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 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 -10
Permanent jobs citing Agile 80 196 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 17.51% 15.57% 16.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.74% 18.39% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 35 93 78
10th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £38,200
25th Percentile £45,625 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.53% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £63,750 £70,450
90th Percentile £52,000 £65,000 £89,650
South West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,750
% change year-on-year - -0.43% +8.73%

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 427 1,066 612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 93.44% 84.67% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 158 603 331
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,875 £39,511
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £53,438 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £62,650 £66,250 £76,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -6.42% +9.00%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 9 £47,500 -9.52% 4
Bournemouth -3 6 £48,750 -18.75% 9
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 8 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 25 (31.25%) AWS
2 2 (2.50%) Azure
2 2 (2.50%) BlazeMeter
3 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.75%) Internet
2 2 (2.50%) DNS
2 2 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.25%) Relational Database
2 12 (15.00%) MySQL
3 6 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (6.25%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (5.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (3.75%) CockroachDB
6 3 (3.75%) Oracle Database
7 2 (2.50%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (2.50%) Big Data
7 2 (2.50%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (1.25%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.25%) OLAP
8 1 (1.25%) OLAP Cube
8 1 (1.25%) Power BI
8 1 (1.25%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Git
2 8 (10.00%) JIRA
3 5 (6.25%) JUnit
4 3 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.75%) Maven
5 2 (2.50%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.50%) Mockito
5 2 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (2.50%) Selenium
6 1 (1.25%) LabVIEW
6 1 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 33 (41.25%) Finance
2 32 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (37.50%) Law
4 26 (32.50%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (26.25%) Banking
6 17 (21.25%) Social Skills
7 12 (15.00%) Marketing
8 11 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (5.00%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.75%) Financial Institution
10 3 (3.75%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (38.75%) Software Engineer
2 26 (32.50%) Systems Engineer
3 16 (20.00%) Java Engineer
4 15 (18.75%) Java Software Engineer
5 10 (12.50%) Developer
5 10 (12.50%) Lead
6 9 (11.25%) Python Engineer
6 9 (11.25%) Python Software Engineer
7 6 (7.50%) Lead Software Engineer
7 6 (7.50%) Technical Manager
8 5 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (5.00%) Angular Developer
9 4 (5.00%) Java Developer
10 3 (3.75%) .NET Developer
10 3 (3.75%) Engineering Manager
10 3 (3.75%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
10 3 (3.75%) Junior
10 3 (3.75%) Junior Developer
10 3 (3.75%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.75%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (20.00%) Kafka
1 16 (20.00%) React
2 15 (18.75%) Spring
3 14 (17.50%) Spring Boot
4 11 (13.75%) AngularJS
5 7 (8.75%) HTML
6 6 (7.50%) CSS
6 6 (7.50%) REST
7 5 (6.25%) Vue
8 4 (5.00%) .NET
8 4 (5.00%) Node.js
9 3 (3.75%) .NET Core
9 3 (3.75%) Hibernate
9 3 (3.75%) Java EE
9 3 (3.75%) JMS
10 2 (2.50%) HTML5
10 2 (2.50%) RESTful
11 1 (1.25%) ADO
11 1 (1.25%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 8 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 8 (10.00%) Public Cloud
3 5 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 5 (6.25%) IoT
4 4 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.75%) Reference Data
6 2 (2.50%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.50%) Android
1 2 (2.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (46.25%) Software Engineering
2 27 (33.75%) SDLC
2 27 (33.75%) Systems Engineering
2 27 (33.75%) UML
3 26 (32.50%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (32.50%) MODAF
3 26 (32.50%) SysML
4 25 (31.25%) CI/CD
5 24 (30.00%) Operational Stability
6 19 (23.75%) Artificial Intelligence
6 19 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (23.75%) Machine Learning
7 17 (21.25%) Visualisation
8 16 (20.00%) Community of Practice
8 16 (20.00%) Decision-Making
9 14 (17.50%) Microservices
10 12 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (10.00%) Architectural Design
11 8 (10.00%) Design Patterns
11 8 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 35 (43.75%) Java
2 27 (33.75%) MATLAB
3 15 (18.75%) Python
4 13 (16.25%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.25%) SQL
6 3 (3.75%) C#
7 2 (2.50%) C++
7 2 (2.50%) Go
7 2 (2.50%) Rust
7 2 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.25%) Fortran
8 1 (1.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (40.00%) Degree
2 27 (33.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (6.25%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.75%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.50%) AWS Certified Developer
5 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (18.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (17.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.50%) Ansible
2 2 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (12.50%) Oracle
2 3 (3.75%) Databricks
2 3 (3.75%) ServiceNow
2 3 (3.75%) Sybase
3 1 (1.25%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.25%) Salesforce