Agile Contracts in Glasgow

Agile Software Development
Scotland > Glasgow

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 237 280 352
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 27.02% 30.63% 35.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 29.40% 32.48% 38.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 225 270
10th Percentile £386 £382 £325
25th Percentile £421 £420 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £538
90th Percentile £675 £748 £613
Scotland median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £26.13 £36.27 £43.20
25th Percentile £30.32 £38.18 £44.25
Median hourly rate £38.38 £41.37 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -11.99% -22.56%
75th Percentile £46.61 £44.55 £48.77
90th Percentile £50.89 £46.46 £49.23
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
Glasgow

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 Glasgow with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 806 862 926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 91.90% 94.31% 92.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 629 702
10th Percentile £280 £325 £257
25th Percentile £400 £410 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £538
90th Percentile £675 £701 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 12
10th Percentile £13.75 - £17.85
25th Percentile £16.00 £10.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £21.13 £13.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +56.50% -58.97% +31.61%
75th Percentile £44.14 £35.00 £44.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £59.47 £49.39
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +9.11% -51.45% -10.99%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Glasgow

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Glasgow

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Glasgow over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Glasgow

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Glasgow

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Glasgow over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (9.70%) Confluence
2 8 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.69%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.27%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.42%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.42%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.42%) IIS
7 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Maximo
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 63 (26.58%) AWS
2 24 (10.13%) Azure
3 8 (3.38%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.38%) Serverless
4 7 (2.95%) Amazon S3
4 7 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
4 7 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
4 7 (2.95%) IaaS
4 7 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.53%) GCP
6 5 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.69%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.27%) SaaS
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.84%) Catchpoint
9 2 (0.84%) npm
9 2 (0.84%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.84%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.22%) DNS
2 6 (2.53%) DHCP
3 5 (2.11%) Firewall
4 4 (1.69%) ATM
5 3 (1.27%) SSL
5 3 (1.27%) VPN
6 2 (0.84%) IPv6
6 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.42%) BGP
7 1 (0.42%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.42%) HTTP
7 1 (0.42%) IPsec
7 1 (0.42%) MPLS
7 1 (0.42%) Network Security
7 1 (0.42%) OSPF
7 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.42%) VLAN
7 1 (0.42%) VoIP
7 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.64%) Relational Database
2 8 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.95%) DB2
4 6 (2.53%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (2.53%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.11%) Power BI
6 4 (1.69%) Big Data
6 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.84%) GIS
8 2 (0.84%) Metadata
8 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.42%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.42%) HBase
9 1 (0.42%) Informix
9 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.42%) MySQL
9 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (21.10%) JIRA
2 14 (5.91%) Git
2 14 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.95%) JUnit
4 6 (2.53%) Cucumber
5 5 (2.11%) GitLab
5 5 (2.11%) Mockito
6 4 (1.69%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.27%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.84%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.84%) Selenium
8 2 (0.84%) Subversion
8 2 (0.84%) webpack
9 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.42%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.42%) WebDriver
General
1 56 (23.63%) Finance
2 45 (18.99%) Social Skills
3 41 (17.30%) Public Sector
4 28 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.59%) Banking
6 14 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.38%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.95%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.69%) Electronics
10 4 (1.69%) Legal
10 4 (1.69%) Marketing
10 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.27%) Law
12 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Back Office
13 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Local Government
13 1 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (27.00%) Developer
2 33 (13.92%) Java Developer
3 24 (10.13%) Senior
4 23 (9.70%) Analyst
5 17 (7.17%) Architect
6 16 (6.75%) Lead
7 15 (6.33%) Business Analyst
8 14 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (5.91%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.91%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (5.06%) Full Stack Engineer
10 11 (4.64%) Java Engineer
11 10 (4.22%) Full Stack Developer
12 9 (3.80%) Full Stack Java Developer
12 9 (3.80%) Hardware Engineer
12 9 (3.80%) IT Manager
12 9 (3.80%) Product Manager
12 9 (3.80%) Windows Engineer
13 8 (3.38%) Change Manager
13 8 (3.38%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.03%) Spring
2 27 (11.39%) Spring Boot
3 23 (9.70%) CSS
4 21 (8.86%) HTML
4 21 (8.86%) REST
5 18 (7.59%) AngularJS
6 17 (7.17%) RESTful
7 16 (6.75%) React
8 11 (4.64%) JPA
8 11 (4.64%) Kafka
9 9 (3.80%) AWS CDK
10 8 (3.38%) PySpark
11 5 (2.11%) Node.js
12 4 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (1.69%) JSON
12 4 (1.69%) Middleware
13 3 (1.27%) .NET
13 3 (1.27%) HTML5
13 3 (1.27%) OpenTracing
13 3 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.49%) Public Cloud
2 11 (4.64%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.80%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.38%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.53%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.53%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.69%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.69%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.84%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.84%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.84%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.42%) Replication
10 1 (0.42%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.81%) Linux
2 16 (6.75%) Windows
3 14 (5.91%) Unix
4 5 (2.11%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.27%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.42%) Android
8 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (19.41%) Project Management
2 45 (18.99%) DevOps
3 43 (18.14%) Microservices
4 42 (17.72%) CI/CD
5 35 (14.77%) SDLC
5 35 (14.77%) Software Engineering
6 32 (13.50%) Roadmaps
7 31 (13.08%) Waterfall
8 28 (11.81%) Scrum
9 26 (10.97%) Full Stack Development
10 25 (10.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (9.70%) Test Automation
13 21 (8.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (8.86%) Unit Testing
14 19 (8.02%) Operational Stability
15 18 (7.59%) Project Delivery
16 17 (7.17%) Change Management
17 16 (6.75%) Community of Practice
18 15 (6.33%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 61 (25.74%) Java
2 53 (22.36%) Python
3 44 (18.57%) SQL
4 23 (9.70%) TypeScript
5 17 (7.17%) Perl
5 17 (7.17%) PowerShell
6 13 (5.49%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.49%) Scala
7 10 (4.22%) PL/SQL
8 7 (2.95%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.69%) Bash
9 4 (1.69%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.27%) C
11 2 (0.84%) Groovy
12 1 (0.42%) C#
12 1 (0.42%) COBOL
12 1 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 29 (12.24%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.75%) Degree
4 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.27%) CCNP
4 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.27%) OSCP
5 2 (0.84%) CCIE
5 2 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.42%) CCNA
6 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.80%) Disclosure Scotland
2 8 (3.38%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.38%) PMO
3 3 (1.27%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.84%) NIST
4 2 (0.84%) P3O
4 2 (0.84%) QA
4 2 (0.84%) SLA
5 1 (0.42%) Basel III
5 1 (0.42%) COREP
5 1 (0.42%) FINREP
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.42%) IFRS
5 1 (0.42%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 6 (2.53%) Docker
2 5 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.69%) Firmware
4 1 (0.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.42%) HDFS
4 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (3.80%) Terraform
2 8 (3.38%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.95%) SCCM
4 6 (2.53%) Ansible
4 6 (2.53%) Grafana
5 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.27%) Packer
5 3 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.27%) Zipkin
6 2 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.42%) Argo
7 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.42%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.42%) Istio
7 1 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.42%) Kibana
Vendors
1 19 (8.02%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.33%) Oracle
3 10 (4.22%) Avaloq
4 8 (3.38%) Splunk
5 7 (2.95%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.69%) SAP
7 3 (1.27%) IBM
7 3 (1.27%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.27%) Sybase
8 2 (0.84%) AppNeta
8 2 (0.84%) Arista
8 2 (0.84%) Databricks
8 2 (0.84%) Greenplum
8 2 (0.84%) HP
8 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.84%) Tufin
9 1 (0.42%) Dell
9 1 (0.42%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.42%) Google
9 1 (0.42%) Pega