Agile Contracts in Gloucestershire

Agile Software Development
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 13 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 30 89 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.95% 20.75% 31.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.55% 24.18% 34.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 42 125
10th Percentile £425 £464 £400
25th Percentile £461 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -6.78% +12.38%
75th Percentile £700 £693 £688
90th Percentile £721 £712 £725
South West median daily rate £565 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +5.12% -6.52% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £63.63 £19.71 -
25th Percentile £65.31 £25.45 £67.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £81.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -56.79% +35.00%
75th Percentile £70.94 £55.00 £94.50
90th Percentile £74.88 £67.00 -
South West median hourly rate £66.25 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -5.36% +6.87% +0.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 239 368 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.23% 85.78% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 230 307
10th Percentile £237 £363 £295
25th Percentile £413 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +6.34%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £650
90th Percentile £729 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 37
10th Percentile £25.56 £14.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.88 £19.57 £50.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -50.00% +116.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £78.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Gloucestershire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Gloucestershire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Gloucestershire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Gloucestershire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Gloucester -2 11 £488 -28.44% 111
Cheltenham -12 8 £695 +26.36% 93
Filton +5 4 - - 2
Agile
South West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 6 (20.00%) Confluence
2 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (3.33%) Apache
4 1 (3.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (30.00%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) GitHub
3 3 (10.00%) AWS
4 2 (6.67%) GCP
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.67%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.33%) Flink
Development Applications
1 14 (46.67%) JIRA
2 7 (23.33%) Jenkins
3 5 (16.67%) Cypress.io
4 4 (13.33%) Cucumber
5 2 (6.67%) Git
6 1 (3.33%) GitLab
6 1 (3.33%) JUnit
6 1 (3.33%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (3.33%) Rational Team Concert
6 1 (3.33%) Selenium
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) Aviation
5 1 (3.33%) Military
5 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (16.67%) Project Manager
1 5 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Developer
2 4 (13.33%) Lead
2 4 (13.33%) Senior
2 4 (13.33%) Test Leader
3 3 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Applications Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Architect
4 2 (6.67%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Power Apps Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Scrum Master
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Scrum Master
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) React
2 2 (6.67%) Node.js
2 2 (6.67%) RESTful
3 1 (3.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.33%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (3.33%) pytest
3 1 (3.33%) REST
3 1 (3.33%) Spring
3 1 (3.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (3.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Linux
2 4 (13.33%) Windows
3 1 (3.33%) Android
3 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 11 (36.67%) DevOps
3 9 (30.00%) Scrum
4 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 6 (20.00%) Validation
6 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 5 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (13.33%) Project Delivery
7 4 (13.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (13.33%) Waterfall
8 3 (10.00%) Migration
8 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2
8 3 (10.00%) Project Management
8 3 (10.00%) SDLC
8 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) Java
2 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (13.33%) C++
3 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.00%) Python
4 3 (10.00%) SQL
5 2 (6.67%) Go
5 2 (6.67%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.33%) Assembly Language
6 1 (3.33%) C
6 1 (3.33%) VB
6 1 (3.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (30.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (26.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.33%) APMP
5 1 (3.33%) Degree
5 1 (3.33%) MCP
5 1 (3.33%) MCSA
5 1 (3.33%) MCSE
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.33%) PMP
5 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Docker
2 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.33%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Terraform
2 4 (13.33%) Kubernetes
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.67%) Ansible
4 1 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (3.33%) Grafana
4 1 (3.33%) Prometheus
4 1 (3.33%) SCCM
4 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.67%) VMware
3 1 (3.33%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (3.33%) McAfee
3 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) Symantec
3 1 (3.33%) Wind River