Agile Project Management Contracts

Agile Project Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Agile Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Agile Project Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 532 555
Rank change year-on-year +40 +23 -44
Contract jobs citing Agile Project Management 94 191 285
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.32% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.35% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 134 210
10th Percentile £396 £413 £380
25th Percentile £457 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £527
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -0.96% +10.84%
75th Percentile £592 £638 £600
90th Percentile £632 £720 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 5
10th Percentile £21.10 - -
25th Percentile £31.71 £22.16 £31.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £37.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -27.18% -4.63%
75th Percentile £60.00 £72.35 £68.02
90th Percentile - £87.50 £71.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £24.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +144.90% -25.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Agile Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,653 53,977 80,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,313 37,392 56,301
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,779 1,937
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%

Agile Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Agile Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile Project Management.

Daily rate trend for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Project Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile Project Management.

Hourly rate trend for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile Project Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England +33 72 £575 +6.48% 47
London +81 44 £575 +4.55% 10
UK excluding London +12 36 £475 -5.00% 39
Work from Home +55 26 £489 -2.20% 22
South East +12 9 £277 -34.14% 11
South West +7 9 £538 -14.00% 3
Scotland +25 8 £463 -7.50% 3
North of England -2 5 £500 +11.11% 10
North West -10 4 £575 +21.05% 7
Midlands +20 2 - - 9
Wales +18 2 £160 -72.17% 2
West Midlands +22 1 - - 8
North East +18 1 £325 -
East Midlands +18 1 - - 1
East of England +7 1 - - 2

Agile Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.32%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (4.26%) CMS
4 3 (3.19%) Drupal
4 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (2.13%) Confluence
6 1 (1.06%) Joomla!
6 1 (1.06%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.06%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Loan IQ
2 2 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.51%) Azure
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (6.38%) AWS
3 5 (5.32%) OCI
3 5 (5.32%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.19%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.19%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.19%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.13%) SaaS
6 1 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.06%) GCP
6 1 (1.06%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.13%) Internet
1 2 (2.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.13%) Tableau
2 1 (1.06%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (1.06%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (1.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (19.15%) JIRA
2 2 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (43.62%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (14.89%) Finance
4 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.19%) Local Government
7 3 (3.19%) Military
7 3 (3.19%) Retail
8 2 (2.13%) Automotive
8 2 (2.13%) Games
8 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Electronics
9 1 (1.06%) Front Office
9 1 (1.06%) Law
9 1 (1.06%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (44.68%) Project Manager
2 10 (10.64%) Delivery Manager
3 8 (8.51%) Agile Project Manager
3 8 (8.51%) Business Analyst
4 7 (7.45%) Analyst
5 6 (6.38%) Senior
5 6 (6.38%) Technical Manager
5 6 (6.38%) Technical Project Manager
6 5 (5.32%) Programme Manager
6 5 (5.32%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.26%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.26%) Data Scientist
7 4 (4.26%) SharePoint Project Manager
8 3 (3.19%) Cloud Consultant
8 3 (3.19%) Deployment Project Manager
8 3 (3.19%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 3 (3.19%) JIRA Specialist
8 3 (3.19%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 3 (3.19%) Scrum Master
8 3 (3.19%) Web Producer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) PySpark
2 3 (3.19%) Web Services
3 1 (1.06%) XML
3 1 (1.06%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.38%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.32%) PMI
3 5 (5.32%) Taxonomies
4 3 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.06%) CMDB
6 1 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.06%) Digital TV
6 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.06%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.06%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.06%) STB
6 1 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.32%) Linux
2 3 (3.19%) Unix
2 3 (3.19%) Windows
3 2 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (100.00%) Agile
1 94 (100.00%) Project Management
2 22 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (23.40%) Project Delivery
3 21 (22.34%) Scrum
4 17 (18.09%) PRINCE2
4 17 (18.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (14.89%) Change Management
6 13 (13.83%) Decision-Making
7 12 (12.77%) Migration
8 11 (11.70%) User Stories
9 10 (10.64%) Kanban
9 10 (10.64%) Project Planning
10 8 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (8.51%) SDLC
10 8 (8.51%) Visualisation
10 8 (8.51%) Waterfall
11 7 (7.45%) Business Case
11 7 (7.45%) Data Analysis
11 7 (7.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.38%) Python
2 5 (5.32%) SQL
3 3 (3.19%) Java
4 2 (2.13%) Bash
4 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.06%) C
5 1 (1.06%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.83%) Degree
3 12 (12.77%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.45%) PMI Certification
5 6 (6.38%) PMP
6 5 (5.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (3.19%) BC Cleared
7 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.19%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.13%) CSPO
9 1 (1.06%) APMG
9 1 (1.06%) APMP
9 1 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.06%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.51%) QA
2 6 (6.38%) PMO
3 4 (4.26%) PMBOK
4 3 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.13%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.06%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.13%) SCOM
1 2 (2.13%) Terraform
2 1 (1.06%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.38%) Oracle
2 6 (6.38%) SAP
3 4 (4.26%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.13%) Remedy
4 2 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.06%) Databricks
5 1 (1.06%) Planview
5 1 (1.06%) Progress
5 1 (1.06%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.06%) VMware