Agile Contracts in Hertfordshire

Agile Software Development
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Agile 81 117 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 9.76% 15.29% 19.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.07% 17.57% 21.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 52 87
10th Percentile £200 £350 £399
25th Percentile £213 £388 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% -7.59% +9.18%
75th Percentile £500 £725 £681
90th Percentile £585 £738 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 32 8
10th Percentile £60.00 £60.15 £46.00
25th Percentile £61.25 - £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £66.69 £63.63
90th Percentile - £70.00 £85.23
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.25 £55.75
% change year-on-year -0.38% +17.04% +23.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 732 666 694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.19% 87.06% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 345 419
10th Percentile £231 £244 £198
25th Percentile £315 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £701 £738 £693
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 148 77
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £20.60
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.42 £39.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.32% +25.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -8.58%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Hertfordshire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Hertfordshire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Hertfordshire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Hertfordshire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Stevenage -8 53 £250 -28.57% 14
Hatfield 0 10 £200 -51.22% 3
Watford -3 4 £600 -7.69% 10
Hemel Hempstead +4 2 £588 -16.07% 4
Royston +2 2 - - 7
Hertford 0 2 - - 3
Rickmansworth -1 1 £350 -12.50%
Agile
East of England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.23%) SAP EHS
2 1 (1.23%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.70%) AWS
2 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.47%) SaaS
3 1 (1.23%) Azure
3 1 (1.23%) GCP
3 1 (1.23%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (41.98%) Modbus
1 34 (41.98%) RS-422
1 34 (41.98%) RS-485
2 6 (7.41%) Ethernet
2 6 (7.41%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.47%) 4G
3 2 (2.47%) 5G
3 2 (2.47%) Wireless
4 1 (1.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (16.05%) JIRA
2 11 (13.58%) Visual Studio
3 7 (8.64%) Eclipse
4 5 (6.17%) Git
5 3 (3.70%) IntelliJ
6 2 (2.47%) GitLab
6 2 (2.47%) ReSharper
General
1 49 (60.49%) Social Skills
2 34 (41.98%) Electronics
3 12 (14.81%) Finance
4 6 (7.41%) Aerospace
4 6 (7.41%) Military
4 6 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Games
7 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.47%) Marketing
7 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.23%) Aviation
8 1 (1.23%) Law
8 1 (1.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (54.32%) Software Engineer
2 29 (35.80%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) Architect
3 7 (8.64%) C# Software Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) Data Architect
4 6 (7.41%) Analyst
4 6 (7.41%) C Software Engineer
4 6 (7.41%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (7.41%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Developer
6 4 (4.94%) Coordinator
6 4 (4.94%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (3.70%) Business Analyst
8 2 (2.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 2 (2.47%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.47%) Salesforce Business Analyst
8 2 (2.47%) Salesforce Developer
8 2 (2.47%) Senior Manager
8 2 (2.47%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (2.47%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) Web Services
2 6 (7.41%) Node.js
3 3 (3.70%) .NET
4 2 (2.47%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.47%) CSS
4 2 (2.47%) HTML
4 2 (2.47%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (2.47%) REST
4 2 (2.47%) Visualforce
5 1 (1.23%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 29 (35.80%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.94%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.35%) Linux
2 8 (9.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (59.26%) Software Engineering
2 42 (51.85%) Unit Testing
3 40 (49.38%) Continuous Integration
3 40 (49.38%) TDD
4 39 (48.15%) DevOps
5 37 (45.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (41.98%) Customer Requirements
6 34 (41.98%) Pair Programming
6 34 (41.98%) Software Testing
7 16 (19.75%) Scrum
8 15 (18.52%) PRINCE2
9 14 (17.28%) Validation
9 14 (17.28%) Verification and Validation
10 8 (9.88%) CI/CD
10 8 (9.88%) Digital Twin
10 8 (9.88%) Project Management
10 8 (9.88%) Synthetic Environment
10 8 (9.88%) Use Case
10 8 (9.88%) Visualisation
11 7 (8.64%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (55.56%) C#
2 43 (53.09%) C++
3 34 (41.98%) C
4 9 (11.11%) SQL
5 8 (9.88%) Java
5 8 (9.88%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.47%) Apex Code
6 2 (2.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (17.28%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.05%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.94%) PMP
4 3 (3.70%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.47%) PgMP
6 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.23%) Degree
6 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) PMO
2 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.23%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Docker
1 2 (2.47%) LXC
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 15 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.94%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.47%) Liquidlogic
3 2 (2.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 2 (2.47%) SAP
4 1 (1.23%) Computacenter
4 1 (1.23%) Google
4 1 (1.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.23%) Workday