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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,546 2,980 3,458
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.52% 22.13% 21.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.67% 23.94% 24.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,359 2,073 2,485
10th Percentile £392 £363 £397
25th Percentile £450 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -3.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £694 £731
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 23 19 16
10th Percentile £50.25 £27.17 £28.34
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.37 £32.82
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -22.22%
75th Percentile £73.75 £76.25 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.75 £97.43 -
England median hourly rate £67.89 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.07% -11.54% -

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 18,024 12,449 14,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.45% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,783 8,281 9,881
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 255 191
10th Percentile £17.53 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.89 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -9.86% -11.25%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -4 375 £560 -2.61% 76
West London 0 100 £632 +57.88% 169
South London -1 61 £525 -12.77% 9
East London -3 14 £588 +8.80% 39
North London +5 9 £550 - 3
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
1 304 (8.57%) Confluence
2 94 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 66 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
4 64 (1.80%) Apache Spark
5 61 (1.72%) CMS
6 50 (1.41%) Apache
7 33 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 15 (0.42%) Camunda
9 14 (0.39%) IIS
10 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
10 12 (0.34%) SAS
11 9 (0.25%) Appian
12 8 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 8 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
13 6 (0.17%) JBoss
13 6 (0.17%) Kentico
13 6 (0.17%) WebSphere
14 5 (0.14%) Headless CMS
14 5 (0.14%) Jupyter
14 5 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 104 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
3 55 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
5 35 (0.99%) MS Visio
6 22 (0.62%) Chatbot
7 11 (0.31%) Trello
8 9 (0.25%) Notion
9 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.17%) UserZoom
11 5 (0.14%) Sketch
12 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.056%) Windchill
14 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
14 1 (0.028%) Mingle
14 1 (0.028%) Mozilla Thunderbird
14 1 (0.028%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 56 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.59%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
5 12 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 12 (0.34%) Temenos T24
6 11 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.23%) Findur
7 8 (0.23%) Magento
7 8 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 8 (0.23%) Shopify
8 7 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 7 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.17%) Endur
9 6 (0.17%) Loan IQ
10 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.14%) OpenText MBPM
10 5 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
10 5 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 940 (26.51%) Azure
2 711 (20.05%) AWS
3 357 (10.07%) Azure DevOps
4 309 (8.71%) GitHub
5 307 (8.66%) Power Platform
6 239 (6.74%) GCP
7 189 (5.33%) Serverless
8 167 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
9 125 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
10 124 (3.50%) Amazon S3
11 111 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
12 105 (2.96%) Snowflake
13 93 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
14 90 (2.54%) PowerApps
15 88 (2.48%) Power Automate
16 75 (2.12%) dbt
16 75 (2.12%) SaaS
17 66 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
17 66 (1.86%) Entra ID
18 62 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (1.61%) Firewall
2 27 (0.76%) Network Security
3 25 (0.71%) WAN
4 24 (0.68%) VPN
5 22 (0.62%) DNS
6 18 (0.51%) Internet
7 16 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.42%) HTTP
9 13 (0.37%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.31%) Wireless
11 10 (0.28%) DMZ
12 9 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.23%) LAN
13 8 (0.23%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.20%) 4G
14 7 (0.20%) BGP
14 7 (0.20%) HTTPS
14 7 (0.20%) VoIP
15 6 (0.17%) MPLS
15 6 (0.17%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (6.57%) Power BI
2 163 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
3 130 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
4 122 (3.44%) SQL Server
5 110 (3.10%) NoSQL
6 99 (2.79%) Metadata
7 97 (2.74%) Relational Database
8 73 (2.06%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.86%) MongoDB
10 59 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
11 57 (1.61%) Tableau
12 46 (1.30%) DynamoDB
13 43 (1.21%) Delta Lake
14 42 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
15 39 (1.10%) BigQuery
16 38 (1.07%) Big Data
17 33 (0.93%) Oracle Database
18 27 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
19 25 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
20 23 (0.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 581 (16.38%) JIRA
2 325 (9.17%) Git
3 251 (7.08%) Jenkins
4 132 (3.72%) GitLab
5 66 (1.86%) Selenium
6 53 (1.49%) JUnit
7 43 (1.21%) Gradle
8 42 (1.18%) Postman
9 37 (1.04%) Bitbucket
9 37 (1.04%) Cypress.io
10 34 (0.96%) Mockito
11 27 (0.76%) Visual Studio
12 26 (0.73%) REST Assured
13 25 (0.71%) Maven
14 24 (0.68%) Cucumber
15 21 (0.59%) JMeter
16 18 (0.51%) Zephyr
17 17 (0.48%) Liquibase
17 17 (0.48%) SonarQube
17 17 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,378 (38.86%) Social Skills
2 1,170 (32.99%) Finance
3 568 (16.02%) Analytical Skills
4 542 (15.28%) Public Sector
5 488 (13.76%) Banking
6 225 (6.35%) Retail
7 151 (4.26%) Marketing
8 139 (3.92%) Front Office
9 116 (3.27%) Investment Banking
10 113 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
11 101 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 78 (2.20%) Legal
13 66 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
13 66 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
14 60 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 47 (1.33%) Telecoms
16 46 (1.30%) Local Government
17 42 (1.18%) Law
17 42 (1.18%) Retail Banking
18 40 (1.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 621 (17.51%) Developer
2 521 (14.69%) Senior
3 471 (13.28%) Analyst
4 361 (10.18%) Lead
5 327 (9.22%) Business Analyst
6 297 (8.38%) Project Manager
7 265 (7.47%) Architect
8 170 (4.79%) Data Engineer
9 151 (4.26%) Software Engineer
10 131 (3.69%) Delivery Manager
11 120 (3.38%) Java Developer
12 117 (3.30%) Designer
13 109 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
14 107 (3.02%) Senior Developer
15 105 (2.96%) Senior Manager
16 98 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
17 88 (2.48%) Product Manager
18 85 (2.40%) Product Owner
19 78 (2.20%) Full-Stack Developer
20 73 (2.06%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (8.60%) REST
2 291 (8.21%) Terraform
3 254 (7.16%) React
4 213 (6.01%) .NET
5 184 (5.19%) RESTful
6 176 (4.96%) Spring
7 174 (4.91%) Kafka
8 152 (4.29%) Spring Boot
9 125 (3.53%) HTML
10 124 (3.50%) Node.js
11 116 (3.27%) AngularJS
11 116 (3.27%) CSS
12 94 (2.65%) PySpark
13 82 (2.31%) SOAP
14 80 (2.26%) JSON
15 67 (1.89%) Web Services
16 63 (1.78%) Middleware
17 62 (1.75%) Django
18 59 (1.66%) Playwright
19 55 (1.55%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 503 (14.18%) Product Ownership
2 287 (8.09%) Cloud Native
3 139 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 122 (3.44%) Distributed Systems
5 101 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
6 85 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 73 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
8 70 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 66 (1.86%) AI Agents
10 61 (1.72%) NHS
11 58 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
12 56 (1.58%) Fixed Income
13 55 (1.55%) Virtual Team
14 54 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
15 49 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 47 (1.33%) Management Information System
17 46 (1.30%) Derivative
18 45 (1.27%) Mobile App
19 43 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
20 42 (1.18%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 128 (3.61%) Linux
2 76 (2.14%) Windows
3 51 (1.44%) Unix
4 34 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 33 (0.93%) Android
6 15 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
8 8 (0.23%) VMS
9 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.085%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.085%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.056%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.056%) zOS
12 1 (0.028%) AIX
12 1 (0.028%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.028%) Solaris
12 1 (0.028%) SUSE
12 1 (0.028%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,086 (30.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 1,012 (28.54%) DevOps
3 966 (27.24%) CI/CD
4 786 (22.17%) Scrum
5 670 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 665 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 624 (17.60%) AI
8 519 (14.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 441 (12.44%) Analytics
10 437 (12.32%) Roadmaps
11 393 (11.08%) Test Automation
12 387 (10.91%) User Stories
13 386 (10.89%) Decision-Making
14 382 (10.77%) Software Engineering
15 380 (10.72%) Project Management
16 378 (10.66%) Data Modelling
17 376 (10.60%) Migration
18 345 (9.73%) Microservices
19 329 (9.28%) Waterfall
20 307 (8.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 666 (18.78%) SQL
2 627 (17.68%) Python
3 445 (12.55%) Java
4 293 (8.26%) JavaScript
5 224 (6.32%) TypeScript
6 223 (6.29%) C#
7 78 (2.20%) PowerShell
8 58 (1.64%) Bash
9 55 (1.55%) PL/SQL
10 51 (1.44%) Apex Code
11 42 (1.18%) Kotlin
12 41 (1.16%) Scala
13 37 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 31 (0.87%) Korn
15 28 (0.79%) Go
16 26 (0.73%) Groovy
17 24 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 22 (0.62%) Bicep
18 22 (0.62%) Shell Script
19 16 (0.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 834 (23.52%) Security Cleared
2 722 (20.36%) SC Cleared
3 282 (7.95%) Degree
4 145 (4.09%) PMP
5 140 (3.95%) PMI Certification
6 104 (2.93%) DV Cleared
7 95 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 83 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 58 (1.64%) Azure Certification
10 54 (1.52%) AWS Certification
11 38 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 29 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 27 (0.76%) ISTQB
14 22 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
15 20 (0.56%) CISSP
15 20 (0.56%) IIBA
16 16 (0.45%) CBAP
17 14 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 13 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
19 12 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 350 (9.87%) QA
2 253 (7.13%) Data Quality
3 142 (4.00%) Accessibility
4 120 (3.38%) PMO
5 100 (2.82%) GDPR
6 51 (1.44%) WCAG
7 42 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (0.99%) GRC
8 35 (0.99%) NIST
9 27 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 21 (0.59%) SLA
11 17 (0.48%) ISO 20022
11 17 (0.48%) NCSC
12 16 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 15 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.23%) ISO 15022
15 7 (0.20%) GxP
15 7 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (0.20%) IFRS
15 7 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 302 (8.52%) Docker
2 55 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.25%) IAG
4 9 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.085%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.085%) Postfix
6 2 (0.056%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.056%) RACF
6 2 (0.056%) Squid
7 1 (0.028%) Ceph
7 1 (0.028%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.028%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.028%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.028%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.028%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.028%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 335 (9.45%) Kubernetes
2 79 (2.23%) Ansible
3 70 (1.97%) Grafana
4 61 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 20 (0.56%) Control-M
6 18 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.42%) Kibana
8 13 (0.37%) Packer
9 10 (0.28%) Puppet
10 9 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 9 (0.25%) SCCM
11 7 (0.20%) WSUS
12 6 (0.17%) Argo
12 6 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.17%) HP ALM
13 4 (0.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 3 (0.085%) Consul
14 3 (0.085%) Istio
14 3 (0.085%) RSA Archer
15 2 (0.056%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 495 (13.96%) Microsoft
2 189 (5.33%) Salesforce
3 187 (5.27%) Oracle
4 145 (4.09%) ServiceNow
5 128 (3.61%) Databricks
6 117 (3.30%) Google
7 101 (2.85%) SAP
8 70 (1.97%) Splunk
9 54 (1.52%) Adobe
10 45 (1.27%) IBM
11 32 (0.90%) Informatica
12 28 (0.79%) Dynatrace
12 28 (0.79%) Workday
13 27 (0.76%) MuleSoft
14 25 (0.71%) Cisco
15 23 (0.65%) VMware
16 20 (0.56%) Bloomberg
17 19 (0.54%) Atlassian
17 19 (0.54%) OpenAI
18 18 (0.51%) Pega