Agile Contracts in Central London

Agile Software Development
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 487 852 1,283
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 20.33% 22.84% 28.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.39% 25.03% 31.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 565 967
10th Percentile £406 £417 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +2.56% +6.36%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £713
90th Percentile £775 £800 £788
London median daily rate £575 £600 £595
% change year-on-year -4.17% +0.84% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.41
25th Percentile - - £46.09
Median hourly rate £33.00 - £52.12
75th Percentile - - £58.09
90th Percentile - - £60.74
London median hourly rate £50.00 £67.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +51.69% -19.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,175 3,404 4,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.78% 91.26% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 2,302 3,146
10th Percentile £350 £325 £364
25th Percentile £450 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £688
90th Percentile £799 £813 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 28 45
10th Percentile £20.22 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.03 £16.33 £25.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%
75th Percentile £32.09 £53.19 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.65 £88.30 £62.50
London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.21% +9.86% +8.07%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Central London

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Central London

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Central London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Central London

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Central London

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 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
City of London -1 441 £575 -6.16% 101
West End of London 0 16 £463 -10.63% 2
City of Westminster +7 13 £575 +4.55% 2
Camden -8 2 £675 +36.36% 1
Southwark +7 1 £501 -19.92%
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - - 2
Agile
London

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 28 (5.75%) Confluence
2 26 (5.34%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.05%) CMS
3 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.03%) Apache
5 5 (1.03%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (1.03%) IIS
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.62%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.41%) Documentum
8 2 (0.41%) Jadu
8 2 (0.41%) MTS
8 2 (0.41%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.21%) Drupal
9 1 (0.21%) JBoss
9 1 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) InVision
Business Applications
1 11 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Aligne
2 2 (0.41%) Endur
2 2 (0.41%) EuroRunner
2 2 (0.41%) Primavera
3 1 (0.21%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.21%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.21%) Front Arena
3 1 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.21%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.21%) Softmar
3 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 158 (32.44%) Azure
2 67 (13.76%) Azure DevOps
3 47 (9.65%) AWS
4 42 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 22 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (3.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 16 (3.29%) GCP
7 14 (2.87%) GitHub
8 13 (2.67%) Azure Service Bus
8 13 (2.67%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.67%) Serverless
9 12 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (2.05%) SaaS
11 9 (1.85%) Azure Functions
12 8 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (1.64%) Azure Storage
12 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.64%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.03%) Firewall
1 5 (1.03%) Internet
2 4 (0.82%) VoIP
2 4 (0.82%) VPN
3 3 (0.62%) DNS
3 3 (0.62%) LAN
4 2 (0.41%) CTI
4 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.41%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) 4G
5 1 (0.21%) DHCP
5 1 (0.21%) FTP
5 1 (0.21%) Intranet
5 1 (0.21%) LTE
5 1 (0.21%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.21%) SAN
5 1 (0.21%) SSH
5 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.21%) VLAN
5 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (13.35%) SQL Server
2 32 (6.57%) Power BI
3 25 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (3.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (2.87%) MongoDB
5 14 (2.87%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.46%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.26%) MySQL
8 9 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (1.64%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 6 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (1.03%) Big Data
11 5 (1.03%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.03%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (1.03%) Redis
12 4 (0.82%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 54 (11.09%) JIRA
2 29 (5.95%) Git
3 18 (3.70%) Selenium
4 15 (3.08%) Postman
5 12 (2.46%) GitLab
6 11 (2.26%) Jenkins
7 10 (2.05%) SpecFlow
8 9 (1.85%) JUnit
9 7 (1.44%) Mockito
9 7 (1.44%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.03%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.03%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.03%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.82%) Appium
11 4 (0.82%) JMeter
11 4 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.62%) Gradle
12 3 (0.62%) Katalon Studio
12 3 (0.62%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
General
1 154 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 131 (26.90%) Finance
3 51 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.65%) Banking
5 38 (7.80%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.11%) Legal
8 16 (3.29%) Back Office
8 16 (3.29%) Retail
9 15 (3.08%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.87%) Front Office
11 13 (2.67%) Investment Banking
12 10 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.05%) Law
12 10 (2.05%) Marketing
13 8 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.23%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.82%) Automotive
15 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (21.56%) Developer
2 82 (16.84%) Analyst
3 62 (12.73%) Senior
4 52 (10.68%) Business Analyst
5 44 (9.03%) Project Manager
6 35 (7.19%) Lead
7 32 (6.57%) Architect
8 26 (5.34%) Senior Developer
9 21 (4.31%) Product Owner
10 20 (4.11%) Delivery Manager
11 19 (3.90%) Consultant
11 19 (3.90%) Java Developer
12 16 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (3.29%) Test Analyst
13 13 (2.67%) Full Stack Developer
13 13 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.46%) Data Engineer
14 12 (2.46%) Product Manager
14 12 (2.46%) Scrum Master
15 10 (2.05%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (11.29%) .NET
2 26 (5.34%) HTML
2 26 (5.34%) XML
3 24 (4.93%) .NET Core
4 23 (4.72%) CSS
5 20 (4.11%) Web Services
6 18 (3.70%) React
7 16 (3.29%) AngularJS
7 16 (3.29%) Kafka
8 15 (3.08%) Spring
9 14 (2.87%) REST
10 13 (2.67%) .NET Framework
11 12 (2.46%) Spring Boot
12 11 (2.26%) ASP.NET
12 11 (2.26%) JSON
13 8 (1.64%) jQuery
14 7 (1.44%) Node.js
14 7 (1.44%) SOAP
15 6 (1.23%) Middleware
15 6 (1.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 69 (14.17%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.29%) Mobile App
3 10 (2.05%) Management Information System
4 9 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.44%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.23%) Market Risk
6 6 (1.23%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.03%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.82%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.82%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.62%) Acoustics
9 3 (0.62%) Contactless
9 3 (0.62%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.62%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.11%) Linux
1 20 (4.11%) Windows
2 10 (2.05%) Unix
3 7 (1.44%) Android
4 4 (0.82%) Mac OS X
4 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.62%) VMS
6 1 (0.21%) CentOS
6 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (25.67%) DevOps
2 123 (25.26%) Scrum
3 79 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (15.81%) Project Management
5 75 (15.40%) CI/CD
6 57 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (10.88%) Waterfall
8 46 (9.45%) SDLC
9 45 (9.24%) Migration
10 43 (8.83%) Test Automation
11 41 (8.42%) User Stories
12 40 (8.21%) Analytics
12 40 (8.21%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (8.21%) Roadmaps
12 40 (8.21%) User Acceptance Testing
13 36 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (7.39%) Kanban
13 36 (7.39%) Microservices
14 35 (7.19%) PRINCE2
15 33 (6.78%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 83 (17.04%) SQL
2 62 (12.73%) C#
3 51 (10.47%) Java
4 44 (9.03%) Python
5 42 (8.62%) PowerShell
6 40 (8.21%) JavaScript
7 18 (3.70%) T-SQL
8 16 (3.29%) Bicep
9 12 (2.46%) PL/SQL
9 12 (2.46%) TypeScript
10 10 (2.05%) Go
11 7 (1.44%) C++
11 7 (1.44%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.44%) Scala
11 7 (1.44%) XPath
12 6 (1.23%) XQuery
13 4 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.82%) PHP
14 3 (0.62%) R
14 3 (0.62%) Swift
Qualifications
1 46 (9.45%) Degree
2 39 (8.01%) Security Cleared
3 29 (5.95%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.05%) PMP
7 9 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.85%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.03%) ISEB
9 5 (1.03%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.41%) CCNA
10 2 (0.41%) CIMA
10 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.41%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.16%) QA
2 26 (5.34%) PMO
3 11 (2.26%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.26%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.64%) SLA
5 6 (1.23%) GDPR
5 6 (1.23%) WCAG
6 5 (1.03%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.62%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.62%) NIST
8 2 (0.41%) EMIR
8 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.21%) COBIT
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.21%) P3O
9 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 18 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.49%) Docker
3 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.41%) NFS
5 1 (0.21%) Ceph
5 1 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.29%) Terraform
3 8 (1.64%) Ansible
3 8 (1.64%) PingFederate
4 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.03%) Puppet
5 4 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.62%) Grafana
7 2 (0.41%) Kibana
7 2 (0.41%) logstash
7 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) Consul
8 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.21%) Graylog
8 1 (0.21%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.21%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.21%) Mesos
8 1 (0.21%) Packer
8 1 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 104 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.39%) Oracle
3 23 (4.72%) SAP
4 15 (3.08%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.67%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.26%) Databricks
6 11 (2.26%) Google
7 9 (1.85%) Adobe
8 6 (1.23%) Cadence
8 6 (1.23%) Cisco
8 6 (1.23%) IBM
8 6 (1.23%) iManage
9 5 (1.03%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (1.03%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.03%) Splunk
10 4 (0.82%) Siebel
11 3 (0.62%) Genesys
11 3 (0.62%) ION Trading
11 3 (0.62%) Proofpoint
11 3 (0.62%) Symantec