Agile Contracts in Bristol

Agile Software Development
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 136 233 340
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 12.72% 20.26% 24.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.63% 22.93% 27.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 156 220
10th Percentile £409 £400 £400
25th Percentile £458 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% +9.38%
75th Percentile £598 £650 £625
90th Percentile £648 £775 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 50 31
10th Percentile £65.00 £59.38 £42.00
25th Percentile - £60.91 £63.60
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +18.18%
75th Percentile £81.25 £70.30 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.77 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Agile 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 advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 870 1,016 1,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 81.38% 88.35% 87.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 695 856
10th Percentile £250 £300 £321
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £720 £656
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 202 114
10th Percentile £39.63 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £67.50 £57.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% +27.78% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £79.53 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £47.64
% change year-on-year -8.33% +25.96% +5.86%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Bristol

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Bristol

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Bristol over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Bristol

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Bristol

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Bristol over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Bristol

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.21%) CMS
2 3 (2.21%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.47%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.47%) Confluence
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.74%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.74%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.47%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.74%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.74%) Azure
2 20 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (11.76%) GitHub
4 7 (5.15%) AWS
4 7 (5.15%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.41%) Power Automate
5 6 (4.41%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.68%) PaaS
6 5 (3.68%) SaaS
7 4 (2.94%) Azure Stack
7 4 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.94%) IaaS
7 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.21%) GCP
9 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.41%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.68%) Ethernet
2 5 (3.68%) HTTP
3 2 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.74%) 5G
4 1 (0.74%) DHCP
4 1 (0.74%) DNS
4 1 (0.74%) LTE
4 1 (0.74%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.74%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.74%) VPN
4 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.68%) SQLite
3 4 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.94%) Snowflake Schema
4 3 (2.21%) GIS
4 3 (2.21%) Metadata
5 2 (1.47%) MySQL
6 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.74%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (19.85%) JIRA
2 19 (13.97%) Jenkins
3 15 (11.03%) GoogleTest
4 13 (9.56%) Git
5 11 (8.09%) Visual Studio
6 6 (4.41%) Postman
6 6 (4.41%) Selenium
7 5 (3.68%) Checkstyle
7 5 (3.68%) Eclipse
7 5 (3.68%) NUnit
7 5 (3.68%) SonarQube
8 4 (2.94%) Maven
9 3 (2.21%) Burp Suite
9 3 (2.21%) Cucumber
9 3 (2.21%) Cypress.io
9 3 (2.21%) JUnit
10 1 (0.74%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.74%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.74%) Subversion
General
1 29 (21.32%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.44%) Finance
3 17 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 15 (11.03%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.41%) Legal
7 5 (3.68%) Marketing
7 5 (3.68%) Military
8 4 (2.94%) Electronics
8 4 (2.94%) Law
8 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.21%) Retail Banking
9 3 (2.21%) Tech for Good
10 2 (1.47%) Banking
10 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (25.00%) Architect
2 26 (19.12%) Software Engineer
3 17 (12.50%) Developer
4 15 (11.03%) Java Engineer
4 15 (11.03%) Java Software Engineer
4 15 (11.03%) Project Manager
5 14 (10.29%) C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (10.29%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (9.56%) Senior
7 8 (5.88%) IT Manager
7 8 (5.88%) Test Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Test Automation Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) Analyst
9 6 (4.41%) C# Software Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) Lead
9 6 (4.41%) Power Platform Developer
10 5 (3.68%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (3.68%) Senior Test Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Software Architect
10 5 (3.68%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.76%) XML
2 15 (11.03%) Qt
3 14 (10.29%) .NET
4 12 (8.82%) REST
5 10 (7.35%) JSON
6 9 (6.62%) AngularJS
7 7 (5.15%) Node.js
8 6 (4.41%) RESTful
9 5 (3.68%) .NET Core
9 5 (3.68%) .NET Framework
9 5 (3.68%) CSS
9 5 (3.68%) GraphQL
9 5 (3.68%) HTML
9 5 (3.68%) Playwright
9 5 (3.68%) Web Services
10 4 (2.94%) Spring
11 3 (2.21%) ASP.NET
11 3 (2.21%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (1.47%) Middleware
12 2 (1.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 13 (9.56%) Product Ownership
3 12 (8.82%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (3.68%) Verilog
4 5 (3.68%) VHDL
5 4 (2.94%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.94%) Reference Data
6 3 (2.21%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.47%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.74%) PKI
8 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.44%) Linux
2 7 (5.15%) Windows
3 3 (2.21%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.74%) Android
4 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.74%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (40.44%) DevOps
2 32 (23.53%) CI/CD
3 28 (20.59%) Project Delivery
3 28 (20.59%) Software Engineering
4 19 (13.97%) Data Management
5 17 (12.50%) Project Management
6 15 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (11.03%) Test Automation
7 14 (10.29%) Scrum
7 14 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (9.56%) Migration
8 13 (9.56%) Waterfall
9 12 (8.82%) ITIL
9 12 (8.82%) PRINCE2
9 12 (8.82%) Service Management
10 11 (8.09%) TDD
11 10 (7.35%) Enterprise Architecture
11 10 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (7.35%) Roadmaps
12 9 (6.62%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 27 (19.85%) C++
2 23 (16.91%) Python
3 19 (13.97%) Java
4 16 (11.76%) C#
5 13 (9.56%) JavaScript
6 8 (5.88%) SQL
6 8 (5.88%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.68%) C
8 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.74%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.74%) Bash
9 1 (0.74%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 38 (27.94%) Security Cleared
2 21 (15.44%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.09%) Degree
4 10 (7.35%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.21%) OSCP
6 2 (1.47%) HND
7 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.03%) MISRA
2 7 (5.15%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.41%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.21%) GDPR
4 3 (2.21%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.21%) QA
5 1 (0.74%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.74%) NCSC
5 1 (0.74%) SLA
5 1 (0.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (8.82%) Docker
2 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.74%) XenApp
2 1 (0.74%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.94%) Terraform
2 1 (0.74%) Ansible
2 1 (0.74%) Grafana
2 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.74%) Puppet
2 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.76%) Google
3 6 (4.41%) BMC
3 6 (4.41%) Remedy
4 4 (2.94%) SAP
4 4 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.21%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.47%) FIS
6 2 (1.47%) Mapbox
7 1 (0.74%) Adobe
7 1 (0.74%) Cadence
7 1 (0.74%) Citrix
7 1 (0.74%) Dell
7 1 (0.74%) Ivanti
7 1 (0.74%) Pardot