Agile Contracts in Manchester

Agile Software Development
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 274 345 622
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 18.88% 18.90% 23.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.75% 20.67% 26.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 271 451
10th Percentile £400 £388 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +5.26% +12.67%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £615
90th Percentile £845 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 12
10th Percentile £62.59 £35.75 £50.38
25th Percentile £62.73 £36.88 £65.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £37.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.67% -48.28% +47.96%
75th Percentile £73.00 £44.63 £81.00
90th Percentile £73.90 £57.45 -
North West median hourly rate £48.43 £44.79 £57.95
% change year-on-year +8.14% -22.72% +45.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Agile is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,260 1,669 2,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.84% 91.45% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 1,218 1,809
10th Percentile £325 £313 £273
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 53 58
10th Percentile £12.44 £16.67 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +93.83% +11.26%
75th Percentile £60.63 £45.05 £34.69
90th Percentile £73.70 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £23.80 £36.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -33.89% +46.94% +32.43%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Manchester

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Salford -1 6 £400 -36.00% 6
Oldham -2 3 £350 -12.50%
Bolton +1 1 £525 - 2
Stockport -1 1 £550 +7.32% 2
Agile
North West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.55%) Confluence
2 3 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.73%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) nginx
4 1 (0.36%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.36%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.46%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.09%) Aareon QL
3 2 (0.73%) iTrent
3 2 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.73%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.36%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 63 (22.99%) AWS
2 54 (19.71%) Azure
3 20 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (6.93%) Serverless
5 17 (6.20%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.01%) SaaS
7 8 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.92%) GitHub
8 7 (2.55%) GCP
8 7 (2.55%) IaaS
8 7 (2.55%) PaaS
9 6 (2.19%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (1.46%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.46%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.46%) npm
11 4 (1.46%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 34 (12.41%) Firewall
2 31 (11.31%) VPN
3 3 (1.09%) DNS
4 2 (0.73%) HTTP
5 1 (0.36%) PPP
5 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.76%) MongoDB
2 18 (6.57%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (6.57%) Relational Database
3 14 (5.11%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.74%) Power BI
5 12 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (4.01%) RDBMS
7 10 (3.65%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.82%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.82%) Tableau
9 4 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.46%) Redis
9 4 (1.46%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (1.09%) GIS
11 2 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.73%) MySQL
11 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.73%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.36%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 21 (7.66%) GitLab
2 19 (6.93%) Git
3 18 (6.57%) Jenkins
3 18 (6.57%) JIRA
4 11 (4.01%) Cucumber
5 9 (3.28%) JUnit
6 8 (2.92%) Selenium
7 4 (1.46%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.46%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.46%) JMeter
7 4 (1.46%) Karma Test Runner
7 4 (1.46%) Mocha
7 4 (1.46%) Postman
7 4 (1.46%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.46%) webpack
8 3 (1.09%) Burp Suite
8 3 (1.09%) Gatling
8 3 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.73%) Appium
9 2 (0.73%) Mockito
General
1 51 (18.61%) Social Skills
2 42 (15.33%) Public Sector
3 23 (8.39%) Finance
4 17 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.47%) Legal
6 7 (2.55%) Banking
6 7 (2.55%) Law
7 4 (1.46%) Marketing
7 4 (1.46%) Retail
8 3 (1.09%) Automotive
8 3 (1.09%) Billing
8 3 (1.09%) German Language
8 3 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.73%) Military
9 2 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.36%) French Language
10 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (25.18%) Architect
2 45 (16.42%) Developer
3 42 (15.33%) Lead
4 34 (12.41%) Technical Architect
5 29 (10.58%) Senior
6 28 (10.22%) Lead Architect
6 28 (10.22%) Technical Leader
7 21 (7.66%) Java Developer
8 20 (7.30%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (6.57%) Analyst
10 14 (5.11%) Delivery Manager
11 11 (4.01%) DBA
11 11 (4.01%) PostgreSQL DBA
11 11 (4.01%) Test Engineer
11 11 (4.01%) User Researcher
12 10 (3.65%) Software Engineer
13 8 (2.92%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
13 8 (2.92%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 7 (2.55%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (17.88%) Node.js
2 24 (8.76%) React
3 22 (8.03%) RESTful
3 22 (8.03%) Spring
3 22 (8.03%) Spring Boot
4 21 (7.66%) REST
5 20 (7.30%) Kafka
6 17 (6.20%) JSON
6 17 (6.20%) XML
7 14 (5.11%) .NET
7 14 (5.11%) Hibernate
7 14 (5.11%) JPA
8 11 (4.01%) Web Services
9 8 (2.92%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.92%) CSS
9 8 (2.92%) HTML
9 8 (2.92%) Spring Security
10 7 (2.55%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.82%) .NET Core
11 5 (1.82%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.41%) Public Cloud
2 24 (8.76%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.65%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.92%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.46%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.46%) Digital Signage
7 4 (1.46%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.46%) Reference Data
7 4 (1.46%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (1.09%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.09%) NHS
8 3 (1.09%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.73%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (14.96%) Windows
2 35 (12.77%) Android
3 34 (12.41%) Apple iOS
3 34 (12.41%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.65%) Linux
5 6 (2.19%) Unix
6 3 (1.09%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.73%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.36%) CentOS
8 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (35.77%) DevOps
2 75 (27.37%) CI/CD
3 49 (17.88%) Microservices
4 48 (17.52%) Design Patterns
5 45 (16.42%) Scrum
6 34 (12.41%) Risk Management
7 32 (11.68%) Mobile Device Management
7 32 (11.68%) Security Architecture
8 31 (11.31%) Zero Trust
9 29 (10.58%) Mentoring
9 29 (10.58%) Threat Intelligence
10 28 (10.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 26 (9.49%) Project Delivery
12 25 (9.12%) Test Automation
13 24 (8.76%) Front End Development
13 24 (8.76%) Roadmaps
14 22 (8.03%) Software Engineering
14 22 (8.03%) User Experience
15 20 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (6.93%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.06%) Java
2 25 (9.12%) SQL
3 22 (8.03%) Python
4 18 (6.57%) C#
5 17 (6.20%) TypeScript
6 15 (5.47%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.55%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.82%) Bash
9 4 (1.46%) Scala
10 3 (1.09%) Go
11 2 (0.73%) Groovy
11 2 (0.73%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.73%) PHP
11 2 (0.73%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 52 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 44 (16.06%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.93%) Degree
4 8 (2.92%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.09%) OSCP
7 2 (0.73%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.73%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.36%) CCSA
8 1 (0.36%) CCSE
8 1 (0.36%) CISSP
8 1 (0.36%) ISEB
8 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.74%) QA
2 11 (4.01%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (2.92%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.55%) GDPR
6 5 (1.82%) PMO
7 4 (1.46%) GRC
8 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.09%) NIST
9 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.73%) SLA
10 1 (0.36%) GxP
10 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (5.47%) Docker
2 3 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (7.66%) Terraform
2 17 (6.20%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.28%) Ansible
4 2 (0.73%) Grafana
4 2 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.36%) Consul
5 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.36%) Graphite
5 1 (0.36%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.36%) Istio
5 1 (0.36%) Kibana
5 1 (0.36%) linkerd
5 1 (0.36%) Packer
5 1 (0.36%) Podman
5 1 (0.36%) Puppet
5 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 28 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.20%) Oracle
3 10 (3.65%) Google
4 7 (2.55%) SAP
5 5 (1.82%) Apple
6 4 (1.46%) Logitech
6 4 (1.46%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.09%) Aareon
7 3 (1.09%) Databricks
7 3 (1.09%) VMware
8 2 (0.73%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.73%) Cisco
8 2 (0.73%) IDERA
8 2 (0.73%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.73%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.73%) PagerDuty
8 2 (0.73%) Perfecto Mobile
8 2 (0.73%) Remedy
8 2 (0.73%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.36%) Workday