Agile Contracts in Stevenage

Agile Software Development
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Agile 52 66 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 11.16% 22.84% 30.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.09% 24.91% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 17
10th Percentile - £303 £440
25th Percentile - £344 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -36.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £411 £588
90th Percentile - £520 £614
Hertfordshire median daily rate £419 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -16.25% -4.76% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 32 4
10th Percentile £60.88 £61.85 £44.00
25th Percentile £61.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year - +22.07% +25.29%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £63.81
90th Percentile - £73.38 £76.98
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +30.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 430 265 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 92.27% 91.70% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 59 50
10th Percentile £80 £273 £299
25th Percentile £258 £318 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £388 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -20.51% -2.50%
75th Percentile £563 £509 £588
90th Percentile £650 £614 £653
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 131 53
10th Percentile £38.12 £49.00 £39.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £53.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +31.31% +10.00%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Stevenage

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Stevenage

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Stevenage

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 36 (69.23%) Modbus
1 36 (69.23%) RS-422
1 36 (69.23%) RS-485
2 5 (9.62%) Ethernet
2 5 (9.62%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Visual Studio
2 6 (11.54%) Eclipse
2 6 (11.54%) JIRA
3 2 (3.85%) Git
3 2 (3.85%) GitLab
3 2 (3.85%) IntelliJ
General
1 36 (69.23%) Electronics
2 33 (63.46%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.62%) Military
3 5 (9.62%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (82.69%) Software Engineer
2 30 (57.69%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (15.38%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (15.38%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Architect
5 5 (9.62%) Data Architect
6 2 (3.85%) Developer
6 2 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (1.92%) .NET Developer
7 1 (1.92%) C# Developer
7 1 (1.92%) Data Engineer
7 1 (1.92%) Data Manager
7 1 (1.92%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.46%) Web Services
2 5 (9.62%) Node.js
3 1 (1.92%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 28 (53.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (17.31%) Linux
2 7 (13.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (88.46%) Software Engineering
2 41 (78.85%) Continuous Integration
2 41 (78.85%) TDD
2 41 (78.85%) Unit Testing
3 38 (73.08%) DevOps
4 36 (69.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (69.23%) Customer Requirements
4 36 (69.23%) Pair Programming
4 36 (69.23%) Software Testing
5 14 (26.92%) Scrum
6 11 (21.15%) Validation
6 11 (21.15%) Verification and Validation
7 7 (13.46%) CI/CD
7 7 (13.46%) Digital Twin
7 7 (13.46%) Synthetic Environment
8 6 (11.54%) Use Case
9 5 (9.62%) Content Development
9 5 (9.62%) Continuous Delivery
9 5 (9.62%) Data Management
9 5 (9.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 44 (84.62%) C#
1 44 (84.62%) C++
2 36 (69.23%) C
3 6 (11.54%) Java
3 6 (11.54%) SQL
4 5 (9.62%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Docker
1 2 (3.85%) LXC
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft