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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,929 2,550 3,549
As % of all contract jobs in London 19.21% 18.93% 19.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.21% 20.88% 21.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,003 1,681 2,572
10th Percentile £363 £388 £400
25th Percentile £433 £469 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £700
90th Percentile £775 £850 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 19
10th Percentile £38.41 - £23.36
25th Percentile £54.55 £35.00 £31.86
Median hourly rate £59.47 £39.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.48% -22.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66.50 £41.91 £69.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.00 £76.92
England median hourly rate £60.00 £61.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.60% -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 13,811 12,212 16,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.59% 90.65% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,208 7,805 11,726
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 152 344
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.03 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.94 £19.55
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.38 £51.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.88 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 16 February 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 0 366 £550 -4.35% 168
South London +10 67 £514 +7.87% 34
West London -1 67 £500 +28.21% 57
East London -1 28 £525 -0.47% 56
North London +2 1 £700 +71.36% 10
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
1 269 (9.18%) Confluence
2 57 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 55 (1.88%) Apache Spark
4 36 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 34 (1.16%) Apache
6 29 (0.99%) CMS
7 21 (0.72%) nginx
8 15 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 11 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 10 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
11 9 (0.31%) Camunda
12 8 (0.27%) IIS
13 6 (0.20%) Ethereum
13 6 (0.20%) Hyperledger
14 5 (0.17%) Appian
14 5 (0.17%) SAS
15 4 (0.14%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
16 3 (0.10%) Traefik
Applications
1 109 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
3 61 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 49 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
6 25 (0.85%) Chatbot
7 13 (0.44%) Trello
8 11 (0.38%) Adobe XD
9 10 (0.34%) Sketch
10 5 (0.17%) Notion
11 4 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
11 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.10%) InVision
13 2 (0.068%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.068%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.068%) InDesign
13 2 (0.068%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.068%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 49 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (0.99%) Aladdin
3 28 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 27 (0.92%) Endur
5 14 (0.48%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 9 (0.31%) Loan IQ
7 9 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.31%) Shopify
8 8 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
8 8 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 6 (0.20%) Temenos T24
11 5 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
12 4 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
12 4 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 705 (24.07%) Azure
2 545 (18.61%) AWS
3 244 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 234 (7.99%) Power Platform
5 214 (7.31%) GitHub
6 204 (6.96%) GCP
7 142 (4.85%) Serverless
8 105 (3.58%) SaaS
9 101 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
10 95 (3.24%) Azure Data Factory
11 82 (2.80%) Snowflake
12 79 (2.70%) Amazon S3
13 75 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
14 72 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
15 62 (2.12%) Figma
16 55 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
17 50 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
17 50 (1.71%) PowerApps
18 49 (1.67%) Power Automate
19 46 (1.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.57%) Firewall
2 24 (0.82%) Network Security
3 23 (0.79%) HTTP
3 23 (0.79%) WAN
4 22 (0.75%) VPN
5 16 (0.55%) SD-WAN
6 15 (0.51%) TCP/IP
7 14 (0.48%) DNS
8 12 (0.41%) Internet
9 8 (0.27%) LAN
10 5 (0.17%) 5G
10 5 (0.17%) BGP
10 5 (0.17%) Broadband
10 5 (0.17%) SMS
10 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.14%) DHCP
11 4 (0.14%) DMZ
11 4 (0.14%) IPsec
11 4 (0.14%) PSTN
11 4 (0.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (5.74%) Power BI
2 119 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
3 110 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
4 104 (3.55%) NoSQL
5 100 (3.41%) SQL Server
6 75 (2.56%) Relational Database
7 65 (2.22%) Tableau
8 52 (1.78%) MongoDB
9 51 (1.74%) Data Lake
10 50 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
11 46 (1.57%) Metadata
12 42 (1.43%) Big Data
13 39 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
14 38 (1.30%) BigQuery
15 28 (0.96%) Oracle Database
16 27 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
17 25 (0.85%) Delta Lake
18 24 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
19 23 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 22 (0.75%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 520 (17.75%) JIRA
2 274 (9.35%) Git
3 169 (5.77%) Jenkins
4 101 (3.45%) GitLab
5 59 (2.01%) Selenium
6 53 (1.81%) JUnit
7 44 (1.50%) Postman
8 41 (1.40%) Cucumber
8 41 (1.40%) Cypress.io
9 36 (1.23%) Bitbucket
10 31 (1.06%) SpecFlow
11 22 (0.75%) REST Assured
12 20 (0.68%) JMeter
13 18 (0.61%) ERwin
14 17 (0.58%) Mockito
15 16 (0.55%) Maven
16 14 (0.48%) SonarQube
16 14 (0.48%) TestRail
17 11 (0.38%) Appium
17 11 (0.38%) Gradle
General
1 1,151 (39.30%) Social Skills
2 959 (32.74%) Finance
3 461 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
4 352 (12.02%) Banking
4 352 (12.02%) Public Sector
5 143 (4.88%) Front Office
6 88 (3.00%) Retail
7 87 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
8 81 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
9 80 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 79 (2.70%) Investment Banking
10 79 (2.70%) Marketing
11 72 (2.46%) Legal
12 67 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
13 44 (1.50%) Financial Institution
13 44 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 44 (1.50%) Telecoms
14 38 (1.30%) Back Office
15 36 (1.23%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 506 (17.28%) Developer
2 451 (15.40%) Analyst
3 448 (15.30%) Senior
4 350 (11.95%) Business Analyst
5 259 (8.84%) Lead
6 228 (7.78%) Project Manager
7 192 (6.56%) Architect
8 133 (4.54%) Software Engineer
9 118 (4.03%) Data Engineer
10 96 (3.28%) Consultant
11 94 (3.21%) Java Developer
12 83 (2.83%) Designer
13 82 (2.80%) Senior Manager
14 80 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
15 75 (2.56%) Senior Developer
16 73 (2.49%) Product Manager
17 71 (2.42%) Delivery Manager
18 66 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
18 66 (2.25%) Tester
19 64 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (7.78%) React
2 210 (7.17%) REST
3 173 (5.91%) Node.js
4 162 (5.53%) Kafka
5 145 (4.95%) RESTful
6 133 (4.54%) .NET
7 118 (4.03%) AngularJS
8 112 (3.82%) CSS
9 111 (3.79%) HTML
10 107 (3.65%) Playwright
11 102 (3.48%) Spring
12 88 (3.00%) Spring Boot
13 80 (2.73%) PySpark
14 74 (2.53%) GraphQL
14 74 (2.53%) JSON
15 70 (2.39%) SOAP
16 62 (2.12%) Middleware
16 62 (2.12%) XML
17 60 (2.05%) Web Services
18 42 (1.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 297 (10.14%) Product Ownership
2 199 (6.79%) Cloud Native
3 65 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 65 (2.22%) Derivative
4 62 (2.12%) Fixed Income
4 62 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
5 60 (2.05%) Data Structures
6 55 (1.88%) Onboarding
7 54 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
8 52 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
9 51 (1.74%) Mobile App
10 50 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 47 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
11 47 (1.60%) Management Information System
12 46 (1.57%) AI Agents
13 44 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
14 42 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
15 41 (1.40%) Equities
15 41 (1.40%) Virtual Team
16 40 (1.37%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 147 (5.02%) Linux
2 83 (2.83%) Windows
3 82 (2.80%) Unix
4 33 (1.13%) Android
4 33 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 21 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.38%) VMS
7 6 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.14%) zOS
10 2 (0.068%) AIX
10 2 (0.068%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.034%) Solaris
11 1 (0.034%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (24.21%) DevOps
2 657 (22.43%) CI/CD
3 641 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 635 (21.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 619 (21.13%) Scrum
6 412 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 362 (12.36%) AI
8 358 (12.22%) Test Automation
9 336 (11.47%) Project Management
10 325 (11.10%) Analytics
11 315 (10.75%) Data Modelling
12 312 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 304 (10.38%) Software Engineering
14 285 (9.73%) Migration
14 285 (9.73%) Roadmaps
15 277 (9.46%) User Stories
16 268 (9.15%) Microservices
16 268 (9.15%) Project Delivery
17 267 (9.12%) Waterfall
18 252 (8.60%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 571 (19.49%) SQL
2 551 (18.81%) Python
3 352 (12.02%) Java
4 308 (10.52%) JavaScript
5 259 (8.84%) TypeScript
6 208 (7.10%) C#
7 82 (2.80%) PowerShell
8 58 (1.98%) C++
9 55 (1.88%) Scala
10 46 (1.57%) Go
11 40 (1.37%) Bash
12 29 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 27 (0.92%) Bicep
13 27 (0.92%) Ruby
14 24 (0.82%) Kotlin
15 21 (0.72%) Apex Code
15 21 (0.72%) Shell Script
15 21 (0.72%) T-SQL
16 18 (0.61%) Korn
16 18 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 566 (19.32%) Security Cleared
2 504 (17.21%) SC Cleared
3 342 (11.68%) Degree
4 130 (4.44%) PMI Certification
5 110 (3.76%) PMP
6 94 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 67 (2.29%) Azure Certification
8 58 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 53 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 46 (1.57%) CBAP
11 42 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 38 (1.30%) ISTQB
13 28 (0.96%) AWS Certification
14 26 (0.89%) IIBA
15 24 (0.82%) CISSP
16 22 (0.75%) CISM
17 17 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
18 12 (0.41%) ISEB
19 11 (0.38%) CSPO
20 10 (0.34%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (9.94%) QA
2 153 (5.22%) Accessibility
3 152 (5.19%) Data Quality
4 122 (4.17%) GDPR
5 86 (2.94%) PMO
6 45 (1.54%) WCAG
7 38 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 31 (1.06%) NIST
8 31 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 18 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 17 (0.58%) GRC
11 16 (0.55%) MiFID
12 13 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.38%) SLA
14 10 (0.34%) Basel III
14 10 (0.34%) ISO 20022
14 10 (0.34%) PERC
15 9 (0.31%) EMIR
15 9 (0.31%) HIPAA
15 9 (0.31%) PSD2
System Software
1 329 (11.23%) Docker
2 35 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.10%) Squid
7 2 (0.068%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.034%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.034%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.034%) etcd
8 1 (0.034%) GPFS
8 1 (0.034%) HDFS
8 1 (0.034%) IAG
8 1 (0.034%) KVM
8 1 (0.034%) Postfix
8 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 316 (10.79%) Kubernetes
2 201 (6.86%) Terraform
3 50 (1.71%) Ansible
4 40 (1.37%) Grafana
5 26 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (0.61%) Argo
8 13 (0.44%) Packer
9 12 (0.41%) Consul
10 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 8 (0.27%) Puppet
12 7 (0.24%) Rancher
12 7 (0.24%) SCCM
13 5 (0.17%) Control-M
14 4 (0.14%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.14%) Kibana
14 4 (0.14%) Nessus
15 3 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 375 (12.80%) Microsoft
2 188 (6.42%) Oracle
3 134 (4.57%) Databricks
4 122 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 115 (3.93%) ServiceNow
6 96 (3.28%) SAP
7 72 (2.46%) Google
8 47 (1.60%) Adobe
9 37 (1.26%) Splunk
10 26 (0.89%) Workday
11 24 (0.82%) Atlassian
12 22 (0.75%) Informatica
13 21 (0.72%) Bloomberg
13 21 (0.72%) MuleSoft
14 19 (0.65%) Cisco
15 18 (0.61%) OpenAI
15 18 (0.61%) VMware
16 15 (0.51%) IBM
16 15 (0.51%) Murex
16 15 (0.51%) Sybase