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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,124 3,033 4,265
As % of all contract jobs in London 22.10% 19.29% 21.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.93% 21.61% 24.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,180 2,049 3,079
10th Percentile £363 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £713 £706
90th Percentile £788 £850 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -5.45% -3.51% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 20
10th Percentile £26.83 £30.92 £44.89
25th Percentile £40.31 £34.04 £55.00
Median hourly rate £53.75 £35.00 £68.30
Median % change year-on-year +53.57% -48.76% +24.18%
75th Percentile £87.81 £40.46 £75.63
90th Percentile £101.07 £55.45 £90.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

All Process and 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 13,053 14,033 17,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.33% 89.24% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,585 9,054 12,730
10th Percentile £335 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.21% -3.69%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 246
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.13 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +3.21% -6.54%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.56 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 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
Central London 0 449 £563 -4.05% 749
West London -1 60 £431 -4.17% 59
South London -2 42 £530 +11.58% 35
East London -1 31 £540 +12.50% 55
North London +3 4 £550 - 6
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
1 311 (9.96%) Confluence
2 84 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
3 74 (2.37%) Apache
4 50 (1.60%) SharePoint
5 37 (1.18%) CMS
6 34 (1.09%) Apache Spark
7 33 (1.06%) nginx
8 13 (0.42%) IIS
9 10 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 10 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 7 (0.22%) Camunda
12 6 (0.19%) Appian
12 6 (0.19%) WordPress
13 5 (0.16%) CICS
13 5 (0.16%) JBoss
13 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.16%) SAS
13 5 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 90 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 44 (1.41%) MS Visio
6 28 (0.90%) Chatbot
7 17 (0.54%) Trello
8 12 (0.38%) Sketch
9 10 (0.32%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
13 3 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.064%) Acrobat
14 2 (0.064%) Adobe After Effects
14 2 (0.064%) InDesign
14 2 (0.064%) Photoshop
15 1 (0.032%) EPLAN
15 1 (0.032%) InfoPath
15 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 49 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 43 (1.38%) Endur
4 26 (0.83%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
6 12 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 11 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 11 (0.35%) Temenos T24
8 10 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
9 9 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 9 (0.29%) Shopify
10 6 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
10 6 (0.19%) Magento
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
10 6 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
10 6 (0.19%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.16%) SAP IBP
11 5 (0.16%) thinkFolio
12 4 (0.13%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 678 (21.70%) Azure
2 640 (20.49%) AWS
3 261 (8.35%) Azure DevOps
4 234 (7.49%) GCP
5 214 (6.85%) Power Platform
6 205 (6.56%) GitHub
7 157 (5.03%) Serverless
8 108 (3.46%) SaaS
9 102 (3.27%) Snowflake
10 92 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
11 84 (2.69%) dbt
12 78 (2.50%) Amazon S3
13 76 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
14 70 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
15 69 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
16 68 (2.18%) AWS CloudFormation
17 63 (2.02%) Power Automate
17 63 (2.02%) PowerApps
18 58 (1.86%) Figma
19 54 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 49 (1.57%) Firewall
2 23 (0.74%) TCP/IP
2 23 (0.74%) VPN
3 20 (0.64%) DNS
3 20 (0.64%) HTTP
4 19 (0.61%) SSL
5 18 (0.58%) Internet
5 18 (0.58%) Network Security
5 18 (0.58%) WAN
6 12 (0.38%) BGP
6 12 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.29%) OSPF
8 7 (0.22%) LAN
8 7 (0.22%) MPLS
9 5 (0.16%) 5G
9 5 (0.16%) DHCP
9 5 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.16%) SMS
9 5 (0.16%) Wireless
10 4 (0.13%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (5.67%) PostgreSQL
2 150 (4.80%) Power BI
3 115 (3.68%) SQL Server
4 98 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
5 93 (2.98%) Relational Database
6 88 (2.82%) NoSQL
7 73 (2.34%) Data Lake
8 62 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
9 60 (1.92%) MongoDB
10 59 (1.89%) Tableau
11 53 (1.70%) Apache Arrow
11 53 (1.70%) Apache Iceberg
11 53 (1.70%) Dremio
12 45 (1.44%) Big Data
12 45 (1.44%) Metadata
13 37 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
13 37 (1.18%) Oracle Database
14 34 (1.09%) Apache Ignite
14 34 (1.09%) BigQuery
15 31 (0.99%) DB2
Development Applications
1 551 (17.64%) JIRA
2 306 (9.80%) Git
3 181 (5.79%) Jenkins
4 86 (2.75%) GitLab
5 64 (2.05%) JUnit
6 58 (1.86%) Selenium
7 51 (1.63%) Bitbucket
8 46 (1.47%) Postman
9 44 (1.41%) Cucumber
9 44 (1.41%) Cypress.io
10 30 (0.96%) Maven
11 29 (0.93%) SpecFlow
12 23 (0.74%) Mockito
12 23 (0.74%) SonarQube
13 20 (0.64%) ERwin
14 19 (0.61%) REST Assured
15 18 (0.58%) webpack
16 16 (0.51%) ER Studio
17 15 (0.48%) Liquibase
18 14 (0.45%) SoapUI
General
1 1,230 (39.37%) Social Skills
2 1,025 (32.81%) Finance
3 471 (15.08%) Analytical Skills
4 422 (13.51%) Banking
5 336 (10.76%) Public Sector
6 199 (6.37%) Front Office
7 139 (4.45%) Investment Banking
8 98 (3.14%) Retail
9 93 (2.98%) Marketing
10 80 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
11 74 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
12 73 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (2.21%) Back Office
14 61 (1.95%) Legal
15 60 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
16 58 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 55 (1.76%) Telecoms
18 45 (1.44%) Financial Institution
19 38 (1.22%) Manufacturing
20 33 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 630 (20.17%) Developer
2 473 (15.14%) Analyst
3 455 (14.56%) Senior
4 372 (11.91%) Business Analyst
5 275 (8.80%) Lead
6 210 (6.72%) Project Manager
7 194 (6.21%) Architect
8 183 (5.86%) Software Engineer
9 130 (4.16%) Java Developer
10 111 (3.55%) Consultant
11 109 (3.49%) Senior Developer
12 89 (2.85%) Data Engineer
13 80 (2.56%) Product Owner
14 77 (2.46%) AWS Engineer
14 77 (2.46%) Product Manager
15 73 (2.34%) Python Engineer
16 69 (2.21%) Full-Stack Developer
16 69 (2.21%) Python Developer
17 63 (2.02%) Java Engineer
17 63 (2.02%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (8.99%) React
2 255 (8.16%) REST
3 193 (6.18%) Kafka
4 187 (5.99%) Node.js
5 179 (5.73%) .NET
6 175 (5.60%) RESTful
7 160 (5.12%) HTML
8 144 (4.61%) CSS
9 142 (4.55%) AngularJS
10 130 (4.16%) Spring
11 106 (3.39%) SOAP
12 102 (3.27%) JSON
13 93 (2.98%) Spring Boot
14 85 (2.72%) GraphQL
15 80 (2.56%) Playwright
16 77 (2.46%) Web Services
17 68 (2.18%) XML
18 66 (2.11%) Pandas
19 61 (1.95%) HTML5
20 60 (1.92%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 337 (10.79%) Product Ownership
2 200 (6.40%) Cloud Native
3 129 (4.13%) Fixed Income
4 125 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 100 (3.20%) Derivative
6 99 (3.17%) Equities
7 73 (2.34%) Data Structures
8 67 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 66 (2.11%) Management Information System
10 63 (2.02%) Mobile App
11 62 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
12 59 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
12 59 (1.89%) Virtual Team
13 57 (1.82%) Onboarding
14 54 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
15 53 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
16 52 (1.66%) Hedge funds
17 50 (1.60%) Reinsurance
18 42 (1.34%) PMI
19 40 (1.28%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 181 (5.79%) Linux
2 92 (2.94%) Unix
3 83 (2.66%) Windows
4 49 (1.57%) Android
5 41 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.26%) VMS
9 5 (0.16%) zOS
10 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.064%) CentOS
11 2 (0.064%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Debian
12 1 (0.032%) Solaris
12 1 (0.032%) tvOS
12 1 (0.032%) watchOS
12 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 770 (24.65%) DevOps
2 700 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
3 678 (21.70%) Scrum
4 671 (21.48%) CI/CD
5 551 (17.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 374 (11.97%) Software Engineering
7 355 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 347 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 341 (10.92%) Test Automation
10 338 (10.82%) Microservices
11 321 (10.28%) Project Management
12 316 (10.12%) Roadmaps
13 302 (9.67%) Analytics
14 294 (9.41%) AI
15 282 (9.03%) User Stories
16 262 (8.39%) Data Modelling
17 254 (8.13%) Migration
18 253 (8.10%) SDLC
19 247 (7.91%) Waterfall
20 232 (7.43%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 610 (19.53%) Python
2 588 (18.82%) SQL
3 485 (15.52%) Java
4 400 (12.80%) JavaScript
5 302 (9.67%) TypeScript
6 230 (7.36%) C#
7 89 (2.85%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.30%) C++
9 56 (1.79%) Go
10 54 (1.73%) Bash
11 39 (1.25%) PL/SQL
12 34 (1.09%) Kotlin
12 34 (1.09%) Scala
12 34 (1.09%) Shell Script
13 26 (0.83%) Ruby
14 23 (0.74%) Groovy
15 22 (0.70%) Apex Code
15 22 (0.70%) Bicep
16 17 (0.54%) Korn
17 16 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 561 (17.96%) Security Cleared
2 481 (15.40%) SC Cleared
3 360 (11.52%) Degree
4 127 (4.07%) PMI Certification
5 108 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 102 (3.27%) PMP
7 60 (1.92%) DV Cleared
8 48 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 45 (1.44%) Azure Certification
9 45 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 29 (0.93%) CISSP
10 29 (0.93%) ISTQB
11 27 (0.86%) AWS Certification
12 21 (0.67%) CBAP
13 18 (0.58%) CISM
14 12 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.32%) CSPO
15 10 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 10 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 293 (9.38%) QA
2 139 (4.45%) Accessibility
3 108 (3.46%) Data Quality
4 92 (2.94%) GDPR
5 80 (2.56%) PMO
6 33 (1.06%) MiFID
7 31 (0.99%) WCAG
8 21 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 19 (0.61%) EMIR
10 14 (0.45%) GRC
11 12 (0.38%) NIST
12 11 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.29%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.29%) SLA
13 9 (0.29%) Solvency II
14 8 (0.26%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.26%) NCSC
14 8 (0.26%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.26%) PSD2
System Software
1 335 (10.72%) Docker
2 44 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.064%) Postfix
7 2 (0.064%) Squid
7 2 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.032%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.032%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.032%) GPFS
8 1 (0.032%) IAG
8 1 (0.032%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.032%) KVM
8 1 (0.032%) RACF
8 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.032%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 294 (9.41%) Kubernetes
2 211 (6.75%) Terraform
3 59 (1.89%) Ansible
4 43 (1.38%) Grafana
5 32 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (0.90%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.74%) Consul
7 23 (0.74%) Packer
8 17 (0.54%) Puppet
9 13 (0.42%) Argo
10 12 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.29%) Kibana
12 7 (0.22%) SCCM
13 6 (0.19%) Rancher
14 5 (0.16%) HP ALM
14 5 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.13%) CA Endevor
15 4 (0.13%) Control-M
15 4 (0.13%) Nessus
15 4 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 360 (11.52%) Microsoft
2 206 (6.59%) Oracle
3 129 (4.13%) Salesforce
4 115 (3.68%) ServiceNow
5 109 (3.49%) Google
6 108 (3.46%) SAP
7 92 (2.94%) Databricks
8 41 (1.31%) Splunk
9 39 (1.25%) Adobe
10 32 (1.02%) Atlassian
11 29 (0.93%) Workday
12 27 (0.86%) MuleSoft
13 21 (0.67%) Foundry
13 21 (0.67%) Murex
13 21 (0.67%) Sybase
14 20 (0.64%) CA Agile Central
14 20 (0.64%) OpenAI
14 20 (0.64%) OpenLink
15 19 (0.61%) Dynatrace
15 19 (0.61%) HP