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 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 4 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Agile 172 172 527
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 27.52% 21.10% 40.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.96% 23.89% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 111 434
10th Percentile £365 £282 £368
25th Percentile £413 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £538 £506 £538
90th Percentile £619 £610 £600
Scotland median daily rate £459 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -8.30% +2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £29.69 - -
25th Percentile £34.74 £60.25 -
Median hourly rate £43.68 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.81% - -
75th Percentile £52.10 £60.75 -
90th Percentile £56.84 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £27.35 £60.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -54.79% -6.92% +31.21%

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 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

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 1 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 11 (6.40%) Confluence
2 5 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.16%) Camunda
4 1 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.58%) Apache
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.58%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.58%) nginx
4 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.58%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (2.91%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (1.74%) iTrent
3 2 (1.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.58%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.93%) Azure
2 28 (16.28%) AWS
3 23 (13.37%) Power Platform
4 17 (9.88%) Amazon S3
4 17 (9.88%) Serverless
5 16 (9.30%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (8.14%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (7.56%) SaaS
9 11 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (5.23%) OpenShift
10 9 (5.23%) PaaS
11 8 (4.65%) AWS CodePipeline
11 8 (4.65%) PowerApps
12 7 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (4.07%) IaaS
12 7 (4.07%) Power Automate
13 6 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (3.49%) Figma
14 5 (2.91%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.07%) Firewall
2 4 (2.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.74%) SNA
4 2 (1.16%) DNS
4 2 (1.16%) SSL
5 1 (0.58%) ATM
5 1 (0.58%) HTTP
5 1 (0.58%) Internet
5 1 (0.58%) Intranet
5 1 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.72%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (6.40%) Power BI
3 7 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.91%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.91%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.33%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.33%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.74%) GIS
7 3 (1.74%) InfluxDB
7 3 (1.74%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.16%) Apache Hive
8 2 (1.16%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.16%) OLAP
9 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.58%) DB2
9 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.58%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (13.37%) JIRA
2 16 (9.30%) Git
3 12 (6.98%) Jenkins
4 9 (5.23%) GitLab
5 7 (4.07%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.91%) Artifactory
6 5 (2.91%) Selenium
7 4 (2.33%) Postman
8 3 (1.74%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.74%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.74%) Subversion
8 3 (1.74%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.74%) WebDriver
9 2 (1.16%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (1.16%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.58%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.58%) JUnit
10 1 (0.58%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.58%) NUnit
10 1 (0.58%) Toad
General
1 72 (41.86%) Public Sector
2 65 (37.79%) Social Skills
3 46 (26.74%) Finance
4 25 (14.53%) Banking
5 21 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.91%) Marketing
8 4 (2.33%) Back Office
8 4 (2.33%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.74%) Retail
10 2 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Games
10 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Electronics
11 1 (0.58%) Front Office
11 1 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (20.93%) Developer
2 24 (13.95%) Analyst
2 24 (13.95%) Senior
3 20 (11.63%) Lead
4 18 (10.47%) Business Analyst
5 13 (7.56%) Architect
6 9 (5.23%) Designer
7 8 (4.65%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.07%) Data Engineer
8 7 (4.07%) Java Developer
8 7 (4.07%) ServiceNow Developer
9 6 (3.49%) Product Owner
9 6 (3.49%) Security Specialist
9 6 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.49%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (2.91%) Deployment Engineer
10 5 (2.91%) Senior Developer
11 4 (2.33%) Infrastructure Architect
11 4 (2.33%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.72%) AWS CDK
1 15 (8.72%) REST
2 14 (8.14%) Spring Boot
3 12 (6.98%) React
3 12 (6.98%) Spring
4 11 (6.40%) CSS
4 11 (6.40%) HTML
5 9 (5.23%) .NET
5 9 (5.23%) Node.js
6 8 (4.65%) JSON
6 8 (4.65%) XML
7 6 (3.49%) AngularJS
7 6 (3.49%) RESTful
8 5 (2.91%) Middleware
8 5 (2.91%) PostGIS
9 3 (1.74%) Next.js
9 3 (1.74%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.16%) Entity Framework
10 2 (1.16%) OpenAPI
10 2 (1.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.72%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.07%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.07%) Mainframe
4 6 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.91%) PKI
6 4 (2.33%) CMDB
6 4 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.74%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.74%) Replication
7 3 (1.74%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.16%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.72%) Windows
2 12 (6.98%) Linux
3 6 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.91%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.91%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.74%) AIX
5 3 (1.74%) HPUX
5 3 (1.74%) Solaris
5 3 (1.74%) Unix
5 3 (1.74%) zOS
6 1 (0.58%) Android
6 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.58%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (23.84%) DevOps
2 33 (19.19%) CI/CD
3 31 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (15.70%) Scrum
5 24 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (12.79%) Kanban
7 21 (12.21%) Project Management
7 21 (12.21%) Roadmaps
8 18 (10.47%) Migration
8 18 (10.47%) Project Delivery
8 18 (10.47%) Test Automation
8 18 (10.47%) User Experience
9 17 (9.88%) Analytics
9 17 (9.88%) Waterfall
10 16 (9.30%) Business Analysis
10 16 (9.30%) Coaching
10 16 (9.30%) Risk Management
10 16 (9.30%) TDD
11 15 (8.72%) User Stories
12 12 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.86%) JavaScript
2 24 (13.95%) Java
3 22 (12.79%) SQL
4 19 (11.05%) Python
5 13 (7.56%) TypeScript
6 11 (6.40%) C#
7 9 (5.23%) PL/SQL
8 7 (4.07%) Bash
9 6 (3.49%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.49%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.33%) Groovy
11 3 (1.74%) C++
11 3 (1.74%) JCL
11 3 (1.74%) VBA
11 3 (1.74%) VBScript
12 1 (0.58%) C
12 1 (0.58%) Perl
12 1 (0.58%) REXX
12 1 (0.58%) VB
12 1 (0.58%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (8.72%) Degree
2 6 (3.49%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.91%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.74%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.74%) IIBA
5 3 (1.74%) ISEB
5 3 (1.74%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.16%) MCSE
7 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.58%) OCP
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.79%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (4.07%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.07%) QA
3 6 (3.49%) PMO
4 3 (1.74%) GRC
5 2 (1.16%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.16%) NCSC
5 2 (1.16%) P3O
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.58%) GDPR
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (4.65%) Docker
2 6 (3.49%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.91%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.58%) KVM
Systems Management
1 10 (5.81%) Kubernetes
1 10 (5.81%) SCCM
2 9 (5.23%) Grafana
3 7 (4.07%) Ansible
3 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.33%) Terraform
5 3 (1.74%) Kibana
5 3 (1.74%) Tivoli NetView
6 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.58%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.58%) Nagios
7 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 18 (10.47%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.14%) Oracle
3 11 (6.40%) ServiceNow
4 9 (5.23%) IBM
5 6 (3.49%) HP
6 4 (2.33%) Databricks
7 3 (1.74%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.74%) Sun
7 3 (1.74%) Unisys
7 3 (1.74%) VMware
8 2 (1.16%) Fiserv
8 2 (1.16%) Informatica
8 2 (1.16%) Pega
8 2 (1.16%) Splunk
8 2 (1.16%) StreamSets
9 1 (0.58%) Confluent
9 1 (0.58%) IDERA
9 1 (0.58%) Imperva
9 1 (0.58%) NetApp
9 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto