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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,966 2,578 3,499
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.52% 20.61% 20.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.72% 22.34% 22.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,003 1,797 2,561
10th Percentile £363 £390 £400
25th Percentile £447 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £725
90th Percentile £750 £850 £838
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.46% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 23
10th Percentile £32.47 £35.00 £25.34
25th Percentile £54.55 £35.75 £31.86
Median hourly rate £63.50 £42.02 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.12% -19.96% -21.64%
75th Percentile £73.38 £65.00 £69.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £62.05
% change year-on-year +12.00% +0.73% -4.90%

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 15,848 11,538 15,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 92.22% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,602 7,808 11,112
10th Percentile £356 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 178 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.11 £20.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +7.35% +22.13% -27.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% +0.69%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -4 327 £569 -2.82% 280
South London +7 72 £510 -12.67% 12
West London -2 70 £523 +30.63% 24
East London -2 24 £533 -1.39% 30
North London +1 2 - - 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
1 271 (9.14%) Confluence
2 77 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 70 (2.36%) Apache Spark
4 40 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 36 (1.21%) CMS
6 27 (0.91%) Apache
7 15 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 11 (0.37%) Camunda
9 11 (0.37%) IIS
9 11 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.27%) SAS
11 7 (0.24%) Ethereum
11 7 (0.24%) Hyperledger
12 6 (0.20%) JBoss
13 5 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
13 5 (0.17%) WebSphere
14 4 (0.13%) Appian
15 3 (0.10%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.10%) Kentico
Applications
1 108 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
3 62 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (1.38%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.30%) Trello
7 7 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.24%) Sketch
8 6 (0.20%) Notion
9 4 (0.13%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.067%) InVision
10 2 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.067%) Windchill
10 2 (0.067%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.034%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.034%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 40 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (0.88%) Aladdin
3 19 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.44%) Loan IQ
4 13 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.44%) Temenos T24
5 11 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 9 (0.30%) Endur
7 8 (0.27%) Findur
7 8 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.27%) Shopify
8 7 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
8 7 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 5 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 754 (25.42%) Azure
2 586 (19.76%) AWS
3 249 (8.40%) Azure DevOps
4 225 (7.59%) Power Platform
5 205 (6.91%) GitHub
6 168 (5.66%) GCP
7 136 (4.59%) Serverless
8 115 (3.88%) GitHub Actions
9 102 (3.44%) Amazon S3
10 87 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
11 85 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
12 81 (2.73%) SaaS
13 73 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
14 67 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
15 62 (2.09%) Power Automate
15 62 (2.09%) Snowflake
16 58 (1.96%) PowerApps
17 56 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
18 54 (1.82%) Figma
19 45 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (1.72%) Firewall
2 26 (0.88%) WAN
3 24 (0.81%) Network Security
4 17 (0.57%) HTTP
4 17 (0.57%) SD-WAN
5 16 (0.54%) VPN
6 11 (0.37%) DNS
6 11 (0.37%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.34%) Internet
8 9 (0.30%) LAN
9 7 (0.24%) Wireless
10 6 (0.20%) BGP
10 6 (0.20%) FTP
10 6 (0.20%) MPLS
10 6 (0.20%) OSPF
10 6 (0.20%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.17%) DMZ
11 5 (0.17%) SMS
11 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.13%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (5.60%) Power BI
2 118 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
3 107 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
4 102 (3.44%) NoSQL
5 95 (3.20%) SQL Server
6 71 (2.39%) Tableau
7 68 (2.29%) Relational Database
8 61 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
9 56 (1.89%) Big Data
10 51 (1.72%) Data Lake
10 51 (1.72%) Metadata
11 49 (1.65%) MongoDB
12 40 (1.35%) BigQuery
13 38 (1.28%) Delta Lake
14 29 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
14 29 (0.98%) DynamoDB
15 26 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
16 20 (0.67%) Oracle Database
16 20 (0.67%) Spark SQL
17 18 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 512 (17.26%) JIRA
2 247 (8.33%) Git
3 175 (5.90%) Jenkins
4 91 (3.07%) GitLab
5 53 (1.79%) JUnit
6 50 (1.69%) Selenium
7 46 (1.55%) Postman
8 31 (1.05%) Cucumber
9 30 (1.01%) Cypress.io
9 30 (1.01%) Mockito
10 26 (0.88%) Bitbucket
11 23 (0.78%) SpecFlow
12 20 (0.67%) Gradle
12 20 (0.67%) JMeter
13 18 (0.61%) REST Assured
14 13 (0.44%) Maven
15 12 (0.40%) Zephyr
16 11 (0.37%) Liquibase
17 10 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
17 10 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,037 (34.96%) Finance
2 1,034 (34.86%) Social Skills
3 436 (14.70%) Analytical Skills
4 404 (13.62%) Public Sector
5 372 (12.54%) Banking
6 148 (4.99%) Front Office
7 116 (3.91%) Retail
8 107 (3.61%) Marketing
9 93 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 83 (2.80%) Legal
11 77 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
12 74 (2.49%) Investment Banking
13 68 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
14 46 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 44 (1.48%) Financial Institution
16 34 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 30 (1.01%) Law
18 26 (0.88%) Manufacturing
19 24 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 525 (17.70%) Developer
2 446 (15.04%) Analyst
3 441 (14.87%) Senior
4 324 (10.92%) Business Analyst
5 266 (8.97%) Lead
6 259 (8.73%) Project Manager
7 204 (6.88%) Architect
8 145 (4.89%) Data Engineer
8 145 (4.89%) Software Engineer
9 105 (3.54%) Delivery Manager
10 101 (3.41%) Designer
11 98 (3.30%) Java Developer
12 94 (3.17%) Senior Manager
13 91 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
14 82 (2.76%) Senior Developer
15 71 (2.39%) Full-Stack Developer
15 71 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
16 68 (2.29%) Consultant
17 65 (2.19%) Azure Engineer
17 65 (2.19%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (7.42%) React
2 184 (6.20%) REST
3 159 (5.36%) Kafka
4 148 (4.99%) .NET
5 144 (4.86%) Node.js
6 143 (4.82%) RESTful
7 130 (4.38%) AngularJS
8 124 (4.18%) Spring
9 118 (3.98%) HTML
10 108 (3.64%) Spring Boot
11 100 (3.37%) CSS
12 92 (3.10%) PySpark
13 76 (2.56%) Playwright
14 71 (2.39%) Middleware
15 61 (2.06%) SOAP
16 60 (2.02%) GraphQL
17 59 (1.99%) Redux
18 46 (1.55%) JSON
19 45 (1.52%) XML
20 43 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 333 (11.23%) Product Ownership
2 230 (7.75%) Cloud Native
3 92 (3.10%) Onboarding
4 76 (2.56%) Fixed Income
5 74 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 72 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
7 69 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
8 60 (2.02%) Derivative
9 52 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 52 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
10 49 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 46 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 44 (1.48%) Virtual Team
13 41 (1.38%) Data Structures
14 38 (1.28%) AI Agents
14 38 (1.28%) Equities
15 36 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
15 36 (1.21%) Management Information System
15 36 (1.21%) NHS
16 30 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 99 (3.34%) Linux
2 71 (2.39%) Windows
3 51 (1.72%) Unix
4 30 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 28 (0.94%) Android
6 13 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.20%) VMS
9 5 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
9 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.13%) zOS
11 2 (0.067%) AIX
12 1 (0.034%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.034%) Rocky
12 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (25.86%) DevOps
2 710 (23.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 699 (23.57%) CI/CD
4 641 (21.61%) Scrum
5 527 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
6 486 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 378 (12.74%) AI
8 360 (12.14%) Project Management
9 346 (11.67%) Data Modelling
10 324 (10.92%) Test Automation
11 323 (10.89%) Analytics
12 315 (10.62%) Migration
13 314 (10.59%) Roadmaps
14 310 (10.45%) Decision-Making
15 305 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 302 (10.18%) Software Engineering
17 298 (10.05%) User Stories
18 282 (9.51%) Microservices
19 281 (9.47%) Waterfall
20 254 (8.56%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 553 (18.64%) SQL
2 535 (18.04%) Python
3 366 (12.34%) Java
4 293 (9.88%) JavaScript
5 235 (7.92%) TypeScript
6 206 (6.95%) C#
7 54 (1.82%) Scala
8 50 (1.69%) Go
9 49 (1.65%) PowerShell
10 39 (1.31%) PL/SQL
11 34 (1.15%) Apex Code
12 33 (1.11%) T-SQL
13 26 (0.88%) Bash
14 25 (0.84%) C++
15 24 (0.81%) Kotlin
16 22 (0.74%) Bicep
16 22 (0.74%) R
16 22 (0.74%) Ruby
17 21 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 21 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 638 (21.51%) Security Cleared
2 557 (18.78%) SC Cleared
3 275 (9.27%) Degree
4 113 (3.81%) PMP
5 107 (3.61%) PMI Certification
6 79 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 57 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 55 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 51 (1.72%) Azure Certification
10 41 (1.38%) Master's Degree
11 38 (1.28%) CBAP
12 31 (1.05%) ISTQB
13 27 (0.91%) IIBA
14 26 (0.88%) AWS Certification
14 26 (0.88%) CISSP
15 21 (0.71%) CISM
16 18 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
17 17 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
18 13 (0.44%) CSPO
19 12 (0.40%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (9.34%) QA
2 186 (6.27%) Data Quality
3 135 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 128 (4.32%) GDPR
5 107 (3.61%) PMO
6 53 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 44 (1.48%) WCAG
8 43 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 38 (1.28%) NIST
10 22 (0.74%) SLA
11 20 (0.67%) GRC
11 20 (0.67%) PCI DSS
12 17 (0.57%) NCSC
13 15 (0.51%) ISO 20022
14 11 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.30%) HL7
15 9 (0.30%) IFRS
16 7 (0.24%) Basel III
16 7 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 7 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 261 (8.80%) Docker
2 33 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.10%) IAG
5 3 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.067%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.067%) Postfix
6 2 (0.067%) RACF
7 1 (0.034%) HDFS
7 1 (0.034%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.034%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.034%) Squid
7 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 285 (9.61%) Kubernetes
2 213 (7.18%) Terraform
3 59 (1.99%) Ansible
4 46 (1.55%) Grafana
5 39 (1.31%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.30%) Kibana
8 8 (0.27%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.24%) SCCM
10 6 (0.20%) Argo
10 6 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.20%) Packer
11 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.17%) Rancher
11 5 (0.17%) WSUS
12 4 (0.13%) Consul
12 4 (0.13%) Control-M
12 4 (0.13%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 368 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 188 (6.34%) Oracle
3 155 (5.23%) Salesforce
4 126 (4.25%) ServiceNow
5 113 (3.81%) Databricks
6 96 (3.24%) SAP
7 48 (1.62%) Google
8 41 (1.38%) Adobe
9 40 (1.35%) Workday
10 34 (1.15%) Splunk
11 24 (0.81%) IBM
12 23 (0.78%) Informatica
13 22 (0.74%) Bloomberg
14 21 (0.71%) MuleSoft
15 19 (0.64%) Cisco
15 19 (0.64%) CyberArk
16 17 (0.57%) Murex
16 17 (0.57%) Okta
17 16 (0.54%) Atlassian
18 15 (0.51%) VMware