Agile Contracts in the West Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 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 4 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Agile 248 438 976
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.98% 18.97% 27.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.49% 21.48% 30.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 322 739
10th Percentile £358 £413 £398
25th Percentile £425 £450 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +3.46% +19.95%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £588
90th Percentile £750 £688 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 0
10th Percentile £13.85 - -
25th Percentile £18.73 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +265.38% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £13.50 -
90th Percentile £58.75 - -
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
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,601 2,039 3,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.82% 88.31% 90.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,061 1,392 2,317
10th Percentile £275 £263 £275
25th Percentile £370 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +4.59% +15.29%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 46 65
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +12.93% +0.03%
75th Percentile £40.25 £28.35 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £50.63 £21.40
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 the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the West Midlands

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham -2 85 £550 - 111
Warwickshire 0 57 £607 +14.26% 54
Coventry 0 40 £563 +7.14% 29
Shropshire -4 38 £360 -33.33% 6
Staffordshire -2 5 £313 -39.32% 17
Worcestershire -3 3 £550 -15.38% 16
Solihull -21 1 - - 6
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (3.63%) CICS
1 9 (3.63%) SAS
2 5 (2.02%) Confluence
3 4 (1.61%) CMS
4 3 (1.21%) Drupal
5 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.42%) Simulink
2 6 (2.42%) Stateflow
3 5 (2.02%) TargetLink
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.81%) Trello
6 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.40%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (4.03%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.81%) Maximo
4 2 (0.81%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.81%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.81%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 51 (20.56%) Azure
2 25 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (6.05%) AWS
4 12 (4.84%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.23%) Boomi
7 7 (2.82%) Azure App Service
7 7 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.82%) SaaS
7 7 (2.82%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (2.02%) Azure AKS
9 4 (1.61%) IaaS
9 4 (1.61%) PaaS
9 4 (1.61%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.61%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.21%) GCP
10 3 (1.21%) GitHub
10 3 (1.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (1.21%) Serverless
11 2 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.23%) Firewall
1 8 (3.23%) Network Security
2 7 (2.82%) WAN
3 6 (2.42%) Internet
4 5 (2.02%) DNS
5 4 (1.61%) LAN
5 4 (1.61%) SSL
5 4 (1.61%) VPN
6 3 (1.21%) ADSL
6 3 (1.21%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.21%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.21%) MPLS
6 3 (1.21%) PSTN
6 3 (1.21%) SAN
7 2 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.81%) Intranet
7 2 (0.81%) Junos
7 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.40%) FTP
8 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.26%) MySQL
2 13 (5.24%) Amazon Redshift
3 10 (4.03%) DB2
4 9 (3.63%) IDMS
5 8 (3.23%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.82%) Power BI
7 4 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.21%) Big Data
9 2 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.40%) Flink
10 1 (0.40%) MS Access
10 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (17.34%) Git
2 19 (7.66%) JIRA
3 10 (4.03%) Bitbucket
4 8 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.23%) Subversion
5 7 (2.82%) Selenium
6 4 (1.61%) Ant
6 4 (1.61%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.21%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.21%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.81%) Maven
8 2 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.81%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.81%) TestNG
9 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.40%) JMeter
9 1 (0.40%) NUnit
9 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 92 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.77%) Finance
3 41 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.65%) Automotive
6 10 (4.03%) Retail
7 7 (2.82%) German Language
7 7 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.42%) Electronics
8 6 (2.42%) Marketing
9 5 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Law
10 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.21%) Billing
11 3 (1.21%) Legal
12 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Local Government
13 1 (0.40%) Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (16.94%) Developer
2 40 (16.13%) Architect
3 27 (10.89%) Senior
4 25 (10.08%) Analyst
5 24 (9.68%) Project Manager
6 19 (7.66%) Lead
7 15 (6.05%) Business Analyst
8 12 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.44%) Senior Manager
10 10 (4.03%) Azure Architect
10 10 (4.03%) Enterprise Architect
10 10 (4.03%) IBM Mainframe Developer
10 10 (4.03%) Mainframe Developer
11 9 (3.63%) Consultant
12 8 (3.23%) Senior Project Manager
12 8 (3.23%) SQL Developer
13 7 (2.82%) Designer
13 7 (2.82%) Java Developer
13 7 (2.82%) Product Owner
14 6 (2.42%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.05%) .NET
2 11 (4.44%) XML
3 9 (3.63%) AngularJS
3 9 (3.63%) HTML
4 8 (3.23%) JSON
5 6 (2.42%) CSS
5 6 (2.42%) REST
5 6 (2.42%) Spring
5 6 (2.42%) Web Services
6 5 (2.02%) RESTful
6 5 (2.02%) SOAP
6 5 (2.02%) XSLT
7 4 (1.61%) Visualforce
8 3 (1.21%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.21%) ADO
8 3 (1.21%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.21%) React
8 3 (1.21%) WSDL
8 3 (1.21%) XSD
8 3 (1.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.68%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.03%) IBM Mainframe
4 10 (4.03%) Mainframe
5 7 (2.82%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.82%) IoT
5 7 (2.82%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.42%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.02%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (2.02%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.61%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.61%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.21%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.21%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.03%) Unix
2 9 (3.63%) zOS
3 4 (1.61%) Linux
4 3 (1.21%) Windows
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (27.42%) Scrum
2 64 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (17.74%) Project Management
4 38 (15.32%) Roadmaps
5 37 (14.92%) DevOps
6 36 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (12.90%) Software Engineering
8 30 (12.10%) Waterfall
9 27 (10.89%) Requirements Gathering
10 26 (10.48%) Project Delivery
11 24 (9.68%) Continuous Integration
12 23 (9.27%) Analytics
13 20 (8.06%) PRINCE2
14 19 (7.66%) CI/CD
14 19 (7.66%) ITIL
15 18 (7.26%) ETL
15 18 (7.26%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 17 (6.85%) Software Testing
16 17 (6.85%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 29 (11.69%) SQL
2 13 (5.24%) C#
3 12 (4.84%) Java
4 10 (4.03%) COBOL
5 9 (3.63%) CLIST
5 9 (3.63%) REXX
5 9 (3.63%) SELCOPY
6 8 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.23%) PL/SQL
7 7 (2.82%) Bash
7 7 (2.82%) Bourne shell
7 7 (2.82%) Korn
7 7 (2.82%) Python
8 6 (2.42%) MATLAB
9 5 (2.02%) Bicep
9 5 (2.02%) C
9 5 (2.02%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.61%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.21%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.21%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 30 (12.10%) Degree
1 30 (12.10%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.69%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.03%) Master's Degree
4 8 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.02%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.02%) PMP
6 4 (1.61%) CCNA
7 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.21%) BC Cleared
7 3 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.40%) APMG
9 1 (0.40%) CCNP
9 1 (0.40%) CCSP
9 1 (0.40%) CISSP
9 1 (0.40%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.48%) QA
2 6 (2.42%) SLA
3 5 (2.02%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.02%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (2.02%) ISO 26262
3 5 (2.02%) MISRA
3 5 (2.02%) MISRA C
4 4 (1.61%) PMO
5 3 (1.21%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.40%) GDPR
6 1 (0.40%) NIST
6 1 (0.40%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.81%) Docker
1 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (5.24%) Grafana
2 8 (3.23%) Terraform
3 7 (2.82%) Ansible
4 2 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.40%) Puppet
5 1 (0.40%) Rancher
Vendors
1 28 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.27%) Salesforce
3 22 (8.87%) SAP
4 15 (6.05%) Oracle
5 14 (5.65%) IBM
5 14 (5.65%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.65%) Talend
6 13 (5.24%) Denodo
7 9 (3.63%) Syncsort
8 8 (3.23%) Cisco
9 4 (1.61%) Databricks
10 3 (1.21%) BT
10 3 (1.21%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.21%) F5
10 3 (1.21%) Openreach
11 2 (0.81%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.81%) Juniper
11 2 (0.81%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.40%) Dell
12 1 (0.40%) Sage