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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 366 425 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.17% 12.32% 14.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.61% 13.32% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 242 134 654
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,625 £38,691
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +4.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,438 £79,688 £78,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £89,250 £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 4,249 3,191 6,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.68% 92.47% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,947 1,260 4,033
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,838 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +1.20% -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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +49 177 £62,500 -4.21% 36
Berkshire -15 122 £70,000 -2.10% 37
Oxfordshire -7 67 £60,000 +20.00% 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 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.37%) CMS
3 4 (1.09%) CICS
3 4 (1.09%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.09%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.82%) Confluence
5 2 (0.55%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) JBoss
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (5.46%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.46%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.55%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.27%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) SAP HR
2 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.27%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.27%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 123 (33.61%) Azure
2 100 (27.32%) AWS
3 31 (8.47%) Serverless
4 29 (7.92%) SaaS
5 25 (6.83%) Amazon EKS
5 25 (6.83%) Power Platform
6 20 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (4.92%) GitHub
7 18 (4.92%) IaaS
8 16 (4.37%) Amazon ECS
8 16 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.83%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (3.55%) Amazon S3
10 13 (3.55%) GCP
11 11 (3.01%) Azure AKS
11 11 (3.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (3.01%) Azure Key Vault
11 11 (3.01%) Azure Storage
12 8 (2.19%) Google Analytics
13 7 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.64%) DNS
2 7 (1.91%) Broadband
3 6 (1.64%) Firewall
4 3 (0.82%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.27%) HTTP
5 1 (0.27%) Intranet
5 1 (0.27%) MQTT
5 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 21 (5.74%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (5.74%) Power BI
4 20 (5.46%) Relational Database
5 16 (4.37%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.46%) Metadata
8 5 (1.37%) MySQL
8 5 (1.37%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.09%) Db2
9 4 (1.09%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.55%) Redis
11 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.27%) GIS
12 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 31 (8.47%) Git
2 22 (6.01%) JIRA
3 21 (5.74%) Jenkins
4 18 (4.92%) GitLab
5 9 (2.46%) Cucumber
5 9 (2.46%) Postman
6 8 (2.19%) JUnit
6 8 (2.19%) Yeoman
7 7 (1.91%) JMeter
7 7 (1.91%) Mockito
7 7 (1.91%) Zephyr
8 6 (1.64%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.37%) Selenium
10 4 (1.09%) Artifactory
10 4 (1.09%) ChangeMan
10 4 (1.09%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.55%) Mocha
11 2 (0.55%) Subversion
12 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.27%) SoapUI
General
1 119 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 79 (21.58%) Finance
3 53 (14.48%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.66%) Law
5 37 (10.11%) Influencing Skills
6 35 (9.56%) Public Sector
7 25 (6.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 23 (6.28%) Manufacturing
9 19 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (5.19%) Retail
10 9 (2.46%) Games
11 7 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.64%) Advertising
12 6 (1.64%) Local Government
12 6 (1.64%) Marketing
13 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.09%) Automotive
14 4 (1.09%) Electronics
14 4 (1.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 83 (22.68%) Senior
2 76 (20.77%) Developer
3 47 (12.84%) Architect
4 35 (9.56%) Lead
5 34 (9.29%) Software Engineer
6 27 (7.38%) Analyst
7 26 (7.10%) Project Manager
8 24 (6.56%) Senior Developer
9 23 (6.28%) .NET Developer
10 21 (5.74%) Development Manager
11 20 (5.46%) Senior Manager
11 20 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
12 19 (5.19%) Development Project Manager
12 19 (5.19%) Senior Development Manager
12 19 (5.19%) Senior Project Manager
13 15 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (4.10%) Designer
13 15 (4.10%) Java Developer
14 14 (3.83%) Data Engineer
15 13 (3.55%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (17.76%) .NET
2 45 (12.30%) REST
3 43 (11.75%) React
4 32 (8.74%) .NET Core
5 29 (7.92%) ASP.NET
6 26 (7.10%) JSON
6 26 (7.10%) Node.js
7 23 (6.28%) ASP.NET Core
8 22 (6.01%) RESTful
9 20 (5.46%) .NET Framework
9 20 (5.46%) SOAP
10 19 (5.19%) HTML
10 19 (5.19%) XML
11 18 (4.92%) Spring
12 17 (4.64%) AngularJS
12 17 (4.64%) Blazor
12 17 (4.64%) Middleware
13 15 (4.10%) Spring Boot
13 15 (4.10%) Web Services
14 14 (3.83%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.30%) Cloud Native
1 45 (12.30%) Product Ownership
2 31 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (6.83%) Life Science
4 15 (4.10%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.73%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.46%) Hackathon
8 7 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.37%) NHS
10 5 (1.37%) Social Media
10 5 (1.37%) Social Network
10 5 (1.37%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.09%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.09%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.09%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.55%) Linux
2 12 (3.28%) Windows
3 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.09%) zOS
5 2 (0.55%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (25.96%) DevOps
2 94 (25.68%) CI/CD
3 75 (20.49%) Scrum
4 72 (19.67%) Decision-Making
5 70 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (18.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 65 (17.76%) AI
7 65 (17.76%) Analytics
7 65 (17.76%) Software Engineering
8 60 (16.39%) Computer Science
9 57 (15.57%) Mentoring
10 56 (15.30%) Microservices
11 48 (13.11%) Test Automation
12 46 (12.57%) Containerisation
12 46 (12.57%) TDD
13 42 (11.48%) Full-Stack Development
14 39 (10.66%) Roadmaps
15 37 (10.11%) Data Modelling
16 36 (9.84%) Kanban
17 34 (9.29%) Hematology
Programming Languages
1 86 (23.50%) SQL
2 83 (22.68%) C#
3 69 (18.85%) Python
4 43 (11.75%) Java
5 38 (10.38%) JavaScript
6 21 (5.74%) TypeScript
7 15 (4.10%) C++
7 15 (4.10%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.46%) Shell Script
8 9 (2.46%) VBA
9 7 (1.91%) ABAP
10 6 (1.64%) Groovy
11 5 (1.37%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.37%) Bash
11 5 (1.37%) C
12 4 (1.09%) COBOL
12 4 (1.09%) JCL
12 4 (1.09%) Perl
12 4 (1.09%) PHP
12 4 (1.09%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (32.79%) Degree
2 35 (9.56%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (7.92%) SC Cleared
5 22 (6.01%) PMI Certification
5 22 (6.01%) PMP
6 21 (5.74%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.83%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.83%) ICAEW
8 11 (3.01%) ISTQB
9 9 (2.46%) ACCA
9 9 (2.46%) CIMA
9 9 (2.46%) PhD
10 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.55%) CSQA
12 1 (0.27%) APMG
12 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.02%) QA
2 36 (9.84%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.64%) GxP
5 5 (1.37%) GDPR
5 5 (1.37%) WCAG
6 4 (1.09%) PMO
6 4 (1.09%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.82%) NIST
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) MISRA
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (12.84%) Docker
2 7 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 61 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.56%) Terraform
3 14 (3.83%) Ansible
4 11 (3.01%) Kibana
5 5 (1.37%) Grafana
5 5 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.09%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.09%) Packer
7 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.55%) Istio
8 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.27%) SCCM
9 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 91 (24.86%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.92%) SAP
3 17 (4.64%) Google
4 10 (2.73%) IBM
5 9 (2.46%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.19%) Adobe
6 8 (2.19%) Oracle
7 7 (1.91%) Databricks
7 7 (1.91%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.91%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.91%) Splunk
8 6 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.37%) Facebook
9 5 (1.37%) YouTube
10 4 (1.09%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.09%) Sitecore
10 4 (1.09%) VMware
11 2 (0.55%) New Relic
11 2 (0.55%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.55%) Xamarin