Agile Jobs in Scotland

Agile Software Development
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 604 3,093 1,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.72% 45.92% 32.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.43% 49.49% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 243 471 810
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,375 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,840 £73,818 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,253 £91,934 £90,749
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,693 6,250 4,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.38% 92.80% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 2,418 2,230
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,499
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Agile in Scotland

Agile
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 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
Edinburgh -3 243 £71,991 +19.49% 124
Glasgow +2 112 £66,250 +10.42% 117
Lanarkshire +8 52 £75,000 +63.04% 18
Fife 0 37 £47,683 +11.28% 4
East Ayrshire -8 28 £47,683 +61.64% 3
South Ayrshire - 26 £47,683 - 1
Moray - 25 £47,683 - 1
North Lanarkshire - 20 £51,000 - 5
West Lothian +5 11 - - 11
Renfrewshire -6 10 - - 72
South Lanarkshire +1 8 - - 7
Stirling - 5 - - 4
Aberdeen +2 4 £50,000 - 18
Dundee +7 2 £52,500 +13.51% 8
Falkirk - 2 - - 6
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Clackmannanshire +1 1 - -
Inverclyde -10 1 - -
Strathclyde - 1 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 14
Ayrshire - 1 - - 3
North Ayrshire - 1 - -
Agile
UK

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 64 (10.60%) Confluence
2 15 (2.48%) Oracle Application Server
3 5 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.66%) Apache
4 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.50%) CICS
5 3 (0.50%) CMS
5 3 (0.50%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 122 (20.20%) AWS
2 117 (19.37%) Azure
3 95 (15.73%) GCP
4 33 (5.46%) SaaS
5 15 (2.48%) GitHub
6 9 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.32%) OpenShift
7 8 (1.32%) Serverless
8 7 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.16%) Snowflake
9 6 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.83%) Amazon S3
10 5 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.66%) CloudBees
11 4 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.49%) Internet
2 5 (0.83%) Firewall
2 5 (0.83%) SSL
3 4 (0.66%) HTTP
4 3 (0.50%) FTP
4 3 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.17%) LAN
5 1 (0.17%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (0.17%) Modbus
5 1 (0.17%) MQTT
5 1 (0.17%) Multicast
5 1 (0.17%) Network Security
5 1 (0.17%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.17%) RTP
5 1 (0.17%) RTSP
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (11.59%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (3.15%) NoSQL
3 15 (2.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.48%) MongoDB
3 15 (2.48%) Oracle Reports
4 14 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.82%) Tableau
6 7 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.99%) DB2
8 5 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.83%) Metadata
8 5 (0.83%) MS Access
8 5 (0.83%) MySQL
9 4 (0.66%) Power BI
10 3 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.50%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.50%) OLAP
10 3 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 79 (13.08%) JIRA
2 57 (9.44%) GitLab
3 52 (8.61%) Selenium
4 51 (8.44%) Maven
4 51 (8.44%) SonarQube
5 49 (8.11%) Bitbucket
5 49 (8.11%) Cucumber
5 49 (8.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 22 (3.64%) Git
7 16 (2.65%) Jenkins
8 13 (2.15%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.99%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.99%) JUnit
10 5 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.66%) Xcode
11 4 (0.66%) XCTest
12 3 (0.50%) webpack
12 3 (0.50%) XCUITest
13 2 (0.33%) Checkstyle
13 2 (0.33%) Mockito
General
1 296 (49.01%) Finance
2 186 (30.79%) Banking
3 121 (20.03%) Social Skills
4 91 (15.07%) Presentation Skills
5 71 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (9.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (6.13%) Public Sector
8 32 (5.30%) Local Government
9 30 (4.97%) Legal
10 26 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.98%) Marketing
13 16 (2.65%) Military
14 10 (1.66%) Games
15 7 (1.16%) Electronics
15 7 (1.16%) Law
16 4 (0.66%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.50%) Agriculture
17 3 (0.50%) Publishing
17 3 (0.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 163 (26.99%) Senior
2 117 (19.37%) Software Engineer
3 92 (15.23%) Systems Engineer
4 62 (10.26%) Developer
5 46 (7.62%) Designer
6 44 (7.28%) Lead
7 43 (7.12%) Architect
7 43 (7.12%) Senior Designer
7 43 (7.12%) Senior UX Designer
7 43 (7.12%) UX Designer
8 40 (6.62%) Analyst
9 35 (5.79%) Senior Manager
9 35 (5.79%) Senior Software Engineer
10 33 (5.46%) Audit Manager
10 33 (5.46%) Senior Audit Manager
11 20 (3.31%) Senior Developer
12 18 (2.98%) Java Developer
13 17 (2.81%) Business Analyst
13 17 (2.81%) UX Developer
14 15 (2.48%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (13.91%) React
2 79 (13.08%) CSS
2 79 (13.08%) HTML
2 79 (13.08%) Spring
3 76 (12.58%) Spring Boot
4 73 (12.09%) Kafka
5 54 (8.94%) Hibernate
5 54 (8.94%) Redux
6 51 (8.44%) JPA
7 38 (6.29%) .NET
8 20 (3.31%) AngularJS
8 20 (3.31%) RESTful
9 15 (2.48%) .NET Framework
10 12 (1.99%) .NET Core
11 11 (1.82%) REST
12 10 (1.66%) Node.js
13 7 (1.16%) Playwright
14 6 (0.99%) Middleware
14 6 (0.99%) OAuth
14 6 (0.99%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 83 (13.74%) Product Ownership
2 50 (8.28%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.48%) Algorithms
4 13 (2.15%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.15%) Private Cloud
4 13 (2.15%) Public Cloud
5 12 (1.99%) Learning Management System
6 10 (1.66%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.49%) Credit Risk
8 7 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.83%) Hackathon
9 5 (0.83%) Mainframe
9 5 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (0.66%) Clustering
10 4 (0.66%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.66%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.66%) Wiki
11 3 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.81%) Linux
2 9 (1.49%) Unix
3 6 (0.99%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (0.99%) Windows
3 6 (0.99%) zOS
4 5 (0.83%) Solaris
5 3 (0.50%) Android
6 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (28.15%) Software Engineering
2 169 (27.98%) DevOps
3 137 (22.68%) CI/CD
4 132 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 122 (20.20%) Microservices
6 104 (17.22%) Systems Engineering
7 95 (15.73%) Roadmaps
8 94 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
9 93 (15.40%) Project Management
10 90 (14.90%) UML
11 89 (14.74%) Test Automation
12 88 (14.57%) MODAF
12 88 (14.57%) SysML
13 83 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 80 (13.25%) TDD
15 77 (12.75%) SDLC
15 77 (12.75%) User Experience
16 72 (11.92%) Full-Stack Development
17 70 (11.59%) Coaching
18 69 (11.42%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 144 (23.84%) Java
2 112 (18.54%) SQL
3 88 (14.57%) MATLAB
4 87 (14.40%) JavaScript
5 59 (9.77%) Python
6 44 (7.28%) C#
7 35 (5.79%) TypeScript
8 22 (3.64%) C++
9 14 (2.32%) C
10 13 (2.15%) Go
11 8 (1.32%) Kotlin
11 8 (1.32%) Rust
12 6 (0.99%) Bash
12 6 (0.99%) PHP
12 6 (0.99%) Swift
13 5 (0.83%) VBA
14 3 (0.50%) Scala
15 2 (0.33%) Elixir
15 2 (0.33%) JCL
15 2 (0.33%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 137 (22.68%) Degree
2 95 (15.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (4.80%) ACCA
4 16 (2.65%) Master's Degree
5 15 (2.48%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.15%) PhD
7 6 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.66%) CISA
8 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.66%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.50%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.50%) CBAP
9 3 (0.50%) PMP
10 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.33%) CCNA
10 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.33%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (10.76%) Accessibility
2 64 (10.60%) QA
3 29 (4.80%) GAAP
3 29 (4.80%) IFRS
4 20 (3.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (2.32%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.16%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.83%) GDPR
7 5 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.66%) SEPA
9 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.33%) PMO
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.17%) JTAG
11 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.17%) TARGET2
System Software
1 93 (15.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.17%) Firmware
2 1 (0.17%) NDS
2 1 (0.17%) RACF
2 1 (0.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 93 (15.40%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.48%) Terraform
3 7 (1.16%) Grafana
4 6 (0.99%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) Argo
5 1 (0.17%) CA Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.17%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (8.11%) Solace
2 38 (6.29%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.30%) Oracle
4 23 (3.81%) Google
5 14 (2.32%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.99%) IBM
7 6 (0.99%) Red Hat
7 6 (0.99%) SAP
8 4 (0.66%) Adobe
8 4 (0.66%) Blue Prism
8 4 (0.66%) Fortinet
8 4 (0.66%) IBM Sterling
8 4 (0.66%) Splunk
8 4 (0.66%) UiPath
9 3 (0.50%) Cisco
9 3 (0.50%) Databricks
9 3 (0.50%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.50%) F5
9 3 (0.50%) Informatica
9 3 (0.50%) Workday