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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,974 3,199 4,618
As % of all contract jobs in London 22.21% 20.20% 22.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.02% 22.62% 24.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,062 2,198 3,379
10th Percentile £363 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £715
90th Percentile £800 £850 £810
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 24
10th Percentile £27.06 £28.01 £43.78
25th Percentile £42.31 £32.68 £54.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.00 £68.30
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -48.76% +5.08%
75th Percentile £81.88 £56.25 £79.77
90th Percentile £98.64 £71.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

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 12,383 14,144 18,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.47% 89.32% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,154 9,143 13,547
10th Percentile £332 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 174 230
10th Percentile £18.06 £17.65 £18.48
25th Percentile £24.94 £24.16 £21.56
Median hourly rate £30.25 £37.79 £38.71
Median % change year-on-year -19.94% -2.39% +0.89%
75th Percentile £47.63 £57.50 £61.31
90th Percentile £64.93 £78.75 £76.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -6.74% +27.14%

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 21 October 2025.

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 0 442 £575 - 728
West London -2 52 £419 -8.47% 60
East London -1 30 £540 +16.00% 44
South London -5 29 £624 +29.22% 28
North London +2 3 £550 - 6
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
1 293 (9.85%) Confluence
2 93 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
3 79 (2.66%) Apache
4 48 (1.61%) SharePoint
5 29 (0.98%) CMS
6 25 (0.84%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.57%) nginx
8 11 (0.37%) IIS
9 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (0.34%) OpenStack
9 10 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 7 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 7 (0.24%) Anypoint
11 7 (0.24%) Camunda
12 6 (0.20%) Appian
12 6 (0.20%) CICS
12 6 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.17%) JBoss
13 5 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 81 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 40 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 26 (0.87%) Chatbot
7 18 (0.61%) Trello
8 11 (0.37%) Sketch
9 7 (0.24%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
12 3 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.067%) Acrobat
13 2 (0.067%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.067%) Oracle Smart View
14 1 (0.034%) EPLAN
14 1 (0.034%) InDesign
14 1 (0.034%) InfoPath
14 1 (0.034%) Photoshop
14 1 (0.034%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 45 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (1.38%) Endur
3 33 (1.11%) Aladdin
3 33 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.44%) Oracle BPM
6 12 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
7 11 (0.37%) Temenos T24
7 11 (0.37%) thinkFolio
8 10 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 9 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
9 9 (0.30%) Shopify
10 8 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
11 7 (0.24%) Oracle Payroll
12 6 (0.20%) Magento
12 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (0.20%) SAP GTS
13 4 (0.13%) Fidessa
13 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 4 (0.13%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 636 (21.39%) AWS
2 626 (21.05%) Azure
3 257 (8.64%) GCP
4 244 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
5 201 (6.76%) Power Platform
6 177 (5.95%) GitHub
7 147 (4.94%) Serverless
8 105 (3.53%) SaaS
9 99 (3.33%) Snowflake
10 95 (3.19%) dbt
11 73 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
12 71 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
13 66 (2.22%) Amazon S3
13 66 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
14 61 (2.05%) PowerApps
15 59 (1.98%) Power Automate
16 52 (1.75%) Figma
17 49 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
18 47 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
19 43 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (1.51%) Firewall
2 20 (0.67%) VPN
3 19 (0.64%) DNS
3 19 (0.64%) SSL
3 19 (0.64%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.57%) WAN
5 15 (0.50%) HTTP
5 15 (0.50%) Internet
6 12 (0.40%) Network Security
7 11 (0.37%) BGP
7 11 (0.37%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.27%) OSPF
9 7 (0.24%) LAN
9 7 (0.24%) MPLS
10 5 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.17%) SMS
10 5 (0.17%) Wireless
11 4 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.13%) DHCP
11 4 (0.13%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
2 145 (4.88%) Power BI
3 109 (3.67%) SQL Server
4 87 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
5 83 (2.79%) Data Lake
5 83 (2.79%) Relational Database
6 73 (2.45%) Amazon Athena
6 73 (2.45%) NoSQL
7 67 (2.25%) Apache Arrow
7 67 (2.25%) Apache Iceberg
7 67 (2.25%) Dremio
8 55 (1.85%) MongoDB
9 52 (1.75%) Big Data
10 51 (1.71%) Tableau
11 40 (1.34%) Apache Ignite
12 39 (1.31%) BigQuery
13 37 (1.24%) Metadata
13 37 (1.24%) Redis
14 33 (1.11%) Oracle Database
15 32 (1.08%) DB2
Development Applications
1 522 (17.55%) JIRA
2 252 (8.47%) Git
3 173 (5.82%) Jenkins
4 73 (2.45%) GitLab
5 58 (1.95%) JUnit
6 54 (1.82%) Selenium
7 45 (1.51%) Postman
8 42 (1.41%) Cucumber
9 38 (1.28%) Cypress.io
10 35 (1.18%) Bitbucket
11 30 (1.01%) Maven
12 24 (0.81%) SonarQube
13 23 (0.77%) SpecFlow
14 20 (0.67%) ERwin
14 20 (0.67%) REST Assured
15 19 (0.64%) ER Studio
16 18 (0.61%) Mockito
17 17 (0.57%) Gradle
17 17 (0.57%) webpack
18 15 (0.50%) SoapUI
General
1 1,159 (38.97%) Social Skills
2 1,020 (34.30%) Finance
3 431 (14.49%) Banking
4 409 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
5 290 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 222 (7.46%) Front Office
7 145 (4.88%) Investment Banking
8 101 (3.40%) Retail
9 94 (3.16%) Marketing
10 74 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
11 71 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (2.08%) Telecoms
13 60 (2.02%) Back Office
14 59 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
14 59 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 55 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
16 52 (1.75%) Legal
17 46 (1.55%) Financial Institution
18 36 (1.21%) Military
19 32 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 625 (21.02%) Developer
2 463 (15.57%) Analyst
3 457 (15.37%) Senior
4 358 (12.04%) Business Analyst
5 268 (9.01%) Lead
6 207 (6.96%) Project Manager
7 199 (6.69%) Software Engineer
8 179 (6.02%) Architect
9 126 (4.24%) Java Developer
10 109 (3.67%) Senior Developer
11 95 (3.19%) Consultant
12 89 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
13 80 (2.69%) Data Engineer
13 80 (2.69%) Python Engineer
14 76 (2.56%) Product Owner
15 72 (2.42%) Python Developer
16 70 (2.35%) AWS Software Engineer
16 70 (2.35%) Full-Stack Developer
16 70 (2.35%) Java Engineer
17 68 (2.29%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (9.52%) React
2 215 (7.23%) REST
3 183 (6.15%) Kafka
4 176 (5.92%) Node.js
5 166 (5.58%) .NET
6 160 (5.38%) HTML
6 160 (5.38%) RESTful
7 146 (4.91%) AngularJS
8 140 (4.71%) CSS
9 126 (4.24%) Spring
10 109 (3.67%) SOAP
11 88 (2.96%) Spring Boot
12 82 (2.76%) GraphQL
13 81 (2.72%) JSON
14 80 (2.69%) Pandas
15 78 (2.62%) Web Services
16 75 (2.52%) NumPy
17 68 (2.29%) SciPy
17 68 (2.29%) XML
18 63 (2.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 304 (10.22%) Product Ownership
2 177 (5.95%) Cloud Native
3 159 (5.35%) Fixed Income
4 142 (4.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 127 (4.27%) Equities
6 111 (3.73%) Derivative
7 77 (2.59%) Data Structures
8 72 (2.42%) Hedge funds
9 67 (2.25%) Management Information System
10 62 (2.08%) Mobile App
10 62 (2.08%) Virtual Team
11 58 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
12 53 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
13 51 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
13 51 (1.71%) Onboarding
14 48 (1.61%) Reinsurance
15 45 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
16 43 (1.45%) Pricing Data
17 37 (1.24%) Algorithms
18 36 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 162 (5.45%) Linux
2 82 (2.76%) Unix
3 79 (2.66%) Windows
4 56 (1.88%) Android
5 48 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.57%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.37%) VMS
8 9 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.20%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.17%) zOS
11 2 (0.067%) CentOS
11 2 (0.067%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.034%) Debian
12 1 (0.034%) Solaris
12 1 (0.034%) tvOS
12 1 (0.034%) watchOS
12 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 703 (23.64%) DevOps
2 678 (22.80%) Problem-Solving
3 657 (22.09%) Scrum
4 601 (20.21%) CI/CD
5 510 (17.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 376 (12.64%) Software Engineering
7 327 (11.00%) Microservices
8 319 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 315 (10.59%) Project Management
9 315 (10.59%) Roadmaps
10 313 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 304 (10.22%) Test Automation
12 294 (9.89%) Analytics
13 259 (8.71%) SDLC
14 257 (8.64%) User Stories
15 254 (8.54%) AI
16 241 (8.10%) Waterfall
17 240 (8.07%) Migration
18 227 (7.63%) Data Modelling
19 219 (7.36%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 612 (20.58%) Python
2 566 (19.03%) SQL
3 466 (15.67%) Java
4 406 (13.65%) JavaScript
5 294 (9.89%) TypeScript
6 196 (6.59%) C#
7 68 (2.29%) C++
7 68 (2.29%) PowerShell
8 62 (2.08%) Go
9 44 (1.48%) Bash
10 40 (1.34%) PL/SQL
10 40 (1.34%) Shell Script
11 35 (1.18%) Kotlin
12 31 (1.04%) Groovy
13 25 (0.84%) Scala
14 23 (0.77%) Apex Code
15 22 (0.74%) Bicep
16 19 (0.64%) Ruby
17 16 (0.54%) R
18 14 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 479 (16.11%) Security Cleared
2 399 (13.42%) SC Cleared
3 351 (11.80%) Degree
4 114 (3.83%) PMI Certification
5 102 (3.43%) PMP
6 99 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 61 (2.05%) DV Cleared
8 47 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 36 (1.21%) Azure Certification
10 31 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (0.91%) AWS Certification
12 23 (0.77%) CISSP
13 21 (0.71%) CBAP
14 20 (0.67%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.40%) CISM
15 12 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
16 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
17 9 (0.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (8.68%) QA
2 130 (4.37%) Accessibility
3 101 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 86 (2.89%) GDPR
5 74 (2.49%) PMO
6 38 (1.28%) MiFID
7 27 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (0.84%) EMIR
8 25 (0.84%) WCAG
9 19 (0.64%) NIST
10 15 (0.50%) GRC
11 12 (0.40%) HIPAA
12 10 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.34%) SLA
13 9 (0.30%) ISO 20022
13 9 (0.30%) Solvency II
14 8 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.24%) Basel II
15 7 (0.24%) Basel III
15 7 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 282 (9.48%) Docker
2 47 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.067%) KVM
6 2 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.067%) Postfix
6 2 (0.067%) Squid
6 2 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.034%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.034%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.034%) etcd
7 1 (0.034%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.034%) IAG
7 1 (0.034%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 244 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 175 (5.88%) Terraform
3 60 (2.02%) Ansible
4 34 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (1.11%) Grafana
6 24 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.44%) Consul
7 13 (0.44%) Packer
7 13 (0.44%) Puppet
8 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.30%) Argo
9 9 (0.30%) Kibana
10 5 (0.17%) CA Endevor
10 5 (0.17%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.13%) Control-M
11 4 (0.13%) Istio
11 4 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.13%) Nessus
11 4 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 327 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 198 (6.66%) Oracle
3 133 (4.47%) Salesforce
4 111 (3.73%) SAP
4 111 (3.73%) ServiceNow
5 104 (3.50%) Google
6 79 (2.66%) Databricks
7 38 (1.28%) Splunk
8 35 (1.18%) Adobe
9 32 (1.08%) Atlassian
10 31 (1.04%) Workday
11 27 (0.91%) MuleSoft
12 23 (0.77%) OpenLink
13 21 (0.71%) Foundry
13 21 (0.71%) Murex
14 20 (0.67%) Dynatrace
14 20 (0.67%) HP
14 20 (0.67%) Sybase
15 19 (0.64%) Charles River
15 19 (0.64%) Cisco