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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 5
Rank change year-on-year -7 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 350 461 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.66% 12.82% 16.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.93% 14.13% 20.21%
Number of salaries quoted 246 147 590
10th Percentile £43,125 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £92,500
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 4,411 3,262 5,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.33% 90.71% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,068 1,397 3,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,175
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +43 172 £60,000 +12.68% 27
Berkshire -27 106 £70,000 +7.69% 43
Oxfordshire -9 72 £57,500 +12.20% 22
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 7 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.43%) CMS
3 4 (1.14%) CICS
3 4 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.86%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) Apache
5 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.29%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) JBoss
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (4.57%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.43%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.57%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.29%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 131 (37.43%) Azure
2 107 (30.57%) AWS
3 31 (8.86%) SaaS
3 31 (8.86%) Serverless
4 22 (6.29%) Amazon EKS
4 22 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (6.29%) GitHub
5 21 (6.00%) Power Platform
6 18 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (5.14%) IaaS
7 16 (4.57%) Amazon ECS
8 15 (4.29%) GCP
9 14 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (3.71%) Amazon S3
11 11 (3.14%) Azure AKS
11 11 (3.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (3.14%) Azure Key Vault
11 11 (3.14%) Azure Storage
12 8 (2.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (2.29%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.57%) DNS
2 5 (1.43%) Firewall
3 4 (1.14%) Broadband
4 3 (0.86%) DHCP
5 2 (0.57%) HTTP
5 2 (0.57%) MQTT
5 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.29%) Intranet
6 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (5.43%) Relational Database
5 17 (4.86%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.86%) Power BI
6 13 (3.71%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.57%) Metadata
8 5 (1.43%) MySQL
8 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.14%) Db2
9 4 (1.14%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.57%) GIS
11 2 (0.57%) Redis
11 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (9.14%) Git
2 21 (6.00%) GitLab
2 21 (6.00%) Jenkins
2 21 (6.00%) JIRA
3 9 (2.57%) Cucumber
4 8 (2.29%) JUnit
4 8 (2.29%) Postman
4 8 (2.29%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.29%) Yeoman
5 7 (2.00%) JMeter
5 7 (2.00%) Mockito
5 7 (2.00%) Zephyr
6 4 (1.14%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.14%) ChangeMan
6 4 (1.14%) Selenium
6 4 (1.14%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.57%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
7 2 (0.57%) Maven
General
1 105 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.43%) Finance
3 46 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.29%) Law
5 32 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 29 (8.29%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (6.57%) Manufacturing
7 23 (6.57%) Retail
8 16 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.29%) Advertising
11 7 (2.00%) Local Government
11 7 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.71%) Games
12 6 (1.71%) Marketing
13 4 (1.14%) Electronics
13 4 (1.14%) Legal
13 4 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.86%) Social Science
14 3 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (24.00%) Developer
2 80 (22.86%) Senior
3 43 (12.29%) Architect
4 35 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 29 (8.29%) .NET Developer
6 26 (7.43%) Lead
7 25 (7.14%) Senior Developer
8 24 (6.86%) Project Manager
9 20 (5.71%) Analyst
9 20 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (4.57%) Development Manager
10 16 (4.57%) Java Developer
11 15 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (4.29%) Designer
11 15 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (4.29%) Senior Manager
12 14 (4.00%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.00%) Development Project Manager
12 14 (4.00%) Senior Development Manager
12 14 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (19.71%) .NET
2 51 (14.57%) React
3 41 (11.71%) REST
4 35 (10.00%) .NET Core
5 32 (9.14%) ASP.NET
6 30 (8.57%) Node.js
7 26 (7.43%) ASP.NET Core
8 24 (6.86%) JSON
9 22 (6.29%) .NET Framework
9 22 (6.29%) RESTful
10 21 (6.00%) Blazor
11 20 (5.71%) HTML
12 19 (5.43%) AngularJS
13 17 (4.86%) Spring
14 16 (4.57%) Spring Boot
14 16 (4.57%) XML
15 15 (4.29%) Entity Framework
16 14 (4.00%) SOAP
16 14 (4.00%) Vue
17 13 (3.71%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.14%) Product Ownership
2 45 (12.86%) Cloud Native
3 33 (9.43%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.57%) Life Science
5 15 (4.29%) Mobile App
6 12 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.29%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.00%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.71%) Hackathon
10 6 (1.71%) NHS
10 6 (1.71%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.14%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.14%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.14%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.14%) Social Media
11 4 (1.14%) Social Network
11 4 (1.14%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.43%) Linux
1 12 (3.43%) Windows
2 4 (1.14%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.14%) zOS
3 2 (0.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (29.14%) DevOps
2 99 (28.29%) CI/CD
3 76 (21.71%) Scrum
4 69 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (19.71%) Software Engineering
5 67 (19.14%) Decision-Making
6 65 (18.57%) Microservices
7 62 (17.71%) AI
8 61 (17.43%) Mentoring
9 60 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (16.00%) Analytics
11 52 (14.86%) Computer Science
12 50 (14.29%) Test Automation
13 49 (14.00%) Full-Stack Development
14 47 (13.43%) Containerisation
15 44 (12.57%) TDD
16 36 (10.29%) Kanban
17 34 (9.71%) Data Modelling
18 33 (9.43%) Roadmaps
19 30 (8.57%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 92 (26.29%) C#
2 83 (23.71%) SQL
3 67 (19.14%) Python
4 40 (11.43%) Java
5 37 (10.57%) JavaScript
6 27 (7.71%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.57%) C++
8 15 (4.29%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.57%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.29%) Groovy
11 7 (2.00%) ABAP
11 7 (2.00%) Bash
12 6 (1.71%) Apex Code
13 5 (1.43%) C
13 5 (1.43%) VBA
14 4 (1.14%) COBOL
14 4 (1.14%) JCL
14 4 (1.14%) Perl
14 4 (1.14%) PHP
14 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (29.14%) Degree
2 31 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (7.71%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.86%) PMI Certification
5 17 (4.86%) PMP
6 15 (4.29%) Master's Degree
7 14 (4.00%) Azure Certification
7 14 (4.00%) ICAEW
8 9 (2.57%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.43%) ACCA
9 5 (1.43%) CIMA
10 4 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.86%) PhD
12 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.57%) CSQA
12 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.29%) APMG
13 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.29%) QA
2 28 (8.00%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.57%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.43%) GDPR
4 5 (1.43%) WCAG
5 4 (1.14%) NIST
5 4 (1.14%) PMO
5 4 (1.14%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.57%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.29%) MISRA
8 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (14.00%) Docker
2 6 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 61 (17.43%) Kubernetes
2 29 (8.29%) Terraform
3 14 (4.00%) Ansible
4 11 (3.14%) Kibana
5 5 (1.43%) Grafana
5 5 (1.43%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.14%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.14%) Packer
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.57%) Argo
8 2 (0.57%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.57%) Istio
8 2 (0.57%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.29%) Netcool
9 1 (0.29%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 93 (26.57%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.14%) Google
3 16 (4.57%) SAP
4 10 (2.86%) IBM
5 9 (2.57%) AppDynamics
5 9 (2.57%) Oracle
6 7 (2.00%) Adobe
6 7 (2.00%) Databricks
6 7 (2.00%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.00%) Facebook
6 7 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.00%) Splunk
6 7 (2.00%) YouTube
7 4 (1.14%) New Relic
7 4 (1.14%) Sitecore
8 3 (0.86%) MuleSoft
8 3 (0.86%) VMware
9 2 (0.57%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.57%) Xamarin