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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,925 2,540 3,478
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.56% 20.55% 19.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.76% 22.27% 22.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,977 1,772 2,541
10th Percentile £363 £390 £400
25th Percentile £448 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% +2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £725
90th Percentile £760 £850 £838
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 23
10th Percentile £32.47 £35.00 £25.34
25th Percentile £54.55 £35.75 £31.86
Median hourly rate £63.50 £42.02 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.12% -19.96% -21.64%
75th Percentile £73.38 £65.00 £69.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £62.05
% change year-on-year +12.00% +0.73% -4.54%

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 15,594 11,404 15,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 92.24% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,437 7,710 11,153
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 175 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.50 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +23.57% -28.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.45
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -3 329 £574 -1.97% 252
South London +7 72 £510 -12.67% 11
West London -3 68 £521 +30.31% 23
East London -1 24 £533 -5.33% 26
North London +1 2 - - 3
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
1 272 (9.30%) Confluence
2 77 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 69 (2.36%) Apache Spark
4 39 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 35 (1.20%) CMS
6 27 (0.92%) Apache
7 15 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 11 (0.38%) Camunda
9 11 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 10 (0.34%) IIS
11 9 (0.31%) SAS
12 7 (0.24%) Ethereum
12 7 (0.24%) Hyperledger
13 6 (0.21%) JBoss
14 5 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
15 4 (0.14%) Appian
15 4 (0.14%) WebSphere
16 3 (0.10%) nginx
16 3 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 110 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
3 63 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 41 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.31%) Trello
8 7 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.24%) Sketch
9 6 (0.21%) Notion
10 2 (0.068%) InVision
10 2 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.068%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.068%) Windchill
10 2 (0.068%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.034%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.034%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.034%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.034%) InDesign
11 1 (0.034%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (0.89%) Aladdin
3 19 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.44%) Loan IQ
4 13 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.44%) Temenos T24
5 11 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.34%) Endur
7 9 (0.31%) Shopify
8 8 (0.27%) Findur
8 8 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
13 3 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 743 (25.40%) Azure
2 576 (19.69%) AWS
3 249 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
4 225 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 201 (6.87%) GitHub
6 169 (5.78%) GCP
7 134 (4.58%) Serverless
8 111 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
9 98 (3.35%) Amazon S3
10 84 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
11 83 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
12 81 (2.77%) SaaS
13 73 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
14 67 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
15 63 (2.15%) Power Automate
15 63 (2.15%) Snowflake
16 59 (2.02%) PowerApps
17 55 (1.88%) Figma
18 49 (1.68%) Amazon EC2
19 47 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.71%) Firewall
2 26 (0.89%) WAN
3 23 (0.79%) Network Security
4 17 (0.58%) HTTP
4 17 (0.58%) SD-WAN
5 15 (0.51%) VPN
6 11 (0.38%) DNS
6 11 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.34%) Internet
8 9 (0.31%) LAN
9 6 (0.21%) BGP
9 6 (0.21%) FTP
9 6 (0.21%) MPLS
9 6 (0.21%) OSPF
9 6 (0.21%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.21%) Wireless
10 5 (0.17%) DMZ
10 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.14%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (5.68%) Power BI
2 116 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
3 105 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
4 101 (3.45%) NoSQL
5 96 (3.28%) SQL Server
6 69 (2.36%) Tableau
7 66 (2.26%) Relational Database
8 56 (1.91%) Big Data
9 54 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
10 51 (1.74%) Metadata
11 50 (1.71%) Data Lake
12 47 (1.61%) MongoDB
13 40 (1.37%) BigQuery
14 38 (1.30%) Delta Lake
15 29 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
15 29 (0.99%) DynamoDB
16 26 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
17 20 (0.68%) Spark SQL
18 18 (0.62%) Oracle Database
18 18 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 509 (17.40%) JIRA
2 245 (8.38%) Git
3 170 (5.81%) Jenkins
4 89 (3.04%) GitLab
5 56 (1.91%) JUnit
6 49 (1.68%) Selenium
7 45 (1.54%) Postman
8 32 (1.09%) Cucumber
8 32 (1.09%) Mockito
9 30 (1.03%) Cypress.io
10 27 (0.92%) Bitbucket
11 24 (0.82%) SpecFlow
12 20 (0.68%) Gradle
13 19 (0.65%) JMeter
14 18 (0.62%) REST Assured
15 13 (0.44%) Maven
16 12 (0.41%) Zephyr
17 11 (0.38%) Liquibase
18 10 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
18 10 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,033 (35.32%) Finance
2 1,028 (35.15%) Social Skills
3 432 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 396 (13.54%) Public Sector
5 370 (12.65%) Banking
6 147 (5.03%) Front Office
7 110 (3.76%) Retail
8 102 (3.49%) Marketing
9 94 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
10 82 (2.80%) Legal
11 78 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
12 73 (2.50%) Investment Banking
13 67 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
14 46 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 43 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 35 (1.20%) Telecoms
17 30 (1.03%) Law
18 27 (0.92%) Manufacturing
19 24 (0.82%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 520 (17.78%) Developer
2 446 (15.25%) Analyst
3 435 (14.87%) Senior
4 324 (11.08%) Business Analyst
5 257 (8.79%) Project Manager
6 256 (8.75%) Lead
7 203 (6.94%) Architect
8 141 (4.82%) Data Engineer
9 140 (4.79%) Software Engineer
10 103 (3.52%) Delivery Manager
11 100 (3.42%) Designer
12 99 (3.38%) Java Developer
13 93 (3.18%) Senior Manager
14 91 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
15 82 (2.80%) Senior Developer
16 72 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
17 71 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
18 68 (2.32%) Consultant
19 63 (2.15%) Azure Engineer
20 62 (2.12%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (7.62%) React
2 183 (6.26%) REST
3 157 (5.37%) Kafka
4 148 (5.06%) .NET
5 145 (4.96%) Node.js
6 143 (4.89%) RESTful
7 129 (4.41%) AngularJS
8 127 (4.34%) Spring
9 121 (4.14%) HTML
10 111 (3.79%) Spring Boot
11 103 (3.52%) CSS
12 92 (3.15%) PySpark
13 75 (2.56%) Playwright
14 71 (2.43%) Middleware
15 62 (2.12%) SOAP
16 60 (2.05%) GraphQL
17 59 (2.02%) Redux
18 44 (1.50%) JSON
18 44 (1.50%) Web Services
18 44 (1.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 321 (10.97%) Product Ownership
2 222 (7.59%) Cloud Native
3 89 (3.04%) Onboarding
4 75 (2.56%) Fixed Income
5 73 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
6 72 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 67 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
8 59 (2.02%) Derivative
9 54 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 52 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
11 49 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
12 46 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 42 (1.44%) Virtual Team
14 41 (1.40%) Data Structures
15 39 (1.33%) Equities
16 38 (1.30%) Management Information System
17 37 (1.26%) AI Agents
18 35 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
19 31 (1.06%) Mobile App
19 31 (1.06%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 99 (3.38%) Linux
2 72 (2.46%) Windows
3 50 (1.71%) Unix
4 31 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 28 (0.96%) Android
6 14 (0.48%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.21%) VMS
9 5 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
9 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.17%) zOS
10 4 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.068%) AIX
12 1 (0.034%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.034%) Rocky
12 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 762 (26.05%) DevOps
2 697 (23.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 690 (23.59%) CI/CD
4 625 (21.37%) Scrum
5 525 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
6 476 (16.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 375 (12.82%) AI
8 360 (12.31%) Project Management
9 344 (11.76%) Data Modelling
10 320 (10.94%) Analytics
11 319 (10.91%) Test Automation
12 313 (10.70%) Migration
13 306 (10.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 303 (10.36%) Decision-Making
15 301 (10.29%) Roadmaps
16 298 (10.19%) Software Engineering
17 292 (9.98%) User Stories
18 281 (9.61%) Microservices
19 280 (9.57%) Waterfall
20 253 (8.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 552 (18.87%) SQL
2 527 (18.02%) Python
3 366 (12.51%) Java
4 299 (10.22%) JavaScript
5 239 (8.17%) TypeScript
6 208 (7.11%) C#
7 52 (1.78%) Scala
8 51 (1.74%) Go
9 49 (1.68%) PowerShell
10 39 (1.33%) PL/SQL
11 33 (1.13%) Apex Code
11 33 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 26 (0.89%) Bash
12 26 (0.89%) C++
13 24 (0.82%) Kotlin
14 23 (0.79%) Ruby
15 22 (0.75%) R
16 21 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 21 (0.72%) Shell Script
17 20 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 626 (21.40%) Security Cleared
2 547 (18.70%) SC Cleared
3 272 (9.30%) Degree
4 113 (3.86%) PMP
5 107 (3.66%) PMI Certification
6 81 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 51 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 50 (1.71%) DV Cleared
10 40 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 38 (1.30%) CBAP
12 31 (1.06%) ISTQB
13 27 (0.92%) IIBA
14 26 (0.89%) CISSP
15 25 (0.85%) AWS Certification
16 21 (0.72%) CISM
17 18 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
18 17 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
19 13 (0.44%) CSPO
20 12 (0.41%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (9.47%) QA
2 182 (6.22%) Data Quality
3 133 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 125 (4.27%) GDPR
5 108 (3.69%) PMO
6 52 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (1.44%) WCAG
8 40 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 38 (1.30%) NIST
10 22 (0.75%) SLA
11 19 (0.65%) PCI DSS
12 18 (0.62%) GRC
13 17 (0.58%) NCSC
14 15 (0.51%) ISO 20022
15 11 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (0.31%) Basel III
16 9 (0.31%) HL7
17 8 (0.27%) IFRS
18 7 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 7 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 258 (8.82%) Docker
2 33 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.10%) IAG
4 3 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.068%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.068%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 2 (0.068%) Postfix
5 2 (0.068%) RACF
6 1 (0.034%) HDFS
6 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.034%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.034%) Squid
6 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 283 (9.68%) Kubernetes
2 204 (6.97%) Terraform
3 58 (1.98%) Ansible
4 46 (1.57%) Grafana
5 39 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.31%) Kibana
8 8 (0.27%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.24%) SCCM
10 6 (0.21%) Argo
10 6 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.21%) Packer
11 5 (0.17%) Control-M
11 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.17%) Rancher
11 5 (0.17%) WSUS
12 4 (0.14%) Consul
12 4 (0.14%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 370 (12.65%) Microsoft
2 188 (6.43%) Oracle
3 150 (5.13%) Salesforce
4 127 (4.34%) ServiceNow
5 111 (3.79%) Databricks
6 97 (3.32%) SAP
7 49 (1.68%) Google
8 41 (1.40%) Adobe
8 41 (1.40%) Workday
9 35 (1.20%) Splunk
10 23 (0.79%) IBM
10 23 (0.79%) Informatica
11 21 (0.72%) Bloomberg
11 21 (0.72%) MuleSoft
12 19 (0.65%) Cisco
12 19 (0.65%) CyberArk
13 17 (0.58%) Atlassian
13 17 (0.58%) Murex
13 17 (0.58%) Okta
14 15 (0.51%) VMware