Agile Contracts in Southampton

Agile Software Development
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Agile 22 21 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 16.92% 13.29% 18.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.18% 18.58% 22.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 32
10th Percentile £351 £375 £475
25th Percentile £456 £497 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +21.21%
75th Percentile £716 £655 £640
90th Percentile £810 £673 £714
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £56.25 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -19.64% - +9.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 109 113 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 83.85% 71.52% 82.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 73 103
10th Percentile £170 £203 £263
25th Percentile £318 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% +5.53%
75th Percentile £597 £634 £614
90th Percentile £690 £650 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £580 £525
% change year-on-year -7.33% +10.48% +0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile £70.60 £52.80 £18.74
25th Percentile £70.75 - £21.23
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +223.23% +22.77%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £27.00
90th Percentile £74.60 - £32.88
Hampshire median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.92% +9.24% +18.67%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Southampton

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Southampton over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Southampton

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Agile

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) AWS
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
1 1 (4.55%) GCP
1 1 (4.55%) GitHub
1 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Bitbucket
2 1 (4.55%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) HP UFT
2 1 (4.55%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (4.55%) Selenium
General
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Retail
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Electronics
4 2 (9.09%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Games
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Security Specialist
2 5 (22.73%) Business Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Senior
4 3 (13.64%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Control Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) CRM Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Data Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Digital Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Playwright
1 1 (4.55%) Qt
1 1 (4.55%) REST
1 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) FMCG
1 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) GNSS
2 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.55%) PMI
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Customer Engagement
2 6 (27.27%) Information Assurance
2 6 (27.27%) ISMS
3 5 (22.73%) Waterfall
4 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 4 (18.18%) Security Architecture
5 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.64%) CRM
5 3 (13.64%) Microservices
5 3 (13.64%) Migration
5 3 (13.64%) Scrum
5 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
6 2 (9.09%) Business Analysis
6 2 (9.09%) ERP
6 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
6 2 (9.09%) Information Security
6 2 (9.09%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) C++
1 1 (4.55%) Python
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) CISM
4 4 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 2 (9.09%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
6 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.55%) MBA
6 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Salesforce
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) SAP