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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,180 2,693 3,672
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.70% 21.49% 20.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.79% 23.26% 23.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,156 1,884 2,698
10th Percentile £368 £386 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £725
90th Percentile £750 £838 £850
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 23
10th Percentile £51.50 £30.15 £25.34
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 £69.13
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 16,924 11,578 15,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.38% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,273 7,758 11,151
10th Percentile £360 £338 £340
25th Percentile £437 £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 £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 212 313
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +19.30% -28.75%
75th Percentile £59.85 £50.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.80
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.38 £38.00
% change year-on-year +73.52% -27.96% +7.04%

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 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 21 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 21 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 -5 352 £563 -6.25% 122
West London -2 73 £550 +22.22% 26
South London +4 59 £500 -19.81% 8
East London -2 23 £543 -7.26% 27
North London +2 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
1 276 (8.68%) Confluence
2 79 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 62 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 46 (1.45%) CMS
5 45 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
6 29 (0.91%) Apache
7 18 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
8 15 (0.47%) Camunda
9 14 (0.44%) IIS
10 13 (0.41%) SAS
11 12 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 9 (0.28%) 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 99 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
3 57 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
5 29 (0.91%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.22%) Notion
8 6 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.19%) Sketch
8 6 (0.19%) UserZoom
9 5 (0.16%) Trello
10 3 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.063%) Windchill
12 1 (0.031%) InVision
12 1 (0.031%) Mingle
12 1 (0.031%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 30 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (0.85%) Aladdin
3 22 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.35%) Findur
4 11 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 11 (0.35%) Temenos T24
5 10 (0.31%) Loan IQ
5 10 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 8 (0.25%) Shopify
7 7 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
8 6 (0.19%) Endur
9 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 5 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.13%) Magento
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
10 4 (0.13%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 818 (25.72%) Azure
2 676 (21.26%) AWS
3 276 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
4 249 (7.83%) Power Platform
5 226 (7.11%) GitHub
6 185 (5.82%) GCP
7 166 (5.22%) Serverless
8 133 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
9 127 (3.99%) Amazon S3
10 120 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
11 83 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
12 75 (2.36%) SaaS
13 74 (2.33%) Snowflake
14 72 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
15 70 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
16 58 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
17 57 (1.79%) Power Automate
18 56 (1.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 55 (1.73%) PowerApps
20 54 (1.70%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.76%) Firewall
2 29 (0.91%) WAN
3 28 (0.88%) Network Security
4 23 (0.72%) VPN
5 18 (0.57%) Internet
6 16 (0.50%) DNS
6 16 (0.50%) HTTP
6 16 (0.50%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.47%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.35%) LAN
9 9 (0.28%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.22%) DMZ
11 7 (0.22%) Wireless
12 6 (0.19%) BGP
12 6 (0.19%) MPLS
12 6 (0.19%) OSPF
12 6 (0.19%) SMS
13 5 (0.16%) HTTPS
13 5 (0.16%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (6.19%) Power BI
2 124 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
3 122 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
4 114 (3.58%) SQL Server
5 98 (3.08%) NoSQL
6 86 (2.70%) Relational Database
7 72 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
8 70 (2.20%) Tableau
9 66 (2.08%) Data Lake
10 59 (1.86%) Metadata
11 53 (1.67%) MongoDB
12 47 (1.48%) Big Data
13 46 (1.45%) DynamoDB
14 39 (1.23%) BigQuery
15 35 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
15 35 (1.10%) Delta Lake
16 32 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
17 21 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
17 21 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 531 (16.70%) JIRA
2 267 (8.40%) Git
3 181 (5.69%) Jenkins
4 108 (3.40%) GitLab
5 59 (1.86%) JUnit
6 45 (1.42%) Postman
7 44 (1.38%) Selenium
8 36 (1.13%) Mockito
9 33 (1.04%) Cucumber
10 30 (0.94%) Bitbucket
10 30 (0.94%) Cypress.io
11 29 (0.91%) Gradle
12 25 (0.79%) REST Assured
13 19 (0.60%) JMeter
14 17 (0.53%) SpecFlow
15 16 (0.50%) Maven
16 15 (0.47%) CircleCI
16 15 (0.47%) Liquibase
17 12 (0.38%) Visual Studio
18 11 (0.35%) Gatling
General
1 1,124 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 1,087 (34.18%) Finance
3 477 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 440 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
5 409 (12.86%) Banking
6 168 (5.28%) Front Office
7 163 (5.13%) Retail
8 115 (3.62%) Marketing
9 93 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 91 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 91 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
11 88 (2.77%) Investment Banking
12 82 (2.58%) Legal
13 67 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
14 54 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 40 (1.26%) Financial Institution
16 37 (1.16%) Law
17 30 (0.94%) Local Government
18 29 (0.91%) Telecoms
19 27 (0.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 558 (17.55%) Developer
2 465 (14.62%) Senior
3 444 (13.96%) Analyst
4 323 (10.16%) Lead
5 315 (9.91%) Business Analyst
6 280 (8.81%) Project Manager
7 226 (7.11%) Architect
8 170 (5.35%) Software Engineer
9 144 (4.53%) Data Engineer
10 120 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
11 109 (3.43%) Java Developer
12 101 (3.18%) Designer
12 101 (3.18%) Senior Manager
12 101 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
13 95 (2.99%) Senior Developer
14 75 (2.36%) DevOps Engineer
15 69 (2.17%) Python Developer
16 67 (2.11%) Full-Stack Developer
16 67 (2.11%) Product Owner
17 66 (2.08%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (7.55%) React
2 221 (6.95%) REST
3 163 (5.13%) Kafka
4 160 (5.03%) .NET
5 158 (4.97%) RESTful
6 152 (4.78%) Spring
7 136 (4.28%) AngularJS
7 136 (4.28%) Node.js
8 134 (4.21%) Spring Boot
9 117 (3.68%) HTML
10 102 (3.21%) CSS
11 87 (2.74%) PySpark
12 72 (2.26%) Middleware
13 71 (2.23%) Redux
13 71 (2.23%) SOAP
14 61 (1.92%) Playwright
15 55 (1.73%) JSON
16 51 (1.60%) GraphQL
17 50 (1.57%) Web Services
18 47 (1.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 363 (11.42%) Product Ownership
2 244 (7.67%) Cloud Native
3 108 (3.40%) Onboarding
4 91 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
5 86 (2.70%) Fixed Income
5 86 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 68 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
7 65 (2.04%) Derivative
8 63 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 52 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 51 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 50 (1.57%) Virtual Team
12 48 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
13 45 (1.42%) Data Structures
14 43 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
15 42 (1.32%) NHS
16 40 (1.26%) Equities
17 38 (1.19%) AI Agents
18 35 (1.10%) Management Information System
19 33 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 106 (3.33%) Linux
2 80 (2.52%) Windows
3 50 (1.57%) Unix
4 31 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 26 (0.82%) Android
6 12 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
9 5 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 3 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.063%) zOS
13 1 (0.031%) AIX
13 1 (0.031%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.031%) Rocky
13 1 (0.031%) Solaris
13 1 (0.031%) SUSE
13 1 (0.031%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 846 (26.60%) DevOps
2 814 (25.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 785 (24.69%) CI/CD
4 686 (21.57%) Scrum
5 538 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
6 526 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 452 (14.21%) AI
8 380 (11.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 361 (11.35%) Data Modelling
10 355 (11.16%) Analytics
11 347 (10.91%) Software Engineering
12 346 (10.88%) Roadmaps
13 343 (10.79%) Decision-Making
14 342 (10.75%) Project Management
15 336 (10.57%) Test Automation
16 335 (10.53%) Migration
17 310 (9.75%) Microservices
18 305 (9.59%) User Stories
19 293 (9.21%) Waterfall
20 261 (8.21%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 584 (18.36%) SQL
2 575 (18.08%) Python
3 398 (12.52%) Java
4 306 (9.62%) JavaScript
5 236 (7.42%) TypeScript
6 216 (6.79%) C#
7 57 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 52 (1.64%) Go
9 41 (1.29%) PL/SQL
10 39 (1.23%) Apex Code
11 37 (1.16%) Scala
12 36 (1.13%) T-SQL
13 27 (0.85%) Bash
13 27 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 26 (0.82%) Kotlin
15 22 (0.69%) Ruby
16 20 (0.63%) R
16 20 (0.63%) Shell Script
17 19 (0.60%) C++
18 18 (0.57%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 697 (21.92%) Security Cleared
2 607 (19.09%) SC Cleared
3 272 (8.55%) Degree
4 118 (3.71%) PMP
5 109 (3.43%) PMI Certification
6 78 (2.45%) DV Cleared
7 74 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 60 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 50 (1.57%) Azure Certification
10 44 (1.38%) Master's Degree
11 37 (1.16%) AWS Certification
12 34 (1.07%) CISSP
13 28 (0.88%) ISTQB
14 25 (0.79%) CBAP
14 25 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 25 (0.79%) CISM
15 21 (0.66%) IIBA
16 15 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (0.38%) CCNP
17 12 (0.38%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 296 (9.31%) QA
2 202 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 144 (4.53%) Accessibility
4 124 (3.90%) GDPR
5 109 (3.43%) PMO
6 58 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 45 (1.42%) NIST
8 42 (1.32%) WCAG
9 39 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 31 (0.97%) GRC
11 28 (0.88%) SLA
12 22 (0.69%) NCSC
13 21 (0.66%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.44%) ISO 20022
15 11 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (0.28%) IFRS
16 9 (0.28%) PSD2
17 7 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
17 7 (0.22%) HL7
18 6 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 262 (8.24%) Docker
2 43 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.13%) IAG
7 3 (0.094%) Postfix
8 2 (0.063%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.063%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.063%) RACF
9 1 (0.031%) HDFS
9 1 (0.031%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.031%) Squid
Systems Management
1 301 (9.47%) Kubernetes
2 240 (7.55%) Terraform
3 67 (2.11%) Ansible
4 43 (1.35%) Grafana
5 39 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 18 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.35%) Kibana
7 11 (0.35%) Packer
7 11 (0.35%) SCCM
8 9 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (0.25%) WSUS
10 7 (0.22%) Control-M
11 5 (0.16%) Consul
11 5 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.16%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (0.13%) Puppet
12 4 (0.13%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 367 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 187 (5.88%) Oracle
3 176 (5.53%) Salesforce
4 139 (4.37%) ServiceNow
5 100 (3.14%) Databricks
6 99 (3.11%) SAP
7 66 (2.08%) Google
8 37 (1.16%) Adobe
8 37 (1.16%) Workday
9 33 (1.04%) Informatica
10 29 (0.91%) Splunk
11 27 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 26 (0.82%) Bloomberg
13 25 (0.79%) IBM
14 24 (0.75%) Cisco
15 21 (0.66%) VMware
16 18 (0.57%) Murex
16 18 (0.57%) Okta
16 18 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 17 (0.53%) CyberArk