Agile Contracts in Lancashire

Agile Software Development
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 4 5 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Agile 29 46 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 12.78% 19.17% 29.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.48% 21.80% 31.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 30 57
10th Percentile £313 £368 £410
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £656 £619 £525
90th Percentile £715 £700 £640
North West median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 5
10th Percentile £37.55 £51.27 £30.77
25th Percentile £41.71 £56.38 £38.68
Median hourly rate £45.88 £56.39 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -18.64% +36.36% +87.98%
75th Percentile £47.16 £64.12 £44.68
90th Percentile £48.43 £70.47 £53.12
North West median hourly rate £48.43 £44.79 £63.00
% change year-on-year +8.14% -28.91% +85.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 176 211 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 77.53% 87.92% 91.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 111 160
10th Percentile £220 £313 £203
25th Percentile £400 £400 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £607 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £700 £750
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 45 33
10th Percentile - £25.75 £13.30
25th Percentile £16.06 £29.30 £15.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £42.50 £28.92
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% +46.96% +57.69%
75th Percentile £46.11 £49.52 £45.25
90th Percentile £48.00 £56.38 £89.34
North West median hourly rate £26.46 £35.00 £22.75
% change year-on-year -24.41% +53.85% +30.34%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Lancashire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Lancashire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Lancashire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Lancashire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Preston -5 5 £593 -5.14% 13
Fleetwood - 4 £588 -
Agile
North West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Misys Midas
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
1 4 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) HTTP
1 3 (10.34%) SSL
Development Applications
1 10 (34.48%) JIRA
2 3 (10.34%) Bitbucket
2 3 (10.34%) Jenkins
2 3 (10.34%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (10.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (10.34%) Military
4 2 (6.90%) Local Government
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Project Manager
2 6 (20.69%) Software Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Programme Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Functional Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) IT Programme Manager
6 1 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Business Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Senior IT Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Senior IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) Spring
2 3 (10.34%) JDBC
2 3 (10.34%) JPA
2 3 (10.34%) JWT
2 3 (10.34%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.24%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) NHS
3 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Project Management
2 10 (34.48%) Waterfall
3 9 (31.03%) PRINCE2
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (24.14%) DevOps
5 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
6 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.69%) Software Testing
7 5 (17.24%) Dependency Injection
7 5 (17.24%) DevSecOps
7 5 (17.24%) Microservices
7 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (13.79%) Business Case
8 4 (13.79%) Conflict Resolution
8 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
8 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (13.79%) People Management
8 4 (13.79%) Performance Management
8 4 (13.79%) Programme Governance
8 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) Java
2 3 (10.34%) C++
3 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) APMG
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) PMO
2 3 (10.34%) MISRA
2 3 (10.34%) MISRA C
3 2 (6.90%) P3O
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle
2 4 (13.79%) Cadence
3 3 (10.34%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.45%) Blue Prism
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce