Agile Contracts in the Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Agile 326 586 1,242
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.13% 17.78% 24.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.78% 20.19% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 455 957
10th Percentile £356 £350 £385
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -0.49% +17.21%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £588
90th Percentile £720 £675 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 7
10th Percentile £13.25 - £20.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £12.50 £23.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £13.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +265.38% -52.73% +14.58%
75th Percentile £56.88 £18.25 £34.50
90th Percentile £58.75 £21.10 £46.30
England median hourly rate £61.06 £65.50 £50.25
% change year-on-year -6.78% +30.35% +11.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,205 2,903 4,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.06% 88.08% 87.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 2,037 3,263
10th Percentile £235 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 103 148
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.10 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.91 £14.76 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.26 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% +26.98% +15.14%
75th Percentile £33.25 £37.66 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £57.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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 Midlands -1 247 £550 +2.23% 324
East Midlands -8 76 £450 -1.37% 153
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (2.76%) CICS
1 9 (2.76%) SAS
2 7 (2.15%) Confluence
3 3 (0.92%) CMS
3 3 (0.92%) Drupal
3 3 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.84%) Simulink
2 6 (1.84%) Stateflow
3 5 (1.53%) TargetLink
4 3 (0.92%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.92%) Trello
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (3.07%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) Maximo
4 2 (0.61%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.61%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.61%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.61%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.31%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 66 (20.25%) Azure
2 27 (8.28%) AWS
2 27 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (5.21%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.37%) SaaS
5 8 (2.45%) Boomi
5 8 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.15%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (1.84%) Azure App Service
7 6 (1.84%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.53%) Azure AKS
8 5 (1.53%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.23%) GCP
9 4 (1.23%) IaaS
9 4 (1.23%) PaaS
9 4 (1.23%) Serverless
10 3 (0.92%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.92%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.07%) SAN
2 8 (2.45%) Firewall
2 8 (2.45%) Network Security
2 8 (2.45%) WAN
3 7 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.84%) Internet
4 6 (1.84%) LAN
5 5 (1.53%) DNS
6 4 (1.23%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.23%) SSL
6 4 (1.23%) VPN
7 3 (0.92%) ADSL
7 3 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.92%) MPLS
7 3 (0.92%) PSTN
8 2 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.61%) Junos
8 2 (0.61%) SMS
9 1 (0.31%) DSL
9 1 (0.31%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.75%) MySQL
2 17 (5.21%) Amazon Redshift
3 15 (4.60%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.29%) DB2
5 12 (3.68%) Power BI
6 9 (2.76%) IDMS
7 6 (1.84%) Big Data
7 6 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.23%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.31%) Flink
11 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.31%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 42 (12.88%) Git
2 24 (7.36%) JIRA
3 9 (2.76%) Bitbucket
4 8 (2.45%) Subversion
5 7 (2.15%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.53%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.53%) Selenium
7 4 (1.23%) Ant
7 4 (1.23%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.23%) JMeter
7 4 (1.23%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.92%) CANoe
8 3 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.31%) JUnit
10 1 (0.31%) NUnit
10 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 110 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 71 (21.78%) Finance
3 43 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.83%) Automotive
6 14 (4.29%) Banking
7 12 (3.68%) Retail
8 9 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.15%) German Language
10 7 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.84%) Electronics
11 6 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.84%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.53%) Marketing
13 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.23%) Law
13 4 (1.23%) Local Government
14 3 (0.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 59 (18.10%) Developer
2 49 (15.03%) Architect
3 44 (13.50%) Analyst
4 37 (11.35%) Senior
5 33 (10.12%) Project Manager
6 26 (7.98%) Business Analyst
7 22 (6.75%) Lead
8 15 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (3.99%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.68%) Azure Architect
10 12 (3.68%) Consultant
10 12 (3.68%) SQL Developer
11 11 (3.37%) Product Owner
12 10 (3.07%) Enterprise Architect
12 10 (3.07%) IBM Mainframe Developer
12 10 (3.07%) Mainframe Developer
13 9 (2.76%) Senior Project Manager
14 8 (2.45%) Designer
15 7 (2.15%) Java Developer
15 7 (2.15%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.13%) .NET
2 13 (3.99%) XML
3 12 (3.68%) React
4 10 (3.07%) HTML
4 10 (3.07%) Web Services
5 9 (2.76%) AngularJS
6 8 (2.45%) JSON
7 7 (2.15%) REST
7 7 (2.15%) RESTful
8 6 (1.84%) CSS
8 6 (1.84%) Spring
8 6 (1.84%) XSLT
9 5 (1.53%) Middleware
9 5 (1.53%) OAuth
9 5 (1.53%) SAML
9 5 (1.53%) SOAP
10 4 (1.23%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.92%) OpenID
11 3 (0.92%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.92%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.90%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.29%) Mainframe
2 14 (4.29%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.68%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.07%) IBM Mainframe
6 9 (2.76%) IoT
7 8 (2.45%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.45%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.15%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.53%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.23%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.92%) Infotainment
11 3 (0.92%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.07%) Linux
1 10 (3.07%) Unix
2 9 (2.76%) zOS
3 5 (1.53%) Debian
3 5 (1.53%) Ubuntu
3 5 (1.53%) Windows
4 4 (1.23%) Android
4 4 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (24.54%) Scrum
2 73 (22.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 63 (19.33%) Project Management
4 55 (16.87%) Waterfall
5 47 (14.42%) DevOps
6 45 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (13.19%) Roadmaps
8 39 (11.96%) Software Engineering
9 35 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (10.74%) Project Delivery
10 30 (9.20%) PRINCE2
11 29 (8.90%) Analytics
12 28 (8.59%) ITIL
12 28 (8.59%) Requirements Gathering
13 27 (8.28%) Continuous Integration
14 25 (7.67%) Customer Service
14 25 (7.67%) ETL
15 23 (7.06%) CI/CD
15 23 (7.06%) Configuration Management
16 22 (6.75%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.11%) SQL
2 21 (6.44%) Python
3 19 (5.83%) Java
3 19 (5.83%) JavaScript
4 16 (4.91%) C#
5 13 (3.99%) PL/SQL
6 10 (3.07%) Bash
6 10 (3.07%) COBOL
7 9 (2.76%) C
7 9 (2.76%) CLIST
7 9 (2.76%) REXX
7 9 (2.76%) SELCOPY
8 7 (2.15%) Bourne shell
8 7 (2.15%) Korn
8 7 (2.15%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.84%) MATLAB
10 5 (1.53%) Bicep
11 4 (1.23%) ABAP
12 3 (0.92%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (13.50%) Security Cleared
2 38 (11.66%) Degree
2 38 (11.66%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.07%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (1.84%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.84%) PMP
8 5 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.53%) ISEB
9 4 (1.23%) CCNA
9 4 (1.23%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.92%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.61%) CBAP
12 1 (0.31%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.36%) QA
2 6 (1.84%) SLA
3 5 (1.53%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.53%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (1.53%) ISO 26262
3 5 (1.53%) MISRA
3 5 (1.53%) MISRA C
4 4 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.92%) PMO
6 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.31%) GDPR
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.23%) Docker
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.60%) Grafana
2 8 (2.45%) Terraform
3 7 (2.15%) Ansible
4 5 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.61%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.31%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.31%) Kibana
6 1 (0.31%) Puppet
6 1 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 45 (13.80%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.98%) SAP
3 24 (7.36%) Oracle
4 19 (5.83%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.91%) Talend
6 15 (4.60%) Denodo
7 14 (4.29%) IBM
8 13 (3.99%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.76%) Cisco
9 9 (2.76%) Syncsort
10 6 (1.84%) VMware
11 5 (1.53%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.23%) Databricks
13 3 (0.92%) BT
13 3 (0.92%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.92%) F5
13 3 (0.92%) Okta
13 3 (0.92%) Openreach
13 3 (0.92%) Sage
14 2 (0.61%) Guidewire