Agile Contracts in the North West

Agile Software Development
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 3 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 392 574 899
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 14.78% 18.55% 22.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.22% 20.55% 25.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 430 628
10th Percentile £360 £377 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% +6.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £721 £663 £650
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 35
10th Percentile £38.38 £30.54 £31.71
25th Percentile £45.88 £32.77 £40.18
Median hourly rate £48.43 £40.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.08% -36.51% +85.29%
75th Percentile £56.81 £56.39 £77.50
90th Percentile £71.24 £66.41 £79.60
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
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,277 2,793 3,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.86% 90.24% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 1,960 2,613
10th Percentile £308 £313 £240
25th Percentile £405 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 138 169
10th Percentile £10.96 £16.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.50 £22.44 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.19 £35.02 £23.06
Median % change year-on-year -30.92% +51.88% +26.48%
75th Percentile £46.18 £48.56 £50.78
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £75.00
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the North West

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the North West

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the North West

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the North West 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
Manchester 0 268 £525 -4.55% 248
Cheshire -4 73 £475 -13.64% 65
Lancashire -1 25 £575 +15.00% 52
Cumbria -7 12 £440 -7.37% 17
Merseyside -15 10 £510 +2.00% 35
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.04%) Confluence
3 6 (1.53%) Apache
3 6 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.77%) IIS
6 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.51%) Mule
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.26%) nginx
7 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.79%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.02%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.77%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.77%) Maximo
4 2 (0.51%) iTrent
4 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.26%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 71 (18.11%) AWS
2 70 (17.86%) Azure
3 31 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (6.89%) Serverless
5 20 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.34%) SaaS
7 14 (3.57%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.30%) GitHub
10 9 (2.30%) Snowflake
11 8 (2.04%) IaaS
11 8 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.79%) GCP
12 7 (1.79%) PaaS
13 6 (1.53%) Azure Stack
13 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.67%) Firewall
2 31 (7.91%) VPN
3 5 (1.28%) FTP
3 5 (1.28%) HTTP
4 3 (0.77%) DNS
4 3 (0.77%) SSL
5 2 (0.51%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) PPP
6 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.85%) MongoDB
1 19 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
1 19 (4.85%) Relational Database
2 16 (4.08%) Power BI
3 15 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.57%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.06%) RDBMS
6 11 (2.81%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.53%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.28%) Big Data
9 5 (1.28%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.28%) Tableau
10 4 (1.02%) Redis
11 3 (0.77%) DB2
11 3 (0.77%) GIS
11 3 (0.77%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 51 (13.01%) JIRA
2 29 (7.40%) Git
3 22 (5.61%) Jenkins
4 16 (4.08%) GitLab
5 9 (2.30%) Cucumber
5 9 (2.30%) JUnit
5 9 (2.30%) Selenium
6 7 (1.79%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.53%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.28%) JMeter
8 5 (1.28%) Postman
9 4 (1.02%) Jasmine
9 4 (1.02%) Karma Test Runner
9 4 (1.02%) Mocha
9 4 (1.02%) webpack
10 3 (0.77%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.77%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.77%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (23.98%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.31%) Finance
3 53 (13.52%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.36%) Banking
6 18 (4.59%) Legal
7 15 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (3.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (2.81%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.79%) Law
10 7 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.53%) Marketing
12 5 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.77%) Automotive
13 3 (0.77%) Front Office
13 3 (0.77%) German Language
13 3 (0.77%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.77%) Military
13 3 (0.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (22.45%) Architect
2 49 (12.50%) Lead
3 47 (11.99%) Developer
4 36 (9.18%) Technical Architect
5 33 (8.42%) Senior
6 32 (8.16%) Project Manager
6 32 (8.16%) Solutions Architect
7 30 (7.65%) Lead Architect
7 30 (7.65%) Technical Leader
8 29 (7.40%) Analyst
9 21 (5.36%) Java Developer
10 18 (4.59%) Delivery Manager
11 14 (3.57%) Business Analyst
12 13 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (2.81%) DBA
13 11 (2.81%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 11 (2.81%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.81%) Test Engineer
14 9 (2.30%) Scrum Master
14 9 (2.30%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.22%) Node.js
2 36 (9.18%) REST
3 28 (7.14%) JSON
4 27 (6.89%) .NET
4 27 (6.89%) Spring
5 25 (6.38%) React
5 25 (6.38%) XML
6 22 (5.61%) Kafka
6 22 (5.61%) Spring Boot
7 17 (4.34%) JPA
8 16 (4.08%) Hibernate
9 13 (3.32%) .NET Framework
9 13 (3.32%) RESTful
9 13 (3.32%) Web Services
10 12 (3.06%) HTML
11 11 (2.81%) CSS
12 9 (2.30%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.04%) .NET Core
13 8 (2.04%) Spring Security
14 7 (1.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.18%) Public Cloud
2 35 (8.93%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.81%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.55%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.55%) Reference Data
6 9 (2.30%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.28%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.28%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.28%) NHS
9 5 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.02%) Digital Signage
10 4 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.20%) Windows
2 39 (9.95%) Android
3 38 (9.69%) Apple iOS
4 34 (8.67%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.55%) Linux
6 7 (1.79%) Unix
7 3 (0.77%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (29.59%) DevOps
2 80 (20.41%) CI/CD
3 70 (17.86%) Scrum
4 59 (15.05%) Project Management
5 58 (14.80%) Microservices
6 49 (12.50%) Design Patterns
7 48 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
8 45 (11.48%) Waterfall
9 41 (10.46%) Risk Management
10 38 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (9.44%) Project Delivery
11 37 (9.44%) Roadmaps
12 36 (9.18%) Software Engineering
13 35 (8.93%) Test Automation
14 33 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (8.42%) Mentoring
15 32 (8.16%) Mobile Device Management
15 32 (8.16%) Security Architecture
16 31 (7.91%) Zero Trust
17 29 (7.40%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 60 (15.31%) Java
2 44 (11.22%) SQL
3 34 (8.67%) C#
4 32 (8.16%) Python
5 24 (6.12%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.08%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.79%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.28%) Bash
9 4 (1.02%) C
10 3 (0.77%) Go
10 3 (0.77%) Scala
11 2 (0.51%) Groovy
11 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.51%) PHP
11 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) C++
12 1 (0.26%) Ruby
12 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (17.09%) Security Cleared
2 59 (15.05%) SC Cleared
3 37 (9.44%) Degree
4 9 (2.30%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.53%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.28%) PMP
7 3 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.77%) OSCP
8 2 (0.51%) APMG
8 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.26%) CCSA
9 1 (0.26%) CCSE
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) ISEB
9 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.85%) QA
2 14 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.06%) PMO
4 11 (2.81%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.04%) GDPR
5 8 (2.04%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.02%) GRC
8 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.77%) NIST
9 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.51%) GxP
9 2 (0.51%) P3O
10 1 (0.26%) GAMP
10 1 (0.26%) MISRA
10 1 (0.26%) MISRA C
10 1 (0.26%) NCSC
10 1 (0.26%) SEPA
10 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (4.08%) Docker
2 3 (0.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.59%) Terraform
3 10 (2.55%) Ansible
4 5 (1.28%) Grafana
4 5 (1.28%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.26%) Consul
5 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.26%) Graphite
5 1 (0.26%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.26%) Istio
5 1 (0.26%) Kibana
5 1 (0.26%) linkerd
5 1 (0.26%) Packer
5 1 (0.26%) Podman
5 1 (0.26%) Puppet
5 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 41 (10.46%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.12%) Oracle
3 14 (3.57%) SAP
4 12 (3.06%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.55%) Google
6 7 (1.79%) Avaloq
7 5 (1.28%) Apple
7 5 (1.28%) Informatica
7 5 (1.28%) Talend
8 4 (1.02%) Cadence
8 4 (1.02%) Logitech
8 4 (1.02%) Pega
8 4 (1.02%) Sage
9 3 (0.77%) Aareon
9 3 (0.77%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.77%) Cisco
9 3 (0.77%) Databricks
9 3 (0.77%) IBM
9 3 (0.77%) Nintex
9 3 (0.77%) VMware