Agile Contracts in Stevenage

Agile Software Development
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 18 6
Rank change year-on-year +8 -12 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 18 50 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 14.40% 10.92% 23.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.13% 11.71% 25.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 12
10th Percentile £458 - £303
25th Percentile £470 - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £250 £350
Median % change year-on-year +96.00% -28.57% -33.33%
75th Percentile £510 - £411
90th Percentile £522 - £520
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £426 £512
% change year-on-year +29.03% -16.67% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 46 35
10th Percentile £61.48 - £62.90
25th Percentile £61.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.06 - £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 - £72.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +15.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 427 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 95.20% 93.23% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 60
10th Percentile £348 £80 £273
25th Percentile £450 £258 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -3.23% -16.22%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £504
90th Percentile £628 £650 £607
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 298 133
10th Percentile £40.00 £38.12 £49.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 4 (22.22%) Ethernet
2 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) DB2
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Visual Studio
2 4 (22.22%) Eclipse
3 1 (5.56%) Git
3 1 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Military
4 2 (11.11%) Law
4 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Architect
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
1 4 (22.22%) Systems Architect
2 3 (16.67%) C# Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Information Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Information Systems Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.56%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) Node.js
1 4 (22.22%) Web Services
2 3 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
1 5 (27.78%) Operational Technology
2 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Linux
2 5 (27.78%) Apple iOS
2 5 (27.78%) Windows
3 1 (5.56%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Validation
2 6 (33.33%) Coaching
3 5 (27.78%) Computer Security
3 5 (27.78%) Incident Management
3 5 (27.78%) Project Management
3 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
3 5 (27.78%) Software Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 4 (22.22%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 4 (22.22%) Digital Twin
4 4 (22.22%) Information Management
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 4 (22.22%) Synthetic Environment
4 4 (22.22%) TDD
4 4 (22.22%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) C++
2 4 (22.22%) C#
2 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 4 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) GxP
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) ITGC
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Wind River