Agile Delivery Lead Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Agile Delivery Leader
UK > UK excluding London

The median Agile Delivery Leader daily rate in the UK excluding London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 355 396
Rank change year-on-year -39 +41 +83
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Delivery Lead 3 7 22
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.042% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.045% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 17
10th Percentile - £443 £558
25th Percentile £600 £488 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £601
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.25% +12.24%
75th Percentile £700 £594 £638
90th Percentile - £598 £685
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,109 15,404 19,312
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 92.12% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,358 8,834 12,797
10th Percentile £207 £217 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,462 1,065 1,257
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.30 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.96 £73.68 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%

Agile Delivery Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Agile Delivery Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Agile Delivery Lead job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Agile Delivery Lead
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Agile Delivery Lead job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Agile Delivery Lead job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Agile Delivery Lead
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Delivery Lead within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
North of England - 2 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North West - 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £650 -
Agile Delivery Lead
UK

Agile Delivery Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Agile Delivery Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Agile Delivery Lead in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification

Agile Delivery Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification