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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,029 2,550 3,434
As % of all contract jobs in London 19.12% 18.94% 18.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.17% 20.88% 21.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,086 1,706 2,493
10th Percentile £363 £388 £406
25th Percentile £431 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £583
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.00% -2.92%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £700
90th Percentile £775 £850 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 20
10th Percentile £38.41 - £24.18
25th Percentile £54.55 £35.00 £31.93
Median hourly rate £59.47 £39.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +52.48% -23.90% -21.15%
75th Percentile £66.50 £45.37 £72.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.25 £79.88
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -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 14,309 12,214 16,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.33% 90.73% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,601 7,904 11,472
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 158 346
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.93 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £25.81 £19.40
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -14.89%
75th Percentile £56.98 £54.88 £49.97
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.51 £72.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.31% -2.26%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 0 377 £550 -5.98% 137
South London +8 74 £514 +7.87% 14
West London -1 63 £500 +28.21% 33
East London 0 30 £525 -0.47% 39
North London +1 1 £700 +71.36% 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
1 281 (9.28%) Confluence
2 60 (1.98%) Apache Spark
3 57 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 35 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 33 (1.09%) Apache
6 30 (0.99%) CMS
7 20 (0.66%) nginx
8 15 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 12 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 12 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
11 10 (0.33%) SAS
12 8 (0.26%) Camunda
12 8 (0.26%) IIS
13 6 (0.20%) Ethereum
13 6 (0.20%) Hyperledger
14 5 (0.17%) Appian
15 4 (0.13%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
16 3 (0.099%) WordPress
Applications
1 109 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
3 62 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 48 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
6 25 (0.83%) Chatbot
7 13 (0.43%) Trello
8 11 (0.36%) Adobe XD
9 10 (0.33%) Sketch
10 5 (0.17%) Notion
11 4 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
11 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.099%) InVision
13 2 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.066%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.066%) InDesign
13 2 (0.066%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.066%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 49 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (0.96%) Aladdin
3 25 (0.83%) Endur
4 24 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.33%) Loan IQ
7 9 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
7 9 (0.30%) Shopify
7 9 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 8 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.23%) Temenos T24
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 5 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 726 (23.97%) Azure
2 579 (19.12%) AWS
3 253 (8.35%) Azure DevOps
4 232 (7.66%) Power Platform
5 220 (7.26%) GitHub
6 209 (6.90%) GCP
7 146 (4.82%) Serverless
8 106 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
9 105 (3.47%) SaaS
10 99 (3.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 88 (2.91%) Amazon S3
12 81 (2.67%) Snowflake
13 79 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
14 71 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
15 67 (2.21%) Figma
16 59 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
17 53 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
18 49 (1.62%) PowerApps
19 47 (1.55%) Power Automate
20 45 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.52%) Firewall
2 24 (0.79%) WAN
3 23 (0.76%) HTTP
3 23 (0.76%) Network Security
4 22 (0.73%) VPN
5 17 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 15 (0.50%) TCP/IP
7 14 (0.46%) DNS
8 12 (0.40%) Internet
9 8 (0.26%) LAN
10 5 (0.17%) 5G
10 5 (0.17%) BGP
10 5 (0.17%) Broadband
10 5 (0.17%) FTP
10 5 (0.17%) SMS
10 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.13%) DHCP
11 4 (0.13%) DMZ
11 4 (0.13%) OSPF
11 4 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (5.51%) Power BI
2 124 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
3 117 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
4 104 (3.43%) NoSQL
5 102 (3.37%) SQL Server
6 77 (2.54%) Relational Database
7 63 (2.08%) Tableau
8 56 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
9 51 (1.68%) MongoDB
10 50 (1.65%) Data Lake
11 46 (1.52%) Big Data
11 46 (1.52%) Metadata
12 42 (1.39%) BigQuery
13 39 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
14 27 (0.89%) Delta Lake
14 27 (0.89%) Oracle Database
15 26 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
15 26 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
16 23 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 22 (0.73%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 536 (17.70%) JIRA
2 285 (9.41%) Git
3 173 (5.71%) Jenkins
4 103 (3.40%) GitLab
5 58 (1.91%) JUnit
5 58 (1.91%) Selenium
6 45 (1.49%) Cucumber
6 45 (1.49%) Postman
7 42 (1.39%) Cypress.io
8 37 (1.22%) Bitbucket
9 32 (1.06%) SpecFlow
10 22 (0.73%) REST Assured
11 21 (0.69%) JMeter
11 21 (0.69%) Mockito
12 18 (0.59%) Maven
13 15 (0.50%) SonarQube
14 14 (0.46%) ERwin
15 12 (0.40%) TestRail
16 11 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
17 10 (0.33%) Xcode
General
1 1,166 (38.49%) Social Skills
2 990 (32.68%) Finance
3 474 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
4 381 (12.58%) Public Sector
5 361 (11.92%) Banking
6 151 (4.99%) Front Office
7 90 (2.97%) Retail
8 89 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 85 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
10 84 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
11 81 (2.67%) Marketing
12 79 (2.61%) Investment Banking
13 75 (2.48%) Legal
14 68 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
15 44 (1.45%) Telecoms
16 43 (1.42%) Financial Institution
17 42 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 34 (1.12%) Back Office
18 34 (1.12%) Manufacturing
19 28 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 522 (17.23%) Developer
2 462 (15.25%) Senior
3 460 (15.19%) Analyst
4 360 (11.89%) Business Analyst
5 271 (8.95%) Lead
6 241 (7.96%) Project Manager
7 192 (6.34%) Architect
8 146 (4.82%) Software Engineer
9 127 (4.19%) Data Engineer
10 100 (3.30%) Java Developer
11 95 (3.14%) Consultant
12 91 (3.00%) Designer
13 88 (2.91%) Senior Manager
14 82 (2.71%) Delivery Manager
15 79 (2.61%) Full-Stack Developer
16 78 (2.58%) Senior Developer
17 76 (2.51%) Product Manager
18 67 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
19 65 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
19 65 (2.15%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (8.12%) React
2 215 (7.10%) REST
3 185 (6.11%) Node.js
4 173 (5.71%) Kafka
5 146 (4.82%) RESTful
6 141 (4.66%) .NET
7 131 (4.32%) AngularJS
8 121 (3.99%) HTML
9 119 (3.93%) CSS
10 109 (3.60%) Playwright
11 106 (3.50%) Spring
12 95 (3.14%) Spring Boot
13 86 (2.84%) PySpark
14 78 (2.58%) GraphQL
15 73 (2.41%) JSON
16 71 (2.34%) SOAP
17 66 (2.18%) Middleware
18 63 (2.08%) Web Services
18 63 (2.08%) XML
19 47 (1.55%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 303 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 208 (6.87%) Cloud Native
3 72 (2.38%) Fixed Income
4 71 (2.34%) Derivative
5 63 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 63 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 62 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 58 (1.91%) Data Structures
8 57 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 53 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
10 52 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
11 47 (1.55%) Mobile App
12 46 (1.52%) Management Information System
13 45 (1.49%) AI Agents
13 45 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 44 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
14 44 (1.45%) Equities
15 42 (1.39%) Virtual Team
16 40 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
17 39 (1.29%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 144 (4.75%) Linux
2 86 (2.84%) Windows
3 83 (2.74%) Unix
4 34 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 33 (1.09%) Android
6 18 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.36%) VMS
8 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.13%) zOS
11 2 (0.066%) AIX
11 2 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.066%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.033%) Solaris
12 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 740 (24.43%) DevOps
2 672 (22.19%) CI/CD
2 672 (22.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 634 (20.93%) Scrum
4 632 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
5 435 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 376 (12.41%) AI
7 354 (11.69%) Test Automation
8 343 (11.32%) Project Management
9 335 (11.06%) Analytics
10 332 (10.96%) Data Modelling
11 322 (10.63%) Software Engineering
12 321 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 301 (9.94%) Migration
14 300 (9.90%) Roadmaps
15 283 (9.34%) User Stories
16 282 (9.31%) Microservices
17 280 (9.24%) Waterfall
18 276 (9.11%) Decision-Making
19 275 (9.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 584 (19.28%) SQL
2 576 (19.02%) Python
3 374 (12.35%) Java
4 335 (11.06%) JavaScript
5 275 (9.08%) TypeScript
6 216 (7.13%) C#
7 79 (2.61%) PowerShell
8 57 (1.88%) Scala
9 55 (1.82%) C++
10 52 (1.72%) Go
11 40 (1.32%) Bash
12 30 (0.99%) Ruby
13 29 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.83%) Bicep
14 25 (0.83%) T-SQL
15 24 (0.79%) Kotlin
16 20 (0.66%) Apex Code
16 20 (0.66%) Shell Script
17 19 (0.63%) R
18 18 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 609 (20.11%) Security Cleared
2 540 (17.83%) SC Cleared
3 330 (10.89%) Degree
4 136 (4.49%) PMI Certification
5 120 (3.96%) PMP
6 91 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 66 (2.18%) Azure Certification
8 58 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 58 (1.91%) Master's Degree
9 46 (1.52%) CBAP
10 44 (1.45%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.22%) ISTQB
12 30 (0.99%) AWS Certification
12 30 (0.99%) CISSP
13 27 (0.89%) CISM
13 27 (0.89%) IIBA
14 17 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (0.46%) ISEB
16 11 (0.36%) CSPO
16 11 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 293 (9.67%) QA
2 157 (5.18%) Accessibility
2 157 (5.18%) Data Quality
3 127 (4.19%) GDPR
4 98 (3.24%) PMO
5 45 (1.49%) WCAG
6 41 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 33 (1.09%) NIST
9 17 (0.56%) GRC
9 17 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.50%) MiFID
11 14 (0.46%) ISO 20022
12 13 (0.43%) SLA
13 11 (0.36%) PSD2
14 10 (0.33%) Basel III
14 10 (0.33%) PERC
15 8 (0.26%) EMIR
15 8 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 333 (10.99%) Docker
2 36 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.099%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.066%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.066%) Postfix
7 2 (0.066%) Squid
7 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.033%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.033%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.033%) etcd
8 1 (0.033%) GPFS
8 1 (0.033%) HDFS
8 1 (0.033%) IAG
8 1 (0.033%) Lustre
8 1 (0.033%) RACF
8 1 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 322 (10.63%) Kubernetes
2 205 (6.77%) Terraform
3 52 (1.72%) Ansible
4 42 (1.39%) Grafana
5 27 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 22 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (0.59%) Argo
8 13 (0.43%) Packer
9 12 (0.40%) Consul
9 12 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.26%) HP ALM
10 8 (0.26%) Puppet
11 7 (0.23%) Rancher
11 7 (0.23%) SCCM
12 6 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.17%) Control-M
14 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.13%) Nessus
15 3 (0.099%) Kibana
15 3 (0.099%) WSUS
Vendors
1 377 (12.45%) Microsoft
2 192 (6.34%) Oracle
3 137 (4.52%) Databricks
4 125 (4.13%) ServiceNow
5 122 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 95 (3.14%) SAP
7 75 (2.48%) Google
8 48 (1.58%) Adobe
9 38 (1.25%) Splunk
10 27 (0.89%) Workday
11 26 (0.86%) Atlassian
12 23 (0.76%) Informatica
13 22 (0.73%) Bloomberg
14 21 (0.69%) Cisco
15 19 (0.63%) Foundry
15 19 (0.63%) VMware
16 17 (0.56%) IBM
16 17 (0.56%) MuleSoft
16 17 (0.56%) Planview
17 16 (0.53%) Sybase