Agile Contracts in the City of London

Agile Software Development
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 336 419 856
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 19.13% 19.07% 23.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.54% 21.08% 25.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 287 554
10th Percentile £413 £410 £422
25th Percentile £484 £463 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £575 £603
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% -4.56% +2.12%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £738
90th Percentile £733 £780 £825
Central London median daily rate £585 £569 £600
% change year-on-year +2.86% -5.21% +2.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,636 1,988 3,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,406 2,259
10th Percentile £363 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of 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
London Bridge 0 2 - -
Moorgate - 1 £230 -
Agile
Central London

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (9.82%) Confluence
2 15 (4.46%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.68%) Apache
4 5 (1.49%) Jupyter
4 5 (1.49%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.60%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.30%) MTS
7 1 (0.30%) nginx
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (5.95%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.49%) Trello
6 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.89%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.60%) Endur
3 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.60%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.30%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.30%) Murex MxG2000
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 84 (25.00%) Azure
2 67 (19.94%) AWS
3 31 (9.23%) Power Platform
4 18 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.46%) GitHub
5 15 (4.46%) SaaS
6 11 (3.27%) Serverless
7 10 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.68%) GCP
9 8 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.49%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.49%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.19%) Figma
13 4 (1.19%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.06%) Firewall
2 14 (4.17%) DNS
3 11 (3.27%) VPN
4 7 (2.08%) NGFW
5 5 (1.49%) HTTP
5 5 (1.49%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.19%) SSH
7 3 (0.89%) DHCP
7 3 (0.89%) Network Security
8 2 (0.60%) FTP
8 2 (0.60%) SMTP
8 2 (0.60%) SSL
9 1 (0.30%) 4G
9 1 (0.30%) 5G
9 1 (0.30%) 5G NR
9 1 (0.30%) BGP
9 1 (0.30%) Intranet
9 1 (0.30%) LTE
9 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.23%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (6.85%) Power BI
3 22 (6.55%) MongoDB
4 21 (6.25%) SQL Server
5 19 (5.65%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.68%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.08%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.79%) Apache Hive
9 6 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.79%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.79%) DB2
10 5 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.49%) Big Data
10 5 (1.49%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.49%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.49%) MySQL
10 5 (1.49%) Tableau
11 4 (1.19%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.89%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (17.86%) JIRA
2 30 (8.93%) Git
3 15 (4.46%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.38%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.08%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.49%) ScriptRunner
6 5 (1.49%) Selenium
7 4 (1.19%) GitLab
7 4 (1.19%) Postman
7 4 (1.19%) RStudio
8 3 (0.89%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.89%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.60%) ChangeMan
9 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.60%) JMeter
9 2 (0.60%) JUnit
9 2 (0.60%) Maven
9 2 (0.60%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.60%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 121 (36.01%) Social Skills
2 112 (33.33%) Finance
3 54 (16.07%) Banking
4 41 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.63%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.76%) Investment Banking
8 11 (3.27%) Front Office
8 11 (3.27%) Retail
9 10 (2.98%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.98%) Marketing
10 9 (2.68%) Back Office
11 8 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.49%) Legal
14 4 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.89%) Arabic Language
15 3 (0.89%) Czech Language
15 3 (0.89%) Military
15 3 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (23.81%) Developer
2 43 (12.80%) Analyst
3 36 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 31 (9.23%) Business Analyst
4 31 (9.23%) Senior
5 25 (7.44%) Java Developer
6 23 (6.85%) Architect
6 23 (6.85%) Lead
7 16 (4.76%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 16 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (4.46%) Consultant
9 14 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (2.98%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (2.98%) Product Owner
11 9 (2.68%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.68%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (2.68%) Software Engineer
12 7 (2.08%) Network Support Engineer
12 7 (2.08%) Product Manager
12 7 (2.08%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.42%) React
2 28 (8.33%) Spring
3 27 (8.04%) Kafka
4 23 (6.85%) .NET
5 21 (6.25%) Spring Boot
6 19 (5.65%) HTML
7 16 (4.76%) CSS
7 16 (4.76%) REST
8 15 (4.46%) AngularJS
8 15 (4.46%) RESTful
9 13 (3.87%) Web Services
10 11 (3.27%) ADO
11 10 (2.98%) GraphQL
12 7 (2.08%) PySpark
12 7 (2.08%) SOAP
12 7 (2.08%) YAML
13 6 (1.79%) HTML5
13 6 (1.79%) JSON
13 6 (1.79%) Node.js
14 5 (1.49%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.82%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.98%) Cloud Native
2 10 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (2.98%) Public Cloud
3 9 (2.68%) Reference Data
4 8 (2.38%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.08%) Anti-Spyware
5 7 (2.08%) CMDB
5 7 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.08%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.79%) PMI
7 5 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.49%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.49%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.49%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.49%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.49%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.55%) Linux
2 9 (2.68%) Unix
2 9 (2.68%) Windows
3 4 (1.19%) Android
4 3 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (26.49%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (23.51%) DevOps
3 59 (17.56%) Scrum
4 55 (16.37%) CI/CD
5 50 (14.88%) Project Management
6 43 (12.80%) Microservices
6 43 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 37 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (10.71%) Analytics
9 31 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
9 31 (9.23%) User Acceptance Testing
10 30 (8.93%) Roadmaps
11 29 (8.63%) Migration
11 29 (8.63%) Project Delivery
11 29 (8.63%) Test Automation
12 28 (8.33%) Clean Code
12 28 (8.33%) Kanban
13 27 (8.04%) Waterfall
14 26 (7.74%) SDLC
15 25 (7.44%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.13%) SQL
2 58 (17.26%) Python
3 53 (15.77%) Java
4 47 (13.99%) JavaScript
5 23 (6.85%) C#
6 11 (3.27%) Scala
6 11 (3.27%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.38%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.79%) Groovy
8 6 (1.79%) Perl
9 5 (1.49%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.19%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.19%) Bash
11 3 (0.89%) C++
11 3 (0.89%) Go
11 3 (0.89%) Swift
12 2 (0.60%) ABAP
12 2 (0.60%) REXX
12 2 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 55 (16.37%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.39%) Degree
4 24 (7.14%) PMI Certification
5 18 (5.36%) PMP
6 16 (4.76%) AWS Certified Developer
7 11 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.98%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.19%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.89%) CBAP
11 3 (0.89%) CFA
11 3 (0.89%) MBA
11 3 (0.89%) PhD
12 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.60%) PgMP
13 1 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.65%) QA
2 11 (3.27%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.68%) PMO
4 7 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.08%) GDPR
5 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.89%) Basel II
6 3 (0.89%) GRC
6 3 (0.89%) MiFID
6 3 (0.89%) NIST
7 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) EMIR
8 1 (0.30%) UCITS
8 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (5.65%) Docker
2 8 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.30%) Lustre
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (11.61%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.33%) Terraform
3 14 (4.17%) Ansible
4 3 (0.89%) SCCM
4 3 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.60%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.60%) MOM
5 2 (0.60%) Podman
6 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.30%) Control-M
6 1 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.30%) Istio
6 1 (0.30%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.30%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.30%) Rancher
Vendors
1 41 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.25%) Oracle
3 15 (4.46%) Salesforce
3 15 (4.46%) SAP
4 14 (4.17%) Databricks
5 9 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.38%) CheckPoint
6 8 (2.38%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.08%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.08%) Infoblox
8 4 (1.19%) Google
8 4 (1.19%) IBM
8 4 (1.19%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.19%) Murex
8 4 (1.19%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.89%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.89%) Broadcom
9 3 (0.89%) Splunk
9 3 (0.89%) Sybase
10 2 (0.60%) Progress