Agile Contracts in Lancashire

Agile Software Development
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 6 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing Agile 26 42 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 13.07% 16.94% 30.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.56% 19.44% 33.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 27 56
10th Percentile £313 £408 £408
25th Percentile £454 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year +18.58% +3.95% +20.25%
75th Percentile £641 £555 £530
90th Percentile £706 £700 £669
North West median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile £41.71 £46.25 £33.41
25th Percentile - £51.34 £38.68
Median hourly rate £45.88 £56.38 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -18.62% +36.33% +87.98%
75th Percentile £47.79 £61.55 £45.70
90th Percentile £48.43 £69.71 £51.53
North West median hourly rate £48.43 £44.79 £60.48
% change year-on-year +8.14% -25.94% +52.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 157 216 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 78.89% 87.10% 91.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 116 154
10th Percentile £257 £297 £223
25th Percentile £413 £401 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £648 £602 £588
90th Percentile £720 £700 £708
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 47 39
10th Percentile - £25.04 £13.70
25th Percentile £16.06 £29.30 £16.93
Median hourly rate £25.60 £42.50 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.76% +15.65% +44.12%
75th Percentile £45.88 £51.19 £47.64
90th Percentile £47.64 £56.38 £69.38
North West median hourly rate £23.80 £36.65 £24.10
% change year-on-year -35.06% +52.07% +30.27%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Lancashire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Lancashire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Lancashire over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Lancashire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Lancashire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Preston 0 4 £666 +47.69% 11
Fleetwood - 4 £588 -
Blackpool -4 3 £625 +28.21% 10
Agile
North West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (3.85%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Azure
1 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) HTTP
1 3 (11.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (30.77%) JIRA
2 3 (11.54%) Bitbucket
2 3 (11.54%) GitLab
2 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
2 3 (11.54%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (3.85%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.69%) Local Government
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Military
4 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Project Manager
2 6 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Senior
4 4 (15.38%) Programme Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) IT Programme Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Java Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior IT Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Senior IT Project Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) Spring
2 3 (11.54%) JDBC
2 3 (11.54%) JPA
2 3 (11.54%) JWT
2 3 (11.54%) Node.js
2 3 (11.54%) RESTful
2 3 (11.54%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.69%) NHS
3 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Project Management
2 9 (34.62%) PRINCE2
2 9 (34.62%) Waterfall
3 8 (30.77%) Microservices
3 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (26.92%) DevOps
4 7 (26.92%) Software Engineering
5 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (19.23%) Dependency Injection
6 5 (19.23%) DevSecOps
6 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (15.38%) Business Case
7 4 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
7 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
7 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (15.38%) People Management
7 4 (15.38%) Performance Management
7 4 (15.38%) Programme Governance
7 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
7 4 (15.38%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) Java
2 1 (3.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) APMG
5 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) PMO
2 2 (7.69%) P3O
3 1 (3.85%) MISRA
3 1 (3.85%) MISRA C
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) Cadence
3 1 (3.85%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce