Agile Contracts in Kent

Agile Software Development
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 14 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 8 12 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 6.90% 6.06% 9.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.77% 9.60% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 11
10th Percentile - £372 £65
25th Percentile £463 £481 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +15.28% -14.29%
75th Percentile £688 £588 £638
90th Percentile £748 £619 -
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £16.36 £58.91 -
Median % change year-on-year -72.23% - -
South East median hourly rate £58.88 £58.30 £58.05
% change year-on-year +0.99% +0.44% +28.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 103 125 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 88.79% 63.13% 73.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 87 119
10th Percentile £180 £205 £121
25th Percentile £213 £274 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +21.43% -19.08%
75th Percentile £488 £545 £500
90th Percentile £623 £656 £657
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -0.05% -1.43% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 6
10th Percentile £14.68 £11.36 £42.32
25th Percentile £17.52 £14.34 £47.60
Median hourly rate £21.43 £29.75 £57.12
Median % change year-on-year -27.97% -47.91% +73.08%
75th Percentile £22.61 £50.89 £64.50
90th Percentile £51.55 £62.96 £72.97
South East median hourly rate £26.34 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -44.56% -5.00% +132.56%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Kent

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in Kent

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in Kent over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in Kent

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in Kent

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (12.50%) Postman
1 1 (12.50%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) French Language
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (25.00%) IT Security Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Developer
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Software Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
2 1 (12.50%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (12.50%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 2 (25.00%) CSS
1 2 (25.00%) CSS3
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
1 2 (25.00%) HTML5
1 2 (25.00%) REST
1 2 (25.00%) WCF
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Wiki
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) API Integration
1 2 (25.00%) Microservices
1 2 (25.00%) MVC
1 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (25.00%) Scrum
1 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (25.00%) Speech Recognition
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (12.50%) API Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Epics
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) SABSA
2 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CEH
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) GIAC
1 1 (12.50%) OSCP
1 1 (12.50%) SANS
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft