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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 15 4
Rank change year-on-year -12 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 343 372 850
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.63% 9.91% 17.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.53% 11.05% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 252 143 385
10th Percentile £42,750 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,563 £44,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Process & 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 5,251 3,368 4,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.83% 89.74% 82.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,724 1,459 2,006
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,520 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% -13.60% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 25 September 2026.

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 25 September 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
Buckinghamshire +42 140 £63,500 +15.45% 106
Berkshire -23 122 £65,000 +13.04% 194
Oxfordshire -14 81 £60,000 +6.67% 96
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 10 (2.92%) Confluence
2 6 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.46%) CMS
4 4 (1.17%) CICS
5 3 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.87%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.87%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.58%) Apache
6 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.58%) WordPress
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) IIS
7 1 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.46%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.58%) EPLAN
4 2 (0.58%) Lightworks
4 2 (0.58%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (4.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.58%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Finacle
4 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.29%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 138 (40.23%) Azure
2 113 (32.94%) AWS
3 37 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (9.33%) Serverless
5 31 (9.04%) SaaS
6 27 (7.87%) Power Platform
7 25 (7.29%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (7.29%) GitHub
8 17 (4.96%) Amazon ECS
8 17 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (4.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 15 (4.37%) Amazon S3
10 15 (4.37%) GCP
11 14 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (3.79%) IaaS
13 11 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (3.21%) Google Analytics
14 10 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.50%) DNS
2 4 (1.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.58%) DHCP
3 2 (0.58%) HTTP
3 2 (0.58%) MQTT
3 2 (0.58%) SMS
3 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.58%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.29%) ATM
4 1 (0.29%) Intranet
4 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 26 (7.58%) MongoDB
2 26 (7.58%) SQL Server
3 24 (7.00%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (6.12%) Relational Database
5 20 (5.83%) Power BI
6 17 (4.96%) Metadata
7 13 (3.79%) NoSQL
8 12 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (3.21%) DynamoDB
9 11 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (2.62%) Amazon QuickSight
10 9 (2.62%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (2.62%) Star Schema
11 6 (1.75%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.46%) Db2
13 4 (1.17%) GIS
13 4 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
14 3 (0.87%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 45 (13.12%) Git
2 29 (8.45%) JIRA
3 24 (7.00%) GitLab
3 24 (7.00%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.62%) Cucumber
4 9 (2.62%) JMeter
4 9 (2.62%) JUnit
5 8 (2.33%) Mockito
5 8 (2.33%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.04%) Yeoman
7 6 (1.75%) Postman
8 5 (1.46%) Selenium
9 4 (1.17%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.17%) ChangeMan
10 3 (0.87%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.87%) Eclipse RCP
10 3 (0.87%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.58%) Maven
11 2 (0.58%) Mocha
General
1 99 (28.86%) Social Skills
2 76 (22.16%) Finance
3 46 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.20%) Public Sector
5 30 (8.75%) Law
6 25 (7.29%) Retail
7 24 (7.00%) Influencing Skills
7 24 (7.00%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.96%) Marketing
9 14 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.62%) Advertising
11 8 (2.33%) Banking
12 7 (2.04%) Local Government
12 7 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.75%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.75%) Electronics
13 6 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.46%) Automotive
14 5 (1.46%) Legal
14 5 (1.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (24.78%) Developer
2 83 (24.20%) Senior
3 36 (10.50%) Software Engineer
4 33 (9.62%) Architect
5 31 (9.04%) .NET Developer
6 27 (7.87%) Senior Developer
7 22 (6.41%) Analyst
7 22 (6.41%) Lead
8 21 (6.12%) Project Manager
9 19 (5.54%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (4.96%) Java Developer
11 15 (4.37%) Full-Stack Developer
12 14 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.79%) Senior Manager
13 13 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (3.50%) Python Engineer
15 11 (3.21%) C# Software Engineer
15 11 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.21%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (18.08%) .NET
2 53 (15.45%) React
3 42 (12.24%) REST
4 32 (9.33%) Node.js
5 31 (9.04%) .NET Core
6 29 (8.45%) ASP.NET
7 28 (8.16%) ASP.NET Core
8 27 (7.87%) HTML
8 27 (7.87%) JSON
9 26 (7.58%) Terraform
10 23 (6.71%) RESTful
11 19 (5.54%) AngularJS
11 19 (5.54%) Blazor
11 19 (5.54%) Spring
12 18 (5.25%) .NET Framework
12 18 (5.25%) Spring Boot
12 18 (5.25%) XML
13 17 (4.96%) CSS
14 15 (4.37%) Vue
14 15 (4.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.70%) Product Ownership
2 38 (11.08%) Cloud Native
3 34 (9.91%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.54%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.62%) Life Science
8 7 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.75%) NHS
9 6 (1.75%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.17%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.17%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.17%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.17%) Social Network
11 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.17%) VSAM
12 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.00%) Windows
2 17 (4.96%) Linux
3 4 (1.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.17%) zOS
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (30.61%) DevOps
2 103 (30.03%) CI/CD
3 81 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (22.74%) Scrum
5 72 (20.99%) Software Engineering
6 66 (19.24%) Microservices
7 64 (18.66%) Mentoring
8 62 (18.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (17.49%) Decision-Making
10 58 (16.91%) AI
11 53 (15.45%) Computer Science
11 53 (15.45%) Full-Stack Development
12 47 (13.70%) Test Automation
13 46 (13.41%) Analytics
14 44 (12.83%) Stakeholder Management
14 44 (12.83%) TDD
15 43 (12.54%) Data Modelling
16 42 (12.24%) Containerisation
17 39 (11.37%) Roadmaps
18 37 (10.79%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (28.57%) C#
2 85 (24.78%) SQL
3 68 (19.83%) Python
4 45 (13.12%) JavaScript
5 41 (11.95%) Java
6 32 (9.33%) TypeScript
7 22 (6.41%) C++
8 12 (3.50%) PowerShell
9 11 (3.21%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.33%) Groovy
11 7 (2.04%) Bash
12 5 (1.46%) ABAP
12 5 (1.46%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.46%) C
12 5 (1.46%) COBOL
13 4 (1.17%) JCL
13 4 (1.17%) Perl
13 4 (1.17%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.29%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 109 (31.78%) Degree
2 35 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (9.04%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.37%) ICAEW
6 14 (4.08%) Master's Degree
7 13 (3.79%) PMP
8 12 (3.50%) PMI Certification
9 11 (3.21%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.75%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.75%) PhD
11 5 (1.46%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.58%) CSQA
13 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.58%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.29%) CCNA
14 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (13.41%) QA
2 26 (7.58%) Data Quality
3 21 (6.12%) Accessibility
4 14 (4.08%) GDPR
5 9 (2.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.75%) PMO
6 6 (1.75%) WCAG
7 5 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.46%) NIST
8 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.29%) MISRA
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) SLA
10 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (13.99%) Docker
2 6 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (18.37%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.79%) Ansible
3 12 (3.50%) Kibana
4 4 (1.17%) CA Endevor
4 4 (1.17%) Grafana
4 4 (1.17%) Packer
4 4 (1.17%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.58%) Argo
6 2 (0.58%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.58%) Istio
6 2 (0.58%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 90 (26.24%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.25%) Google
3 14 (4.08%) Salesforce
4 12 (3.50%) CA Agile Central
4 12 (3.50%) SAP
5 9 (2.62%) AppDynamics
5 9 (2.62%) IBM
5 9 (2.62%) Informatica
5 9 (2.62%) Oracle
5 9 (2.62%) Talend
6 8 (2.33%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.33%) Splunk
7 7 (2.04%) Adobe
7 7 (2.04%) Facebook
7 7 (2.04%) YouTube
8 5 (1.46%) New Relic
9 4 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.87%) Databricks
10 3 (0.87%) Pega
10 3 (0.87%) Sitecore