Agile Job Trends in Scotland

Agile Software Development
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 347 482 1,177
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 12.76% 18.70% 37.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.97% 20.13% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 68 145 523
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,439
25th Percentile £54,516 £51,168 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,665 £60,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -8.19% +4.56%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,535
90th Percentile £85,700 £88,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

All Process & 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 2,173 2,395 2,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.89% 92.90% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,005 1,817
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,808 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,950 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Agile job vacancy trend in Scotland

Agile
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

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 12 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
Edinburgh -2 259 £70,079 +4.59% 57
Glasgow -15 36 £65,000 +8.33% 20
West Lothian -9 10 £65,000 +4.00% 3
Stirling - 7 £77,000 - 1
Fife +5 6 £75,900 +68.67% 4
West Dunbartonshire - 6 - - 1
South Ayrshire - 5 £85,700 -
East Ayrshire 0 4 £85,700 +47.76%
North Lanarkshire -13 4 - - 4
Midlothian - 3 - - 33
Lanarkshire -6 2 - - 19
Moray - 1 - -
Dunbartonshire - 1 - - 1
Agile
UK

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 19 (5.48%) Confluence
2 17 (4.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 11 (3.17%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.58%) CICS
5 2 (0.58%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.29%) WildFly
Applications
1 12 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.59%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.15%) Oracle Smart View
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 45 (12.97%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (5.19%) Workday HCM
3 8 (2.31%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (2.31%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (2.31%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (2.31%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (2.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.15%) Hyperion Planning
4 4 (1.15%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.86%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 209 (60.23%) Azure
2 142 (40.92%) Azure DevOps
3 96 (27.67%) GitHub
4 73 (21.04%) GitHub Copilot
4 73 (21.04%) Snowflake
5 48 (13.83%) Entra ID
6 44 (12.68%) Power Platform
7 43 (12.39%) AWS
7 43 (12.39%) dbt
8 41 (11.82%) OCI
9 36 (10.37%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (7.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (5.48%) Azure Key Vault
12 17 (4.90%) SaaS
13 12 (3.46%) Salesforce Einstein
14 10 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (2.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (2.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 10 (2.88%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (2.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.34%) Broadband
2 4 (1.15%) Firewall
2 4 (1.15%) LAN
2 4 (1.15%) WAN
3 3 (0.86%) BGP
3 3 (0.86%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.86%) MPLS
3 3 (0.86%) RS-232
3 3 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (0.86%) Wireless
4 1 (0.29%) HTTP
4 1 (0.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.68%) Data Warehouse
1 44 (12.68%) Power BI
2 29 (8.36%) Tableau
3 14 (4.03%) Snowflake Schema
4 11 (3.17%) Metadata
5 7 (2.02%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.44%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.15%) Essbase
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.86%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.58%) DB2
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 76 (21.90%) JIRA
2 55 (15.85%) Oracle Forms
3 52 (14.99%) Jenkins
4 20 (5.76%) Git
5 15 (4.32%) GitLab
5 15 (4.32%) SonarQube
6 12 (3.46%) ER Studio
6 12 (3.46%) ERwin
7 6 (1.73%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.58%) JUnit
8 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.29%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.29%) JMeter
9 1 (0.29%) jMock
9 1 (0.29%) Locust
9 1 (0.29%) Selenium
9 1 (0.29%) TestNG
General
1 243 (70.03%) Finance
2 88 (25.36%) Social Skills
3 85 (24.50%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.66%) Marketing
5 24 (6.92%) Games
6 19 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.17%) Legal
8 10 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.88%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.02%) Banking
9 7 (2.02%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.73%) Billing
10 6 (1.73%) Local Government
11 5 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.15%) Front Office
12 4 (1.15%) Retail
12 4 (1.15%) Tech for Good
13 3 (0.86%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 112 (32.28%) Senior
2 59 (17.00%) Analyst
3 48 (13.83%) Applications Engineer
4 37 (10.66%) Cloud Engineer
5 32 (9.22%) Architect
6 26 (7.49%) Business Analyst
7 20 (5.76%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 19 (5.48%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (5.19%) Developer
10 16 (4.61%) Software Engineer
11 14 (4.03%) Salesforce Architect
11 14 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (3.46%) Data Modeller
12 12 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.88%) Applications Support
13 10 (2.88%) Lead
14 9 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.59%) Technical Architect
15 8 (2.31%) Oracle Analyst
15 8 (2.31%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (19.02%) SOAP
2 47 (13.54%) REST
3 44 (12.68%) RESTful
4 37 (10.66%) Lightning Web Components
5 28 (8.07%) OAuth
6 25 (7.20%) SAML
7 21 (6.05%) JSON
7 21 (6.05%) XML
8 17 (4.90%) OAuth2
9 15 (4.32%) Visualforce
10 13 (3.75%) React
11 11 (3.17%) GraphQL
11 11 (3.17%) OpenAPI
11 11 (3.17%) Swagger
11 11 (3.17%) Web Services
12 10 (2.88%) .NET
13 8 (2.31%) YAML
14 7 (2.02%) Middleware
15 6 (1.73%) Kafka
15 6 (1.73%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 122 (35.16%) Product Ownership
2 70 (20.17%) Cloud Native
3 37 (10.66%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (6.05%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.31%) Low-Code
6 8 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.31%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.15%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.86%) Device Driver
10 2 (0.58%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.58%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.58%) PMI
11 1 (0.29%) BBC
11 1 (0.29%) Fixed Income
11 1 (0.29%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.46%) Windows
2 5 (1.44%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.15%) Linux
4 3 (0.86%) Android
4 3 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (60.81%) Asset Management
2 209 (60.23%) Coaching
3 203 (58.50%) DevOps
4 173 (49.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 150 (43.23%) CI/CD
6 121 (34.87%) AI
7 106 (30.55%) Test Automation
8 96 (27.67%) Roadmaps
9 86 (24.78%) Mentoring
10 82 (23.63%) Analytics
11 72 (20.75%) Data Modelling
12 63 (18.16%) Sprint Planning
13 62 (17.87%) Observability
14 61 (17.58%) Sprint Retrospective
15 58 (16.71%) Clean Code
16 55 (15.85%) Technology Roadmap
17 51 (14.70%) Migration
18 49 (14.12%) Business Intelligence
18 49 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
18 49 (14.12%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 124 (35.73%) SQL
2 117 (33.72%) Python
3 61 (17.58%) PowerShell
4 57 (16.43%) Java
5 37 (10.66%) Apex Code
5 37 (10.66%) PL/SQL
5 37 (10.66%) Shell Script
6 21 (6.05%) C#
7 18 (5.19%) Bash
8 15 (4.32%) SOQL
8 15 (4.32%) SOSL
9 13 (3.75%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.02%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.73%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.44%) Groovy
13 3 (0.86%) C
13 3 (0.86%) C++
13 3 (0.86%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.29%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 33 (9.51%) Degree
2 13 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.31%) ACCA
4 8 (2.31%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.02%) Chartered Engineer
5 7 (2.02%) PMP
6 6 (1.73%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.73%) HND
7 5 (1.44%) CRISC
8 2 (0.58%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.58%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.29%) CBAP
9 1 (0.29%) CIMA
9 1 (0.29%) CISA
9 1 (0.29%) CISM
9 1 (0.29%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.29%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.49%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 11 (3.17%) GDPR
4 7 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.73%) GAAP
5 6 (1.73%) IFRS
5 6 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 6 (1.73%) SLA
6 5 (1.44%) QA
7 1 (0.29%) GRC
7 1 (0.29%) P3O
7 1 (0.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (9.80%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.44%) Docker
5 2 (0.58%) Firmware
5 2 (0.58%) RACF
Systems Management
1 79 (22.77%) Terraform
2 45 (12.97%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.31%) SCCM
5 7 (2.02%) Grafana
6 4 (1.15%) Ansible
6 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 60 (17.29%) Oracle
3 38 (10.95%) Salesforce
4 21 (6.05%) Splunk
5 20 (5.76%) Okta
6 18 (5.19%) Workday
7 15 (4.32%) IBM
8 14 (4.03%) ServiceNow
9 13 (3.75%) SAP
10 9 (2.59%) MuleSoft
11 7 (2.02%) Databricks
11 7 (2.02%) Hyperion
12 6 (1.73%) Adobe
12 6 (1.73%) Freshdesk
12 6 (1.73%) Nintex
13 4 (1.15%) Ab Initio
13 4 (1.15%) Anaplan
13 4 (1.15%) Charles River
13 4 (1.15%) SolarWinds
14 3 (0.86%) F5