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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 17 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -11 -3
Contract jobs citing Agile 20 53 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 15.15% 11.06% 21.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.00% 12.33% 23.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile - - £253
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £250 £350
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -28.57% -37.78%
75th Percentile £508 - £517
90th Percentile £521 - £554
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £426 £516
% change year-on-year +23.75% -17.35% -6.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 49 31
10th Percentile £61.43 £60.00 £60.00
25th Percentile £61.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £67.63 - £65.88
90th Percentile £72.50 - £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +30.00%

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 125 430 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 94.70% 89.77% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 46 58
10th Percentile £450 £80 £273
25th Percentile £513 £290 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% -3.13% -23.81%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £547
90th Percentile £625 £650 £643
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 296 125
10th Percentile £40.00 £38.12 £49.40
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £81.27 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £62.00 £50.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +24.00% -20.63% +24.94%

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 3 (15.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (10.00%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) GitHub
2 1 (5.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) DB2
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Military
5 2 (10.00%) Law
5 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (5.00%) Finance
6 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Information Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Information Systems Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Systems Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.00%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Developer
4 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Node.js
1 4 (20.00%) Web Services
2 3 (15.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) ggplot2
3 1 (5.00%) Gherkin
3 1 (5.00%) JSON
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (5.00%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Linux
2 5 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (10.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Validation
2 6 (30.00%) Coaching
2 6 (30.00%) Incident Management
3 5 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (25.00%) Computer Security
3 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Twin
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Synthetic Environment
4 4 (20.00%) TDD
4 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Information Management
5 3 (15.00%) Project Planning
5 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) C#
1 4 (20.00%) C++
1 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) R
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) GxP
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) ITGC
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.00%) Databricks
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle