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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,982 2,571 3,528
As % of all contract jobs in London 19.16% 19.04% 19.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.21% 20.98% 21.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,047 1,712 2,558
10th Percentile £363 £388 £404
25th Percentile £431 £475 £482
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 20
10th Percentile £38.41 - £24.18
25th Percentile £54.55 £35.00 £31.93
Median hourly rate £59.47 £39.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +52.48% -23.90% -21.15%
75th Percentile £66.50 £41.91 £72.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.00 £79.88
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -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 14,060 12,254 16,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.32% 90.76% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,407 7,894 11,682
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% - -7.82%
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 218 155 348
10th Percentile £17.85 £21.10 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £26.13 £19.34
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.38 £55.25 £51.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.61 £72.50
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 0 373 £550 -4.35% 208
South London +10 72 £513 +7.61% 24
West London -1 64 £500 +28.21% 47
East London 0 27 £525 -0.47% 47
North London +1 1 £700 +71.36% 8
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
1 276 (9.26%) Confluence
2 57 (1.91%) Apache Spark
2 57 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 33 (1.11%) Apache
5 30 (1.01%) CMS
6 20 (0.67%) nginx
7 15 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 12 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
10 8 (0.27%) Camunda
10 8 (0.27%) IIS
10 8 (0.27%) SAS
11 6 (0.20%) Ethereum
11 6 (0.20%) Hyperledger
12 5 (0.17%) Appian
13 4 (0.13%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 110 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
3 63 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 50 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
6 25 (0.84%) Chatbot
7 13 (0.44%) Trello
8 11 (0.37%) Adobe XD
9 10 (0.34%) Sketch
10 5 (0.17%) Notion
11 4 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
11 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.10%) InVision
13 2 (0.067%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.067%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.067%) InDesign
13 2 (0.067%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.067%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 49 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.94%) Aladdin
3 26 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 25 (0.84%) Endur
5 14 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.34%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 9 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
7 9 (0.30%) Shopify
8 8 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.23%) Temenos T24
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 5 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 709 (23.78%) Azure
2 558 (18.71%) AWS
3 245 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
4 228 (7.65%) Power Platform
5 218 (7.31%) GitHub
6 205 (6.87%) GCP
7 146 (4.90%) Serverless
8 106 (3.55%) SaaS
9 104 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
10 96 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 87 (2.92%) Amazon S3
12 80 (2.68%) Snowflake
13 79 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
14 71 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
15 66 (2.21%) Figma
16 58 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
17 51 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
18 49 (1.64%) PowerApps
19 47 (1.58%) Power Automate
20 44 (1.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (1.51%) Firewall
2 23 (0.77%) HTTP
2 23 (0.77%) WAN
3 22 (0.74%) Network Security
3 22 (0.74%) VPN
4 16 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 15 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.47%) DNS
7 12 (0.40%) Internet
8 8 (0.27%) LAN
9 5 (0.17%) 5G
9 5 (0.17%) Broadband
9 5 (0.17%) FTP
9 5 (0.17%) SMS
9 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.13%) BGP
10 4 (0.13%) DHCP
10 4 (0.13%) DMZ
10 4 (0.13%) PSTN
10 4 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (5.47%) Power BI
2 122 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
3 110 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
4 102 (3.42%) NoSQL
5 101 (3.39%) SQL Server
6 78 (2.62%) Relational Database
7 63 (2.11%) Tableau
8 54 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
9 51 (1.71%) Data Lake
9 51 (1.71%) MongoDB
10 47 (1.58%) Metadata
11 45 (1.51%) Big Data
12 40 (1.34%) BigQuery
13 39 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
14 27 (0.91%) Oracle Database
14 27 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
15 26 (0.87%) Delta Lake
16 24 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
16 24 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 22 (0.74%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 525 (17.61%) JIRA
2 280 (9.39%) Git
3 171 (5.73%) Jenkins
4 102 (3.42%) GitLab
5 60 (2.01%) Selenium
6 56 (1.88%) JUnit
7 45 (1.51%) Postman
8 42 (1.41%) Cucumber
8 42 (1.41%) Cypress.io
9 37 (1.24%) Bitbucket
10 32 (1.07%) SpecFlow
11 22 (0.74%) REST Assured
12 21 (0.70%) JMeter
13 19 (0.64%) Mockito
14 17 (0.57%) ERwin
15 16 (0.54%) Maven
16 14 (0.47%) SonarQube
17 13 (0.44%) TestRail
18 11 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
19 10 (0.34%) Xcode
General
1 1,160 (38.90%) Social Skills
2 966 (32.39%) Finance
3 469 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
4 368 (12.34%) Public Sector
5 356 (11.94%) Banking
6 135 (4.53%) Front Office
7 90 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
8 88 (2.95%) Retail
9 86 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
10 84 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 80 (2.68%) Marketing
12 77 (2.58%) Investment Banking
13 74 (2.48%) Legal
14 68 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
15 44 (1.48%) Financial Institution
15 44 (1.48%) Telecoms
16 40 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 35 (1.17%) Manufacturing
18 34 (1.14%) Back Office
19 29 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 500 (16.77%) Developer
2 462 (15.49%) Analyst
3 458 (15.36%) Senior
4 360 (12.07%) Business Analyst
5 265 (8.89%) Lead
6 237 (7.95%) Project Manager
7 193 (6.47%) Architect
8 133 (4.46%) Software Engineer
9 120 (4.02%) Data Engineer
10 94 (3.15%) Consultant
11 93 (3.12%) Java Developer
12 90 (3.02%) Designer
13 86 (2.88%) Senior Manager
14 78 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
14 78 (2.62%) Senior Developer
15 76 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
16 74 (2.48%) Product Manager
17 68 (2.28%) Senior Analyst
18 66 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
18 66 (2.21%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (7.75%) React
2 214 (7.18%) REST
3 174 (5.84%) Node.js
4 167 (5.60%) Kafka
5 147 (4.93%) RESTful
6 135 (4.53%) .NET
7 122 (4.09%) AngularJS
8 116 (3.89%) CSS
9 114 (3.82%) HTML
10 109 (3.66%) Playwright
11 104 (3.49%) Spring
12 92 (3.09%) Spring Boot
13 83 (2.78%) PySpark
14 74 (2.48%) JSON
15 71 (2.38%) GraphQL
15 71 (2.38%) SOAP
16 66 (2.21%) Middleware
17 63 (2.11%) XML
18 62 (2.08%) Web Services
19 41 (1.37%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 298 (9.99%) Product Ownership
2 204 (6.84%) Cloud Native
3 66 (2.21%) Derivative
4 65 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 63 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 60 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 59 (1.98%) Fixed Income
8 58 (1.95%) Data Structures
9 56 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 55 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
11 47 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
11 47 (1.58%) Management Information System
11 47 (1.58%) Mobile App
12 45 (1.51%) AI Agents
12 45 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 44 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
14 41 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
14 41 (1.37%) Virtual Team
15 40 (1.34%) PMI
16 39 (1.31%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 143 (4.80%) Linux
2 86 (2.88%) Windows
3 82 (2.75%) Unix
4 33 (1.11%) Android
4 33 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.64%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.37%) VMS
7 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.13%) zOS
10 2 (0.067%) AIX
10 2 (0.067%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.034%) Solaris
11 1 (0.034%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 718 (24.08%) DevOps
2 659 (22.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 658 (22.07%) CI/CD
4 635 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
5 624 (20.93%) Scrum
6 422 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 369 (12.37%) AI
8 352 (11.80%) Test Automation
9 339 (11.37%) Project Management
10 328 (11.00%) Analytics
11 323 (10.83%) Data Modelling
12 317 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 301 (10.09%) Software Engineering
14 294 (9.86%) Migration
15 289 (9.69%) Roadmaps
16 282 (9.46%) Microservices
16 282 (9.46%) User Stories
17 275 (9.22%) Waterfall
18 273 (9.15%) Project Delivery
19 264 (8.85%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 573 (19.22%) SQL
2 557 (18.68%) Python
3 357 (11.97%) Java
4 313 (10.50%) JavaScript
5 258 (8.65%) TypeScript
6 207 (6.94%) C#
7 80 (2.68%) PowerShell
8 56 (1.88%) C++
8 56 (1.88%) Scala
9 44 (1.48%) Go
10 40 (1.34%) Bash
11 29 (0.97%) Ruby
12 28 (0.94%) PL/SQL
13 27 (0.91%) Bicep
14 24 (0.80%) Kotlin
15 23 (0.77%) T-SQL
16 20 (0.67%) Apex Code
16 20 (0.67%) Shell Script
17 18 (0.60%) R
17 18 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 587 (19.68%) Security Cleared
2 521 (17.47%) SC Cleared
3 339 (11.37%) Degree
4 135 (4.53%) PMI Certification
5 117 (3.92%) PMP
6 94 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 65 (2.18%) Azure Certification
8 59 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 57 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 47 (1.58%) CBAP
11 43 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 37 (1.24%) ISTQB
13 29 (0.97%) AWS Certification
14 27 (0.91%) CISSP
14 27 (0.91%) IIBA
15 25 (0.84%) CISM
16 17 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
17 14 (0.47%) ISEB
18 11 (0.37%) CSPO
18 11 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (9.56%) QA
2 158 (5.30%) Accessibility
3 151 (5.06%) Data Quality
4 125 (4.19%) GDPR
5 90 (3.02%) PMO
6 46 (1.54%) WCAG
7 40 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 33 (1.11%) NIST
8 33 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 18 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 17 (0.57%) GRC
11 15 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (0.50%) MiFID
12 13 (0.44%) ISO 20022
13 12 (0.40%) SLA
14 10 (0.34%) Basel III
14 10 (0.34%) PERC
14 10 (0.34%) PSD2
15 8 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 8 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 336 (11.27%) Docker
2 35 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.067%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.067%) Squid
7 2 (0.067%) 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%) Lustre
8 1 (0.034%) Postfix
8 1 (0.034%) RACF
8 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 317 (10.63%) Kubernetes
2 203 (6.81%) Terraform
3 50 (1.68%) Ansible
4 41 (1.37%) Grafana
5 26 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 20 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (0.60%) Argo
8 13 (0.44%) Packer
9 12 (0.40%) Consul
10 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 8 (0.27%) Puppet
12 7 (0.23%) Rancher
12 7 (0.23%) SCCM
13 5 (0.17%) Control-M
13 5 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.13%) Nessus
15 3 (0.10%) Kibana
15 3 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 369 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 192 (6.44%) Oracle
3 135 (4.53%) Databricks
4 127 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 124 (4.16%) ServiceNow
6 96 (3.22%) SAP
7 74 (2.48%) Google
8 48 (1.61%) Adobe
9 38 (1.27%) Splunk
10 26 (0.87%) Workday
11 25 (0.84%) Atlassian
12 22 (0.74%) Informatica
13 20 (0.67%) Bloomberg
13 20 (0.67%) MuleSoft
14 19 (0.64%) Cisco
14 19 (0.64%) VMware
15 17 (0.57%) IBM
15 17 (0.57%) OpenAI
16 16 (0.54%) Foundry
16 16 (0.54%) Sybase