Agile Jobs in the Thames Valley

Agile Software Development
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 447 1,162 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.46% 16.43% 23.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.62% 19.94% 25.04%
Number of salaries quoted 141 642 764
10th Percentile £38,375 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £89,700
South East median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -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 3,281 5,828 5,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.47% 82.41% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,369 3,842 2,978
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £87,500
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

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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 -3 336 £67,500 - 195
Oxfordshire -10 77 £50,000 -2.00% 97
Buckinghamshire -55 34 £54,000 - 78
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 21 (4.70%) CMS
2 15 (3.36%) Confluence
3 13 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (2.68%) JBoss
4 12 (2.68%) Red Hat Fuse
5 10 (2.24%) Exchange Server 2013
6 9 (2.01%) Apache Spark
7 6 (1.34%) IIS
7 6 (1.34%) OpenStack
7 6 (1.34%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.22%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.22%) Strapi
8 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.89%) MadCap Flare
1 4 (0.89%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.45%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 154 (34.45%) Azure
2 128 (28.64%) AWS
3 48 (10.74%) GCP
4 46 (10.29%) Serverless
5 42 (9.40%) Vertex AI
6 40 (8.95%) Amazon ECS
7 39 (8.72%) Amazon EKS
8 29 (6.49%) Amazon EC2
9 22 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (4.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 20 (4.47%) Amazon S3
11 20 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (4.47%) SaaS
12 15 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (3.36%) PaaS
13 14 (3.13%) Azure AI
13 14 (3.13%) Power Platform
13 14 (3.13%) Salsify
14 13 (2.91%) Amazon SQS
15 12 (2.68%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.92%) Firewall
2 14 (3.13%) SAN
3 12 (2.68%) WAN
4 10 (2.24%) LAN
4 10 (2.24%) VLAN
4 10 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.89%) DNS
5 4 (0.89%) SSL
6 2 (0.45%) Broadband
6 2 (0.45%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.45%) FTP
6 2 (0.45%) HTTP
6 2 (0.45%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.45%) SMTP
6 2 (0.45%) SSH
6 2 (0.45%) VPN
7 1 (0.22%) Internet
7 1 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.22%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (12.53%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (11.19%) Data Lake
3 40 (8.95%) Relational Database
4 39 (8.72%) Data Mining
4 39 (8.72%) SQL Server
5 22 (4.92%) NoSQL
6 18 (4.03%) RDBMS
7 14 (3.13%) Metadata
8 12 (2.68%) MySQL
8 12 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.01%) Big Data
10 9 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (2.01%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.79%) MongoDB
11 8 (1.79%) Power BI
12 7 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.34%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 57 (12.75%) Jenkins
2 55 (12.30%) Git
3 43 (9.62%) JUnit
4 35 (7.83%) JIRA
5 28 (6.26%) Mockito
6 20 (4.47%) Visual Studio
7 18 (4.03%) JMeter
8 16 (3.58%) SonarQube
9 14 (3.13%) GitLab
9 14 (3.13%) Maven
10 11 (2.46%) Selenium
11 9 (2.01%) Bitbucket Server
12 8 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
13 7 (1.57%) Bitbucket
13 7 (1.57%) Cucumber
13 7 (1.57%) NUnit
13 7 (1.57%) TeamCity
14 6 (1.34%) DbUnit
14 6 (1.34%) Jasmine
14 6 (1.34%) jMock
General
1 236 (52.80%) Social Skills
2 200 (44.74%) Law
3 159 (35.57%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (20.13%) Finance
5 70 (15.66%) Retail
6 64 (14.32%) Marketing
7 53 (11.86%) Legal
8 44 (9.84%) Influencing Skills
9 43 (9.62%) Public Sector
10 18 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.46%) Banking
13 7 (1.57%) Tech for Good
14 6 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.12%) Games
16 3 (0.67%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.67%) Publishing
17 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
17 1 (0.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 142 (31.77%) Senior
2 94 (21.03%) Lead
3 91 (20.36%) Developer
4 50 (11.19%) Java Developer
5 38 (8.50%) Architect
6 33 (7.38%) Senior Manager
7 32 (7.16%) Product Manager
8 26 (5.82%) Software Engineer
9 23 (5.15%) Salesforce Architect
10 21 (4.70%) Enterprise Architect
10 21 (4.70%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (3.36%) Senior Developer
12 12 (2.68%) Analyst
12 12 (2.68%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 12 (2.68%) Portal Developer
12 12 (2.68%) Product Delivery Manager
12 12 (2.68%) Software Developer
13 10 (2.24%) 3rd Line Support Technician
13 10 (2.24%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.24%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (17.00%) REST
2 56 (12.53%) Spring
3 55 (12.30%) React
3 55 (12.30%) Spring Boot
4 48 (10.74%) SOAP
5 44 (9.84%) .NET
6 43 (9.62%) Web Services
7 38 (8.50%) HTML
8 34 (7.61%) Hibernate
9 30 (6.71%) Apache Camel
9 30 (6.71%) RESTful
10 29 (6.49%) JSON
10 29 (6.49%) XML
11 28 (6.26%) AngularJS
12 27 (6.04%) Kafka
13 26 (5.82%) ActiveMQ
14 24 (5.37%) Lightning Web Components
15 21 (4.70%) CSS
15 21 (4.70%) Middleware
16 19 (4.25%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.08%) Product Ownership
2 47 (10.51%) Algorithms
3 41 (9.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 40 (8.95%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (6.71%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (5.82%) Management Information System
7 23 (5.15%) Cloud Native
8 19 (4.25%) FMCG
9 18 (4.03%) PMI
10 17 (3.80%) Mobile App
11 14 (3.13%) Taxonomies
12 12 (2.68%) AI Agents
12 12 (2.68%) Replication
13 11 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (2.24%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.34%) Data Structures
15 6 (1.34%) Virtual Team
16 5 (1.12%) IoT
16 5 (1.12%) Online Games
17 4 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.92%) Windows
2 21 (4.70%) Linux
3 15 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.34%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.89%) Android
5 4 (0.89%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.89%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.89%) Unix
6 2 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.45%) VMS
7 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (40.27%) DevOps
2 153 (34.23%) Problem-Solving
3 137 (30.65%) Analytics
4 121 (27.07%) Roadmaps
5 117 (26.17%) Machine Learning
6 113 (25.28%) Data Science
7 107 (23.94%) CI/CD
8 104 (23.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 99 (22.15%) Artificial Intelligence
10 86 (19.24%) Microservices
11 78 (17.45%) Customer-Centricity
11 78 (17.45%) Product Management
11 78 (17.45%) Scrum
12 66 (14.77%) TDD
13 63 (14.09%) Generative AI
13 63 (14.09%) Thought Leadership
14 61 (13.65%) Use Case
15 60 (13.42%) Actionable Insight
15 60 (13.42%) Data Engineering
16 59 (13.20%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 74 (16.55%) SQL
2 72 (16.11%) JavaScript
3 65 (14.54%) Java
4 56 (12.53%) Python
5 29 (6.49%) C#
6 24 (5.37%) Apex Code
7 23 (5.15%) Shell Script
8 17 (3.80%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.79%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.57%) Ruby
11 6 (1.34%) Go
12 3 (0.67%) Groovy
12 3 (0.67%) Perl
12 3 (0.67%) PHP
13 2 (0.45%) Bicep
13 2 (0.45%) C++
13 2 (0.45%) Rust
13 2 (0.45%) SOQL
14 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 70 (15.66%) Degree
2 46 (10.29%) PMI Certification
3 44 (9.84%) Security Cleared
4 39 (8.72%) Master's Degree
5 35 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (7.16%) SC Cleared
7 28 (6.26%) PMP
8 15 (3.36%) Azure Certification
9 11 (2.46%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.57%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.22%) HNC
13 1 (0.22%) HND
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.50%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.25%) QA
3 14 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 14 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.91%) SLA
5 10 (2.24%) GDPR
6 9 (2.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.57%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.67%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.45%) GxP
10 1 (0.22%) CDISC
10 1 (0.22%) GAAP
10 1 (0.22%) GMP
10 1 (0.22%) IFRS
10 1 (0.22%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (17.45%) Docker
2 15 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.45%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.45%) Firmware
6 2 (0.45%) Postfix
6 2 (0.45%) vCloud
7 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 69 (15.44%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.82%) Terraform
3 24 (5.37%) Ansible
4 18 (4.03%) Kibana
5 15 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (3.13%) SCCM
7 8 (1.79%) Grafana
7 8 (1.79%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.89%) Nessus
8 4 (0.89%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.67%) Puppet
10 2 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.45%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.22%) Packer
11 1 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 103 (23.04%) Microsoft
2 69 (15.44%) Google
3 37 (8.28%) Salesforce
4 30 (6.71%) OpenAI
5 25 (5.59%) SAP
6 21 (4.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 20 (4.47%) Workday
8 19 (4.25%) Concur
9 18 (4.03%) Dynatrace
9 18 (4.03%) Splunk
9 18 (4.03%) VMware
10 14 (3.13%) Databricks
11 12 (2.68%) Foundry
12 10 (2.24%) arcserve
12 10 (2.24%) Oracle
13 8 (1.79%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.57%) Atlassian
14 7 (1.57%) Rollbar
15 6 (1.34%) PeopleSoft
15 6 (1.34%) Solace