Agile Contracts in Hampshire

Agile Software Development
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 5 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Agile 209 318 261
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.22% 18.34% 19.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.28% 22.44% 22.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 199 176
10th Percentile £404 £380 £409
25th Percentile £464 £478 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.14% +8.29%
75th Percentile £613 £658 £632
90th Percentile £656 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 29 28
10th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £54.25
25th Percentile £50.80 - £58.01
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% - +12.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £75.50 -
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +15.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 766 1,417 1,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 85.11% 81.72% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 821 705
10th Percentile £325 £371 £252
25th Percentile £463 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £589 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +12.19% +2.44%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £613
90th Percentile £660 £738 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 155 106
10th Percentile £18.87 £13.55 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.81 £21.23
Median hourly rate £43.00 £57.35 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.02% +6.70% +73.39%
75th Percentile £59.69 £70.84 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.25 £74.38
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -52.00% - +118.91%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Hampshire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Hampshire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Hampshire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Hampshire

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Hampshire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Basingstoke +1 76 £600 -11.11% 47
Portsmouth +1 45 £514 +24.61% 40
Southampton 0 18 £600 - 51
Farnborough +11 17 £490 +43.70% 36
Havant -7 9 £538 -10.42% 1
Winchester +12 7 £485 - 10
Fleet - 6 £402 - 2
Fareham -3 2 £521 +22.65% 9
Andover - 2 £631 - 2
Hook +2 1 £500 -13.79% 1
Gosport - 1 £387 - 1
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 22 (10.53%) Confluence
2 13 (6.22%) Apache
3 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.39%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.91%) CMS
5 4 (1.91%) Drupal
5 4 (1.91%) IIS
5 4 (1.91%) Mule
5 4 (1.91%) Mule ESB
5 4 (1.91%) WordPress
6 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.48%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.48%) Azure
2 19 (9.09%) AWS
3 9 (4.31%) GitHub
4 6 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.87%) OpenShift
5 4 (1.91%) Serverless
6 3 (1.44%) Amazon EMR
6 3 (1.44%) Amazon Kinesis
6 3 (1.44%) Amazon S3
6 3 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.44%) iPaaS
6 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.44%) SaaS
7 2 (0.96%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.96%) IaaS
7 2 (0.96%) Miro
7 2 (0.96%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.48%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.13%) LAN
2 9 (4.31%) Junos
3 8 (3.83%) Cisco Firepower
3 8 (3.83%) Cisco IOS
3 8 (3.83%) Cisco ISE
4 7 (3.35%) Network Security
5 6 (2.87%) DNS
5 6 (2.87%) Software-Defined Radio
6 5 (2.39%) SNMP
7 4 (1.91%) HTTPS
7 4 (1.91%) Internet
7 4 (1.91%) SMTP
8 3 (1.44%) HTTP
9 2 (0.96%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.48%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.48%) 4G
10 1 (0.48%) 5G
10 1 (0.48%) Firewall
10 1 (0.48%) LTE
10 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (3.83%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.35%) Redis
3 6 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.87%) MySQL
4 5 (2.39%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.39%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.91%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.96%) Metadata
7 2 (0.96%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (0.96%) Power BI
7 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.96%) Tableau
8 1 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.48%) ObjectStore
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 52 (24.88%) JIRA
2 26 (12.44%) Git
3 24 (11.48%) Jenkins
4 15 (7.18%) Robot Framework
5 12 (5.74%) Bitbucket
6 11 (5.26%) GoogleTest
6 11 (5.26%) SoapUI
7 8 (3.83%) Eclipse
7 8 (3.83%) TestRail
8 7 (3.35%) GitLab
8 7 (3.35%) MSI
9 5 (2.39%) Cucumber
9 5 (2.39%) Postman
9 5 (2.39%) Selenium
9 5 (2.39%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.91%) Bitbucket Server
10 4 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.96%) Subversion
11 2 (0.96%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.48%) Maven
General
1 50 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.96%) Finance
3 10 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (4.78%) Public Sector
4 8 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.39%) Aerospace
5 5 (2.39%) Legal
5 5 (2.39%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.91%) Retail
7 3 (1.44%) Aviation
7 3 (1.44%) Banking
7 3 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.96%) Automotive
8 2 (0.96%) Billing
8 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.96%) Military
9 1 (0.48%) Marketing
9 1 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 30 (14.35%) Architect
2 23 (11.00%) Developer
3 19 (9.09%) Analyst
4 17 (8.13%) Senior
4 17 (8.13%) Test Engineer
5 16 (7.66%) Network Engineer
6 12 (5.74%) Tester
7 11 (5.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 11 (5.26%) Test Analyst
8 10 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (4.78%) Software Engineer
8 10 (4.78%) Software Test Engineer
9 9 (4.31%) Network Architect
9 9 (4.31%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.83%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.83%) Integration Engineer
10 8 (3.83%) Senior Tester
11 7 (3.35%) ERP Implementation Manager
11 7 (3.35%) Implementation Manager
11 7 (3.35%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.57%) SOAP
2 16 (7.66%) Web Services
3 15 (7.18%) XML
4 14 (6.70%) CSS
4 14 (6.70%) REST
5 11 (5.26%) HTML
5 11 (5.26%) Kafka
5 11 (5.26%) RESTful
6 10 (4.78%) YAML
7 7 (3.35%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (2.87%) JSON
8 6 (2.87%) Keycloak
9 5 (2.39%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.39%) RAML
9 5 (2.39%) React
10 4 (1.91%) CodeIgniter
10 4 (1.91%) jQuery
10 4 (1.91%) Node.js
10 4 (1.91%) Spring
10 4 (1.91%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (6.70%) Product Ownership
3 13 (6.22%) PKI
4 4 (1.91%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.91%) Legacy Code
5 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.44%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.96%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.96%) PMI
7 1 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.48%) Clustering
7 1 (0.48%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.48%) EPoS
7 1 (0.48%) GNSS
7 1 (0.48%) iPad
7 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 39 (18.66%) Linux
2 18 (8.61%) Windows
3 7 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.39%) CentOS
5 4 (1.91%) Unix
5 4 (1.91%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.92%) Scrum
2 46 (22.01%) Test Automation
3 44 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (17.22%) DevOps
5 32 (15.31%) Project Management
6 29 (13.88%) CI/CD
7 25 (11.96%) Software Testing
8 22 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (10.53%) Waterfall
9 19 (9.09%) Software Engineering
9 19 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (8.61%) PRINCE2
11 17 (8.13%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 16 (7.66%) Sprint Planning
13 15 (7.18%) Customer Requirements
13 15 (7.18%) Migration
14 14 (6.70%) Mentoring
15 13 (6.22%) Prototyping
15 13 (6.22%) SDLC
16 12 (5.74%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.40%) PowerShell
2 23 (11.00%) Python
3 20 (9.57%) Java
4 19 (9.09%) SQL
5 11 (5.26%) C++
5 11 (5.26%) PHP
6 10 (4.78%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.31%) Bash
8 8 (3.83%) VB
9 4 (1.91%) DataWeave
10 3 (1.44%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.44%) Scala
10 3 (1.44%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.96%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.96%) C#
12 1 (0.48%) C
12 1 (0.48%) Delphi
12 1 (0.48%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.48%) Go
Qualifications
1 127 (60.77%) Security Cleared
2 83 (39.71%) DV Cleared
3 43 (20.57%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.70%) Degree
5 9 (4.31%) PMP
6 8 (3.83%) ISTQB
6 8 (3.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (3.35%) CISM
8 5 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.44%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.96%) VCAP
11 2 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.48%) CISSP
12 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.48%) HND
12 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.48%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.18%) SLA
2 10 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.31%) NIST
4 8 (3.83%) QA
5 5 (2.39%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.44%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.44%) RMADS
7 1 (0.48%) GDPR
7 1 (0.48%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.39%) Docker
4 4 (1.91%) Firmware
5 2 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.96%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.96%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (13.40%) Ansible
2 21 (10.05%) Terraform
3 14 (6.70%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.83%) FortiGate
5 7 (3.35%) WMI
6 6 (2.87%) Grafana
6 6 (2.87%) Packer
6 6 (2.87%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.39%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.96%) vRealize
8 2 (0.96%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.48%) Rancher
Vendors
1 29 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.66%) Cisco
3 14 (6.70%) Juniper
3 14 (6.70%) VMware
4 9 (4.31%) Atlassian
4 9 (4.31%) Google
5 8 (3.83%) Citrix
5 8 (3.83%) F5
5 8 (3.83%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.35%) Oracle
7 6 (2.87%) Intel
7 6 (2.87%) Splunk
7 6 (2.87%) Zend
8 5 (2.39%) Adobe
8 5 (2.39%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.96%) Fujitsu
10 2 (0.96%) Palantir
11 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.48%) SolarWinds