Agile Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Agile Software Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 355 769 739
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 9.93% 17.76% 21.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.47% 21.03% 23.09%
Number of salaries quoted 147 345 560
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £37,950
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,500 £91,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,094 3,656 3,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.55% 84.45% 93.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,617 1,769 2,224
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,613
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,106 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Agile job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Agile
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
Berkshire -12 238 £55,000 -18.52% 164
Buckinghamshire -19 62 £55,000 +8.91% 105
Oxfordshire -10 55 £62,500 +38.89% 82
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (5.63%) Confluence
2 12 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.82%) CMS
3 10 (2.82%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (2.54%) IIS
5 7 (1.97%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.13%) JBoss
6 4 (1.13%) Red Hat Fuse
7 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.28%) SAS
9 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.97%) MadCap Flare
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.56%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.85%) Shopify
3 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 144 (40.56%) Azure
2 106 (29.86%) AWS
3 50 (14.08%) GCP
4 31 (8.73%) Serverless
5 30 (8.45%) Vertex AI
6 26 (7.32%) Amazon ECS
6 26 (7.32%) Amazon EKS
7 23 (6.48%) Amazon EC2
8 21 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (4.79%) SaaS
10 15 (4.23%) Azure AI
10 15 (4.23%) GitHub
11 12 (3.38%) Amazon S3
11 12 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (3.10%) Power Platform
13 10 (2.82%) Google Analytics
14 9 (2.54%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (2.54%) iPaaS
14 9 (2.54%) PaaS
15 7 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.92%) Firewall
2 19 (5.35%) SAN
3 15 (4.23%) VLAN
4 10 (2.82%) LAN
4 10 (2.82%) WAN
4 10 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.97%) DNS
6 5 (1.41%) DHCP
6 5 (1.41%) NAS
6 5 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.41%) Wireless
7 2 (0.56%) FTP
7 2 (0.56%) HTTP
7 2 (0.56%) SMTP
7 2 (0.56%) SSH
8 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.28%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.70%) Data Lake
2 31 (8.73%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (7.32%) Relational Database
4 19 (5.35%) NoSQL
4 19 (5.35%) RDBMS
5 18 (5.07%) SQL Server
6 15 (4.23%) Data Mining
7 14 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (3.10%) MySQL
9 9 (2.54%) Big Data
10 8 (2.25%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.97%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.41%) Power BI
14 4 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.13%) Metadata
15 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
15 2 (0.56%) Metadata Repository
15 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 41 (11.55%) JIRA
2 35 (9.86%) Git
3 33 (9.30%) Jenkins
4 25 (7.04%) JUnit
5 21 (5.92%) Mockito
6 19 (5.35%) JMeter
7 12 (3.38%) Selenium
8 10 (2.82%) WebDriver
9 8 (2.25%) Postman
10 7 (1.97%) SoapUI
10 7 (1.97%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.41%) git-flow
11 5 (1.41%) NUnit
11 5 (1.41%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.41%) TeamCity
12 4 (1.13%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.13%) GitLab
12 4 (1.13%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.56%) Vagrant
General
1 184 (51.83%) Social Skills
2 101 (28.45%) Law
3 90 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (19.72%) Finance
5 37 (10.42%) Public Sector
6 36 (10.14%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (9.30%) Marketing
8 28 (7.89%) Legal
8 28 (7.89%) Retail
9 25 (7.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 14 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (3.10%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.97%) Banking
14 6 (1.69%) Games
15 4 (1.13%) Automotive
16 3 (0.85%) Tech for Good
17 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 112 (31.55%) Senior
2 71 (20.00%) Developer
3 62 (17.46%) Lead
4 46 (12.96%) Full-Stack Developer
5 30 (8.45%) Java Developer
6 26 (7.32%) Senior Developer
7 23 (6.48%) Product Manager
7 23 (6.48%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (6.20%) Senior Manager
9 19 (5.35%) Analyst
10 18 (5.07%) Software Engineer
11 17 (4.79%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 16 (4.51%) Product Delivery Manager
13 15 (4.23%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 14 (3.94%) Full-Stack Web Developer
14 14 (3.94%) Project Manager
14 14 (3.94%) Senior Web Developer
14 14 (3.94%) Web Developer
15 13 (3.66%) Architect
16 10 (2.82%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (14.37%) HTML
2 41 (11.55%) .NET
3 36 (10.14%) React
3 36 (10.14%) REST
4 31 (8.73%) Spring Boot
5 30 (8.45%) Spring
6 28 (7.89%) Web Services
7 27 (7.61%) CSS
7 27 (7.61%) RESTful
8 23 (6.48%) Apache Camel
8 23 (6.48%) XML
9 22 (6.20%) JSON
10 21 (5.92%) ActiveMQ
10 21 (5.92%) Hibernate
11 20 (5.63%) jQuery
12 19 (5.35%) Node.js
12 19 (5.35%) SOAP
12 19 (5.35%) WireMock
13 17 (4.79%) Kafka
14 13 (3.66%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.58%) Life Science
2 31 (8.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (7.61%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (6.76%) Product Ownership
5 19 (5.35%) Cloud Native
6 16 (4.51%) AI Agents
7 15 (4.23%) Algorithms
7 15 (4.23%) Management Information System
8 13 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.38%) Replication
10 10 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.97%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.41%) IoT
12 5 (1.41%) Online Games
12 5 (1.41%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.85%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.85%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 2 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.32%) Windows
2 15 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.66%) Linux
4 5 (1.41%) Unix
5 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.56%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.56%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (31.55%) Analytics
1 112 (31.55%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (28.45%) Data Science
3 100 (28.17%) Machine Learning
4 96 (27.04%) Roadmaps
5 87 (24.51%) DevOps
6 83 (23.38%) CI/CD
7 78 (21.97%) AI
8 60 (16.90%) Use Case
9 56 (15.77%) Computer Science
9 56 (15.77%) Generative AI
10 54 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (15.21%) Full-Stack Development
11 51 (14.37%) Actionable Insight
12 50 (14.08%) Scrum
13 47 (13.24%) Thought Leadership
14 45 (12.68%) User Experience
15 41 (11.55%) Microservices
16 39 (10.99%) Change Management
17 37 (10.42%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 60 (16.90%) JavaScript
2 56 (15.77%) Java
3 54 (15.21%) Python
4 48 (13.52%) SQL
5 40 (11.27%) C#
6 20 (5.63%) Shell Script
7 18 (5.07%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.41%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.41%) C++
8 5 (1.41%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.85%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.85%) Ruby
10 2 (0.56%) C
10 2 (0.56%) Groovy
10 2 (0.56%) Perl
10 2 (0.56%) SOQL
11 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 102 (28.73%) Degree
2 43 (12.11%) Master's Degree
2 43 (12.11%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (7.61%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.92%) PhD
6 10 (2.82%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.82%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.54%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 4 (1.13%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.13%) PMP
9 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.28%) CISM
11 1 (0.28%) CISSP
11 1 (0.28%) CRISC
11 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.68%) QA
2 21 (5.92%) GxP
3 18 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.94%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (2.82%) GDPR
6 7 (1.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.97%) SLA
7 6 (1.69%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.13%) WCAG
9 3 (0.85%) PMO
10 2 (0.56%) ECSS
11 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.28%) COBIT
11 1 (0.28%) GAAP
11 1 (0.28%) IFRS
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.28%) NIST
11 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (15.21%) Docker
2 20 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.35%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.25%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.41%) vSphere
6 3 (0.85%) vCloud
7 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.56%) Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (13.52%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.35%) Kibana
3 15 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.94%) SCCM
5 10 (2.82%) Terraform
6 7 (1.97%) Ansible
7 3 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.85%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.56%) Grafana
8 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.28%) SCOM
9 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 71 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 59 (16.62%) Google
3 24 (6.76%) VMware
4 19 (5.35%) Dynatrace
4 19 (5.35%) Splunk
5 15 (4.23%) Foundry
5 15 (4.23%) OpenAI
6 12 (3.38%) SAP
7 10 (2.82%) arcserve
8 7 (1.97%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.69%) Databricks
10 5 (1.41%) LogicMonitor
10 5 (1.41%) Oracle
10 5 (1.41%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.41%) Rollbar
10 5 (1.41%) Sage
10 5 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.41%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.41%) Zoho
11 4 (1.13%) Apple