Agile Contracts in Manchester

Agile Software Development
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 292 355 610
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 19.05% 18.71% 23.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.87% 20.37% 26.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 283 458
10th Percentile £394 £388 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +8.60% +8.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £612
90th Percentile £813 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £524 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.24% +5.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £35.75 -
25th Percentile £62.96 £36.88 £48.75
Median hourly rate £65.92 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.79% -28.57% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.88 £44.63 £56.25
90th Percentile - £57.45 -
North West median hourly rate £48.43 £40.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year +21.08% -3.28% +21.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,335 1,743 2,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.08% 91.88% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 1,278 1,823
10th Percentile £313 £315 £263
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.46% +8.44%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £575
90th Percentile £694 £658 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 61 50
10th Percentile £12.42 £14.65 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.19 £37.30 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.15% +144.59% -4.69%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £23.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £33.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Salford -1 8 £375 -40.00% 7
Oldham -2 3 £350 -12.50%
Bolton +2 1 £525 - 5
Stockport -1 1 £550 +7.32% 3
Agile
North West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (2.05%) Confluence
2 3 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) nginx
4 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.34%) Traefik
Applications
1 9 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.40%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Aareon QL
3 2 (0.68%) iTrent
3 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.68%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.34%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 68 (23.29%) AWS
2 60 (20.55%) Azure
3 20 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (6.85%) Serverless
4 17 (5.82%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.42%) GCP
5 10 (3.42%) SaaS
6 9 (3.08%) GitHub
7 8 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.40%) IaaS
8 7 (2.40%) PaaS
9 6 (2.05%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.37%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.37%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.37%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 34 (11.64%) Firewall
2 31 (10.62%) VPN
3 3 (1.03%) DNS
4 2 (0.68%) HTTP
5 1 (0.34%) PPP
5 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.90%) MongoDB
2 21 (7.19%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (6.85%) Relational Database
4 17 (5.82%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (4.45%) Power BI
6 12 (4.11%) RDBMS
7 11 (3.77%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (2.05%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.71%) Tableau
10 4 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.37%) Redis
10 4 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (1.03%) GIS
11 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.68%) MySQL
12 2 (0.68%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.34%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 22 (7.53%) Git
1 22 (7.53%) JIRA
2 21 (7.19%) GitLab
2 21 (7.19%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.79%) Cucumber
4 10 (3.42%) JUnit
5 8 (2.74%) Selenium
6 5 (1.71%) Postman
7 4 (1.37%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.37%) Gatling
7 4 (1.37%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.37%) Karma Test Runner
7 4 (1.37%) Maven
7 4 (1.37%) Mocha
7 4 (1.37%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.37%) webpack
8 3 (1.03%) Burp Suite
8 3 (1.03%) JMeter
8 3 (1.03%) Mockito
8 3 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 57 (19.52%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.75%) Public Sector
3 23 (7.88%) Finance
4 21 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.48%) Legal
6 9 (3.08%) Banking
7 8 (2.74%) Law
8 6 (2.05%) Retail
9 4 (1.37%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.37%) Marketing
10 3 (1.03%) Billing
10 3 (1.03%) German Language
10 3 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Automotive
11 2 (0.68%) French Language
11 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.68%) Military
11 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (23.63%) Architect
2 54 (18.49%) Developer
3 42 (14.38%) Lead
4 35 (11.99%) Technical Architect
5 29 (9.93%) Lead Architect
5 29 (9.93%) Senior
5 29 (9.93%) Technical Leader
6 21 (7.19%) Java Developer
7 20 (6.85%) Analyst
7 20 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.79%) Delivery Manager
9 12 (4.11%) Business Analyst
9 12 (4.11%) DBA
9 12 (4.11%) PostgreSQL DBA
10 11 (3.77%) Test Engineer
10 11 (3.77%) User Researcher
11 9 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (2.74%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.74%) SC Cleared Java Developer
13 7 (2.40%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (16.78%) Node.js
2 25 (8.56%) React
2 25 (8.56%) RESTful
3 23 (7.88%) REST
4 22 (7.53%) Kafka
5 20 (6.85%) Spring Boot
6 19 (6.51%) Spring
7 17 (5.82%) JSON
7 17 (5.82%) XML
8 15 (5.14%) .NET
9 14 (4.79%) Hibernate
9 14 (4.79%) JPA
10 11 (3.77%) Web Services
11 8 (2.74%) CSS
11 8 (2.74%) HTML
11 8 (2.74%) Spring Security
12 7 (2.40%) .NET Framework
12 7 (2.40%) AngularJS
13 5 (1.71%) OAuth
13 5 (1.71%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.33%) Public Cloud
2 27 (9.25%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.42%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.08%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.37%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.37%) Digital Signage
7 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.37%) Reference Data
7 4 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (1.03%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.03%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.03%) NHS
8 3 (1.03%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (14.04%) Windows
2 36 (12.33%) Android
3 34 (11.64%) Apple iOS
3 34 (11.64%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.42%) Linux
5 6 (2.05%) Unix
6 3 (1.03%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (35.27%) DevOps
2 75 (25.68%) CI/CD
3 51 (17.47%) Design Patterns
4 50 (17.12%) Microservices
5 47 (16.10%) Scrum
6 34 (11.64%) Risk Management
7 32 (10.96%) Mobile Device Management
8 31 (10.62%) Mentoring
8 31 (10.62%) Security Architecture
8 31 (10.62%) Zero Trust
9 28 (9.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 28 (9.59%) Threat Intelligence
10 27 (9.25%) Front End Development
10 27 (9.25%) Roadmaps
11 26 (8.90%) Project Delivery
12 25 (8.56%) Test Automation
13 23 (7.88%) User Experience
14 21 (7.19%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (7.19%) Software Engineering
15 20 (6.85%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.07%) Java
2 26 (8.90%) SQL
3 23 (7.88%) Python
4 19 (6.51%) C#
5 17 (5.82%) JavaScript
5 17 (5.82%) TypeScript
6 7 (2.40%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.71%) Bash
7 5 (1.71%) Scala
8 3 (1.03%) Go
8 3 (1.03%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.68%) Groovy
9 2 (0.68%) PHP
9 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.34%) Ruby
10 1 (0.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 56 (19.18%) Security Cleared
2 44 (15.07%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.82%) Degree
4 8 (2.74%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.03%) OSCP
7 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.68%) BC Cleared
7 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CCSA
8 1 (0.34%) CCSE
8 1 (0.34%) CISSP
8 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.34%) ISEB
8 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.16%) QA
2 12 (4.11%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.08%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (2.74%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.40%) GDPR
6 4 (1.37%) GRC
6 4 (1.37%) PMO
7 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.03%) NIST
7 3 (1.03%) SLA
8 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.34%) GxP
9 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (5.48%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (7.19%) Terraform
2 17 (5.82%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.08%) Ansible
4 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.68%) Grafana
6 1 (0.34%) Consul
6 1 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.34%) Graphite
6 1 (0.34%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) linkerd
6 1 (0.34%) Packer
6 1 (0.34%) Podman
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (10.96%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.16%) Oracle
3 11 (3.77%) Google
4 7 (2.40%) SAP
5 5 (1.71%) Apple
5 5 (1.71%) Pega
6 4 (1.37%) Logitech
6 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.03%) Aareon
7 3 (1.03%) Databricks
7 3 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.03%) VMware
8 2 (0.68%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco
8 2 (0.68%) Cognizant
8 2 (0.68%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.68%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.68%) PagerDuty
8 2 (0.68%) Remedy
8 2 (0.68%) Sitecore