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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 6
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 369 435 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.19% 12.58% 14.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.62% 13.62% 18.25%
Number of salaries quoted 244 137 640
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £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 4,280 3,195 5,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.79% 92.39% 82.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,968 1,275 3,933
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £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 £69,840 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.45% +0.50% -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 26 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 26 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 +47 181 £62,500 - 37
Berkshire -20 121 £70,000 -0.71% 44
Oxfordshire -8 67 £58,750 +17.50% 26
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 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.36%) CMS
3 4 (1.08%) CICS
3 4 (1.08%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.81%) Confluence
4 3 (0.81%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.54%) 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 (5.42%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.54%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.27%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.54%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.27%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.27%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 125 (33.88%) Azure
2 102 (27.64%) AWS
3 31 (8.40%) Serverless
4 30 (8.13%) SaaS
5 25 (6.78%) Power Platform
6 24 (6.50%) Amazon EKS
7 21 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (4.88%) GitHub
8 18 (4.88%) IaaS
9 17 (4.61%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.34%) Amazon ECS
11 14 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (3.79%) GCP
12 13 (3.52%) Amazon S3
13 11 (2.98%) Azure AKS
13 11 (2.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 11 (2.98%) Azure Key Vault
13 11 (2.98%) Azure Storage
14 8 (2.17%) Google Analytics
15 7 (1.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.61%) DNS
2 7 (1.90%) Broadband
3 6 (1.63%) Firewall
4 3 (0.81%) 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%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.59%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 21 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (5.69%) Power BI
4 20 (5.42%) Relational Database
5 16 (4.34%) MongoDB
6 11 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.44%) Metadata
8 5 (1.36%) MySQL
8 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.08%) Db2
9 4 (1.08%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.54%) GIS
11 2 (0.54%) Redis
11 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 31 (8.40%) Git
2 21 (5.69%) Jenkins
2 21 (5.69%) JIRA
3 20 (5.42%) GitLab
4 9 (2.44%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.17%) JUnit
5 8 (2.17%) Postman
5 8 (2.17%) Yeoman
6 7 (1.90%) JMeter
6 7 (1.90%) Mockito
6 7 (1.90%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.90%) Zephyr
7 4 (1.08%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.08%) ChangeMan
7 4 (1.08%) Selenium
7 4 (1.08%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.54%) Mocha
8 2 (0.54%) Subversion
9 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.27%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 119 (32.25%) Social Skills
2 79 (21.41%) Finance
3 54 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.57%) Law
5 38 (10.30%) Influencing Skills
6 36 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 25 (6.78%) Pharmaceutical
8 24 (6.50%) Manufacturing
9 20 (5.42%) Retail
10 19 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.44%) Games
12 7 (1.90%) Local Government
12 7 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.63%) Advertising
13 6 (1.63%) Marketing
13 6 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.08%) Automotive
15 4 (1.08%) Electronics
15 4 (1.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 83 (22.49%) Senior
2 78 (21.14%) Developer
3 47 (12.74%) Architect
4 35 (9.49%) Lead
4 35 (9.49%) Software Engineer
5 27 (7.32%) Project Manager
6 26 (7.05%) Analyst
7 24 (6.50%) Senior Developer
8 23 (6.23%) .NET Developer
9 21 (5.69%) Development Manager
10 20 (5.42%) Senior Manager
10 20 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
11 19 (5.15%) Development Project Manager
11 19 (5.15%) Senior Development Manager
11 19 (5.15%) Senior Project Manager
12 16 (4.34%) Java Developer
13 15 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (4.07%) Designer
14 14 (3.79%) Data Engineer
15 13 (3.52%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (17.34%) .NET
2 45 (12.20%) REST
3 43 (11.65%) React
4 32 (8.67%) .NET Core
5 29 (7.86%) ASP.NET
6 26 (7.05%) JSON
6 26 (7.05%) Node.js
7 23 (6.23%) ASP.NET Core
8 22 (5.96%) RESTful
9 20 (5.42%) .NET Framework
10 19 (5.15%) SOAP
10 19 (5.15%) XML
11 18 (4.88%) AngularJS
11 18 (4.88%) HTML
11 18 (4.88%) Spring
12 17 (4.61%) Blazor
12 17 (4.61%) Middleware
13 16 (4.34%) Spring Boot
14 14 (3.79%) Vue
14 14 (3.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.74%) Product Ownership
2 46 (12.47%) Cloud Native
3 30 (8.13%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (7.05%) Life Science
5 15 (4.07%) Mobile App
5 15 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.71%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.44%) Hackathon
8 7 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.63%) NHS
9 6 (1.63%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.36%) Social Media
10 5 (1.36%) Social Network
10 5 (1.36%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.08%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.08%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.08%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.52%) Linux
1 13 (3.52%) Windows
2 5 (1.36%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.08%) zOS
4 2 (0.54%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (26.02%) DevOps
2 95 (25.75%) CI/CD
3 75 (20.33%) Decision-Making
4 74 (20.05%) Scrum
5 71 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (18.16%) Software Engineering
7 66 (17.89%) AI
7 66 (17.89%) Analytics
7 66 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 60 (16.26%) Computer Science
9 59 (15.99%) Mentoring
10 57 (15.45%) Microservices
11 49 (13.28%) Test Automation
12 47 (12.74%) Containerisation
13 45 (12.20%) TDD
14 43 (11.65%) Full-Stack Development
15 39 (10.57%) Roadmaps
16 37 (10.03%) Data Modelling
17 36 (9.76%) Kanban
18 34 (9.21%) Hematology
Programming Languages
1 86 (23.31%) SQL
2 84 (22.76%) C#
3 69 (18.70%) Python
4 43 (11.65%) Java
5 37 (10.03%) JavaScript
6 22 (5.96%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.34%) C++
8 15 (4.07%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.44%) Shell Script
9 9 (2.44%) VBA
10 7 (1.90%) ABAP
10 7 (1.90%) Groovy
11 6 (1.63%) Bash
12 5 (1.36%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.36%) C
13 4 (1.08%) COBOL
13 4 (1.08%) JCL
13 4 (1.08%) Perl
13 4 (1.08%) PHP
13 4 (1.08%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (32.52%) Degree
2 35 (9.49%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (7.86%) SC Cleared
5 22 (5.96%) PMI Certification
5 22 (5.96%) PMP
6 21 (5.69%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.79%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.79%) ICAEW
8 10 (2.71%) ISTQB
9 9 (2.44%) ACCA
9 9 (2.44%) CIMA
9 9 (2.44%) PhD
10 3 (0.81%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.54%) CSQA
12 1 (0.27%) APMG
12 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.92%) QA
2 36 (9.76%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.63%) GxP
5 5 (1.36%) GDPR
5 5 (1.36%) WCAG
6 4 (1.08%) PMO
6 4 (1.08%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.81%) NIST
8 2 (0.54%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) MISRA
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (13.01%) Docker
2 7 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 61 (16.53%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.50%) Terraform
3 14 (3.79%) Ansible
4 11 (2.98%) Kibana
5 5 (1.36%) Grafana
5 5 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.08%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.08%) Packer
7 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.54%) Argo
8 2 (0.54%) Istio
8 2 (0.54%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.27%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.27%) SCCM
9 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 92 (24.93%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.15%) SAP
3 18 (4.88%) Google
4 10 (2.71%) IBM
5 9 (2.44%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.17%) Adobe
6 8 (2.17%) Oracle
7 7 (1.90%) Databricks
7 7 (1.90%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.90%) Splunk
8 6 (1.63%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.36%) Facebook
9 5 (1.36%) YouTube
10 4 (1.08%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.08%) Sitecore
10 4 (1.08%) VMware
11 2 (0.54%) New Relic
11 2 (0.54%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.54%) Xamarin