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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,294 2,837 3,715
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.96% 21.36% 21.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.09% 23.16% 23.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,238 1,983 2,722
10th Percentile £375 £376 £400
25th Percentile £450 £460 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £729
90th Percentile £750 £838 £850
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 21
10th Percentile £51.50 £27.90 £26.68
25th Percentile £55.81 £35.62 £31.71
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £97.50 £84.50 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% -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 17,258 12,248 15,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.20% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,469 8,175 11,086
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.84% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 229 294
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +8.33% -27.31%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -3.62%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -3 352 £570 -5.04% 280
West London -1 81 £600 +50.00% 33
South London +3 62 £513 -15.08% 9
East London -2 19 £585 - 25
North London +2 4 £550 - 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
1 291 (8.83%) Confluence
2 89 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 57 (1.73%) Apache Spark
4 49 (1.49%) CMS
5 44 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 28 (0.85%) Apache
7 18 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
8 16 (0.49%) IIS
9 14 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 13 (0.39%) Camunda
10 13 (0.39%) SAS
11 9 (0.27%) JBoss
12 7 (0.21%) Appian
12 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
12 7 (0.21%) Hyperledger
12 7 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
13 6 (0.18%) Kentico
14 5 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 98 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
3 56 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
5 35 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 19 (0.58%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.21%) Notion
8 6 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.18%) Sketch
8 6 (0.18%) UserZoom
9 5 (0.15%) Trello
10 3 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.061%) Windchill
12 1 (0.030%) InVision
12 1 (0.030%) Mingle
12 1 (0.030%) S-PLUS
12 1 (0.030%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 34 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 23 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.43%) Temenos T24
5 12 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
6 11 (0.33%) Findur
7 10 (0.30%) Loan IQ
7 10 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
8 9 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
9 8 (0.24%) Endur
10 7 (0.21%) Shopify
11 6 (0.18%) Fidessa
11 6 (0.18%) Magento
11 6 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 5 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
13 4 (0.12%) Oracle BPM
13 4 (0.12%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 844 (25.62%) Azure
2 685 (20.80%) AWS
3 285 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
4 252 (7.65%) Power Platform
5 229 (6.95%) GitHub
6 197 (5.98%) GCP
7 169 (5.13%) Serverless
8 135 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
9 126 (3.83%) Amazon S3
10 116 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
11 85 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
12 76 (2.31%) Snowflake
13 74 (2.25%) SaaS
14 68 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
15 67 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
16 62 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
16 62 (1.88%) Power Automate
17 61 (1.85%) PowerApps
18 57 (1.73%) Entra ID
18 57 (1.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (1.61%) Firewall
2 28 (0.85%) WAN
3 27 (0.82%) Network Security
4 22 (0.67%) VPN
5 20 (0.61%) Internet
6 16 (0.49%) HTTP
7 15 (0.46%) DNS
7 15 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.43%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.30%) LAN
9 10 (0.30%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.21%) Wireless
11 6 (0.18%) BGP
11 6 (0.18%) DMZ
11 6 (0.18%) MPLS
11 6 (0.18%) OSPF
11 6 (0.18%) SMS
11 6 (0.18%) VoIP
12 5 (0.15%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (5.95%) Power BI
2 130 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
3 121 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
4 115 (3.49%) SQL Server
5 102 (3.10%) NoSQL
6 84 (2.55%) Relational Database
7 66 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
7 66 (2.00%) Tableau
8 62 (1.88%) Data Lake
9 61 (1.85%) Metadata
10 53 (1.61%) MongoDB
11 48 (1.46%) DynamoDB
12 46 (1.40%) Big Data
13 38 (1.15%) Delta Lake
14 37 (1.12%) BigQuery
15 36 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
16 35 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
17 22 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
18 21 (0.64%) Oracle Database
18 21 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 550 (16.70%) JIRA
2 275 (8.35%) Git
3 209 (6.34%) Jenkins
4 107 (3.25%) GitLab
5 62 (1.88%) JUnit
6 49 (1.49%) Selenium
7 46 (1.40%) Postman
8 35 (1.06%) Mockito
9 30 (0.91%) Cucumber
9 30 (0.91%) Cypress.io
9 30 (0.91%) Gradle
10 28 (0.85%) Bitbucket
11 27 (0.82%) REST Assured
12 18 (0.55%) JMeter
13 17 (0.52%) SpecFlow
14 16 (0.49%) Maven
15 15 (0.46%) CircleCI
15 15 (0.46%) Liquibase
15 15 (0.46%) Visual Studio
16 14 (0.43%) Gatling
General
1 1,173 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 1,115 (33.85%) Finance
3 496 (15.06%) Public Sector
4 471 (14.30%) Analytical Skills
5 421 (12.78%) Banking
6 185 (5.62%) Retail
7 171 (5.19%) Front Office
8 124 (3.76%) Marketing
9 102 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
10 98 (2.98%) Investment Banking
10 98 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
11 81 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 80 (2.43%) Legal
13 67 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
14 55 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 37 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 36 (1.09%) Law
16 36 (1.09%) Manufacturing
17 35 (1.06%) Local Government
18 31 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 581 (17.64%) Developer
2 475 (14.42%) Senior
3 454 (13.78%) Analyst
4 335 (10.17%) Lead
5 315 (9.56%) Business Analyst
6 287 (8.71%) Project Manager
7 241 (7.32%) Architect
8 173 (5.25%) Software Engineer
9 147 (4.46%) Data Engineer
10 120 (3.64%) Java Developer
11 119 (3.61%) Delivery Manager
12 111 (3.37%) Designer
13 107 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
14 103 (3.13%) Senior Manager
15 98 (2.98%) Senior Developer
16 75 (2.28%) DevOps Engineer
16 75 (2.28%) Product Owner
17 70 (2.13%) Product Manager
18 67 (2.03%) Python Developer
19 65 (1.97%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (7.59%) React
2 242 (7.35%) REST
3 177 (5.37%) .NET
4 169 (5.13%) Kafka
5 165 (5.01%) RESTful
6 159 (4.83%) Spring
7 148 (4.49%) Node.js
8 135 (4.10%) Spring Boot
9 130 (3.95%) AngularJS
10 112 (3.40%) HTML
11 97 (2.94%) CSS
12 85 (2.58%) PySpark
13 82 (2.49%) SOAP
14 74 (2.25%) Middleware
14 74 (2.25%) Redux
15 67 (2.03%) Playwright
16 65 (1.97%) GraphQL
17 62 (1.88%) JSON
18 53 (1.61%) .NET Framework
19 48 (1.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 388 (11.78%) Product Ownership
2 248 (7.53%) Cloud Native
3 122 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 97 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
5 93 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 91 (2.76%) Fixed Income
7 68 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
8 67 (2.03%) Derivative
9 63 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
10 56 (1.70%) Virtual Team
11 54 (1.64%) NHS
12 52 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 52 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 50 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
14 48 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
15 47 (1.43%) Data Structures
16 43 (1.31%) Equities
17 42 (1.28%) Mobile App
18 40 (1.21%) AI Agents
19 34 (1.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 107 (3.25%) Linux
2 78 (2.37%) Windows
3 47 (1.43%) Unix
4 32 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 30 (0.91%) Android
6 13 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.30%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
9 5 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.12%) VMS
11 3 (0.091%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.061%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.061%) zOS
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.030%) Rocky
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
13 1 (0.030%) SUSE
13 1 (0.030%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 880 (26.72%) DevOps
2 856 (25.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 838 (25.44%) CI/CD
4 715 (21.71%) Scrum
5 556 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 555 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
7 478 (14.51%) AI
8 418 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 370 (11.23%) Analytics
10 368 (11.17%) Data Modelling
11 366 (11.11%) Roadmaps
12 357 (10.84%) Software Engineering
13 354 (10.75%) Decision-Making
14 352 (10.69%) Test Automation
15 351 (10.66%) Project Management
16 334 (10.14%) Migration
17 324 (9.84%) Microservices
18 316 (9.59%) User Stories
19 303 (9.20%) Waterfall
20 258 (7.83%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 600 (18.21%) SQL
2 580 (17.61%) Python
3 416 (12.63%) Java
4 305 (9.26%) JavaScript
5 252 (7.65%) TypeScript
6 220 (6.68%) C#
7 60 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 51 (1.55%) Go
9 44 (1.34%) Apex Code
9 44 (1.34%) PL/SQL
10 42 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 38 (1.15%) Scala
12 32 (0.97%) Bash
13 31 (0.94%) Kotlin
14 24 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 22 (0.67%) Shell Script
16 20 (0.61%) Korn
17 19 (0.58%) Ruby
18 18 (0.55%) Bicep
18 18 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 737 (22.37%) Security Cleared
2 644 (19.55%) SC Cleared
3 279 (8.47%) Degree
4 120 (3.64%) PMP
5 106 (3.22%) PMI Certification
6 83 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 78 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 74 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 45 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 41 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 38 (1.15%) AWS Certification
12 29 (0.88%) CISSP
13 26 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 24 (0.73%) ISTQB
15 20 (0.61%) CISM
15 20 (0.61%) IIBA
16 19 (0.58%) CBAP
17 15 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
18 13 (0.39%) CCNP
19 11 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 299 (9.08%) QA
2 205 (6.22%) Data Quality
3 152 (4.61%) Accessibility
4 117 (3.55%) PMO
5 116 (3.52%) GDPR
6 49 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (1.28%) WCAG
8 34 (1.03%) NIST
9 31 (0.94%) GRC
10 29 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 28 (0.85%) SLA
12 21 (0.64%) PCI DSS
13 20 (0.61%) NCSC
14 13 (0.39%) ISO 20022
15 12 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
16 7 (0.21%) GxP
16 7 (0.21%) HL7
16 7 (0.21%) PSD2
17 6 (0.18%) IFRS
System Software
1 264 (8.01%) Docker
2 45 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.15%) IAG
5 5 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.091%) Postfix
7 2 (0.061%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.061%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.061%) RACF
8 1 (0.030%) HDFS
8 1 (0.030%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.030%) Squid
Systems Management
1 307 (9.32%) Kubernetes
2 250 (7.59%) Terraform
3 68 (2.06%) Ansible
4 48 (1.46%) Grafana
5 42 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 22 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.36%) Packer
8 11 (0.33%) Kibana
9 10 (0.30%) SCCM
10 9 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.24%) Control-M
11 8 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.24%) WSUS
12 5 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.15%) Consul
12 5 (0.15%) HP ALM
12 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.12%) Puppet
13 4 (0.12%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.12%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 387 (11.75%) Microsoft
2 186 (5.65%) Oracle
2 186 (5.65%) Salesforce
3 145 (4.40%) ServiceNow
4 103 (3.13%) Databricks
5 102 (3.10%) SAP
6 74 (2.25%) Google
7 39 (1.18%) Splunk
8 37 (1.12%) Adobe
9 36 (1.09%) Workday
10 30 (0.91%) IBM
11 29 (0.88%) MuleSoft
12 26 (0.79%) Bloomberg
12 26 (0.79%) Informatica
13 25 (0.76%) Cisco
14 21 (0.64%) VMware
15 20 (0.61%) Dynatrace
16 19 (0.58%) Murex
17 18 (0.55%) Okta
17 18 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud