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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 378 447 792
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 22.03% 20.61% 23.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.49% 22.79% 25.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 309 520
10th Percentile £406 £406 £422
25th Percentile £483 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £697 £675 £725
90th Percentile £813 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £600 £565 £600
% change year-on-year +6.19% -5.83% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £58.29 £33.00 -
% change year-on-year +76.62% - -

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 1,609 1,961 3,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.76% 90.41% 91.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,363 2,105
10th Percentile £355 £356 £363
25th Percentile £450 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 25
10th Percentile £19.25 £19.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.22 £15.50
Median hourly rate £29.75 £26.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -25.00% -14.63%
75th Percentile £52.50 £40.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £48.57 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -15.66%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 - - 1
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 39 (10.32%) Confluence
2 13 (3.44%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.85%) Apache
4 6 (1.59%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.53%) CMS
6 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.53%) nginx
7 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.26%) Camunda
7 1 (0.26%) Drupal
7 1 (0.26%) MTS
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 23 (6.08%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (5.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.32%) Trello
6 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.06%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.06%) Endur
4 3 (0.79%) CA PPM
4 3 (0.79%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.53%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.26%) Maximo
6 1 (0.26%) Murex MxG2000
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.26%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.26%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 96 (25.40%) Azure
2 66 (17.46%) AWS
3 44 (11.64%) Power Platform
4 29 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (5.56%) SaaS
6 14 (3.70%) GCP
7 13 (3.44%) GitHub
8 11 (2.91%) Serverless
9 9 (2.38%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.38%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 7 (1.85%) PaaS
12 6 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.59%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.50%) Firewall
2 15 (3.97%) DNS
3 11 (2.91%) VPN
4 7 (1.85%) NGFW
5 6 (1.59%) HTTP
6 5 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.79%) DHCP
7 3 (0.79%) SSH
7 3 (0.79%) SSL
8 2 (0.53%) FTP
8 2 (0.53%) Network Security
8 2 (0.53%) SMTP
9 1 (0.26%) BGP
9 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.26%) Intranet
9 1 (0.26%) LAN
9 1 (0.26%) tcpdump
9 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.79%) Power BI
2 27 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 17 (4.50%) MongoDB
5 14 (3.70%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.44%) Relational Database
7 12 (3.17%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.65%) Hadoop
10 8 (2.12%) Big Data
10 8 (2.12%) Data Mining
11 7 (1.85%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.59%) Apache Hive
13 5 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.32%) MySQL
13 5 (1.32%) Star Schema
13 5 (1.32%) Tableau
14 4 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.06%) DB2
14 4 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 65 (17.20%) JIRA
2 24 (6.35%) Git
3 9 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.85%) Selenium
5 6 (1.59%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.59%) GitLab
5 6 (1.59%) ScriptRunner
6 4 (1.06%) Postman
7 3 (0.79%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.79%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.53%) JMeter
8 2 (0.53%) JUnit
8 2 (0.53%) Maven
8 2 (0.53%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.53%) RStudio
8 2 (0.53%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.26%) Storybook
General
1 164 (43.39%) Social Skills
2 154 (40.74%) Finance
3 60 (15.87%) Banking
4 50 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.61%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.56%) Front Office
6 21 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (4.76%) Investment Banking
8 11 (2.91%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.65%) Back Office
9 10 (2.65%) Retail
10 8 (2.12%) Legal
10 8 (2.12%) Marketing
10 8 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.32%) Law
14 4 (1.06%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.06%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (24.34%) Developer
2 70 (18.52%) Analyst
3 53 (14.02%) Business Analyst
4 43 (11.38%) Senior
5 37 (9.79%) Lead
6 36 (9.52%) Project Manager
7 25 (6.61%) Consultant
8 20 (5.29%) Java Developer
9 19 (5.03%) Architect
10 12 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
10 12 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (2.91%) Data Engineer
11 11 (2.91%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (2.91%) Python Developer
11 11 (2.91%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 10 (2.65%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.65%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.38%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.38%) Data Analyst
13 9 (2.38%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.99%) React
2 25 (6.61%) HTML
2 25 (6.61%) Kafka
3 23 (6.08%) REST
3 23 (6.08%) Spring
4 21 (5.56%) .NET
4 21 (5.56%) CSS
5 17 (4.50%) Spring Boot
6 14 (3.70%) AngularJS
6 14 (3.70%) RESTful
7 11 (2.91%) ADO
7 11 (2.91%) Web Services
8 9 (2.38%) GraphQL
9 8 (2.12%) JSON
9 8 (2.12%) SOAP
10 7 (1.85%) PySpark
10 7 (1.85%) XML
11 5 (1.32%) HTML5
11 5 (1.32%) jQuery
11 5 (1.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.20%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.44%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.65%) Public Cloud
3 10 (2.65%) Reinsurance
4 9 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (2.38%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.12%) Market Risk
6 7 (1.85%) Anti-Spyware
6 7 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.85%) Reference Data
6 7 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.59%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.59%) PMI
8 5 (1.32%) CMDB
8 5 (1.32%) Derivative
8 5 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.06%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.06%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.08%) Linux
2 10 (2.65%) Unix
3 9 (2.38%) Windows
4 5 (1.32%) Android
5 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (22.49%) Scrum
3 83 (21.96%) DevOps
4 61 (16.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 54 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 53 (14.02%) Project Management
7 50 (13.23%) Analytics
8 44 (11.64%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (11.11%) Microservices
10 41 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (10.85%) User Acceptance Testing
11 40 (10.58%) User Stories
12 35 (9.26%) Project Delivery
13 32 (8.47%) Decision-Making
13 32 (8.47%) Migration
13 32 (8.47%) Roadmaps
13 32 (8.47%) SDLC
14 31 (8.20%) Data Analysis
15 30 (7.94%) Software Engineering
16 29 (7.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 95 (25.13%) SQL
2 72 (19.05%) Python
3 52 (13.76%) Java
4 50 (13.23%) JavaScript
5 25 (6.61%) C#
6 13 (3.44%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.12%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.85%) Groovy
8 7 (1.85%) Scala
9 6 (1.59%) Perl
10 5 (1.32%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.06%) Go
11 4 (1.06%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.06%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.79%) ABAP
12 3 (0.79%) Ruby
13 2 (0.53%) Bash
13 2 (0.53%) C++
13 2 (0.53%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 52 (13.76%) Degree
2 48 (12.70%) Security Cleared
3 41 (10.85%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.03%) PMI Certification
5 17 (4.50%) PMP
6 15 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.91%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (1.59%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.32%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.06%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.79%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.79%) CBAP
12 3 (0.79%) PhD
13 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.53%) CFA
13 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.26%) IIBA
14 1 (0.26%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.61%) QA
2 16 (4.23%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.91%) MiFID
4 10 (2.65%) PMO
5 9 (2.38%) EMIR
6 8 (2.12%) Basel II
7 7 (1.85%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.06%) NIST
9 3 (0.79%) GDPR
9 3 (0.79%) GRC
10 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.53%) SLA
10 2 (0.53%) WCAG
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.26%) NCSC
11 1 (0.26%) SEPA
11 1 (0.26%) UCITS
System Software
1 17 (4.50%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 36 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 32 (8.47%) Terraform
3 9 (2.38%) Ansible
4 3 (0.79%) SCCM
5 2 (0.53%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.53%) Istio
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.53%) Opsgenie
5 2 (0.53%) Podman
6 1 (0.26%) Argo
6 1 (0.26%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.26%) Consul
6 1 (0.26%) Control-M
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 49 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.61%) Oracle
3 17 (4.50%) Salesforce
4 14 (3.70%) SAP
5 13 (3.44%) Databricks
6 8 (2.12%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.12%) CheckPoint
6 8 (2.12%) Google
6 8 (2.12%) Palo Alto
7 7 (1.85%) Infoblox
8 6 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.06%) Charles River
9 4 (1.06%) IBM
9 4 (1.06%) OpenLink
9 4 (1.06%) UiPath
10 3 (0.79%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.79%) Broadcom
10 3 (0.79%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.79%) Splunk
10 3 (0.79%) Sybase