Agile Contracts in the Thames Valley

Agile Software Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 330 398 821
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.43% 14.98% 20.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.73% 16.51% 22.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 299 634
10th Percentile £398 £378 £392
25th Percentile £486 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 7
10th Percentile £59.52 £57.50 £15.02
25th Percentile £61.06 £58.13 £19.68
Median hourly rate £63.15 £65.13 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +27.70% -17.74%
75th Percentile £74.87 £73.63 £64.81
90th Percentile £82.45 £90.25 £70.72
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £65.13 £62.50
% change year-on-year +7.49% +4.20% +3.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Agile falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,861 2,411 3,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.00% 90.74% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,069 1,584 2,502
10th Percentile £300 £245 £305
25th Percentile £411 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £612
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £511 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -1.70% +1.46% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 100 72
10th Percentile £18.00 £16.39 £11.42
25th Percentile £27.75 £24.00 £14.06
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +159.74% -
75th Percentile £62.69 £66.11 £50.31
90th Percentile £70.72 £75.67 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £52.30 £37.13
% change year-on-year +11.47% +40.86% +35.02%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Berkshire 0 278 £600 +4.35% 52
Buckinghamshire -9 43 £525 +5.00% 47
Oxfordshire -1 9 £475 - 30
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 15 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.33%) Confluence
3 6 (1.82%) CMS
4 5 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.21%) Apache
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.30%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.91%) Sketch
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.21%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.61%) Primavera
5 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 122 (36.97%) Azure
2 54 (16.36%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (12.73%) Azure Monitor
4 40 (12.12%) Azure Data Factory
5 37 (11.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 37 (11.21%) Serverless
6 31 (9.39%) Azure Functions
7 25 (7.58%) Entra ID
8 20 (6.06%) AWS
8 20 (6.06%) Power Platform
9 18 (5.45%) Azure Key Vault
9 18 (5.45%) Azure Storage
10 17 (5.15%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (4.24%) Azure API Management
11 14 (4.24%) GCP
11 14 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (2.73%) OCI
13 9 (2.73%) SaaS
14 8 (2.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.76%) Firewall
2 16 (4.85%) MPLS
3 15 (4.55%) DHCP
3 15 (4.55%) DNS
4 12 (3.64%) BGP
4 12 (3.64%) VPN
5 9 (2.73%) Ethernet VPN
6 7 (2.12%) Ethernet
7 5 (1.52%) 4G
7 5 (1.52%) Network Security
7 5 (1.52%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (1.21%) 5G
8 4 (1.21%) Broadband
8 4 (1.21%) DWDM
8 4 (1.21%) GPON
8 4 (1.21%) IPv4
8 4 (1.21%) IPv6
9 3 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
9 3 (0.91%) SDH
9 3 (0.91%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.70%) NoSQL
2 16 (4.85%) Power BI
3 11 (3.33%) MongoDB
4 9 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.42%) Big Data
5 8 (2.42%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.12%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.82%) MySQL
8 5 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.52%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.52%) SQLPlus
9 4 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.21%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (1.21%) Oracle Discoverer
10 3 (0.91%) Power Query
10 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (13.94%) JIRA
2 38 (11.52%) Git
3 30 (9.09%) Selenium
4 17 (5.15%) GitLab
5 10 (3.03%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.42%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.82%) Postman
8 5 (1.52%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.91%) JMeter
10 3 (0.91%) Maven
10 3 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.61%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.61%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.30%) JUnit
12 1 (0.30%) Subversion
12 1 (0.30%) TestDirector
General
1 103 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 73 (22.12%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (11.52%) Finance
3 38 (11.52%) Telecoms
4 24 (7.27%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 14 (4.24%) Marketing
7 13 (3.94%) Retail
8 11 (3.33%) Electronics
9 9 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.42%) Billing
10 8 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.82%) Legal
12 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.30%) Aviation
15 1 (0.30%) Local Government
15 1 (0.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (19.39%) Developer
2 38 (11.52%) Architect
2 38 (11.52%) Lead
3 33 (10.00%) Analyst
4 28 (8.48%) Senior
5 27 (8.18%) Azure Developer
6 24 (7.27%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (6.97%) DevOps Engineer
7 23 (6.97%) Full-Stack Developer
8 21 (6.36%) Project Manager
9 16 (4.85%) Product Owner
10 14 (4.24%) Active Directory Engineer
11 13 (3.94%) Active Directory Architect
11 13 (3.94%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.64%) Consultant
12 12 (3.64%) React Developer
13 11 (3.33%) Active Directory Support
13 11 (3.33%) Active Directory Support Engineer
13 11 (3.33%) Python Developer
13 11 (3.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.09%) React
2 24 (7.27%) ADO
3 23 (6.97%) XML
4 21 (6.36%) .NET
5 20 (6.06%) AngularJS
6 19 (5.76%) SOAP
7 17 (5.15%) HTML
7 17 (5.15%) REST
8 16 (4.85%) CSS
9 14 (4.24%) JSON
10 13 (3.94%) ARM Templates
10 13 (3.94%) Node.js
11 11 (3.33%) RESTful
12 10 (3.03%) Gherkin
12 10 (3.03%) Web Services
12 10 (3.03%) YANG
13 9 (2.73%) .NET Framework
13 9 (2.73%) NETCONF
13 9 (2.73%) PySpark
13 9 (2.73%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.06%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.55%) PKI
4 10 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.73%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.42%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.12%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.12%) Wiki
8 6 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.52%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.52%) TM Forum
10 4 (1.21%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.21%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.91%) Biopharmaceutical
12 2 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.61%) Replication
12 2 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.91%) Windows
2 31 (9.39%) Linux
3 13 (3.94%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.33%) Unix
4 11 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (2.73%) CentOS
6 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.30%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (42.73%) DevOps
2 111 (33.64%) Scrum
3 77 (23.33%) CI/CD
4 71 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (16.67%) Microservices
5 55 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 46 (13.94%) ITIL
7 44 (13.33%) Project Management
8 42 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (11.52%) Change Management
10 38 (11.52%) Migration
11 36 (10.91%) SDLC
12 35 (10.61%) Analytics
13 34 (10.30%) Roadmaps
13 34 (10.30%) Waterfall
14 30 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
15 28 (8.48%) Kanban
15 28 (8.48%) User Stories
16 27 (8.18%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 67 (20.30%) Python
2 61 (18.48%) SQL
3 33 (10.00%) Java
4 31 (9.39%) C#
4 31 (9.39%) PowerShell
5 24 (7.27%) JavaScript
6 14 (4.24%) Bicep
7 13 (3.94%) VBScript
8 12 (3.64%) T-SQL
9 11 (3.33%) VB
10 7 (2.12%) PHP
11 5 (1.52%) Delphi
11 5 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.52%) R
11 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.91%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.61%) ABAP
13 2 (0.61%) C
13 2 (0.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 67 (20.30%) Security Cleared
2 40 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 38 (11.52%) DV Cleared
4 33 (10.00%) Degree
5 12 (3.64%) PMP
6 11 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.91%) CCNA
8 3 (0.91%) CCNP
8 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.61%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.61%) MCP
9 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.30%) CCSA
10 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.88%) QA
2 10 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.21%) GRC
5 3 (0.91%) PMO
6 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.30%) COBIT
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.30%) NIST
7 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (15.76%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (3.64%) Docker
3 12 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.61%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 34 (10.30%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.48%) Ansible
3 19 (5.76%) Terraform
4 13 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (3.33%) SCCM
6 11 (3.33%) SCOM
6 11 (3.33%) WSUS
7 5 (1.52%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.21%) Argo
8 4 (1.21%) Grafana
8 4 (1.21%) Istio
8 4 (1.21%) Kibana
9 3 (0.91%) Rancher
10 2 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.61%) Puppet
11 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.30%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 71 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.67%) Oracle
3 21 (6.36%) VMware
4 18 (5.45%) SAP
5 13 (3.94%) Cisco
5 13 (3.94%) Google
6 10 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.42%) Databricks
7 8 (2.42%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.12%) Nokia
9 4 (1.21%) Adobe
9 4 (1.21%) Cadence
9 4 (1.21%) Genesys
9 4 (1.21%) Optimizely
9 4 (1.21%) Splunk
10 3 (0.91%) Aruba
10 3 (0.91%) F5
10 3 (0.91%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.91%) Virgin Media
10 3 (0.91%) Zscaler