Agile Contracts in Yorkshire

Agile Software Development
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 259 250 403
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 20.56% 14.48% 18.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.06% 17.23% 20.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 165 311
10th Percentile £360 £378 £419
25th Percentile £403 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% -6.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £625
90th Percentile £600 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £53.85
25th Percentile £84.83 - £56.63
Median hourly rate £91.69 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.99% +12.00% +101.61%
75th Percentile £98.56 - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,174 1,451 1,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 93.17% 84.07% 90.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 720 872 1,268
10th Percentile £263 £280 £275
25th Percentile £380 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £625
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 65 56
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.48 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.29 £12.15 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.14 £12.83 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year +72.56% -2.51% -29.63%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.74 £21.31
90th Percentile £33.76 £53.75 £46.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
West Yorkshire +2 136 £500 -3.29% 585
South Yorkshire +5 120 £490 -5.77% 212
North Yorkshire +8 3 £400 -27.27% 105
East Yorkshire -1 3 - - 51
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 36 (13.90%) Confluence
2 14 (5.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (2.32%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.93%) Apache
5 3 (1.16%) IIS
6 2 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 11 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.93%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.77%) Trello
6 1 (0.39%) Maple
6 1 (0.39%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.39%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.74%) AWS
2 25 (9.65%) Azure
3 21 (8.11%) GCP
4 18 (6.95%) GitHub
4 18 (6.95%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (1.93%) CloudBees
6 5 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.93%) Power Automate
6 5 (1.93%) Serverless
7 4 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.54%) IaaS
7 4 (1.54%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.16%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.49%) DNS
2 15 (5.79%) Firewall
3 11 (4.25%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.54%) NAS
4 4 (1.54%) Network Security
4 4 (1.54%) SAN
5 2 (0.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (0.77%) SSL
6 1 (0.39%) DHCP
6 1 (0.39%) HTTP
6 1 (0.39%) NGN
6 1 (0.39%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.56%) Power BI
2 15 (5.79%) Oracle Database
3 10 (3.86%) Tableau
4 9 (3.47%) MongoDB
5 8 (3.09%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.93%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.93%) Flink
7 5 (1.93%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.77%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.77%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.77%) Looker
9 2 (0.77%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.39%) Parquet
10 1 (0.39%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 51 (19.69%) JIRA
2 40 (15.44%) Jenkins
3 32 (12.36%) Git
4 20 (7.72%) GitLab
5 19 (7.34%) Postman
6 15 (5.79%) Selenium
7 12 (4.63%) Cucumber
8 8 (3.09%) Cypress.io
8 8 (3.09%) JMeter
9 7 (2.70%) REST Assured
10 6 (2.32%) TestNG
10 6 (2.32%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.93%) Maven
11 5 (1.93%) ScriptRunner
12 4 (1.54%) JUnit
13 3 (1.16%) Vagrant
14 2 (0.77%) SoapUI
15 1 (0.39%) Log4j
15 1 (0.39%) SpecFlow
15 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 102 (39.38%) Social Skills
2 80 (30.89%) Finance
3 53 (20.46%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.04%) Banking
5 21 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.79%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.93%) Retail
8 4 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.54%) Local Government
9 3 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.16%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.16%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.16%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.77%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.77%) Marketing
10 2 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Automotive
11 1 (0.39%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (14.67%) Analyst
2 37 (14.29%) Senior
3 30 (11.58%) Business Analyst
4 29 (11.20%) Developer
5 26 (10.04%) Lead
6 25 (9.65%) Project Manager
7 16 (6.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (5.79%) Architect
9 13 (5.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (4.63%) Delivery Manager
10 12 (4.63%) Test Engineer
11 11 (4.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 10 (3.86%) Engineering Specialist
12 10 (3.86%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 10 (3.86%) Software Engineer
13 7 (2.70%) Designer
13 7 (2.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 7 (2.70%) IT Manager
13 7 (2.70%) IT Project Manager
13 7 (2.70%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.86%) .NET
2 9 (3.47%) Node.js
2 9 (3.47%) Playwright
3 8 (3.09%) Spring Boot
4 6 (2.32%) Gherkin
4 6 (2.32%) Jest
4 6 (2.32%) Kafka
4 6 (2.32%) Middleware
4 6 (2.32%) React
4 6 (2.32%) RESTful
5 4 (1.54%) Django
5 4 (1.54%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.54%) Flask
5 4 (1.54%) GraphQL
5 4 (1.54%) React Native
5 4 (1.54%) Spring
6 3 (1.16%) Akka
6 3 (1.16%) Celery
6 3 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (1.16%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.95%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.18%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (5.02%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.09%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.09%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.09%) NHS
5 7 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.54%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.54%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.16%) Equities
9 3 (1.16%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.16%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.16%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.16%) Replication
9 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 36 (13.90%) Linux
2 29 (11.20%) Windows
3 20 (7.72%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.32%) Unix
5 5 (1.93%) Android
5 5 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.54%) Solaris
7 3 (1.16%) AIX
7 3 (1.16%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.16%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.39%) HPUX
8 1 (0.39%) VMS
8 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (25.48%) CI/CD
3 64 (24.71%) DevOps
4 42 (16.22%) Microservices
5 41 (15.83%) Scrum
6 38 (14.67%) Project Management
7 32 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (11.97%) Migration
9 29 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (10.81%) Decision-Making
11 27 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (10.04%) Mentoring
13 25 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (9.27%) Risk Management
15 23 (8.88%) Change Management
15 23 (8.88%) Roadmaps
15 23 (8.88%) Test Automation
16 20 (7.72%) Business Analysis
16 20 (7.72%) TDD
16 20 (7.72%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 59 (22.78%) Python
2 40 (15.44%) SQL
3 28 (10.81%) JavaScript
4 22 (8.49%) PowerShell
5 20 (7.72%) Java
6 18 (6.95%) Bash
7 14 (5.41%) Kotlin
7 14 (5.41%) PL/SQL
8 13 (5.02%) Perl
9 10 (3.86%) Shell Script
10 8 (3.09%) Groovy
11 6 (2.32%) C#
12 5 (1.93%) Swift
13 3 (1.16%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.16%) Ruby
13 3 (1.16%) Scala
13 3 (1.16%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.77%) Go
14 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.39%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 35 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.04%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (5.79%) Degree
5 6 (2.32%) CBAP
5 6 (2.32%) PMP
6 4 (1.54%) APMP
6 4 (1.54%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.54%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.54%) RIBA
7 3 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.77%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.77%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (0.77%) VCAP
8 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.02%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.63%) QA
3 9 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.32%) WCAG
5 5 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.93%) PMO
6 4 (1.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.39%) GDPR
8 1 (0.39%) NCSC
8 1 (0.39%) SEPA
8 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (8.11%) Active Directory
1 21 (8.11%) Docker
2 15 (5.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.32%) VMware NSX
3 6 (2.32%) vSphere
4 5 (1.93%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.16%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) XenApp
7 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (9.65%) Ansible
2 22 (8.49%) Terraform
3 16 (6.18%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.63%) Puppet
5 9 (3.47%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.32%) Grafana
6 6 (2.32%) SCCM
7 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (1.93%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.54%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.54%) vRealize
9 3 (1.16%) Kibana
9 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.77%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.77%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.77%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.39%) Tivoli NetView
11 1 (0.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 29 (11.20%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.11%) Cisco
3 20 (7.72%) Oracle
4 15 (5.79%) VMware
5 13 (5.02%) Google
6 10 (3.86%) MuleSoft
7 6 (2.32%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.93%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.93%) Splunk
9 4 (1.54%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.54%) Citrix
9 4 (1.54%) Databricks
9 4 (1.54%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.54%) IBM
9 4 (1.54%) SAP
10 3 (1.16%) Brio
10 3 (1.16%) Dell
11 2 (0.77%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.77%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.77%) Veritas