Agile Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Agile Software Development
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Agile skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Agile 43 83 95
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 13.65% 18.69% 19.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.36% 21.17% 22.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 27 68
10th Percentile £379 £358 £396
25th Percentile £406 £456 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £603 £650 £700
90th Percentile £684 £710 £725
South West median daily rate £523 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -9.13% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £35.02 £23.40
25th Percentile - £43.77 £24.75
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +94.44% -55.00%
75th Percentile - - £45.00
90th Percentile - - £69.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -0.76%

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 280 392 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 88.89% 88.29% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 196 263
10th Percentile £225 £391 £363
25th Percentile £375 £479 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £662 £676 £675
90th Percentile £739 £744 £738
South West median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 32 52
10th Percentile £19.14 £23.05 £33.20
25th Percentile £26.96 £29.50 £48.72
Median hourly rate £35.17 £37.52 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -46.41% +54.87%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.50 £78.09
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year -62.74% +9.15% +3.07%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Agile job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 9 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Gloucestershire

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Agile

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 9 October 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 +4 26 £425 -10.53% 21
Cheltenham -9 10 £713 +14.00% 14
Cirencester - 1 £575 - 1
Agile
South West

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.98%) Confluence
3 1 (2.33%) Camunda
3 1 (2.33%) IIS
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.33%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (41.86%) Azure
2 9 (20.93%) AWS
3 7 (16.28%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (11.63%) GitHub
5 4 (9.30%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (6.98%) Power Automate
6 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
6 3 (6.98%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.65%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (4.65%) Amazon S3
7 2 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (4.65%) OpenShift
7 2 (4.65%) Serverless
8 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) WAAS
2 1 (2.33%) DHCP
2 1 (2.33%) DNS
2 1 (2.33%) Firewall
2 1 (2.33%) Network Security
2 1 (2.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (4.65%) MongoDB
1 2 (4.65%) ObjectStore
1 2 (4.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (25.58%) JIRA
2 6 (13.95%) Jenkins
3 5 (11.63%) MSI
4 4 (9.30%) GitLab
5 2 (4.65%) AdminStudio
5 2 (4.65%) Cucumber
5 2 (4.65%) Cypress.io
5 2 (4.65%) Git
5 2 (4.65%) InstallShield
General
1 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Finance
5 2 (4.65%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Local Government
6 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Developer
2 5 (11.63%) Analyst
3 3 (6.98%) Applications Developer
3 3 (6.98%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Architect
3 3 (6.98%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (6.98%) Lead
3 3 (6.98%) Power Apps Developer
4 2 (4.65%) Automation Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Backend Developer
4 2 (4.65%) Business Change Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Change Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) Scrum Master
4 2 (4.65%) Senior
4 2 (4.65%) Service Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Software Developer
4 2 (4.65%) Software Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) ARM Templates
2 3 (6.98%) JSON
2 3 (6.98%) Node.js
3 2 (4.65%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.65%) Bootstrap
3 2 (4.65%) CSS
3 2 (4.65%) HTML
3 2 (4.65%) REST
3 2 (4.65%) SOAP
3 2 (4.65%) XML
4 1 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (2.33%) JSON Schema
4 1 (2.33%) Kafka
4 1 (2.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.65%) CMDB
2 2 (4.65%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) PKI
3 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (39.53%) Windows
2 7 (16.28%) Windows 10
3 4 (9.30%) Linux
4 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.33%) Android
5 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.33%) Unix
5 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) DevOps
2 16 (37.21%) Scrum
3 13 (30.23%) CI/CD
4 11 (25.58%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (16.28%) Containerisation
6 7 (16.28%) Migration
7 6 (13.95%) Sprint Planning
7 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (11.63%) Application Packaging
8 5 (11.63%) Change Management
8 5 (11.63%) Deployment Automation
8 5 (11.63%) High Availability
8 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (11.63%) ITIL
8 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
8 5 (11.63%) Test Automation
8 5 (11.63%) Translating Business Requirements
9 4 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (9.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.23%) PowerShell
2 8 (18.60%) Java
3 7 (16.28%) Python
4 5 (11.63%) JavaScript
5 4 (9.30%) SQL
5 4 (9.30%) VBScript
6 2 (4.65%) C
7 1 (2.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 32 (74.42%) Security Cleared
2 21 (48.84%) SC Cleared
3 11 (25.58%) DV Cleared
4 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (11.63%) MCSA
6 3 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.33%) APMP
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.33%) Degree
7 1 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.33%) MCITP
7 1 (2.33%) MCP
7 1 (2.33%) MCSE
7 1 (2.33%) MCTS
7 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.33%) NIST
2 1 (2.33%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.33%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) Active Directory
1 7 (16.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (13.95%) Docker
3 4 (9.30%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (9.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) SCCM
1 6 (13.95%) Terraform
2 5 (11.63%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (37.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) NetApp
3 4 (9.30%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.65%) Atlassian
4 2 (4.65%) VMware
5 1 (2.33%) Oracle
5 1 (2.33%) SAP