Agile Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Agile Software Development
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Agile skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing Agile 82 61 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 14.14% 8.63% 13.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.08% 10.59% 16.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 47 98
10th Percentile £313 £408 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £638 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.49% +21.43% -
75th Percentile £538 £750 £600
90th Percentile £600 £925 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £13.40 -
25th Percentile - £13.63 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile - £35.13 £13.50
90th Percentile - £47.80 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £42.50 £15.90 £44.00
% change year-on-year +167.30% -63.86% -24.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 510 576 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 87.93% 81.47% 83.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 387 477
10th Percentile £182 £200 £263
25th Percentile £363 £384 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £623
90th Percentile £639 £750 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 30
10th Percentile - £14.60 £13.58
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.88 £16.19
Median hourly rate £18.87 £43.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.12% +56.36% +57.14%
75th Percentile £22.08 £55.13 £64.06
90th Percentile £26.89 £56.85 £72.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £21.59 £27.50
% change year-on-year +12.74% -21.49% +62.60%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Birmingham

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Birmingham

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Agile

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (12.20%) Confluence
2 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.44%) CMS
3 2 (2.44%) IIS
4 1 (1.22%) CICS
4 1 (1.22%) nginx
4 1 (1.22%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.22%) Moqups
4 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) ResourceLink
2 1 (1.22%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.22%) Primavera
2 1 (1.22%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.22%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.85%) AWS
2 10 (12.20%) Azure
3 8 (9.76%) Amazon S3
4 7 (8.54%) Amazon EC2
4 7 (8.54%) Amazon SQS
5 5 (6.10%) AWS KMS
5 5 (6.10%) GitHub
5 5 (6.10%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.10%) Route 53
6 4 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.66%) GCP
7 3 (3.66%) IaaS
7 3 (3.66%) SaaS
7 3 (3.66%) Serverless
8 2 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (2.44%) Nutanix
8 2 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) Firewall
2 1 (1.22%) Broadband
2 1 (1.22%) Internet
2 1 (1.22%) Network Security
2 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (7.32%) Amazon Aurora
2 6 (7.32%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (7.32%) DynamoDB
3 4 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (3.66%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.66%) Power BI
4 3 (3.66%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.44%) Tableau
6 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.22%) Big Data
6 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 19 (23.17%) JIRA
2 11 (13.41%) Jenkins
3 10 (12.20%) Git
4 6 (7.32%) Maven
4 6 (7.32%) SonarQube
5 5 (6.10%) JUnit
6 3 (3.66%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (3.66%) DbUnit
6 3 (3.66%) jMock
6 3 (3.66%) Mockito
6 3 (3.66%) ScriptRunner
7 2 (2.44%) GitLab
7 2 (2.44%) JMeter
7 2 (2.44%) Postman
7 2 (2.44%) REST Assured
7 2 (2.44%) Selenium
7 2 (2.44%) TestNG
7 2 (2.44%) Travis CI
8 1 (1.22%) ChangeMan
8 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 22 (26.83%) Finance
3 17 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (14.63%) Public Sector
5 9 (10.98%) Legal
6 5 (6.10%) Advertising
7 4 (4.88%) Retail
8 3 (3.66%) Marketing
8 3 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.44%) Banking
9 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.22%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (23.17%) Project Manager
2 14 (17.07%) Developer
3 9 (10.98%) Senior
4 7 (8.54%) Analyst
4 7 (8.54%) Java Developer
5 5 (6.10%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) JavaScript Engineer
5 5 (6.10%) Lead
5 5 (6.10%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) Product Owner
6 4 (4.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 3 (3.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 3 (3.66%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 3 (3.66%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.66%) Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (3.66%) Technical Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Technical Project Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Tester
8 2 (2.44%) Power Apps Developer
8 2 (2.44%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.41%) REST
2 9 (10.98%) Web Services
3 7 (8.54%) RESTful
3 7 (8.54%) SOAP
3 7 (8.54%) Spring
3 7 (8.54%) Spring Boot
4 6 (7.32%) .NET
4 6 (7.32%) ActiveMQ
4 6 (7.32%) React
5 5 (6.10%) Hibernate
5 5 (6.10%) JPA
5 5 (6.10%) Spring Batch
5 5 (6.10%) Spring Integration
6 4 (4.88%) HTML
7 3 (3.66%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.66%) Bootstrap
7 3 (3.66%) JSON
7 3 (3.66%) PowerMock
7 3 (3.66%) Spring Cloud
7 3 (3.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.20%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (8.54%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 6 (7.32%) Virtual Team
4 3 (3.66%) Educational Technology
4 3 (3.66%) Learning Management System
4 3 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.22%) NHS
6 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.54%) Linux
2 1 (1.22%) Android
2 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.90%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (39.02%) Project Management
3 23 (28.05%) DevOps
4 21 (25.61%) Scrum
5 20 (24.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (17.07%) Project Delivery
7 13 (15.85%) Waterfall
8 12 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (14.63%) Data Protection
9 11 (13.41%) CI/CD
9 11 (13.41%) Migration
10 10 (12.20%) SDLC
11 9 (10.98%) Microservices
11 9 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (9.76%) Risk Management
12 8 (9.76%) Roadmaps
13 7 (8.54%) Change Management
13 7 (8.54%) PRINCE2
13 7 (8.54%) TDD
14 6 (7.32%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.63%) Python
1 12 (14.63%) SQL
2 11 (13.41%) JavaScript
3 8 (9.76%) Java
4 5 (6.10%) PHP
4 5 (6.10%) PowerShell
5 4 (4.88%) C#
6 3 (3.66%) Bash
6 3 (3.66%) Groovy
7 2 (2.44%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.22%) Bicep
8 1 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.22%) Go
8 1 (1.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.20%) Degree
3 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.88%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.88%) PMP
5 2 (2.44%) CEH
5 2 (2.44%) CISSP
5 2 (2.44%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.44%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) IIBA
6 1 (1.22%) ISACA
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) QA
2 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.22%) PMO
2 1 (1.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 13 (15.85%) Docker
2 3 (3.66%) Postfix
3 2 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (10.98%) Kubernetes
2 7 (8.54%) Grafana
3 4 (4.88%) Ansible
3 4 (4.88%) Prometheus
4 3 (3.66%) Terraform
5 2 (2.44%) Kibana
6 1 (1.22%) Argo
6 1 (1.22%) CA Endevor
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.54%) Atlassian
3 3 (3.66%) Jaspersoft
3 3 (3.66%) Progress
3 3 (3.66%) SAP
4 2 (2.44%) Citrix
4 2 (2.44%) Oracle
4 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.44%) Splunk
5 1 (1.22%) Adobe
5 1 (1.22%) Cisco
5 1 (1.22%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.22%) Cognos
5 1 (1.22%) Infor
5 1 (1.22%) Micro Focus
5 1 (1.22%) Pega
5 1 (1.22%) Planview
5 1 (1.22%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.22%) Sitecore