Agile Contracts in the City of London

Agile Software Development
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 441 797 1,180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 20.45% 22.85% 28.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.57% 24.98% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 526 873
10th Percentile £406 £421 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £595
Median % change year-on-year -6.16% +2.98% +8.18%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £713
90th Percentile £775 £813 £794
Central London median daily rate £565 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -5.83% +2.56% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.41
25th Percentile - - £46.09
Median hourly rate - - £52.12
75th Percentile - - £58.09
90th Percentile - - £60.74
Central London median hourly rate £33.00 - £52.12
% change year-on-year - - +160.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,954 3,190 3,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.59% 91.46% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,367 2,155 2,915
10th Percentile £350 £363 £384
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.35% +6.98%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £565
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 44
10th Percentile £19.95 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £15.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £26.63 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% -14.63% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.46 £53.75 £55.38
90th Percentile £49.41 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the City of London

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the City of London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
London Bridge +1 1 £501 -19.92%
Agile
Central London

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 28 (6.35%) Confluence
2 24 (5.44%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.81%) CMS
5 5 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.13%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (1.13%) IIS
6 4 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.68%) Apache
7 3 (0.68%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.45%) Documentum
8 2 (0.45%) Jadu
8 2 (0.45%) MTS
8 2 (0.45%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.23%) JBoss
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.45%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.45%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) InVision
Business Applications
1 10 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.45%) Aligne
2 2 (0.45%) Endur
2 2 (0.45%) EuroRunner
2 2 (0.45%) Primavera
3 1 (0.23%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.23%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.23%) Front Arena
3 1 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.23%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.23%) Softmar
3 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 138 (31.29%) Azure
2 60 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (9.52%) AWS
4 35 (7.94%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (3.40%) GCP
7 14 (3.17%) GitHub
8 13 (2.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 12 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.72%) Serverless
10 10 (2.27%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (2.04%) Azure Functions
11 9 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (2.04%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.81%) SaaS
13 7 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (1.59%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.13%) Firewall
1 5 (1.13%) Internet
2 4 (0.91%) VoIP
3 3 (0.68%) DNS
3 3 (0.68%) LAN
4 2 (0.45%) CTI
4 2 (0.45%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.45%) VPN
4 2 (0.45%) WAN
5 1 (0.23%) DHCP
5 1 (0.23%) FTP
5 1 (0.23%) Intranet
5 1 (0.23%) SAN
5 1 (0.23%) SSH
5 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) VLAN
5 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (11.79%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.90%) Power BI
3 17 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.17%) MongoDB
5 12 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (2.49%) MySQL
6 11 (2.49%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.27%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.13%) Big Data
10 5 (1.13%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.91%) Redis
11 4 (0.91%) Siebel EIM
12 3 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 51 (11.56%) JIRA
2 28 (6.35%) Git
3 18 (4.08%) Selenium
4 13 (2.95%) Postman
5 12 (2.72%) GitLab
6 11 (2.49%) Jenkins
7 9 (2.04%) JUnit
7 9 (2.04%) SpecFlow
8 7 (1.59%) Mockito
8 7 (1.59%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.13%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.13%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.13%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.91%) Appium
10 4 (0.91%) JMeter
10 4 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.68%) Gradle
11 3 (0.68%) Katalon Studio
11 3 (0.68%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 140 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 125 (28.34%) Finance
3 47 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (10.43%) Banking
5 34 (7.71%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.54%) Legal
8 14 (3.17%) Front Office
8 14 (3.17%) Retail
9 13 (2.95%) Back Office
9 13 (2.95%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.81%) Law
13 6 (1.36%) Marketing
13 6 (1.36%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.91%) Automotive
14 4 (0.91%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 93 (21.09%) Developer
2 71 (16.10%) Analyst
3 52 (11.79%) Senior
4 45 (10.20%) Business Analyst
5 42 (9.52%) Project Manager
6 33 (7.48%) Lead
7 28 (6.35%) Architect
8 20 (4.54%) Product Owner
8 20 (4.54%) Senior Developer
9 19 (4.31%) Java Developer
10 17 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
11 15 (3.40%) Test Analyst
12 13 (2.95%) Consultant
12 13 (2.95%) Full Stack Developer
13 12 (2.72%) Scrum Master
13 12 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.27%) Product Manager
16 9 (2.04%) Insurance Business Analyst
17 8 (1.81%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (10.66%) .NET
2 24 (5.44%) HTML
3 21 (4.76%) CSS
4 20 (4.54%) Web Services
5 19 (4.31%) .NET Core
6 16 (3.63%) React
7 15 (3.40%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.40%) Kafka
7 15 (3.40%) Spring
7 15 (3.40%) XML
8 12 (2.72%) REST
8 12 (2.72%) Spring Boot
9 11 (2.49%) .NET Framework
10 9 (2.04%) ASP.NET
11 8 (1.81%) JSON
12 7 (1.59%) jQuery
12 7 (1.59%) Node.js
12 7 (1.59%) SOAP
13 6 (1.36%) RESTful
14 5 (1.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.27%) Mobile App
3 9 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.04%) Management Information System
4 7 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.36%) Market Risk
5 6 (1.36%) Reinsurance
6 5 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (0.91%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.91%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.68%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.68%) Fixed Income
8 3 (0.68%) IVR
8 3 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.45%) Blog
9 2 (0.45%) CMDB
9 2 (0.45%) Derivative
9 2 (0.45%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.54%) Linux
2 18 (4.08%) Windows
3 10 (2.27%) Unix
4 6 (1.36%) Android
5 4 (0.91%) Mac OS X
5 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) CentOS
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (26.53%) DevOps
2 107 (24.26%) Scrum
3 77 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (14.97%) CI/CD
4 66 (14.97%) Project Management
5 54 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (11.56%) Waterfall
7 42 (9.52%) SDLC
7 42 (9.52%) Test Automation
8 37 (8.39%) Analytics
8 37 (8.39%) Migration
8 37 (8.39%) Roadmaps
8 37 (8.39%) User Stories
9 34 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (7.71%) Microservices
9 34 (7.71%) PRINCE2
10 33 (7.48%) Business Intelligence
11 32 (7.26%) User Acceptance Testing
12 31 (7.03%) Acceptance Criteria
12 31 (7.03%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.10%) SQL
2 54 (12.24%) C#
3 50 (11.34%) Java
4 41 (9.30%) Python
5 37 (8.39%) JavaScript
5 37 (8.39%) PowerShell
6 14 (3.17%) T-SQL
7 11 (2.49%) Bicep
8 10 (2.27%) Go
8 10 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.59%) C++
10 6 (1.36%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.36%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.36%) Scala
11 4 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.91%) PHP
12 3 (0.68%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.68%) R
12 3 (0.68%) Swift
13 2 (0.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 45 (10.20%) Degree
2 30 (6.80%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.49%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.04%) PMP
7 8 (1.81%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.13%) ISEB
8 5 (1.13%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.91%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.45%) CCNA
10 2 (0.45%) CIMA
10 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.80%) QA
2 23 (5.22%) PMO
3 10 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.81%) SLA
5 6 (1.36%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.13%) WCAG
7 3 (0.68%) GDPR
7 3 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.68%) NIST
8 2 (0.45%) EMIR
8 2 (0.45%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.23%) COBIT
9 1 (0.23%) P3O
9 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (3.63%) Docker
2 12 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.45%) NFS
5 1 (0.23%) Ceph
5 1 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (5.67%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.17%) Terraform
3 8 (1.81%) Ansible
3 8 (1.81%) PingFederate
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.13%) Puppet
5 4 (0.91%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.68%) Grafana
7 2 (0.45%) Kibana
7 2 (0.45%) logstash
7 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) Consul
8 1 (0.23%) Graylog
8 1 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.23%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.23%) Mesos
8 1 (0.23%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.23%) Packer
8 1 (0.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 90 (20.41%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.58%) Oracle
3 16 (3.63%) SAP
4 13 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.27%) Google
7 9 (2.04%) Databricks
8 8 (1.81%) Adobe
9 6 (1.36%) Cadence
9 6 (1.36%) Cisco
9 6 (1.36%) IBM
9 6 (1.36%) iManage
10 5 (1.13%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.13%) Splunk
11 4 (0.91%) Siebel
12 3 (0.68%) Genesys
12 3 (0.68%) ION Trading
12 3 (0.68%) Proofpoint
12 3 (0.68%) Symantec