Agile Contracts in Edinburgh

Agile Software Development
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 177 175 441
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 27.11% 20.05% 37.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.46% 23.71% 40.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 102 349
10th Percentile £357 £378 £363
25th Percentile £425 £416 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -3.06%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £528
90th Percentile £603 £600 £588
Scotland median daily rate £472 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -0.63% -2.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £60.75 - -
25th Percentile £61.88 £60.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% - -
75th Percentile £69.38 £60.75 -
90th Percentile £71.25 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £57.50 £60.50 £47.73
% change year-on-year -4.96% +26.75% +1.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 622 738 1,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.25% 84.54% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 417 765
10th Percentile £223 £213 £247
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -2.42% -1.04%
75th Percentile £534 £550 £538
90th Percentile £600 £650 £601
Scotland median daily rate £464 £459 £475
% change year-on-year +1.03% -3.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 33 6
10th Percentile £17.15 £13.22 £17.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £21.36
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.17 £32.09
Median % change year-on-year +14.76% -40.25% +42.92%
75th Percentile £31.34 £60.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £61.00 - £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £15.25
% change year-on-year +2.09% +28.50% -59.27%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 16 (9.04%) Confluence
2 3 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.13%) Camunda
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.56%) nginx
4 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.56%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.13%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.56%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.34%) AWS
2 32 (18.08%) Azure
3 18 (10.17%) Amazon S3
4 15 (8.47%) AWS CloudFormation
4 15 (8.47%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 15 (8.47%) Serverless
5 14 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (5.65%) GCP
6 10 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (4.52%) Power Automate
7 8 (4.52%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.95%) SaaS
9 6 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.82%) GitHub
10 5 (2.82%) IaaS
10 5 (2.82%) PaaS
11 4 (2.26%) Figma
11 4 (2.26%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.69%) SNA
1 3 (1.69%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.13%) Firewall
2 2 (1.13%) SMS
3 1 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.56%) DNS
3 1 (0.56%) Internet
3 1 (0.56%) Intranet
3 1 (0.56%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.04%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.65%) Power BI
3 8 (4.52%) Amazon Aurora
4 7 (3.95%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.39%) Metadata
6 5 (2.82%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.26%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.69%) GIS
8 3 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.69%) Star Schema
9 2 (1.13%) Apache Hive
9 2 (1.13%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.13%) InfluxDB
9 2 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (1.13%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (15.25%) JIRA
2 13 (7.34%) Git
3 12 (6.78%) Jenkins
4 11 (6.21%) Cypress.io
5 7 (3.95%) GitLab
6 5 (2.82%) ER Studio
6 5 (2.82%) Selenium
7 4 (2.26%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.26%) Postman
8 3 (1.69%) Artifactory
9 2 (1.13%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (1.13%) Cucumber
9 2 (1.13%) Snyk
9 2 (1.13%) Subversion
9 2 (1.13%) TeamCity
9 2 (1.13%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.56%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.56%) NUnit
10 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.56%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 70 (39.55%) Social Skills
2 63 (35.59%) Public Sector
3 52 (29.38%) Finance
4 25 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (12.99%) Banking
6 11 (6.21%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.82%) Retail Banking
8 4 (2.26%) Marketing
8 4 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.13%) Back Office
9 2 (1.13%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.13%) Games
9 2 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.13%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.13%) Legal
9 2 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.13%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) Electronics
10 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 31 (17.51%) Senior
2 27 (15.25%) Analyst
3 26 (14.69%) Developer
4 22 (12.43%) Lead
5 16 (9.04%) Architect
6 15 (8.47%) Business Analyst
7 9 (5.08%) Designer
7 9 (5.08%) Project Manager
8 8 (4.52%) Software Engineer
9 7 (3.95%) Java Developer
9 7 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.39%) Product Owner
10 6 (3.39%) Test Manager
11 5 (2.82%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (2.82%) Deployment Engineer
11 5 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (2.82%) Senior Manager
11 5 (2.82%) Technical Leader
12 4 (2.26%) Data Analyst
12 4 (2.26%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.73%) React
2 16 (9.04%) Spring Boot
3 15 (8.47%) AWS CDK
4 14 (7.91%) Spring
5 13 (7.34%) .NET
6 11 (6.21%) REST
7 9 (5.08%) CSS
7 9 (5.08%) HTML
7 9 (5.08%) RESTful
8 8 (4.52%) Kafka
8 8 (4.52%) Node.js
9 5 (2.82%) Middleware
9 5 (2.82%) Next.js
10 4 (2.26%) AngularJS
10 4 (2.26%) OAuth
11 3 (1.69%) Entity Framework
11 3 (1.69%) JMS
11 3 (1.69%) PostGIS
11 3 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.17%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.21%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (3.95%) Mainframe
4 6 (3.39%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.26%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.26%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.69%) CMDB
7 3 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.69%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.69%) Derivative
7 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.69%) Replication
7 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.13%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.13%) Equities
8 2 (1.13%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.47%) Windows
2 14 (7.91%) Linux
3 6 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.82%) Unix
5 4 (2.26%) AIX
6 3 (1.69%) HPUX
6 3 (1.69%) Solaris
6 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.69%) zOS
7 1 (0.56%) Android
7 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.56%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.42%) DevOps
2 34 (19.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (18.08%) CI/CD
3 32 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (14.12%) Roadmaps
5 24 (13.56%) Project Management
6 21 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (11.86%) Mentoring
7 19 (10.73%) Analytics
7 19 (10.73%) Project Delivery
7 19 (10.73%) Test Automation
8 18 (10.17%) Scrum
8 18 (10.17%) Waterfall
9 16 (9.04%) Coaching
9 16 (9.04%) User Experience
10 15 (8.47%) SDLC
11 14 (7.91%) Risk Management
11 14 (7.91%) Software Engineering
12 12 (6.78%) Data Modelling
12 12 (6.78%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.38%) Java
2 27 (15.25%) JavaScript
3 22 (12.43%) SQL
4 20 (11.30%) Python
5 15 (8.47%) TypeScript
6 13 (7.34%) C#
7 10 (5.65%) Shell Script
8 9 (5.08%) PL/SQL
9 7 (3.95%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.82%) Bash
11 3 (1.69%) C++
11 3 (1.69%) Groovy
11 3 (1.69%) JCL
12 2 (1.13%) C
12 2 (1.13%) VBA
12 2 (1.13%) VBScript
13 1 (0.56%) Perl
13 1 (0.56%) REXX
13 1 (0.56%) VB
13 1 (0.56%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (7.91%) Degree
2 7 (3.95%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.82%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.13%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.13%) CISA
5 2 (1.13%) CISM
5 2 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.13%) IIBA
5 2 (1.13%) ISEB
5 2 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (1.13%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.13%) MCSE
6 1 (0.56%) OCP
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.17%) Disclosure Scotland
2 12 (6.78%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.82%) PMO
3 5 (2.82%) QA
4 3 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.69%) GDPR
4 3 (1.69%) NCSC
5 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.13%) P3O
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.56%) DICOM
6 1 (0.56%) HL7
6 1 (0.56%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.56%) MISRA
6 1 (0.56%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.56%) NIST
6 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.82%) Docker
2 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.56%) KVM
4 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.95%) Grafana
2 7 (3.95%) SCCM
3 5 (2.82%) Ansible
3 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.82%) Terraform
4 4 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.69%) Tivoli NetView
6 1 (0.56%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.56%) Kibana
6 1 (0.56%) Nagios
6 1 (0.56%) Podman
6 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 21 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.47%) Oracle
3 12 (6.78%) IBM
4 6 (3.39%) Google
4 6 (3.39%) HP
5 5 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.26%) StreamSets
6 4 (2.26%) VMware
7 3 (1.69%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.69%) Databricks
7 3 (1.69%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.69%) Sun
7 3 (1.69%) Unisys
8 2 (1.13%) Adobe
8 2 (1.13%) Fiserv
8 2 (1.13%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.13%) Informatica
8 2 (1.13%) Pega
8 2 (1.13%) Reuters
8 2 (1.13%) Splunk