Agile Contracts in Central London

Agile Software Development
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 4 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 377 457 904
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 18.88% 18.68% 23.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.31% 20.63% 25.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 310 587
10th Percentile £413 £410 £421
25th Percentile £481 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £569 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -5.21% +2.26%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £725
90th Percentile £725 £789 £822
London median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £30.26 - -
25th Percentile £32.04 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £39.04 £51.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -23.82% -21.15% +46.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Central London

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Central London

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Central London

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Central London

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Central London 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
City of London 0 336 £585 +1.74% 168
West End of London -2 15 £474 +9.91% 30
City of Westminster 0 8 £550 +37.50% 8
Camden +4 6 £450 -33.33% 3
Southwark -2 2 - -
Kensington and Chelsea -1 1 - - 1
Agile
London

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 33 (8.75%) Confluence
2 15 (3.98%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.39%) Apache
4 6 (1.59%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.33%) Jupyter
6 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.53%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.27%) MTS
8 1 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (5.31%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.33%) Trello
6 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.06%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.80%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.53%) Endur
5 2 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.53%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.27%) Murex MxG2000
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.27%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 93 (24.67%) Azure
2 70 (18.57%) AWS
3 33 (8.75%) Power Platform
4 19 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (5.04%) SaaS
5 16 (4.24%) GitHub
6 11 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.92%) Serverless
7 10 (2.65%) GCP
8 9 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (1.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.59%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.59%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.51%) Firewall
2 14 (3.71%) DNS
3 11 (2.92%) VPN
4 7 (1.86%) NGFW
5 5 (1.33%) HTTP
5 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.06%) SSH
7 3 (0.80%) DHCP
7 3 (0.80%) Network Security
8 2 (0.53%) FTP
8 2 (0.53%) SMTP
8 2 (0.53%) SSL
9 1 (0.27%) 4G
9 1 (0.27%) 5G
9 1 (0.27%) 5G NR
9 1 (0.27%) BGP
9 1 (0.27%) Intranet
9 1 (0.27%) LTE
9 1 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.27%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.75%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (6.37%) Power BI
3 22 (5.84%) MongoDB
4 21 (5.57%) SQL Server
5 19 (5.04%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.39%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.86%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.86%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.59%) Apache Hive
9 6 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.59%) DB2
10 5 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.33%) Big Data
10 5 (1.33%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.33%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.33%) MySQL
10 5 (1.33%) Tableau
11 4 (1.06%) CockroachDB
11 4 (1.06%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 63 (16.71%) JIRA
2 33 (8.75%) Git
3 17 (4.51%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.12%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.86%) TeamCity
6 6 (1.59%) Postman
7 5 (1.33%) GitLab
7 5 (1.33%) Maven
7 5 (1.33%) ScriptRunner
7 5 (1.33%) Selenium
8 4 (1.06%) JUnit
8 4 (1.06%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.06%) RStudio
8 4 (1.06%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.80%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.80%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.53%) Mockito
10 2 (0.53%) SoapUI
General
1 140 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 123 (32.63%) Finance
3 57 (15.12%) Banking
4 45 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (8.49%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (4.51%) Retail
8 16 (4.24%) Investment Banking
9 12 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.92%) Back Office
10 11 (2.92%) Front Office
11 10 (2.65%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.65%) Marketing
12 8 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.59%) Legal
13 6 (1.59%) Local Government
14 5 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.80%) Arabic Language
16 3 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 82 (21.75%) Developer
2 56 (14.85%) Analyst
3 43 (11.41%) Business Analyst
4 40 (10.61%) Project Manager
5 35 (9.28%) Senior
6 27 (7.16%) Architect
7 26 (6.90%) Java Developer
7 26 (6.90%) Lead
8 19 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.77%) Delivery Manager
10 17 (4.51%) Consultant
11 16 (4.24%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 11 (2.92%) Product Owner
12 11 (2.92%) Programme Manager
13 10 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (2.65%) Software Engineer
14 9 (2.39%) Data Engineer
14 9 (2.39%) Senior Manager
15 8 (2.12%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.28%) React
2 31 (8.22%) Spring
3 30 (7.96%) Kafka
4 24 (6.37%) .NET
4 24 (6.37%) Spring Boot
5 21 (5.57%) HTML
6 20 (5.31%) REST
7 18 (4.77%) CSS
8 17 (4.51%) AngularJS
9 16 (4.24%) RESTful
10 15 (3.98%) Web Services
11 11 (2.92%) ADO
12 10 (2.65%) GraphQL
13 9 (2.39%) SOAP
14 8 (2.12%) HTML5
15 7 (1.86%) PySpark
15 7 (1.86%) YAML
16 6 (1.59%) JSON
16 6 (1.59%) Node.js
17 5 (1.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.28%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.65%) Cloud Native
2 10 (2.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (2.65%) Public Cloud
3 9 (2.39%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.39%) Reference Data
4 8 (2.12%) CMDB
4 8 (2.12%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.86%) Anti-Spyware
5 7 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.86%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.59%) PMI
7 5 (1.33%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.33%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.33%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.33%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.84%) Linux
2 11 (2.92%) Unix
3 9 (2.39%) Windows
4 5 (1.33%) Android
5 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (25.99%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (22.28%) DevOps
3 66 (17.51%) Scrum
4 61 (16.18%) Project Management
5 57 (15.12%) CI/CD
6 56 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 45 (11.94%) Microservices
8 42 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (10.08%) Analytics
10 33 (8.75%) Migration
10 33 (8.75%) Roadmaps
10 33 (8.75%) User Acceptance Testing
10 33 (8.75%) Waterfall
11 32 (8.49%) Project Delivery
12 31 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (7.69%) Clean Code
13 29 (7.69%) Decision-Making
13 29 (7.69%) Kanban
13 29 (7.69%) PRINCE2
13 29 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 74 (19.63%) SQL
2 59 (15.65%) Python
3 57 (15.12%) Java
4 50 (13.26%) JavaScript
5 25 (6.63%) C#
6 11 (2.92%) Scala
6 11 (2.92%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.65%) Shell Script
8 9 (2.39%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.12%) Groovy
10 6 (1.59%) Perl
11 5 (1.33%) Bash
11 5 (1.33%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.06%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.80%) C++
13 3 (0.80%) Go
13 3 (0.80%) Swift
14 2 (0.53%) ABAP
14 2 (0.53%) REXX
14 2 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 55 (14.59%) Security Cleared
2 49 (13.00%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.47%) Degree
4 26 (6.90%) PMI Certification
5 21 (5.57%) PMP
6 16 (4.24%) AWS Certified Developer
7 12 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.65%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.06%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.06%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.06%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.80%) CBAP
11 3 (0.80%) CFA
11 3 (0.80%) MBA
11 3 (0.80%) PhD
12 2 (0.53%) CAPM
12 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.53%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.31%) QA
2 14 (3.71%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.65%) PMO
4 7 (1.86%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.86%) GDPR
5 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.80%) Basel II
6 3 (0.80%) GRC
6 3 (0.80%) MiFID
6 3 (0.80%) NIST
7 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.53%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) EMIR
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) UCITS
8 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (6.10%) Docker
2 9 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Lustre
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (11.41%) Kubernetes
2 30 (7.96%) Terraform
3 14 (3.71%) Ansible
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.80%) SCCM
4 3 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.53%) Grafana
5 2 (0.53%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.53%) Istio
5 2 (0.53%) MOM
5 2 (0.53%) Podman
6 1 (0.27%) Argo
6 1 (0.27%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.27%) Control-M
6 1 (0.27%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.27%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) Rancher
Vendors
1 44 (11.67%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.43%) Oracle
3 23 (6.10%) SAP
4 15 (3.98%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.71%) Databricks
6 10 (2.65%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.12%) CheckPoint
7 8 (2.12%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.86%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.86%) Infoblox
9 6 (1.59%) IBM
10 5 (1.33%) Google
10 5 (1.33%) Splunk
11 4 (1.06%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.06%) Murex
11 4 (1.06%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.80%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.80%) Broadcom
12 3 (0.80%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.80%) Sybase