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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 374 1,050 1,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.11% 15.64% 24.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.03% 18.37% 26.19%
Number of salaries quoted 167 682 796
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 2,871 5,716 5,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.94% 85.12% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,228 3,994 3,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,288
25th Percentile £39,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,087 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,375 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,678 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% -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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -6 267 £70,000 +3.70% 153
Oxfordshire -8 62 £48,125 -12.50% 98
Buckinghamshire -34 45 £60,250 +9.55% 70
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 13 (3.48%) CMS
2 12 (3.21%) JBoss
2 12 (3.21%) Red Hat Fuse
3 6 (1.60%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.07%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.80%) Confluence
5 3 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.53%) IIS
6 2 (0.53%) Sitefinity
6 2 (0.53%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.27%) Kentico
7 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.27%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (1.07%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.53%) Trello
3 1 (0.27%) Notion
Business Applications
1 6 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 90 (24.06%) AWS
2 76 (20.32%) Azure
3 53 (14.17%) Serverless
4 40 (10.70%) Amazon ECS
5 39 (10.43%) Amazon EKS
6 24 (6.42%) Amazon EC2
7 22 (5.88%) GCP
7 22 (5.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 19 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (4.81%) SaaS
10 16 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (4.01%) Vertex AI
12 14 (3.74%) Amazon S3
12 14 (3.74%) Salsify
13 12 (3.21%) Amazon SQS
13 12 (3.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (2.41%) Power Platform
15 8 (2.14%) AWS KMS
15 8 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (2.14%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.87%) Firewall
2 4 (1.07%) Broadband
2 4 (1.07%) SSL
3 3 (0.80%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.80%) LAN
3 3 (0.80%) SAN
3 3 (0.80%) VLAN
3 3 (0.80%) WAN
3 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.53%) DWDM
4 2 (0.53%) GPON
4 2 (0.53%) Internet
4 2 (0.53%) IPv4
4 2 (0.53%) IPv6
4 2 (0.53%) MPLS
5 1 (0.27%) FTP
5 1 (0.27%) HTTP
5 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (13.90%) SQL Server
2 50 (13.37%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (11.50%) Relational Database
4 34 (9.09%) NoSQL
5 24 (6.42%) Data Mining
6 21 (5.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (4.81%) RDBMS
8 14 (3.74%) Metadata
9 8 (2.14%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.87%) MySQL
11 6 (1.60%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.60%) Power BI
12 5 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.80%) Big Data
14 3 (0.80%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.80%) Redis
15 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.53%) Hadoop
16 1 (0.27%) GIS
Development Applications
1 72 (19.25%) Git
2 48 (12.83%) Jenkins
3 41 (10.96%) JUnit
4 30 (8.02%) Visual Studio
5 27 (7.22%) Mockito
6 21 (5.61%) JIRA
7 18 (4.81%) JMeter
8 17 (4.55%) Selenium
9 14 (3.74%) Cypress.io
10 8 (2.14%) SoapUI
11 7 (1.87%) GitLab
12 5 (1.34%) SonarQube
13 4 (1.07%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (1.07%) DbUnit
13 4 (1.07%) Jasmine
13 4 (1.07%) jMock
13 4 (1.07%) Maven
14 2 (0.53%) Babel
14 2 (0.53%) NUnit
14 2 (0.53%) Vite
General
1 156 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 124 (33.16%) Law
3 93 (24.87%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (17.91%) Finance
5 58 (15.51%) Marketing
6 50 (13.37%) Retail
7 46 (12.30%) Public Sector
8 29 (7.75%) Legal
9 13 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.60%) Publishing
14 4 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.07%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.80%) Tech for Good
16 2 (0.53%) Games
16 2 (0.53%) Health Technology
17 1 (0.27%) Advertising
17 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 114 (30.48%) Developer
2 101 (27.01%) Senior
3 74 (19.79%) Lead
4 47 (12.57%) Java Developer
5 36 (9.63%) Senior Manager
6 31 (8.29%) Architect
7 24 (6.42%) Product Manager
8 22 (5.88%) Salesforce Architect
9 21 (5.61%) Enterprise Architect
9 21 (5.61%) Portal Developer
9 21 (5.61%) Senior Developer
9 21 (5.61%) Software Engineer
10 20 (5.35%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (5.08%) Software Developer
12 11 (2.94%) Analyst
12 11 (2.94%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 10 (2.67%) Project Manager
14 9 (2.41%) Deployment Manager
14 9 (2.41%) Team Leader
15 8 (2.14%) Development Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (22.19%) React
2 76 (20.32%) REST
3 71 (18.98%) .NET
4 44 (11.76%) Spring
5 43 (11.50%) HTML
5 43 (11.50%) SOAP
6 42 (11.23%) Web Services
7 40 (10.70%) Spring Boot
8 31 (8.29%) Apache Camel
9 30 (8.02%) JSON
10 29 (7.75%) .NET Framework
10 29 (7.75%) XML
11 27 (7.22%) CSS
11 27 (7.22%) Hibernate
11 27 (7.22%) RESTful
12 25 (6.68%) .NET Core
13 23 (6.15%) Lightning Web Components
14 22 (5.88%) ActiveMQ
14 22 (5.88%) AngularJS
14 22 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.37%) Product Ownership
2 42 (11.23%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (9.36%) Algorithms
4 25 (6.68%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (6.68%) Mobile App
5 19 (5.08%) FMCG
5 19 (5.08%) Management Information System
6 18 (4.81%) PMI
7 16 (4.28%) Cloud Native
8 14 (3.74%) Taxonomies
9 10 (2.67%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.87%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.34%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.80%) Cyberattack
13 3 (0.80%) Hackathon
13 3 (0.80%) Replication
13 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.53%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.81%) Linux
2 13 (3.48%) Windows
3 5 (1.34%) Android
4 4 (1.07%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (39.04%) DevOps
2 103 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (23.80%) CI/CD
4 83 (22.19%) Microservices
5 80 (21.39%) Artificial Intelligence
6 79 (21.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (21.12%) Scrum
7 75 (20.05%) Roadmaps
8 72 (19.25%) Analytics
9 65 (17.38%) Customer-Centricity
10 62 (16.58%) Project Management
11 61 (16.31%) Computer Science
12 51 (13.64%) Product Management
12 51 (13.64%) TDD
13 50 (13.37%) Machine Learning
14 49 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
15 48 (12.83%) Software Engineering
16 47 (12.57%) Full-Stack Development
17 44 (11.76%) Workflow
18 43 (11.50%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 86 (22.99%) JavaScript
2 69 (18.45%) SQL
3 62 (16.58%) Java
4 54 (14.44%) C#
5 51 (13.64%) Python
6 37 (9.89%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.15%) Apex Code
7 23 (6.15%) Shell Script
8 9 (2.41%) PHP
9 6 (1.60%) Go
10 4 (1.07%) C++
10 4 (1.07%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.07%) Ruby
11 3 (0.80%) Rust
12 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.27%) Delphi
12 1 (0.27%) Groovy
12 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) R
12 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 81 (21.66%) Degree
2 52 (13.90%) Security Cleared
3 44 (11.76%) PMI Certification
4 42 (11.23%) SC Cleared
5 41 (10.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (7.22%) Master's Degree
7 26 (6.95%) PMP
8 7 (1.87%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.87%) Numerate Degree
9 5 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.07%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.43%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.74%) QA
3 12 (3.21%) SLA
4 6 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.60%) WCAG
5 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.53%) GDPR
6 2 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.27%) CDISC
7 1 (0.27%) GMP
7 1 (0.27%) GxP
7 1 (0.27%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 85 (22.73%) Docker
2 8 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.53%) Postfix
6 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 82 (21.93%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.42%) Ansible
3 19 (5.08%) Terraform
4 18 (4.81%) Kibana
5 4 (1.07%) Nessus
5 4 (1.07%) Proxmox
6 3 (0.80%) Grafana
6 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.80%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.80%) Puppet
6 3 (0.80%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Argo
7 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.27%) Packer
7 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 74 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 27 (7.22%) Google
4 22 (5.88%) SAP
5 21 (5.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 20 (5.35%) Splunk
6 20 (5.35%) Workday
7 19 (5.08%) Concur
8 18 (4.81%) Dynatrace
9 17 (4.55%) OpenAI
10 12 (3.21%) Databricks
11 9 (2.41%) Oracle
11 9 (2.41%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.34%) PeopleSoft
13 4 (1.07%) Juniper
13 4 (1.07%) VMware
14 3 (0.80%) arcserve
14 3 (0.80%) IBM
15 2 (0.53%) Atlassian
15 2 (0.53%) Nokia