Agile Project Management Contracts

Agile Project Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Agile Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Agile Project Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 488 536 579
Rank change year-on-year +48 +43 -43
Contract jobs citing Agile Project Management 87 147 269
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.26% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.29% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 103 206
10th Percentile £340 £414 £405
25th Percentile £438 £464 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £600
90th Percentile £600 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 3
10th Percentile £21.18 £22.16 -
25th Percentile £24.43 £22.33 £31.50
Median hourly rate £32.36 £37.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.72% +13.64% -47.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £82.75 £43.38
90th Percentile - £87.50 £48.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £25.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +140.00% -24.24% -53.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Agile Project Management 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Agile Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Agile Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Project Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile Project Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile Project Management in the UK

Agile Project Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Project Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +30 68 £556 +1.14% 56
London +76 39 £575 +9.52% 10
UK excluding London +1 32 £500 -9.09% 46
Work from Home +61 20 £475 -7.32% 27
South East +13 9 £341 -35.66% 10
South West -5 6 £575 -11.54% 5
Scotland +35 5 £423 -15.50% 3
North of England +2 5 £500 - 9
North West +8 4 £575 -6.28% 5
Midlands +19 3 £488 -7.36% 12
West Midlands +11 3 £488 -9.72% 8
East of England 0 2 £750 +36.36% 7
Wales - 2 £160 - 1
North East +11 1 £325 -

Agile Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.75%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (4.60%) CMS
4 3 (3.45%) Drupal
4 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (2.30%) Confluence
6 1 (1.15%) Joomla!
6 1 (1.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.30%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (2.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.05%) SuccessFactors
3 5 (5.75%) OCI
4 3 (3.45%) AWS
4 3 (3.45%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.45%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.30%) Azure
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.15%) GCP
6 1 (1.15%) GitHub
6 1 (1.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) Internet
1 2 (2.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle ODI
1 1 (1.15%) Power BI
1 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (20.69%) JIRA
General
1 34 (39.08%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (16.09%) Finance
4 9 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.45%) Military
7 3 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.30%) Banking
8 2 (2.30%) French Language
8 2 (2.30%) Games
8 2 (2.30%) Local Government
8 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.30%) Marketing
9 1 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.15%) Electronics
9 1 (1.15%) Law
9 1 (1.15%) Publishing
9 1 (1.15%) Retail
9 1 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (45.98%) Project Manager
2 13 (14.94%) Delivery Manager
3 11 (12.64%) Senior
3 11 (12.64%) Senior Manager
4 8 (9.20%) Analyst
5 7 (8.05%) Agile Project Manager
5 7 (8.05%) Business Analyst
5 7 (8.05%) Technical Manager
5 7 (8.05%) Technical Project Manager
6 5 (5.75%) Consultant
6 5 (5.75%) Data Scientist
6 5 (5.75%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 5 (5.75%) SharePoint Project Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Cloud Consultant
7 4 (4.60%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.60%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (4.60%) Programme Manager
7 4 (4.60%) SAP Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.90%) PySpark
2 4 (4.60%) Web Services
3 1 (1.15%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.94%) Product Ownership
2 7 (8.05%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.75%) PMI
3 5 (5.75%) Taxonomies
4 4 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.15%) CMDB
7 1 (1.15%) Digital TV
7 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) STB
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) Linux
2 1 (1.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (100.00%) Agile
1 87 (100.00%) Project Management
2 25 (28.74%) Project Delivery
3 20 (22.99%) Scrum
4 19 (21.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (16.09%) User Stories
7 12 (13.79%) PRINCE2
8 11 (12.64%) Decision-Making
8 11 (12.64%) Migration
9 10 (11.49%) Matrix Management
9 10 (11.49%) Project Planning
10 9 (10.34%) Kanban
10 9 (10.34%) Waterfall
11 8 (9.20%) Change Management
11 8 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (9.20%) Data Analysis
11 8 (9.20%) SDLC
11 8 (9.20%) Visualisation
12 7 (8.05%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.90%) Python
2 4 (4.60%) Java
3 1 (1.15%) C
3 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.49%) Degree
3 8 (9.20%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.90%) PMI Certification
5 5 (5.75%) PMP
6 3 (3.45%) BC Cleared
6 3 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.15%) APMG
8 1 (1.15%) CSPO
8 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) QA
2 4 (4.60%) PMBOK
3 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.30%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (2.30%) PMO
5 1 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Ansible
1 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (11.49%) SAP
2 9 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.90%) Oracle
4 3 (3.45%) Atlassian
4 3 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.15%) Databricks
5 1 (1.15%) IFS
5 1 (1.15%) Planview
5 1 (1.15%) Progress
5 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow