Agile Contracts in Preston

Agile Software Development
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 -7
Contract jobs citing Agile 11 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 15.94% 7.27% 13.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.19% 8.00% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £412 - £378
25th Percentile £444 £593 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £666 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +33.29% +4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £743 £850
90th Percentile - £747 -
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £593 £494
% change year-on-year -11.45% +20.08% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £46.23
25th Percentile £37.80 - £48.83
Median hourly rate £40.59 - £56.38
75th Percentile £43.39 - £56.40
90th Percentile - - £61.55
Lancashire median hourly rate £40.59 £45.88 £56.38
% change year-on-year -11.53% -18.62% +36.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 50 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 92.75% 90.91% 98.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 16 28
10th Percentile £350 £356 £303
25th Percentile £447 £459 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £571 £438
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% +30.62% +4.48%
75th Percentile £575 £743 £532
90th Percentile £630 £981 £771
Lancashire median daily rate £533 £538 £533
% change year-on-year -0.93% +0.94% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 32 39
10th Percentile £24.76 £12.20 £23.60
25th Percentile £26.88 - £29.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -62.21% +6.99%
75th Percentile £31.07 £19.05 £49.52
90th Percentile £43.39 £46.18 £54.03
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £19.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +49.90% -54.87% +7.59%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Preston

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Preston

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Preston over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Preston

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Preston

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Misys Midas
2 1 (9.09%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) ShareGate
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 2 (18.18%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (9.09%) JIRA Agile
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Military
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
2 1 (9.09%) Avionics
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Network Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Network Services Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Agile Coach
2 1 (9.09%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Scrum Master
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Scrum
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Coaching
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Kanban
2 3 (27.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (18.18%) Agile Coaching
3 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Product Management
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Scorecard
3 2 (18.18%) Service Design
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Software License Management
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) MISRA
1 2 (18.18%) MISRA C
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Atlassian
1 2 (18.18%) TOWER Software
2 1 (9.09%) Blue Prism
2 1 (9.09%) Nintex
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) SAP