Agile Contracts in London

Agile Software Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2,659 3,671 6,072
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 21.40% 20.69% 24.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.19% 23.44% 26.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,862 2,702 4,430
10th Percentile £388 £400 £431
25th Percentile £463 £470 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +0.84%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £725
90th Percentile £838 £850 £825
England median daily rate £530 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 42
10th Percentile £30.15 £25.50 £25.58
25th Percentile £39.04 £31.71 £44.46
Median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -25.93% +51.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.06 £77.88
90th Percentile £85.50 £71.25 £89.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +28.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Agile falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,466 15,659 22,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.27% 88.23% 90.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,696 11,170 16,512
10th Percentile £341 £343 £375
25th Percentile £425 £445 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 315 262
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.01 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -24.29% +9.45%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.60 £82.50
England median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £35.38
% change year-on-year -27.67% +6.01% +37.75%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in London

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in London

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in London

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in London

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in London

Agile
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 18 June 2025. 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
Central London 0 419 £600 +6.19% 1,798
West London -1 41 £450 -10.00% 446
South London -7 30 £624 +22.25% 98
East London -1 24 £585 +8.33% 302
North London -3 3 £550 +29.41% 5
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 206 (7.75%) Confluence
2 114 (4.29%) Apache Airflow
3 99 (3.72%) Apache
4 53 (1.99%) Apache Spark
5 52 (1.96%) SharePoint
6 26 (0.98%) CMS
7 15 (0.56%) nginx
8 14 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.30%) Jupyter
10 7 (0.26%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.23%) IIS
11 6 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.19%) JBoss
12 5 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.15%) Drupal
13 4 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
13 4 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
13 4 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
13 4 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 69 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.86%) MS Visio
5 18 (0.68%) Trello
6 11 (0.41%) Sketch
7 9 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.30%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.19%) Acrobat
9 5 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.15%) InfoPath
11 3 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
13 1 (0.038%) InVision
Business Applications
1 47 (1.77%) Aladdin
2 38 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 31 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 19 (0.71%) thinkFolio
5 15 (0.56%) Endur
5 15 (0.56%) FLEXCUBE
6 14 (0.53%) Oracle BPM
7 13 (0.49%) Shopify
8 12 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
9 7 (0.26%) Oracle Payroll
10 6 (0.23%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.15%) CA PPM
12 4 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
12 4 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
12 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
12 4 (0.15%) SAP CO
12 4 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
13 3 (0.11%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 612 (23.02%) AWS
2 524 (19.71%) Azure
3 224 (8.42%) GCP
4 190 (7.15%) Azure DevOps
5 158 (5.94%) Power Platform
6 131 (4.93%) GitHub
7 130 (4.89%) Serverless
8 126 (4.74%) dbt
9 93 (3.50%) SaaS
10 74 (2.78%) Snowflake
11 73 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
12 59 (2.22%) Amazon S3
13 57 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
15 48 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
16 47 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
17 40 (1.50%) PowerApps
18 37 (1.39%) Entra ID
18 37 (1.39%) IaaS
18 37 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.56%) Firewall
2 43 (1.62%) DNS
3 36 (1.35%) VPN
4 25 (0.94%) SSL
5 22 (0.83%) TCP/IP
6 21 (0.79%) HTTP
7 18 (0.68%) NGFW
8 17 (0.64%) WAN
9 13 (0.49%) Network Security
10 12 (0.45%) DHCP
10 12 (0.45%) LAN
11 9 (0.34%) SSH
12 8 (0.30%) SMTP
13 7 (0.26%) HTTPS
13 7 (0.26%) VoIP
13 7 (0.26%) Wireless
14 6 (0.23%) FTP
14 6 (0.23%) Internet
14 6 (0.23%) Kerberos
15 5 (0.19%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
2 136 (5.11%) Data Lake
3 115 (4.32%) Power BI
4 111 (4.17%) Amazon Athena
5 105 (3.95%) Apache Iceberg
6 102 (3.84%) Dremio
7 98 (3.69%) Apache Arrow
8 97 (3.65%) SQL Server
9 85 (3.20%) Relational Database
10 71 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
11 68 (2.56%) NoSQL
12 53 (1.99%) Apache Ignite
13 51 (1.92%) MongoDB
14 44 (1.65%) Big Data
15 35 (1.32%) Redis
16 34 (1.28%) Tableau
17 30 (1.13%) DynamoDB
18 28 (1.05%) MySQL
19 27 (1.02%) Hadoop
20 25 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 422 (15.87%) JIRA
2 191 (7.18%) Git
3 164 (6.17%) Jenkins
4 62 (2.33%) JUnit
5 57 (2.14%) GitLab
6 44 (1.65%) Selenium
7 38 (1.43%) Postman
8 32 (1.20%) Artifactory
9 31 (1.17%) Cypress.io
10 29 (1.09%) Bitbucket
11 26 (0.98%) Cucumber
12 24 (0.90%) Mockito
12 24 (0.90%) REST Assured
13 23 (0.86%) Gradle
14 21 (0.79%) JMeter
15 20 (0.75%) Maven
16 17 (0.64%) SonarQube
17 16 (0.60%) Liquibase
18 15 (0.56%) ScriptRunner
18 15 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 1,036 (38.96%) Finance
2 982 (36.93%) Social Skills
3 428 (16.10%) Banking
4 409 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 369 (13.88%) Front Office
6 202 (7.60%) Public Sector
7 163 (6.13%) Investment Banking
8 103 (3.87%) Retail
9 101 (3.80%) Marketing
10 74 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 52 (1.96%) Legal
12 51 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 45 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 45 (1.69%) Telecoms
15 39 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 34 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
17 30 (1.13%) Local Government
18 29 (1.09%) Back Office
18 29 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 643 (24.18%) Developer
2 409 (15.38%) Analyst
3 387 (14.55%) Senior
4 318 (11.96%) Business Analyst
5 219 (8.24%) Project Manager
6 211 (7.94%) Software Engineer
7 195 (7.33%) Lead
8 179 (6.73%) Architect
9 123 (4.63%) Java Developer
10 121 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
11 113 (4.25%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 107 (4.02%) Consultant
13 104 (3.91%) Senior Developer
14 94 (3.54%) Python Engineer
15 93 (3.50%) Data Engineer
16 85 (3.20%) AWS Software Engineer
17 84 (3.16%) Python Developer
18 74 (2.78%) Java Engineer
19 72 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
20 66 (2.48%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (10.46%) React
2 179 (6.73%) .NET
3 158 (5.94%) Kafka
4 155 (5.83%) AngularJS
5 137 (5.15%) REST
6 133 (5.00%) Node.js
7 126 (4.74%) HTML
8 115 (4.32%) CSS
8 115 (4.32%) Spring
9 104 (3.91%) RESTful
10 84 (3.16%) Redux
11 81 (3.05%) Web Services
12 80 (3.01%) Pandas
13 79 (2.97%) NumPy
14 71 (2.67%) Spring Boot
14 71 (2.67%) Vue
15 69 (2.59%) SciPy
16 68 (2.56%) PySpark
17 63 (2.37%) SOAP
18 56 (2.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 275 (10.34%) Fixed Income
2 214 (8.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 205 (7.71%) Product Ownership
4 204 (7.67%) Derivative
5 178 (6.69%) Equities
5 178 (6.69%) Hedge funds
6 80 (3.01%) Cloud Native
7 66 (2.48%) Onboarding
8 54 (2.03%) Data Structures
9 47 (1.77%) Mobile App
9 47 (1.77%) Virtual Team
10 44 (1.65%) Algorithms
10 44 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 41 (1.54%) Management Information System
11 41 (1.54%) Public Cloud
12 39 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
13 38 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
14 37 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
15 33 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
16 31 (1.17%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 120 (4.51%) Linux
2 81 (3.05%) Windows
3 57 (2.14%) Android
4 50 (1.88%) Unix
5 40 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.60%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.34%) VMS
8 8 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.11%) Rocky
12 2 (0.075%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.075%) zOS
13 1 (0.038%) CentOS
13 1 (0.038%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.038%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (20.99%) DevOps
2 553 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
3 500 (18.80%) Scrum
4 452 (17.00%) CI/CD
5 389 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 354 (13.31%) Software Engineering
7 331 (12.45%) Project Management
8 299 (11.24%) Analytics
9 274 (10.30%) Roadmaps
10 256 (9.63%) Migration
11 252 (9.48%) Asset Management
12 239 (8.99%) Investment Management
13 231 (8.69%) Continuous Improvement
14 229 (8.61%) Waterfall
15 227 (8.54%) Microservices
16 226 (8.50%) Test Automation
17 216 (8.12%) SDLC
18 211 (7.94%) Business Intelligence
19 196 (7.37%) User Experience
20 192 (7.22%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 580 (21.81%) Python
2 541 (20.35%) SQL
3 477 (17.94%) Java
4 416 (15.64%) JavaScript
5 301 (11.32%) TypeScript
6 228 (8.57%) C#
7 64 (2.41%) PowerShell
8 47 (1.77%) C++
9 45 (1.69%) Scala
10 44 (1.65%) Go
11 42 (1.58%) Shell Script
12 41 (1.54%) PL/SQL
13 32 (1.20%) Groovy
13 32 (1.20%) Kotlin
14 30 (1.13%) Bash
15 20 (0.75%) Bicep
16 18 (0.68%) Ruby
17 17 (0.64%) PHP
18 16 (0.60%) Apex Code
18 16 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 372 (13.99%) Security Cleared
2 305 (11.47%) SC Cleared
3 297 (11.17%) Degree
4 91 (3.42%) PMI Certification
5 85 (3.20%) PMP
6 84 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 35 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 34 (1.28%) AWS Certification
10 30 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 23 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.75%) CISSP
14 17 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
15 15 (0.56%) CISM
15 15 (0.56%) ISTQB
16 14 (0.53%) CBAP
17 12 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 10 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
18 10 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (7.52%) QA
2 98 (3.69%) Accessibility
3 58 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 42 (1.58%) PMO
5 39 (1.47%) GDPR
6 38 (1.43%) MiFID
7 26 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (0.79%) NIST
9 16 (0.60%) GRC
10 14 (0.53%) EMIR
10 14 (0.53%) WCAG
11 11 (0.41%) Basel II
11 11 (0.41%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.30%) HIPAA
13 7 (0.26%) NCSC
13 7 (0.26%) SLA
14 4 (0.15%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 205 (7.71%) Docker
2 43 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.11%) KVM
5 3 (0.11%) Lustre
5 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.038%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.038%) Postfix
7 1 (0.038%) RACF
Systems Management
1 218 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 191 (7.18%) Terraform
3 63 (2.37%) Ansible
4 28 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (0.79%) Grafana
6 15 (0.56%) Packer
6 15 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.45%) Consul
8 10 (0.38%) Puppet
9 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.30%) SCCM
11 7 (0.26%) HP ALM
12 6 (0.23%) Perfmon
12 6 (0.23%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.19%) Kibana
13 5 (0.19%) Podman
14 3 (0.11%) Argo
14 3 (0.11%) Karpenter
14 3 (0.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 291 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 191 (7.18%) Oracle
3 114 (4.29%) SAP
4 96 (3.61%) Salesforce
5 68 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 66 (2.48%) Databricks
7 59 (2.22%) Google
8 41 (1.54%) BISAM
9 40 (1.50%) Adobe
10 32 (1.20%) Atlassian
11 28 (1.05%) Splunk
12 27 (1.02%) Charles River
13 25 (0.94%) Palo Alto
14 22 (0.83%) Workday
15 21 (0.79%) Calypso
15 21 (0.79%) SimCorp
16 20 (0.75%) CheckPoint
16 20 (0.75%) Sybase
17 19 (0.71%) IBM
18 17 (0.64%) Informatica
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