Agile Contracts in the South East

Agile Software Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 4 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Agile 513 834 1,208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 17.11% 15.02% 20.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.67% 17.72% 23.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 557 862
10th Percentile £400 £363 £406
25th Percentile £463 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 50 55
10th Percentile £44.51 £22.40 £25.30
25th Percentile £50.53 £37.88 £42.50
Median hourly rate £60.50 £58.30 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% +6.80%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.49 £73.11
90th Percentile - £70.50 £75.00
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
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,748 4,707 5,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.63% 84.80% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,752 2,740 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.48% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 432 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.34 £18.20 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.72%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the South East

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Agile in the South East

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the South East

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the South East

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the South East

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the South East 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
Thames Valley +2 244 £550 - 251
Berkshire +3 188 £555 -3.48% 141
Hampshire +1 170 £550 -2.22% 200
Surrey -2 49 £531 +1.05% 89
Buckinghamshire -2 36 £546 -0.68% 50
Oxfordshire +1 20 £550 +22.22% 97
West Sussex -6 19 £550 +22.22% 37
Kent +5 8 £550 +12.82% 45
East Sussex -11 6 £563 +14.80% 27
Middlesex +8 1 £750 - 16
Home Counties - 1 - -
Agile
England

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 38 (7.41%) Confluence
2 6 (1.17%) Apache
2 6 (1.17%) CMS
3 5 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.78%) Anypoint
4 4 (0.78%) Drupal
4 4 (0.78%) Mule
4 4 (0.78%) Mule ESB
4 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.78%) WordPress
5 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.39%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.19%) Camunda
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.19%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.19%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.39%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Simulink
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.75%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 4 (0.78%) Primavera
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.39%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.19%) Maximo
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.19%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 115 (22.42%) Azure
2 54 (10.53%) AWS
3 50 (9.75%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (6.04%) SaaS
5 21 (4.09%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.14%) GCP
7 11 (2.14%) Serverless
8 9 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (1.56%) OpenShift
10 7 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.17%) Azure API Management
11 6 (1.17%) GitHub
12 5 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (0.97%) Oracle CX
12 5 (0.97%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.78%) OCI
13 4 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.53%) Software-Defined Radio
2 11 (2.14%) LAN
3 9 (1.75%) SNMP
4 7 (1.36%) HTTP
4 7 (1.36%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.17%) 4G
5 6 (1.17%) 5G
5 6 (1.17%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (1.17%) Junos
5 6 (1.17%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (0.78%) Firewall
7 4 (0.78%) Internet
7 4 (0.78%) LTE
8 3 (0.58%) 5G NR
8 3 (0.58%) Broadband
8 3 (0.58%) DNS
8 3 (0.58%) Network Security
8 3 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.92%) Relational Database
3 14 (2.73%) MySQL
4 11 (2.14%) Power BI
5 10 (1.95%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.56%) Big Data
6 8 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.56%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.97%) Redis
8 4 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.58%) Metadata
9 3 (0.58%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.58%) Tableau
10 2 (0.39%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 81 (15.79%) JIRA
2 66 (12.87%) Git
3 29 (5.65%) Jenkins
4 26 (5.07%) Bitbucket
5 22 (4.29%) GoogleTest
6 21 (4.09%) Selenium
7 19 (3.70%) TestRail
8 15 (2.92%) Robot Framework
9 13 (2.53%) GitLab
10 12 (2.34%) Eclipse
11 9 (1.75%) Visual Studio
12 8 (1.56%) Rational DOORS
13 7 (1.36%) Cucumber
13 7 (1.36%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.17%) Cypress.io
14 6 (1.17%) JMeter
14 6 (1.17%) Postman
14 6 (1.17%) SoapUI
14 6 (1.17%) Subversion
15 5 (0.97%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 132 (25.73%) Social Skills
2 97 (18.91%) Finance
3 57 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 50 (9.75%) Public Sector
5 41 (7.99%) Manufacturing
6 27 (5.26%) Marketing
7 24 (4.68%) Electronics
8 9 (1.75%) Retail
9 8 (1.56%) Billing
9 8 (1.56%) Legal
9 8 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.36%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.78%) Aviation
11 4 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.58%) Automotive
12 3 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (14.62%) Architect
2 69 (13.45%) Developer
3 60 (11.70%) Analyst
4 47 (9.16%) Senior
5 39 (7.60%) Project Manager
6 33 (6.43%) Lead
7 31 (6.04%) Business Analyst
8 30 (5.85%) Software Engineer
9 27 (5.26%) Active Directory Architect
10 25 (4.87%) Test Engineer
11 18 (3.51%) Consultant
11 18 (3.51%) Test Analyst
12 16 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
13 15 (2.92%) Embedded Engineer
14 14 (2.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 14 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.53%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.53%) Network Engineer
15 13 (2.53%) Product Owner
16 10 (1.95%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.19%) Web Services
2 40 (7.80%) CSS
3 39 (7.60%) HTML
4 30 (5.85%) REST
5 23 (4.48%) SOAP
6 20 (3.90%) JSON
6 20 (3.90%) XML
7 19 (3.70%) RESTful
8 18 (3.51%) .NET
9 17 (3.31%) React
10 15 (2.92%) AngularJS
11 11 (2.14%) ADO
12 10 (1.95%) Ajax
13 7 (1.36%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (1.36%) jQuery
13 7 (1.36%) Kafka
14 6 (1.17%) Laravel
14 6 (1.17%) Node.js
14 6 (1.17%) Vue
14 6 (1.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.12%) Public Cloud
3 15 (2.92%) Renewable Energy
4 14 (2.73%) IoT
5 13 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.34%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (2.14%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.75%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.75%) Life Science
8 9 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.36%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.17%) CMDB
11 6 (1.17%) Device Driver
11 6 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.97%) Frameworx
12 5 (0.97%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.97%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 63 (12.28%) Windows
2 61 (11.89%) Linux
3 16 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.56%) CentOS
4 8 (1.56%) Unix
4 8 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.36%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.39%) VMS
7 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (22.42%) Scrum
2 111 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (19.88%) Test Automation
4 100 (19.49%) DevOps
5 84 (16.37%) Project Management
6 72 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 69 (13.45%) CI/CD
8 56 (10.92%) Software Engineering
8 56 (10.92%) Waterfall
9 54 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (9.55%) Roadmaps
11 42 (8.19%) SDLC
12 39 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
12 39 (7.60%) Migration
12 39 (7.60%) User Stories
13 38 (7.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 36 (7.02%) Programme Management
14 36 (7.02%) Software Testing
15 35 (6.82%) PRINCE2
16 34 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 71 (13.84%) SQL
2 67 (13.06%) Python
3 53 (10.33%) PowerShell
4 49 (9.55%) JavaScript
5 43 (8.38%) C#
6 35 (6.82%) Java
7 23 (4.48%) C++
8 18 (3.51%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.34%) PHP
10 10 (1.95%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.56%) C
11 8 (1.56%) VB
11 8 (1.56%) VBScript
12 7 (1.36%) Embedded C
13 6 (1.17%) Delphi
14 5 (0.97%) Go
14 5 (0.97%) Rust
15 4 (0.78%) Bash
15 4 (0.78%) DataWeave
16 3 (0.58%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 184 (35.87%) Security Cleared
2 104 (20.27%) SC Cleared
3 81 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 63 (12.28%) Degree
5 25 (4.87%) PMP
6 20 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (3.90%) PMI Certification
7 16 (3.12%) ISTQB
8 12 (2.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.97%) CCNP
10 5 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.78%) MCSE
11 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.58%) APMP
12 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.58%) CISSP
12 3 (0.58%) ISEB
13 2 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.39%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.99%) QA
2 19 (3.70%) PMO
3 11 (2.14%) SLA
4 10 (1.95%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.95%) NCSC
5 8 (1.56%) NIST
6 6 (1.17%) GDPR
7 5 (0.97%) PMBOK
8 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 26262
9 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
System Software
1 35 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.73%) Docker
4 13 (2.53%) Firmware
5 9 (1.75%) vSphere
6 3 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.58%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.19%) Postfix
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.26%) Terraform
3 23 (4.48%) Ansible
4 7 (1.36%) Nessus
4 7 (1.36%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.97%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.78%) CloudHub
7 3 (0.58%) Amdocs OSS
7 3 (0.58%) Grafana
7 3 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.58%) WMI
8 2 (0.39%) Kibana
8 2 (0.39%) Puppet
8 2 (0.39%) vRealize
8 2 (0.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Rancher
9 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (13.45%) Microsoft
2 54 (10.53%) SAP
3 39 (7.60%) Oracle
4 30 (5.85%) VMware
5 26 (5.07%) Google
6 19 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 17 (3.31%) Atlassian
8 14 (2.73%) Cisco
9 11 (2.14%) Databricks
9 11 (2.14%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.95%) Zend
11 8 (1.56%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.36%) Citrix
12 7 (1.36%) Intel
13 6 (1.17%) Adobe
13 6 (1.17%) Juniper
13 6 (1.17%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.97%) F5
14 5 (0.97%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.97%) Snow