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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 173 448 696
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.55% 37.71% 36.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.90% 40.07% 38.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 355 509
10th Percentile £300 £363 £393
25th Percentile £415 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -2.56% +10.80%
75th Percentile £534 £526 £553
90th Percentile £600 £590 £623
Scotland median daily rate £487 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +2.58% +11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - £17.91
Median hourly rate £60.50 - £18.90
75th Percentile £60.75 - £19.90
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.50 £70.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -13.57% +48.94% -10.35%

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 724 1,118 1,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.99% 94.11% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 787 1,228
10th Percentile £219 £234 £269
25th Percentile £363 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £478
Median % change year-on-year - -0.63% +12.47%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £570
90th Percentile £656 £610 £638
Scotland median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 14
10th Percentile £13.30 £11.83 £15.78
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £19.49 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -33.93% -45.84%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.57 £46.75
90th Percentile - £37.71 £52.64
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%

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 28 May 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 7 (4.05%) Confluence
2 5 (2.89%) CMS
3 4 (2.31%) Apache
4 2 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.16%) JBoss
4 2 (1.16%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.16%) WildFly
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.58%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.73%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.12%) AWS
2 36 (20.81%) Azure
3 27 (15.61%) Amazon S3
3 27 (15.61%) AWS CloudFormation
4 25 (14.45%) Serverless
5 24 (13.87%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (8.67%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (7.51%) OpenShift
7 13 (7.51%) Power Platform
8 11 (6.36%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (4.05%) AWS CodePipeline
11 6 (3.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (3.47%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 6 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.73%) IaaS
12 3 (1.73%) PaaS
12 3 (1.73%) SaaS
12 3 (1.73%) Textract
13 2 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.78%) Firewall
2 5 (2.89%) SSL
3 4 (2.31%) Internet
3 4 (2.31%) LAN
3 4 (2.31%) VSAN
4 2 (1.16%) FabricPath
4 2 (1.16%) NX-OS
4 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.16%) VPN
4 2 (1.16%) WAN
5 1 (0.58%) ATM
5 1 (0.58%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.45%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (8.09%) Amazon Aurora
3 7 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (4.05%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.31%) Informix
4 4 (2.31%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.31%) Power BI
5 3 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.73%) InfluxDB
6 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.16%) GIS
6 2 (1.16%) Metadata
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.16%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.58%) Flink
7 1 (0.58%) Looker
7 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (16.18%) JIRA
2 10 (5.78%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.62%) GitLab
4 6 (3.47%) Git
5 4 (2.31%) Maven
5 4 (2.31%) Subversion
6 3 (1.73%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.16%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.16%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.16%) ER Studio
7 2 (1.16%) JUnit
7 2 (1.16%) Selenium
7 2 (1.16%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.16%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.58%) Capybara
8 1 (0.58%) Gradle
General
1 87 (50.29%) Public Sector
2 65 (37.57%) Social Skills
3 29 (16.76%) Finance
4 19 (10.98%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (9.25%) Banking
6 10 (5.78%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.62%) Retail Banking
9 4 (2.31%) Electronics
10 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Publishing
10 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 29 (16.76%) Analyst
2 23 (13.29%) Developer
3 21 (12.14%) Project Manager
4 17 (9.83%) Lead
4 17 (9.83%) Senior
5 15 (8.67%) Designer
6 14 (8.09%) Business Analyst
7 13 (7.51%) Consultant
8 11 (6.36%) Architect
9 10 (5.78%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (4.62%) UX Designer
11 6 (3.47%) Automation Developer
11 6 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 6 (3.47%) Full Stack Developer
11 6 (3.47%) Security Specialist
11 6 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.47%) Software Engineer
12 5 (2.89%) Content Designer
12 5 (2.89%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (15.03%) AWS CDK
2 12 (6.94%) React
3 9 (5.20%) Spring
4 8 (4.62%) REST
5 6 (3.47%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.89%) SpaCy
7 4 (2.31%) CSS
7 4 (2.31%) HTML
7 4 (2.31%) Middleware
7 4 (2.31%) Node.js
7 4 (2.31%) PostGIS
8 3 (1.73%) .NET
8 3 (1.73%) Java EE
8 3 (1.73%) Kafka
8 3 (1.73%) PyTorch
9 2 (1.16%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.16%) JSTL
9 2 (1.16%) OAuth2
9 2 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (1.16%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.51%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.36%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.89%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.89%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.89%) PKI
5 5 (2.89%) Replication
5 5 (2.89%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 4 (2.31%) Device Driver
6 4 (2.31%) IoT
6 4 (2.31%) PCIe
6 4 (2.31%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.31%) Verilog
6 4 (2.31%) VHDL
7 3 (1.73%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.73%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.16%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.67%) Linux
2 7 (4.05%) Windows
3 5 (2.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.31%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.31%) Unix
4 4 (2.31%) VxWorks
5 3 (1.73%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.58%) AIX
6 1 (0.58%) Android
6 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.59%) Scrum
2 35 (20.23%) DevOps
3 33 (19.08%) Coaching
4 27 (15.61%) Kanban
4 27 (15.61%) Roadmaps
5 26 (15.03%) CI/CD
5 26 (15.03%) User Stories
6 25 (14.45%) User Experience
7 23 (13.29%) User Research
8 21 (12.14%) Business Analysis
8 21 (12.14%) Infrastructure as Code
8 21 (12.14%) Migration
8 21 (12.14%) Project Delivery
8 21 (12.14%) Project Management
9 19 (10.98%) Service Design
10 18 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (9.25%) Data Protection
12 15 (8.67%) ITIL
13 14 (8.09%) Software Delivery
13 14 (8.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.03%) Python
2 20 (11.56%) TypeScript
3 19 (10.98%) SQL
4 17 (9.83%) Java
5 13 (7.51%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.31%) Bash
6 4 (2.31%) C
6 4 (2.31%) Embedded C
7 3 (1.73%) Perl
7 3 (1.73%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.16%) C#
8 2 (1.16%) C++
8 2 (1.16%) Groovy
8 2 (1.16%) VBA
8 2 (1.16%) VBScript
9 1 (0.58%) Go
9 1 (0.58%) Ruby
9 1 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (10.98%) Degree
2 8 (4.62%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (4.05%) MCSE
3 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.31%) ISEB
5 3 (1.73%) APMP
5 3 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.16%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.16%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (1.16%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.58%) CCSA
7 1 (0.58%) CCSE
7 1 (0.58%) IIBA
7 1 (0.58%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.87%) Disclosure Scotland
2 18 (10.40%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.62%) PMO
4 7 (4.05%) QA
5 5 (2.89%) SLA
6 4 (2.31%) MISRA
6 4 (2.31%) MISRA C
7 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.16%) NCSC
8 1 (0.58%) GDPR
8 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.58%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (7.51%) Docker
2 6 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.89%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.31%) Firmware
4 4 (2.31%) vSphere
5 2 (1.16%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (9.83%) Grafana
2 8 (4.62%) Ansible
2 8 (4.62%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.89%) SCCM
3 5 (2.89%) VxRail
4 4 (2.31%) Terraform
4 4 (2.31%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.73%) Kibana
6 2 (1.16%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.58%) Istio
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.58%) Packer
Vendors
1 13 (7.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.20%) Oracle
3 8 (4.62%) VMware
4 6 (3.47%) Cadence
4 6 (3.47%) Databricks
4 6 (3.47%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.89%) Cisco
5 5 (2.89%) Dell
6 4 (2.31%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.31%) Google
6 4 (2.31%) Intel
7 3 (1.73%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.73%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.73%) Cognizant
8 2 (1.16%) Adobe
8 2 (1.16%) Commvault
8 2 (1.16%) Confluent
8 2 (1.16%) IBM
8 2 (1.16%) IDERA
8 2 (1.16%) Red Hat