Agile Contracts in the North of England

Agile Software Development
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 705 1,172 1,678
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 15.02% 20.53% 23.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.52% 22.62% 26.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 883 1,234
10th Percentile £363 £400 £386
25th Percentile £425 £463 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +10.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 20
10th Percentile £38.38 £30.54 £26.25
25th Percentile £45.88 £37.50 £31.00
Median hourly rate £48.43 £55.19 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% +33.45% +59.06%
75th Percentile £56.81 £66.17 £50.63
90th Percentile £71.24 £70.00 £59.18
England median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £48.58
% change year-on-year -5.23% +33.80% +7.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,023 5,182 6,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.72% 90.78% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,447 3,599 4,626
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 202 253
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.86 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.15 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.21% +57.57% +0.87%
75th Percentile £45.00 £46.51 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.40
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the North of England

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West -1 408 £525 - 365
Yorkshire -2 264 £513 -6.82% 185
North East -2 43 £533 -7.39% 69
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 28 (3.97%) Confluence
2 10 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.99%) ArcGIS
5 6 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.85%) nginx
6 5 (0.71%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
7 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.28%) Mule
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.14%) Traefik
Applications
1 23 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.70%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.99%) SAP PM
4 5 (0.71%) Primavera
5 4 (0.57%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.43%) Aareon QL
6 3 (0.43%) Maximo
7 2 (0.28%) iTrent
7 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.28%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.28%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
8 1 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 130 (18.44%) Azure
2 129 (18.30%) AWS
3 49 (6.95%) GitHub
4 46 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (5.11%) Serverless
6 33 (4.68%) GCP
7 31 (4.40%) SaaS
8 28 (3.97%) Power Platform
9 15 (2.13%) Amazon S3
9 15 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (1.99%) PaaS
11 13 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (1.84%) IaaS
12 9 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.28%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.13%) Azure Functions
13 8 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (0.99%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 45 (6.38%) Firewall
2 37 (5.25%) VPN
3 15 (2.13%) HTTP
4 9 (1.28%) DNS
5 7 (0.99%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.85%) PPP
7 5 (0.71%) FTP
7 5 (0.71%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.57%) Network Security
9 3 (0.43%) SSL
10 2 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.28%) RTP
10 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.28%) WAN
10 2 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.39%) MongoDB
2 35 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (4.11%) Relational Database
4 24 (3.40%) Power BI
5 23 (3.26%) NoSQL
6 19 (2.70%) SQL Server
7 17 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.70%) GIS
8 12 (1.70%) RDBMS
9 10 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (1.28%) Redis
11 8 (1.13%) Tableau
12 7 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.99%) MySQL
13 6 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.85%) Big Data
13 6 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.71%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.71%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 83 (11.77%) JIRA
2 64 (9.08%) Jenkins
3 51 (7.23%) Git
4 40 (5.67%) GitLab
5 26 (3.69%) Selenium
6 22 (3.12%) JUnit
7 21 (2.98%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.42%) JMeter
8 10 (1.42%) Postman
9 9 (1.28%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.13%) Cypress.io
10 8 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.99%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.85%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.85%) Travis CI
12 6 (0.85%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.71%) Gatling
13 5 (0.71%) Mockito
14 4 (0.57%) webpack
General
1 189 (26.81%) Social Skills
2 110 (15.60%) Finance
3 93 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 63 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (4.82%) Banking
6 21 (2.98%) Legal
7 17 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.13%) Retail
10 14 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.84%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.56%) Marketing
13 8 (1.13%) Billing
13 8 (1.13%) Law
13 8 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.71%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.57%) Military
16 3 (0.43%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 108 (15.32%) Developer
2 96 (13.62%) Architect
3 81 (11.49%) Analyst
4 67 (9.50%) Senior
5 64 (9.08%) Lead
6 58 (8.23%) Project Manager
7 53 (7.52%) Business Analyst
8 40 (5.67%) Java Developer
9 37 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (5.11%) Technical Architect
11 29 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
11 29 (4.11%) Lead Architect
11 29 (4.11%) Technical Leader
12 27 (3.83%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (2.98%) Software Engineer
14 20 (2.84%) Test Engineer
15 19 (2.70%) User Researcher
16 17 (2.41%) Storage Manager
16 17 (2.41%) Tester
17 14 (1.99%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (8.94%) Node.js
2 46 (6.52%) React
3 44 (6.24%) REST
4 40 (5.67%) JSON
4 40 (5.67%) Spring
5 35 (4.96%) Spring Boot
6 32 (4.54%) XML
7 31 (4.40%) Kafka
7 31 (4.40%) RESTful
8 30 (4.26%) .NET
9 23 (3.26%) Hibernate
9 23 (3.26%) JPA
10 22 (3.12%) Web Services
10 22 (3.12%) YAML
11 20 (2.84%) CSS
11 20 (2.84%) HTML
12 17 (2.41%) .NET Framework
13 14 (1.99%) AngularJS
14 10 (1.42%) Middleware
15 9 (1.28%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.09%) Product Ownership
2 46 (6.52%) Public Cloud
3 22 (3.12%) Data Centre
4 16 (2.27%) Data Structures
4 16 (2.27%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.27%) Mobile App
5 15 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.42%) Reference Data
7 9 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.13%) NHS
9 7 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (0.99%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.85%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.85%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.71%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.71%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.38%) Windows
2 43 (6.10%) Apple iOS
3 42 (5.96%) Android
4 40 (5.67%) Linux
5 35 (4.96%) Windows Server
6 18 (2.55%) zOS
7 17 (2.41%) Unix
8 6 (0.85%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.43%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.14%) CentOS
11 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (26.38%) DevOps
2 142 (20.14%) Scrum
3 140 (19.86%) CI/CD
4 114 (16.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 108 (15.32%) Project Management
6 98 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (13.62%) Waterfall
8 85 (12.06%) Microservices
9 79 (11.21%) Test Automation
10 68 (9.65%) Design Patterns
11 64 (9.08%) Risk Management
11 64 (9.08%) Software Engineering
12 58 (8.23%) Mentoring
13 57 (8.09%) Roadmaps
14 55 (7.80%) Project Delivery
15 52 (7.38%) Migration
16 51 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
17 48 (6.81%) User Stories
18 47 (6.67%) SDLC
19 43 (6.10%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 119 (16.88%) Java
2 76 (10.78%) Python
3 63 (8.94%) JavaScript
4 56 (7.94%) SQL
5 40 (5.67%) C#
6 32 (4.54%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.41%) JCL
7 17 (2.41%) PowerShell
8 16 (2.27%) Bash
9 15 (2.13%) Scala
10 14 (1.99%) REXX
11 9 (1.28%) Groovy
12 7 (0.99%) Go
12 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.99%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.71%) C
13 5 (0.71%) Ruby
14 4 (0.57%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.57%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 104 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 89 (12.62%) SC Cleared
3 66 (9.36%) Degree
4 14 (1.99%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.42%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (1.13%) PMP
7 5 (0.71%) CBAP
8 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.43%) OSCP
9 2 (0.28%) APMG
9 2 (0.28%) CCSA
9 2 (0.28%) CCSE
10 1 (0.14%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.14%) CISSP
10 1 (0.14%) ISEB
10 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.38%) QA
2 24 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.84%) PMO
4 17 (2.41%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 8 (1.13%) GDPR
6 8 (1.13%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.99%) GRC
8 6 (0.85%) SLA
9 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.43%) NIST
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.28%) GxP
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.28%) P3O
10 2 (0.28%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) MISRA
11 1 (0.14%) MISRA C
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 47 (6.67%) Docker
2 17 (2.41%) NFS
2 17 (2.41%) Time Sharing Option
3 6 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.43%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 51 (7.23%) Terraform
2 49 (6.95%) Kubernetes
3 42 (5.96%) Ansible
4 22 (3.12%) Grafana
4 22 (3.12%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.70%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 9 (1.28%) Puppet
7 8 (1.13%) Progress Chef
8 7 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
8 7 (0.99%) Kibana
9 6 (0.85%) logstash
10 5 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.57%) Istio
12 2 (0.28%) Kiali
13 1 (0.14%) Graphite
13 1 (0.14%) Graylog
13 1 (0.14%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
13 1 (0.14%) linkerd
13 1 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 63 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.54%) SAP
3 27 (3.83%) Oracle
4 22 (3.12%) IBM
5 19 (2.70%) Broadcom
5 19 (2.70%) Dell
5 19 (2.70%) Google
6 17 (2.41%) Brocade
6 17 (2.41%) CA
7 15 (2.13%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.56%) Splunk
9 10 (1.42%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.99%) Avaloq
10 7 (0.99%) Cisco
11 6 (0.85%) VMware
12 5 (0.71%) Apple
12 5 (0.71%) ESRI
12 5 (0.71%) Informatica
12 5 (0.71%) Sage
12 5 (0.71%) Talend