Agile Contracts in the East of England

Agile Software Development
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 -3
Contract jobs citing Agile 115 158 291
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 12.18% 8.27% 14.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.71% 9.60% 16.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 71 172
10th Percentile £396 £250 £375
25th Percentile £450 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £678 £638 £724
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 49 40
10th Percentile £61.25 £58.50 £64.65
25th Percentile £61.50 £61.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.25
Median % change year-on-year - -0.38% +17.04%
75th Percentile £67.38 - £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 - £82.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +30.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 839 1,645 1,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 88.88% 86.13% 87.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 709 1,065
10th Percentile £230 £206 £201
25th Percentile £406 £333 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 605 340
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £46.18 £40.00 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% +62.47% +58.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the East of England

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Agile in the East of England

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the East of England

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the East of England

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the East of England

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the East of England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Hertfordshire +7 51 £550 +29.41% 81
Cambridgeshire +24 25 £523 -0.48% 106
Bedfordshire -2 16 £600 +20.00% 35
Essex -1 13 £468 -12.45% 39
Norfolk +7 6 £450 +12.50% 21
Suffolk -10 4 £472 -14.18% 18
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (5.22%) Confluence
2 4 (3.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (3.48%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.74%) Apache
4 1 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.87%) CMS
4 1 (0.87%) Drupal
4 1 (0.87%) IIS
4 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.87%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.87%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (11.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.87%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.87%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (0.87%) Sketch
3 1 (0.87%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 6 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.48%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.61%) SAP LE
3 3 (2.61%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.87%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.70%) AWS
1 10 (8.70%) Azure
1 10 (8.70%) GCP
2 9 (7.83%) GitHub
3 8 (6.96%) Entra ID
3 8 (6.96%) SaaS
4 5 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.61%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.74%) Serverless
7 1 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.87%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.87%) npm
7 1 (0.87%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.87%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.43%) Firewall
2 6 (5.22%) Network Security
3 4 (3.48%) Ethernet
3 4 (3.48%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.48%) VSAN
3 4 (3.48%) Wireless
4 3 (2.61%) DNS
5 1 (0.87%) DHCP
5 1 (0.87%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.09%) MongoDB
1 7 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.35%) Power BI
3 4 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.48%) DB2
3 4 (3.48%) Metadata
4 2 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.74%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.87%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.87%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.87%) Looker
5 1 (0.87%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (13.04%) JIRA
2 8 (6.96%) Git
3 6 (5.22%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.22%) Visual Studio
4 5 (4.35%) LoadRunner
4 5 (4.35%) NeoLoad
5 4 (3.48%) Eclipse
6 3 (2.61%) Artifactory
6 3 (2.61%) JMeter
7 2 (1.74%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.74%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.74%) Selenium
8 1 (0.87%) GitLab
8 1 (0.87%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.87%) WebDriver
General
1 54 (46.96%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.26%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (16.52%) Finance
4 11 (9.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.48%) Automotive
7 4 (3.48%) Military
7 4 (3.48%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.61%) Local Government
9 2 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.74%) Law
9 2 (1.74%) Legal
9 2 (1.74%) Police
9 2 (1.74%) Retail
10 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.87%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (13.91%) Developer
2 12 (10.43%) Senior
3 10 (8.70%) Lead
4 9 (7.83%) Analyst
4 9 (7.83%) Architect
4 9 (7.83%) Project Manager
4 9 (7.83%) Software Engineer
5 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (5.22%) Technical Manager
7 5 (4.35%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.35%) Java Developer
7 5 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (4.35%) Test Leader
8 4 (3.48%) C# Software Engineer
8 4 (3.48%) Functional Architect
8 4 (3.48%) Oracle Architect
8 4 (3.48%) Programme Manager
8 4 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.48%) Systems Architect
8 4 (3.48%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.57%) CSS
2 7 (6.09%) Node.js
3 6 (5.22%) Web Services
4 5 (4.35%) Alpine.js
4 5 (4.35%) Laravel
4 5 (4.35%) REST
4 5 (4.35%) RESTful
4 5 (4.35%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (3.48%) React
5 4 (3.48%) SAP PI
6 3 (2.61%) PySpark
7 2 (1.74%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.74%) HTML
7 2 (1.74%) Yocto
8 1 (0.87%) .NET
8 1 (0.87%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.87%) Express.js
8 1 (0.87%) JTAPI
8 1 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.87%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.96%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.09%) Operational Technology
4 6 (5.22%) FMCG
5 5 (4.35%) Life Science
6 4 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.48%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.61%) e-Learning
7 3 (2.61%) Learning Management System
7 3 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.74%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.74%) Digital TV
8 2 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.74%) STB
9 1 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.87%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.78%) Linux
2 16 (13.91%) Windows
3 9 (7.83%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.74%) Android
4 2 (1.74%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.83%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (19.13%) CI/CD
2 22 (19.13%) Project Management
2 22 (19.13%) Waterfall
3 18 (15.65%) Software Engineering
4 17 (14.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (13.91%) PRINCE2
6 15 (13.04%) Validation
7 13 (11.30%) Continuous Integration
8 12 (10.43%) TDD
9 11 (9.57%) Coaching
9 11 (9.57%) Microservices
9 11 (9.57%) Roadmaps
10 10 (8.70%) Change Management
10 10 (8.70%) Customer Requirements
10 10 (8.70%) ERP
10 10 (8.70%) Scrum
10 10 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.91%) SQL
2 13 (11.30%) Python
3 11 (9.57%) Java
3 11 (9.57%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.22%) C++
4 6 (5.22%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.35%) C#
5 5 (4.35%) PHP
6 3 (2.61%) Bash
6 3 (2.61%) Perl
7 2 (1.74%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.87%) C
8 1 (0.87%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.87%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.87%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.91%) Degree
4 5 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.35%) PMP
5 4 (3.48%) CISSP
5 4 (3.48%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.48%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (2.61%) VCAP
6 3 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.87%) CISM
8 1 (0.87%) CSPO
8 1 (0.87%) GCFE
8 1 (0.87%) GCIH
8 1 (0.87%) GIAC
8 1 (0.87%) GREM
8 1 (0.87%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.57%) GxP
2 4 (3.48%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.61%) GDPR
4 2 (1.74%) PMO
5 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.87%) ITGC
5 1 (0.87%) NIST
5 1 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (12.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.35%) VMware NSX
3 4 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.48%) vSphere
4 2 (1.74%) Docker
5 1 (0.87%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (8.70%) Terraform
2 8 (6.96%) Ansible
3 7 (6.09%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (5.22%) VxRail
5 4 (3.48%) PowerCLI
5 4 (3.48%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.74%) Avamar
6 2 (1.74%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.87%) vRealize
Vendors
1 33 (28.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.57%) SAP
3 9 (7.83%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.09%) Apple
4 7 (6.09%) Samsung
4 7 (6.09%) SOTI
5 6 (5.22%) Dell
5 6 (5.22%) VMware
6 5 (4.35%) Google
6 5 (4.35%) Oracle
7 3 (2.61%) Ariba
7 3 (2.61%) IBM
7 3 (2.61%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.74%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.74%) Computacenter
8 2 (1.74%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.74%) Wind River
9 1 (0.87%) Adobe
9 1 (0.87%) Avaya
9 1 (0.87%) Planview