Agile Contracts in Chester

Agile Software Development
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 12 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Agile 8 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 11.76% 5.56% 11.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.94% 7.89% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £568 - -
25th Percentile £575 £713 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +59.09%
75th Percentile £725 £738 -
90th Percentile £733 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £445 £550
% change year-on-year +0.45% -19.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £30.54
75th Percentile - - £32.91
90th Percentile - - £37.16
Cheshire median hourly rate £83.50 - £30.54
% change year-on-year - - -8.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 38 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 98.53% 70.37% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 43
10th Percentile £325 £266 £288
25th Percentile £405 £445 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +59.38% -7.51%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £525
90th Percentile £738 - £680
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 11
10th Percentile £19.00 - £23.15
25th Percentile £26.49 £41.25 £29.58
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +39.16% +77.48%
75th Percentile £86.00 £47.50 £35.00
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
% change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Chester

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Chester

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Chester

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Chester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP ERP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Payments Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 2 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SAP