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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,508 2,971 3,467
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.45% 22.20% 21.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.60% 23.99% 23.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,331 2,069 2,489
10th Percentile £400 £364 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £731
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 16
10th Percentile £50.25 £27.06 £28.34
25th Percentile £52.50 £36.42 £32.82
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -22.22%
75th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.75 £90.63 -
England median hourly rate £69.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.83% -7.69% -

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 17,897 12,384 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.53% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,693 8,242 9,970
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £787 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 255 193
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -10.03% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.63 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -4 370 £550 -5.98% 185
West London 0 100 £613 +53.25% 174
South London +1 60 £525 -15.59% 16
East London -5 12 £585 +8.33% 34
North London +3 8 £550 - 4
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
1 299 (8.52%) Confluence
2 92 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 64 (1.82%) Apache Spark
4 63 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
5 60 (1.71%) CMS
6 50 (1.43%) Apache
7 31 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 15 (0.43%) Camunda
8 15 (0.43%) IIS
9 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (0.34%) SAS
10 9 (0.26%) Appian
11 8 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
12 6 (0.17%) JBoss
12 6 (0.17%) Kentico
12 6 (0.17%) WebSphere
13 5 (0.14%) Headless CMS
13 5 (0.14%) Jupyter
13 5 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 101 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
3 53 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
5 35 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 22 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 11 (0.31%) Trello
8 9 (0.26%) Notion
9 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.17%) UserZoom
11 5 (0.14%) Sketch
12 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.057%) Windchill
14 1 (0.029%) Gliffy
14 1 (0.029%) Mingle
14 1 (0.029%) Mozilla Thunderbird
14 1 (0.029%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 53 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.60%) Aladdin
4 13 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
5 12 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 12 (0.34%) Temenos T24
6 11 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.23%) Findur
7 8 (0.23%) Magento
7 8 (0.23%) Shopify
8 7 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 7 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 7 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.17%) Endur
9 6 (0.17%) Loan IQ
10 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.14%) OpenText MBPM
10 5 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
10 5 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 936 (26.68%) Azure
2 702 (20.01%) AWS
3 352 (10.03%) Azure DevOps
4 305 (8.69%) Power Platform
5 301 (8.58%) GitHub
6 237 (6.76%) GCP
7 185 (5.27%) Serverless
8 162 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
9 122 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
10 121 (3.45%) Amazon S3
11 108 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
12 101 (2.88%) Snowflake
13 89 (2.54%) PowerApps
14 88 (2.51%) Power Automate
15 87 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
16 73 (2.08%) SaaS
17 72 (2.05%) dbt
18 65 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
18 65 (1.85%) Entra ID
19 62 (1.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (1.57%) Firewall
2 26 (0.74%) Network Security
2 26 (0.74%) WAN
3 24 (0.68%) VPN
4 22 (0.63%) DNS
5 18 (0.51%) Internet
6 16 (0.46%) HTTP
6 16 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 14 (0.40%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.31%) Wireless
9 10 (0.29%) DMZ
10 9 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.23%) BGP
11 8 (0.23%) LAN
11 8 (0.23%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.20%) 4G
12 7 (0.20%) HTTPS
12 7 (0.20%) MPLS
12 7 (0.20%) OSPF
12 7 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (6.61%) Power BI
2 159 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
3 132 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
4 122 (3.48%) SQL Server
5 112 (3.19%) NoSQL
6 97 (2.77%) Metadata
7 96 (2.74%) Relational Database
8 70 (2.00%) Data Lake
9 67 (1.91%) MongoDB
10 58 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
11 57 (1.62%) Tableau
12 45 (1.28%) DynamoDB
13 42 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
14 41 (1.17%) Delta Lake
15 39 (1.11%) BigQuery
16 38 (1.08%) Big Data
17 33 (0.94%) Oracle Database
18 27 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
19 25 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
20 23 (0.66%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 571 (16.28%) JIRA
2 322 (9.18%) Git
3 247 (7.04%) Jenkins
4 130 (3.71%) GitLab
5 63 (1.80%) Selenium
6 51 (1.45%) JUnit
7 42 (1.20%) Gradle
8 40 (1.14%) Postman
9 37 (1.05%) Cypress.io
10 36 (1.03%) Bitbucket
11 33 (0.94%) Mockito
12 27 (0.77%) Visual Studio
13 25 (0.71%) REST Assured
14 24 (0.68%) Maven
15 22 (0.63%) Cucumber
15 22 (0.63%) JMeter
16 18 (0.51%) Zephyr
17 17 (0.48%) Liquibase
18 16 (0.46%) CircleCI
19 15 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 1,357 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 1,156 (32.95%) Finance
3 563 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 536 (15.28%) Public Sector
5 479 (13.65%) Banking
6 221 (6.30%) Retail
7 147 (4.19%) Marketing
8 138 (3.93%) Front Office
9 115 (3.28%) Investment Banking
10 109 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
11 100 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 78 (2.22%) Legal
13 66 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
13 66 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 60 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 46 (1.31%) Telecoms
16 45 (1.28%) Local Government
17 42 (1.20%) Retail Banking
18 41 (1.17%) Law
19 40 (1.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 624 (17.79%) Developer
2 521 (14.85%) Senior
3 463 (13.20%) Analyst
4 351 (10.01%) Lead
5 325 (9.26%) Business Analyst
6 289 (8.24%) Project Manager
7 262 (7.47%) Architect
8 168 (4.79%) Data Engineer
9 150 (4.28%) Software Engineer
10 127 (3.62%) Delivery Manager
11 119 (3.39%) Java Developer
12 118 (3.36%) Designer
13 109 (3.11%) Senior Developer
14 107 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
15 105 (2.99%) Senior Manager
16 96 (2.74%) DevOps Engineer
17 85 (2.42%) Product Manager
17 85 (2.42%) Product Owner
18 79 (2.25%) Full-Stack Developer
19 74 (2.11%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (8.69%) REST
2 282 (8.04%) Terraform
3 251 (7.16%) React
4 212 (6.04%) .NET
5 182 (5.19%) RESTful
6 173 (4.93%) Spring
7 172 (4.90%) Kafka
8 149 (4.25%) Spring Boot
9 124 (3.53%) Node.js
10 123 (3.51%) HTML
11 118 (3.36%) AngularJS
12 113 (3.22%) CSS
13 93 (2.65%) PySpark
14 83 (2.37%) SOAP
15 80 (2.28%) JSON
16 66 (1.88%) Web Services
17 63 (1.80%) Django
17 63 (1.80%) Middleware
18 59 (1.68%) Playwright
19 55 (1.57%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 499 (14.22%) Product Ownership
2 283 (8.07%) Cloud Native
3 137 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 123 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
5 100 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
6 85 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 73 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 68 (1.94%) Data Structures
9 62 (1.77%) AI Agents
10 61 (1.74%) NHS
11 58 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
12 56 (1.60%) Fixed Income
13 55 (1.57%) Virtual Team
14 53 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
15 49 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 47 (1.34%) Derivative
17 46 (1.31%) Management Information System
18 45 (1.28%) Mobile App
19 43 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
20 42 (1.20%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 128 (3.65%) Linux
2 77 (2.19%) Windows
3 51 (1.45%) Unix
4 34 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 33 (0.94%) Android
6 15 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
8 8 (0.23%) VMS
9 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.086%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.086%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.057%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.057%) zOS
12 1 (0.029%) AIX
12 1 (0.029%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.029%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.029%) Solaris
12 1 (0.029%) SUSE
12 1 (0.029%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,063 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 1,006 (28.68%) DevOps
3 961 (27.39%) CI/CD
4 775 (22.09%) Scrum
5 669 (19.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 656 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
7 615 (17.53%) AI
8 517 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 439 (12.51%) Analytics
10 428 (12.20%) Roadmaps
11 383 (10.92%) Test Automation
11 383 (10.92%) User Stories
12 377 (10.75%) Decision-Making
13 376 (10.72%) Data Modelling
14 375 (10.69%) Project Management
14 375 (10.69%) Software Engineering
15 374 (10.66%) Migration
16 344 (9.81%) Microservices
17 324 (9.24%) Waterfall
18 300 (8.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 662 (18.87%) SQL
2 620 (17.67%) Python
3 441 (12.57%) Java
4 289 (8.24%) JavaScript
5 224 (6.39%) TypeScript
6 222 (6.33%) C#
7 77 (2.19%) PowerShell
8 56 (1.60%) Bash
8 56 (1.60%) PL/SQL
9 51 (1.45%) Apex Code
10 42 (1.20%) Kotlin
11 41 (1.17%) Scala
12 38 (1.08%) T-SQL
13 31 (0.88%) Korn
14 27 (0.77%) Go
15 26 (0.74%) Groovy
16 22 (0.63%) Bicep
16 22 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 21 (0.60%) Shell Script
18 16 (0.46%) Swift
Qualifications
1 818 (23.32%) Security Cleared
2 709 (20.21%) SC Cleared
3 276 (7.87%) Degree
4 140 (3.99%) PMP
5 135 (3.85%) PMI Certification
6 103 (2.94%) DV Cleared
7 92 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 81 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 57 (1.62%) Azure Certification
10 51 (1.45%) AWS Certification
11 38 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 29 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
13 27 (0.77%) ISTQB
14 22 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
15 20 (0.57%) IIBA
16 19 (0.54%) CISSP
17 16 (0.46%) CBAP
18 14 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 12 (0.34%) CCNP
19 12 (0.34%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 348 (9.92%) QA
2 249 (7.10%) Data Quality
3 141 (4.02%) Accessibility
4 115 (3.28%) PMO
5 100 (2.85%) GDPR
6 50 (1.43%) WCAG
7 41 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (1.00%) GRC
8 35 (1.00%) NIST
9 26 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 21 (0.60%) SLA
11 17 (0.48%) ISO 20022
11 17 (0.48%) NCSC
12 15 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.43%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.23%) ISO 15022
14 7 (0.20%) GxP
14 7 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.20%) IFRS
14 7 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 299 (8.52%) Docker
2 54 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.26%) IAG
4 9 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.086%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.086%) Postfix
6 2 (0.057%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.057%) RACF
6 2 (0.057%) Squid
7 1 (0.029%) Ceph
7 1 (0.029%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.029%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.029%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.029%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.029%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.029%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.029%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 334 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 78 (2.22%) Ansible
3 71 (2.02%) Grafana
4 62 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 20 (0.57%) Control-M
6 18 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.43%) Kibana
8 13 (0.37%) Packer
9 10 (0.29%) Puppet
10 9 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 9 (0.26%) SCCM
11 7 (0.20%) WSUS
12 6 (0.17%) Argo
12 6 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.17%) HP ALM
13 4 (0.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 3 (0.086%) Consul
14 3 (0.086%) Istio
14 3 (0.086%) RSA Archer
15 2 (0.057%) Bosun
Vendors
1 486 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 188 (5.36%) Oracle
3 187 (5.33%) Salesforce
4 143 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 127 (3.62%) Databricks
6 114 (3.25%) Google
7 101 (2.88%) SAP
8 67 (1.91%) Splunk
9 52 (1.48%) Adobe
10 44 (1.25%) IBM
11 32 (0.91%) Informatica
12 28 (0.80%) Workday
13 27 (0.77%) Dynatrace
13 27 (0.77%) MuleSoft
14 26 (0.74%) Cisco
15 23 (0.66%) VMware
16 20 (0.57%) Bloomberg
17 19 (0.54%) Pega
18 18 (0.51%) Atlassian
18 18 (0.51%) CyberArk