Agile Job Trends in Glasgow

Agile Software Development
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 7 3
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 37 102 657
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 5.56% 14.70% 51.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.40% 15.86% 53.55%
Number of salaries quoted 20 43 88
10th Percentile £42,500 £49,054 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,250 £90,000 £76,250
Scotland median annual salary £74,500 £60,000 £65,208
% change year-on-year +24.17% -7.99% +4.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 500 643 1,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 75.08% 92.65% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 311 284 496
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,575 £28,650
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,625 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Agile job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Agile
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Glasgow over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in Glasgow

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) AWS
2 6 (16.22%) SaaS
3 5 (13.51%) Azure
3 5 (13.51%) GitHub
4 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.41%) GCP
5 1 (2.70%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.70%) Boomi
5 1 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.70%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.70%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
1 1 (2.70%) JUnit
1 1 (2.70%) Selenium
1 1 (2.70%) TestNG
General
1 15 (40.54%) Finance
2 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Financial Institution
4 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Local Government
6 2 (5.41%) Banking
6 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Private Banking
6 2 (5.41%) Tech for Good
7 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Developer
2 8 (21.62%) Senior
3 5 (13.51%) Head of Data Management
3 5 (13.51%) Head of Risk Management
3 5 (13.51%) Java Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Lead
4 4 (10.81%) Mobile Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Mobile Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Audit Manager
5 3 (8.11%) Core Java Developer
5 3 (8.11%) iOS Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Kafka Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Audit Manager
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Lead Developer
6 2 (5.41%) React Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Senior iOS Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) React
2 5 (13.51%) .NET
2 5 (13.51%) RESTful
3 4 (10.81%) React Native
4 3 (8.11%) AngularJS
4 3 (8.11%) Blazor
4 3 (8.11%) Hibernate
4 3 (8.11%) Kafka
4 3 (8.11%) Spring
5 2 (5.41%) .NET Core
5 2 (5.41%) ASP.NET
5 2 (5.41%) REST
5 2 (5.41%) Vue
6 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (2.70%) Entity Framework
6 1 (2.70%) ML.NET
6 1 (2.70%) SOAP
6 1 (2.70%) SwiftUI
6 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
1 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
1 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) AI Agents
2 1 (2.70%) BBC
2 1 (2.70%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (2.70%) e-Learning
2 1 (2.70%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.70%) PMI
2 1 (2.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Risk Management
2 10 (27.03%) AI
3 9 (24.32%) CI/CD
3 9 (24.32%) DevOps
4 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (21.62%) Waterfall
5 7 (18.92%) Change Management
5 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
5 7 (18.92%) Test Automation
6 6 (16.22%) Data Engineering
6 6 (16.22%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
6 6 (16.22%) Software Engineering
7 5 (13.51%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (13.51%) Customer Experience
7 5 (13.51%) OO
7 5 (13.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 5 (13.51%) Technology Roadmap
8 4 (10.81%) Cross-Platform Development
8 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) SQL
2 9 (24.32%) Java
3 5 (13.51%) C#
4 4 (10.81%) TypeScript
5 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.41%) Python
6 1 (2.70%) Groovy
6 1 (2.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) AWS Certification
2 5 (13.51%) ACCA
2 5 (13.51%) CRISC
3 4 (10.81%) Degree
4 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.70%) CIMA
5 1 (2.70%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) GAAP
1 3 (8.11%) IFRS
2 1 (2.70%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (2.70%) Apple
1 1 (2.70%) Facebook
1 1 (2.70%) Google
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.70%) MuleSoft
1 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
1 1 (2.70%) Sony
1 1 (2.70%) Yahoo!