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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,529 2,982 3,478
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.51% 21.94% 21.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.66% 23.75% 24.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,367 2,090 2,527
10th Percentile £389 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £735
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 22 17 16
10th Percentile £51.60 £26.94 £31.15
25th Percentile £54.75 £34.48 £33.05
Median hourly rate £66.20 £52.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.10% -19.23% -5.45%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £96.63 £91.25 £73.13
England median hourly rate £70.00 £63.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.24% -2.31% -

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 17,953 12,554 14,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.10% 92.35% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,388 10,113
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 250 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -16.44% -12.67%
75th Percentile £56.25 £48.44 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -3 372 £565 -5.83% 238
West London -1 96 £604 +51.00% 56
South London +7 79 £520 -16.60% 36
East London -3 14 £585 +8.33% 35
North London +2 7 £550 - 1
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
1 303 (8.59%) Confluence
2 91 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 63 (1.79%) Apache Spark
4 59 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 59 (1.67%) CMS
5 48 (1.36%) Apache
6 29 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 15 (0.43%) IIS
8 14 (0.40%) SAS
9 12 (0.34%) Camunda
9 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
10 9 (0.26%) Appian
11 8 (0.23%) JBoss
11 8 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
12 6 (0.17%) Headless CMS
12 6 (0.17%) Kentico
12 6 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.17%) WebSphere
13 5 (0.14%) Anypoint
13 5 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 98 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 46 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 45 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 21 (0.60%) Chatbot
7 12 (0.34%) 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 (0.028%) Gliffy
14 1 (0.028%) Mingle
14 1 (0.028%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 46 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.68%) Aladdin
3 22 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
5 13 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 13 (0.37%) Temenos T24
6 11 (0.31%) Findur
6 11 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.23%) Magento
7 8 (0.23%) Shopify
8 6 (0.17%) Endur
8 6 (0.17%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 6 (0.17%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.14%) Actimize
9 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
9 5 (0.14%) OpenText MBPM
9 5 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
9 5 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 940 (26.64%) Azure
2 725 (20.54%) AWS
3 336 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 294 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 287 (8.13%) GitHub
6 243 (6.89%) GCP
7 182 (5.16%) Serverless
8 161 (4.56%) GitHub Actions
9 132 (3.74%) Amazon S3
10 124 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
11 96 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
11 96 (2.72%) Snowflake
12 86 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
13 83 (2.35%) PowerApps
14 82 (2.32%) Power Automate
15 73 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
15 73 (2.07%) SaaS
16 69 (1.96%) dbt
16 69 (1.96%) Entra ID
17 66 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 51 (1.45%) Firewall
2 27 (0.77%) Network Security
3 24 (0.68%) WAN
4 23 (0.65%) VPN
5 20 (0.57%) DNS
6 18 (0.51%) Internet
7 15 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.37%) HTTP
8 13 (0.37%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.28%) DMZ
10 9 (0.26%) Wireless
11 8 (0.23%) BGP
11 8 (0.23%) MPLS
11 8 (0.23%) OSPF
12 7 (0.20%) Intranet
12 7 (0.20%) LAN
13 6 (0.17%) HTTPS
13 6 (0.17%) SMS
13 6 (0.17%) VoIP
13 6 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (6.43%) Power BI
2 157 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
3 133 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
4 114 (3.23%) SQL Server
5 106 (3.00%) NoSQL
6 92 (2.61%) Relational Database
7 83 (2.35%) Metadata
8 71 (2.01%) Data Lake
9 65 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
10 62 (1.76%) Tableau
11 58 (1.64%) MongoDB
12 48 (1.36%) DynamoDB
13 40 (1.13%) Big Data
14 39 (1.11%) BigQuery
15 37 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 37 (1.05%) Delta Lake
16 30 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
17 28 (0.79%) Oracle Database
18 22 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
19 21 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 578 (16.38%) JIRA
2 313 (8.87%) Git
3 244 (6.91%) Jenkins
4 125 (3.54%) GitLab
5 54 (1.53%) JUnit
6 51 (1.45%) Selenium
7 41 (1.16%) Postman
8 38 (1.08%) Gradle
9 36 (1.02%) Cypress.io
10 35 (0.99%) Mockito
11 34 (0.96%) Bitbucket
12 25 (0.71%) Cucumber
12 25 (0.71%) Visual Studio
13 24 (0.68%) Maven
14 22 (0.62%) REST Assured
15 20 (0.57%) JMeter
16 17 (0.48%) Zephyr
17 16 (0.45%) Liquibase
17 16 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
18 15 (0.43%) CircleCI
General
1 1,326 (37.57%) Social Skills
2 1,172 (33.21%) Finance
3 569 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 557 (15.78%) Public Sector
5 465 (13.18%) Banking
6 213 (6.04%) Retail
7 161 (4.56%) Front Office
8 148 (4.19%) Marketing
9 109 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
9 109 (3.09%) Investment Banking
10 104 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
11 83 (2.35%) Legal
12 70 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
14 60 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 45 (1.28%) Local Government
16 42 (1.19%) Law
16 42 (1.19%) Retail Banking
16 42 (1.19%) Telecoms
17 39 (1.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 625 (17.71%) Developer
2 512 (14.51%) Senior
3 464 (13.15%) Analyst
4 367 (10.40%) Lead
5 319 (9.04%) Business Analyst
6 298 (8.44%) Project Manager
7 254 (7.20%) Architect
8 173 (4.90%) Software Engineer
9 162 (4.59%) Data Engineer
10 138 (3.91%) Delivery Manager
11 124 (3.51%) Java Developer
12 117 (3.32%) Designer
13 110 (3.12%) Senior Developer
14 108 (3.06%) Senior Manager
15 107 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
16 85 (2.41%) Product Manager
16 85 (2.41%) Product Owner
17 83 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
18 76 (2.15%) Programme Manager
19 74 (2.10%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 282 (7.99%) REST
2 266 (7.54%) React
3 211 (5.98%) .NET
4 173 (4.90%) Kafka
5 169 (4.79%) RESTful
6 167 (4.73%) Spring
7 143 (4.05%) Node.js
8 141 (4.00%) Spring Boot
9 130 (3.68%) AngularJS
10 121 (3.43%) HTML
11 106 (3.00%) CSS
12 91 (2.58%) PySpark
13 82 (2.32%) SOAP
14 75 (2.13%) JSON
15 74 (2.10%) Redux
16 63 (1.79%) Middleware
17 62 (1.76%) GraphQL
17 62 (1.76%) Playwright
17 62 (1.76%) Web Services
18 57 (1.62%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 472 (13.37%) Product Ownership
2 281 (7.96%) Cloud Native
3 137 (3.88%) Onboarding
4 122 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
5 101 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
6 81 (2.30%) Fixed Income
7 76 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 69 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 67 (1.90%) Data Structures
10 62 (1.76%) NHS
11 61 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
12 59 (1.67%) Derivative
13 56 (1.59%) AI Agents
13 56 (1.59%) Virtual Team
14 54 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
15 50 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 50 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
16 46 (1.30%) Data Centre
17 41 (1.16%) Management Information System
18 40 (1.13%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 113 (3.20%) Linux
2 78 (2.21%) Windows
3 41 (1.16%) Unix
4 32 (0.91%) Android
5 31 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.11%) VMS
10 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.057%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.028%) AIX
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.028%) Solaris
12 1 (0.028%) SUSE
12 1 (0.028%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.028%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,030 (29.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 992 (28.11%) DevOps
3 937 (26.55%) CI/CD
4 765 (21.68%) Scrum
5 648 (18.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 627 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
7 588 (16.66%) AI
8 499 (14.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 431 (12.21%) Analytics
10 418 (11.84%) Roadmaps
11 390 (11.05%) Software Engineering
12 389 (11.02%) Data Modelling
13 379 (10.74%) Decision-Making
13 379 (10.74%) Migration
14 372 (10.54%) Project Management
15 368 (10.43%) User Stories
16 367 (10.40%) Test Automation
17 344 (9.75%) Microservices
18 327 (9.27%) Waterfall
19 285 (8.08%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 644 (18.25%) SQL
2 622 (17.63%) Python
3 444 (12.58%) Java
4 316 (8.95%) JavaScript
5 249 (7.06%) TypeScript
6 231 (6.55%) C#
7 71 (2.01%) PowerShell
8 54 (1.53%) PL/SQL
9 52 (1.47%) Apex Code
10 44 (1.25%) Bash
10 44 (1.25%) Go
11 43 (1.22%) Kotlin
12 41 (1.16%) Scala
13 39 (1.11%) T-SQL
14 26 (0.74%) Korn
15 24 (0.68%) Groovy
16 23 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 19 (0.54%) Bicep
18 18 (0.51%) Shell Script
19 17 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 815 (23.09%) Security Cleared
2 714 (20.23%) SC Cleared
3 269 (7.62%) Degree
4 147 (4.17%) PMP
5 135 (3.83%) PMI Certification
6 96 (2.72%) DV Cleared
7 94 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 73 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 56 (1.59%) Azure Certification
10 49 (1.39%) AWS Certification
11 40 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 29 (0.82%) CISSP
13 26 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
14 25 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
15 23 (0.65%) ISTQB
16 19 (0.54%) CISM
17 18 (0.51%) IIBA
18 14 (0.40%) CBAP
19 12 (0.34%) CCNP
19 12 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 329 (9.32%) QA
2 238 (6.74%) Data Quality
3 145 (4.11%) Accessibility
4 124 (3.51%) PMO
5 114 (3.23%) GDPR
6 47 (1.33%) WCAG
7 46 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (0.99%) GRC
9 34 (0.96%) NIST
10 31 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 23 (0.65%) SLA
12 22 (0.62%) NCSC
13 17 (0.48%) ISO 20022
14 16 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
15 13 (0.37%) PCI DSS
16 9 (0.26%) SEPA
17 8 (0.23%) P3O
18 7 (0.20%) GxP
18 7 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 7 (0.20%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 288 (8.16%) Docker
2 54 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.26%) IAG
6 8 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.085%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.085%) Postfix
8 2 (0.057%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.057%) RACF
9 1 (0.028%) Ceph
9 1 (0.028%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.028%) Squid
9 1 (0.028%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.028%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 325 (9.21%) Kubernetes
2 276 (7.82%) Terraform
3 80 (2.27%) Ansible
4 59 (1.67%) Grafana
5 55 (1.56%) Prometheus
6 25 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (0.57%) Control-M
8 13 (0.37%) Packer
9 12 (0.34%) Kibana
10 10 (0.28%) Puppet
11 9 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.26%) SCCM
12 7 (0.20%) WSUS
13 6 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.14%) Argo
14 5 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
15 4 (0.11%) HP ALM
15 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.11%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 456 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 190 (5.38%) Salesforce
3 176 (4.99%) Oracle
4 152 (4.31%) ServiceNow
5 119 (3.37%) Google
6 114 (3.23%) Databricks
7 101 (2.86%) SAP
8 57 (1.62%) Splunk
9 51 (1.45%) Adobe
10 41 (1.16%) IBM
11 29 (0.82%) Informatica
12 28 (0.79%) Workday
13 27 (0.77%) Dynatrace
14 26 (0.74%) MuleSoft
14 26 (0.74%) VMware
15 25 (0.71%) Cisco
16 22 (0.62%) Bloomberg
17 20 (0.57%) CyberArk
17 20 (0.57%) Okta
17 20 (0.57%) Pega