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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,960 2,565 3,492
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.67% 20.55% 19.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.88% 22.28% 22.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,998 1,800 2,548
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £447 £467 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £725
90th Percentile £760 £850 £838
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 23
10th Percentile £32.47 £35.00 £25.34
25th Percentile £54.55 £35.50 £31.86
Median hourly rate £63.50 £39.04 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.65% -25.64% -20.45%
75th Percentile £73.38 £65.00 £69.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +12.00% +1.46% -5.23%

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 15,677 11,512 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.23% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,479 7,802 11,216
10th Percentile £356 £350 £341
25th Percentile £431 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £681
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 175 313
10th Percentile £18.52 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.66 £23.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +23.21% -26.80%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.40
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -3 333 £565 -3.42% 265
South London +6 74 £510 -12.67% 19
West London -2 67 £520 +30.00% 39
East London 0 27 £525 -2.78% 46
North London +2 2 - - 2
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
1 273 (9.22%) Confluence
2 77 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 70 (2.36%) Apache Spark
4 39 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
5 37 (1.25%) CMS
6 28 (0.95%) Apache
7 15 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 11 (0.37%) Camunda
9 11 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 10 (0.34%) IIS
11 9 (0.30%) SAS
12 7 (0.24%) Ethereum
12 7 (0.24%) Hyperledger
13 6 (0.20%) JBoss
14 5 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
15 4 (0.14%) Appian
15 4 (0.14%) WebSphere
16 3 (0.10%) nginx
16 3 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 112 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
3 63 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (1.42%) MS Visio
5 41 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.30%) Trello
8 7 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.24%) Sketch
9 6 (0.20%) Notion
10 2 (0.068%) InVision
10 2 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.068%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.068%) Windchill
10 2 (0.068%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.034%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.034%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.034%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.034%) InDesign
11 1 (0.034%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 42 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (0.88%) Aladdin
3 20 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.44%) Loan IQ
5 13 (0.44%) Temenos T24
6 11 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 9 (0.30%) Endur
7 9 (0.30%) Shopify
8 8 (0.27%) Findur
8 8 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
13 3 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 757 (25.57%) Azure
2 580 (19.59%) AWS
3 254 (8.58%) Azure DevOps
4 229 (7.74%) Power Platform
5 204 (6.89%) GitHub
6 169 (5.71%) GCP
7 136 (4.59%) Serverless
8 113 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
9 99 (3.34%) Amazon S3
10 85 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
11 84 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
12 80 (2.70%) SaaS
13 74 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
14 69 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
15 65 (2.20%) Snowflake
16 63 (2.13%) Power Automate
17 59 (1.99%) PowerApps
18 55 (1.86%) Figma
19 50 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
19 50 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 53 (1.79%) Firewall
2 26 (0.88%) WAN
3 23 (0.78%) Network Security
4 19 (0.64%) HTTP
5 17 (0.57%) SD-WAN
5 17 (0.57%) VPN
6 13 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.41%) DNS
8 11 (0.37%) Internet
9 9 (0.30%) LAN
10 7 (0.24%) DMZ
11 6 (0.20%) BGP
11 6 (0.20%) FTP
11 6 (0.20%) MPLS
11 6 (0.20%) OSPF
11 6 (0.20%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.20%) Wireless
12 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (0.14%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (5.71%) Power BI
2 118 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
3 105 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
4 104 (3.51%) NoSQL
5 98 (3.31%) SQL Server
6 71 (2.40%) Tableau
7 68 (2.30%) Relational Database
8 57 (1.93%) Big Data
9 54 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
10 51 (1.72%) Metadata
11 50 (1.69%) Data Lake
12 47 (1.59%) MongoDB
13 40 (1.35%) BigQuery
13 40 (1.35%) Delta Lake
14 30 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
15 28 (0.95%) DynamoDB
16 26 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
17 21 (0.71%) Spark SQL
18 19 (0.64%) Oracle Database
19 18 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 514 (17.36%) JIRA
2 248 (8.38%) Git
3 171 (5.78%) Jenkins
4 91 (3.07%) GitLab
5 57 (1.93%) JUnit
6 48 (1.62%) Selenium
7 45 (1.52%) Postman
8 32 (1.08%) Cucumber
8 32 (1.08%) Mockito
9 29 (0.98%) Cypress.io
10 27 (0.91%) Bitbucket
11 24 (0.81%) SpecFlow
12 19 (0.64%) Gradle
12 19 (0.64%) JMeter
13 18 (0.61%) REST Assured
14 13 (0.44%) Maven
15 12 (0.41%) Zephyr
16 11 (0.37%) Liquibase
17 10 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
17 10 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,053 (35.57%) Finance
2 1,047 (35.37%) Social Skills
3 439 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
4 401 (13.55%) Public Sector
5 383 (12.94%) Banking
6 151 (5.10%) Front Office
7 111 (3.75%) Retail
8 104 (3.51%) Marketing
9 95 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
10 82 (2.77%) Legal
11 79 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 77 (2.60%) Investment Banking
13 73 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
14 67 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
15 46 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 43 (1.45%) Financial Institution
17 35 (1.18%) Telecoms
18 30 (1.01%) Law
19 26 (0.88%) Manufacturing
20 23 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 527 (17.80%) Developer
2 452 (15.27%) Analyst
3 441 (14.90%) Senior
4 331 (11.18%) Business Analyst
5 263 (8.89%) Lead
6 259 (8.75%) Project Manager
7 205 (6.93%) Architect
8 144 (4.86%) Data Engineer
9 142 (4.80%) Software Engineer
10 103 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
11 100 (3.38%) Designer
12 99 (3.34%) Java Developer
13 94 (3.18%) Senior Manager
14 93 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
15 82 (2.77%) Senior Developer
16 74 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
17 71 (2.40%) Full-Stack Developer
18 68 (2.30%) Consultant
19 65 (2.20%) Azure Engineer
20 63 (2.13%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (7.47%) React
2 187 (6.32%) REST
3 161 (5.44%) Kafka
4 152 (5.14%) .NET
5 148 (5.00%) Node.js
6 144 (4.86%) RESTful
7 130 (4.39%) AngularJS
8 127 (4.29%) Spring
9 121 (4.09%) HTML
10 111 (3.75%) Spring Boot
11 102 (3.45%) CSS
12 93 (3.14%) PySpark
13 75 (2.53%) Middleware
13 75 (2.53%) Playwright
14 63 (2.13%) SOAP
15 60 (2.03%) GraphQL
16 59 (1.99%) Redux
17 45 (1.52%) JSON
17 45 (1.52%) Web Services
17 45 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 323 (10.91%) Product Ownership
2 224 (7.57%) Cloud Native
3 88 (2.97%) Onboarding
4 76 (2.57%) Fixed Income
5 73 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
6 72 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
7 68 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
8 59 (1.99%) Derivative
9 54 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 51 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
11 49 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 47 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 43 (1.45%) Virtual Team
14 41 (1.39%) Data Structures
15 40 (1.35%) Management Information System
16 39 (1.32%) Equities
17 37 (1.25%) AI Agents
18 36 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
19 31 (1.05%) NHS
20 30 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 102 (3.45%) Linux
2 77 (2.60%) Windows
3 51 (1.72%) Unix
4 30 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 27 (0.91%) Android
6 14 (0.47%) 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
9 5 (0.17%) zOS
10 4 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.10%) AIX
12 1 (0.034%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.034%) Rocky
12 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 778 (26.28%) DevOps
2 703 (23.75%) CI/CD
3 699 (23.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 627 (21.18%) Scrum
5 533 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
6 481 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 384 (12.97%) AI
8 364 (12.30%) Project Management
9 351 (11.86%) Data Modelling
10 326 (11.01%) Analytics
11 320 (10.81%) Test Automation
12 313 (10.57%) Migration
13 311 (10.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 308 (10.41%) Roadmaps
15 305 (10.30%) Decision-Making
16 303 (10.24%) Software Engineering
17 292 (9.86%) User Stories
18 284 (9.59%) Microservices
19 280 (9.46%) Waterfall
20 258 (8.72%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 563 (19.02%) SQL
2 535 (18.07%) Python
3 372 (12.57%) Java
4 302 (10.20%) JavaScript
5 240 (8.11%) TypeScript
6 212 (7.16%) C#
7 53 (1.79%) Scala
8 51 (1.72%) Go
8 51 (1.72%) PowerShell
9 39 (1.32%) PL/SQL
10 34 (1.15%) Apex Code
11 32 (1.08%) T-SQL
12 27 (0.91%) Bash
13 26 (0.88%) C++
14 23 (0.78%) Kotlin
14 23 (0.78%) R
14 23 (0.78%) Ruby
15 21 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 21 (0.71%) Shell Script
16 20 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 637 (21.52%) Security Cleared
2 558 (18.85%) SC Cleared
3 274 (9.26%) Degree
4 117 (3.95%) PMP
5 111 (3.75%) PMI Certification
6 83 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 53 (1.79%) Azure Certification
9 48 (1.62%) DV Cleared
10 41 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 38 (1.28%) CBAP
12 31 (1.05%) ISTQB
13 27 (0.91%) IIBA
14 26 (0.88%) CISSP
15 25 (0.84%) AWS Certification
16 21 (0.71%) CISM
17 18 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
18 17 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
19 13 (0.44%) CSPO
20 12 (0.41%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (9.49%) QA
2 184 (6.22%) Data Quality
3 134 (4.53%) Accessibility
4 124 (4.19%) GDPR
5 108 (3.65%) PMO
6 52 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (1.42%) WCAG
8 41 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 38 (1.28%) NIST
10 22 (0.74%) SLA
11 19 (0.64%) PCI DSS
12 18 (0.61%) GRC
13 17 (0.57%) NCSC
14 15 (0.51%) ISO 20022
15 11 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (0.30%) Basel III
16 9 (0.30%) HL7
17 8 (0.27%) IFRS
18 7 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 7 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 262 (8.85%) Docker
2 32 (1.08%) 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 (0.068%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.068%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 2 (0.068%) Postfix
6 2 (0.068%) RACF
7 1 (0.034%) HDFS
7 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.034%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.034%) Squid
7 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 286 (9.66%) Kubernetes
2 209 (7.06%) Terraform
3 59 (1.99%) Ansible
4 47 (1.59%) Grafana
5 39 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.30%) Kibana
7 9 (0.30%) SCCM
8 8 (0.27%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.24%) Argo
9 7 (0.24%) WSUS
10 6 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.20%) Packer
11 5 (0.17%) Control-M
11 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.17%) Rancher
12 4 (0.14%) Consul
12 4 (0.14%) Puppet
12 4 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 378 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 189 (6.39%) Oracle
3 150 (5.07%) Salesforce
4 127 (4.29%) ServiceNow
5 113 (3.82%) Databricks
6 98 (3.31%) SAP
7 49 (1.66%) Google
8 41 (1.39%) Adobe
8 41 (1.39%) Workday
9 35 (1.18%) Splunk
10 24 (0.81%) IBM
11 23 (0.78%) Bloomberg
11 23 (0.78%) Informatica
12 21 (0.71%) MuleSoft
13 19 (0.64%) Cisco
13 19 (0.64%) CyberArk
14 18 (0.61%) Citrix
15 17 (0.57%) Atlassian
15 17 (0.57%) Murex
15 17 (0.57%) Okta