Agile Contracts in the West Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Agile 230 378 1,017
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.32% 17.07% 28.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.82% 19.47% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 282 766
10th Percentile £358 £413 £395
25th Percentile £437 £463 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £588
90th Percentile £750 £694 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 2
10th Percentile £13.85 - £56.51
25th Percentile £18.73 £12.50 £56.54
Median hourly rate £47.50 £13.00 £58.14
Median % change year-on-year +265.38% -77.64% +137.31%
75th Percentile £57.50 £13.50 £59.82
90th Percentile £58.75 - £59.88
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,664 1,941 3,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.89% 87.67% 90.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 1,315 2,341
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £496
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.94% +16.59%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £588
90th Percentile £731 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 51 58
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £12.18
25th Percentile £14.31 £14.03 £13.90
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - +30.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £40.38 £28.75 £19.97
90th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £24.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +6.38% +37.27% +14.13%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -3 76 £581 +5.68% 109
Warwickshire -8 48 £600 +9.09% 46
Shropshire -1 39 £358 -33.70% 4
Coventry -1 32 £563 +4.65% 20
Staffordshire +1 11 £325 -35.64% 32
Worcestershire -6 3 £500 -23.08% 18
Solihull -15 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 (3.91%) CICS
1 9 (3.91%) SAS
2 4 (1.74%) Confluence
3 3 (1.30%) CMS
3 3 (1.30%) Drupal
4 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.61%) Simulink
1 6 (2.61%) Stateflow
2 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.17%) TargetLink
3 4 (1.74%) Trello
4 3 (1.30%) CANalyzer
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (4.35%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.87%) Maximo
4 2 (0.87%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.87%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.87%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.43%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.43%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 46 (20.00%) Azure
2 24 (10.43%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (9.13%) AWS
4 10 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.48%) Boomi
6 7 (3.04%) SaaS
6 7 (3.04%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (2.61%) Azure App Service
7 6 (2.61%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.61%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.17%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.17%) Azure AKS
8 5 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.74%) Amazon EMR
9 4 (1.74%) Amazon Kinesis
9 4 (1.74%) Amazon MSK
9 4 (1.74%) IaaS
9 4 (1.74%) PaaS
10 3 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.04%) Firewall
1 7 (3.04%) WAN
2 5 (2.17%) DNS
2 5 (2.17%) Internet
3 4 (1.74%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.74%) LAN
3 4 (1.74%) SSL
3 4 (1.74%) VPN
4 3 (1.30%) ADSL
4 3 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (1.30%) MPLS
4 3 (1.30%) Network Security
4 3 (1.30%) PSTN
4 3 (1.30%) SAN
5 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.43%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.43%) Intranet
6 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.43%) IPsec
6 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (13.48%) MySQL
2 24 (10.43%) Amazon Redshift
3 10 (4.35%) DB2
3 10 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.91%) IDMS
4 9 (3.91%) Power BI
5 8 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (1.74%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.43%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.43%) Flink
9 1 (0.43%) MS Access
9 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (20.43%) Git
2 16 (6.96%) JIRA
3 8 (3.48%) Bitbucket
3 8 (3.48%) Subversion
4 6 (2.61%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.17%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.74%) Ant
6 4 (1.74%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.74%) Selenium
7 3 (1.30%) CANoe
7 3 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.43%) JMeter
9 1 (0.43%) NUnit
9 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.43%) Postman
9 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.43%) TestRail
9 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 89 (38.70%) Social Skills
2 45 (19.57%) Finance
3 33 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.39%) Automotive
6 8 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.48%) Retail
7 6 (2.61%) Electronics
7 6 (2.61%) Law
7 6 (2.61%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.17%) German Language
8 5 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.30%) Billing
10 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.30%) Marketing
11 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.87%) Local Government
12 1 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (18.70%) Developer
2 30 (13.04%) Architect
3 23 (10.00%) Analyst
3 23 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 23 (10.00%) Senior
4 16 (6.96%) Lead
5 14 (6.09%) Business Analyst
6 10 (4.35%) IBM Mainframe Developer
6 10 (4.35%) Mainframe Developer
6 10 (4.35%) Senior Manager
7 9 (3.91%) Product Owner
8 8 (3.48%) Consultant
8 8 (3.48%) IT Manager
8 8 (3.48%) Senior Project Manager
8 8 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.04%) Azure Architect
9 7 (3.04%) SQL Developer
10 6 (2.61%) Enterprise Architect
10 6 (2.61%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.61%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.96%) .NET
2 13 (5.65%) XML
3 8 (3.48%) AngularJS
3 8 (3.48%) JSON
3 8 (3.48%) RESTful
3 8 (3.48%) Web Services
4 7 (3.04%) HTML
4 7 (3.04%) REST
4 7 (3.04%) XSLT
5 6 (2.61%) Spring
6 4 (1.74%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.74%) CSS
6 4 (1.74%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.74%) SOAP
7 3 (1.30%) React
7 3 (1.30%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.30%) WSDL
7 3 (1.30%) XSD
8 2 (0.87%) ADO
8 2 (0.87%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.78%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.35%) IBM Mainframe
3 10 (4.35%) Mainframe
3 10 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.48%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.04%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.17%) IoT
6 5 (2.17%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.30%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.30%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.30%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (1.30%) Infotainment
8 3 (1.30%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.30%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.91%) Unix
1 9 (3.91%) zOS
2 4 (1.74%) Linux
3 3 (1.30%) Windows
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.43%) Scrum
2 60 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (18.26%) Project Management
4 38 (16.52%) Software Engineering
5 34 (14.78%) Continuous Integration
5 34 (14.78%) DevOps
5 34 (14.78%) Roadmaps
6 33 (14.35%) Analytics
7 32 (13.91%) Requirements Gathering
8 30 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (12.17%) ETL
10 26 (11.30%) Waterfall
11 25 (10.87%) Data Extraction
12 24 (10.43%) Configuration Management
13 23 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
13 23 (10.00%) PRINCE2
14 22 (9.57%) Data Analytics
14 22 (9.57%) Project Delivery
15 20 (8.70%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 31 (13.48%) SQL
2 14 (6.09%) C#
3 13 (5.65%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.35%) COBOL
4 10 (4.35%) Java
4 10 (4.35%) Python
5 9 (3.91%) CLIST
5 9 (3.91%) REXX
5 9 (3.91%) SELCOPY
6 8 (3.48%) PL/SQL
7 7 (3.04%) Bash
7 7 (3.04%) Bourne shell
7 7 (3.04%) Korn
8 6 (2.61%) MATLAB
9 5 (2.17%) Bicep
9 5 (2.17%) C
9 5 (2.17%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.30%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.30%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 35 (15.22%) SC Cleared
1 35 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.91%) Degree
3 10 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (3.91%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (2.17%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.17%) PMP
7 4 (1.74%) CCNA
7 4 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.30%) BC Cleared
8 3 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.43%) ACCA
10 1 (0.43%) APMG
10 1 (0.43%) CCNP
10 1 (0.43%) CIMA
10 1 (0.43%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.00%) QA
2 5 (2.17%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (2.17%) ISO 26262
2 5 (2.17%) MISRA
2 5 (2.17%) MISRA C
3 4 (1.74%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.30%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.30%) SLA
5 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.87%) PMO
6 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.43%) GDPR
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (0.87%) Docker
1 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (9.13%) Grafana
2 7 (3.04%) Ansible
2 7 (3.04%) Terraform
3 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.43%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.43%) Puppet
4 1 (0.43%) Rancher
Vendors
1 28 (12.17%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.57%) Talend
3 21 (9.13%) Denodo
4 19 (8.26%) Salesforce
5 17 (7.39%) Oracle
6 16 (6.96%) SAP
7 14 (6.09%) IBM
8 13 (5.65%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.91%) Syncsort
10 7 (3.04%) Cisco
11 3 (1.30%) BT
11 3 (1.30%) CheckPoint
11 3 (1.30%) F5
11 3 (1.30%) Openreach
12 2 (0.87%) Databricks
12 2 (0.87%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.43%) Anaplan
13 1 (0.43%) Conga
13 1 (0.43%) Planview