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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Agile 208 241 351
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.61% 14.26% 20.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.19% 16.55% 22.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 166 252
10th Percentile £412 £416 £365
25th Percentile £500 £511 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £698 £649 £638
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 6
10th Percentile £63.10 £41.25 £57.50
25th Percentile £65.88 £51.52 £57.81
Median hourly rate £71.00 £55.80 £62.56
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -10.81% +1.73%
75th Percentile £75.75 £61.06 £70.61
90th Percentile £78.30 £77.39 £73.63
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £60.53 £67.50
% change year-on-year -9.14% -10.33% +12.50%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,084 1,456 1,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.79% 86.15% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 663 768 989
10th Percentile £350 £314 £313
25th Percentile £420 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 77 59
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.00 £17.37
25th Percentile £17.40 £41.25 £37.85
Median hourly rate £32.05 £60.60 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.11% +3.15% +125.96%
75th Percentile £63.00 £70.39 £71.25
90th Percentile £87.45 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +96.08%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Agile.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Berkshire

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Agile.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Agile

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Berkshire

Agile
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +6 123 £591 -2.31% 66
Wokingham -3 25 £500 - 3
Windsor 0 24 £500 -25.93% 13
Bracknell +6 14 £580 +18.97% 10
Slough -8 2 £725 +26.09% 170
Maidenhead -4 1 - - 24
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 10 (4.81%) Confluence
2 7 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.92%) CMS
3 4 (1.92%) Smallworld
4 3 (1.44%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.44%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle Service Bus
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.48%) Apache
6 1 (0.48%) Camunda
6 1 (0.48%) Drupal
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.48%) Mule
6 1 (0.48%) nginx
6 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.37%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.44%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.96%) Primavera
4 2 (0.96%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.48%) Remedy AR System
5 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (25.00%) Azure
2 25 (12.02%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (9.62%) AWS
4 15 (7.21%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.33%) Oracle CX
6 8 (3.85%) GitHub
6 8 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.85%) SaaS
7 6 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.88%) Serverless
8 5 (2.40%) GCP
8 5 (2.40%) Miro
8 5 (2.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (1.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.44%) OCI
11 2 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.96%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.96%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.40%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.96%) Network Security
2 2 (0.96%) SSL
3 1 (0.48%) BGP
3 1 (0.48%) Broadband
3 1 (0.48%) DHCP
3 1 (0.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.48%) Firewall
3 1 (0.48%) HTTP
3 1 (0.48%) MPLS
3 1 (0.48%) NAS
3 1 (0.48%) SAN
3 1 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.48%) VoIP
3 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.77%) Power BI
2 9 (4.33%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.40%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.92%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.92%) GIS
4 4 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.92%) Spatial Data
4 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.44%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.96%) Big Data
6 2 (0.96%) Data Hub
6 2 (0.96%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.96%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.96%) MySQL
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 23 (11.06%) JIRA
2 13 (6.25%) Git
3 6 (2.88%) Selenium
4 4 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.44%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.44%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.44%) GitLab
5 3 (1.44%) JUnit
5 3 (1.44%) Mockito
5 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.96%) JMeter
6 2 (0.96%) Postman
6 2 (0.96%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.96%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.48%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.48%) Mocha
7 1 (0.48%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.48%) WebDriver
General
1 58 (27.88%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.67%) Finance
3 36 (17.31%) Telecoms
4 32 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 23 (11.06%) Marketing
6 20 (9.62%) Manufacturing
7 19 (9.13%) Electronics
8 16 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (4.33%) Retail
10 7 (3.37%) Billing
11 3 (1.44%) Automotive
12 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Legal
13 1 (0.48%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Law
13 1 (0.48%) Local Government
13 1 (0.48%) Military
13 1 (0.48%) Police
13 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (18.27%) Architect
2 26 (12.50%) Developer
3 25 (12.02%) Project Manager
4 24 (11.54%) Analyst
5 20 (9.62%) Business Analyst
5 20 (9.62%) Senior
6 19 (9.13%) Active Directory Architect
7 17 (8.17%) Lead
8 12 (5.77%) Consultant
9 9 (4.33%) Programme Manager
10 8 (3.85%) Oracle Project Manager
10 8 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.37%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.88%) Designer
12 6 (2.88%) Salesforce Developer
12 6 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
13 5 (2.40%) Auditor
13 5 (2.40%) Product Owner
13 5 (2.40%) Security Auditor
13 5 (2.40%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.65%) REST
2 17 (8.17%) Web Services
3 13 (6.25%) JSON
3 13 (6.25%) SOAP
4 11 (5.29%) HTML
5 9 (4.33%) Lightning Web Components
5 9 (4.33%) RESTful
6 8 (3.85%) XML
7 7 (3.37%) Middleware
7 7 (3.37%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (2.88%) ADO
8 6 (2.88%) Visualforce
9 5 (2.40%) CSS
9 5 (2.40%) jQuery
9 5 (2.40%) Playwright
9 5 (2.40%) React
9 5 (2.40%) Spring
9 5 (2.40%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.92%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.92%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.17%) Algorithms
2 16 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.29%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.37%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.40%) Frameworx
5 5 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.40%) TM Forum
6 4 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.92%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.92%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.44%) Life Science
8 2 (0.96%) CMDB
8 2 (0.96%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.96%) Robotics
8 2 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.58%) Windows
2 5 (2.40%) Linux
3 2 (0.96%) Unix
3 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.48%) CentOS
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (26.44%) DevOps
2 48 (23.08%) Scrum
3 39 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (16.83%) Waterfall
6 33 (15.87%) Test Automation
7 31 (14.90%) Project Management
8 30 (14.42%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (14.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (13.94%) CI/CD
10 23 (11.06%) Programme Management
10 23 (11.06%) Roadmaps
11 21 (10.10%) Data Modelling
11 21 (10.10%) Identity Access Management
12 20 (9.62%) CRM
12 20 (9.62%) Digital Marketing
13 19 (9.13%) Migration
13 19 (9.13%) Project Delivery
14 17 (8.17%) Containerisation
15 15 (7.21%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.58%) PowerShell
2 19 (9.13%) SQL
3 17 (8.17%) Python
4 12 (5.77%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.81%) Java
6 9 (4.33%) Apex Code
7 6 (2.88%) C#
8 3 (1.44%) Magik
8 3 (1.44%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.44%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.44%) SOQL
8 3 (1.44%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.96%) X++
10 1 (0.48%) Bash
10 1 (0.48%) Bicep
10 1 (0.48%) VB
10 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.54%) DV Cleared
3 15 (7.21%) Degree
4 11 (5.29%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.88%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.88%) PMP
6 5 (2.40%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.48%) CCNP
7 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.48%) IIBA
7 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.48%) JNCIP
7 1 (0.48%) PhD
7 1 (0.48%) VCAP
7 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.21%) QA
2 5 (2.40%) NCSC
2 5 (2.40%) PMO
3 4 (1.92%) GDPR
4 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.96%) GRC
5 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.96%) NIST
5 2 (0.96%) WCAG
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) RMADS
6 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (10.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.29%) Docker
3 5 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.48%) Postfix
5 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.37%) Terraform
3 3 (1.44%) Ansible
4 2 (0.96%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (0.96%) Grafana
4 2 (0.96%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.96%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.96%) Kibana
4 2 (0.96%) SCCM
5 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.48%) Podman
5 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.48%) Puppet
5 1 (0.48%) SCOM
5 1 (0.48%) vRealize
5 1 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (16.83%) Oracle
2 29 (13.94%) SAP
3 21 (10.10%) Salesforce
4 15 (7.21%) ServiceNow
5 13 (6.25%) Microsoft
6 6 (2.88%) Virgin Media
7 5 (2.40%) VMware
8 4 (1.92%) ESRI
8 4 (1.92%) Remedy
9 3 (1.44%) Snow
9 3 (1.44%) Splunk
10 2 (0.96%) BMC
10 2 (0.96%) Cisco
10 2 (0.96%) Cramer
10 2 (0.96%) Dell
10 2 (0.96%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.96%) Google
10 2 (0.96%) HP
10 2 (0.96%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.96%) Infoblox