Agile Contracts in the West Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 5 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 255 241 468
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.93% 12.42% 19.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.45% 14.77% 22.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 165 345
10th Percentile £400 £358 £413
25th Percentile £428 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +3.10%
75th Percentile £541 £650 £600
90th Percentile £631 £750 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 2
10th Percentile £36.30 £13.85 -
25th Percentile £43.78 £18.73 £12.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £47.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +265.38% -
75th Percentile £59.38 £57.50 £13.50
90th Percentile £59.75 £58.75 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +30.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,189 1,632 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.27% 84.08% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,080 1,452
10th Percentile £200 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Birmingham +4 84 £512 -4.74% 134
Warwickshire +3 58 £500 -17.63% 69
Shropshire +6 56 £512 +43.02% 11
Solihull +27 12 £550 - 15
Coventry -6 12 £432 -24.96% 37
Staffordshire +4 6 £550 +69.23% 95
Worcestershire 0 4 £613 +9.38% 17
Herefordshire - 4 £700 - 8
Walsall - 2 £350 - 7
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 27 (10.59%) Confluence
2 3 (1.18%) R Markdown
2 3 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) IIS
3 2 (0.78%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.39%) Appian
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.18%) Revit
5 2 (0.78%) Open Workbench
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.78%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Primavera
3 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.61%) Azure
2 39 (15.29%) AWS
3 23 (9.02%) Power Platform
4 16 (6.27%) PowerApps
5 13 (5.10%) Amazon S3
5 13 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (3.53%) Amazon SQS
9 7 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.75%) GitHub
10 6 (2.35%) AWS KMS
10 6 (2.35%) GCP
10 6 (2.35%) Route 53
10 6 (2.35%) SaaS
11 5 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.96%) Serverless
12 4 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.96%) Firewall
2 2 (0.78%) DHCP
2 2 (0.78%) DNS
2 2 (0.78%) HTTP
2 2 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.78%) OpenLDAP
2 2 (0.78%) SAN
2 2 (0.78%) SSL
2 2 (0.78%) VLAN
3 1 (0.39%) Converged Networks
3 1 (0.39%) LAN
3 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (4.71%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.31%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (3.92%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.53%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.75%) Big Data
6 7 (2.75%) Power BI
6 7 (2.75%) RDBMS
7 6 (2.35%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.18%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.78%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.78%) IDMS
10 2 (0.78%) MySQL
10 2 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (20.00%) JIRA
2 21 (8.24%) Jenkins
3 18 (7.06%) Git
4 10 (3.92%) Maven
5 9 (3.53%) GitLab
5 9 (3.53%) JUnit
6 7 (2.75%) Mockito
7 5 (1.96%) Postman
8 4 (1.57%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.57%) Selenium
8 4 (1.57%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.18%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (1.18%) DbUnit
9 3 (1.18%) JMeter
9 3 (1.18%) jMock
9 3 (1.18%) Plastic SCM
9 3 (1.18%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.18%) TestNG
9 3 (1.18%) Travis CI
General
1 87 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 52 (20.39%) Finance
3 39 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.14%) Automotive
6 8 (3.14%) Law
6 8 (3.14%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.35%) Advertising
7 6 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.96%) Retail
9 4 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.18%) Banking
10 3 (1.18%) Games
10 3 (1.18%) Military
10 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.78%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 38 (14.90%) Developer
2 30 (11.76%) Analyst
2 30 (11.76%) Lead
3 26 (10.20%) Senior
4 23 (9.02%) Architect
5 21 (8.24%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.27%) Business Analyst
6 16 (6.27%) Engagement Manager
7 13 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (4.71%) Java Developer
9 10 (3.92%) Tester
10 9 (3.53%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.53%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.53%) Technical Leader
11 6 (2.35%) Data Manager
11 6 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.35%) Product Manager
12 5 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (1.96%) Support Engineer
12 5 (1.96%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.10%) Web Services
2 12 (4.71%) React
2 12 (4.71%) REST
3 11 (4.31%) .NET
3 11 (4.31%) RESTful
3 11 (4.31%) Spring
3 11 (4.31%) Spring Boot
4 9 (3.53%) Hibernate
5 8 (3.14%) HTML
5 8 (3.14%) SOAP
6 7 (2.75%) Middleware
7 6 (2.35%) ActiveMQ
7 6 (2.35%) ADO
7 6 (2.35%) AngularJS
7 6 (2.35%) JPA
8 5 (1.96%) Bootstrap
8 5 (1.96%) Node.js
8 5 (1.96%) Spring Batch
8 5 (1.96%) Spring Integration
9 4 (1.57%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.92%) Data Structures
3 10 (3.92%) IoT
4 6 (2.35%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.35%) SCADA
5 5 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.96%) Industry 4.0
6 4 (1.57%) Blockchain
6 4 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.18%) PMI
7 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.92%) Linux
2 7 (2.75%) Windows
3 5 (1.96%) Unix
4 3 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.78%) CentOS
5 2 (0.78%) Debian
5 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.49%) DevOps
2 61 (23.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (20.78%) Scrum
5 48 (18.82%) Project Management
6 42 (16.47%) CI/CD
7 35 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (12.55%) Microservices
8 32 (12.55%) Project Delivery
9 31 (12.16%) Waterfall
10 30 (11.76%) Test Strategy
11 27 (10.59%) Test Automation
12 26 (10.20%) Roadmaps
13 24 (9.41%) Data Modelling
14 23 (9.02%) Migration
15 22 (8.63%) Process Improvement
16 21 (8.24%) Change Management
16 21 (8.24%) Risk Management
17 20 (7.84%) User Stories
18 19 (7.45%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.86%) SQL
2 32 (12.55%) Python
3 27 (10.59%) JavaScript
4 21 (8.24%) Java
5 9 (3.53%) C#
5 9 (3.53%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.75%) R
6 7 (2.75%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.35%) PHP
8 4 (1.57%) Bash
9 3 (1.18%) Groovy
9 3 (1.18%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.78%) COBOL
10 2 (0.78%) Go
10 2 (0.78%) Scala
10 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.39%) C++
11 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.39%) RPG
11 1 (0.39%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 45 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.51%) SC Cleared
3 27 (10.59%) Degree
4 12 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.75%) CISSP
6 6 (2.35%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.96%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.57%) PMP
9 3 (1.18%) CEH
9 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.78%) APMP
10 2 (0.78%) CCSP
10 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.78%) ISEB
10 2 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.20%) QA
2 13 (5.10%) PMO
3 8 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.96%) WCAG
5 4 (1.57%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.57%) GDPR
5 4 (1.57%) NIST
6 2 (0.78%) NCSC
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (10.59%) Docker
2 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.57%) Postfix
3 2 (0.78%) Firmware
4 1 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (9.02%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.92%) Terraform
3 8 (3.14%) Grafana
4 5 (1.96%) Ansible
4 5 (1.96%) HP ALM
4 5 (1.96%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.18%) Kibana
5 3 (1.18%) Opsview
6 2 (0.78%) CASB
6 2 (0.78%) Nessus
6 2 (0.78%) Puppet
7 1 (0.39%) Argo
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.39%) Rancher
7 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.27%) Oracle
3 15 (5.88%) SAP
4 9 (3.53%) Atlassian
4 9 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.96%) HP
5 5 (1.96%) Jaspersoft
5 5 (1.96%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.57%) Databricks
6 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.18%) Autodesk
7 3 (1.18%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.18%) IBM
7 3 (1.18%) Informatica
7 3 (1.18%) PagerDuty
7 3 (1.18%) Talend
7 3 (1.18%) VMware
8 2 (0.78%) Foundry
8 2 (0.78%) Fujitsu
8 2 (0.78%) Splunk