Agile Contracts in Somerset

Agile Software Development
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 13 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Agile 16 38 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 8.04% 18.54% 25.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.67% 20.65% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 33 40
10th Percentile £397 £513 £405
25th Percentile £564 £565 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £514
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +26.52% +8.16%
75th Percentile - £700 £589
90th Percentile £611 £735 £680
South West median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £47.30
25th Percentile - - £48.88
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year - +0.50% +107.29%
75th Percentile - £60.59 -
90th Percentile - £66.94 -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 184 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 75.38% 89.76% 86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 138 122
10th Percentile £159 £227 £283
25th Percentile £396 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £655 £536
90th Percentile £613 £727 £614
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 9
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.38 £36.19
25th Percentile £22.63 £32.11 £46.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +15.70%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.09 £50.00
90th Percentile £48.00 £76.84 £57.75
South West median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Somerset

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Somerset

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Somerset

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Somerset

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Somerset 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
Taunton +2 11 £600 -10.38% 1
Bath +3 3 £398 -14.05% 13
Yeovil -5 2 - - 2
Agile
South West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Git
2 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
3 1 (6.25%) NUnit
3 1 (6.25%) Postman
3 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Electronics
3 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
4 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Administrator
1 3 (18.75%) Change Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Digital Project Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Salesforce Administrator
1 3 (18.75%) Senior
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Business Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Scrum
2 4 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (25.00%) Change Management
2 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (18.75%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) Fintech
3 3 (18.75%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Programme Management
3 3 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (18.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 3 (18.75%) Six Sigma
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Identification
3 3 (18.75%) Workflow
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Salesforce
1 3 (18.75%) SAP