Agile Contracts in London

Agile Software Development
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 3,492 6,512 11,644
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 19.79% 24.83% 30.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.30% 27.29% 32.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,548 4,719 8,495
10th Percentile £400 £440 £425
25th Percentile £475 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +1.69% +12.38%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £688
90th Percentile £838 £825 £775
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 38 68
10th Percentile £25.34 £25.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £31.86 £43.78 £39.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £66.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +48.31% -17.59%
75th Percentile £69.13 £76.19 £63.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £90.00 £79.80
England median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.23% +30.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,656 23,861 35,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.73% 90.97% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,212 17,181 25,922
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 269 419
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.40 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +5.41% +12.63%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.40 £80.45 £69.45
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in London

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in London

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in London

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in London

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in London

Agile
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London -1 469 £565 -5.83% 130
West London -1 86 £488 -18.07% 42
East London +1 77 £540 +2.37% 34
South London -3 65 £510 -7.27% 16
North London +4 3 £425 -29.17% 4
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 188 (5.38%) Apache
2 175 (5.01%) Apache Airflow
3 163 (4.67%) Confluence
4 79 (2.26%) SharePoint
5 58 (1.66%) CMS
6 48 (1.37%) Apache Spark
7 23 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
8 20 (0.57%) OpenStack
9 16 (0.46%) nginx
10 14 (0.40%) IIS
11 12 (0.34%) SAS
12 11 (0.32%) MTS
13 10 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 9 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
15 8 (0.23%) Headless CMS
16 7 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
17 6 (0.17%) JBoss
17 6 (0.17%) Tornado
18 5 (0.14%) Drupal
18 5 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 59 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 41 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
4 35 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.54%) Sketch
6 14 (0.40%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.23%) InVision
9 6 (0.17%) Trello
10 4 (0.11%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.086%) Windchill
12 2 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.057%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.057%) CINEMA 4D
12 2 (0.057%) InDesign
12 2 (0.057%) Mingle
12 2 (0.057%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.057%) Zeplin
13 1 (0.029%) Marvel
Business Applications
1 54 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.80%) Aladdin
3 27 (0.77%) Endur
4 22 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
5 17 (0.49%) Loan IQ
6 16 (0.46%) Shopify
7 11 (0.32%) Aligne
7 11 (0.32%) EuroRunner
8 10 (0.29%) ION MarketView
8 10 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
9 8 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.14%) SAP BPC
11 4 (0.11%) Teamcenter
12 3 (0.086%) ENOVIA
12 3 (0.086%) NetSuite
12 3 (0.086%) Primavera
12 3 (0.086%) SAP CO
12 3 (0.086%) SAP FI
12 3 (0.086%) SAP FI/CO
12 3 (0.086%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 923 (26.43%) Azure
2 749 (21.45%) AWS
3 332 (9.51%) GCP
4 326 (9.34%) Azure DevOps
5 191 (5.47%) Power Platform
6 143 (4.10%) Serverless
7 105 (3.01%) dbt
8 103 (2.95%) GitHub
9 101 (2.89%) Snowflake
10 93 (2.66%) Entra ID
11 91 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
12 89 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
13 83 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 78 (2.23%) SaaS
15 69 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
16 63 (1.80%) PaaS
17 60 (1.72%) Amazon S3
18 54 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
19 51 (1.46%) Power Automate
19 51 (1.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.32%) Firewall
2 39 (1.12%) HTTP
3 30 (0.86%) DNS
4 23 (0.66%) Internet
5 20 (0.57%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.54%) DHCP
6 19 (0.54%) VPN
7 16 (0.46%) LAN
8 15 (0.43%) WAN
9 13 (0.37%) Wireless
10 10 (0.29%) BGP
10 10 (0.29%) FTP
10 10 (0.29%) VLAN
11 9 (0.26%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.26%) SAN
11 9 (0.26%) SSH
11 9 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.23%) Intranet
12 8 (0.23%) NAS
13 7 (0.20%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 322 (9.22%) SQL Server
2 158 (4.52%) Apache Ignite
3 155 (4.44%) Power BI
4 149 (4.27%) Data Lake
5 137 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
6 119 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
7 107 (3.06%) Amazon Athena
8 106 (3.04%) Relational Database
9 98 (2.81%) Apache Arrow
9 98 (2.81%) Dremio
9 98 (2.81%) NoSQL
10 71 (2.03%) Big Data
11 69 (1.98%) MongoDB
12 50 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 46 (1.32%) Apache Cassandra
14 41 (1.17%) MySQL
14 41 (1.17%) Tableau
15 33 (0.95%) DynamoDB
16 31 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 30 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 374 (10.71%) JIRA
2 283 (8.10%) Git
3 155 (4.44%) Jenkins
4 106 (3.04%) Cypress.io
5 86 (2.46%) Selenium
6 79 (2.26%) Postman
7 65 (1.86%) GitLab
8 57 (1.63%) Cucumber
9 50 (1.43%) SpecFlow
9 50 (1.43%) TeamCity
10 48 (1.37%) JUnit
11 43 (1.23%) Visual Studio
12 38 (1.09%) Maven
13 34 (0.97%) WebDriver
14 28 (0.80%) webpack
15 27 (0.77%) Appium
15 27 (0.77%) Mockito
16 26 (0.74%) JMeter
17 24 (0.69%) SoapUI
18 18 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,056 (30.24%) Finance
2 996 (28.52%) Social Skills
3 516 (14.78%) Banking
4 412 (11.80%) Front Office
5 408 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
6 370 (10.60%) Public Sector
7 206 (5.90%) Investment Banking
8 133 (3.81%) Back Office
9 119 (3.41%) Retail
10 112 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
11 110 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 98 (2.81%) Marketing
13 96 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
14 50 (1.43%) Legal
15 44 (1.26%) Telecoms
16 39 (1.12%) Local Government
17 37 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
18 34 (0.97%) Law
19 31 (0.89%) Financial Institution
20 27 (0.77%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 958 (27.43%) Developer
2 568 (16.27%) Senior
3 398 (11.40%) Analyst
4 297 (8.51%) Business Analyst
5 294 (8.42%) Architect
6 288 (8.25%) Project Manager
7 279 (7.99%) Lead
8 232 (6.64%) Software Engineer
9 213 (6.10%) Senior Developer
10 163 (4.67%) Java Developer
11 154 (4.41%) Python Developer
12 140 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
13 133 (3.81%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 131 (3.75%) React Developer
15 129 (3.69%) Full Stack Developer
16 108 (3.09%) Python Engineer
16 108 (3.09%) Software Developer
17 105 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
18 104 (2.98%) Product Owner
19 102 (2.92%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 354 (10.14%) .NET
2 327 (9.36%) React
3 173 (4.95%) REST
4 169 (4.84%) gRPC
5 163 (4.67%) AngularJS
6 161 (4.61%) CSS
7 160 (4.58%) HTML
7 160 (4.58%) Protocol Buffers
8 150 (4.30%) XML
9 148 (4.24%) Redux
10 147 (4.21%) .NET Core
11 145 (4.15%) Kafka
12 142 (4.07%) Node.js
13 115 (3.29%) Pandas
14 108 (3.09%) Spring
15 105 (3.01%) Web Services
16 104 (2.98%) NumPy
17 97 (2.78%) RESTful
18 94 (2.69%) SciPy
19 92 (2.63%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 381 (10.91%) Product Ownership
2 299 (8.56%) Fixed Income
3 241 (6.90%) Hedge funds
4 224 (6.41%) Derivative
5 203 (5.81%) Equities
6 202 (5.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 93 (2.66%) Onboarding
8 85 (2.43%) Mobile App
9 74 (2.12%) Management Information System
10 66 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 61 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
12 56 (1.60%) Data Structures
13 54 (1.55%) Algorithms
14 49 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
15 46 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
16 44 (1.26%) Data Centre
17 42 (1.20%) Cloud Native
18 36 (1.03%) Public Cloud
19 34 (0.97%) Market Risk
19 34 (0.97%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 179 (5.13%) Linux
2 91 (2.61%) Windows
3 85 (2.43%) Unix
4 41 (1.17%) Android
5 31 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 23 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (0.66%) Windows Server
7 16 (0.46%) Mac OS X
8 15 (0.43%) CentOS
9 8 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (0.23%) Solaris
9 8 (0.23%) VMS
10 7 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.086%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.086%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.057%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.057%) zOS
13 1 (0.029%) tvOS
13 1 (0.029%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 852 (24.40%) DevOps
2 797 (22.82%) Scrum
3 553 (15.84%) CI/CD
4 521 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
5 466 (13.34%) Software Engineering
6 424 (12.14%) Project Management
7 339 (9.71%) TDD
8 333 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 304 (8.71%) Test Automation
10 296 (8.48%) Asset Management
10 296 (8.48%) Project Delivery
11 293 (8.39%) Microservices
12 283 (8.10%) Waterfall
13 273 (7.82%) Analytics
14 265 (7.59%) Roadmaps
14 265 (7.59%) SDLC
15 264 (7.56%) Continuous Integration
16 258 (7.39%) Migration
17 244 (6.99%) Investment Management
18 237 (6.79%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 628 (17.98%) Python
2 572 (16.38%) SQL
3 539 (15.44%) Java
4 469 (13.43%) JavaScript
5 429 (12.29%) C#
6 398 (11.40%) TypeScript
7 226 (6.47%) PowerShell
8 94 (2.69%) Bicep
9 89 (2.55%) Scala
10 62 (1.78%) Go
11 45 (1.29%) C++
12 44 (1.26%) Kotlin
13 43 (1.23%) Shell Script
14 42 (1.20%) T-SQL
15 39 (1.12%) PL/SQL
16 36 (1.03%) Bash
16 36 (1.03%) Perl
17 27 (0.77%) Ruby
18 26 (0.74%) R
19 20 (0.57%) C
Qualifications
1 402 (11.51%) Security Cleared
2 368 (10.54%) Degree
3 338 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 120 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 73 (2.09%) Master's Degree
6 71 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 62 (1.78%) PMI Certification
8 60 (1.72%) PMP
9 28 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (0.66%) AWS Certification
11 21 (0.60%) ISTQB
12 19 (0.54%) Azure Certification
12 19 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 17 (0.49%) CISM
13 17 (0.49%) CISSP
14 16 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
17 10 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (5.50%) QA
2 111 (3.18%) Data Quality
3 92 (2.63%) PMO
4 85 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 57 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 35 (1.00%) GDPR
7 28 (0.80%) SLA
8 27 (0.77%) WCAG
9 16 (0.46%) NIST
10 14 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 11 (0.32%) ISO 20022
11 11 (0.32%) MiFID
12 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.17%) Dodd-Frank
13 6 (0.17%) GRC
14 5 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
15 4 (0.11%) EMIR
15 4 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 234 (6.70%) Docker
2 145 (4.15%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.17%) HDFS
6 4 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.086%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.086%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.057%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.057%) NFS
8 2 (0.057%) vSphere
8 2 (0.057%) XenApp
9 1 (0.029%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.029%) Ceph
9 1 (0.029%) Cronacle
9 1 (0.029%) Firmware
9 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.029%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 256 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 146 (4.18%) Terraform
3 96 (2.75%) Ansible
4 47 (1.35%) Grafana
5 41 (1.17%) Puppet
6 38 (1.09%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.72%) Kibana
8 18 (0.52%) logstash
9 15 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.32%) Netcool
10 11 (0.32%) Progress Chef
11 10 (0.29%) Packer
12 9 (0.26%) Consul
12 9 (0.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 8 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
13 8 (0.23%) PingFederate
13 8 (0.23%) Tivoli
14 7 (0.20%) Hadoop YARN
14 7 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 506 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 178 (5.10%) Oracle
3 124 (3.55%) Google
4 108 (3.09%) SAP
5 82 (2.35%) Databricks
6 73 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 62 (1.78%) Adobe
8 57 (1.63%) Splunk
9 54 (1.55%) Salesforce
10 39 (1.12%) Cisco
11 38 (1.09%) IBM
12 36 (1.03%) VMware
13 33 (0.95%) Bloomberg
14 27 (0.77%) Dell
15 26 (0.74%) Informatica
15 26 (0.74%) ION Trading
16 22 (0.63%) Virgin Media
17 19 (0.54%) Atlassian
18 18 (0.52%) HP
19 17 (0.49%) MuleSoft