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 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 3 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 262 437 666
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.48% 19.93% 25.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.22% 21.92% 27.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 328 490
10th Percentile £387 £416 £350
25th Percentile £436 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £589 £625 £575
90th Percentile £625 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £55.70 £27.20
25th Percentile - £61.25 £28.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +101.61% +27.47%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £36.25
90th Percentile - £76.00 £39.40
England median hourly rate £61.06 £65.00 £50.77
% change year-on-year -6.06% +28.03% +1.54%

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 1,438 1,994 2,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 84.99% 90.93% 90.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 1,307 1,748
10th Percentile £275 £275 £254
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £580 £619 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 63 82
10th Percentile £11.30 £9.80 £10.78
25th Percentile £12.15 £10.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £18.60
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -42.85% -6.73%
75th Percentile £20.74 £21.50 £22.62
90th Percentile £53.75 £49.32 £27.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

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 1 June 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 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
West Yorkshire -2 171 £517 -6.00% 105
South Yorkshire +2 81 £520 -13.33% 28
North Yorkshire -7 7 £550 +1.85% 26
East Yorkshire -1 1 £450 -37.93% 3
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 21 (8.02%) Confluence
2 5 (1.91%) ArcGIS
2 5 (1.91%) nginx
3 3 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.15%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.38%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.91%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.29%) SAP PM
3 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.76%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.76%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 49 (18.70%) Azure
2 40 (15.27%) AWS
2 40 (15.27%) GitHub
3 27 (10.31%) GCP
4 14 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.96%) SaaS
6 9 (3.44%) Kong
7 6 (2.29%) Apigee
7 6 (2.29%) PaaS
7 6 (2.29%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.91%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (1.91%) Azure Functions
8 5 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (1.91%) CloudBees
8 5 (1.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 5 (1.91%) Serverless
9 4 (1.53%) IaaS
9 4 (1.53%) iPaaS
10 3 (1.15%) Akamai
11 2 (0.76%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.34%) Firewall
2 12 (4.58%) HTTP
3 9 (3.44%) DNS
3 9 (3.44%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.44%) VPN
4 5 (1.91%) HTTPS
4 5 (1.91%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (1.53%) Network Security
6 3 (1.15%) BIG-IP
6 3 (1.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (1.15%) SSL
7 2 (0.76%) RTP
7 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.76%) WAN
7 2 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.82%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.44%) GIS
4 7 (2.67%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.67%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.29%) Power BI
6 5 (1.91%) Geospatial Data
6 5 (1.91%) InterSystems Cache
6 5 (1.91%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.91%) Redis
7 4 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.15%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.15%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.15%) Tableau
9 2 (0.76%) MySQL
9 2 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.76%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.38%) DB2
Development Applications
1 46 (17.56%) Jenkins
2 33 (12.60%) JIRA
3 25 (9.54%) Git
4 16 (6.11%) JUnit
4 16 (6.11%) Selenium
5 13 (4.96%) GitLab
6 9 (3.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (3.44%) CircleCI
6 9 (3.44%) Travis CI
7 8 (3.05%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.29%) JMeter
9 5 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (1.53%) Postman
11 3 (1.15%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.76%) Gatling
12 2 (0.76%) Mockito
12 2 (0.76%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.76%) WebDriver
13 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 84 (32.06%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.18%) Finance
3 29 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.54%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.05%) Banking
6 6 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.29%) Retail
7 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.53%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.15%) Legal
9 2 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.76%) Games
9 2 (0.76%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.76%) Marketing
9 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.38%) Front Office
10 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.38%) Law
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (17.56%) Developer
2 41 (15.65%) Analyst
3 31 (11.83%) Business Analyst
4 27 (10.31%) Senior
5 26 (9.92%) Project Manager
6 17 (6.49%) Storage Manager
7 16 (6.11%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (5.34%) Lead
8 14 (5.34%) Tester
9 13 (4.96%) Java Developer
10 12 (4.58%) Architect
10 12 (4.58%) Automation Tester
11 10 (3.82%) Test Engineer
12 8 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
13 7 (2.67%) Designer
14 6 (2.29%) SAP Analyst
14 6 (2.29%) SAP Business Analyst
14 6 (2.29%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.29%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.16%) YAML
2 15 (5.73%) JSON
3 14 (5.34%) XML
4 13 (4.96%) React
5 12 (4.58%) Gherkin
5 12 (4.58%) REST
5 12 (4.58%) Spring Boot
6 11 (4.20%) Spring
7 10 (3.82%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (3.05%) .NET
8 8 (3.05%) HTML
8 8 (3.05%) Kafka
8 8 (3.05%) Node.js
8 8 (3.05%) Web Services
9 7 (2.67%) Hibernate
10 6 (2.29%) JPA
11 5 (1.91%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.91%) React Native
11 5 (1.91%) SignalR
12 4 (1.53%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.87%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.49%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.20%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.91%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.91%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.15%) CMDB
7 3 (1.15%) NHS
7 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.76%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.38%) Blog
9 1 (0.38%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) iSeries
9 1 (0.38%) Mashup
9 1 (0.38%) Replication
9 1 (0.38%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.38%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.31%) Linux
2 18 (6.87%) zOS
3 9 (3.44%) Unix
4 7 (2.67%) Windows
5 4 (1.53%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.15%) Android
6 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.76%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.43%) DevOps
2 61 (23.28%) Scrum
3 58 (22.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (17.56%) Project Management
5 46 (17.56%) Test Automation
6 45 (17.18%) CI/CD
6 45 (17.18%) Waterfall
7 32 (12.21%) User Stories
8 28 (10.69%) TDD
9 27 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 25 (9.54%) Containerisation
10 25 (9.54%) Migration
10 25 (9.54%) Software Testing
11 24 (9.16%) Analytics
11 24 (9.16%) Continuous Integration
11 24 (9.16%) Problem Management
12 23 (8.78%) Kanban
13 22 (8.40%) Software Engineering
14 21 (8.02%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 56 (21.37%) Java
2 47 (17.94%) Python
3 35 (13.36%) JavaScript
4 17 (6.49%) JCL
5 15 (5.73%) Bash
6 14 (5.34%) REXX
7 13 (4.96%) PowerShell
8 12 (4.58%) SQL
8 12 (4.58%) TypeScript
9 11 (4.20%) Scala
10 7 (2.67%) C#
10 7 (2.67%) Groovy
11 6 (2.29%) C
12 5 (1.91%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.53%) Go
13 4 (1.53%) MATLAB
13 4 (1.53%) Ruby
13 4 (1.53%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.53%) VBA
14 3 (1.15%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 24 (9.16%) Degree
1 24 (9.16%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.78%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.29%) DV Cleared
3 6 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (1.91%) CBAP
5 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.76%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.38%) CCSA
7 1 (0.38%) CCSE
7 1 (0.38%) PMP
7 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.12%) QA
2 8 (3.05%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.05%) PMO
3 5 (1.91%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.15%) GRC
5 2 (0.76%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.38%) HL7
System Software
1 35 (13.36%) Docker
2 17 (6.49%) NFS
2 17 (6.49%) Time Sharing Option
3 3 (1.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 3 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 33 (12.60%) Ansible
1 33 (12.60%) Kubernetes
2 27 (10.31%) Terraform
3 19 (7.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 18 (6.87%) Prometheus
5 14 (5.34%) Grafana
6 11 (4.20%) Progress Chef
6 11 (4.20%) Puppet
7 9 (3.44%) Docker Swarm
7 9 (3.44%) Kibana
7 9 (3.44%) logstash
8 5 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.15%) Istio
10 2 (0.76%) Kiali
11 1 (0.38%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.38%) Graylog
11 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.38%) Nessus
11 1 (0.38%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 19 (7.25%) Broadcom
1 19 (7.25%) Dell
1 19 (7.25%) IBM
2 17 (6.49%) Brocade
2 17 (6.49%) CA
3 14 (5.34%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.34%) SAP
4 13 (4.96%) Splunk
5 10 (3.82%) Google
6 7 (2.67%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.91%) ESRI
7 5 (1.91%) F5
8 4 (1.53%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.15%) Cisco
9 3 (1.15%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.15%) VMware
9 3 (1.15%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.76%) Brio
10 2 (0.76%) Juniper
10 2 (0.76%) Oracle