Agile Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Agile Software Development
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Agile skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 145 190 173
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 19.97% 29.69% 21.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.65% 31.51% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 104 97
10th Percentile £375 £408 £365
25th Percentile £419 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £491 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% +9.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £533
90th Percentile £644 £590 £590
Scotland median daily rate £480 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £73.40 £55.63 £29.26
25th Percentile £81.50 £58.44 £36.89
Median hourly rate £95.00 £60.00 £49.59
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% +20.99% -
75th Percentile - £64.06 £62.30
90th Percentile - £69.13 £69.92
Scotland median hourly rate £68.00 £58.75 £24.26
% change year-on-year +15.74% +142.22% -59.58%

All Process & 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 613 603 698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.44% 94.22% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 298 367
10th Percentile £255 £304 £223
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £544 £538
90th Percentile £600 £600 £630
Scotland median daily rate £465 £465 £450
% change year-on-year - +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 23
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.27
25th Percentile £15.91 £17.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -18.77% -53.68%
75th Percentile £41.63 £42.90 £24.18
90th Percentile £79.00 £61.00 £48.84
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £20.00 £21.59
% change year-on-year -15.70% -7.36% +13.30%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Agile relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Agile job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Agile.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Agile.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Agile

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Edinburgh

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (8.97%) Confluence
2 4 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.38%) Apache
3 2 (1.38%) JBoss
4 1 (0.69%) CMS
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 9 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.76%) Sketch
5 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.38%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (1.38%) Primavera
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.69%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.69%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.69%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 36 (24.83%) AWS
2 27 (18.62%) Azure
3 20 (13.79%) Serverless
4 19 (13.10%) Amazon S3
5 16 (11.03%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (10.34%) Power Platform
7 13 (8.97%) Figma
8 12 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (7.59%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (6.21%) OpenShift
12 7 (4.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (4.14%) Power Automate
13 6 (4.14%) PowerApps
13 6 (4.14%) SaaS
14 5 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (3.45%) IaaS
14 5 (3.45%) PaaS
15 4 (2.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.45%) Firewall
2 4 (2.76%) DNS
3 2 (1.38%) HTTP
3 2 (1.38%) Network Security
3 2 (1.38%) SSL
4 1 (0.69%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.69%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (6.21%) Power BI
3 5 (3.45%) Amazon Aurora
3 5 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.07%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.38%) Metadata
6 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.69%) GIS
6 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.69%) Power Query
6 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (11.03%) JIRA
2 11 (7.59%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.21%) GitLab
4 7 (4.83%) Cypress.io
5 6 (4.14%) Git
6 2 (1.38%) MLflow
6 2 (1.38%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.69%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.69%) JMeter
7 1 (0.69%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.69%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 49 (33.79%) Public Sector
1 49 (33.79%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.83%) Finance
3 12 (8.28%) Banking
4 10 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.45%) Retail Banking
7 4 (2.76%) Legal
7 4 (2.76%) Retail
8 3 (2.07%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.07%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.07%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.07%) Local Government
9 1 (0.69%) Front Office
9 1 (0.69%) Games
9 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (16.55%) Analyst
1 24 (16.55%) Developer
2 17 (11.72%) Business Analyst
3 12 (8.28%) Designer
4 11 (7.59%) Architect
5 10 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 10 (6.90%) Python Engineer
6 9 (6.21%) Lead
6 9 (6.21%) Senior
7 7 (4.83%) Visual Designer
8 6 (4.14%) Agile Coach
8 6 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.45%) Software Developer
9 5 (3.45%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (2.76%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 4 (2.76%) Product Designer
10 4 (2.76%) Security Specialist
10 4 (2.76%) Technical Business Analyst
10 4 (2.76%) User Researcher
11 3 (2.07%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.34%) REST
2 13 (8.97%) AWS CDK
3 9 (6.21%) Spring
3 9 (6.21%) Spring Boot
4 7 (4.83%) Node.js
4 7 (4.83%) React
5 6 (4.14%) FastAPI
5 6 (4.14%) Next.js
5 6 (4.14%) OAuth
5 6 (4.14%) OpenCV
5 6 (4.14%) Pandas
5 6 (4.14%) PyTorch
6 5 (3.45%) .NET
6 5 (3.45%) HTML
6 5 (3.45%) Hugging Face
6 5 (3.45%) Terraform
7 4 (2.76%) CSS
7 4 (2.76%) NumPy
7 4 (2.76%) Spring Security
7 4 (2.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.24%) Cloud Native
1 25 (17.24%) Product Ownership
2 12 (8.28%) Mobile App
3 10 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.07%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (2.07%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.07%) NHS
6 3 (2.07%) PKI
7 2 (1.38%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.38%) CMDB
7 2 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.38%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.69%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.69%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.14%) Windows
2 5 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.76%) Android
4 3 (2.07%) Linux
5 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.69%) Unix
6 1 (0.69%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.41%) AI
2 41 (28.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (25.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (22.07%) Scrum
5 30 (20.69%) DevOps
6 29 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 26 (17.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 23 (15.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 20 (13.79%) Generative AI
10 19 (13.10%) Kanban
11 18 (12.41%) User Experience
11 18 (12.41%) Workshop Facilitation
12 17 (11.72%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 17 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (11.03%) Migration
13 16 (11.03%) Service Design
14 15 (10.34%) Coaching
14 15 (10.34%) Mentoring
14 15 (10.34%) TDD
15 14 (9.66%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.55%) Python
2 20 (13.79%) JavaScript
3 17 (11.72%) TypeScript
4 14 (9.66%) Java
5 9 (6.21%) SQL
6 4 (2.76%) C#
7 3 (2.07%) Bash
7 3 (2.07%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.69%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.69%) REXX
8 1 (0.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (2.76%) Degree
1 4 (2.76%) MCSE
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (2.76%) PMI Certification
1 4 (2.76%) PMP
1 4 (2.76%) Security Cleared
2 2 (1.38%) CBAP
2 2 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (1.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.34%) Accessibility
2 13 (8.97%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (3.45%) QA
4 4 (2.76%) PMO
5 3 (2.07%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (5.52%) Docker
2 4 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.52%) Grafana
3 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.76%) SCCM
4 3 (2.07%) Kibana
5 1 (0.69%) Ansible
5 1 (0.69%) Nagios
5 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.28%) Adobe
3 4 (2.76%) Oracle
4 3 (2.07%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.38%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.38%) Databricks
5 2 (1.38%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.38%) EnterpriseDB
5 2 (1.38%) IBM
5 2 (1.38%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.69%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.69%) Apple
6 1 (0.69%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.69%) F5
6 1 (0.69%) Google
6 1 (0.69%) Informatica
6 1 (0.69%) Meraki
6 1 (0.69%) New Relic
6 1 (0.69%) SAP
6 1 (0.69%) VMware