Agile Job Trends in Essex

Agile Software Development
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 44 75 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 6.07% 16.20% 14.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.57% 20.60% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 38 27 23
10th Percentile - £32,251 £45,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £45,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £57,500 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% -19.58% +43.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,250 £155,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,250 £175,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

Agile falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 581 364 362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 80.14% 78.62% 87.86%
Number of salaries quoted 331 140 265
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £23,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Agile job vacancy trend in Essex

Agile
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Essex over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in Essex

Agile
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chelmsford -4 22 £51,500 +45.07% 9
Colchester -2 3 £24,000 -66.90% 8
Billericay +2 2 £75,900 +16.77% 1
Brentwood - 2 £24,000 -
Southend-on-Sea -4 1 £25,000 -65.62%
Harlow - 1 - -
Ingatestone - 1 - -
Maldon - 1 - -
Agile
East of England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.55%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (6.82%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Broadband
2 1 (2.27%) DHCP
2 1 (2.27%) DOCSIS
2 1 (2.27%) DSL
2 1 (2.27%) GPON
2 1 (2.27%) IPv4
2 1 (2.27%) IPv6
2 1 (2.27%) PPP
2 1 (2.27%) RTP
2 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.27%) VoIP
2 1 (2.27%) WAN
2 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.18%) MySQL
1 8 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 23 (52.27%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (25.00%) Finance
4 8 (18.18%) Law
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (2.27%) Games
6 1 (2.27%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) Developer
2 11 (25.00%) Graduate
2 11 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
3 10 (22.73%) Analyst
3 10 (22.73%) Business Analyst
4 8 (18.18%) Digital Analyst
4 8 (18.18%) Digital Business Analyst
4 8 (18.18%) Sales Executive
5 7 (15.91%) C# Developer
5 7 (15.91%) Graduate C# Developer
5 7 (15.91%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 7 (15.91%) PHP Developer
6 6 (13.64%) C# Software Developer
6 6 (13.64%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 6 (13.64%) Graduate Software Developer
6 6 (13.64%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 6 (13.64%) Lead
6 6 (13.64%) Software Developer
6 6 (13.64%) SQL Developer
7 5 (11.36%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (25.00%) CSS
1 11 (25.00%) jQuery
2 10 (22.73%) HTML
3 5 (11.36%) .NET
3 5 (11.36%) ASP.NET
4 3 (6.82%) REST
4 3 (6.82%) SOAP
4 3 (6.82%) Vue
4 3 (6.82%) Web Services
5 2 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.09%) Low-Code
3 3 (6.82%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (36.36%) Computer Science
3 11 (25.00%) CRM
4 10 (22.73%) Competitor Analysis
5 9 (20.45%) User Stories
6 8 (18.18%) Change Management
6 8 (18.18%) E-Commerce
6 8 (18.18%) MVC
6 8 (18.18%) OOP
6 8 (18.18%) User Experience
6 8 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 7 (15.91%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (15.91%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 7 (15.91%) OO
7 7 (15.91%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (13.64%) AI
8 6 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (13.64%) Software Engineering
8 6 (13.64%) UML
9 5 (11.36%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.00%) C#
1 11 (25.00%) PHP
2 10 (22.73%) C++
3 8 (18.18%) Java
3 8 (18.18%) SQL
4 3 (6.82%) Ada
4 3 (6.82%) Ada 95
4 3 (6.82%) C
4 3 (6.82%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Degree
2 8 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (11.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.82%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (6.82%) QA
3 1 (2.27%) PMO
3 1 (2.27%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) OutSystems
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft