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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,096 3,050 4,430
As % of all contract jobs in London 22.26% 19.47% 21.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.08% 21.84% 24.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,154 2,057 3,220
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 £686 £713 £713
90th Percentile £800 £838 £809
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 22
10th Percentile £26.94 £28.34 £45.65
25th Percentile £42.25 £32.88 £55.31
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.00 £69.55
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -49.68% +19.91%
75th Percentile £87.50 £39.73 £84.30
90th Percentile £99.86 £55.38 £90.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% - -

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 12,857 13,965 18,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.14% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,458 8,984 13,161
10th Percentile £331 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 163 244
10th Percentile £17.93 £17.30 £18.52
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £46.81 £56.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.60 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 0 453 £575 -2.54% 1,252
West London 0 55 £425 -9.09% 61
South London -2 35 £582 +22.47% 36
East London 0 32 £540 +13.68% 50
North London +6 4 £550 - 2
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
1 305 (9.85%) Confluence
2 89 (2.87%) Apache Airflow
3 79 (2.55%) Apache
4 46 (1.49%) SharePoint
5 35 (1.13%) CMS
6 34 (1.10%) Apache Spark
7 31 (1.00%) nginx
8 12 (0.39%) IIS
9 10 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 7 (0.23%) Anypoint
11 7 (0.23%) Camunda
12 6 (0.19%) Appian
12 6 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 6 (0.19%) WordPress
13 5 (0.16%) CICS
13 5 (0.16%) JBoss
13 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
13 5 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 83 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 41 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 30 (0.97%) Chatbot
7 19 (0.61%) Trello
8 13 (0.42%) Sketch
9 10 (0.32%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
12 2 (0.065%) Acrobat
12 2 (0.065%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.032%) EPLAN
13 1 (0.032%) InDesign
13 1 (0.032%) InfoPath
13 1 (0.032%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 48 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 43 (1.39%) Endur
4 29 (0.94%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
6 11 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
6 11 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 11 (0.36%) Temenos T24
7 9 (0.29%) Shopify
8 8 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
9 7 (0.23%) thinkFolio
10 6 (0.19%) Magento
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
10 6 (0.19%) SAP GTS
11 4 (0.13%) Markit EDM
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 665 (21.48%) Azure
2 647 (20.90%) AWS
3 259 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
4 248 (8.01%) GCP
5 215 (6.94%) Power Platform
6 201 (6.49%) GitHub
7 158 (5.10%) Serverless
8 111 (3.59%) SaaS
9 103 (3.33%) Snowflake
10 89 (2.87%) dbt
11 83 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
12 77 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
13 76 (2.45%) Amazon S3
14 67 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
15 65 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
16 64 (2.07%) PowerApps
17 63 (2.03%) Power Automate
18 60 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
19 57 (1.84%) Figma
20 48 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.42%) Firewall
2 21 (0.68%) VPN
3 20 (0.65%) DNS
3 20 (0.65%) TCP/IP
4 19 (0.61%) SSL
4 19 (0.61%) WAN
5 18 (0.58%) Network Security
6 17 (0.55%) Internet
7 16 (0.52%) HTTP
8 12 (0.39%) BGP
8 12 (0.39%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.29%) OSPF
10 8 (0.26%) LAN
11 7 (0.23%) MPLS
12 5 (0.16%) DHCP
12 5 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (0.16%) SMS
12 5 (0.16%) Wireless
13 4 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (0.13%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (5.91%) PostgreSQL
2 149 (4.81%) Power BI
3 112 (3.62%) SQL Server
4 99 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
5 91 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 86 (2.78%) NoSQL
7 77 (2.49%) Data Lake
8 68 (2.20%) Amazon Athena
9 58 (1.87%) Apache Arrow
9 58 (1.87%) Apache Iceberg
9 58 (1.87%) Dremio
10 56 (1.81%) Tableau
11 55 (1.78%) MongoDB
12 49 (1.58%) Big Data
13 44 (1.42%) Metadata
14 38 (1.23%) BigQuery
15 37 (1.20%) Oracle Database
16 36 (1.16%) Apache Ignite
17 35 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
18 34 (1.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 543 (17.54%) JIRA
2 293 (9.46%) Git
3 181 (5.85%) Jenkins
4 83 (2.68%) GitLab
5 63 (2.03%) JUnit
6 57 (1.84%) Selenium
7 47 (1.52%) Bitbucket
7 47 (1.52%) Postman
8 44 (1.42%) Cypress.io
9 41 (1.32%) Cucumber
10 31 (1.00%) Maven
11 28 (0.90%) SpecFlow
12 25 (0.81%) SonarQube
13 22 (0.71%) Mockito
14 21 (0.68%) REST Assured
15 20 (0.65%) ERwin
16 19 (0.61%) ER Studio
16 19 (0.61%) webpack
17 16 (0.52%) Gradle
18 15 (0.48%) SoapUI
General
1 1,208 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 1,036 (33.46%) Finance
3 456 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
4 429 (13.86%) Banking
5 324 (10.47%) Public Sector
6 205 (6.62%) Front Office
7 138 (4.46%) Investment Banking
8 103 (3.33%) Retail
9 88 (2.84%) Marketing
10 81 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 72 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 71 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
13 69 (2.23%) Back Office
14 60 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
15 59 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 55 (1.78%) Legal
16 55 (1.78%) Telecoms
17 46 (1.49%) Financial Institution
18 39 (1.26%) Manufacturing
19 34 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 633 (20.45%) Developer
2 459 (14.83%) Analyst
3 455 (14.70%) Senior
4 354 (11.43%) Business Analyst
5 275 (8.88%) Lead
6 208 (6.72%) Project Manager
7 200 (6.46%) Architect
8 185 (5.98%) Software Engineer
9 132 (4.26%) Java Developer
10 112 (3.62%) Senior Developer
11 104 (3.36%) Consultant
12 92 (2.97%) Data Engineer
13 80 (2.58%) AWS Engineer
14 79 (2.55%) Product Owner
15 77 (2.49%) Python Engineer
16 73 (2.36%) Product Manager
17 71 (2.29%) Python Developer
18 68 (2.20%) Full-Stack Developer
19 64 (2.07%) Java Engineer
19 64 (2.07%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 289 (9.33%) React
2 245 (7.91%) REST
3 193 (6.23%) Kafka
4 181 (5.85%) Node.js
5 175 (5.65%) .NET
6 174 (5.62%) RESTful
7 162 (5.23%) HTML
8 147 (4.75%) CSS
9 146 (4.72%) AngularJS
10 131 (4.23%) Spring
11 108 (3.49%) SOAP
12 99 (3.20%) JSON
13 92 (2.97%) Spring Boot
14 83 (2.68%) GraphQL
15 80 (2.58%) Web Services
16 74 (2.39%) Playwright
17 71 (2.29%) Pandas
17 71 (2.29%) XML
18 65 (2.10%) NumPy
19 64 (2.07%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 325 (10.50%) Product Ownership
2 189 (6.10%) Cloud Native
3 139 (4.49%) Fixed Income
4 131 (4.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 108 (3.49%) Equities
6 103 (3.33%) Derivative
7 74 (2.39%) Data Structures
8 64 (2.07%) Management Information System
9 63 (2.03%) Mobile App
10 62 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
11 61 (1.97%) Virtual Team
12 57 (1.84%) Hedge funds
13 55 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
13 55 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
14 53 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
14 53 (1.71%) Onboarding
15 50 (1.61%) Reinsurance
16 49 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
17 39 (1.26%) PMI
17 39 (1.26%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 174 (5.62%) Linux
2 94 (3.04%) Unix
3 81 (2.62%) Windows
4 54 (1.74%) Android
5 44 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.32%) VMS
8 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.13%) zOS
10 2 (0.065%) CentOS
10 2 (0.065%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.065%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.032%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.032%) Debian
11 1 (0.032%) Solaris
11 1 (0.032%) tvOS
11 1 (0.032%) watchOS
11 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 739 (23.87%) DevOps
2 704 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
3 688 (22.22%) Scrum
4 633 (20.45%) CI/CD
5 540 (17.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 368 (11.89%) Software Engineering
7 337 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 333 (10.76%) Microservices
9 331 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 325 (10.50%) Project Management
11 324 (10.47%) Test Automation
12 310 (10.01%) Roadmaps
13 295 (9.53%) Analytics
14 278 (8.98%) AI
15 266 (8.59%) User Stories
16 264 (8.53%) SDLC
17 253 (8.17%) Data Modelling
18 251 (8.11%) Migration
18 251 (8.11%) Waterfall
19 228 (7.36%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 619 (19.99%) Python
2 587 (18.96%) SQL
3 479 (15.47%) Java
4 405 (13.08%) JavaScript
5 296 (9.56%) TypeScript
6 220 (7.11%) C#
7 88 (2.84%) PowerShell
8 70 (2.26%) C++
9 58 (1.87%) Go
10 49 (1.58%) Bash
11 39 (1.26%) PL/SQL
11 39 (1.26%) Shell Script
12 35 (1.13%) Kotlin
13 32 (1.03%) Scala
14 25 (0.81%) Ruby
15 23 (0.74%) Groovy
16 22 (0.71%) Apex Code
16 22 (0.71%) Bicep
17 15 (0.48%) Korn
17 15 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 534 (17.25%) Security Cleared
2 452 (14.60%) SC Cleared
3 358 (11.56%) Degree
4 121 (3.91%) PMI Certification
5 101 (3.26%) PMP
6 99 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (2.00%) DV Cleared
8 44 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 44 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 44 (1.42%) Master's Degree
9 29 (0.94%) CISSP
10 28 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 27 (0.87%) ISTQB
12 21 (0.68%) CBAP
13 18 (0.58%) CISM
14 12 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.32%) MCP
15 10 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
16 9 (0.29%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (8.91%) QA
2 138 (4.46%) Accessibility
3 108 (3.49%) Data Quality
4 86 (2.78%) GDPR
5 78 (2.52%) PMO
6 34 (1.10%) MiFID
7 31 (1.00%) WCAG
8 25 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.65%) EMIR
10 18 (0.58%) NIST
11 17 (0.55%) GRC
12 11 (0.36%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.29%) ISO 20022
13 9 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.29%) SLA
13 9 (0.29%) Solvency II
14 7 (0.23%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.19%) Basel III
15 6 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 316 (10.21%) Docker
2 48 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.13%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.065%) Postfix
5 2 (0.065%) Squid
5 2 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.032%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.032%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.032%) etcd
6 1 (0.032%) IAG
6 1 (0.032%) KVM
6 1 (0.032%) RACF
6 1 (0.032%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 283 (9.14%) Kubernetes
2 202 (6.52%) Terraform
3 56 (1.81%) Ansible
4 35 (1.13%) Grafana
5 33 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 22 (0.71%) Consul
7 22 (0.71%) Packer
8 12 (0.39%) Argo
8 12 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.39%) Puppet
9 9 (0.29%) Kibana
10 8 (0.26%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.16%) Rancher
11 5 (0.16%) SCCM
12 4 (0.13%) CA Endevor
12 4 (0.13%) Control-M
12 4 (0.13%) Nessus
12 4 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 347 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 201 (6.49%) Oracle
3 130 (4.20%) Salesforce
4 114 (3.68%) SAP
5 113 (3.65%) Google
6 110 (3.55%) ServiceNow
7 90 (2.91%) Databricks
8 41 (1.32%) Splunk
9 37 (1.20%) Adobe
10 30 (0.97%) Workday
11 29 (0.94%) Atlassian
12 26 (0.84%) MuleSoft
13 23 (0.74%) HP
14 22 (0.71%) CA Agile Central
14 22 (0.71%) Dynatrace
15 21 (0.68%) Foundry
15 21 (0.68%) Murex
15 21 (0.68%) Sybase
16 20 (0.65%) OpenLink
17 19 (0.61%) Cisco