Agile Jobs in Dorset

Agile Software Development
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 14 9
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Agile 85 181 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 17.03% 14.21% 17.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.10% 17.01% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 32 79 83
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,900 £38,854
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% - -
75th Percentile £51,250 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £52,375 £69,500 £86,500
South West median annual salary £57,750 £57,500 £59,191
% change year-on-year +0.43% -2.86% +10.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 445 1,064 602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 89.18% 83.52% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 184 595 383
10th Percentile £27,875 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,875 £39,511
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,941 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £82,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,413
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.71% +6.83%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Dorset

Agile
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in Dorset.

Salary trend for Agile in Dorset

Agile
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Dorset over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Agile in Dorset

Agile
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Poole -6 11 £46,250 -11.90% 9
Bournemouth -2 8 £50,000 -16.67% 66
Blandford Forum +4 2 - -
Agile
South West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 11 (12.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.94%) AWS
2 2 (2.35%) Azure
2 2 (2.35%) BlazeMeter
3 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.24%) Internet
2 2 (2.35%) DNS
2 2 (2.35%) VPN
3 1 (1.18%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.12%) Relational Database
2 11 (12.94%) MySQL
3 6 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.88%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 4 (4.71%) CockroachDB
6 3 (3.53%) Oracle Database
7 2 (2.35%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (2.35%) Big Data
7 2 (2.35%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (1.18%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.18%) OLAP
8 1 (1.18%) OLAP Cube
8 1 (1.18%) Power BI
8 1 (1.18%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.18%) Redis
8 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (14.12%) Git
2 11 (12.94%) JIRA
3 6 (7.06%) JUnit
4 3 (3.53%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.53%) Maven
4 3 (3.53%) Mockito
5 2 (2.35%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.35%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (2.35%) Selenium
6 1 (1.18%) LabVIEW
6 1 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 39 (45.88%) Finance
2 37 (43.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 35 (41.18%) Law
4 24 (28.24%) Banking
5 22 (25.88%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (24.71%) Social Skills
7 16 (18.82%) Marketing
8 12 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (4.71%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.53%) Financial Institution
10 3 (3.53%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.18%) Military
11 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.18%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (42.35%) Software Engineer
2 21 (24.71%) Systems Engineer
3 17 (20.00%) Java Engineer
3 17 (20.00%) Java Software Engineer
4 14 (16.47%) Developer
5 12 (14.12%) Lead
6 11 (12.94%) Python Engineer
6 11 (12.94%) Python Software Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Lead Software Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Technical Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (5.88%) Angular Developer
9 5 (5.88%) Java Developer
10 4 (4.71%) .NET Developer
10 4 (4.71%) Junior
10 4 (4.71%) Junior Developer
10 4 (4.71%) Junior Java Developer
10 4 (4.71%) Project Manager
10 4 (4.71%) Strategic Project Manager
10 4 (4.71%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.35%) React
2 17 (20.00%) Kafka
3 16 (18.82%) Spring
4 15 (17.65%) Spring Boot
5 12 (14.12%) AngularJS
6 8 (9.41%) HTML
6 8 (9.41%) REST
7 7 (8.24%) CSS
8 6 (7.06%) Vue
9 5 (5.88%) .NET
9 5 (5.88%) Node.js
10 4 (4.71%) .NET Core
11 3 (3.53%) Hibernate
11 3 (3.53%) Java EE
11 3 (3.53%) JMS
12 2 (2.35%) Android Jetpack
12 2 (2.35%) HTML5
12 2 (2.35%) OkHttp
12 2 (2.35%) RESTful
12 2 (2.35%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.12%) Algorithms
2 10 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 8 (9.41%) Cloud Native
4 6 (7.06%) Data Structures
5 5 (5.88%) IoT
6 4 (4.71%) Product Ownership
6 4 (4.71%) Reference Data
7 2 (2.35%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.71%) Android
2 3 (3.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (50.59%) Software Engineering
2 32 (37.65%) SDLC
3 30 (35.29%) Operational Stability
4 29 (34.12%) CI/CD
5 23 (27.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (25.88%) Artificial Intelligence
6 22 (25.88%) Machine Learning
6 22 (25.88%) Systems Engineering
6 22 (25.88%) UML
7 21 (24.71%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (24.71%) MODAF
7 21 (24.71%) SysML
7 21 (24.71%) Visualisation
8 20 (23.53%) Community of Practice
9 19 (22.35%) Decision-Making
10 15 (17.65%) Microservices
11 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (10.59%) Architectural Design
12 9 (10.59%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (10.59%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 38 (44.71%) Java
2 22 (25.88%) MATLAB
3 17 (20.00%) Python
4 14 (16.47%) JavaScript
5 10 (11.76%) SQL
6 4 (4.71%) C#
7 3 (3.53%) C++
7 3 (3.53%) Go
7 3 (3.53%) Rust
8 2 (2.35%) Kotlin
8 2 (2.35%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.18%) Fortran
9 1 (1.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (32.94%) Degree
2 22 (25.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (7.06%) AWS Certification
4 5 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.53%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.35%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (16.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (16.47%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.53%) Terraform
3 2 (2.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (11.76%) Oracle
2 4 (4.71%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.53%) Databricks
3 3 (3.53%) Sybase
4 2 (2.35%) Samsung
5 1 (1.18%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.18%) Google
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.18%) Salesforce