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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 350 461 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.58% 12.75% 16.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.84% 14.05% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 246 149 549
10th Percentile £43,125 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
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 4,463 3,280 4,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.16% 90.68% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,102 1,405 3,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
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 21 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 21 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 +47 172 £60,000 +12.68% 36
Berkshire -25 106 £70,000 +7.69% 46
Oxfordshire -8 72 £57,500 +15.00% 27
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%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
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 5 (1.43%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.57%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.57%) 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
1 132 (37.71%) Azure
2 108 (30.86%) AWS
3 32 (9.14%) SaaS
4 31 (8.86%) Serverless
5 22 (6.29%) Amazon EKS
5 22 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.29%) GitHub
6 21 (6.00%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (5.14%) IaaS
8 16 (4.57%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (4.29%) GCP
10 14 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.71%) Amazon S3
12 11 (3.14%) Azure AKS
12 11 (3.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 11 (3.14%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (3.14%) Azure Storage
13 8 (2.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 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%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.71%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (5.71%) Relational Database
4 19 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (4.86%) MongoDB
6 16 (4.57%) Power BI
7 13 (3.71%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.86%) Metadata
9 5 (1.43%) MySQL
9 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.14%) Db2
10 4 (1.14%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.86%) GIS
11 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.57%) QGIS
12 2 (0.57%) Redis
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%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
7 2 (0.57%) Maven
7 2 (0.57%) Mocha
General
1 102 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.43%) Finance
3 43 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.57%) Law
5 33 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 28 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (6.57%) Manufacturing
7 23 (6.57%) Retail
8 17 (4.86%) 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 5 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.14%) Electronics
14 4 (1.14%) Legal
15 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (23.71%) 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%) Solutions Architect
10 19 (5.43%) Analyst
11 16 (4.57%) Development Manager
11 16 (4.57%) Java Developer
12 15 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (4.29%) Data Engineer
12 15 (4.29%) Designer
12 15 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (4.29%) Senior Manager
13 14 (4.00%) Development Project Manager
13 14 (4.00%) Senior Development Manager
13 14 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (19.14%) .NET
2 51 (14.57%) React
3 39 (11.14%) 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 23 (6.57%) RESTful
10 22 (6.29%) .NET Framework
11 21 (6.00%) Blazor
12 20 (5.71%) HTML
13 19 (5.43%) AngularJS
14 17 (4.86%) Spring
15 16 (4.57%) Spring Boot
15 16 (4.57%) XML
16 15 (4.29%) Entity Framework
17 14 (4.00%) Vue
18 13 (3.71%) ASP.NET Web API
18 13 (3.71%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.43%) Cloud Native
1 47 (13.43%) Product Ownership
2 33 (9.43%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.57%) Life Science
4 15 (4.29%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.29%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.00%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.71%) Hackathon
9 6 (1.71%) NHS
10 5 (1.43%) 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 77 (22.00%) Scrum
4 68 (19.43%) Software Engineering
5 66 (18.86%) Decision-Making
5 66 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (18.57%) Microservices
7 63 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (17.71%) Mentoring
9 60 (17.14%) AI
10 56 (16.00%) Analytics
11 51 (14.57%) Computer Science
12 50 (14.29%) Test Automation
13 49 (14.00%) Full-Stack Development
14 47 (13.43%) Containerisation
15 43 (12.29%) TDD
16 37 (10.57%) Kanban
17 34 (9.71%) Data Modelling
18 33 (9.43%) Roadmaps
19 30 (8.57%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 91 (26.00%) C#
2 82 (23.43%) SQL
3 65 (18.57%) Python
4 38 (10.86%) Java
5 36 (10.29%) JavaScript
6 27 (7.71%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.57%) C++
7 16 (4.57%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.57%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.29%) Groovy
10 7 (2.00%) ABAP
10 7 (2.00%) Bash
11 5 (1.43%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.43%) C
12 4 (1.14%) COBOL
12 4 (1.14%) JCL
12 4 (1.14%) Perl
12 4 (1.14%) PHP
12 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (28.86%) 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 4 (1.14%) ACCA
9 4 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.14%) CIMA
10 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.86%) PhD
11 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.57%) CSQA
11 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.29%) APMG
12 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.00%) QA
2 28 (8.00%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.43%) GDPR
4 5 (1.43%) SOC 2
4 5 (1.43%) WCAG
5 4 (1.14%) NIST
5 4 (1.14%) PMO
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 17 (4.86%) Google
3 15 (4.29%) SAP
4 10 (2.86%) IBM
5 9 (2.57%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.29%) Oracle
7 7 (2.00%) Adobe
7 7 (2.00%) Databricks
7 7 (2.00%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.00%) Facebook
7 7 (2.00%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.00%) Splunk
7 7 (2.00%) YouTube
8 6 (1.71%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.14%) New Relic
9 4 (1.14%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.86%) VMware
11 2 (0.57%) Blue Prism
11 2 (0.57%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.57%) Red Hat