Agile Contracts in Berkshire

Agile Software Development
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 191 253 398
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.70% 12.90% 21.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.90% 14.87% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 172 277
10th Percentile £412 £401 £363
25th Percentile £499 £498 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.36%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £626
90th Percentile £705 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 3
10th Percentile £64.95 £42.00 -
25th Percentile £70.50 £42.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £55.80 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.37% -7.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £87.05 £59.95 £66.25
90th Percentile £92.12 £61.28 £68.50
South East median hourly rate £58.88 £58.91 £61.25
% change year-on-year -0.05% -3.83% +28.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,067 1,701 1,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.27% 86.74% 89.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 846 1,017
10th Percentile £325 £266 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £638
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 111 53
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.50 £17.70
25th Percentile £30.70 £41.25 £23.00
Median hourly rate £56.25 £58.49 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% -0.44% +179.76%
75th Percentile £79.30 £72.04 £74.00
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £24.33 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -48.78% -5.00% +122.22%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Berkshire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Berkshire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Berkshire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Berkshire

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Berkshire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 June 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
Reading +7 95 £600 -0.41% 262
Wokingham -5 24 £575 +15.00% 10
Windsor -1 22 £500 -25.93% 9
Bracknell +9 18 £550 +10.00% 37
Slough -9 2 £688 +19.57% 328
Maidenhead 0 1 - - 27
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (3.14%) Confluence
2 4 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.09%) Smallworld
3 3 (1.57%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.57%) Oracle Spatial
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle Service Bus
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.52%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.52%) Apache
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.52%) Camunda
5 1 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.52%) Mule
Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.52%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.09%) Primavera
3 3 (1.57%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.05%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.52%) Remedy AR System
5 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (21.99%) Azure
2 21 (10.99%) AWS
3 19 (9.95%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (6.81%) SaaS
5 9 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.66%) Serverless
7 6 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.62%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (2.62%) GCP
8 5 (2.62%) GitHub
8 5 (2.62%) Oracle CX
9 3 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.05%) Miro
10 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.09%) HTTP
1 4 (2.09%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.57%) Broadband
2 3 (1.57%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (1.05%) 2G
3 2 (1.05%) 3G
3 2 (1.05%) 4G
3 2 (1.05%) 5G
3 2 (1.05%) Firewall
3 2 (1.05%) SSL
4 1 (0.52%) BGP
4 1 (0.52%) DHCP
4 1 (0.52%) DNS
4 1 (0.52%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.52%) MPLS
4 1 (0.52%) NAS
4 1 (0.52%) Network Security
4 1 (0.52%) SAN
4 1 (0.52%) VoIP
4 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.19%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.66%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.09%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.09%) GIS
3 4 (2.09%) Power BI
3 4 (2.09%) Spatial Data
4 3 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.57%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.52%) Big Data
6 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.52%) MySQL
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (9.42%) JIRA
2 10 (5.24%) Git
3 8 (4.19%) Selenium
4 4 (2.09%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.57%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.57%) GitLab
5 3 (1.57%) JUnit
5 3 (1.57%) Mockito
5 3 (1.57%) Postman
5 3 (1.57%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.05%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.05%) JMeter
6 2 (1.05%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.05%) SpecFlow
6 2 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.52%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.52%) jMock
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.52%) WebDriver
General
1 56 (29.32%) Social Skills
2 47 (24.61%) Telecoms
3 38 (19.90%) Finance
4 29 (15.18%) Public Sector
5 24 (12.57%) Manufacturing
6 22 (11.52%) Marketing
7 21 (10.99%) Electronics
8 19 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (3.14%) Billing
10 5 (2.62%) Retail
11 3 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.57%) Legal
12 2 (1.05%) Agriculture
12 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Automotive
13 1 (0.52%) Law
13 1 (0.52%) Local Government
13 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (22.51%) Architect
2 27 (14.14%) Developer
3 26 (13.61%) Analyst
4 21 (10.99%) Active Directory Architect
5 19 (9.95%) Business Analyst
6 18 (9.42%) Lead
7 17 (8.90%) Senior
8 11 (5.76%) Consultant
9 10 (5.24%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.14%) Auditor
10 6 (3.14%) Scrum Master
10 6 (3.14%) Security Auditor
10 6 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.62%) Designer
11 5 (2.62%) Programme Manager
11 5 (2.62%) Salesforce Developer
11 5 (2.62%) Solutions Designer
12 4 (2.09%) Data Analyst
12 4 (2.09%) IT Manager
12 4 (2.09%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.99%) Web Services
2 20 (10.47%) REST
3 14 (7.33%) SOAP
4 13 (6.81%) HTML
5 12 (6.28%) JSON
6 10 (5.24%) XML
7 8 (4.19%) CSS
8 7 (3.66%) Middleware
9 6 (3.14%) .NET
10 5 (2.62%) jQuery
10 5 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
10 5 (2.62%) RESTful
11 4 (2.09%) ADO
11 4 (2.09%) Ajax
11 4 (2.09%) AngularJS
11 4 (2.09%) Playwright
11 4 (2.09%) React
11 4 (2.09%) Spring
11 4 (2.09%) Spring Boot
12 3 (1.57%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.42%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.28%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.19%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (4.19%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.14%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.14%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.62%) CMDB
5 5 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.62%) Frameworx
5 5 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.62%) Life Science
5 5 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.62%) TM Forum
6 4 (2.09%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.57%) PMI
8 2 (1.05%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.05%) PKI
8 2 (1.05%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.61%) Windows
2 6 (3.14%) Linux
3 2 (1.05%) Unix
3 2 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) CentOS
4 1 (0.52%) VMS
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (23.56%) DevOps
2 41 (21.47%) Scrum
3 36 (18.85%) Test Automation
4 34 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (16.23%) Roadmaps
7 29 (15.18%) Project Management
8 27 (14.14%) Programme Management
9 26 (13.61%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (13.61%) CI/CD
10 25 (13.09%) Waterfall
11 24 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (12.04%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (11.52%) Digital Marketing
14 19 (9.95%) Change Management
15 18 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (8.90%) Data Modelling
16 17 (8.90%) ITIL
16 17 (8.90%) Migration
17 16 (8.38%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.57%) PowerShell
2 21 (10.99%) SQL
3 16 (8.38%) Python
4 11 (5.76%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.24%) Java
6 8 (4.19%) C#
7 5 (2.62%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.57%) Magik
8 3 (1.57%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.57%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.57%) SOQL
8 3 (1.57%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.05%) Bicep
9 2 (1.05%) X++
10 1 (0.52%) Bash
10 1 (0.52%) VB
10 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.09%) DV Cleared
3 16 (8.38%) Degree
4 12 (6.28%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.66%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.66%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.14%) PMP
7 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.05%) PgMP
9 1 (0.52%) CCNP
9 1 (0.52%) CISA
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.52%) CISM
9 1 (0.52%) CISSP
9 1 (0.52%) IIBA
9 1 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.52%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.28%) QA
2 7 (3.66%) GDPR
3 6 (3.14%) NCSC
3 6 (3.14%) PMO
4 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.05%) NIST
4 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.05%) WCAG
5 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.52%) RMADS
5 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (12.04%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.66%) Docker
3 6 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) Postfix
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (3.66%) Kubernetes
1 7 (3.66%) Terraform
2 3 (1.57%) Amdocs OSS
2 3 (1.57%) Ansible
3 2 (1.05%) Grafana
3 2 (1.05%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.05%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.05%) Kibana
3 2 (1.05%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.05%) SCCM
4 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.52%) Podman
4 1 (0.52%) Puppet
4 1 (0.52%) SCOM
4 1 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (15.18%) SAP
2 23 (12.04%) Oracle
3 20 (10.47%) Microsoft
3 20 (10.47%) ServiceNow
4 13 (6.81%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.14%) VMware
6 4 (2.09%) ESRI
6 4 (2.09%) Snow
6 4 (2.09%) Virgin Media
7 3 (1.57%) Cramer
7 3 (1.57%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.57%) Remedy
8 2 (1.05%) BMC
8 2 (1.05%) Cisco
8 2 (1.05%) Google
8 2 (1.05%) HP
8 2 (1.05%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.05%) Splunk
9 1 (0.52%) Jaspersoft
9 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft