Agile Job Trends in London

Agile Software Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 2,197 3,354 3,869
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.98% 21.52% 21.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.11% 22.79% 23.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,315 1,848 3,042
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,882 £51,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,441 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £131,500 £125,000
England median annual salary £65,150 £67,500 £65,066
% change year-on-year -3.48% +3.74% -3.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,131 14,714 16,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.23% 94.39% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,752 8,132 13,321
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,229 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Agile job vacancy trend in London

Agile
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in London

Agile
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the London region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Central London 0 389 £75,000 - 394
South London -6 62 £42,500 -26.58% 143
West London -5 34 £49,200 -1.60% 147
East London +10 32 £87,500 -30.00% 224
North London -6 1 £72,500 +16.00% 32
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 87 (3.96%) Confluence
2 74 (3.37%) Apache Airflow
3 49 (2.23%) Apache
3 49 (2.23%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.00%) CMS
5 21 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.36%) nginx
7 7 (0.32%) IIS
7 7 (0.32%) SAS
7 7 (0.32%) WordPress
8 5 (0.23%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.23%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.14%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.14%) Appian
10 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.091%) Luigi
11 2 (0.091%) Umbraco
Applications
1 59 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (1.64%) Adobe XD
5 34 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
6 29 (1.32%) Maya
7 22 (1.00%) MS Visio
8 11 (0.50%) Sketch
9 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.23%) InVision
10 5 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.14%) Notion
11 3 (0.14%) PlantUML
11 3 (0.14%) Stata
11 3 (0.14%) Trello
12 2 (0.091%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.091%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.091%) Pro Tools
13 1 (0.046%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 51 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.86%) Shopify
4 14 (0.64%) Endur
5 9 (0.41%) SAP IBP
6 8 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.18%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.14%) Yoast SEO
9 2 (0.091%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.091%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.091%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.091%) Towers Watson Igloo
10 1 (0.046%) Misys Equation
10 1 (0.046%) Misys Midas
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.046%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 572 (26.04%) Azure
2 497 (22.62%) AWS
3 205 (9.33%) Power Platform
4 186 (8.47%) GCP
5 153 (6.96%) SaaS
6 137 (6.24%) Azure DevOps
7 115 (5.23%) Serverless
8 97 (4.42%) GitHub
9 80 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
10 75 (3.41%) Figma
11 73 (3.32%) dbt
12 71 (3.23%) PaaS
13 69 (3.14%) Snowflake
14 62 (2.82%) Power Automate
15 61 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
15 61 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
16 52 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
17 50 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
18 47 (2.14%) PowerApps
19 45 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.46%) Broadband
2 26 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 23 (1.05%) Multicast
4 13 (0.59%) Firewall
5 12 (0.55%) CHAP
6 11 (0.50%) DNS
6 11 (0.50%) HTTP
7 10 (0.46%) VPN
8 8 (0.36%) Network Security
8 8 (0.36%) WAN
8 8 (0.36%) Wireless
9 7 (0.32%) RTP
9 7 (0.32%) SSL
10 6 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.23%) VoIP
12 4 (0.18%) DHCP
13 3 (0.14%) PBX
13 3 (0.14%) PSTN
13 3 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (7.06%) SQL Server
2 128 (5.83%) Power BI
3 125 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
4 96 (4.37%) MongoDB
5 94 (4.28%) Data Lake
6 82 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
7 77 (3.50%) NoSQL
7 77 (3.50%) Relational Database
8 62 (2.82%) Apache Iceberg
9 61 (2.78%) Amazon Athena
10 59 (2.69%) Apache Arrow
10 59 (2.69%) Dremio
11 56 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
12 41 (1.87%) Metadata
13 40 (1.82%) DynamoDB
14 39 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
15 37 (1.68%) MySQL
16 34 (1.55%) RDBMS
17 33 (1.50%) Apache Ignite
18 32 (1.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 225 (10.24%) JIRA
2 172 (7.83%) Git
3 91 (4.14%) Jenkins
4 47 (2.14%) Selenium
5 34 (1.55%) Visual Studio
6 32 (1.46%) Cypress.io
7 31 (1.41%) GitLab
8 29 (1.32%) Bitbucket
9 27 (1.23%) TeamCity
10 25 (1.14%) JMeter
11 24 (1.09%) Axure RP
12 23 (1.05%) Balsamiq
13 21 (0.96%) Postman
14 20 (0.91%) Cucumber
15 17 (0.77%) JUnit
16 16 (0.73%) webpack
17 14 (0.64%) Mockito
18 10 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
18 10 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
18 10 (0.46%) Vite
General
1 940 (42.79%) Finance
2 844 (38.42%) Social Skills
3 387 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
4 312 (14.20%) Banking
5 210 (9.56%) Law
6 170 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 160 (7.28%) Marketing
8 159 (7.24%) Public Sector
9 104 (4.73%) Front Office
9 104 (4.73%) Legal
10 93 (4.23%) Financial Institution
11 91 (4.14%) Retail
12 69 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
13 66 (3.00%) Investment Banking
14 65 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
15 60 (2.73%) Advertising
16 54 (2.46%) Billing
16 54 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
17 51 (2.32%) Games
18 48 (2.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 483 (21.98%) Senior
2 425 (19.34%) Developer
3 231 (10.51%) Lead
4 225 (10.24%) Analyst
5 209 (9.51%) Architect
6 165 (7.51%) Software Engineer
7 131 (5.96%) Business Analyst
8 110 (5.01%) Solutions Architect
9 98 (4.46%) Project Manager
10 97 (4.42%) Consultant
11 93 (4.23%) Python Engineer
12 86 (3.91%) Python Developer
12 86 (3.91%) Senior Developer
12 86 (3.91%) Senior Manager
13 84 (3.82%) IT Manager
14 82 (3.73%) Python Software Engineer
15 76 (3.46%) AWS Engineer
16 68 (3.10%) Senior Software Engineer
17 61 (2.78%) AWS Software Engineer
18 60 (2.73%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 245 (11.15%) React
2 166 (7.56%) .NET
3 156 (7.10%) Node.js
4 155 (7.06%) HTML
5 135 (6.14%) REST
6 127 (5.78%) RESTful
7 126 (5.74%) CSS
8 110 (5.01%) AngularJS
9 82 (3.73%) Vue
10 72 (3.28%) Spring
11 68 (3.10%) .NET Core
12 63 (2.87%) Pandas
13 62 (2.82%) Kafka
13 62 (2.82%) NumPy
14 60 (2.73%) Spring Boot
15 59 (2.69%) SciPy
16 55 (2.50%) SOAP
17 53 (2.41%) GraphQL
18 52 (2.37%) Middleware
19 50 (2.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 254 (11.56%) Product Ownership
2 124 (5.64%) Cloud Native
3 99 (4.51%) Fixed Income
4 97 (4.42%) Management Information System
5 84 (3.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 81 (3.69%) Equities
7 78 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
8 63 (2.87%) Derivative
9 60 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
9 60 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
9 60 (2.73%) Onboarding
10 55 (2.50%) Mobile App
11 50 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
11 50 (2.28%) Reinsurance
12 45 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
13 43 (1.96%) Algorithms
14 41 (1.87%) Hedge funds
15 39 (1.78%) Virtual Team
16 34 (1.55%) NHS
17 33 (1.50%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 113 (5.14%) Linux
2 48 (2.18%) Windows
3 26 (1.18%) Unix
4 22 (1.00%) Android
4 22 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.27%) VMS
8 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.14%) Solaris
9 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.091%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.091%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (20.98%) DevOps
2 458 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
3 432 (19.66%) CI/CD
4 427 (19.44%) Mentoring
5 414 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 392 (17.84%) AI
7 376 (17.11%) Scrum
8 356 (16.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 337 (15.34%) Roadmaps
10 326 (14.84%) Software Engineering
11 289 (13.15%) Microservices
12 285 (12.97%) Analytics
13 269 (12.24%) Computer Science
14 258 (11.74%) Coaching
15 245 (11.15%) User Experience
16 242 (11.02%) Project Management
17 230 (10.47%) Test Automation
18 183 (8.33%) Risk Management
19 182 (8.28%) Full-Stack Development
20 180 (8.19%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 458 (20.85%) Python
2 344 (15.66%) JavaScript
3 339 (15.43%) SQL
4 297 (13.52%) Java
5 227 (10.33%) TypeScript
6 181 (8.24%) C#
7 59 (2.69%) PowerShell
8 47 (2.14%) C++
9 40 (1.82%) Scala
10 34 (1.55%) Bash
11 28 (1.27%) Kotlin
12 27 (1.23%) Shell Script
13 23 (1.05%) Go
14 21 (0.96%) Apex Code
14 21 (0.96%) C
15 17 (0.77%) Bicep
15 17 (0.77%) Swift
16 16 (0.73%) PHP
17 15 (0.68%) R
17 15 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 472 (21.48%) Degree
2 168 (7.65%) Security Cleared
3 164 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 108 (4.92%) SC Cleared
5 99 (4.51%) Master's Degree
6 74 (3.37%) PMI Certification
7 62 (2.82%) PMP
8 58 (2.64%) AWS Certification
9 44 (2.00%) Azure Certification
10 41 (1.87%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.73%) CISSP
12 33 (1.50%) ISTQB
13 31 (1.41%) CISM
14 24 (1.09%) PhD
15 18 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (0.68%) CISA
17 14 (0.64%) CFA
18 13 (0.59%) CRISC
18 13 (0.59%) OSCP
19 12 (0.55%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (8.92%) QA
2 139 (6.33%) Accessibility
3 56 (2.55%) Data Quality
4 54 (2.46%) GDPR
5 49 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (2.09%) PMO
6 46 (2.09%) WCAG
7 41 (1.87%) NIST
8 21 (0.96%) NCSC
9 18 (0.82%) SLA
10 15 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.59%) COBIT
11 13 (0.59%) ISO 20022
12 10 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.41%) EMIR
13 9 (0.41%) MiFID
14 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 173 (7.87%) Docker
2 29 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.091%) KVM
6 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 175 (7.97%) Kubernetes
2 103 (4.69%) Terraform
3 45 (2.05%) Ansible
4 23 (1.05%) Argo
5 19 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 18 (0.82%) Kibana
7 17 (0.77%) Grafana
8 7 (0.32%) Progress Chef
8 7 (0.32%) Puppet
9 6 (0.27%) logstash
9 6 (0.27%) SCCM
10 5 (0.23%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.14%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.14%) Istio
12 3 (0.14%) linkerd
12 3 (0.14%) Mesos
12 3 (0.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 397 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 95 (4.32%) Oracle
3 87 (3.96%) Google
4 69 (3.14%) Databricks
5 66 (3.00%) SAP
6 60 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 53 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 51 (2.32%) Adobe
9 36 (1.64%) Atlassian
10 25 (1.14%) Guidewire
10 25 (1.14%) Informatica
11 24 (1.09%) Splunk
12 19 (0.86%) Dynatrace
13 18 (0.82%) Talend
14 17 (0.77%) MuleSoft
15 16 (0.73%) IBM
15 16 (0.73%) Red Hat
15 16 (0.73%) Software AG
15 16 (0.73%) VMware
15 16 (0.73%) Workday