Agile Job Trends in West Sussex

Agile Software Development
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Agile 65 54 53
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 6.87% 13.60% 12.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.00% 15.79% 15.27%
Number of salaries quoted 49 46 31
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.96% +8.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 722 342 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 76.32% 86.15% 81.84%
Number of salaries quoted 527 232 182
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,550 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,375 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,853 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.06% +5.71% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,875 £72,450
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Agile job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Agile
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in West Sussex over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in West Sussex

Agile
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Crawley -6 24 £60,000 -4.00% 15
Worthing -13 15 £75,000 -6.25% 9
Burgess Hill -6 10 £67,500 - 15
Chichester -5 7 £57,500 -32.91%
Horsham -16 3 £55,000 -47.62% 14
Shoreham-by-Sea 0 1 - - 2
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 8 (12.31%) Confluence
2 6 (9.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.15%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.54%) Apache
4 1 (1.54%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 34 (52.31%) Azure
2 23 (35.38%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (12.31%) AWS
4 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (9.23%) Azure AI
5 6 (9.23%) Power Automate
5 6 (9.23%) Power Platform
5 6 (9.23%) PowerApps
6 4 (6.15%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (4.62%) Azure Stack
8 2 (3.08%) IaaS
8 2 (3.08%) PaaS
9 1 (1.54%) Figma
9 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.23%) Internet
2 1 (1.54%) Broadband
2 1 (1.54%) Firewall
2 1 (1.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (27.69%) MongoDB
2 12 (18.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (9.23%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (9.23%) Metadata
4 4 (6.15%) NoSQL
5 3 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (3.08%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (3.08%) Couchbase
7 1 (1.54%) Big Data
7 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (13.85%) JIRA
2 4 (6.15%) Git
2 4 (6.15%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (3.08%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.08%) JMeter
3 2 (3.08%) JUnit
4 1 (1.54%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.54%) GitLab
General
1 21 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.54%) Finance
3 11 (16.92%) Aerospace
4 6 (9.23%) Games
4 6 (9.23%) Telecoms
5 5 (7.69%) Advertising
5 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.62%) Retail
7 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Legal
7 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.54%) Military
7 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (43.08%) Developer
2 18 (27.69%) .NET Developer
3 9 (13.85%) Lead
4 7 (10.77%) Analyst
5 6 (9.23%) Senior
6 5 (7.69%) SharePoint Developer
7 4 (6.15%) Backend Developer
7 4 (6.15%) Java Developer
7 4 (6.15%) Lead Developer
7 4 (6.15%) Systems Manager
7 4 (6.15%) Team Leader
7 4 (6.15%) Test Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Agile Coach
8 3 (4.62%) Architect
8 3 (4.62%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Portfolio Manager
8 3 (4.62%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Technical Business Analyst
9 2 (3.08%) Payments Business Analyst
9 2 (3.08%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (38.46%) .NET
2 24 (36.92%) ASP.NET
2 24 (36.92%) ASP.NET Core
3 19 (29.23%) React
4 12 (18.46%) .NET Core
4 12 (18.46%) Entity Framework
5 6 (9.23%) .NET Framework
5 6 (9.23%) AngularJS
5 6 (9.23%) ASP.NET Web API
5 6 (9.23%) Blazor
5 6 (9.23%) CSS
5 6 (9.23%) HTML
5 6 (9.23%) ML.NET
5 6 (9.23%) Node.js
5 6 (9.23%) RESTful
5 6 (9.23%) SPFx
5 6 (9.23%) Vue
5 6 (9.23%) WinForms
5 6 (9.23%) WPF
6 4 (6.15%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Greenfield Project
1 12 (18.46%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.15%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.62%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.69%) Linux
2 4 (6.15%) Debian
2 4 (6.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.77%) DevOps
2 23 (35.38%) CI/CD
2 23 (35.38%) Scrum
3 22 (33.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
5 14 (21.54%) Mentoring
6 13 (20.00%) SDLC
6 13 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (16.92%) User Experience
8 10 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
8 10 (15.38%) DevSecOps
8 10 (15.38%) Kanban
8 10 (15.38%) Microservices
8 10 (15.38%) Roadmaps
9 9 (13.85%) BDD
9 9 (13.85%) Coaching
9 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (13.85%) TDD
10 8 (12.31%) AI
10 8 (12.31%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 25 (38.46%) C#
2 24 (36.92%) SQL
3 19 (29.23%) JavaScript
4 13 (20.00%) TypeScript
5 6 (9.23%) PowerShell
6 4 (6.15%) Go
6 4 (6.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (21.54%) Degree
2 6 (9.23%) SC Cleared
2 6 (9.23%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (6.15%) PMP
5 3 (4.62%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CCSK
7 1 (1.54%) CCSP
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CISM
7 1 (1.54%) CISSP
7 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.31%) QA
2 3 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.62%) ISO 20022
2 3 (4.62%) ISO 8583
2 3 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.62%) NIST
2 3 (4.62%) NIST 800
3 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.08%) RMADS
3 2 (3.08%) SLA
4 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.54%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.54%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) NCSC
4 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.54%) SOC 1
4 1 (1.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) Ansible
1 5 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.15%) Puppet
2 4 (6.15%) ZABBIX
3 3 (4.62%) Grafana
4 2 (3.08%) Kibana
Vendors
1 25 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.38%) Thales
3 4 (6.15%) IBM
3 4 (6.15%) Oracle
4 2 (3.08%) Splunk
5 1 (1.54%) Black Duck
5 1 (1.54%) Rackspace
5 1 (1.54%) Siemens