Agile Contracts in Yorkshire

Agile Software Development
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 265 476 666
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.81% 20.95% 24.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.33% 23.03% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 345 492
10th Percentile £393 £413 £366
25th Percentile £432 £473 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £557
90th Percentile £625 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 3
10th Percentile - £47.70 £27.20
25th Percentile - £58.94 £28.63
Median hourly rate - £66.25 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year - +113.71% +21.24%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £36.25
90th Percentile - £73.00 £39.40
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
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,446 2,067 2,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.28% 90.98% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 1,371 1,749
10th Percentile £275 £285 £262
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +8.25% +10.86%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £556
90th Percentile £650 £700 £646
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 63 80
10th Percentile £11.30 - £10.70
25th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £17.82
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -40.35% -9.51%
75th Percentile £22.00 £20.57 £22.81
90th Percentile £53.75 £55.23 £27.63
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 Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Yorkshire

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire -3 174 £525 -4.55% 107
South Yorkshire +5 80 £513 -14.58% 33
North Yorkshire -3 7 £550 +1.85% 27
East Yorkshire -5 1 £450 -37.93% 2
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 18 (6.79%) Confluence
2 5 (1.89%) ArcGIS
2 5 (1.89%) nginx
3 3 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.13%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.38%) Drupal
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.89%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.64%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.75%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.75%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 48 (18.11%) Azure
2 36 (13.58%) GitHub
3 34 (12.83%) AWS
4 22 (8.30%) GCP
5 14 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.91%) SaaS
7 7 (2.64%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.26%) Apigee
8 6 (2.26%) Kong
8 6 (2.26%) PaaS
9 5 (1.89%) Azure Functions
9 5 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (1.89%) CloudBees
9 5 (1.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 5 (1.89%) Serverless
10 4 (1.51%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.51%) IaaS
10 4 (1.51%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.13%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.15%) Firewall
2 9 (3.40%) HTTP
3 6 (2.26%) DNS
3 6 (2.26%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.26%) VPN
4 5 (1.89%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.51%) Network Security
6 2 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.75%) RTP
6 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.75%) WAN
6 2 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.77%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.40%) GIS
3 9 (3.40%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.64%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.64%) Power BI
5 6 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
6 5 (1.89%) InterSystems Cache
6 5 (1.89%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.89%) Redis
7 4 (1.51%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.13%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.13%) Tableau
9 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.75%) MySQL
9 2 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.75%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.38%) DB2
Development Applications
1 41 (15.47%) Jenkins
2 28 (10.57%) JIRA
3 21 (7.92%) Git
4 16 (6.04%) Selenium
5 11 (4.15%) GitLab
5 11 (4.15%) JUnit
6 7 (2.64%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (2.26%) CircleCI
7 6 (2.26%) JMeter
7 6 (2.26%) Travis CI
8 5 (1.89%) Postman
8 5 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (1.13%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.13%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.75%) Gatling
10 2 (0.75%) Mockito
10 2 (0.75%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.75%) XCUITest
General
1 83 (31.32%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.60%) Finance
3 30 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.81%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.15%) Banking
6 7 (2.64%) Retail
7 5 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.51%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.75%) Billing
9 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.75%) Games
9 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.75%) Legal
9 2 (0.75%) Marketing
10 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.38%) Law
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (17.74%) Developer
2 45 (16.98%) Analyst
3 35 (13.21%) Business Analyst
4 29 (10.94%) Senior
5 25 (9.43%) Project Manager
6 17 (6.42%) Storage Manager
7 15 (5.66%) Lead
8 13 (4.91%) Architect
8 13 (4.91%) DevOps Engineer
8 13 (4.91%) Java Developer
9 12 (4.53%) Tester
10 9 (3.40%) Automation Tester
11 8 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (3.02%) Test Engineer
12 7 (2.64%) Designer
12 7 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.64%) User Researcher
13 6 (2.26%) SAP Analyst
13 6 (2.26%) Senior Developer
13 6 (2.26%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.92%) YAML
2 14 (5.28%) React
3 13 (4.91%) JSON
3 13 (4.91%) Spring
4 12 (4.53%) REST
4 12 (4.53%) Spring Boot
5 9 (3.40%) XML
6 8 (3.02%) Kafka
6 8 (3.02%) Node.js
6 8 (3.02%) Web Services
7 7 (2.64%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (2.64%) Gherkin
7 7 (2.64%) Hibernate
8 6 (2.26%) JPA
9 5 (1.89%) .NET
9 5 (1.89%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.89%) CSS
9 5 (1.89%) HTML
9 5 (1.89%) React Native
9 5 (1.89%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.79%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.02%) Data Structures
4 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.51%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.13%) CMDB
6 3 (1.13%) NHS
7 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.75%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.38%) Blog
8 1 (0.38%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.38%) iSeries
8 1 (0.38%) Mashup
8 1 (0.38%) PMI
8 1 (0.38%) Replication
8 1 (0.38%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.19%) Linux
2 18 (6.79%) zOS
3 7 (2.64%) Unix
4 5 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.51%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.51%) Windows
6 3 (1.13%) Android
7 2 (0.75%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (23.40%) DevOps
2 59 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (21.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 56 (21.13%) Scrum
5 53 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 45 (16.98%) Project Management
7 41 (15.47%) CI/CD
8 40 (15.09%) Test Automation
9 30 (11.32%) User Stories
10 26 (9.81%) Migration
11 25 (9.43%) Mentoring
12 24 (9.06%) Analytics
12 24 (9.06%) Problem Management
13 23 (8.68%) TDD
14 21 (7.92%) Business Analysis
14 21 (7.92%) Containerisation
14 21 (7.92%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (7.55%) Software Engineering
15 20 (7.55%) Software Testing
16 19 (7.17%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.49%) Java
2 44 (16.60%) Python
3 32 (12.08%) JavaScript
4 17 (6.42%) JCL
5 14 (5.28%) REXX
6 11 (4.15%) Bash
6 11 (4.15%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.77%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.77%) Scala
7 10 (3.77%) SQL
8 8 (3.02%) C#
9 7 (2.64%) Groovy
10 5 (1.89%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.51%) Go
11 4 (1.51%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.51%) Ruby
11 4 (1.51%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.51%) VBA
12 3 (1.13%) Swift
13 2 (0.75%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (9.43%) Degree
2 23 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 22 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.64%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.26%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.89%) CBAP
7 3 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.38%) CCSA
9 1 (0.38%) CCSE
9 1 (0.38%) PMP
9 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.70%) QA
2 9 (3.40%) PMO
3 8 (3.02%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.13%) GRC
6 2 (0.75%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.75%) SLA
7 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.38%) HL7
System Software
1 31 (11.70%) Docker
2 17 (6.42%) NFS
2 17 (6.42%) Time Sharing Option
3 3 (1.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 3 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 30 (11.32%) Ansible
2 29 (10.94%) Kubernetes
3 23 (8.68%) Terraform
4 19 (7.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 14 (5.28%) Prometheus
6 11 (4.15%) Grafana
7 8 (3.02%) Progress Chef
7 8 (3.02%) Puppet
8 6 (2.26%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (2.26%) Kibana
8 6 (2.26%) logstash
9 5 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.13%) Istio
11 2 (0.75%) Kiali
12 1 (0.38%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.38%) Graylog
12 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.38%) Nessus
12 1 (0.38%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 20 (7.55%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.17%) Broadcom
2 19 (7.17%) Dell
2 19 (7.17%) IBM
3 17 (6.42%) Brocade
3 17 (6.42%) CA
4 15 (5.66%) SAP
5 10 (3.77%) Splunk
6 8 (3.02%) Google
7 7 (2.64%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.89%) ESRI
9 4 (1.51%) Cisco
9 4 (1.51%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.13%) Aruba
10 3 (1.13%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.13%) Juniper
10 3 (1.13%) Meraki
10 3 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.13%) Oracle
10 3 (1.13%) VMware