DSDM Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DSDM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 353 415
Rank change year-on-year -26 +62 +79
Contract jobs citing DSDM 4 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.060% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.072% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £557 £558 £452
25th Percentile £558 £600 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £625 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% +20.19% -0.95%
75th Percentile £657 £658 £535
90th Percentile £705 £676 £538
UK median daily rate £565 £560 £520
% change year-on-year +0.89% +7.69% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £92.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

DSDM 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 14,917 13,935 18,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 88.59% 83.76% 88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,051 7,953 11,978
10th Percentile £220 £247 £250
25th Percentile £369 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £673 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,672 883 1,292
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.14 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.50% -21.35% +53.93%
75th Percentile £41.94 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.87% -20.09% +26.43%

DSDM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DSDM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

DSDM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

DSDM
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DSDM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DSDM

DSDM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DSDM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DSDM in the UK excluding London

DSDM
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DSDM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DSDM

DSDM
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 DSDM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +8 3 £568 -
South West +2 1 - - 4
DSDM
UK

DSDM
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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Software Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Change Control
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) People Management
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared