Agile Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Agile Software Development
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Agile skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Agile 368 337 620
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 23.96% 20.01% 26.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.38% 22.47% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 230 437
10th Percentile £357 £356 £400
25th Percentile £413 £388 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +3.95%
75th Percentile £538 £522 £590
90th Percentile £577 £600 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 3
10th Percentile - £24.50 -
25th Percentile - £24.98 £57.50
Median hourly rate £13.00 £26.93 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.72% -55.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £40.04 £62.50
90th Percentile £60.25 £61.01 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,344 1,500 2,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.50% 89.07% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 771 888 1,341
10th Percentile £238 £221 £250
25th Percentile £384 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 54
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.06
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +20.70% +3.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £56.05
90th Percentile £48.98 £32.66 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Agile relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Agile job vacancy trend in Scotland

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Agile.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Agile.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Agile

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Edinburgh +1 179 £486 +8.06% 52
Glasgow +1 171 £453 +3.13% 24
Dunbartonshire - 7 - - 1
Aberdeen -11 2 £388 +3.33% 10
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £469 -
South Lanarkshire +4 1 £550 +10.00%
Perthshire -1 1 £600 +26.32% 2
Dundee - 1 £438 - 1
Agile
UK

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 39 (10.60%) Confluence
2 13 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.26%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.99%) Apache
5 8 (2.17%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
6 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.27%) CMS
7 1 (0.27%) FileNet
7 1 (0.27%) Mule
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.27%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.82%) Trello
5 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 110 (29.89%) AWS
2 87 (23.64%) Azure
3 30 (8.15%) Serverless
4 28 (7.61%) Amazon S3
4 28 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (6.52%) AWS Lambda
6 23 (6.25%) GitHub
6 23 (6.25%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (4.89%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (4.89%) OpenShift
9 16 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (4.35%) GCP
10 12 (3.26%) Snowflake
11 11 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (2.72%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
14 8 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.90%) Firewall
1 7 (1.90%) HTTP
2 5 (1.36%) DHCP
2 5 (1.36%) DNS
3 4 (1.09%) SSL
3 4 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.82%) VPN
5 2 (0.54%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.27%) AMQP
6 1 (0.27%) DSL
6 1 (0.27%) Network Security
6 1 (0.27%) NFC
6 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 25 (6.79%) MongoDB
3 15 (4.08%) NoSQL
3 15 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (4.08%) Power BI
4 14 (3.80%) DB2
5 12 (3.26%) Amazon Aurora
6 11 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.72%) Big Data
8 6 (1.63%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.63%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.09%) Metadata
10 4 (1.09%) Redis
11 3 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.82%) MSDE
12 2 (0.54%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.54%) OLTP
12 2 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 74 (20.11%) JIRA
2 46 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 35 (9.51%) Git
4 21 (5.71%) JUnit
5 16 (4.35%) Bitbucket
6 14 (3.80%) Cypress.io
7 12 (3.26%) GitLab
8 10 (2.72%) IntelliJ
8 10 (2.72%) Visual Studio
8 10 (2.72%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (2.45%) PyCharm
10 5 (1.36%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.09%) ER Studio
11 4 (1.09%) ERwin
11 4 (1.09%) Subversion
12 3 (0.82%) Liquibase
12 3 (0.82%) Selenium
12 3 (0.82%) Terragrunt
12 3 (0.82%) Vite
13 2 (0.54%) WebDriver
General
1 154 (41.85%) Social Skills
2 147 (39.95%) Finance
3 82 (22.28%) Public Sector
4 75 (20.38%) Banking
5 65 (17.66%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (8.15%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.53%) Front Office
7 13 (3.53%) Retail Banking
8 11 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.72%) Retail
10 9 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.63%) Legal
11 6 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.09%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Billing
13 3 (0.82%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.54%) Back Office
15 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 66 (17.93%) Developer
2 51 (13.86%) Analyst
3 34 (9.24%) Java Developer
4 27 (7.34%) Business Analyst
5 25 (6.79%) Project Manager
5 25 (6.79%) Python Engineer
6 22 (5.98%) Senior
7 20 (5.43%) Lead
7 20 (5.43%) Software Engineer
8 17 (4.62%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.80%) Data Analyst
10 14 (3.80%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (3.80%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (3.53%) Designer
12 12 (3.26%) Investment Banking Java Developer
12 12 (3.26%) SQL Developer
12 12 (3.26%) Sybase Developer
13 11 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
13 11 (2.99%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.60%) Spring
2 34 (9.24%) REST
3 29 (7.88%) RESTful
4 26 (7.07%) Kafka
5 23 (6.25%) React
5 23 (6.25%) Spring Boot
6 22 (5.98%) AWS CDK
7 18 (4.89%) FastAPI
8 17 (4.62%) AngularJS
8 17 (4.62%) HTML
8 17 (4.62%) OAuth
8 17 (4.62%) PyTorch
9 16 (4.35%) CSS
10 14 (3.80%) JMS
11 13 (3.53%) Pandas
12 12 (3.26%) NumPy
13 11 (2.99%) .NET
13 11 (2.99%) Hugging Face
13 11 (2.99%) SOAP
14 10 (2.72%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.42%) Product Ownership
2 23 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 22 (5.98%) Data Structures
4 18 (4.89%) Public Cloud
5 17 (4.62%) Virtual Team
6 15 (4.08%) CMDB
6 15 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (3.53%) Equities
8 13 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.99%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (2.45%) Algorithms
11 9 (2.45%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.63%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.36%) Derivative
14 4 (1.09%) Digital Media
14 4 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (1.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 62 (16.85%) Linux
2 27 (7.34%) Unix
3 23 (6.25%) Windows
4 6 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.82%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.54%) Android
6 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (29.35%) CI/CD
2 102 (27.72%) DevOps
3 77 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (16.30%) Scrum
6 57 (15.49%) Infrastructure as Code
6 57 (15.49%) SDLC
7 51 (13.86%) Software Engineering
8 49 (13.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (11.96%) Project Management
10 40 (10.87%) Containerisation
10 40 (10.87%) Waterfall
11 37 (10.05%) Migration
12 35 (9.51%) Microservices
13 32 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
14 31 (8.42%) AI
14 31 (8.42%) Change Management
14 31 (8.42%) Data Modelling
14 31 (8.42%) Performance Tuning
14 31 (8.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 115 (31.25%) Python
2 75 (20.38%) Java
3 61 (16.58%) SQL
4 36 (9.78%) TypeScript
5 31 (8.42%) JavaScript
6 23 (6.25%) C#
7 22 (5.98%) Shell Script
8 14 (3.80%) Bash
9 12 (3.26%) Perl
10 11 (2.99%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.90%) Go
12 6 (1.63%) C++
13 4 (1.09%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.82%) PromQL
15 2 (0.54%) ANSI SQL
15 2 (0.54%) C
16 1 (0.27%) COBOL
16 1 (0.27%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.27%) R
16 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (9.78%) Degree
2 18 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.72%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.45%) PMP
6 8 (2.17%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.36%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.82%) HND
9 3 (0.82%) MCP
9 3 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.54%) CISSP
10 2 (0.54%) ISEB
10 2 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.27%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.61%) Accessibility
2 22 (5.98%) Disclosure Scotland
3 20 (5.43%) QA
4 9 (2.45%) GDPR
4 9 (2.45%) PMO
5 6 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.09%) COBIT
7 2 (0.54%) Basel III
7 2 (0.54%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) COREP
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.27%) FINREP
8 1 (0.27%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.27%) MISRA
8 1 (0.27%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.27%) NIST
8 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 42 (11.41%) Docker
2 4 (1.09%) KVM
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 65 (17.66%) Kubernetes
2 59 (16.03%) Terraform
3 37 (10.05%) Ansible
3 37 (10.05%) Grafana
4 18 (4.89%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.09%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (0.82%) Argo
6 3 (0.82%) Istio
6 3 (0.82%) Kustomize
6 3 (0.82%) SCCM
7 2 (0.54%) Fluentd
7 2 (0.54%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.54%) Nagios
8 1 (0.27%) Kibana
8 1 (0.27%) linkerd
8 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.27%) vRealize
8 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 50 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.88%) ServiceNow
3 18 (4.89%) Oracle
4 13 (3.53%) Sybase
5 11 (2.99%) Databricks
6 10 (2.72%) Splunk
7 9 (2.45%) F5
8 6 (1.63%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.63%) IBM
9 5 (1.36%) Google
9 5 (1.36%) Infoblox
9 5 (1.36%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.09%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.09%) Dell
10 4 (1.09%) HP
10 4 (1.09%) Pega
10 4 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.82%) Commvault
11 3 (0.82%) Remedy
11 3 (0.82%) SAP