Agile Jobs in the South East

Agile Software Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 1,452 2,961 3,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.99% 16.80% 24.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.29% 20.14% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 743 1,762 1,918
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £47,500 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -6.72% +3.08%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,915 14,700 13,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.05% 83.43% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 10,114 7,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,625
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,906 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Agile in the South East

Agile
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Agile in the South East

Agile
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -8 391 £62,750 +4.58% 354
Hampshire +1 314 £60,000 - 257
Isle of Wight - 286 £65,000 - 6
Berkshire -5 285 £70,000 +3.70% 196
Surrey -7 164 £67,500 +12.50% 90
Middlesex +1 147 £62,500 +45.35% 10
Kent -9 73 £47,683 -13.30% 63
Oxfordshire -11 66 £50,000 -7.41% 111
West Sussex -2 42 £70,000 +16.67% 67
Buckinghamshire -43 40 £58,250 +7.87% 84
East Sussex -12 27 £65,000 +13.04% 47
Sussex -1 1 £75,000 +29.31% 55
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 47 (3.24%) Confluence
2 33 (2.27%) CMS
3 27 (1.86%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.03%) Oracle Application Server
5 14 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.96%) JBoss
5 14 (0.96%) Red Hat Fuse
6 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.62%) IIS
8 6 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
10 4 (0.28%) Apache
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) Appian
11 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.14%) ThingWorx
13 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.069%) Sitefinity
13 1 (0.069%) Strapi
Applications
1 27 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.10%) Simulink
3 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.41%) Trello
5 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 3 (0.21%) Productboard
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.14%) Sketch
8 1 (0.069%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.069%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.069%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 13 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.34%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (0.069%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.069%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.069%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.069%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.069%) Shopify
4 1 (0.069%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 342 (23.55%) Azure
2 217 (14.94%) AWS
3 95 (6.54%) Serverless
4 93 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
5 68 (4.68%) GCP
6 59 (4.06%) SaaS
7 57 (3.93%) Power Platform
8 52 (3.58%) Amazon EKS
9 51 (3.51%) PaaS
10 41 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 40 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
12 38 (2.62%) Amazon ECS
13 37 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
14 36 (2.48%) Amazon S3
15 31 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
16 29 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (1.72%) GitHub
17 25 (1.72%) Pulumi
18 21 (1.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 18 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 96 (6.61%) Broadband
2 23 (1.58%) Firewall
3 19 (1.31%) Wireless
4 17 (1.17%) Software-Defined Radio
5 9 (0.62%) SSL
5 9 (0.62%) VPN
5 9 (0.62%) WAN
6 7 (0.48%) DNS
6 7 (0.48%) SAN
7 5 (0.34%) BGP
7 5 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.34%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.34%) IPsec
7 5 (0.34%) LAN
7 5 (0.34%) OSPF
7 5 (0.34%) RIP
7 5 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.34%) VLAN
7 5 (0.34%) VXLAN
7 5 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 79 (5.44%) Relational Database
3 71 (4.89%) NoSQL
4 67 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (3.24%) Data Lake
6 40 (2.75%) RDBMS
7 36 (2.48%) Power BI
8 35 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
9 34 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
10 32 (2.20%) MySQL
11 26 (1.79%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.65%) Data Mining
13 18 (1.24%) Metadata
14 17 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 15 (1.03%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 15 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
15 15 (1.03%) Redis
16 13 (0.90%) DynamoDB
17 12 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
17 12 (0.83%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 133 (9.16%) JIRA
2 102 (7.02%) Git
3 82 (5.65%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.82%) JUnit
5 39 (2.69%) Rational DOORS
6 28 (1.93%) Visual Studio
7 25 (1.72%) Jaeger
7 25 (1.72%) Selenium
8 24 (1.65%) Mockito
9 20 (1.38%) SonarQube
10 18 (1.24%) GitLab
11 16 (1.10%) Bitbucket
11 16 (1.10%) JMeter
11 16 (1.10%) Maven
12 14 (0.96%) Cucumber
12 14 (0.96%) MSI
13 11 (0.76%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
14 10 (0.69%) TeamCity
15 9 (0.62%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 437 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 258 (17.77%) Finance
3 234 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 165 (11.36%) Law
5 163 (11.23%) Presentation Skills
6 98 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 93 (6.40%) Marketing
8 92 (6.34%) Legal
9 64 (4.41%) Retail
10 60 (4.13%) Public Sector
11 53 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
12 52 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (2.20%) Military
14 21 (1.45%) Electronics
15 16 (1.10%) Banking
16 14 (0.96%) Manufacturing
16 14 (0.96%) Tech for Good
17 11 (0.76%) Advertising
18 10 (0.69%) Automotive
18 10 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 329 (22.66%) Senior
2 205 (14.12%) Developer
3 193 (13.29%) Software Engineer
4 162 (11.16%) Lead
5 153 (10.54%) Architect
6 145 (9.99%) Systems Engineer
7 95 (6.54%) Principal Engineer
8 81 (5.58%) Principal Software Engineer
9 59 (4.06%) Software Architect
10 57 (3.93%) Analyst
11 52 (3.58%) Software Developer
12 50 (3.44%) Team Leader
12 50 (3.44%) Test Engineer
13 49 (3.37%) Senior Software Engineer
14 47 (3.24%) Java Developer
15 44 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
15 44 (3.03%) Embedded Engineer
15 44 (3.03%) Senior Developer
15 44 (3.03%) Senior Manager
15 44 (3.03%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (10.47%) .NET
2 121 (8.33%) React
3 117 (8.06%) Middleware
4 98 (6.75%) REST
5 61 (4.20%) Spring
5 61 (4.20%) Spring Boot
6 60 (4.13%) HTML
7 53 (3.65%) SOAP
8 49 (3.37%) CSS
9 48 (3.31%) AngularJS
10 46 (3.17%) Kafka
11 41 (2.82%) RESTful
11 41 (2.82%) Web Services
12 40 (2.75%) .NET Framework
12 40 (2.75%) Node.js
13 32 (2.20%) .NET Core
13 32 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
13 32 (2.20%) Hibernate
13 32 (2.20%) XML
14 31 (2.13%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 79 (5.44%) Management Information System
3 51 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.44%) e-Learning
5 43 (2.96%) Embedded Systems
6 38 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
7 37 (2.55%) Algorithms
8 36 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 35 (2.41%) Cloud Native
10 34 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 31 (2.13%) Mobile App
12 27 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
13 22 (1.52%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.45%) Cyberattack
14 21 (1.45%) Data Structures
14 21 (1.45%) PMI
15 19 (1.31%) FMCG
16 17 (1.17%) MicroBlaze
16 17 (1.17%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 92 (6.34%) Linux
2 53 (3.65%) Windows
3 28 (1.93%) Android
3 28 (1.93%) Unix
4 17 (1.17%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.17%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.28%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (27.48%) DevOps
2 352 (24.24%) Mentoring
3 344 (23.69%) UML
4 326 (22.45%) Computer Science
5 298 (20.52%) CI/CD
6 293 (20.18%) Waterfall
7 271 (18.66%) Software Engineering
8 258 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
9 240 (16.53%) Coaching
10 229 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 207 (14.26%) Cybersecurity
12 200 (13.77%) Roadmaps
13 188 (12.95%) Test Automation
14 187 (12.88%) Configuration Management
15 177 (12.19%) Systems Engineering
16 172 (11.85%) Analytics
17 171 (11.78%) Artificial Intelligence
18 167 (11.50%) Scrum
19 151 (10.40%) Creative Thinking
20 145 (9.99%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 190 (13.09%) Python
2 180 (12.40%) JavaScript
3 177 (12.19%) Java
4 150 (10.33%) C#
5 149 (10.26%) SQL
6 147 (10.12%) MATLAB
7 78 (5.37%) Ada
8 70 (4.82%) TypeScript
9 60 (4.13%) PowerShell
10 55 (3.79%) C++
11 53 (3.65%) Go
12 49 (3.37%) Rust
13 36 (2.48%) Ada 95
14 25 (1.72%) Apex Code
14 25 (1.72%) Bash
15 23 (1.58%) C
16 20 (1.38%) Shell Script
17 13 (0.90%) R
18 10 (0.69%) PHP
19 9 (0.62%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 571 (39.33%) Degree
2 324 (22.31%) BPSS Clearance
3 156 (10.74%) Chartered Engineer
4 145 (9.99%) Security Cleared
5 134 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 87 (5.99%) SC Cleared
7 67 (4.61%) DV Cleared
8 58 (3.99%) Master's Degree
8 58 (3.99%) PMI Certification
9 47 (3.24%) PMP
10 42 (2.89%) AWS Certification
11 36 (2.48%) CISSP
12 33 (2.27%) Azure Certification
13 31 (2.13%) PhD
14 27 (1.86%) CISM
15 24 (1.65%) CRISC
16 19 (1.31%) DBS Check
17 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
18 10 (0.69%) ISTQB
19 7 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 67 (4.61%) QA
3 57 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (3.65%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.24%) GDPR
6 17 (1.17%) NIST
6 17 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 16 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 16 (1.10%) NCSC
7 16 (1.10%) SLA
8 15 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 8 (0.55%) PMO
12 7 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.28%) GxP
13 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 3 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
14 3 (0.21%) PMBOK
System Software
1 155 (10.67%) Docker
2 24 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 17 (1.17%) Firmware
4 14 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.14%) Postfix
8 1 (0.069%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 152 (10.47%) Kubernetes
2 84 (5.79%) Ansible
3 73 (5.03%) Terraform
4 35 (2.41%) Prometheus
5 25 (1.72%) Argo
5 25 (1.72%) Kustomize
6 16 (1.10%) WMI
7 14 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.90%) Kibana
9 10 (0.69%) Grafana
10 9 (0.62%) SCCM
11 5 (0.34%) CASB
11 5 (0.34%) Nessus
12 4 (0.28%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.28%) Puppet
12 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.14%) SCOM
14 1 (0.069%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.069%) Packer
14 1 (0.069%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 247 (17.01%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.34%) Google
3 59 (4.06%) IBM
4 58 (3.99%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.79%) Databricks
6 33 (2.27%) Oracle
6 33 (2.27%) Red Hat
7 31 (2.13%) Workday
8 26 (1.79%) SAP
9 23 (1.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 21 (1.45%) Atlassian
11 19 (1.31%) Concur
11 19 (1.31%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.31%) VMware
12 16 (1.10%) Siemens
13 15 (1.03%) OpenAI
14 14 (0.96%) Cisco
14 14 (0.96%) Splunk
15 13 (0.90%) Dynatrace
16 10 (0.69%) PeopleSoft