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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,013 2,468 3,432
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.56% 19.11% 18.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.66% 20.98% 21.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,058 1,692 2,491
10th Percentile £363 £390 £406
25th Percentile £447 £475 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -10.46% +2.13% -2.08%
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 19 13 16
10th Percentile £49.18 £35.00 £20.90
25th Percentile £54.55 £36.00 £31.71
Median hourly rate £66.00 £39.04 £48.03
Median % change year-on-year +69.06% -18.71% -26.11%
75th Percentile £73.13 £55.75 £60.56
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.00 £72.88
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 14,581 11,761 16,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.81% 91.05% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,791 7,833 11,491
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% - -7.06%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 158 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.32 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.98% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £69.87 £77.77 £69.05
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -9.72%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 0 372 £550 -5.17% 322
South London +10 75 £513 +5.13% 32
West London -2 52 £475 +21.17% 58
East London +1 29 £525 +1.20% 49
North London +1 1 £700 +71.36% 5
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
1 277 (9.19%) Confluence
2 64 (2.12%) Apache Spark
3 59 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 35 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 34 (1.13%) CMS
6 31 (1.03%) Apache
7 19 (0.63%) nginx
8 16 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 12 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 10 (0.33%) Camunda
11 10 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
12 9 (0.30%) IIS
12 9 (0.30%) SAS
13 7 (0.23%) Ethereum
13 7 (0.23%) Hyperledger
14 6 (0.20%) JBoss
15 4 (0.13%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
15 4 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 106 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
3 60 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (1.59%) MS Visio
5 44 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
6 26 (0.86%) Chatbot
7 12 (0.40%) Trello
8 11 (0.37%) Sketch
9 10 (0.33%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.17%) Notion
11 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.100%) Autodesk Inventor
12 3 (0.100%) InVision
13 2 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.066%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.066%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.066%) InDesign
13 2 (0.066%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.066%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 49 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.03%) Aladdin
3 21 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.66%) Endur
5 14 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.40%) Loan IQ
7 10 (0.33%) Shopify
7 10 (0.33%) Temenos T24
8 8 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 6 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 5 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
12 4 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 747 (24.79%) Azure
2 594 (19.71%) AWS
3 260 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
4 223 (7.40%) GitHub
5 220 (7.30%) Power Platform
6 200 (6.64%) GCP
7 149 (4.95%) Serverless
8 107 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
9 99 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 92 (3.05%) SaaS
11 87 (2.89%) Amazon S3
12 82 (2.72%) Snowflake
13 79 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
14 71 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
15 63 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
16 62 (2.06%) Figma
17 52 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
18 46 (1.53%) Azure AKS
19 45 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
20 44 (1.46%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.66%) Firewall
2 29 (0.96%) WAN
3 24 (0.80%) Network Security
4 20 (0.66%) HTTP
4 20 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 17 (0.56%) VPN
6 15 (0.50%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.43%) Internet
8 12 (0.40%) DNS
9 9 (0.30%) LAN
10 7 (0.23%) BGP
11 6 (0.20%) OSPF
12 5 (0.17%) Broadband
12 5 (0.17%) MPLS
12 5 (0.17%) SMS
12 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.13%) DHCP
13 4 (0.13%) DMZ
13 4 (0.13%) FTP
13 4 (0.13%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (5.28%) Power BI
2 131 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 122 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
4 113 (3.75%) NoSQL
5 100 (3.32%) SQL Server
6 79 (2.62%) Relational Database
7 66 (2.19%) Tableau
8 57 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
9 51 (1.69%) Data Lake
9 51 (1.69%) MongoDB
10 49 (1.63%) Metadata
11 43 (1.43%) Big Data
12 41 (1.36%) BigQuery
13 39 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
14 31 (1.03%) Delta Lake
15 25 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
16 24 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
17 23 (0.76%) Oracle Database
17 23 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 21 (0.70%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 527 (17.49%) JIRA
2 296 (9.82%) Git
3 167 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 100 (3.32%) GitLab
5 61 (2.02%) JUnit
5 61 (2.02%) Selenium
6 46 (1.53%) Cucumber
7 45 (1.49%) Postman
8 40 (1.33%) Cypress.io
9 39 (1.29%) Bitbucket
10 32 (1.06%) SpecFlow
11 24 (0.80%) Mockito
12 22 (0.73%) JMeter
13 21 (0.70%) REST Assured
14 17 (0.56%) Maven
15 13 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.40%) SonarQube
17 11 (0.37%) ERwin
17 11 (0.37%) TestRail
17 11 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 1,143 (37.94%) Social Skills
2 1,004 (33.32%) Finance
3 491 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 392 (13.01%) Public Sector
5 371 (12.31%) Banking
6 159 (5.28%) Front Office
7 96 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
8 90 (2.99%) Retail
9 88 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 82 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
11 81 (2.69%) Legal
12 80 (2.66%) Marketing
13 75 (2.49%) Investment Banking
14 68 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
15 45 (1.49%) Financial Institution
16 41 (1.36%) Telecoms
17 36 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 32 (1.06%) Manufacturing
19 29 (0.96%) Back Office
20 27 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 535 (17.76%) Developer
2 463 (15.37%) Analyst
3 445 (14.77%) Senior
4 361 (11.98%) Business Analyst
5 268 (8.89%) Lead
6 255 (8.46%) Project Manager
7 207 (6.87%) Architect
8 146 (4.85%) Software Engineer
9 134 (4.45%) Data Engineer
10 100 (3.32%) Java Developer
11 94 (3.12%) Consultant
12 92 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
13 87 (2.89%) Designer
13 87 (2.89%) Senior Manager
14 80 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
15 77 (2.56%) Senior Developer
16 70 (2.32%) Product Manager
17 68 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
18 67 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
19 62 (2.06%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 249 (8.26%) React
2 213 (7.07%) REST
3 188 (6.24%) Node.js
4 175 (5.81%) Kafka
5 148 (4.91%) RESTful
6 145 (4.81%) .NET
7 138 (4.58%) AngularJS
8 120 (3.98%) HTML
9 111 (3.68%) CSS
10 109 (3.62%) Spring
11 100 (3.32%) Playwright
12 90 (2.99%) Spring Boot
13 89 (2.95%) PySpark
14 77 (2.56%) GraphQL
15 71 (2.36%) JSON
16 69 (2.29%) Middleware
17 66 (2.19%) SOAP
18 60 (1.99%) Web Services
19 59 (1.96%) XML
20 56 (1.86%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 300 (9.96%) Product Ownership
2 212 (7.04%) Cloud Native
3 81 (2.69%) Fixed Income
4 73 (2.42%) Derivative
5 71 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 69 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 66 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
8 62 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 53 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
10 52 (1.73%) Data Structures
11 51 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
12 45 (1.49%) AI Agents
13 44 (1.46%) Equities
14 43 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
15 40 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 40 (1.33%) Mobile App
16 39 (1.29%) Management Information System
17 38 (1.26%) Virtual Team
18 36 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
19 35 (1.16%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 136 (4.51%) Linux
2 83 (2.75%) Windows
3 82 (2.72%) Unix
4 29 (0.96%) Android
5 28 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.27%) VMS
8 6 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.13%) zOS
11 3 (0.100%) AIX
11 3 (0.100%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.033%) Solaris
12 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 758 (25.16%) DevOps
2 689 (22.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 676 (22.44%) CI/CD
4 626 (20.78%) Scrum
5 606 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
6 452 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 383 (12.71%) AI
8 355 (11.78%) Test Automation
9 343 (11.38%) Project Management
10 342 (11.35%) Data Modelling
11 328 (10.89%) Analytics
12 325 (10.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 316 (10.49%) Software Engineering
14 309 (10.26%) Migration
15 298 (9.89%) Roadmaps
16 286 (9.49%) Waterfall
17 283 (9.39%) Decision-Making
17 283 (9.39%) User Stories
18 282 (9.36%) Microservices
19 275 (9.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 604 (20.05%) SQL
2 568 (18.85%) Python
3 374 (12.41%) Java
4 332 (11.02%) JavaScript
5 275 (9.13%) TypeScript
6 218 (7.24%) C#
7 71 (2.36%) PowerShell
8 55 (1.83%) Scala
9 53 (1.76%) Go
10 45 (1.49%) C++
11 31 (1.03%) Ruby
12 30 (1.00%) Bash
13 29 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.83%) Kotlin
15 24 (0.80%) Shell Script
15 24 (0.80%) T-SQL
16 23 (0.76%) Bicep
17 22 (0.73%) Apex Code
18 19 (0.63%) R
19 18 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 629 (20.88%) Security Cleared
2 562 (18.65%) SC Cleared
3 314 (10.42%) Degree
4 133 (4.41%) PMI Certification
5 123 (4.08%) PMP
6 96 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 63 (2.09%) Azure Certification
8 57 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 48 (1.59%) Master's Degree
10 43 (1.43%) CBAP
11 41 (1.36%) DV Cleared
12 40 (1.33%) ISTQB
13 33 (1.10%) CISSP
14 31 (1.03%) AWS Certification
15 28 (0.93%) CISM
16 27 (0.90%) IIBA
17 14 (0.46%) ISEB
18 13 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
18 13 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
19 12 (0.40%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 298 (9.89%) QA
2 166 (5.51%) Data Quality
3 149 (4.95%) Accessibility
4 124 (4.12%) GDPR
5 89 (2.95%) PMO
6 46 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (1.39%) WCAG
8 39 (1.29%) NIST
9 34 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 20 (0.66%) GRC
10 20 (0.66%) SLA
11 18 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.50%) MiFID
13 13 (0.43%) ISO 20022
13 13 (0.43%) NCSC
14 11 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.33%) PERC
16 9 (0.30%) Basel III
16 9 (0.30%) PSD2
17 8 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 317 (10.52%) Docker
2 33 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.100%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.066%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.066%) RACF
7 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.033%) GPFS
8 1 (0.033%) HDFS
8 1 (0.033%) IAG
8 1 (0.033%) Lustre
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.033%) Postfix
8 1 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.033%) Squid
Systems Management
1 317 (10.52%) Kubernetes
2 204 (6.77%) Terraform
3 54 (1.79%) Ansible
4 40 (1.33%) Grafana
5 28 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 18 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (0.53%) Argo
8 14 (0.46%) Packer
9 12 (0.40%) Consul
9 12 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (0.33%) HP ALM
11 9 (0.30%) Puppet
12 8 (0.27%) Rancher
13 7 (0.23%) SCCM
14 6 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.17%) Control-M
16 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
17 3 (0.100%) CASB
17 3 (0.100%) FortiGate
17 3 (0.100%) WSUS
Vendors
1 379 (12.58%) Microsoft
2 187 (6.21%) Oracle
3 140 (4.65%) Databricks
4 126 (4.18%) ServiceNow
5 123 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 96 (3.19%) SAP
7 64 (2.12%) Google
8 48 (1.59%) Adobe
9 37 (1.23%) Splunk
10 29 (0.96%) Workday
11 27 (0.90%) Atlassian
12 23 (0.76%) Cisco
12 23 (0.76%) Informatica
13 22 (0.73%) IBM
14 21 (0.70%) MuleSoft
15 20 (0.66%) Bloomberg
16 19 (0.63%) Foundry
16 19 (0.63%) VMware
17 17 (0.56%) Murex
18 16 (0.53%) CyberArk