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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 53 195 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 12.07% 16.29% 17.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.86% 19.04% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 38 94 76
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £57,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £51,250 £63,750 £70,150
90th Percentile £54,000 £68,375 £89,375
South West median annual salary £57,443 £59,526 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.50% +3.52% +8.26%

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 412 1,024 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 93.85% 85.55% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 164 575 333
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,100
25th Percentile £38,375 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,125 £61,250
90th Percentile £63,525 £69,500 £73,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%

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 16 May 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 16 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
Poole -5 12 £47,500 -9.52% 4
Bournemouth -3 6 £42,500 -32.00% 16
Blandford Forum +4 2 - -
Weymouth -4 1 - - 1
Dorchester -10 1 - - 2
Bridport - 1 - -
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 6 (11.32%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.87%) AWS
2 1 (1.89%) Azure
2 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) Internet
2 2 (3.77%) DNS
2 2 (3.77%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.98%) MySQL
1 9 (16.98%) Relational Database
2 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.89%) OLAP
3 1 (1.89%) OLAP Cube
3 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.89%) Power BI
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Git
2 6 (11.32%) JIRA
2 6 (11.32%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (5.66%) LabVIEW
4 2 (3.77%) GitLab
5 1 (1.89%) Appium
5 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.89%) JMeter
5 1 (1.89%) Maven
5 1 (1.89%) Postman
5 1 (1.89%) Selenium
5 1 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 25 (47.17%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.66%) Finance
3 3 (5.66%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.89%) Marketing
5 1 (1.89%) Military
5 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (47.17%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (18.87%) Developer
2 10 (18.87%) Software Engineer
3 6 (11.32%) Java Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Java Software Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Senior
5 4 (7.55%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Java Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Angular Developer
7 2 (3.77%) .NET Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Junior
7 2 (3.77%) Junior Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Junior Java Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Software Developer
8 1 (1.89%) Full-Stack C# Developer
8 1 (1.89%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.09%) Kafka
2 7 (13.21%) Spring Boot
3 5 (9.43%) AngularJS
4 4 (7.55%) React
4 4 (7.55%) Spring
4 4 (7.55%) Vue
5 3 (5.66%) HTML
6 2 (3.77%) .NET
6 2 (3.77%) .NET Core
6 2 (3.77%) CSS
7 1 (1.89%) Gherkin
7 1 (1.89%) Next.js
7 1 (1.89%) Node.js
7 1 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) IoT
2 2 (3.77%) Cyberattack
2 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Android
1 2 (3.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (56.60%) Systems Engineering
2 26 (49.06%) UML
3 25 (47.17%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (47.17%) MODAF
3 25 (47.17%) SysML
4 13 (24.53%) Software Engineering
5 10 (18.87%) Microservices
6 9 (16.98%) Test Automation
7 8 (15.09%) Scrum
8 6 (11.32%) Code Quality
8 6 (11.32%) Mathematics
9 5 (9.43%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (9.43%) SDLC
10 4 (7.55%) CI/CD
10 4 (7.55%) V-Model
11 2 (3.77%) Collaborative Working
11 2 (3.77%) Design Patterns
11 2 (3.77%) DevSecOps
11 2 (3.77%) Motion Control
11 2 (3.77%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 26 (49.06%) MATLAB
2 16 (30.19%) Java
3 7 (13.21%) Python
4 3 (5.66%) SQL
5 2 (3.77%) C#
5 2 (3.77%) C++
5 2 (3.77%) Go
5 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.77%) Rust
6 1 (1.89%) Fortran
6 1 (1.89%) PHP
Qualifications
1 35 (66.04%) Degree
2 26 (49.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (7.55%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.89%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 10 (18.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Ansible
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) IBM
2 1 (1.89%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.89%) Databricks
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) Salesforce