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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,024 2,486 3,468
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.24% 19.36% 19.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.33% 21.20% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,058 1,718 2,507
10th Percentile £363 £388 £406
25th Percentile £447 £466 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% +2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £713
90th Percentile £775 £850 £825
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 19
10th Percentile £49.18 £35.00 £23.36
25th Percentile £54.55 £36.00 £31.86
Median hourly rate £66.00 £39.04 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.06% -21.92% -23.08%
75th Percentile £73.13 £55.75 £65.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.00 £72.75
England median hourly rate £66.00 £63.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.76% +8.06% -10.31%

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 14,871 11,726 15,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.70% 91.30% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,969 7,878 11,440
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £677 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.52 £15.98
25th Percentile £21.73 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.89 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +17.67% -21.54%
75th Percentile £56.98 £52.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.15 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -13.33%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -1 376 £550 -4.76% 240
South London +9 74 £513 -4.25% 10
West London -3 54 £500 +25.00% 38
East London +1 29 £525 +1.20% 30
North London 0 1 £700 +71.36% 4
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
1 287 (9.49%) Confluence
2 65 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 61 (2.02%) Apache Spark
4 36 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
5 35 (1.16%) CMS
6 30 (0.99%) Apache
7 19 (0.63%) nginx
8 14 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 13 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
10 10 (0.33%) Camunda
10 10 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 9 (0.30%) IIS
11 9 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
11 9 (0.30%) SAS
12 7 (0.23%) Ethereum
12 7 (0.23%) Hyperledger
13 6 (0.20%) JBoss
14 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
14 4 (0.13%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.099%) WordPress
Applications
1 108 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (2.55%) Microsoft Project
3 61 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 46 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
6 19 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 11 (0.36%) Trello
8 10 (0.33%) Adobe XD
8 10 (0.33%) Sketch
9 5 (0.17%) Notion
10 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.099%) InVision
12 2 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.066%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.066%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.066%) InDesign
12 2 (0.066%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.066%) Zeplin
13 1 (0.033%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 47 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.06%) Aladdin
3 21 (0.69%) Endur
3 21 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.46%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.40%) Loan IQ
6 11 (0.36%) Temenos T24
7 9 (0.30%) Shopify
8 8 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.23%) Findur
9 7 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
9 7 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
11 5 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 751 (24.83%) Azure
2 613 (20.27%) AWS
3 272 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
4 230 (7.61%) GitHub
5 220 (7.28%) Power Platform
6 192 (6.35%) GCP
7 149 (4.93%) Serverless
8 113 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
9 97 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
10 92 (3.04%) Amazon S3
11 90 (2.98%) SaaS
12 82 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
13 79 (2.61%) Snowflake
14 71 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
15 66 (2.18%) AWS CloudFormation
16 61 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
17 60 (1.98%) Figma
18 48 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
19 45 (1.49%) PowerApps
20 44 (1.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 53 (1.75%) Firewall
2 32 (1.06%) WAN
3 25 (0.83%) Network Security
4 22 (0.73%) SD-WAN
5 20 (0.66%) HTTP
6 19 (0.63%) VPN
7 17 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.43%) Internet
9 12 (0.40%) DNS
10 9 (0.30%) LAN
11 7 (0.23%) BGP
12 6 (0.20%) DMZ
12 6 (0.20%) OSPF
13 5 (0.17%) Broadband
13 5 (0.17%) MPLS
13 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.13%) DHCP
14 4 (0.13%) FTP
14 4 (0.13%) PSTN
14 4 (0.13%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (5.19%) Power BI
2 132 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
3 121 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
4 114 (3.77%) NoSQL
5 100 (3.31%) SQL Server
6 79 (2.61%) Relational Database
7 65 (2.15%) Tableau
8 60 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
9 50 (1.65%) MongoDB
10 48 (1.59%) Metadata
11 47 (1.55%) Data Lake
12 44 (1.46%) Big Data
13 38 (1.26%) BigQuery
14 37 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
15 33 (1.09%) Delta Lake
16 26 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
17 23 (0.76%) DynamoDB
17 23 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
17 23 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 22 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 533 (17.63%) JIRA
2 295 (9.76%) Git
3 170 (5.62%) Jenkins
4 99 (3.27%) GitLab
5 61 (2.02%) JUnit
6 58 (1.92%) Selenium
7 44 (1.46%) Cucumber
8 43 (1.42%) Postman
9 41 (1.36%) Bitbucket
10 38 (1.26%) Cypress.io
11 31 (1.03%) SpecFlow
12 28 (0.93%) Mockito
13 21 (0.69%) JMeter
13 21 (0.69%) REST Assured
14 16 (0.53%) Maven
15 14 (0.46%) Gradle
15 14 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
16 13 (0.43%) Zephyr
17 12 (0.40%) TestRail
18 10 (0.33%) Liquibase
General
1 1,138 (37.63%) Social Skills
2 1,025 (33.90%) Finance
3 496 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
4 408 (13.49%) Public Sector
5 368 (12.17%) Banking
6 159 (5.26%) Front Office
7 99 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
8 91 (3.01%) Retail
9 86 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 83 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
11 82 (2.71%) Legal
12 76 (2.51%) Marketing
13 74 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
14 73 (2.41%) Investment Banking
15 44 (1.46%) Financial Institution
16 37 (1.22%) Telecoms
17 35 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 30 (0.99%) Back Office
19 29 (0.96%) Manufacturing
20 27 (0.89%) Law
Job Titles
1 533 (17.63%) Developer
2 470 (15.54%) Analyst
3 447 (14.78%) Senior
4 363 (12.00%) Business Analyst
5 262 (8.66%) Lead
6 257 (8.50%) Project Manager
7 208 (6.88%) Architect
8 144 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 132 (4.37%) Data Engineer
10 100 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
11 97 (3.21%) Java Developer
12 95 (3.14%) Consultant
13 88 (2.91%) Designer
13 88 (2.91%) Senior Manager
14 82 (2.71%) Senior Developer
15 80 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
16 70 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
17 69 (2.28%) Product Manager
17 69 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
18 60 (1.98%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 249 (8.23%) React
2 206 (6.81%) REST
3 188 (6.22%) Node.js
4 178 (5.89%) Kafka
5 142 (4.70%) RESTful
6 141 (4.66%) .NET
7 138 (4.56%) AngularJS
8 116 (3.84%) HTML
9 112 (3.70%) Spring
10 106 (3.51%) CSS
11 98 (3.24%) Playwright
12 93 (3.08%) Spring Boot
13 89 (2.94%) PySpark
14 73 (2.41%) JSON
15 72 (2.38%) GraphQL
16 70 (2.31%) Middleware
17 60 (1.98%) SOAP
18 58 (1.92%) XML
19 56 (1.85%) Redux
20 54 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 298 (9.85%) Product Ownership
2 214 (7.08%) Cloud Native
3 79 (2.61%) Fixed Income
4 74 (2.45%) Onboarding
5 72 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 69 (2.28%) Derivative
7 67 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 61 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 54 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
10 49 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
11 45 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
12 44 (1.46%) Data Structures
13 43 (1.42%) AI Agents
13 43 (1.42%) Equities
14 38 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 38 (1.26%) Management Information System
14 38 (1.26%) Virtual Team
15 35 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
15 35 (1.16%) Mobile App
15 35 (1.16%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 138 (4.56%) Linux
2 85 (2.81%) Windows
3 78 (2.58%) Unix
4 27 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 26 (0.86%) Android
6 16 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.30%) VMS
8 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.17%) zOS
10 4 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.099%) AIX
12 2 (0.066%) Solaris
13 1 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.033%) Rocky
13 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 761 (25.17%) DevOps
2 691 (22.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 682 (22.55%) CI/CD
4 615 (20.34%) Scrum
5 599 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
6 460 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 381 (12.60%) AI
8 354 (11.71%) Project Management
9 349 (11.54%) Test Automation
10 346 (11.44%) Data Modelling
11 330 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 322 (10.65%) Analytics
13 315 (10.42%) Migration
14 308 (10.19%) Software Engineering
15 307 (10.15%) Roadmaps
16 286 (9.46%) Decision-Making
17 284 (9.39%) Project Delivery
17 284 (9.39%) Waterfall
18 281 (9.29%) User Stories
19 280 (9.26%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 612 (20.24%) SQL
2 568 (18.78%) Python
3 373 (12.33%) Java
4 319 (10.55%) JavaScript
5 276 (9.13%) TypeScript
6 219 (7.24%) C#
7 76 (2.51%) PowerShell
8 55 (1.82%) Scala
9 52 (1.72%) Go
10 41 (1.36%) C++
11 33 (1.09%) PL/SQL
12 32 (1.06%) Bash
12 32 (1.06%) Ruby
13 27 (0.89%) T-SQL
14 24 (0.79%) Apex Code
14 24 (0.79%) Kotlin
15 23 (0.76%) Shell Script
16 22 (0.73%) Bicep
17 18 (0.60%) R
18 17 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 650 (21.49%) Security Cleared
2 581 (19.21%) SC Cleared
3 303 (10.02%) Degree
4 132 (4.37%) PMI Certification
5 124 (4.10%) PMP
6 93 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 59 (1.95%) Azure Certification
8 58 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 48 (1.59%) Master's Degree
10 42 (1.39%) CBAP
11 40 (1.32%) DV Cleared
11 40 (1.32%) ISTQB
12 33 (1.09%) CISSP
13 28 (0.93%) CISM
14 27 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 27 (0.89%) IIBA
15 14 (0.46%) ISEB
15 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.43%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (9.62%) QA
2 162 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 147 (4.86%) Accessibility
4 119 (3.94%) GDPR
5 98 (3.24%) PMO
6 47 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (1.39%) WCAG
8 38 (1.26%) NIST
9 34 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 20 (0.66%) SLA
11 19 (0.63%) GRC
12 17 (0.56%) PCI DSS
13 15 (0.50%) MiFID
14 13 (0.43%) ISO 20022
14 13 (0.43%) NCSC
15 10 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.33%) PERC
16 9 (0.30%) Basel III
17 8 (0.26%) PSD2
18 7 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 314 (10.38%) Docker
2 35 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.066%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.066%) RACF
7 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.033%) GPFS
8 1 (0.033%) HDFS
8 1 (0.033%) IAG
8 1 (0.033%) Lustre
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.033%) Postfix
8 1 (0.033%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.033%) Squid
Systems Management
1 315 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 216 (7.14%) Terraform
3 56 (1.85%) Ansible
4 41 (1.36%) Grafana
5 30 (0.99%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (0.53%) Argo
8 14 (0.46%) Packer
9 12 (0.40%) Consul
9 12 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (0.33%) HP ALM
11 9 (0.30%) Rancher
11 9 (0.30%) SCCM
12 8 (0.26%) Puppet
13 6 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.20%) WSUS
14 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.17%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.13%) Control-M
16 3 (0.099%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 389 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 200 (6.61%) Oracle
3 135 (4.46%) Databricks
4 123 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 121 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 97 (3.21%) SAP
7 62 (2.05%) Google
8 46 (1.52%) Adobe
9 38 (1.26%) Splunk
10 29 (0.96%) Workday
11 28 (0.93%) Atlassian
12 24 (0.79%) Bloomberg
12 24 (0.79%) IBM
13 23 (0.76%) Cisco
14 22 (0.73%) Informatica
15 21 (0.69%) MuleSoft
16 20 (0.66%) VMware
17 18 (0.60%) CyberArk
17 18 (0.60%) Murex
18 16 (0.53%) Foundry