Agile Contracts in Scotland

Agile Software Development
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 482 876 1,212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 22.49% 32.78% 35.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.96% 35.65% 37.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 690 915
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
25th Percentile £414 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £481 £480
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +0.26% +11.24%
75th Percentile £551 £550 £550
90th Percentile £613 £618 £625
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 7
10th Percentile £40.09 £40.09 £32.56
25th Percentile £55.75 £47.73 £42.41
Median hourly rate £60.50 £70.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +48.94% -10.35%
75th Percentile £60.75 £85.00 £54.14
90th Percentile £63.65 £86.50 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £60.75 £65.25 £51.14
% change year-on-year -6.90% +27.60% +7.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,857 2,457 3,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.65% 91.95% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,716 2,260
10th Percentile £221 £258 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.07 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Glasgow 0 203 £500 - 78
Edinburgh -1 172 £470 -1.16% 78
South Lanarkshire +11 23 £575 +27.78%
Perthshire 0 9 £500 -7.41%
West Lothian +2 7 £575 +4.55% 3
Lanarkshire -1 7 £488 +2.09% 42
Dundee -2 6 £288 -32.35%
Aberdeen -4 2 £450 -5.26% 11
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Agile
UK

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 50 (10.37%) Confluence
2 15 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.66%) CMS
5 7 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.45%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.83%) Apache
7 2 (0.41%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.41%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.41%) JBoss
7 2 (0.41%) StreamWeaver
7 2 (0.41%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.41%) WildFly
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) EPiServer
Applications
1 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.41%) EngageOne
4 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.07%) Maximo
2 3 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 114 (23.65%) AWS
2 77 (15.98%) Azure
3 43 (8.92%) Amazon S3
4 42 (8.71%) AWS CloudFormation
4 42 (8.71%) Serverless
5 38 (7.88%) AWS Lambda
6 35 (7.26%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (5.60%) OpenShift
8 18 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (3.73%) Power Platform
9 14 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 12 (2.49%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 11 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (2.07%) AWS CodePipeline
13 8 (1.66%) GCP
13 8 (1.66%) Yammer
14 6 (1.24%) Textract
15 5 (1.04%) Amazon SageMaker
15 5 (1.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.70%) Firewall
2 6 (1.24%) SSL
2 6 (1.24%) VPN
3 5 (1.04%) ATM
4 4 (0.83%) Internet
4 4 (0.83%) LAN
4 4 (0.83%) VSAN
5 3 (0.62%) DNS
5 3 (0.62%) WAN
6 2 (0.41%) FabricPath
6 2 (0.41%) IPv6
6 2 (0.41%) Modbus
6 2 (0.41%) Network Security
6 2 (0.41%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.41%) SMS
6 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.21%) IPsec
7 1 (0.21%) MPLS
7 1 (0.21%) OSPF
7 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.71%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (5.60%) Amazon Aurora
3 18 (3.73%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.70%) MongoDB
5 12 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (2.49%) Oracle Database
6 10 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.66%) GIS
7 8 (1.66%) Informix
8 7 (1.45%) InfluxDB
8 7 (1.45%) Power BI
9 6 (1.24%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.04%) Big Data
10 5 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.83%) Metadata
11 4 (0.83%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.83%) SQL Server
12 3 (0.62%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.62%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 106 (21.99%) JIRA
2 20 (4.15%) Git
2 20 (4.15%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.28%) GitLab
4 10 (2.07%) Cucumber
5 9 (1.87%) JUnit
6 8 (1.66%) Maven
7 7 (1.45%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.24%) Mockito
8 6 (1.24%) Selenium
8 6 (1.24%) Subversion
9 4 (0.83%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.83%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.62%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.41%) Capybara
11 2 (0.41%) CMake
11 2 (0.41%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.41%) Gradle
11 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 158 (32.78%) Public Sector
2 117 (24.27%) Social Skills
3 75 (15.56%) Finance
4 49 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.02%) Banking
6 25 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.87%) Publishing
11 8 (1.66%) Electronics
11 8 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.45%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.45%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.24%) Legal
14 5 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.83%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.83%) Marketing
16 3 (0.62%) Back Office
17 1 (0.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 115 (23.86%) Developer
2 75 (15.56%) Analyst
3 53 (11.00%) Senior
4 48 (9.96%) Java Developer
5 38 (7.88%) Business Analyst
6 36 (7.47%) Lead
7 34 (7.05%) Project Manager
8 21 (4.36%) Architect
8 21 (4.36%) Designer
8 21 (4.36%) Full Stack Developer
9 19 (3.94%) Product Manager
10 18 (3.73%) Consultant
11 17 (3.53%) Full Stack Java Developer
12 16 (3.32%) IT Manager
12 16 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (2.90%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (2.90%) Senior Manager
14 13 (2.70%) Change Manager
15 12 (2.49%) Senior Developer
15 12 (2.49%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.79%) Spring
2 43 (8.92%) AWS CDK
2 43 (8.92%) Spring Boot
3 37 (7.68%) REST
4 33 (6.85%) React
5 31 (6.43%) CSS
6 27 (5.60%) HTML
7 23 (4.77%) RESTful
8 18 (3.73%) AngularJS
9 17 (3.53%) Kafka
10 15 (3.11%) .NET
11 12 (2.49%) JPA
12 11 (2.28%) PySpark
12 11 (2.28%) Web Services
13 10 (2.07%) Node.js
14 8 (1.66%) Middleware
15 7 (1.45%) OAuth
15 7 (1.45%) OAuth2
15 7 (1.45%) SpaCy
16 6 (1.24%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.39%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.32%) Public Cloud
3 15 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 13 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (2.28%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.66%) Replication
7 7 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.04%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.04%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.04%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.04%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 4 (0.83%) IoT
10 4 (0.83%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.68%) Linux
2 26 (5.39%) Windows
3 25 (5.19%) Unix
4 11 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.24%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.04%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.04%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.04%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.83%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.41%) Android
8 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.21%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (23.65%) Scrum
2 97 (20.12%) DevOps
3 77 (15.98%) Project Management
4 74 (15.35%) CI/CD
5 61 (12.66%) Roadmaps
6 55 (11.41%) SDLC
6 55 (11.41%) User Stories
7 53 (11.00%) Software Engineering
8 52 (10.79%) Coaching
9 51 (10.58%) Microservices
9 51 (10.58%) Waterfall
10 49 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 45 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (9.13%) User Experience
13 43 (8.92%) User Research
14 42 (8.71%) Kanban
15 39 (8.09%) Infrastructure as Code
16 37 (7.68%) Epics
16 37 (7.68%) Test Automation
17 36 (7.47%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 89 (18.46%) Java
2 83 (17.22%) SQL
3 69 (14.32%) Python
4 44 (9.13%) TypeScript
5 29 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 20 (4.15%) PL/SQL
7 17 (3.53%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.11%) C#
9 14 (2.90%) Shell Script
10 13 (2.70%) Scala
11 11 (2.28%) Perl
12 9 (1.87%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.66%) Bash
13 8 (1.66%) C
14 6 (1.24%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.83%) Groovy
15 4 (0.83%) VB
15 4 (0.83%) VB6
16 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (9.54%) Security Cleared
2 44 (9.13%) Degree
3 41 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.24%) MCSE
6 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.83%) ISEB
9 3 (0.62%) CCNP
9 3 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.41%) CCIE
10 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.41%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.85%) Disclosure Scotland
2 31 (6.43%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.32%) PMO
4 12 (2.49%) QA
5 4 (0.83%) MISRA
5 4 (0.83%) MISRA C
6 3 (0.62%) SLA
7 2 (0.41%) GDPR
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.41%) NCSC
7 2 (0.41%) P3O
7 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.21%) Basel III
8 1 (0.21%) COREP
8 1 (0.21%) FINREP
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (6.64%) Docker
2 12 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.24%) Firmware
3 6 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.83%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.83%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (7.26%) Grafana
2 22 (4.56%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.32%) Ansible
4 11 (2.28%) SCCM
5 7 (1.45%) Kibana
5 7 (1.45%) Terraform
6 5 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.04%) VxRail
6 5 (1.04%) Zipkin
7 4 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.83%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.62%) Packer
9 2 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.21%) Argo
10 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.21%) Istio
10 1 (0.21%) Nessus
Vendors
1 48 (9.96%) Oracle
2 33 (6.85%) Microsoft
3 14 (2.90%) Atlassian
4 10 (2.07%) Avaloq
5 8 (1.66%) Splunk
5 8 (1.66%) VMware
6 7 (1.45%) Cadence
6 7 (1.45%) Databricks
7 6 (1.24%) Cisco
7 6 (1.24%) Dell
8 5 (1.04%) SAP
8 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.83%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (0.83%) Commvault
9 4 (0.83%) IBM
9 4 (0.83%) Infragistics
9 4 (0.83%) Intel
9 4 (0.83%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.62%) Adobe
10 3 (0.62%) Cognizant