Agile Contracts in Hertfordshire

Agile Software Development
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 5 13 6
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -2
Contract jobs citing Agile 51 82 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 15.89% 9.83% 15.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.89% 10.89% 17.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 24 51
10th Percentile £449 £200 £350
25th Percentile £475 £238 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £426 £512
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -16.67% -2.57%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £719
90th Percentile £716 £580 £788
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 46 36
10th Percentile £61.48 - £63.25
25th Percentile £61.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.06 - £69.06
90th Percentile £72.50 - £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.25
% change year-on-year - -0.38% +17.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Hertfordshire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Hertfordshire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Hertfordshire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Hertfordshire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Hertfordshire 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
Hatfield +9 21 £560 +180.00% 11
Stevenage +8 18 £490 +96.00% 101
Welwyn Garden City - 2 - - 5
Harpenden - 2 - -
Hemel Hempstead +12 1 £463 -21.28% 83
St Albans - 1 £475 - 4
Agile
East of England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 4 (7.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (7.84%) WebSphere
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.96%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (1.96%) Sketch
2 1 (1.96%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) SAP LE
1 3 (5.88%) SAP WM
2 1 (1.96%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.92%) Azure
2 2 (3.92%) SaaS
3 1 (1.96%) AWS
3 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.96%) GCP
3 1 (1.96%) OCI
3 1 (1.96%) Serverless
3 1 (1.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.73%) Firewall
2 4 (7.84%) Ethernet
2 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
2 4 (7.84%) Wireless
3 1 (1.96%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) DB2
2 2 (3.92%) InfluxDB
2 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.84%) Eclipse
3 2 (3.92%) JIRA
4 1 (1.96%) Git
4 1 (1.96%) GitLab
4 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.96%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.96%) Selenium
4 1 (1.96%) WebDriver
General
1 30 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 16 (31.37%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Military
5 3 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Law
6 2 (3.92%) Local Government
6 2 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.92%) Police
6 2 (3.92%) Retail
7 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (15.69%) Architect
2 4 (7.84%) Functional Architect
2 4 (7.84%) Lead
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle Architect
2 4 (7.84%) Project Manager
2 4 (7.84%) Software Engineer
2 4 (7.84%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (7.84%) Systems Architect
2 4 (7.84%) Technical Manager
3 3 (5.88%) Analyst
3 3 (5.88%) C# Software Engineer
3 3 (5.88%) Developer
3 3 (5.88%) Information Architect
3 3 (5.88%) Information Systems Architect
3 3 (5.88%) Logistics Analyst
3 3 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (5.88%) SAP Logistics Analyst
3 3 (5.88%) Service Analyst
3 3 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (5.88%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) CSS
1 4 (7.84%) Node.js
1 4 (7.84%) SAP PI
1 4 (7.84%) Web Services
2 2 (3.92%) REST
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 7 (13.73%) Operational Technology
2 7 (13.73%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.96%) Culture of Ownership
5 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.96%) FMCG
5 1 (1.96%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.53%) Windows
2 10 (19.61%) Linux
3 7 (13.73%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.96%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.53%) PRINCE2
1 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (21.57%) Validation
3 9 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (17.65%) Roadmaps
4 8 (15.69%) Coaching
4 8 (15.69%) Project Management
4 8 (15.69%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (13.73%) Computer Security
5 7 (13.73%) Customer Requirements
5 7 (13.73%) Incident Management
5 7 (13.73%) Mobile Device Management
5 7 (13.73%) Software Testing
6 6 (11.76%) Change Management
6 6 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 6 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (11.76%) Scrum
7 5 (9.80%) Business Analysis
7 5 (9.80%) Release Management
7 5 (9.80%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) PowerShell
2 6 (11.76%) SQL
3 5 (9.80%) C++
4 4 (7.84%) C#
4 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.92%) Python
6 1 (1.96%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.84%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (5.88%) Degree
5 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.96%) PMP
5 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) GxP
2 3 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) ITGC
System Software
1 11 (21.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) Apple
2 7 (13.73%) Samsung
2 7 (13.73%) ServiceNow
2 7 (13.73%) SOTI
3 5 (9.80%) Oracle
4 4 (7.84%) SAP
5 2 (3.92%) Computacenter
6 1 (1.96%) Adobe
6 1 (1.96%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.96%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.96%) Databricks
6 1 (1.96%) Spotify
6 1 (1.96%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.96%) Wind River