Agile Contract Job Trends in London

Agile Software Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Agile skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,364 2,886 3,736
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.08% 21.38% 21.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.19% 23.20% 23.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,277 2,020 2,742
10th Percentile £375 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £725
90th Percentile £750 £838 £850
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 21
10th Percentile £51.50 £27.90 £26.68
25th Percentile £55.81 £35.62 £31.71
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £97.50 £84.50 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,532 12,440 15,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.14% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,643 8,309 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £769 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 234 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +6.67% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.98 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Agile job vacancy trend in London

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in London

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Agile

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in London

Agile
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the London region over the 6 months to 9 July 2026. 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
Central London -5 356 £568 -5.42% 234
West London 0 86 £575 +43.75% 200
South London +3 64 £513 -15.08% 20
East London -3 20 £585 +8.33% 35
North London +1 6 £550 - 5
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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
1 298 (8.86%) Confluence
2 88 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 57 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 49 (1.46%) CMS
5 44 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 29 (0.86%) Apache
7 16 (0.48%) IIS
7 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
8 14 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 13 (0.39%) Camunda
9 13 (0.39%) SAS
10 9 (0.27%) JBoss
11 7 (0.21%) Appian
11 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
11 7 (0.21%) Hyperledger
11 7 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.18%) Kentico
13 5 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 98 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
3 57 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 35 (1.04%) MS Visio
6 19 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.21%) Notion
7 7 (0.21%) Sketch
8 6 (0.18%) UserZoom
9 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.12%) Trello
10 2 (0.059%) Windchill
11 1 (0.030%) InVision
11 1 (0.030%) Mingle
11 1 (0.030%) S-PLUS
11 1 (0.030%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 35 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (0.80%) Aladdin
3 23 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.42%) Temenos T24
5 12 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
6 11 (0.33%) Findur
7 10 (0.30%) Loan IQ
7 10 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
8 9 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
9 8 (0.24%) Endur
10 7 (0.21%) Magento
11 6 (0.18%) Fidessa
11 6 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (0.18%) Shopify
11 6 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 5 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
13 4 (0.12%) Actimize
13 4 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 866 (25.74%) Azure
2 700 (20.81%) AWS
3 294 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
4 262 (7.79%) Power Platform
5 237 (7.05%) GitHub
6 201 (5.98%) GCP
7 172 (5.11%) Serverless
8 137 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
9 129 (3.83%) Amazon S3
10 118 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
11 83 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
12 76 (2.26%) Snowflake
13 73 (2.17%) SaaS
14 71 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
15 69 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
16 67 (1.99%) PowerApps
17 65 (1.93%) Power Automate
18 62 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
19 59 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
20 58 (1.72%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 53 (1.58%) Firewall
2 27 (0.80%) Network Security
3 26 (0.77%) WAN
4 23 (0.68%) VPN
5 20 (0.59%) Internet
6 17 (0.51%) HTTP
7 16 (0.48%) DNS
8 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.36%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.30%) LAN
10 10 (0.30%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.21%) Wireless
12 6 (0.18%) BGP
12 6 (0.18%) DMZ
12 6 (0.18%) MPLS
12 6 (0.18%) OSPF
12 6 (0.18%) SMS
12 6 (0.18%) VoIP
13 5 (0.15%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (6.12%) Power BI
2 132 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
3 124 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
4 117 (3.48%) SQL Server
5 101 (3.00%) NoSQL
6 85 (2.53%) Relational Database
7 68 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
8 66 (1.96%) Tableau
9 65 (1.93%) Metadata
10 63 (1.87%) Data Lake
11 53 (1.58%) MongoDB
12 48 (1.43%) DynamoDB
13 46 (1.37%) Big Data
14 39 (1.16%) Delta Lake
15 37 (1.10%) BigQuery
16 36 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
17 35 (1.04%) Amazon Athena
18 22 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
19 21 (0.62%) Oracle Database
19 21 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 564 (16.77%) JIRA
2 281 (8.35%) Git
3 215 (6.39%) Jenkins
4 108 (3.21%) GitLab
5 62 (1.84%) JUnit
6 50 (1.49%) Selenium
7 47 (1.40%) Postman
8 35 (1.04%) Mockito
9 33 (0.98%) Cypress.io
10 31 (0.92%) Gradle
11 30 (0.89%) Cucumber
12 28 (0.83%) Bitbucket
12 28 (0.83%) REST Assured
13 19 (0.56%) JMeter
14 17 (0.51%) SpecFlow
15 16 (0.48%) Maven
16 15 (0.45%) CircleCI
16 15 (0.45%) Gatling
16 15 (0.45%) Liquibase
17 14 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,205 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 1,118 (33.23%) Finance
3 508 (15.10%) Public Sector
4 481 (14.30%) Analytical Skills
5 424 (12.60%) Banking
6 189 (5.62%) Retail
7 171 (5.08%) Front Office
8 126 (3.75%) Marketing
9 106 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
10 99 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 97 (2.88%) Investment Banking
12 82 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
13 78 (2.32%) Legal
14 73 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
15 57 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 37 (1.10%) Law
17 36 (1.07%) Financial Institution
18 35 (1.04%) Local Government
18 35 (1.04%) Manufacturing
19 32 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 596 (17.72%) Developer
2 490 (14.57%) Senior
3 465 (13.82%) Analyst
4 339 (10.08%) Lead
5 326 (9.69%) Business Analyst
6 290 (8.62%) Project Manager
7 248 (7.37%) Architect
8 175 (5.20%) Software Engineer
9 150 (4.46%) Data Engineer
10 123 (3.66%) Java Developer
11 122 (3.63%) Delivery Manager
12 118 (3.51%) Designer
13 107 (3.18%) Senior Manager
13 107 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
14 99 (2.94%) Senior Developer
15 79 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
16 78 (2.32%) Product Owner
17 72 (2.14%) Product Manager
18 67 (1.99%) Consultant
18 67 (1.99%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (7.58%) React
2 252 (7.49%) REST
3 185 (5.50%) .NET
4 175 (5.20%) Kafka
5 167 (4.96%) RESTful
6 161 (4.79%) Spring
7 153 (4.55%) Node.js
8 137 (4.07%) Spring Boot
9 131 (3.89%) AngularJS
10 113 (3.36%) HTML
11 98 (2.91%) CSS
12 87 (2.59%) PySpark
13 84 (2.50%) SOAP
14 76 (2.26%) Redux
15 73 (2.17%) Middleware
16 69 (2.05%) JSON
16 69 (2.05%) Playwright
17 67 (1.99%) GraphQL
18 54 (1.61%) .NET Framework
19 49 (1.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 403 (11.98%) Product Ownership
2 250 (7.43%) Cloud Native
3 126 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 99 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
5 97 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
6 91 (2.71%) Fixed Income
7 70 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 68 (2.02%) Derivative
9 62 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
10 56 (1.66%) Virtual Team
11 54 (1.61%) NHS
12 52 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
12 52 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 50 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
14 48 (1.43%) Data Structures
14 48 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
15 43 (1.28%) Equities
16 42 (1.25%) Mobile App
17 40 (1.19%) AI Agents
18 35 (1.04%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 108 (3.21%) Linux
2 76 (2.26%) Windows
3 46 (1.37%) Unix
4 32 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 31 (0.92%) Android
6 13 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.24%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
9 5 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.12%) VMS
11 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.059%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.059%) zOS
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.030%) Rocky
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
13 1 (0.030%) SUSE
13 1 (0.030%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 904 (26.87%) DevOps
2 885 (26.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 862 (25.62%) CI/CD
4 731 (21.73%) Scrum
5 573 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 569 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
7 480 (14.27%) AI
8 432 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 375 (11.15%) Analytics
10 373 (11.09%) Data Modelling
11 372 (11.06%) Roadmaps
12 360 (10.70%) Software Engineering
13 358 (10.64%) Decision-Making
14 357 (10.61%) Test Automation
15 355 (10.55%) Project Management
16 345 (10.26%) Migration
17 332 (9.87%) Microservices
18 331 (9.84%) User Stories
19 315 (9.36%) Waterfall
20 263 (7.82%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 607 (18.04%) SQL
2 594 (17.66%) Python
3 425 (12.63%) Java
4 309 (9.19%) JavaScript
5 255 (7.58%) TypeScript
6 222 (6.60%) C#
7 62 (1.84%) PowerShell
8 52 (1.55%) Go
9 46 (1.37%) Apex Code
10 45 (1.34%) PL/SQL
11 42 (1.25%) T-SQL
12 38 (1.13%) Scala
13 32 (0.95%) Bash
13 32 (0.95%) Kotlin
14 24 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 22 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 20 (0.59%) Korn
17 19 (0.56%) Groovy
17 19 (0.56%) Ruby
18 18 (0.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 762 (22.65%) Security Cleared
2 665 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 279 (8.29%) Degree
4 124 (3.69%) PMP
5 110 (3.27%) PMI Certification
6 84 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 81 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 77 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 42 (1.25%) Master's Degree
11 40 (1.19%) AWS Certification
12 29 (0.86%) CISSP
13 26 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
14 24 (0.71%) ISTQB
15 20 (0.59%) CBAP
15 20 (0.59%) CISM
15 20 (0.59%) IIBA
16 17 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
17 13 (0.39%) CCNP
18 11 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 302 (8.98%) QA
2 209 (6.21%) Data Quality
3 154 (4.58%) Accessibility
4 117 (3.48%) PMO
5 113 (3.36%) GDPR
6 47 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (1.25%) WCAG
8 33 (0.98%) GRC
8 33 (0.98%) NIST
9 28 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 27 (0.80%) SLA
11 20 (0.59%) NCSC
11 20 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.45%) ISO 20022
13 13 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.24%) SEPA
15 7 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.21%) GxP
15 7 (0.21%) HL7
15 7 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 266 (7.91%) Docker
2 45 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.18%) IAG
6 5 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.089%) Postfix
8 2 (0.059%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.059%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.059%) RACF
9 1 (0.030%) HDFS
9 1 (0.030%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.030%) Squid
Systems Management
1 311 (9.24%) Kubernetes
2 257 (7.64%) Terraform
3 69 (2.05%) Ansible
4 51 (1.52%) Grafana
5 45 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 22 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.39%) Packer
8 11 (0.33%) Control-M
8 11 (0.33%) Kibana
9 10 (0.30%) SCCM
10 9 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.24%) WSUS
12 5 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.15%) Consul
12 5 (0.15%) HP ALM
12 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.12%) Puppet
13 4 (0.12%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.12%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 399 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 188 (5.59%) Salesforce
3 187 (5.56%) Oracle
4 146 (4.34%) ServiceNow
5 103 (3.06%) Databricks
6 101 (3.00%) SAP
7 79 (2.35%) Google
8 43 (1.28%) Splunk
9 37 (1.10%) Adobe
10 36 (1.07%) Workday
11 32 (0.95%) IBM
12 31 (0.92%) MuleSoft
13 26 (0.77%) Informatica
14 25 (0.74%) Bloomberg
15 22 (0.65%) Cisco
16 21 (0.62%) Dynatrace
17 20 (0.59%) Murex
17 20 (0.59%) VMware
18 18 (0.54%) Okta
18 18 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud