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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,588 3,003 3,343
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.63% 22.26% 20.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.84% 24.04% 23.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,433 2,068 2,327
10th Percentile £392 £363 £377
25th Percentile £453 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £645 £688 £723
90th Percentile £738 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 17
10th Percentile £50.00 £27.06 £28.67
25th Percentile £51.75 £42.31 £33.07
Median hourly rate £59.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% +50.00% -49.68%
75th Percentile £73.56 £81.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.40 £98.64 £72.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £59.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +9.70% -8.85% -

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 18,082 12,492 14,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.60% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,829 8,233 9,474
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 246 181
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.12% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -4 392 £550 -6.38% 397
West London -3 96 £680 +60.00% 125
South London 0 54 £535 -14.40% 31
East London -2 16 £585 +8.33% 22
North London +6 11 £550 - 1
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
1 297 (8.28%) Confluence
2 86 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 73 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
4 67 (1.87%) Apache Spark
5 61 (1.70%) CMS
6 54 (1.51%) Apache
7 36 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 14 (0.39%) Camunda
9 13 (0.36%) IIS
9 13 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.31%) SAS
11 10 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
12 8 (0.22%) Appian
12 8 (0.22%) Headless CMS
12 8 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 7 (0.20%) Jupyter
14 6 (0.17%) Kentico
14 6 (0.17%) WebSphere
15 5 (0.14%) Anypoint
15 5 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 100 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
3 54 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
5 33 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 18 (0.50%) Chatbot
7 12 (0.33%) Trello
8 9 (0.25%) Notion
9 8 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.17%) UserZoom
11 5 (0.14%) Sketch
12 3 (0.084%) Mingle
13 2 (0.056%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.056%) Gliffy
13 2 (0.056%) Productboard
14 1 (0.028%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.028%) Mozilla Thunderbird
14 1 (0.028%) Photoshop
14 1 (0.028%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 60 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 22 (0.61%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
5 13 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
6 10 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.28%) Temenos T24
7 9 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
8 8 (0.22%) Magento
8 8 (0.22%) Shopify
8 8 (0.22%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.20%) Endur
9 7 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 5 (0.14%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.14%) OpenText MBPM
10 5 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
10 5 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.11%) Findur
11 4 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
11 4 (0.11%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 943 (26.28%) Azure
2 717 (19.98%) AWS
3 344 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
4 320 (8.92%) Power Platform
5 307 (8.56%) GitHub
6 235 (6.55%) GCP
7 198 (5.52%) Serverless
8 167 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
9 141 (3.93%) Amazon S3
10 130 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
11 115 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
12 110 (3.07%) Snowflake
13 93 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
13 93 (2.59%) Power Automate
14 91 (2.54%) PowerApps
15 80 (2.23%) dbt
16 78 (2.17%) SaaS
17 71 (1.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 70 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
18 70 (1.95%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 48 (1.34%) Firewall
2 30 (0.84%) Network Security
3 25 (0.70%) DNS
4 22 (0.61%) VPN
5 17 (0.47%) Internet
5 17 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 17 (0.47%) WAN
6 15 (0.42%) HTTP
7 11 (0.31%) Wireless
8 10 (0.28%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.28%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.22%) 4G
10 8 (0.22%) DMZ
10 8 (0.22%) VoIP
11 7 (0.20%) HTTPS
12 6 (0.17%) BGP
12 6 (0.17%) DHCP
12 6 (0.17%) Intranet
12 6 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (6.86%) Power BI
2 164 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
3 150 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
4 130 (3.62%) SQL Server
5 108 (3.01%) NoSQL
6 106 (2.95%) Metadata
6 106 (2.95%) Relational Database
7 79 (2.20%) Data Lake
8 78 (2.17%) MongoDB
9 66 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
10 48 (1.34%) Tableau
11 45 (1.25%) Delta Lake
12 44 (1.23%) DynamoDB
13 43 (1.20%) BigQuery
14 40 (1.11%) Oracle Database
15 39 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
16 38 (1.06%) MySQL
17 31 (0.86%) Big Data
18 28 (0.78%) Redis
19 27 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 574 (16.00%) JIRA
2 347 (9.67%) Git
3 271 (7.55%) Jenkins
4 147 (4.10%) GitLab
5 80 (2.23%) Selenium
6 62 (1.73%) JUnit
7 53 (1.48%) Gradle
8 45 (1.25%) Cucumber
8 45 (1.25%) Postman
9 42 (1.17%) Maven
10 38 (1.06%) Cypress.io
11 33 (0.92%) Bitbucket
11 33 (0.92%) Mockito
12 31 (0.86%) REST Assured
13 27 (0.75%) Visual Studio
14 23 (0.64%) JMeter
14 23 (0.64%) SonarQube
15 16 (0.45%) Gatling
16 15 (0.42%) CircleCI
16 15 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 1,444 (40.25%) Social Skills
2 1,180 (32.89%) Finance
3 560 (15.61%) Public Sector
4 559 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
5 516 (14.38%) Banking
6 220 (6.13%) Retail
7 145 (4.04%) Marketing
8 136 (3.79%) Front Office
9 135 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
10 120 (3.34%) Investment Banking
11 102 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
12 76 (2.12%) Legal
13 66 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 64 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
15 59 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
16 56 (1.56%) Local Government
17 44 (1.23%) Telecoms
18 42 (1.17%) Law
18 42 (1.17%) Retail Banking
19 39 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 597 (16.64%) Developer
2 558 (15.55%) Senior
3 449 (12.51%) Analyst
4 357 (9.95%) Lead
5 316 (8.81%) Business Analyst
6 302 (8.42%) Project Manager
7 254 (7.08%) Architect
8 171 (4.77%) Data Engineer
9 139 (3.87%) Software Engineer
10 126 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
11 121 (3.37%) Designer
12 117 (3.26%) Java Developer
13 113 (3.15%) DevOps Engineer
13 113 (3.15%) Senior Developer
14 112 (3.12%) Senior Manager
15 107 (2.98%) Product Manager
16 99 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
17 92 (2.56%) Product Owner
18 77 (2.15%) Full-Stack Developer
19 76 (2.12%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 325 (9.06%) REST
2 298 (8.31%) Terraform
3 243 (6.77%) React
4 217 (6.05%) .NET
5 191 (5.32%) Kafka
5 191 (5.32%) RESTful
6 174 (4.85%) Spring
7 159 (4.43%) Spring Boot
8 134 (3.73%) HTML
9 124 (3.46%) CSS
10 107 (2.98%) Node.js
11 105 (2.93%) AngularJS
12 92 (2.56%) PySpark
13 84 (2.34%) SOAP
14 75 (2.09%) JSON
15 74 (2.06%) Web Services
16 64 (1.78%) Django
17 63 (1.76%) Playwright
18 61 (1.70%) OAuth
19 59 (1.64%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 537 (14.97%) Product Ownership
2 298 (8.31%) Cloud Native
3 144 (4.01%) Onboarding
4 121 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
5 98 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
6 97 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 78 (2.17%) AI Agents
7 78 (2.17%) Data Structures
8 69 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 58 (1.62%) Management Information System
10 57 (1.59%) NHS
10 57 (1.59%) Virtual Team
11 55 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 51 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
13 48 (1.34%) Mobile App
14 44 (1.23%) Fixed Income
15 42 (1.17%) Derivative
16 41 (1.14%) Data Centre
16 41 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 35 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 141 (3.93%) Linux
2 74 (2.06%) Windows
3 56 (1.56%) Unix
4 35 (0.98%) Android
5 31 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 15 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
8 8 (0.22%) VMS
9 5 (0.14%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.084%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.084%) zOS
12 2 (0.056%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.056%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.056%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.028%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.028%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.028%) SUSE
13 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,207 (33.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 1,035 (28.85%) DevOps
3 1,016 (28.32%) CI/CD
4 806 (22.46%) Scrum
5 691 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 688 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
7 651 (18.14%) AI
8 533 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 480 (13.38%) Roadmaps
10 458 (12.76%) Analytics
11 435 (12.12%) Test Automation
12 408 (11.37%) User Stories
13 407 (11.34%) Decision-Making
14 402 (11.20%) Software Engineering
15 379 (10.56%) Migration
16 371 (10.34%) Project Management
17 364 (10.14%) Data Modelling
18 348 (9.70%) Microservices
19 344 (9.59%) Waterfall
20 313 (8.72%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 695 (19.37%) SQL
2 652 (18.17%) Python
3 442 (12.32%) Java
4 291 (8.11%) JavaScript
5 220 (6.13%) C#
5 220 (6.13%) TypeScript
6 82 (2.29%) Bash
7 74 (2.06%) PowerShell
8 58 (1.62%) Scala
9 50 (1.39%) PL/SQL
10 45 (1.25%) Kotlin
11 38 (1.06%) T-SQL
12 36 (1.00%) Apex Code
13 29 (0.81%) Korn
14 27 (0.75%) Groovy
15 26 (0.72%) Go
16 25 (0.70%) Bicep
16 25 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 22 (0.61%) Shell Script
18 13 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 884 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 761 (21.21%) SC Cleared
3 305 (8.50%) Degree
4 165 (4.60%) PMP
5 158 (4.40%) PMI Certification
6 118 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 114 (3.18%) DV Cleared
8 87 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (1.70%) AWS Certification
10 58 (1.62%) Azure Certification
11 36 (1.00%) Master's Degree
12 28 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.64%) ISTQB
14 22 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
15 20 (0.56%) CISSP
16 19 (0.53%) CBAP
17 18 (0.50%) IIBA
18 16 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
19 12 (0.33%) ISEB
19 12 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 378 (10.54%) QA
2 275 (7.66%) Data Quality
3 154 (4.29%) Accessibility
4 111 (3.09%) PMO
5 91 (2.54%) GDPR
6 53 (1.48%) WCAG
7 39 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 32 (0.89%) GRC
9 30 (0.84%) NIST
10 25 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 23 (0.64%) ISO 20022
12 20 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
13 17 (0.47%) SLA
14 16 (0.45%) PCI DSS
15 15 (0.42%) NCSC
16 10 (0.28%) SEPA
17 9 (0.25%) IFRS
17 9 (0.25%) ISO 15022
18 7 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 7 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 340 (9.48%) Docker
2 58 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.20%) IAG
7 4 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.084%) Postfix
8 3 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.056%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.056%) RACF
9 2 (0.056%) Squid
10 1 (0.028%) Ceph
10 1 (0.028%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.028%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.028%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.028%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 354 (9.87%) Kubernetes
2 97 (2.70%) Grafana
3 76 (2.12%) Ansible
4 73 (2.03%) Prometheus
5 26 (0.72%) Kibana
6 20 (0.56%) Control-M
6 20 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.36%) Packer
8 11 (0.31%) Puppet
9 8 (0.22%) SCCM
10 6 (0.17%) Argo
10 6 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.14%) Istio
12 4 (0.11%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.11%) WSUS
13 3 (0.084%) Consul
13 3 (0.084%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.084%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.084%) Rancher
Vendors
1 519 (14.46%) Microsoft
2 174 (4.85%) Oracle
3 160 (4.46%) Salesforce
4 147 (4.10%) Databricks
5 136 (3.79%) ServiceNow
6 124 (3.46%) Google
7 97 (2.70%) SAP
8 79 (2.20%) Splunk
9 59 (1.64%) Adobe
10 47 (1.31%) IBM
11 37 (1.03%) Informatica
12 30 (0.84%) Dynatrace
13 25 (0.70%) OpenAI
13 25 (0.70%) Workday
14 23 (0.64%) Cisco
15 22 (0.61%) MuleSoft
15 22 (0.61%) UiPath
16 21 (0.59%) VMware
17 19 (0.53%) Pega
18 18 (0.50%) Bloomberg