Agile Contracts in the South West

Agile Software Development
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 443 814 852
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 13.94% 22.47% 22.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.76% 25.06% 25.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 624 578
10th Percentile £392 £406 £404
25th Percentile £456 £495 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £600
90th Percentile £713 £725 £671
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 69 48
10th Percentile £31.60 £58.08 £42.00
25th Percentile £57.33 £60.91 £49.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £64.30
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +1.87% +28.60%
75th Percentile £73.92 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £48.79
% change year-on-year -7.69% +33.22% +8.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,643 3,248 3,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.14% 89.65% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 2,392 2,335
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £722 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 334 195
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.63 £16.32 £20.16
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £48.74
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +26.18% +9.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £70.65
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the South West

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Agile in the South West

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the South West

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the South West

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the South West

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Wiltshire -2 149 £525 -7.08% 29
Bristol -7 116 £525 -4.55% 156
Gloucestershire 0 87 £563 -5.46% 81
Devon -9 25 £465 -15.45% 39
Dorset +5 20 £638 +24.39% 29
Somerset -9 17 £600 -7.69% 28
Cornwall +2 8 £625 +31.58% 3
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 26 (5.87%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.42%) Confluence
3 11 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.13%) CMS
4 5 (1.13%) nginx
4 5 (1.13%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.90%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (7.67%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (6.32%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (5.64%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.45%) InVision
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.23%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 21 (4.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.45%) Primavera
5 2 (0.45%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.23%) Magento
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 82 (18.51%) Azure
2 36 (8.13%) AWS
3 33 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (6.32%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.84%) GitHub
7 9 (2.03%) GCP
7 9 (2.03%) Power Automate
8 8 (1.81%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.35%) PaaS
9 6 (1.35%) SaaS
9 6 (1.35%) Serverless
10 5 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.13%) IaaS
11 4 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (0.90%) Azure Stack
11 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.90%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.16%) DNS
2 9 (2.03%) DHCP
2 9 (2.03%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.81%) Intranet
3 8 (1.81%) Network Security
4 7 (1.58%) 3G
4 7 (1.58%) 4G
4 7 (1.58%) LAN
4 7 (1.58%) VSAN
4 7 (1.58%) WAN
5 5 (1.13%) HTTP
5 5 (1.13%) VPN
6 4 (0.90%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.90%) IPsec
6 4 (0.90%) Skype
7 3 (0.68%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.68%) Firewall
7 3 (0.68%) Internet
8 2 (0.45%) OSPF
8 2 (0.45%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.84%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.61%) Power BI
3 13 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.81%) MySQL
5 7 (1.58%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.13%) CockroachDB
6 5 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.13%) SQLite
7 4 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (0.90%) Couchbase
7 4 (0.90%) Metadata
7 4 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.68%) GIS
9 2 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.45%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.23%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 80 (18.06%) JIRA
2 22 (4.97%) Git
3 19 (4.29%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.71%) Visual Studio
5 9 (2.03%) Selenium
6 8 (1.81%) GoogleTest
6 8 (1.81%) Postman
7 7 (1.58%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.58%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (1.13%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.13%) Checkstyle
8 5 (1.13%) NUnit
8 5 (1.13%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.90%) GitLab
9 4 (0.90%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.68%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.68%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.68%) JUnit
11 2 (0.45%) HP UFT
11 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 146 (32.96%) Social Skills
2 95 (21.44%) Finance
3 88 (19.86%) Public Sector
4 86 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (8.13%) Presentation Skills
6 29 (6.55%) Telecoms
7 26 (5.87%) Military
8 18 (4.06%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.84%) Marketing
10 16 (3.61%) Electronics
11 12 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.48%) Legal
13 7 (1.58%) Banking
13 7 (1.58%) Publishing
14 6 (1.35%) Law
15 4 (0.90%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.90%) German Language
16 3 (0.68%) Billing
16 3 (0.68%) Local Government
16 3 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (13.54%) Project Manager
2 55 (12.42%) Developer
2 55 (12.42%) Senior
3 51 (11.51%) Architect
4 38 (8.58%) Lead
5 25 (5.64%) Software Engineer
6 24 (5.42%) Analyst
6 24 (5.42%) Delivery Manager
6 24 (5.42%) Project Leader
7 22 (4.97%) Senior Manager
8 16 (3.61%) Test Engineer
9 14 (3.16%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 14 (3.16%) Full Stack Developer
9 14 (3.16%) Java Engineer
9 14 (3.16%) Technical Architect
10 13 (2.93%) Service Manager
10 13 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.71%) IT Manager
12 11 (2.48%) Business Analyst
13 10 (2.26%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.87%) .NET
2 22 (4.97%) AngularJS
3 21 (4.74%) React
4 20 (4.51%) REST
5 19 (4.29%) XML
6 18 (4.06%) JSON
6 18 (4.06%) Spring
7 12 (2.71%) CSS
8 9 (2.03%) HTML
9 8 (1.81%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.81%) Qt
10 7 (1.58%) .NET Framework
10 7 (1.58%) Middleware
10 7 (1.58%) Node.js
11 6 (1.35%) RESTful
12 5 (1.13%) Flash
12 5 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
12 5 (1.13%) YAML
13 4 (0.90%) GraphQL
13 4 (0.90%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.13%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (2.71%) PKI
3 12 (2.71%) Public Cloud
4 11 (2.48%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.48%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.13%) Clustering
7 5 (1.13%) CMDB
7 5 (1.13%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.13%) Verilog
7 5 (1.13%) VHDL
8 4 (0.90%) Reference Data
8 4 (0.90%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.68%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.13%) Linux
2 29 (6.55%) Windows
3 12 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (1.81%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.13%) CentOS
7 3 (0.68%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.45%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.23%) Android
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.23%) Unix
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (27.54%) Project Management
2 103 (23.25%) DevOps
3 90 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (18.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (15.35%) Project Delivery
6 66 (14.90%) PRINCE2
7 59 (13.32%) Scrum
8 50 (11.29%) ITIL
8 50 (11.29%) Waterfall
9 44 (9.93%) Change Management
9 44 (9.93%) Programme Management
10 43 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (9.71%) Data Management
11 42 (9.48%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 41 (9.26%) Software Engineering
13 40 (9.03%) Service Management
14 38 (8.58%) CI/CD
15 33 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
16 32 (7.22%) Project Planning
17 30 (6.77%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 55 (12.42%) Python
2 43 (9.71%) SQL
3 35 (7.90%) Java
3 35 (7.90%) JavaScript
4 34 (7.67%) C#
5 32 (7.22%) C
6 25 (5.64%) C++
7 15 (3.39%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.71%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.13%) Bash
10 4 (0.90%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.90%) PHP
11 2 (0.45%) Bicep
11 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.45%) Perl
11 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.45%) SOQL
12 1 (0.23%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 259 (58.47%) Security Cleared
2 143 (32.28%) SC Cleared
3 128 (28.89%) DV Cleared
4 46 (10.38%) Degree
5 27 (6.09%) APMP
6 13 (2.93%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.81%) CISM
10 8 (1.81%) CISSP
11 7 (1.58%) MCSE
12 6 (1.35%) CCNA
12 6 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.35%) HND
12 6 (1.35%) MCSA
13 4 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.90%) OSCP
13 4 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.13%) QA
2 35 (7.90%) PMO
3 15 (3.39%) NIST
4 13 (2.93%) SLA
5 12 (2.71%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.03%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.81%) GDPR
7 8 (1.81%) MISRA
7 8 (1.81%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.13%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.90%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.68%) WCAG
11 2 (0.45%) JTAG
11 2 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.23%) COSO
12 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.23%) DO-178B
12 1 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (4.06%) Docker
3 14 (3.16%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.48%) VMware NSX
5 8 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.45%) vSphere
8 2 (0.45%) XenApp
8 2 (0.45%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.23%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (5.64%) Terraform
2 22 (4.97%) Ansible
3 10 (2.26%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.35%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.13%) OPNET
5 5 (1.13%) Puppet
5 5 (1.13%) SCCM
6 4 (0.90%) SCOM
7 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.68%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.45%) MOM
8 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 1 (0.23%) Kibana
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.23%) Packer
9 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 89 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.09%) VMware
3 23 (5.19%) Remedy
4 19 (4.29%) SAP
5 15 (3.39%) Atlassian
5 15 (3.39%) Google
6 10 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.58%) BMC
7 7 (1.58%) Cisco
8 5 (1.13%) Oracle
9 4 (0.90%) Adobe
9 4 (0.90%) Sparx
10 3 (0.68%) Citrix
10 3 (0.68%) Dell
10 3 (0.68%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.45%) FIS
11 2 (0.45%) Mapbox
11 2 (0.45%) OpenText
11 2 (0.45%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.45%) Xamarin