Agile Project Management Contracts in England

Agile Project Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Agile Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Agile Project Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 496 564
Rank change year-on-year +16 +68 -80
Contract jobs citing Agile Project Management 74 149 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.30% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.34% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 102 160
10th Percentile £341 £420 £406
25th Percentile £470 £453 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £533 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -1.39% +8.00%
75th Percentile £597 £650 £600
90th Percentile £639 £736 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £511 £538
% change year-on-year +2.69% -4.88% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 4
10th Percentile £28.35 - -
25th Percentile £31.71 £22.16 £31.50
Median hourly rate £46.50 £37.50 £42.25
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -11.24% -32.39%
75th Percentile £60.00 £72.35 £57.63
90th Percentile - £87.50 £67.30
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £37.50 £42.25
% change year-on-year -12.00% -11.24% -32.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Agile Project Management 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,870 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,878 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.90 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Agile Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Agile Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Agile Project Management in England

Agile Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile Project Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Agile Project Management in England

Agile Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Project Management in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Project Management in England

Agile Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile Project Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Agile Project Management in England

Agile Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile Project Management in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile Project Management in England

Agile Project Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Project Management within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +80 43 £575 +6.48% 13
South East +11 10 £341 -18.81% 9
South West +7 9 £538 -17.31% 3
North of England -4 5 £500 +11.11% 5
North West -1 4 £575 +19.82% 4
Midlands +27 3 £500 -4.99% 7
West Midlands +22 2 £500 -7.41% 7
East of England +2 2 £750 +13.21% 8
East Midlands +19 1 - -
North East +15 1 £325 -
Agile Project Management
UK

Agile Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (12.16%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.76%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (5.41%) CMS
4 3 (4.05%) Drupal
4 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (2.70%) Confluence
6 1 (1.35%) Joomla!
6 1 (1.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.76%) Azure
2 5 (6.76%) OCI
3 4 (5.41%) AWS
4 3 (4.05%) OneDrive
4 3 (4.05%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.70%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) Internet
1 2 (2.70%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 16 (21.62%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (39.19%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Finance
3 13 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.05%) Local Government
5 3 (4.05%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.05%) Military
5 3 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Banking
6 2 (2.70%) French Language
6 2 (2.70%) Games
6 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Marketing
6 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.35%) Electronics
7 1 (1.35%) Front Office
7 1 (1.35%) Publishing
7 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (45.95%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.16%) Delivery Manager
3 6 (8.11%) Agile Project Manager
3 6 (8.11%) Senior
3 6 (8.11%) Technical Manager
3 6 (8.11%) Technical Project Manager
4 5 (6.76%) Consultant
4 5 (6.76%) Senior Manager
4 5 (6.76%) SharePoint Project Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) Business Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) Cloud Consultant
5 4 (5.41%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Oracle Consultant
5 4 (5.41%) Programme Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (4.05%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.05%) JIRA Specialist
6 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) Web Services
2 3 (4.05%) PySpark
3 1 (1.35%) XML
3 1 (1.35%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 7 (9.46%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.76%) PMI
3 5 (6.76%) Taxonomies
4 4 (5.41%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.35%) Digital TV
6 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.35%) STB
6 1 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.76%) Linux
2 3 (4.05%) Unix
2 3 (4.05%) Windows
3 2 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (100.00%) Agile
1 74 (100.00%) Project Management
2 20 (27.03%) Project Delivery
3 19 (25.68%) Scrum
4 17 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (22.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (17.57%) Migration
5 13 (17.57%) PRINCE2
6 12 (16.22%) Change Management
6 12 (16.22%) User Stories
7 9 (12.16%) SDLC
7 9 (12.16%) Waterfall
8 8 (10.81%) Decision-Making
9 7 (9.46%) Business Case
9 7 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.46%) Kanban
10 6 (8.11%) Data Migration
10 6 (8.11%) Project Planning
10 6 (8.11%) Risk Management
10 6 (8.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.41%) Java
1 4 (5.41%) Python
2 3 (4.05%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.05%) SQL
3 2 (2.70%) Bash
4 1 (1.35%) C
4 1 (1.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.51%) Degree
4 7 (9.46%) PMI Certification
5 6 (8.11%) PMP
6 5 (6.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.35%) APMG
9 1 (1.35%) APMP
9 1 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) PMBOK
1 4 (5.41%) PMO
2 3 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.35%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) SCOM
2 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.11%) Oracle
3 4 (5.41%) Atlassian
3 4 (5.41%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) Remedy
5 1 (1.35%) IFS
5 1 (1.35%) Planview
5 1 (1.35%) Progress
5 1 (1.35%) VMware