
9 9 (5.00%) Java Developer
10 8 (4.44%) Consultant
10 8 (4.44%) UX Designer
11 7 (3.89%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (3.33%) AWS Developer
12 6 (3.33%) Full Stack Java Developer
12 6 (3.33%) Software Engineer
12 6 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.78%) Content Designer
13 5 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (15.00%) AWS CDK
2 20 (11.11%) React
3 12 (6.67%) REST
3 12 (6.67%) Spring
4 9 (5.00%) Spring Boot
5 8 (4.44%) CSS
5 8 (4.44%) HTML
6 7 (3.89%) Node.js
7 5 (2.78%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.22%) .NET
8 4 (2.22%) JSP
8 4 (2.22%) Kafka
8 4 (2.22%) Middleware
8 4 (2.22%) OAuth
8 4 (2.22%) PostGIS
8 4 (2.22%) Spring Security
9 3 (1.67%) Java EE
9 3 (1.67%) JSON
9 3 (1.67%) Spring Web Flow
9 3 (1.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.44%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.78%) Replication
5 5 (2.78%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 4 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.22%) Device Driver
6 4 (2.22%) IoT
6 4 (2.22%) PCIe
6 4 (2.22%) Verilog
6 4 (2.22%) VHDL
7 3 (1.67%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.67%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.67%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.33%) Linux
2 5 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (2.78%) Windows
3 4 (2.22%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (2.22%) Unix
3 4 (2.22%) VxWorks
4 3 (1.67%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.56%) AIX
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (22.22%) Scrum
2 35 (19.44%) DevOps
3 31 (17.22%) Roadmaps
4 30 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 30 (16.67%) Coaching
5 27 (15.00%) Kanban
5 27 (15.00%) Project Management
5 27 (15.00%) User Experience
6 25 (13.89%) Business Analysis
7 23 (12.78%) User Research
8 22 (12.22%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (11.67%) Service Design
9 21 (11.67%) User Stories
10 20 (11.11%) Project Delivery
11 19 (10.56%) Migration
11 19 (10.56%) Test Automation
12 18 (10.00%) Data Protection
13 15 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
14 14 (7.78%) Requirements Gathering
14 14 (7.78%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.11%) Java
1 29 (16.11%) Python
2 22 (12.22%) JavaScript
3 21 (11.67%) TypeScript
4 19 (10.56%) SQL
5 5 (2.78%) C
5 5 (2.78%) Embedded C
6 4 (2.22%) Bash
6 4 (2.22%) C#
7 3 (1.67%) C++
7 3 (1.67%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.11%) Groovy
8 2 (1.11%) Perl
8 2 (1.11%) VBA
8 2 (1.11%) VBScript
9 1 (0.56%) Ada
9 1 (0.56%) Go
9 1 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (8.89%) Degree
2 5 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (2.22%) ISEB
3 4 (2.22%) MCSE
3 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.67%) APMP
4 3 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.11%) IIBA
5 2 (1.11%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (1.11%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.56%) CCSA
6 1 (0.56%) CCSE
6 1 (0.56%) PMP
6 1 (0.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.56%) Disclosure Scotland
2 21 (11.67%) Accessibility
3 11 (6.11%) QA
4 8 (4.44%) SLA
5 7 (3.89%) PMO
6 4 (2.22%) MISRA
6 4 (2.22%) MISRA C
7 2 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.11%) NIST
8 1 (0.56%) GDPR
8 1 (0.56%) NCSC
8 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.56%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (7.22%) Docker
2 6 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.22%) Firmware
3 4 (2.22%) vSphere
4 3 (1.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.67%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.11%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (10.00%) Grafana
2 8 (4.44%) Ansible
3 6 (3.33%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.78%) VxRail
5 4 (2.22%) Kibana
5 4 (2.22%) Terraform
5 4 (2.22%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.67%) SCCM
7 2 (1.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.56%) Istio
8 1 (0.56%) Packer
Vendors
1 13 (7.22%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.11%) Oracle
3 8 (4.44%) VMware
4 6 (3.33%) Atlassian
4 6 (3.33%) Cadence
4 6 (3.33%) Databricks
5 5 (2.78%) Cisco
5 5 (2.78%) Dell
5 5 (2.78%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.22%) Google
6 4 (2.22%) Intel
7 3 (1.67%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.11%) Commvault
8 2 (1.11%) Confluent
8 2 (1.11%) IBM
8 2 (1.11%) IDERA
8 2 (1.11%) Pega
8 2 (1.11%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.56%) Teradata
9 1 (0.56%) Workday