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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,130 2,659 3,671
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.53% 21.40% 20.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.61% 23.19% 23.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,125 1,862 2,702
10th Percentile £363 £388 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £725
90th Percentile £750 £838 £850
England median daily rate £515 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -2.83% -3.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 24
10th Percentile £51.50 £30.15 £25.50
25th Percentile £54.55 £39.04 £31.71
Median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% +5.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £68.06
90th Percentile £97.50 £85.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -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 16,816 11,468 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.31% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,190 7,694 11,171
10th Percentile £360 £340 £343
25th Percentile £436 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £519 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 206 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +11.48% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -5 349 £565 -5.83% 127
West London -2 72 £550 +22.22% 30
South London +3 60 £500 -19.81% 9
East London -1 22 £543 -7.26% 26
North London +2 3 £650 +18.18% 4
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
1 277 (8.85%) Confluence
2 78 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 61 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 47 (1.50%) CMS
5 45 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
6 27 (0.86%) Apache
7 18 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
8 15 (0.48%) Camunda
9 14 (0.45%) IIS
10 13 (0.42%) SAS
11 12 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 9 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 7 (0.22%) Ethereum
13 7 (0.22%) Hyperledger
14 6 (0.19%) Appian
14 6 (0.19%) JBoss
14 6 (0.19%) Kentico
14 6 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
14 6 (0.19%) WebSphere
15 5 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 97 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 55 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
5 30 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.22%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.22%) Notion
7 7 (0.22%) Sketch
8 6 (0.19%) UserZoom
9 5 (0.16%) Trello
10 3 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.064%) InVision
11 2 (0.064%) Windchill
11 2 (0.064%) Zeplin
12 1 (0.032%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 31 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (0.83%) Aladdin
3 22 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.35%) Findur
4 11 (0.35%) Temenos T24
5 10 (0.32%) Loan IQ
5 10 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 9 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.26%) Shopify
8 7 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
9 6 (0.19%) Endur
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 5 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.13%) Magento
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
11 4 (0.13%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 804 (25.69%) Azure
2 661 (21.12%) AWS
3 267 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
4 239 (7.64%) Power Platform
5 223 (7.12%) GitHub
6 181 (5.78%) GCP
7 159 (5.08%) Serverless
8 132 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
9 121 (3.87%) Amazon S3
10 114 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
11 85 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
12 74 (2.36%) Snowflake
13 73 (2.33%) SaaS
14 69 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
14 69 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
15 57 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
16 56 (1.79%) Power Automate
17 54 (1.73%) PowerApps
17 54 (1.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 53 (1.69%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 54 (1.73%) Firewall
2 28 (0.89%) WAN
3 25 (0.80%) Network Security
4 22 (0.70%) VPN
5 16 (0.51%) HTTP
5 16 (0.51%) Internet
5 16 (0.51%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.48%) DNS
6 15 (0.48%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.35%) LAN
8 9 (0.29%) Unified Communications
9 7 (0.22%) DMZ
9 7 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.22%) Wireless
10 6 (0.19%) BGP
10 6 (0.19%) MPLS
10 6 (0.19%) OSPF
10 6 (0.19%) SMS
11 5 (0.16%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.16%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (6.01%) Power BI
2 124 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
3 122 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
4 113 (3.61%) SQL Server
5 97 (3.10%) NoSQL
6 85 (2.72%) Relational Database
7 70 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
8 67 (2.14%) Tableau
9 66 (2.11%) Data Lake
10 57 (1.82%) Metadata
11 53 (1.69%) MongoDB
12 47 (1.50%) Big Data
13 45 (1.44%) DynamoDB
14 40 (1.28%) BigQuery
15 34 (1.09%) Delta Lake
16 32 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
17 30 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
18 22 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
19 21 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 19 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 525 (16.77%) JIRA
2 264 (8.43%) Git
3 175 (5.59%) Jenkins
4 105 (3.35%) GitLab
5 59 (1.88%) JUnit
6 44 (1.41%) Postman
6 44 (1.41%) Selenium
7 35 (1.12%) Mockito
8 32 (1.02%) Cucumber
9 30 (0.96%) Cypress.io
10 29 (0.93%) Bitbucket
10 29 (0.93%) Gradle
11 25 (0.80%) REST Assured
12 19 (0.61%) JMeter
13 17 (0.54%) SpecFlow
14 16 (0.51%) Maven
15 15 (0.48%) CircleCI
15 15 (0.48%) Liquibase
16 12 (0.38%) Visual Studio
17 11 (0.35%) Gatling
General
1 1,096 (35.02%) Social Skills
2 1,075 (34.35%) Finance
3 466 (14.89%) Public Sector
4 431 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
5 397 (12.68%) Banking
6 160 (5.11%) Front Office
7 159 (5.08%) Retail
8 113 (3.61%) Marketing
9 91 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
10 90 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
11 87 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
12 85 (2.72%) Investment Banking
13 82 (2.62%) Legal
14 69 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
15 54 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 41 (1.31%) Financial Institution
17 37 (1.18%) Law
18 30 (0.96%) Local Government
19 29 (0.93%) Telecoms
20 27 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 553 (17.67%) Developer
2 463 (14.79%) Senior
3 443 (14.15%) Analyst
4 316 (10.10%) Business Analyst
5 306 (9.78%) Lead
6 279 (8.91%) Project Manager
7 220 (7.03%) Architect
8 157 (5.02%) Software Engineer
9 143 (4.57%) Data Engineer
10 123 (3.93%) Delivery Manager
11 109 (3.48%) Java Developer
12 101 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
13 100 (3.19%) Designer
13 100 (3.19%) Senior Manager
14 96 (3.07%) Senior Developer
15 73 (2.33%) DevOps Engineer
16 68 (2.17%) Python Developer
17 67 (2.14%) Full-Stack Developer
18 66 (2.11%) Product Owner
19 64 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (7.44%) React
2 220 (7.03%) REST
3 163 (5.21%) Kafka
4 158 (5.05%) .NET
5 155 (4.95%) RESTful
6 150 (4.79%) Spring
7 135 (4.31%) AngularJS
8 132 (4.22%) Node.js
8 132 (4.22%) Spring Boot
9 117 (3.74%) HTML
10 103 (3.29%) CSS
11 84 (2.68%) PySpark
12 71 (2.27%) Middleware
13 70 (2.24%) SOAP
14 67 (2.14%) Redux
15 60 (1.92%) Playwright
16 53 (1.69%) JSON
17 49 (1.57%) GraphQL
17 49 (1.57%) Web Services
18 45 (1.44%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 359 (11.47%) Product Ownership
2 242 (7.73%) Cloud Native
3 105 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 90 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
5 86 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
6 82 (2.62%) Fixed Income
7 68 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
8 65 (2.08%) Derivative
9 61 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
10 52 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 51 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 51 (1.63%) Virtual Team
12 47 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
13 44 (1.41%) Data Structures
13 44 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
14 41 (1.31%) NHS
15 40 (1.28%) Equities
16 38 (1.21%) AI Agents
17 36 (1.15%) Management Information System
18 32 (1.02%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 107 (3.42%) Linux
2 79 (2.52%) Windows
3 50 (1.60%) Unix
4 31 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 24 (0.77%) Android
6 11 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.29%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
9 5 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.064%) zOS
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.032%) Rocky
12 1 (0.032%) Solaris
12 1 (0.032%) SUSE
12 1 (0.032%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 830 (26.52%) DevOps
2 802 (25.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 766 (24.47%) CI/CD
4 679 (21.69%) Scrum
5 524 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
6 513 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 441 (14.09%) AI
8 365 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 360 (11.50%) Data Modelling
10 343 (10.96%) Analytics
11 342 (10.93%) Roadmaps
12 341 (10.89%) Project Management
13 337 (10.77%) Decision-Making
14 334 (10.67%) Test Automation
15 333 (10.64%) Migration
16 331 (10.58%) Software Engineering
17 309 (9.87%) Microservices
18 308 (9.84%) User Stories
19 291 (9.30%) Waterfall
20 259 (8.27%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 576 (18.40%) SQL
2 561 (17.92%) Python
3 397 (12.68%) Java
4 300 (9.58%) JavaScript
5 229 (7.32%) TypeScript
6 211 (6.74%) C#
7 58 (1.85%) PowerShell
8 49 (1.57%) Go
9 42 (1.34%) PL/SQL
10 40 (1.28%) Apex Code
11 38 (1.21%) Scala
12 35 (1.12%) T-SQL
13 28 (0.89%) Bash
14 27 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 25 (0.80%) Kotlin
16 23 (0.73%) Ruby
17 20 (0.64%) R
17 20 (0.64%) Shell Script
18 19 (0.61%) Bicep
19 18 (0.58%) C++
Qualifications
1 683 (21.82%) Security Cleared
2 595 (19.01%) SC Cleared
3 268 (8.56%) Degree
4 116 (3.71%) PMP
5 108 (3.45%) PMI Certification
6 75 (2.40%) DV Cleared
7 72 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 58 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 50 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 42 (1.34%) Master's Degree
11 37 (1.18%) AWS Certification
12 31 (0.99%) CISSP
13 28 (0.89%) ISTQB
14 26 (0.83%) CBAP
15 23 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 23 (0.73%) CISM
16 21 (0.67%) IIBA
17 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
18 12 (0.38%) CCNP
19 10 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (9.20%) QA
2 199 (6.36%) Data Quality
3 146 (4.66%) Accessibility
4 119 (3.80%) GDPR
5 107 (3.42%) PMO
6 55 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 43 (1.37%) WCAG
8 41 (1.31%) NIST
9 39 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 32 (1.02%) GRC
11 26 (0.83%) SLA
12 21 (0.67%) NCSC
12 21 (0.67%) PCI DSS
13 14 (0.45%) ISO 20022
14 10 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.29%) IFRS
15 9 (0.29%) PSD2
16 7 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
16 7 (0.22%) HL7
17 6 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 263 (8.40%) Docker
2 43 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.096%) IAG
6 3 (0.096%) Postfix
7 2 (0.064%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.064%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.064%) RACF
7 2 (0.064%) Squid
8 1 (0.032%) HDFS
8 1 (0.032%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 297 (9.49%) Kubernetes
2 235 (7.51%) Terraform
3 64 (2.04%) Ansible
4 42 (1.34%) Grafana
5 38 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.35%) Kibana
8 10 (0.32%) Packer
8 10 (0.32%) SCCM
9 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.26%) WSUS
11 7 (0.22%) Control-M
11 7 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.16%) Consul
12 5 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 5 (0.16%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.13%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 3 (0.096%) Puppet
Vendors
1 359 (11.47%) Microsoft
2 189 (6.04%) Oracle
3 174 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 138 (4.41%) ServiceNow
5 100 (3.19%) Databricks
5 100 (3.19%) SAP
6 62 (1.98%) Google
7 38 (1.21%) Adobe
8 37 (1.18%) Workday
9 31 (0.99%) Informatica
10 28 (0.89%) Splunk
11 27 (0.86%) MuleSoft
12 26 (0.83%) Bloomberg
13 25 (0.80%) IBM
14 23 (0.73%) Cisco
15 20 (0.64%) VMware
16 18 (0.58%) Okta
17 17 (0.54%) CyberArk
17 17 (0.54%) Murex
18 16 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud