Agile Contracts in London

Agile Software Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,552 3,462 6,757
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 20.33% 19.40% 24.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.06% 21.93% 27.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,778 2,523 4,872
10th Percentile £400 £400 £438
25th Percentile £474 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +2.39%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £725
90th Percentile £850 £838 £825
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 40
10th Percentile £35.00 £23.36 £25.00
25th Percentile £35.75 £31.86 £35.00
Median hourly rate £39.02 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% -23.08% +46.07%
75th Percentile £58.06 £69.13 £76.06
90th Percentile £76.25 £71.25 £90.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +30.65%

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 11,566 15,789 24,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.13% 88.49% 91.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,853 11,316 17,713
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 325 278
10th Percentile £16.37 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.75 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -25.25% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £46.86 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.30 £76.78
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in London

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in London.

Daily rate trend for Agile in London

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in London

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in London.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in London

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 30 April 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 30 April 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 -1 376 £585 +2.63% 175
West London 0 44 £400 -15.79% 61
South London -7 28 £583 +13.76% 15
East London 0 23 £580 +7.41% 25
North London -4 2 £409 -3.88% 5
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 174 (6.82%) Confluence
2 114 (4.47%) Apache Airflow
3 106 (4.15%) Apache
4 58 (2.27%) Apache Spark
5 44 (1.72%) SharePoint
6 29 (1.14%) CMS
7 13 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.51%) nginx
8 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (0.35%) Drupal
10 8 (0.31%) IIS
11 7 (0.27%) Headless CMS
12 5 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
12 5 (0.20%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
13 4 (0.16%) JBoss
13 4 (0.16%) Oracle Coherence
13 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.16%) SAS
13 4 (0.16%) Traefik
Applications
1 65 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 18 (0.71%) Trello
6 14 (0.55%) Sketch
7 10 (0.39%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.24%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.16%) InfoPath
10 3 (0.12%) Acrobat
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.078%) Notepad++
12 1 (0.039%) InVision
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 36 (1.41%) Aladdin
1 36 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.59%) Endur
4 14 (0.55%) thinkFolio
5 11 (0.43%) Shopify
6 8 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
6 8 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 7 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
9 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.20%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.16%) CA PPM
10 4 (0.16%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
11 3 (0.12%) SAP EWM
11 3 (0.12%) Sprinklr
12 2 (0.078%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 551 (21.59%) AWS
2 482 (18.89%) Azure
3 188 (7.37%) GCP
4 160 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
5 143 (5.60%) Power Platform
6 130 (5.09%) Serverless
7 121 (4.74%) dbt
8 107 (4.19%) GitHub
9 86 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
10 78 (3.06%) SaaS
11 69 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
12 61 (2.39%) Snowflake
13 55 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
14 51 (2.00%) Amazon S3
15 49 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
15 49 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
16 48 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
17 45 (1.76%) Entra ID
17 45 (1.76%) OpenShift
18 42 (1.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (2.35%) Firewall
2 50 (1.96%) DNS
3 36 (1.41%) VPN
4 24 (0.94%) TCP/IP
5 19 (0.74%) Network Security
5 19 (0.74%) SSL
6 18 (0.71%) HTTP
6 18 (0.71%) NGFW
7 15 (0.59%) DHCP
8 11 (0.43%) 5G
8 11 (0.43%) WAN
9 10 (0.39%) 4G
9 10 (0.39%) 5G NR
9 10 (0.39%) LTE
9 10 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
9 10 (0.39%) SSH
10 8 (0.31%) LAN
10 8 (0.31%) SMTP
10 8 (0.31%) VoIP
10 8 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (6.50%) Data Lake
2 143 (5.60%) PostgreSQL
3 120 (4.70%) Amazon Athena
4 113 (4.43%) Apache Iceberg
5 110 (4.31%) Dremio
6 104 (4.08%) Power BI
7 99 (3.88%) Apache Arrow
8 96 (3.76%) SQL Server
9 78 (3.06%) Relational Database
10 68 (2.66%) Apache Ignite
11 67 (2.63%) NoSQL
12 63 (2.47%) MongoDB
13 52 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
14 35 (1.37%) Tableau
15 33 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
16 31 (1.21%) Redis
17 30 (1.18%) Big Data
18 29 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
19 27 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
20 25 (0.98%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 355 (13.91%) JIRA
2 169 (6.62%) Git
3 157 (6.15%) Jenkins
4 56 (2.19%) GitLab
5 46 (1.80%) Postman
6 45 (1.76%) JUnit
7 40 (1.57%) Selenium
8 38 (1.49%) Artifactory
9 36 (1.41%) Cypress.io
10 27 (1.06%) Bitbucket
11 24 (0.94%) JMeter
12 21 (0.82%) Cucumber
13 20 (0.78%) REST Assured
14 19 (0.74%) Appium
14 19 (0.74%) SoapUI
15 17 (0.67%) Mockito
16 16 (0.63%) webpack
17 14 (0.55%) Gradle
17 14 (0.55%) Liquibase
17 14 (0.55%) ScriptRunner
General
1 990 (38.79%) Finance
2 857 (33.58%) Social Skills
3 416 (16.30%) Front Office
4 399 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
5 398 (15.60%) Banking
6 224 (8.78%) Public Sector
7 163 (6.39%) Investment Banking
8 99 (3.88%) Marketing
9 96 (3.76%) Retail
10 80 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 62 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
12 54 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 50 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 47 (1.84%) Legal
15 42 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
16 40 (1.57%) Financial Institution
17 37 (1.45%) Local Government
18 34 (1.33%) Back Office
19 27 (1.06%) Manufacturing
20 26 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 579 (22.69%) Developer
2 367 (14.38%) Analyst
2 367 (14.38%) Senior
3 273 (10.70%) Business Analyst
4 196 (7.68%) Project Manager
5 184 (7.21%) Lead
6 182 (7.13%) Software Engineer
7 164 (6.43%) Architect
8 133 (5.21%) AWS Engineer
9 117 (4.58%) Python Engineer
10 112 (4.39%) Java Developer
11 106 (4.15%) Data Engineer
12 95 (3.72%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 91 (3.57%) Senior Developer
14 88 (3.45%) Consultant
15 87 (3.41%) Product Manager
16 86 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
16 86 (3.37%) Python Developer
17 73 (2.86%) AWS Software Engineer
18 71 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (9.68%) React
2 190 (7.45%) .NET
3 172 (6.74%) Kafka
4 119 (4.66%) AngularJS
5 111 (4.35%) Node.js
6 103 (4.04%) HTML
7 102 (4.00%) CSS
8 101 (3.96%) REST
9 98 (3.84%) Spring
10 94 (3.68%) PySpark
11 93 (3.64%) RESTful
12 78 (3.06%) Redux
13 77 (3.02%) Pandas
13 77 (3.02%) Web Services
14 76 (2.98%) NumPy
15 69 (2.70%) Spring Boot
16 66 (2.59%) SciPy
17 53 (2.08%) .NET Core
18 51 (2.00%) Vue
19 50 (1.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 294 (11.52%) Fixed Income
2 256 (10.03%) Derivative
3 248 (9.72%) Product Ownership
4 239 (9.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 218 (8.54%) Hedge funds
6 204 (7.99%) Equities
7 63 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 58 (2.27%) Cloud Native
9 43 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
9 43 (1.68%) Mobile App
10 41 (1.61%) Algorithms
11 40 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 39 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
13 38 (1.49%) Data Structures
13 38 (1.49%) Management Information System
14 32 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
14 32 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
15 31 (1.21%) Virtual Team
16 29 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
16 29 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 101 (3.96%) Linux
2 75 (2.94%) Windows
3 45 (1.76%) Apple iOS
4 41 (1.61%) Unix
5 33 (1.29%) Android
6 18 (0.71%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.24%) CentOS
8 6 (0.24%) VMS
9 3 (0.12%) Rocky
10 2 (0.078%) zOS
11 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.039%) Solaris
11 1 (0.039%) SUSE
11 1 (0.039%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (21.71%) DevOps
2 525 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
3 440 (17.24%) CI/CD
4 408 (15.99%) Scrum
5 335 (13.13%) Software Engineering
6 330 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 317 (12.42%) Analytics
8 309 (12.11%) Project Management
9 308 (12.07%) Roadmaps
10 278 (10.89%) Migration
11 274 (10.74%) Asset Management
12 265 (10.38%) Investment Management
13 223 (8.74%) Test Automation
14 222 (8.70%) Waterfall
15 217 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 194 (7.60%) Microservices
17 189 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
18 187 (7.33%) SDLC
19 186 (7.29%) User Experience
20 172 (6.74%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 559 (21.90%) Python
2 463 (18.14%) SQL
3 441 (17.28%) Java
4 395 (15.48%) JavaScript
5 259 (10.15%) TypeScript
6 225 (8.82%) C#
7 67 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 56 (2.19%) Go
8 56 (2.19%) Scala
9 52 (2.04%) C++
10 36 (1.41%) Shell Script
11 29 (1.14%) Bash
12 26 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 23 (0.90%) Groovy
14 21 (0.82%) Kotlin
15 19 (0.74%) T-SQL
16 17 (0.67%) PHP
17 16 (0.63%) Bicep
17 16 (0.63%) Ruby
18 14 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 340 (13.32%) Security Cleared
2 303 (11.87%) Degree
3 293 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 80 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 77 (3.02%) PMI Certification
6 66 (2.59%) PMP
7 38 (1.49%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.21%) Master's Degree
9 25 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 25 (0.98%) DV Cleared
10 19 (0.74%) CISSP
11 18 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
12 16 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
13 15 (0.59%) CBAP
13 15 (0.59%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 13 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 8 (0.31%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (7.01%) QA
2 86 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 41 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 40 (1.57%) GDPR
5 36 (1.41%) PMO
6 31 (1.21%) MiFID
7 20 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.71%) GRC
9 17 (0.67%) NIST
9 17 (0.67%) WCAG
10 14 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.27%) SLA
13 6 (0.24%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.20%) NCSC
15 4 (0.16%) Basel II
15 4 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
15 4 (0.16%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 214 (8.39%) Docker
2 46 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) KVM
6 3 (0.12%) Lustre
6 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.078%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.039%) Firmware
8 1 (0.039%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.039%) RACF
8 1 (0.039%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 240 (9.40%) Kubernetes
2 182 (7.13%) Terraform
3 82 (3.21%) Ansible
4 26 (1.02%) Grafana
4 26 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.35%) Istio
6 9 (0.35%) Packer
7 8 (0.31%) SCCM
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.24%) Argo
9 6 (0.24%) NSN NetAct
9 6 (0.24%) Perfmon
9 6 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.20%) Consul
10 5 (0.20%) Kibana
10 5 (0.20%) Puppet
10 5 (0.20%) Rancher
11 4 (0.16%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 292 (11.44%) Microsoft
2 175 (6.86%) Oracle
3 106 (4.15%) SAP
4 82 (3.21%) Salesforce
5 66 (2.59%) Databricks
6 61 (2.39%) ServiceNow
7 43 (1.68%) Google
8 39 (1.53%) Adobe
9 36 (1.41%) BISAM
10 34 (1.33%) Atlassian
11 32 (1.25%) Splunk
12 25 (0.98%) Palo Alto
13 22 (0.86%) IBM
14 20 (0.78%) CheckPoint
15 19 (0.74%) Cisco
16 18 (0.71%) Charles River
17 16 (0.63%) Infoblox
17 16 (0.63%) Informatica
17 16 (0.63%) Sybase
18 15 (0.59%) SimCorp