Agile Contract Job Trends in Derby

Agile Software Development
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Agile skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -10
Contract jobs citing Agile 7 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 5.43% 8.33% 5.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.80% 10.39% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £500 - £440
25th Percentile £613 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - +23.38%
75th Percentile - £550 £559
90th Percentile - - £606
Derbyshire median daily rate £800 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +60.00% - -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 103 77 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 79.84% 80.21% 70.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 32 61
10th Percentile £185 £200 £188
25th Percentile £384 £269 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.12%
75th Percentile £556 £531 £594
90th Percentile £606 £633 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £413 £450 £401
% change year-on-year -8.22% +12.36% -11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 10
10th Percentile £15.84 - £15.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £19.30 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +9.58% +4.62%
75th Percentile £18.78 £23.86 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.72 £24.18 £20.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £16.68 £21.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year -22.73% +21.84% +5.29%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Agile relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Agile job vacancy trend in Derby

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Agile.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Agile

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Derby over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Derby

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Agile.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Agile

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (14.29%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SMTP
General
1 3 (42.86%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Chief Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Chief Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Process Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
1 1 (14.29%) ARM Templates
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) ArchiMate
3 3 (42.86%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (42.86%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (42.86%) BPMN
3 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Service Design
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
3 3 (42.86%) UML
3 3 (42.86%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Order to Cash
5 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO 9001
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Zoho