Agile Contracts in South Yorkshire

Agile Software Development
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 29 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 7 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Agile 164 71 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 27.15% 14.70% 16.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.57% 16.95% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 49 63
10th Percentile £345 £377 £465
25th Percentile £382 £400 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.01% -13.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £532 £622 £663
90th Percentile £601 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £520 £568
% change year-on-year -7.45% -8.37% +13.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 574 419 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 95.03% 86.75% 91.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 230 277
10th Percentile £285 £353 £363
25th Percentile £369 £425 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £507 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -15.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £675
90th Percentile £625 £645 £743
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 4
10th Percentile £15.00 - £13.18
25th Percentile £17.33 £12.55 £16.44
Median hourly rate £18.36 £12.83 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.08% -34.21% +16.42%
75th Percentile £18.87 £21.13 £20.69
90th Percentile - £21.85 £21.93
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £13.50 £19.94
% change year-on-year +64.00% -32.31% +5.28%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in South Yorkshire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in South Yorkshire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in South Yorkshire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in South Yorkshire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 July 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
Sheffield +7 157 £456 -17.05% 55
Barnsley -8 2 £295 -24.36% 4
Doncaster +9 1 £270 -16.92% 3
Agile
Yorkshire

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (15.85%) Confluence
2 6 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.44%) Apache
4 3 (1.83%) CICS
4 3 (1.83%) CMS
4 3 (1.83%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.83%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.61%) Maple
5 1 (0.61%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.83%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.46%) GCP
2 25 (15.24%) AWS
3 20 (12.20%) Azure
4 13 (7.93%) GitHub
5 7 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.66%) Azure AKS
6 6 (3.66%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.66%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.66%) Serverless
7 5 (3.05%) CloudBees
8 4 (2.44%) IaaS
9 3 (1.83%) npm
10 2 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.22%) dbt
10 2 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.61%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.15%) Firewall
2 10 (6.10%) DNS
2 10 (6.10%) TCP/IP
3 7 (4.27%) NAS
3 7 (4.27%) SAN
4 4 (2.44%) Network Security
5 2 (1.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (1.22%) HTTP
6 1 (0.61%) DHCP
6 1 (0.61%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.32%) Relational Database
2 7 (4.27%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.66%) Power BI
4 5 (3.05%) BigQuery
4 5 (3.05%) Flink
4 5 (3.05%) Oracle Database
4 5 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.05%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.05%) Tableau
5 2 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.22%) Looker
5 2 (1.22%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.61%) Metadata
6 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.61%) MySQL
6 1 (0.61%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 50 (30.49%) Git
2 43 (26.22%) JIRA
3 37 (22.56%) Jenkins
4 20 (12.20%) Postman
5 16 (9.76%) GitLab
6 8 (4.88%) SoapUI
7 6 (3.66%) Cucumber
7 6 (3.66%) Liquibase
7 6 (3.66%) Visual Studio
8 4 (2.44%) ScriptRunner
9 3 (1.83%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.83%) Babel
9 3 (1.83%) ChangeMan
9 3 (1.83%) CocoaPods
9 3 (1.83%) Gradle
9 3 (1.83%) Vagrant
9 3 (1.83%) webpack
9 3 (1.83%) Xcode
10 2 (1.22%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.61%) JUnit
General
1 74 (45.12%) Finance
2 58 (35.37%) Social Skills
3 37 (22.56%) Banking
4 30 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.66%) Financial Institution
5 6 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.44%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.44%) Retail
7 3 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.83%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Back Office
9 1 (0.61%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (17.07%) Analyst
2 24 (14.63%) Developer
2 24 (14.63%) Senior
3 18 (10.98%) Business Analyst
4 17 (10.37%) Project Manager
5 14 (8.54%) Lead
6 12 (7.32%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) Automation Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 9 (5.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 9 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.27%) Test Analyst
10 6 (3.66%) Senior Technical Engineer
10 6 (3.66%) Technical Engineer
11 5 (3.05%) Full-Stack Developer
11 5 (3.05%) Technical Analyst
11 5 (3.05%) Technical Business Analyst
11 5 (3.05%) Windows Engineer
12 4 (2.44%) Infrastructure Manager
12 4 (2.44%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.54%) RESTful
2 12 (7.32%) CSS
2 12 (7.32%) HTML
3 10 (6.10%) .NET
3 10 (6.10%) REST
4 9 (5.49%) ASP.NET Web API
4 9 (5.49%) jQuery
5 8 (4.88%) Middleware
6 7 (4.27%) JSON
7 6 (3.66%) Compass CSS Framework
7 6 (3.66%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (3.66%) Gherkin
8 5 (3.05%) FastAPI
9 4 (2.44%) Hugging Face
9 4 (2.44%) Jest
9 4 (2.44%) OpenCV
9 4 (2.44%) PyTorch
9 4 (2.44%) React
9 4 (2.44%) SpaCy
9 4 (2.44%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.54%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (6.10%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.49%) Mobile App
4 7 (4.27%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.27%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.27%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.66%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) Equities
7 3 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.83%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.22%) Derivative
8 2 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.22%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.22%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 29 (17.68%) Linux
2 17 (10.37%) Windows
3 8 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.44%) Unix
5 3 (1.83%) AIX
5 3 (1.83%) Android
5 3 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.83%) Solaris
5 3 (1.83%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 3 (1.83%) VMS
6 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (37.20%) DevOps
1 61 (37.20%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (21.95%) CI/CD
3 31 (18.90%) Scrum
4 27 (16.46%) Project Management
5 22 (13.41%) Migration
6 21 (12.80%) Kanban
7 19 (11.59%) Microservices
8 18 (10.98%) Decision-Making
9 17 (10.37%) Architectural Patterns
9 17 (10.37%) Data Management
10 16 (9.76%) Business Analysis
10 16 (9.76%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (9.76%) Risk Management
10 16 (9.76%) Waterfall
11 15 (9.15%) Data Protection
11 15 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (8.54%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (8.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 62 (37.80%) Python
2 24 (14.63%) JavaScript
3 19 (11.59%) Java
4 18 (10.98%) Shell Script
5 16 (9.76%) SQL
6 12 (7.32%) Kotlin
6 12 (7.32%) PowerShell
7 10 (6.10%) C#
8 7 (4.27%) Groovy
9 6 (3.66%) Go
9 6 (3.66%) Objective-C
9 6 (3.66%) Swift
10 3 (1.83%) COBOL
10 3 (1.83%) Ruby
11 1 (0.61%) Bash
11 1 (0.61%) Bicep
11 1 (0.61%) XPath
Qualifications
1 14 (8.54%) Degree
2 10 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (5.49%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.88%) CISM
4 8 (4.88%) CISSP
4 8 (4.88%) ISTQB
5 6 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.44%) RIBA
7 3 (1.83%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.83%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.22%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.22%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (1.22%) VCAP
8 2 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.61%) CBAP
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.10%) PCI DSS
2 7 (4.27%) QA
3 6 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.66%) GDPR
3 6 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.66%) NIST
4 4 (2.44%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.22%) PMO
5 2 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.61%) SEPA
6 1 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 19 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.49%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (5.49%) VMware NSX
2 9 (5.49%) vSphere
3 8 (4.88%) Active Directory
4 7 (4.27%) Docker
5 5 (3.05%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 3 (1.83%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.61%) XenApp
8 1 (0.61%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (23.17%) Ansible
2 17 (10.37%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.54%) Terraform
4 13 (7.93%) Puppet
5 12 (7.32%) vCenter Server
6 8 (4.88%) Grafana
6 8 (4.88%) Prometheus
7 7 (4.27%) SCCM
7 7 (4.27%) vRealize
8 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (3.05%) Data Guard
9 5 (3.05%) yum
10 3 (1.83%) CA Endevor
11 2 (1.22%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.61%) SCOM
12 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 38 (23.17%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.80%) Google
3 19 (11.59%) VMware
4 11 (6.71%) MuleSoft
5 9 (5.49%) Splunk
6 8 (4.88%) BeyondTrust
6 8 (4.88%) CyberArk
6 8 (4.88%) GoldenSource
6 8 (4.88%) Thycotic
7 5 (3.05%) F5
7 5 (3.05%) Oracle
8 4 (2.44%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.44%) Citrix
8 4 (2.44%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.83%) Databricks
10 2 (1.22%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.22%) Genesys
10 2 (1.22%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.61%) Dell
11 1 (0.61%) HP