Agile Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Related Skills in Livingston

Agile Software Development
West Lothian > Livingston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Livingston requiring Agile skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Aug 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	5	-	10
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+2
Contract jobs citing Agile	8	0	2
As % of all contract jobs in Livingston	22.22%	-	6.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	25.81%	-	8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	3	0	2
10^th Percentile	£425	-	£118
25^th Percentile	£439	-	£202
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	-	£356
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-32.14%
75^th Percentile	£484	-	£522
90^th Percentile	£486	-	£614
West Lothian median daily rate	£475	-	£356
% change year-on-year	-	-	-32.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Livingston

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 Livingston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	31	11	25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Livingston	86.11%	61.11%	80.65%
Number of daily rates quoted	6	6	13
10^th Percentile	£256	£143	£59
25^th Percentile	£300	£163	£130
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£420	£188	£168
Median % change year-on-year	+124.00%	+11.61%	-63.38%
75^th Percentile	£469	£339	£538
90^th Percentile	£484	£403	£578
West Lothian median daily rate	£415	£188	£178
% change year-on-year	+121.33%	+5.49%	-61.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	2	3
10^th Percentile	-	£16.29	£13.15
25^th Percentile	-	£16.34	£14.13
Median hourly rate	-	£17.63	£16.50
Median % change year-on-year	-	+6.82%	-78.29%
75^th Percentile	-	£18.84	£24.00
90^th Percentile	-	£18.86	£28.05
West Lothian median hourly rate	-	£17.63	£16.50
% change year-on-year	-	+6.82%	-78.29%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston

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

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Livingston

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

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Livingston

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

Agile
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Agile also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Livingston region with a requirement for Agile.

1	5 (62.50%)	Broadband
1	5 (62.50%)	JIRA
1	5 (62.50%)	Problem-Solving
1	5 (62.50%)	Scrum
1	5 (62.50%)	Stakeholder Management
2	3 (37.50%)	AI
2	3 (37.50%)	Architectural Patterns
2	3 (37.50%)	AWS
2	3 (37.50%)	Azure
2	3 (37.50%)	Conversational AI
2	3 (37.50%)	Conversational UI
2	3 (37.50%)	Customer-Centricity
2	3 (37.50%)	Cybersecurity
2	3 (37.50%)	Data Architecture
2	3 (37.50%)	Data Integration

2	3 (37.50%)	Data Modelling
2	3 (37.50%)	Data Science
2	3 (37.50%)	Decision-Making
2	3 (37.50%)	Event-Driven
2	3 (37.50%)	GCP
2	3 (37.50%)	Generative AI
2	3 (37.50%)	Integration Patterns
2	3 (37.50%)	LLM
2	3 (37.50%)	Machine Learning
2	3 (37.50%)	Microsoft
2	3 (37.50%)	Microsoft Project
2	3 (37.50%)	Prompt Engineering
2	3 (37.50%)	Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2	3 (37.50%)	SC Cleared
2	3 (37.50%)	Security Cleared

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston 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	2 (25.00%)	Confluence

Applications
1	3 (37.50%)	Microsoft Project

Cloud Services
1	3 (37.50%)	AWS
1	3 (37.50%)	Azure
1	3 (37.50%)	GCP
2	2 (25.00%)	Figma
2	2 (25.00%)	Miro

Communications & Networking
1	5 (62.50%)	Broadband

Development Applications
1	5 (62.50%)	JIRA
2	2 (25.00%)	Postman

General
1	7 (87.50%)	Social Skills

Job Titles
1	3 (37.50%)	Architect
1	3 (37.50%)	Artificial Intelligence Architect
1	3 (37.50%)	Project Manager
1	3 (37.50%)	SC Cleared Project Manager
1	3 (37.50%)	Solutions Architect
2	2 (25.00%)	Product Owner
2	2 (25.00%)	Technical Product Owner
3	1 (12.50%)	Cybersecurity Manager
3	1 (12.50%)	Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3	1 (12.50%)	Security Manager
3	1 (12.50%)	Security Project Manager
3	1 (12.50%)	Service Owner

Miscellaneous
1	5 (62.50%)	Social Media
2	3 (37.50%)	AI Agents
3	2 (25.00%)	Product Ownership
4	1 (12.50%)	Onboarding

Operating Systems
1	2 (25.00%)	Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	5 (62.50%)	Problem-Solving
1	5 (62.50%)	Scrum
1	5 (62.50%)	Stakeholder Management
2	3 (37.50%)	AI
2	3 (37.50%)	Architectural Patterns
2	3 (37.50%)	Conversational AI
2	3 (37.50%)	Conversational UI
2	3 (37.50%)	Customer-Centricity
2	3 (37.50%)	Data Architecture
2	3 (37.50%)	Data Integration
2	3 (37.50%)	Data Modelling
2	3 (37.50%)	Data Science
2	3 (37.50%)	Decision-Making
2	3 (37.50%)	Event-Driven
2	3 (37.50%)	Generative AI
2	3 (37.50%)	Integration Patterns
2	3 (37.50%)	LLM
2	3 (37.50%)	Prompt Engineering
2	3 (37.50%)	Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2	3 (37.50%)	Waterfall

Programming Languages
1	2 (25.00%)	SQL

Qualifications
1	3 (37.50%)	SC Cleared
1	3 (37.50%)	Security Cleared

Vendors
1	3 (37.50%)	Microsoft

Agile Software DevelopmentWest Lothian > Livingston

All Process & Methodology SkillsLivingston

AgileJob Vacancy Trend in Livingston

AgileDaily Rate Trend in Livingston

AgileHourly Rate Trend in Livingston

AgileTop 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston

AgileCo-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston by Category