Agile Contracts in the Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Agile 326 616 1,214
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.99% 18.37% 24.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.61% 20.78% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 479 939
10th Percentile £356 £350 £383
25th Percentile £411 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% - +20.59%
75th Percentile £625 £598 £588
90th Percentile £700 £673 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 6
10th Percentile £13.25 - £20.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £12.50 £21.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £13.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +265.38% -52.73% -26.17%
75th Percentile £56.88 £18.25 £30.81
90th Percentile £58.75 £21.10 £34.50
England median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £48.58
% change year-on-year -6.15% +33.80% +7.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,231 2,964 4,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.02% 88.40% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 2,073 3,221
10th Percentile £237 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £365 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +15.85%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £567
90th Percentile £700 £687 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 113 142
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.84 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.71 £15.00 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £22.63
90th Percentile £55.00 £54.75 £34.95
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands -2 246 £550 +2.23% 274
East Midlands -7 77 £450 -1.37% 145
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (2.76%) CICS
1 9 (2.76%) SAS
2 7 (2.15%) Confluence
3 4 (1.23%) CMS
4 3 (0.92%) Drupal
4 3 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.84%) Simulink
2 6 (1.84%) Stateflow
3 5 (1.53%) TargetLink
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (3.07%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) Maximo
4 2 (0.61%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.61%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.61%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.61%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.31%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 69 (21.17%) Azure
2 28 (8.59%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (7.06%) AWS
4 17 (5.21%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.37%) SaaS
6 9 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.45%) Boomi
7 8 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.15%) Azure App Service
8 7 (2.15%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (1.53%) Azure AKS
9 5 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.23%) GCP
10 4 (1.23%) IaaS
10 4 (1.23%) PaaS
10 4 (1.23%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.23%) Serverless
11 3 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.92%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.07%) SAN
2 8 (2.45%) Firewall
2 8 (2.45%) Network Security
2 8 (2.45%) WAN
3 7 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.84%) Internet
4 6 (1.84%) LAN
5 5 (1.53%) DNS
6 4 (1.23%) SSL
6 4 (1.23%) VPN
7 3 (0.92%) ADSL
7 3 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.92%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.92%) MPLS
7 3 (0.92%) PSTN
8 2 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.61%) Intranet
8 2 (0.61%) Junos
8 2 (0.61%) SMS
9 1 (0.31%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.83%) MySQL
2 15 (4.60%) Amazon Redshift
3 14 (4.29%) DB2
4 13 (3.99%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.37%) Power BI
6 9 (2.76%) IDMS
7 6 (1.84%) Big Data
8 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.31%) MS Access
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (13.50%) Git
2 23 (7.06%) JIRA
3 10 (3.07%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.76%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.45%) Subversion
6 7 (2.15%) Selenium
7 4 (1.23%) Ant
7 4 (1.23%) JMeter
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.92%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.92%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.61%) Maven
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.61%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.61%) TestNG
10 1 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.31%) JUnit
10 1 (0.31%) NUnit
General
1 107 (32.82%) Social Skills
2 70 (21.47%) Finance
3 44 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.91%) Automotive
6 14 (4.29%) Banking
7 12 (3.68%) Retail
8 8 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.15%) German Language
9 7 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.15%) Marketing
9 7 (2.15%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.84%) Electronics
10 6 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.23%) Law
11 4 (1.23%) Local Government
12 3 (0.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 59 (18.10%) Developer
2 50 (15.34%) Architect
3 42 (12.88%) Analyst
4 38 (11.66%) Senior
5 33 (10.12%) Project Manager
6 25 (7.67%) Business Analyst
7 23 (7.06%) Lead
8 16 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (3.99%) Consultant
9 13 (3.99%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.68%) Azure Architect
10 12 (3.68%) Product Owner
10 12 (3.68%) SQL Developer
11 10 (3.07%) Enterprise Architect
11 10 (3.07%) IBM Mainframe Developer
11 10 (3.07%) Mainframe Developer
12 9 (2.76%) Senior Project Manager
13 8 (2.45%) Designer
13 8 (2.45%) Java Developer
14 7 (2.15%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.13%) .NET
2 14 (4.29%) React
3 12 (3.68%) XML
4 10 (3.07%) AngularJS
4 10 (3.07%) HTML
5 9 (2.76%) Web Services
6 8 (2.45%) JSON
7 7 (2.15%) REST
8 6 (1.84%) CSS
8 6 (1.84%) RESTful
8 6 (1.84%) SOAP
8 6 (1.84%) Spring
9 5 (1.53%) Middleware
9 5 (1.53%) OAuth
9 5 (1.53%) SAML
9 5 (1.53%) XSLT
10 4 (1.23%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.23%) Kafka
10 4 (1.23%) Visualforce
11 3 (0.92%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.82%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.29%) Mainframe
2 14 (4.29%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.07%) IBM Mainframe
6 9 (2.76%) IoT
7 7 (2.15%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.15%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.15%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.84%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.53%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (1.23%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.23%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.92%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.07%) Linux
1 10 (3.07%) Unix
2 9 (2.76%) zOS
3 5 (1.53%) Debian
3 5 (1.53%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.23%) Android
4 4 (1.23%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.23%) Windows
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (25.15%) Scrum
2 76 (23.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 61 (18.71%) Project Management
4 53 (16.26%) Waterfall
5 49 (15.03%) DevOps
6 47 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (13.50%) Roadmaps
8 39 (11.96%) Software Engineering
9 36 (11.04%) Project Delivery
10 35 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (8.90%) PRINCE2
12 28 (8.59%) ITIL
12 28 (8.59%) Requirements Gathering
13 27 (8.28%) Analytics
14 25 (7.67%) Continuous Integration
15 24 (7.36%) Customer Service
16 23 (7.06%) CI/CD
16 23 (7.06%) Software Testing
16 23 (7.06%) User Stories
17 22 (6.75%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 41 (12.58%) SQL
2 21 (6.44%) Java
3 18 (5.52%) C#
3 18 (5.52%) JavaScript
3 18 (5.52%) Python
4 12 (3.68%) PL/SQL
5 10 (3.07%) Bash
5 10 (3.07%) COBOL
6 9 (2.76%) C
6 9 (2.76%) CLIST
6 9 (2.76%) REXX
6 9 (2.76%) SELCOPY
7 7 (2.15%) Bourne shell
7 7 (2.15%) Korn
7 7 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.84%) MATLAB
8 6 (1.84%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.53%) Bicep
10 4 (1.23%) ABAP
10 4 (1.23%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 43 (13.19%) Security Cleared
2 37 (11.35%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.43%) Degree
4 14 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.07%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (1.84%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.84%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.84%) PMP
9 5 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.53%) ISEB
10 4 (1.23%) CCNA
10 4 (1.23%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.92%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.92%) BC Cleared
11 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.61%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.28%) QA
2 7 (2.15%) SLA
3 5 (1.53%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.53%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (1.53%) ISO 26262
3 5 (1.53%) MISRA
3 5 (1.53%) MISRA C
4 4 (1.23%) PMO
5 3 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.92%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.31%) GDPR
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
6 1 (0.31%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.92%) Docker
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (4.29%) Grafana
2 8 (2.45%) Terraform
3 6 (1.84%) Ansible
4 5 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.61%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.31%) Kibana
6 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 44 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.28%) SAP
3 23 (7.06%) Salesforce
4 21 (6.44%) Oracle
5 15 (4.60%) Talend
6 14 (4.29%) Denodo
6 14 (4.29%) IBM
6 14 (4.29%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.76%) Cisco
7 9 (2.76%) Syncsort
8 5 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.53%) VMware
9 4 (1.23%) Databricks
10 3 (0.92%) BT
10 3 (0.92%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.92%) F5
10 3 (0.92%) Okta
10 3 (0.92%) Openreach
11 2 (0.61%) Northgate
11 2 (0.61%) Sage