Agile Contracts in Bedfordshire

Agile Software Development
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 15 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 +3
Contract jobs citing Agile 16 20 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.26% 8.13% 20.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.88% 9.39% 22.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 27
10th Percentile £470 £399 £440
25th Percentile £500 £406 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £501 £588
Median % change year-on-year +19.70% -14.68% +17.50%
75th Percentile - £656 £628
90th Percentile £730 £700 £646
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £74.00
25th Percentile - - £80.00
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.25
% change year-on-year - -0.38% +17.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Agile falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 213 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 94.23% 86.59% 91.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 123 120
10th Percentile £463 £303 £207
25th Percentile £500 £406 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +10.53% -3.06%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £626
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 6
10th Percentile £20.26 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £28.21 £15.39 £29.31
Median hourly rate £60.75 £21.50 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +182.56% -66.27% +15.91%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.33 £87.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.75 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Bedfordshire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Bedfordshire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Bedfordshire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Bedfordshire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Luton -2 12 £600 +19.40% 96
Dunstable +3 1 £350 -11.39% 2
Bedford - 1 - - 82
Shefford - 1 - -
Agile
East of England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 1 (6.25%) CMS
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) Tomcat
1 1 (6.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (37.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (25.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) GitHub
2 3 (18.75%) Power Automate
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) LoadRunner
1 5 (31.25%) NeoLoad
2 4 (25.00%) JIRA
3 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
3 3 (18.75%) JMeter
4 1 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (56.25%) Pharmaceutical
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 6 (37.50%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Automotive
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Lead
2 4 (25.00%) Test Leader
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Training Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Avaya Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) JTAPI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) FMCG
1 5 (31.25%) Life Science
2 3 (18.75%) e-Learning
2 3 (18.75%) Learning Management System
3 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 1 (6.25%) IVR
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.25%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Waterfall
2 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (31.25%) ERP
3 5 (31.25%) Non-Functional Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) Test Management
4 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (18.75%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (18.75%) Matrix Management
5 3 (18.75%) Service Management
5 3 (18.75%) Validation
6 2 (12.50%) Data Management
6 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
6 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis
7 1 (6.25%) Data Modelling
7 1 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) CSPO
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.25%) PMP
2 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GxP
1 4 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.25%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Ariba
4 1 (6.25%) Avaya
4 1 (6.25%) MKS
4 1 (6.25%) Verint
4 1 (6.25%) Wind River