Agile Project Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Agile Project Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Agile Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agile Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 350 362
Rank change year-on-year +61 +12 +47
Contract jobs citing Agile Project Management 51 35 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.17% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.20% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 21 59
10th Percentile £263 £340 £411
25th Percentile £400 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £650
90th Percentile £573 £600 £728
UK median daily rate £456 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -13.14% +1.94% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 8
10th Percentile - £36.75 £22.11
25th Percentile - - £22.16
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year - +144.90% -25.76%
75th Percentile - - £37.50
90th Percentile - - £46.26
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £33.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% -12.00% -11.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Agile Project Management 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,760 17,139 20,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.52% 84.34% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,326 10,219 14,173
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £653 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 2,064 1,258
10th Percentile £14.12 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.66 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.72
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £35.65
% change year-on-year -22.32% +1.11% +38.82%

Agile Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Agile Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Agile Project Management in the UK excluding London

Agile Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile Project Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Agile Project Management in the UK excluding London

Agile Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Project Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Project Management in the UK excluding London

Agile Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile Project Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Agile Project Management in the UK excluding London

Agile Project Management
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 Project Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +36 19 £425 -15.00% 13
Midlands +31 18 £514 +5.42% 7
West Midlands +16 14 £512 +5.11% 5
North West +20 12 £425 -26.09% 8
South West +36 6 £438 -18.60% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £275 - 4
South East +35 4 £444 +30.06% 14
East Midlands +14 3 £538 - 2
East of England +25 2 £400 -46.67%
Scotland +4 2 £385 -18.95% 3
North East -4 2 £519 +59.62% 2
Agile Project Management
UK

Agile Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 25 (49.02%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) SAS
2 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Trello
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.80%) Azure
1 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (7.84%) AWS
3 2 (3.92%) Asana
3 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) Big Data
1 6 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.92%) Power BI
3 1 (1.96%) Looker
3 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (60.78%) JIRA
2 4 (7.84%) Cypress.io
2 4 (7.84%) Postman
2 4 (7.84%) Selenium
2 4 (7.84%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.96%) JIRA Agile
General
1 25 (49.02%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Finance
2 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.88%) Automotive
4 3 (5.88%) Banking
4 3 (5.88%) Military
5 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.92%) Marketing
5 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Retail
6 1 (1.96%) Avionics
6 1 (1.96%) Legal
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (21.57%) Project Manager
2 8 (15.69%) Engagement Manager
3 6 (11.76%) Engineering Manager
4 5 (9.80%) Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Technical Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Lead
5 4 (7.84%) Product Owner
5 4 (7.84%) QA Tester
5 4 (7.84%) Tester
6 3 (5.88%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Data Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Programme Manager
6 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Programme Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (1.96%) Senior Manager
8 1 (1.96%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) Yocto
2 1 (1.96%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.76%) PMI
3 2 (3.92%) Digital TV
3 2 (3.92%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (3.92%) STB
4 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Agile
1 51 (100.00%) Project Management
2 15 (29.41%) Project Delivery
3 14 (27.45%) Scrum
4 13 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (25.49%) Decision-Making
4 13 (25.49%) DevOps
5 12 (23.53%) Coaching
6 10 (19.61%) Roadmaps
7 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (17.65%) Process Improvement
7 9 (17.65%) Sprint Planning
8 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (15.69%) Workflow
9 7 (13.73%) Analytics
9 7 (13.73%) Continuous Integration
9 7 (13.73%) Epics
9 7 (13.73%) Microservices
10 6 (11.76%) Budget Management
10 6 (11.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) Java
2 2 (3.92%) SQL
3 1 (1.96%) C
3 1 (1.96%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (39.22%) Security Cleared
2 17 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.73%) Degree
4 6 (11.76%) PMI Certification
5 5 (9.80%) PMP
6 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.96%) CBAP
7 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) QA
2 5 (9.80%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.92%) PMBOK
4 1 (1.96%) P3O
4 1 (1.96%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft
1 2 (3.92%) Palantir
1 2 (3.92%) Salesforce
1 2 (3.92%) SAP
2 1 (1.96%) Adobe
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle