Agile Contracts with Work from Home Options

Agile Software Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 4 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,622 5,607 12,146
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 17.39% 22.35% 27.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.76% 24.91% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,916 4,109 8,821
10th Percentile £381 £410 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £631
90th Percentile £788 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 135 126
10th Percentile £18.73 £35.00 £34.45
25th Percentile £24.58 £46.28 £39.75
Median hourly rate £46.25 £65.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.39% +45.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £61.63 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.93 £85.00 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £65.50 £49.75
% change year-on-year -8.40% +31.66% +11.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Agile
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Agile trend for jobs with a WFH option

Agile
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Agile.

Agile daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Agile over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Agile daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Agile.

Agile hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Agile over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Agile hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 159 (6.06%) Confluence
2 102 (3.89%) Apache Airflow
3 99 (3.78%) Apache
4 45 (1.72%) CMS
5 37 (1.41%) SharePoint
6 32 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 20 (0.76%) Apache Spark
8 12 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 12 (0.46%) SAS
9 11 (0.42%) nginx
10 9 (0.34%) CICS
11 5 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.19%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.15%) Appian
12 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.15%) Headless CMS
12 4 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
12 4 (0.15%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 32 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.42%) Trello
7 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.19%) UserZoom
8 3 (0.11%) Sketch
9 2 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.076%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.076%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.076%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.038%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.038%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.038%) InDesign
10 1 (0.038%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.038%) Simulink
10 1 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.038%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 35 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 35 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
3 12 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
4 9 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.31%) Endur
5 8 (0.31%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
6 7 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (0.27%) Shopify
7 6 (0.23%) Primavera
7 6 (0.23%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.19%) Maximo
8 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.15%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.11%) Aligne
10 3 (0.11%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 596 (22.73%) Azure
2 551 (21.01%) AWS
3 216 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
4 185 (7.06%) GCP
5 146 (5.57%) Power Platform
6 112 (4.27%) Serverless
7 99 (3.78%) SaaS
8 95 (3.62%) dbt
9 87 (3.32%) GitHub
10 80 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
11 76 (2.90%) Snowflake
12 62 (2.36%) Amazon S3
13 61 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
14 59 (2.25%) PaaS
15 58 (2.21%) Entra ID
16 49 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
17 40 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
17 40 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
18 39 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
19 37 (1.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (2.67%) Firewall
2 51 (1.95%) DNS
3 43 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 35 (1.33%) DHCP
5 33 (1.26%) VPN
6 26 (0.99%) SAN
7 19 (0.72%) HTTP
8 15 (0.57%) WAN
9 13 (0.50%) LAN
10 12 (0.46%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.34%) Network Security
11 9 (0.34%) Wireless
12 8 (0.31%) 4G
12 8 (0.31%) HTTPS
12 8 (0.31%) Internet
12 8 (0.31%) VLAN
13 7 (0.27%) 3G
13 7 (0.27%) ATM
13 7 (0.27%) NAS
13 7 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 107 (4.08%) Power BI
3 105 (4.00%) Data Lake
4 96 (3.66%) Amazon Athena
5 87 (3.32%) Apache Ignite
5 87 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
6 84 (3.20%) Apache Arrow
6 84 (3.20%) Dremio
7 70 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
7 70 (2.67%) Relational Database
8 54 (2.06%) NoSQL
9 46 (1.75%) MySQL
10 45 (1.72%) MongoDB
11 39 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
12 32 (1.22%) Big Data
13 28 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
14 23 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
14 23 (0.88%) Tableau
15 21 (0.80%) Oracle Database
16 19 (0.72%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 333 (12.70%) JIRA
2 179 (6.83%) Git
3 113 (4.31%) Jenkins
4 78 (2.97%) GitLab
5 52 (1.98%) Selenium
6 45 (1.72%) Postman
7 43 (1.64%) Cypress.io
8 34 (1.30%) JMeter
9 29 (1.11%) Cucumber
10 24 (0.92%) Visual Studio
11 22 (0.84%) Maven
11 22 (0.84%) SpecFlow
12 21 (0.80%) JUnit
13 20 (0.76%) TeamCity
14 17 (0.65%) Bitbucket
15 15 (0.57%) TestRail
15 15 (0.57%) WebDriver
16 12 (0.46%) Appium
16 12 (0.46%) Artifactory
16 12 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 764 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 681 (25.97%) Finance
3 356 (13.58%) Public Sector
4 274 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 262 (9.99%) Banking
6 187 (7.13%) Front Office
7 117 (4.46%) Investment Banking
8 81 (3.09%) Marketing
9 73 (2.78%) Retail
10 71 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
11 58 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
12 57 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 54 (2.06%) Telecoms
14 50 (1.91%) Back Office
15 47 (1.79%) Legal
16 37 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
17 34 (1.30%) Electronics
18 32 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 28 (1.07%) Automotive
20 23 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 557 (21.24%) Developer
2 379 (14.45%) Senior
3 329 (12.55%) Analyst
4 249 (9.50%) Architect
5 243 (9.27%) Project Manager
6 220 (8.39%) Business Analyst
7 202 (7.70%) Lead
8 145 (5.53%) Software Engineer
9 128 (4.88%) Consultant
10 106 (4.04%) Senior Developer
10 106 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
11 92 (3.51%) Java Developer
12 83 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
13 81 (3.09%) Software Developer
14 76 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
15 70 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
16 69 (2.63%) Full Stack Developer
17 66 (2.52%) Data Engineer
18 64 (2.44%) Python Developer
19 63 (2.40%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (6.94%) .NET
2 171 (6.52%) React
3 129 (4.92%) REST
4 105 (4.00%) XML
5 104 (3.97%) CSS
6 102 (3.89%) AngularJS
6 102 (3.89%) Node.js
7 101 (3.85%) HTML
8 92 (3.51%) JSON
9 91 (3.47%) gRPC
10 90 (3.43%) Protocol Buffers
11 88 (3.36%) Kafka
12 84 (3.20%) Pandas
13 81 (3.09%) NumPy
13 81 (3.09%) SciPy
14 75 (2.86%) RESTful
15 70 (2.67%) Spring
16 65 (2.48%) Web Services
17 57 (2.17%) Spring Boot
18 52 (1.98%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 229 (8.73%) Product Ownership
2 141 (5.38%) Fixed Income
3 124 (4.73%) Derivative
4 116 (4.42%) Equities
5 105 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 103 (3.93%) Hedge funds
7 60 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 55 (2.10%) Public Cloud
9 51 (1.95%) Data Centre
10 49 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
11 48 (1.83%) Mobile App
12 38 (1.45%) Data Structures
13 37 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
14 36 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
15 34 (1.30%) Onboarding
16 33 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
17 28 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
17 28 (1.07%) PKI
18 26 (0.99%) Cloud Native
19 22 (0.84%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 169 (6.45%) Linux
2 106 (4.04%) Windows
3 40 (1.53%) Unix
4 38 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 31 (1.18%) Android
6 23 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 23 (0.88%) Ubuntu
6 23 (0.88%) zOS
7 17 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.61%) Debian
8 16 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.42%) VMS
10 9 (0.34%) Windows 10
11 7 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
11 7 (0.27%) Solaris
12 6 (0.23%) OpenVMS
13 5 (0.19%) CentOS
14 4 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (23.04%) DevOps
2 524 (19.98%) Scrum
3 383 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
4 380 (14.49%) CI/CD
5 356 (13.58%) Project Management
6 329 (12.55%) Software Engineering
7 316 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 251 (9.57%) Waterfall
9 237 (9.04%) Test Automation
10 233 (8.89%) Analytics
11 221 (8.43%) Project Delivery
12 186 (7.09%) Roadmaps
13 184 (7.02%) Microservices
13 184 (7.02%) User Stories
14 176 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 176 (6.71%) Migration
15 175 (6.67%) SDLC
16 169 (6.45%) Asset Management
17 167 (6.37%) Business Intelligence
18 161 (6.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 429 (16.36%) Python
2 349 (13.31%) Java
3 334 (12.74%) SQL
4 312 (11.90%) JavaScript
5 219 (8.35%) TypeScript
6 218 (8.31%) C#
7 117 (4.46%) PowerShell
8 60 (2.29%) Go
9 58 (2.21%) Scala
10 57 (2.17%) Bicep
11 52 (1.98%) Bash
12 39 (1.49%) PL/SQL
13 31 (1.18%) Perl
14 27 (1.03%) Kotlin
15 25 (0.95%) C++
16 23 (0.88%) REXX
17 21 (0.80%) VB
18 20 (0.76%) PHP
18 20 (0.76%) T-SQL
19 19 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 402 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 335 (12.78%) SC Cleared
3 300 (11.44%) Degree
4 94 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 94 (3.59%) DV Cleared
5 58 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 52 (1.98%) PMP
7 50 (1.91%) PMI Certification
8 44 (1.68%) Master's Degree
9 35 (1.33%) ISTQB
10 22 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 21 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (0.65%) Azure Certification
12 17 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 11 (0.42%) CISSP
13 11 (0.42%) ISEB
13 11 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.34%) APMP
14 9 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.31%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (7.02%) QA
2 75 (2.86%) Data Quality
3 69 (2.63%) Accessibility
4 64 (2.44%) PMO
5 37 (1.41%) GDPR
6 35 (1.33%) SLA
7 30 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.61%) NIST
9 14 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
10 12 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 11 (0.42%) WCAG
12 9 (0.34%) HIPAA
13 7 (0.27%) GxP
13 7 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.23%) MiFID
14 6 (0.23%) NCSC
15 4 (0.15%) PSD2
15 4 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 152 (5.80%) Docker
2 84 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (0.61%) Time Sharing Option
7 14 (0.53%) NFS
8 8 (0.31%) vSphere
9 6 (0.23%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.19%) Firmware
11 3 (0.11%) vCloud
11 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.11%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.038%) HDFS
12 1 (0.038%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 180 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 120 (4.58%) Terraform
3 82 (3.13%) Ansible
4 42 (1.60%) Grafana
5 24 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (0.88%) SCCM
7 21 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 20 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 20 (0.76%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 19 (0.72%) Puppet
10 16 (0.61%) SCOM
10 16 (0.61%) WSUS
11 15 (0.57%) Kibana
12 12 (0.46%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
14 7 (0.27%) Netcool
14 7 (0.27%) Packer
14 7 (0.27%) Tivoli
15 6 (0.23%) Argo
Vendors
1 355 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 178 (6.79%) Oracle
3 130 (4.96%) SAP
4 61 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 60 (2.29%) Google
6 58 (2.21%) Databricks
7 55 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 54 (2.06%) IBM
9 48 (1.83%) VMware
10 40 (1.53%) Splunk
11 34 (1.30%) Adobe
12 32 (1.22%) Cisco
13 30 (1.14%) Dell
14 27 (1.03%) Atlassian
15 24 (0.92%) Red Hat
16 17 (0.65%) Dynatrace
17 16 (0.61%) Brocade
17 16 (0.61%) CA
17 16 (0.61%) Remedy
18 15 (0.57%) Bloomberg