Agile Contracts in the City of London

Agile Software Development
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 426 817 1,162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 19.49% 23.07% 27.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.54% 25.18% 30.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 529 872
10th Percentile £410 £422 £440
25th Percentile £463 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £610 £594
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +2.74% +7.95%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £710
90th Percentile £783 £820 £788
Central London median daily rate £565 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -5.83% +1.69% +9.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59.50
Median hourly rate - - £61.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £33.00 - £61.00
% change year-on-year - - +205.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Agile is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,978 3,244 3,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.48% 91.59% 91.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 2,188 2,904
10th Percentile £354 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £726 £680
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 42
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.10 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.61 £21.81
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -12.50% +122.53%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024. 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 +2 1 £501 -19.92%
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 23 (5.40%) Confluence
1 23 (5.40%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.64%) CMS
4 6 (1.41%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (1.17%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.94%) IIS
6 4 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.70%) Apache
7 3 (0.70%) MTS
8 2 (0.47%) Documentum
8 2 (0.47%) Jadu
8 2 (0.47%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.47%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.23%) JBoss
9 1 (0.23%) Moodle
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.47%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) InVision
7 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) Aligne
2 3 (0.70%) Endur
2 3 (0.70%) EuroRunner
3 2 (0.47%) Primavera
3 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.23%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.23%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.23%) Front Arena
4 1 (0.23%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.23%) Softmar
4 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 139 (32.63%) Azure
2 57 (13.38%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (10.80%) AWS
4 35 (8.22%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (3.52%) GCP
6 15 (3.52%) Serverless
7 14 (3.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (3.05%) SaaS
9 12 (2.82%) Entra ID
9 12 (2.82%) GitHub
10 11 (2.58%) Azure Functions
11 10 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (1.41%) Azure Storage
15 6 (1.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.17%) Firewall
2 4 (0.94%) Internet
2 4 (0.94%) VoIP
3 3 (0.70%) DNS
4 2 (0.47%) CTI
4 2 (0.47%) Intranet
4 2 (0.47%) LAN
4 2 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.47%) VPN
4 2 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.23%) DHCP
5 1 (0.23%) SAN
5 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) VLAN
5 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.10%) Power BI
3 18 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.29%) MongoDB
5 11 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (2.35%) MySQL
7 9 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.88%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.64%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.17%) Big Data
11 5 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.94%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.94%) Siebel EIM
13 3 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (10.56%) JIRA
2 28 (6.57%) Git
3 19 (4.46%) Selenium
4 11 (2.58%) GitLab
4 11 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.58%) Postman
5 9 (2.11%) SpecFlow
6 8 (1.88%) JUnit
7 6 (1.41%) Mockito
7 6 (1.41%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.41%) WebDriver
8 5 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.94%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.94%) JMeter
9 4 (0.94%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.94%) TestNG
10 3 (0.70%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.70%) Maven
10 3 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 134 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 112 (26.29%) Finance
3 47 (11.03%) Banking
4 43 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (4.46%) Legal
8 16 (3.76%) Front Office
9 14 (3.29%) Back Office
9 14 (3.29%) Investment Banking
9 14 (3.29%) Retail
10 10 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.35%) Law
10 10 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.41%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.17%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.17%) Marketing
14 4 (0.94%) Automotive
15 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (21.13%) Developer
2 68 (15.96%) Analyst
3 54 (12.68%) Senior
4 45 (10.56%) Business Analyst
5 39 (9.15%) Project Manager
6 27 (6.34%) Architect
6 27 (6.34%) Lead
7 21 (4.93%) Product Owner
7 21 (4.93%) Senior Developer
8 18 (4.23%) Java Developer
9 16 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (3.52%) Consultant
10 15 (3.52%) Test Analyst
11 13 (3.05%) Full Stack Developer
12 12 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (2.58%) Scrum Master
14 10 (2.35%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 10 (2.35%) Product Manager
14 10 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
15 9 (2.11%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (10.33%) .NET
2 20 (4.69%) HTML
3 19 (4.46%) .NET Core
3 19 (4.46%) Web Services
4 17 (3.99%) CSS
5 16 (3.76%) AngularJS
6 15 (3.52%) React
6 15 (3.52%) XML
7 13 (3.05%) Kafka
7 13 (3.05%) Spring
8 12 (2.82%) REST
9 11 (2.58%) .NET Framework
9 11 (2.58%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.11%) ASP.NET
10 9 (2.11%) JSON
11 7 (1.64%) Blazor
11 7 (1.64%) jQuery
11 7 (1.64%) Node.js
11 7 (1.64%) SOAP
12 6 (1.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.62%) Product Ownership
2 11 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.11%) Cloud Native
3 9 (2.11%) Market Risk
3 9 (2.11%) Mobile App
4 8 (1.88%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.17%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.17%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.70%) Derivative
8 3 (0.70%) Fixed Income
8 3 (0.70%) IVR
8 3 (0.70%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.47%) Blog
9 2 (0.47%) CMDB
9 2 (0.47%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.47%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.47%) PKI
9 2 (0.47%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.23%) Linux
1 18 (4.23%) Windows
2 9 (2.11%) Unix
3 5 (1.17%) Android
4 4 (0.94%) Mac OS X
5 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.23%) CentOS
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (26.06%) DevOps
2 95 (22.30%) Scrum
3 76 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (15.26%) CI/CD
5 61 (14.32%) Project Management
6 53 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (11.97%) Waterfall
8 38 (8.92%) SDLC
9 37 (8.69%) Microservices
9 37 (8.69%) Test Automation
10 35 (8.22%) User Stories
11 34 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (7.98%) Migration
12 33 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (7.75%) Roadmaps
12 33 (7.75%) Software Engineering
13 32 (7.51%) Analytics
13 32 (7.51%) PRINCE2
14 29 (6.81%) Project Delivery
15 28 (6.57%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (15.96%) SQL
2 55 (12.91%) C#
3 48 (11.27%) Java
3 48 (11.27%) Python
4 36 (8.45%) PowerShell
5 35 (8.22%) JavaScript
6 16 (3.76%) T-SQL
7 11 (2.58%) Bicep
8 10 (2.35%) Go
9 9 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.88%) C++
11 6 (1.41%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.41%) Scala
12 4 (0.94%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.70%) PHP
13 3 (0.70%) R
13 3 (0.70%) Swift
14 2 (0.47%) Perl
14 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (10.80%) Degree
2 30 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.35%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (1.64%) PMP
7 6 (1.41%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.17%) ISEB
8 5 (1.17%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.47%) CCNA
10 2 (0.47%) CIMA
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.34%) QA
2 23 (5.40%) PMO
3 8 (1.88%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.64%) SLA
5 6 (1.41%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.17%) WCAG
7 4 (0.94%) NIST
8 3 (0.70%) GDPR
8 3 (0.70%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.47%) EMIR
9 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (3.76%) Docker
2 11 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.47%) NFS
5 1 (0.23%) Ceph
5 1 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (5.40%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.82%) Terraform
3 8 (1.88%) PingFederate
4 7 (1.64%) Ansible
5 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.94%) Puppet
7 3 (0.70%) Grafana
7 3 (0.70%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.47%) Kibana
8 2 (0.47%) logstash
8 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) Consul
9 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.23%) Graylog
9 1 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.23%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.23%) Mesos
9 1 (0.23%) Packer
9 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 83 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.34%) Oracle
3 13 (3.05%) SAP
4 12 (2.82%) Databricks
4 12 (2.82%) Google
4 12 (2.82%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.11%) Adobe
5 9 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.64%) Cadence
6 7 (1.64%) IBM
7 6 (1.41%) Cisco
7 6 (1.41%) iManage
7 6 (1.41%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.17%) CA Agile Central
8 5 (1.17%) Splunk
9 4 (0.94%) Siebel
10 3 (0.70%) Genesys
10 3 (0.70%) Okta
10 3 (0.70%) Proofpoint
10 3 (0.70%) Symantec