Agile Contracts in Scotland

Agile Software Development
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 492 910 1,167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 23.38% 33.68% 34.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.68% 36.41% 37.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 721 877
10th Percentile £336 £381 £363
25th Percentile £415 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £550
90th Percentile £613 £638 £623
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 6
10th Percentile £40.09 £40.09 £42.41
25th Percentile £55.75 £47.73 £43.38
Median hourly rate £60.50 £70.00 £48.89
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +43.19% -6.75%
75th Percentile £60.75 £85.00 £55.82
90th Percentile £63.65 £86.50 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £60.25 £65.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year -8.02% +29.01% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,844 2,499 3,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.64% 92.49% 93.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,148 1,756 2,209
10th Percentile £221 £255 £250
25th Percentile £363 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 54 50
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.67 £11.25 £18.29
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +9.28%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 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
Glasgow +1 210 £500 - 85
Edinburgh -1 170 £470 -1.16% 97
South Lanarkshire +10 24 £575 +27.78% 1
West Lothian +2 12 £575 -4.17% 2
Perthshire 0 9 £500 -9.09% 2
Lanarkshire -1 8 £488 +2.09% 37
Dundee -1 6 £288 -32.35% 4
Aberdeen -4 3 £450 -5.26% 22
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 3
Agile
UK

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 53 (10.77%) Confluence
2 17 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.63%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.42%) Apache
5 7 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.02%) CMS
7 2 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.41%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.41%) JBoss
7 2 (0.41%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.41%) WildFly
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) EPiServer
Applications
1 13 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.22%) Maximo
2 4 (0.81%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 118 (23.98%) AWS
2 72 (14.63%) Azure
3 42 (8.54%) Amazon S3
4 41 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 40 (8.13%) Serverless
6 39 (7.93%) AWS Lambda
7 31 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (5.08%) OpenShift
9 19 (3.86%) Power Platform
10 17 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.83%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 9 (1.83%) AWS CodePipeline
14 9 (1.83%) GCP
15 8 (1.63%) Yammer
16 6 (1.22%) IaaS
16 6 (1.22%) Textract
17 5 (1.02%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.25%) Firewall
2 7 (1.42%) SSL
3 6 (1.22%) DNS
4 5 (1.02%) ATM
4 5 (1.02%) VPN
5 4 (0.81%) Internet
5 4 (0.81%) LAN
5 4 (0.81%) VSAN
6 3 (0.61%) DHCP
6 3 (0.61%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.61%) WAN
7 2 (0.41%) FabricPath
7 2 (0.41%) IPv6
7 2 (0.41%) Modbus
7 2 (0.41%) Network Security
7 2 (0.41%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.20%) IPsec
8 1 (0.20%) MPLS
8 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (5.28%) Amazon Aurora
3 20 (4.07%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.85%) Oracle Database
5 11 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (2.24%) MongoDB
6 10 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.63%) GIS
8 7 (1.42%) Power BI
9 6 (1.22%) InfluxDB
9 6 (1.22%) Informix
9 6 (1.22%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.02%) Big Data
11 4 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.81%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.61%) DB2
12 3 (0.61%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.61%) MySQL
12 3 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 110 (22.36%) JIRA
2 28 (5.69%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.88%) Git
4 14 (2.85%) Cucumber
5 13 (2.64%) GitLab
5 13 (2.64%) JUnit
6 8 (1.63%) Maven
7 6 (1.22%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.22%) Mockito
7 6 (1.22%) Selenium
7 6 (1.22%) Subversion
8 5 (1.02%) Postman
9 4 (0.81%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.81%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.61%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.61%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.41%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.41%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 158 (32.11%) Public Sector
2 129 (26.22%) Social Skills
3 84 (17.07%) Finance
4 51 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.71%) Banking
6 25 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.63%) Electronics
10 8 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.42%) Publishing
12 6 (1.22%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.22%) Legal
12 6 (1.22%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.81%) Marketing
15 3 (0.61%) Law
16 1 (0.20%) Billing
Job Titles
1 110 (22.36%) Developer
2 70 (14.23%) Analyst
3 53 (10.77%) Senior
4 48 (9.76%) Java Developer
5 41 (8.33%) Project Manager
6 37 (7.52%) Lead
7 36 (7.32%) Business Analyst
8 22 (4.47%) Consultant
9 20 (4.07%) Architect
10 19 (3.86%) Designer
10 19 (3.86%) Product Manager
11 17 (3.46%) Full Stack Developer
12 16 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (2.85%) IT Manager
14 14 (2.85%) Senior Manager
15 13 (2.64%) Full Stack Java Developer
16 12 (2.44%) AWS Engineer
16 12 (2.44%) Full Stack Engineer
16 12 (2.44%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (11.59%) Spring
2 47 (9.55%) Spring Boot
3 43 (8.74%) AWS CDK
4 41 (8.33%) REST
5 35 (7.11%) React
6 31 (6.30%) CSS
7 27 (5.49%) HTML
8 22 (4.47%) Kafka
9 21 (4.27%) RESTful
10 19 (3.86%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.64%) JPA
12 12 (2.44%) .NET
13 11 (2.24%) Node.js
13 11 (2.24%) PySpark
14 8 (1.63%) Middleware
15 7 (1.42%) SpaCy
15 7 (1.42%) Web Services
16 6 (1.22%) PostGIS
16 6 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
17 5 (1.02%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.69%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.46%) Public Cloud
3 16 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.05%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.24%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (1.63%) Replication
8 7 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.22%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.02%) e-Learning
10 5 (1.02%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.02%) PKI
10 5 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.02%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 4 (0.81%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.74%) Linux
2 27 (5.49%) Windows
3 23 (4.67%) Unix
4 10 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.22%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.02%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.81%) VxWorks
8 3 (0.61%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.41%) Android
9 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.20%) AIX
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (22.36%) Scrum
2 91 (18.50%) DevOps
3 85 (17.28%) Project Management
4 73 (14.84%) CI/CD
5 65 (13.21%) Roadmaps
6 54 (10.98%) Coaching
6 54 (10.98%) Microservices
6 54 (10.98%) User Stories
7 53 (10.77%) SDLC
7 53 (10.77%) Waterfall
8 51 (10.37%) Software Engineering
9 46 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 46 (9.35%) User Experience
10 44 (8.94%) Infrastructure as Code
11 42 (8.54%) Kanban
12 41 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (8.33%) User Research
13 38 (7.72%) Project Delivery
14 37 (7.52%) Test Automation
15 35 (7.11%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (18.50%) Java
2 84 (17.07%) SQL
3 79 (16.06%) Python
4 45 (9.15%) TypeScript
5 31 (6.30%) JavaScript
6 20 (4.07%) PL/SQL
7 16 (3.25%) PowerShell
8 14 (2.85%) Shell Script
9 13 (2.64%) C#
9 13 (2.64%) Perl
9 13 (2.64%) Scala
10 9 (1.83%) C
10 9 (1.83%) Kotlin
11 8 (1.63%) Bash
12 6 (1.22%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.81%) Groovy
13 4 (0.81%) VB
13 4 (0.81%) VB6
14 2 (0.41%) Ruby
14 2 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 53 (10.77%) Security Cleared
2 47 (9.55%) Degree
3 45 (9.15%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (1.42%) MCSE
5 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.81%) ISEB
9 3 (0.61%) APMP
9 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.61%) CCNP
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.61%) OSCP
10 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.41%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.91%) Disclosure Scotland
2 29 (5.89%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.05%) PMO
3 15 (3.05%) QA
4 8 (1.63%) SLA
5 5 (1.02%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.81%) MISRA
6 4 (0.81%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.41%) GDPR
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.41%) NCSC
7 2 (0.41%) P3O
8 1 (0.20%) Basel III
8 1 (0.20%) COREP
8 1 (0.20%) FINREP
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (7.11%) Docker
2 12 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.42%) Firmware
3 7 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.81%) vSphere
6 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (6.71%) Grafana
2 23 (4.67%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.85%) Ansible
4 12 (2.44%) SCCM
4 12 (2.44%) Terraform
5 11 (2.24%) Kibana
6 5 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.02%) VxRail
6 5 (1.02%) Zipkin
7 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.81%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.61%) Packer
9 2 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.41%) Istio
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.20%) Nessus
Vendors
1 46 (9.35%) Oracle
2 37 (7.52%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.44%) Atlassian
4 10 (2.03%) Avaloq
4 10 (2.03%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.83%) VMware
6 8 (1.63%) Splunk
7 7 (1.42%) Databricks
8 6 (1.22%) Cadence
8 6 (1.22%) Cisco
8 6 (1.22%) Dell
9 5 (1.02%) IBM
9 5 (1.02%) SAP
10 4 (0.81%) Adobe
10 4 (0.81%) CA Agile Central
10 4 (0.81%) Commvault
10 4 (0.81%) Google
10 4 (0.81%) Infragistics
10 4 (0.81%) Intel
11 3 (0.61%) Palo Alto