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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 314 501 841
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.39% 14.77% 16.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.30% 15.95% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 153 256 667
10th Percentile £35,595 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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 3,376 3,142 4,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 79.44% 92.66% 87.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,876 1,322 3,239
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,775 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £83,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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
Berkshire -13 177 £55,500 -20.71% 77
Buckinghamshire +10 103 £60,000 -2.44% 50
Oxfordshire -19 34 £70,000 +86.67% 28
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 14 (4.46%) Confluence
2 6 (1.91%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.59%) IIS
4 4 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.64%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.32%) Camunda
6 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (5.10%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.87%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.59%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.32%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.64%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.32%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.32%) Shopify
3 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 66 (21.02%) Azure
2 47 (14.97%) AWS
3 24 (7.64%) GCP
4 22 (7.01%) Serverless
5 19 (6.05%) Power Platform
6 17 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
7 16 (5.10%) Amazon ECS
8 14 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (4.14%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
11 10 (3.18%) Miro
12 9 (2.87%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.87%) GitHub
12 9 (2.87%) SaaS
13 8 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (2.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (2.23%) Figma
14 7 (2.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.23%) Firewall
2 6 (1.91%) DNS
3 5 (1.59%) SAN
3 5 (1.59%) VLAN
4 4 (1.27%) DHCP
4 4 (1.27%) NAS
4 4 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.27%) Wireless
5 3 (0.96%) Broadband
6 2 (0.64%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.64%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.32%) LAN
7 1 (0.32%) WAN
7 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.37%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (6.05%) Relational Database
3 17 (5.41%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.78%) Power BI
5 10 (3.18%) MySQL
6 9 (2.87%) RDBMS
7 7 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.23%) Metadata
8 6 (1.91%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.59%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.27%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.96%) Big Data
11 3 (0.96%) Metadata Repository
12 2 (0.64%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.64%) Tableau
13 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 32 (10.19%) JIRA
2 17 (5.41%) Git
2 17 (5.41%) Selenium
3 16 (5.10%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.78%) WebDriver
5 11 (3.50%) JUnit
5 11 (3.50%) Postman
5 11 (3.50%) SoapUI
5 11 (3.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 10 (3.18%) Mockito
7 9 (2.87%) JMeter
8 6 (1.91%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.91%) GitLab
9 5 (1.59%) Axure RP
9 5 (1.59%) Balsamiq
9 5 (1.59%) git-flow
10 3 (0.96%) Subversion
11 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.64%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.32%) MLflow
General
1 140 (44.59%) Social Skills
2 101 (32.17%) Finance
3 48 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (15.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 39 (12.42%) Public Sector
5 29 (9.24%) Law
6 28 (8.92%) Influencing Skills
7 25 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (5.10%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.87%) Marketing
10 7 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.91%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.27%) Automotive
12 4 (1.27%) Games
12 4 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Banking
13 2 (0.64%) Billing
13 2 (0.64%) Retail
14 1 (0.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 84 (26.75%) Senior
2 63 (20.06%) Lead
3 51 (16.24%) Developer
4 38 (12.10%) Senior Manager
5 31 (9.87%) Analyst
6 24 (7.64%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (7.64%) Project Manager
7 21 (6.69%) Development Manager
8 19 (6.05%) Senior Development Manager
8 19 (6.05%) Senior Project Manager
9 16 (5.10%) Development Project Manager
9 16 (5.10%) Java Developer
9 16 (5.10%) Software Engineer
10 14 (4.46%) Designer
11 12 (3.82%) Associate Director
11 12 (3.82%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.82%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 11 (3.50%) Architect
12 11 (3.50%) Data Analyst
12 11 (3.50%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.33%) .NET
2 35 (11.15%) REST
3 28 (8.92%) HTML
4 25 (7.96%) SOAP
5 22 (7.01%) React
6 18 (5.73%) Spring
6 18 (5.73%) Spring Boot
7 16 (5.10%) Middleware
8 15 (4.78%) Web Services
9 14 (4.46%) JSON
9 14 (4.46%) XML
10 13 (4.14%) Kafka
11 12 (3.82%) ASP.NET
12 11 (3.50%) .NET Framework
12 11 (3.50%) CSS
13 10 (3.18%) Hibernate
13 10 (3.18%) jQuery
14 9 (2.87%) ActiveMQ
14 9 (2.87%) Apache Camel
14 9 (2.87%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 62 (19.75%) Life Science
2 34 (10.83%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (5.73%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (4.46%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.18%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.23%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.59%) Hackathon
11 4 (1.27%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.96%) Biopharmaceutical
12 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.96%) LIMS
12 3 (0.96%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.96%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.64%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.18%) Windows
2 5 (1.59%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.96%) Linux
3 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (24.52%) Analytics
2 74 (23.57%) Computer Science
3 73 (23.25%) Hematology
3 73 (23.25%) Immunology
4 70 (22.29%) CI/CD
5 66 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (19.43%) AI
7 55 (17.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (17.52%) Roadmaps
8 52 (16.56%) Biotechnology
9 51 (16.24%) DevOps
10 48 (15.29%) Data Science
11 47 (14.97%) Scrum
12 46 (14.65%) Machine Learning
13 39 (12.42%) Use Case
14 37 (11.78%) Deployment Automation
15 35 (11.15%) Decision-Making
16 33 (10.51%) Full-Stack Development
17 31 (9.87%) Mentoring
17 31 (9.87%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.52%) Python
2 52 (16.56%) Java
3 49 (15.61%) SQL
4 43 (13.69%) C#
5 37 (11.78%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.73%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.18%) Shell Script
8 9 (2.87%) VBA
9 8 (2.55%) Apex Code
10 7 (2.23%) C++
11 5 (1.59%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.64%) ABAP
12 2 (0.64%) C
13 1 (0.32%) Go
13 1 (0.32%) PHP
13 1 (0.32%) R
13 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 149 (47.45%) Degree
2 51 (16.24%) Security Cleared
3 45 (14.33%) Master's Degree
4 33 (10.51%) SC Cleared
5 31 (9.87%) PhD
6 27 (8.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (5.41%) PMI Certification
7 17 (5.41%) PMP
8 16 (5.10%) ISTQB
9 13 (4.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 9 (2.87%) ACCA
10 9 (2.87%) CIMA
11 7 (2.23%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.64%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.32%) CISM
14 1 (0.32%) CISSP
14 1 (0.32%) CRISC
14 1 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.46%) QA
2 30 (9.55%) Accessibility
2 30 (9.55%) GxP
3 13 (4.14%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.55%) WCAG
5 5 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.27%) PMO
7 3 (0.96%) GDPR
8 2 (0.64%) ECSS
8 2 (0.64%) SLA
9 1 (0.32%) COBIT
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (7.96%) Docker
2 7 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.59%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.27%) vSphere
5 2 (0.64%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 24 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.87%) Kibana
2 9 (2.87%) Terraform
3 6 (1.91%) SCCM
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.96%) SCOM
5 2 (0.64%) Netcool
5 2 (0.64%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (14.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.37%) SAP
3 12 (3.82%) Google
4 10 (3.18%) Databricks
5 9 (2.87%) Dynatrace
5 9 (2.87%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.87%) Splunk
6 8 (2.55%) MuleSoft
6 8 (2.55%) VMware
7 7 (2.23%) Adobe
8 5 (1.59%) Sage
8 5 (1.59%) Xamarin
8 5 (1.59%) Zoho
9 4 (1.27%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (1.27%) Oracle
9 4 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.27%) Telerik
10 3 (0.96%) LabVantage
10 3 (0.96%) Workday