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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 393 530 896
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 14.42% 17.54% 21.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.00% 19.55% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 401 619
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £416 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +7.50% +6.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £738 £675 £650
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 35
10th Percentile £37.55 £30.54 £31.71
25th Percentile £45.88 £35.63 £41.68
Median hourly rate £48.43 £44.79 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% -28.91% +85.29%
75th Percentile £52.78 £56.40 £77.50
90th Percentile £70.98 £66.48 £79.60
England median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -6.15% +30.00% -

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 2,312 2,711 3,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 84.84% 89.74% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 1,898 2,630
10th Percentile £308 £313 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 142 159
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.02 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £23.39
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +49.64% +29.12%
75th Percentile £46.18 £45.90 £52.63
90th Percentile £66.61 £65.98 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.77 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.99% +47.08% +11.11%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 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
Manchester 0 258 £525 -2.33% 255
Cheshire -2 78 £448 -18.64% 51
Lancashire +1 32 £575 +15.00% 48
Cumbria -4 12 £440 -7.37% 17
Merseyside -13 9 £530 +6.00% 38
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 (2.29%) Confluence
1 9 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.53%) Apache
2 6 (1.53%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.76%) IIS
5 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.51%) Mule
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.25%) nginx
6 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.25%) Traefik
Applications
1 13 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.02%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.76%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.76%) Maximo
3 3 (0.76%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.51%) iTrent
4 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 72 (18.32%) Azure
2 69 (17.56%) AWS
3 31 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (5.60%) Serverless
5 19 (4.83%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.33%) SaaS
7 14 (3.56%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.31%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.29%) GitHub
11 9 (2.29%) Snowflake
12 8 (2.04%) IaaS
12 8 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.78%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (1.78%) GCP
13 7 (1.78%) PaaS
14 6 (1.53%) Azure Stack
14 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.65%) Firewall
2 31 (7.89%) VPN
3 5 (1.27%) FTP
3 5 (1.27%) HTTP
4 3 (0.76%) DNS
4 3 (0.76%) SSL
5 2 (0.51%) Internet
6 1 (0.25%) PPP
6 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
1 15 (3.82%) Power BI
1 15 (3.82%) Relational Database
2 14 (3.56%) MongoDB
2 14 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.29%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.78%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (1.53%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.27%) Big Data
7 5 (1.27%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.02%) Redis
8 4 (1.02%) Tableau
9 3 (0.76%) DB2
9 3 (0.76%) GIS
9 3 (0.76%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 53 (13.49%) JIRA
2 30 (7.63%) Git
3 22 (5.60%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.33%) GitLab
5 9 (2.29%) Cucumber
5 9 (2.29%) JUnit
5 9 (2.29%) Selenium
6 7 (1.78%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.53%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.27%) JMeter
8 5 (1.27%) 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 (0.76%) Mockito
10 3 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.76%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 90 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 58 (14.76%) Finance
3 50 (12.72%) Public Sector
4 26 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.85%) Banking
6 16 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (4.07%) Legal
7 15 (3.82%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (2.80%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.53%) Law
10 6 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.27%) Marketing
11 5 (1.27%) Military
12 3 (0.76%) Automotive
12 3 (0.76%) Front Office
12 3 (0.76%) German Language
12 3 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (22.39%) Architect
2 49 (12.47%) Lead
3 47 (11.96%) Developer
4 36 (9.16%) Technical Architect
5 35 (8.91%) Project Manager
6 34 (8.65%) Senior
7 32 (8.14%) Solutions Architect
8 30 (7.63%) Lead Architect
8 30 (7.63%) Technical Leader
9 28 (7.12%) Analyst
10 22 (5.60%) Java Developer
11 18 (4.58%) Delivery Manager
12 13 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (3.05%) Business Analyst
13 12 (3.05%) Software Engineer
14 11 (2.80%) Test Engineer
15 8 (2.04%) Product Manager
15 8 (2.04%) Programme Manager
15 8 (2.04%) Scrum Master
15 8 (2.04%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.45%) Node.js
2 36 (9.16%) REST
3 27 (6.87%) Spring
4 26 (6.62%) .NET
4 26 (6.62%) React
5 24 (6.11%) JSON
6 22 (5.60%) Spring Boot
7 21 (5.34%) XML
8 18 (4.58%) Kafka
9 17 (4.33%) JPA
10 16 (4.07%) Hibernate
11 13 (3.31%) HTML
12 12 (3.05%) .NET Framework
12 12 (3.05%) Web Services
13 11 (2.80%) CSS
14 10 (2.54%) RESTful
15 8 (2.04%) .NET Core
15 8 (2.04%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.04%) Spring Security
16 7 (1.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.16%) Product Ownership
2 35 (8.91%) Public Cloud
3 14 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.80%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.54%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.54%) Reference Data
6 8 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.27%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.27%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.27%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.27%) NHS
9 5 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.02%) Digital Signage
10 4 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 39 (9.92%) Android
1 39 (9.92%) Windows
2 38 (9.67%) Apple iOS
3 34 (8.65%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.54%) Linux
5 8 (2.04%) Unix
6 3 (0.76%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.76%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.25%) CentOS
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (28.50%) DevOps
2 79 (20.10%) CI/CD
3 66 (16.79%) Scrum
4 62 (15.78%) Project Management
5 58 (14.76%) Microservices
6 49 (12.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (11.96%) Design Patterns
8 45 (11.45%) Waterfall
9 41 (10.43%) Risk Management
10 39 (9.92%) Project Delivery
11 38 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (9.41%) Software Engineering
13 36 (9.16%) Roadmaps
14 35 (8.91%) Test Automation
15 33 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (8.14%) Mobile Device Management
16 32 (8.14%) Security Architecture
17 31 (7.89%) Zero Trust
18 30 (7.63%) Mentoring
19 29 (7.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 61 (15.52%) Java
2 45 (11.45%) SQL
3 34 (8.65%) C#
4 31 (7.89%) Python
5 27 (6.87%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.33%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.78%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.78%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.27%) Bash
9 4 (1.02%) C
10 3 (0.76%) C++
10 3 (0.76%) Go
10 3 (0.76%) Scala
11 2 (0.51%) Groovy
11 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.51%) PHP
11 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.25%) Bicep
12 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 70 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 62 (15.78%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.92%) Degree
4 10 (2.54%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.53%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.27%) PMP
7 4 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.76%) OSCP
9 2 (0.51%) APMG
9 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.25%) CCSA
10 1 (0.25%) CCSE
10 1 (0.25%) CISSP
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.83%) QA
2 14 (3.56%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.80%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.80%) PMO
4 8 (2.04%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (1.78%) GDPR
6 5 (1.27%) GRC
7 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.76%) MISRA
7 3 (0.76%) MISRA C
7 3 (0.76%) NIST
8 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.51%) GxP
8 2 (0.51%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) GAMP
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) SEPA
9 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (4.58%) Docker
2 4 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (5.34%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.58%) Terraform
3 11 (2.80%) Ansible
4 5 (1.27%) Grafana
4 5 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.25%) Consul
5 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.25%) Graphite
5 1 (0.25%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.25%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.25%) Istio
5 1 (0.25%) Kibana
5 1 (0.25%) linkerd
5 1 (0.25%) Packer
5 1 (0.25%) Podman
5 1 (0.25%) Puppet
5 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 40 (10.18%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.09%) Oracle
3 13 (3.31%) SAP
4 12 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.54%) Google
6 7 (1.78%) Avaloq
7 5 (1.27%) Apple
7 5 (1.27%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.27%) Informatica
7 5 (1.27%) Talend
8 4 (1.02%) Cadence
8 4 (1.02%) Logitech
8 4 (1.02%) Pega
8 4 (1.02%) Sage
9 3 (0.76%) Aareon
9 3 (0.76%) Cisco
9 3 (0.76%) Databricks
9 3 (0.76%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.76%) Nintex
9 3 (0.76%) VMware