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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,112 3,006 4,304
As % of all contract jobs in London 22.09% 19.27% 21.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.92% 21.60% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,176 2,026 3,109
10th Percentile £363 £374 £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 £675 £713 £712
90th Percentile £791 £838 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.41% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 21
10th Percentile £26.83 £30.92 £45.00
25th Percentile £40.31 £34.04 £55.00
Median hourly rate £53.75 £35.00 £69.10
Median % change year-on-year +53.57% -49.35% +25.64%
75th Percentile £87.81 £40.46 £77.50
90th Percentile £101.07 £55.45 £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 13,010 13,919 17,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.33% 89.24% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 8,971 12,826
10th Percentile £333 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.42% -3.47%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 166 247
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.38 £18.70
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.63
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +3.21% -4.22%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.56 £62.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £80.38 £76.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +28.57%

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 19 November 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 19 November 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 19 November 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 0 443 £563 -3.85% 761
West London -1 60 £431 -4.17% 56
South London -3 42 £530 +11.58% 27
East London -1 31 £540 +12.50% 59
North London +3 4 £550 - 3
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
1 311 (9.99%) Confluence
2 84 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
3 74 (2.38%) Apache
4 49 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 37 (1.19%) CMS
6 34 (1.09%) Apache Spark
7 33 (1.06%) nginx
8 13 (0.42%) IIS
9 10 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 10 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 7 (0.22%) Camunda
12 6 (0.19%) Appian
12 6 (0.19%) WordPress
13 5 (0.16%) CICS
13 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
13 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.16%) SAS
13 5 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 88 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
5 44 (1.41%) MS Visio
6 28 (0.90%) Chatbot
7 17 (0.55%) Trello
8 12 (0.39%) Sketch
9 10 (0.32%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
13 3 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.064%) Acrobat
14 2 (0.064%) Adobe After Effects
14 2 (0.064%) InDesign
14 2 (0.064%) Photoshop
15 1 (0.032%) EPLAN
15 1 (0.032%) SPSS
15 1 (0.032%) Weka
Business Applications
1 50 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 43 (1.38%) Endur
4 27 (0.87%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
6 12 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
7 11 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 11 (0.35%) Temenos T24
8 10 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
9 9 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 9 (0.29%) Shopify
10 6 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
10 6 (0.19%) Magento
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
10 6 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
10 6 (0.19%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.16%) SAP IBP
11 5 (0.16%) thinkFolio
12 4 (0.13%) NetSuite
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 674 (21.66%) Azure
2 642 (20.63%) AWS
3 260 (8.35%) Azure DevOps
4 234 (7.52%) GCP
5 212 (6.81%) Power Platform
6 202 (6.49%) GitHub
7 156 (5.01%) Serverless
8 108 (3.47%) SaaS
9 102 (3.28%) Snowflake
10 89 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
11 84 (2.70%) dbt
12 78 (2.51%) Amazon S3
13 76 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
14 70 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
15 69 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
15 69 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
16 62 (1.99%) Power Automate
16 62 (1.99%) PowerApps
17 58 (1.86%) Figma
18 53 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 47 (1.51%) Firewall
2 23 (0.74%) TCP/IP
2 23 (0.74%) VPN
3 20 (0.64%) DNS
4 19 (0.61%) HTTP
4 19 (0.61%) SSL
5 18 (0.58%) Internet
5 18 (0.58%) WAN
6 17 (0.55%) Network Security
7 12 (0.39%) BGP
7 12 (0.39%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.29%) OSPF
9 7 (0.22%) LAN
9 7 (0.22%) MPLS
10 5 (0.16%) 5G
10 5 (0.16%) DHCP
10 5 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.16%) SMS
10 5 (0.16%) Wireless
11 4 (0.13%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
2 148 (4.76%) Power BI
3 115 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 97 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
5 93 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 88 (2.83%) NoSQL
7 73 (2.35%) Data Lake
8 62 (1.99%) Amazon Athena
9 59 (1.90%) Tableau
10 58 (1.86%) MongoDB
11 53 (1.70%) Apache Arrow
11 53 (1.70%) Apache Iceberg
11 53 (1.70%) Dremio
12 45 (1.45%) Metadata
13 44 (1.41%) Big Data
14 37 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
14 37 (1.19%) Oracle Database
15 34 (1.09%) Apache Ignite
15 34 (1.09%) BigQuery
16 31 (1.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 550 (17.67%) JIRA
2 303 (9.74%) Git
3 180 (5.78%) Jenkins
4 86 (2.76%) GitLab
5 63 (2.02%) JUnit
6 58 (1.86%) Selenium
7 50 (1.61%) Bitbucket
8 46 (1.48%) Postman
9 44 (1.41%) Cucumber
9 44 (1.41%) Cypress.io
10 29 (0.93%) Maven
10 29 (0.93%) SpecFlow
11 23 (0.74%) SonarQube
12 22 (0.71%) Mockito
13 20 (0.64%) ERwin
14 19 (0.61%) REST Assured
15 18 (0.58%) webpack
16 16 (0.51%) ER Studio
17 15 (0.48%) Liquibase
18 14 (0.45%) JMeter
General
1 1,228 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 1,025 (32.94%) Finance
3 471 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 420 (13.50%) Banking
5 331 (10.64%) Public Sector
6 199 (6.39%) Front Office
7 138 (4.43%) Investment Banking
8 98 (3.15%) Retail
9 92 (2.96%) Marketing
10 80 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
11 74 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
12 72 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
13 68 (2.19%) Back Office
14 61 (1.96%) Legal
15 60 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
16 58 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 55 (1.77%) Telecoms
18 45 (1.45%) Financial Institution
19 38 (1.22%) Manufacturing
20 33 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 626 (20.12%) Developer
2 467 (15.01%) Analyst
3 450 (14.46%) Senior
4 366 (11.76%) Business Analyst
5 275 (8.84%) Lead
6 210 (6.75%) Project Manager
7 192 (6.17%) Architect
8 183 (5.88%) Software Engineer
9 128 (4.11%) Java Developer
10 112 (3.60%) Consultant
11 108 (3.47%) Senior Developer
12 89 (2.86%) Data Engineer
13 80 (2.57%) Product Owner
14 78 (2.51%) Product Manager
15 77 (2.47%) AWS Engineer
16 73 (2.35%) Python Engineer
17 69 (2.22%) Full-Stack Developer
17 69 (2.22%) Python Developer
18 63 (2.02%) Java Engineer
18 63 (2.02%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 282 (9.06%) React
2 255 (8.19%) REST
3 192 (6.17%) Kafka
4 188 (6.04%) Node.js
5 179 (5.75%) .NET
6 174 (5.59%) RESTful
7 159 (5.11%) HTML
8 144 (4.63%) CSS
9 142 (4.56%) AngularJS
10 129 (4.15%) Spring
11 106 (3.41%) SOAP
12 101 (3.25%) JSON
13 92 (2.96%) Spring Boot
14 86 (2.76%) GraphQL
15 80 (2.57%) Playwright
16 77 (2.47%) Web Services
17 67 (2.15%) XML
18 66 (2.12%) Pandas
19 61 (1.96%) HTML5
20 60 (1.93%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 334 (10.73%) Product Ownership
2 197 (6.33%) Cloud Native
3 129 (4.15%) Fixed Income
4 123 (3.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 98 (3.15%) Derivative
5 98 (3.15%) Equities
6 73 (2.35%) Data Structures
7 67 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 66 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 62 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
10 61 (1.96%) Mobile App
11 58 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
11 58 (1.86%) Virtual Team
12 56 (1.80%) Onboarding
13 54 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 53 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
15 52 (1.67%) Hedge funds
16 50 (1.61%) Reinsurance
17 42 (1.35%) PMI
18 40 (1.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 181 (5.82%) Linux
2 92 (2.96%) Unix
3 83 (2.67%) Windows
4 48 (1.54%) Android
5 41 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.26%) VMS
9 5 (0.16%) zOS
10 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.064%) CentOS
11 2 (0.064%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.032%) Debian
12 1 (0.032%) Solaris
12 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (24.65%) DevOps
2 701 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
3 673 (21.63%) Scrum
4 665 (21.37%) CI/CD
5 551 (17.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 374 (12.02%) Software Engineering
7 353 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 346 (11.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 340 (10.93%) Test Automation
10 334 (10.73%) Microservices
11 322 (10.35%) Project Management
12 315 (10.12%) Roadmaps
13 299 (9.61%) Analytics
14 290 (9.32%) AI
15 278 (8.93%) User Stories
16 254 (8.16%) Data Modelling
17 252 (8.10%) SDLC
18 248 (7.97%) Migration
19 246 (7.90%) Waterfall
20 231 (7.42%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 609 (19.57%) Python
2 587 (18.86%) SQL
3 482 (15.49%) Java
4 400 (12.85%) JavaScript
5 301 (9.67%) TypeScript
6 230 (7.39%) C#
7 90 (2.89%) PowerShell
8 71 (2.28%) C++
9 56 (1.80%) Go
10 54 (1.74%) Bash
11 39 (1.25%) PL/SQL
12 34 (1.09%) Shell Script
13 33 (1.06%) Kotlin
13 33 (1.06%) Scala
14 26 (0.84%) Ruby
15 23 (0.74%) Groovy
16 22 (0.71%) Apex Code
17 21 (0.67%) Bicep
18 17 (0.55%) Korn
19 16 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 552 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 472 (15.17%) SC Cleared
3 358 (11.50%) Degree
4 127 (4.08%) PMI Certification
5 107 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 101 (3.25%) PMP
7 60 (1.93%) DV Cleared
8 46 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 45 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 45 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 29 (0.93%) CISSP
10 29 (0.93%) ISTQB
11 27 (0.87%) AWS Certification
12 21 (0.67%) CBAP
13 18 (0.58%) CISM
14 12 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.32%) CSPO
15 10 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 10 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 293 (9.42%) QA
2 138 (4.43%) Accessibility
3 105 (3.37%) Data Quality
4 91 (2.92%) GDPR
5 79 (2.54%) PMO
6 33 (1.06%) MiFID
7 31 (1.00%) WCAG
8 21 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 19 (0.61%) EMIR
10 14 (0.45%) GRC
11 12 (0.39%) NIST
12 11 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.29%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.29%) SLA
13 9 (0.29%) Solvency II
14 8 (0.26%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.26%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.26%) PSD2
15 7 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 333 (10.70%) Docker
2 44 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.064%) Postfix
6 2 (0.064%) Squid
6 2 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.032%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.032%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.032%) etcd
7 1 (0.032%) GPFS
7 1 (0.032%) IAG
7 1 (0.032%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.032%) KVM
7 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.032%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 292 (9.38%) Kubernetes
2 209 (6.72%) Terraform
3 60 (1.93%) Ansible
4 43 (1.38%) Grafana
5 32 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (0.90%) Prometheus
7 23 (0.74%) Consul
7 23 (0.74%) Packer
8 17 (0.55%) Puppet
9 13 (0.42%) Argo
10 12 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.29%) Kibana
12 7 (0.22%) SCCM
13 6 (0.19%) Rancher
14 5 (0.16%) HP ALM
14 5 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.13%) CA Endevor
15 4 (0.13%) Istio
15 4 (0.13%) Kubeflow
15 4 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 358 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 206 (6.62%) Oracle
3 129 (4.15%) Salesforce
4 115 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 107 (3.44%) Google
6 106 (3.41%) SAP
7 92 (2.96%) Databricks
8 41 (1.32%) Splunk
9 39 (1.25%) Adobe
10 32 (1.03%) Atlassian
11 29 (0.93%) Workday
12 27 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 21 (0.67%) Foundry
13 21 (0.67%) Sybase
14 20 (0.64%) CA Agile Central
14 20 (0.64%) Murex
14 20 (0.64%) OpenAI
14 20 (0.64%) OpenLink
15 19 (0.61%) Dynatrace
15 19 (0.61%) HP