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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,867 2,600 3,640
As % of all contract jobs in London 19.99% 18.56% 20.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.90% 20.53% 22.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,947 1,693 2,649
10th Percentile £363 £400 £409
25th Percentile £431 £475 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £668 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £850 £800
England median daily rate £515 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -9.65% +3.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 19
10th Percentile £37.89 - £23.36
25th Percentile £54.55 £35.00 £41.51
Median hourly rate £59.47 £37.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.72% -26.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66.50 £39.04 £72.00
90th Percentile £98.64 £63.45 £90.00
England median hourly rate £58.94 £55.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.19% -14.62% -

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 13,093 12,664 16,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.28% 90.41% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,072 11,558
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 277
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.97 £16.48
25th Percentile £24.69 £24.42 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +9.38% -14.35%
75th Percentile £54.38 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.49 £80.38 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 +1 394 £546 -6.62% 202
West London 0 67 £450 +20.00% 29
South London +6 47 £525 +10.53% 23
East London -1 24 £495 -1.00% 18
North London +3 1 £700 +71.36% 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
1 259 (9.03%) Confluence
2 53 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 52 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 47 (1.64%) Apache
4 47 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (1.08%) CMS
6 20 (0.70%) nginx
7 13 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 13 (0.45%) IIS
8 10 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 7 (0.24%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.21%) Camunda
10 6 (0.21%) SAS
11 5 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.14%) Appian
12 4 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
12 4 (0.14%) WordPress
13 3 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 97 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
3 55 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
4 54 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 50 (1.74%) MS Visio
6 27 (0.94%) Chatbot
7 17 (0.59%) Trello
8 8 (0.28%) Adobe XD
9 7 (0.24%) Sketch
10 5 (0.17%) Notion
11 4 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
11 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.070%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.070%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.070%) InDesign
13 2 (0.070%) InVision
13 2 (0.070%) Photoshop
14 1 (0.035%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 51 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 27 (0.94%) Endur
4 26 (0.91%) Aladdin
5 15 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 9 (0.31%) Shopify
8 8 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
9 7 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
9 7 (0.24%) Temenos T24
10 6 (0.21%) Loan IQ
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 6 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
10 6 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.17%) SAP IBP
12 4 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
12 4 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 678 (23.65%) Azure
2 506 (17.65%) AWS
3 245 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
4 238 (8.30%) Power Platform
5 207 (7.22%) GitHub
6 190 (6.63%) GCP
7 145 (5.06%) Serverless
8 102 (3.56%) SaaS
9 97 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
10 93 (3.24%) Azure Data Factory
11 84 (2.93%) Snowflake
12 73 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
12 73 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
13 68 (2.37%) Amazon S3
14 67 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
15 65 (2.27%) Power Automate
16 63 (2.20%) PowerApps
17 49 (1.71%) Figma
18 48 (1.67%) IaaS
19 47 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 51 (1.78%) Firewall
2 23 (0.80%) VPN
3 22 (0.77%) Network Security
4 21 (0.73%) WAN
5 18 (0.63%) SD-WAN
6 16 (0.56%) HTTP
6 16 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.52%) DNS
8 10 (0.35%) BGP
9 9 (0.31%) Internet
10 8 (0.28%) OSPF
11 6 (0.21%) 5G
11 6 (0.21%) SMS
12 5 (0.17%) LAN
12 5 (0.17%) MPLS
13 4 (0.14%) Broadband
13 4 (0.14%) DHCP
13 4 (0.14%) DMZ
13 4 (0.14%) FTP
13 4 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (5.79%) Power BI
2 117 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
3 111 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
4 107 (3.73%) NoSQL
5 98 (3.42%) SQL Server
6 82 (2.86%) Relational Database
7 57 (1.99%) Tableau
8 54 (1.88%) Data Lake
9 51 (1.78%) MongoDB
10 45 (1.57%) Big Data
11 44 (1.53%) Metadata
12 38 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
13 37 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
14 32 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
15 31 (1.08%) Oracle Database
16 30 (1.05%) BigQuery
17 24 (0.84%) Data Vault
18 23 (0.80%) Hadoop
18 23 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
19 22 (0.77%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 507 (17.68%) JIRA
2 263 (9.17%) Git
3 166 (5.79%) Jenkins
4 96 (3.35%) GitLab
5 59 (2.06%) Selenium
6 50 (1.74%) JUnit
7 46 (1.60%) Postman
8 44 (1.53%) Cypress.io
9 41 (1.43%) Cucumber
10 37 (1.29%) Bitbucket
11 31 (1.08%) SpecFlow
12 19 (0.66%) ERwin
12 19 (0.66%) Maven
13 18 (0.63%) JMeter
13 18 (0.63%) Mockito
13 18 (0.63%) REST Assured
14 17 (0.59%) SonarQube
15 12 (0.42%) ER Studio
15 12 (0.42%) Gradle
15 12 (0.42%) TestRail
General
1 1,146 (39.97%) Social Skills
2 931 (32.47%) Finance
3 454 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
4 368 (12.84%) Banking
5 341 (11.89%) Public Sector
6 124 (4.33%) Front Office
7 92 (3.21%) Investment Banking
8 90 (3.14%) Marketing
9 86 (3.00%) Retail
10 82 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 82 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
11 76 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
12 64 (2.23%) Legal
13 63 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
14 50 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 46 (1.60%) Financial Institution
16 45 (1.57%) Back Office
17 43 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 40 (1.40%) Manufacturing
19 31 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 511 (17.82%) Developer
2 441 (15.38%) Analyst
3 427 (14.89%) Senior
4 344 (12.00%) Business Analyst
5 242 (8.44%) Lead
6 206 (7.19%) Project Manager
7 176 (6.14%) Architect
8 122 (4.26%) Software Engineer
9 108 (3.77%) Data Engineer
10 102 (3.56%) Consultant
11 92 (3.21%) Java Developer
12 77 (2.69%) Product Manager
13 74 (2.58%) Senior Developer
14 71 (2.48%) Full-Stack Developer
15 67 (2.34%) Senior Manager
16 64 (2.23%) DevOps Engineer
16 64 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
17 63 (2.20%) Product Owner
18 59 (2.06%) Tester
19 58 (2.02%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (7.64%) React
2 213 (7.43%) REST
3 167 (5.82%) Node.js
4 154 (5.37%) RESTful
5 153 (5.34%) Kafka
6 141 (4.92%) .NET
7 125 (4.36%) HTML
8 119 (4.15%) CSS
9 112 (3.91%) AngularJS
10 105 (3.66%) Spring
11 97 (3.38%) Playwright
12 92 (3.21%) Spring Boot
13 82 (2.86%) JSON
14 78 (2.72%) SOAP
15 73 (2.55%) PySpark
16 69 (2.41%) XML
17 62 (2.16%) GraphQL
18 59 (2.06%) Web Services
19 47 (1.64%) Middleware
20 45 (1.57%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 297 (10.36%) Product Ownership
2 200 (6.98%) Cloud Native
3 66 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 65 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 62 (2.16%) Derivative
5 62 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 61 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 56 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 54 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
9 52 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 49 (1.71%) Onboarding
11 48 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
11 48 (1.67%) Fixed Income
12 47 (1.64%) Mobile App
12 47 (1.64%) Virtual Team
13 46 (1.60%) AI Agents
13 46 (1.60%) Equities
13 46 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
13 46 (1.60%) PMI
14 43 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 156 (5.44%) Linux
2 85 (2.96%) Windows
3 82 (2.86%) Unix
4 32 (1.12%) Android
5 30 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 23 (0.80%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.35%) VMS
8 6 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.21%) zOS
9 5 (0.17%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.070%) AIX
10 2 (0.070%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.035%) Solaris
11 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.035%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 733 (25.57%) DevOps
2 664 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
3 638 (22.25%) CI/CD
4 609 (21.24%) Scrum
5 590 (20.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 361 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 347 (12.10%) Test Automation
8 338 (11.79%) AI
9 319 (11.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 310 (10.81%) Project Management
11 307 (10.71%) Analytics
12 292 (10.18%) Roadmaps
13 288 (10.05%) Software Engineering
14 286 (9.98%) Data Modelling
15 284 (9.91%) Microservices
16 268 (9.35%) Migration
17 267 (9.31%) User Stories
18 246 (8.58%) Waterfall
19 245 (8.55%) SDLC
20 244 (8.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 566 (19.74%) SQL
2 541 (18.87%) Python
3 355 (12.38%) Java
4 308 (10.74%) JavaScript
5 239 (8.34%) TypeScript
6 203 (7.08%) C#
7 79 (2.76%) PowerShell
8 63 (2.20%) C++
9 52 (1.81%) Scala
10 45 (1.57%) Bash
11 33 (1.15%) Go
12 30 (1.05%) PL/SQL
13 28 (0.98%) Ruby
14 27 (0.94%) Bicep
15 25 (0.87%) Shell Script
16 23 (0.80%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.70%) R
18 19 (0.66%) Apex Code
19 17 (0.59%) T-SQL
20 16 (0.56%) Korn
Qualifications
1 555 (19.36%) Security Cleared
2 485 (16.92%) SC Cleared
3 350 (12.21%) Degree
4 134 (4.67%) PMI Certification
5 104 (3.63%) PMP
6 102 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 54 (1.88%) Master's Degree
9 48 (1.67%) DV Cleared
10 45 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 44 (1.53%) CBAP
12 35 (1.22%) ISTQB
13 27 (0.94%) CISSP
14 25 (0.87%) AWS Certification
15 20 (0.70%) IIBA
16 17 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (0.52%) CISM
18 14 (0.49%) CSPO
19 13 (0.45%) ISEB
20 11 (0.38%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (10.29%) QA
2 139 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 130 (4.53%) Accessibility
4 123 (4.29%) GDPR
5 80 (2.79%) PMO
6 35 (1.22%) WCAG
7 31 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 25 (0.87%) NIST
9 16 (0.56%) GRC
9 16 (0.56%) MiFID
10 12 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.38%) Basel III
11 11 (0.38%) ISO 20022
11 11 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.35%) PERC
13 9 (0.31%) EMIR
13 9 (0.31%) PSD2
14 8 (0.28%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 329 (11.48%) Docker
2 45 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.10%) Squid
7 2 (0.070%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.035%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.035%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.035%) etcd
8 1 (0.035%) GPFS
8 1 (0.035%) IAG
8 1 (0.035%) KVM
8 1 (0.035%) Postfix
8 1 (0.035%) RACF
8 1 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 313 (10.92%) Kubernetes
2 189 (6.59%) Terraform
3 54 (1.88%) Ansible
4 44 (1.53%) Grafana
5 28 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 18 (0.63%) Argo
6 18 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.38%) Packer
8 10 (0.35%) Consul
8 10 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (0.35%) SCCM
9 9 (0.31%) Puppet
10 8 (0.28%) Rancher
11 7 (0.24%) HP ALM
12 6 (0.21%) Kibana
13 5 (0.17%) Control-M
14 4 (0.14%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.14%) Nessus
15 3 (0.10%) CA Endevor
15 3 (0.10%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 372 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 194 (6.77%) Oracle
3 130 (4.53%) Databricks
4 124 (4.33%) Salesforce
5 107 (3.73%) SAP
6 104 (3.63%) ServiceNow
7 86 (3.00%) Google
8 43 (1.50%) Splunk
9 42 (1.46%) Adobe
10 31 (1.08%) Workday
11 27 (0.94%) Atlassian
12 25 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 24 (0.84%) Cisco
14 21 (0.73%) Informatica
15 20 (0.70%) OpenAI
16 19 (0.66%) Bloomberg
17 16 (0.56%) Foundry
17 16 (0.56%) VMware
18 15 (0.52%) Dynatrace
18 15 (0.52%) Sybase