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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 308 514 742
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.42% 15.15% 16.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.29% 16.46% 18.55%
Number of salaries quoted 151 273 596
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 3,315 3,123 4,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 79.90% 92.04% 88.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,828 1,368 2,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,338
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,630
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +11.88% -2.49%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,009 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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
Berkshire -14 180 £50,902 -27.28% 181
Buckinghamshire +3 94 £60,000 -0.41% 61
Oxfordshire -22 34 £70,000 +86.67% 38
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 14 (4.55%) Confluence
2 6 (1.95%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.62%) IIS
4 4 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.32%) Camunda
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (4.87%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.60%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.62%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.32%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.32%) Shopify
2 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 67 (21.75%) Azure
2 50 (16.23%) AWS
3 24 (7.79%) Serverless
4 23 (7.47%) GCP
5 19 (6.17%) Amazon EKS
5 19 (6.17%) Power Platform
6 18 (5.84%) Amazon ECS
7 14 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.22%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.90%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (3.25%) Miro
12 9 (2.92%) GitHub
12 9 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.92%) SaaS
13 8 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (2.27%) Figma
14 7 (2.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.92%) Firewall
2 7 (2.27%) DNS
2 7 (2.27%) SAN
2 7 (2.27%) VLAN
3 5 (1.62%) DHCP
3 5 (1.62%) NAS
3 5 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.62%) Wireless
4 3 (0.97%) Broadband
5 2 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.65%) LAN
5 2 (0.65%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.65%) WAN
5 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
1 21 (6.82%) Relational Database
2 16 (5.19%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.55%) Power BI
4 11 (3.57%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.25%) MySQL
6 7 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.27%) Metadata
7 6 (1.95%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.62%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.30%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.97%) Big Data
10 3 (0.97%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.65%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.65%) Tableau
12 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.32%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 32 (10.39%) JIRA
2 19 (6.17%) Jenkins
3 18 (5.84%) Git
3 18 (5.84%) Selenium
4 16 (5.19%) WebDriver
5 13 (4.22%) JUnit
6 12 (3.90%) Mockito
6 12 (3.90%) Postman
6 12 (3.90%) SoapUI
6 12 (3.90%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (3.57%) JMeter
8 6 (1.95%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.62%) Axure RP
9 5 (1.62%) Balsamiq
9 5 (1.62%) git-flow
9 5 (1.62%) GitLab
10 3 (0.97%) Subversion
11 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.32%) Gradle
12 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 140 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 95 (30.84%) Finance
3 47 (15.26%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (15.26%) Pharmaceutical
4 40 (12.99%) Public Sector
5 30 (9.74%) Law
6 26 (8.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (8.12%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.25%) Marketing
10 7 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.30%) Automotive
12 4 (1.30%) Games
13 2 (0.65%) Banking
13 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Billing
14 1 (0.32%) Publishing
14 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (24.68%) Senior
2 62 (20.13%) Lead
3 52 (16.88%) Developer
4 37 (12.01%) Senior Manager
5 34 (11.04%) Analyst
6 26 (8.44%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (7.79%) Project Manager
8 20 (6.49%) Development Manager
9 18 (5.84%) Java Developer
9 18 (5.84%) Senior Development Manager
9 18 (5.84%) Senior Project Manager
10 16 (5.19%) Software Engineer
11 15 (4.87%) Development Project Manager
12 14 (4.55%) Business Analyst
12 14 (4.55%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 12 (3.90%) Associate Director
14 11 (3.57%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 11 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (3.57%) Senior Developer
15 10 (3.25%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (14.94%) .NET
2 37 (12.01%) REST
3 31 (10.06%) HTML
4 26 (8.44%) SOAP
5 22 (7.14%) React
6 20 (6.49%) Spring
6 20 (6.49%) Spring Boot
7 17 (5.52%) Web Services
8 16 (5.19%) JSON
8 16 (5.19%) Middleware
8 16 (5.19%) XML
9 13 (4.22%) Kafka
10 12 (3.90%) .NET Framework
10 12 (3.90%) ASP.NET
10 12 (3.90%) Hibernate
10 12 (3.90%) jQuery
11 11 (3.57%) ActiveMQ
11 11 (3.57%) Apache Camel
11 11 (3.57%) CSS
11 11 (3.57%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 61 (19.81%) Life Science
2 24 (7.79%) Product Ownership
3 21 (6.82%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.19%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.55%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.95%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.62%) Hackathon
9 4 (1.30%) Hedge funds
9 4 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.30%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.97%) Biopharmaceutical
10 3 (0.97%) LIMS
10 3 (0.97%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.65%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.65%) Pharmacovigilance
11 2 (0.65%) Replication
11 2 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.90%) Windows
2 6 (1.95%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.30%) Linux
4 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (23.70%) Computer Science
2 72 (23.38%) CI/CD
2 72 (23.38%) Hematology
2 72 (23.38%) Immunology
3 69 (22.40%) Analytics
4 66 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (19.48%) AI
6 56 (18.18%) Roadmaps
7 52 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (16.56%) Biotechnology
9 50 (16.23%) DevOps
10 49 (15.91%) Scrum
11 47 (15.26%) Data Science
12 46 (14.94%) Machine Learning
13 39 (12.66%) Use Case
14 37 (12.01%) Deployment Automation
15 35 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
16 32 (10.39%) Decision-Making
17 31 (10.06%) Mentoring
17 31 (10.06%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 57 (18.51%) Python
2 56 (18.18%) Java
3 52 (16.88%) SQL
4 44 (14.29%) C#
5 39 (12.66%) JavaScript
6 17 (5.52%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.90%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.60%) Apex Code
8 8 (2.60%) VBA
9 7 (2.27%) C++
10 5 (1.62%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.65%) C
12 1 (0.32%) Go
12 1 (0.32%) PHP
12 1 (0.32%) R
12 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 149 (48.38%) Degree
2 55 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 45 (14.61%) Master's Degree
4 35 (11.36%) SC Cleared
5 31 (10.06%) PhD
6 27 (8.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (5.19%) ISTQB
8 15 (4.87%) PMI Certification
8 15 (4.87%) PMP
9 14 (4.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 8 (2.60%) ACCA
10 8 (2.60%) CIMA
11 7 (2.27%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.32%) CISM
14 1 (0.32%) CRISC
14 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.04%) QA
2 30 (9.74%) GxP
3 29 (9.42%) Accessibility
4 13 (4.22%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.27%) WCAG
6 6 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.97%) GDPR
7 3 (0.97%) PMO
8 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.65%) ECSS
8 2 (0.65%) SLA
9 1 (0.32%) COBIT
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (9.09%) Docker
2 9 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.62%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.62%) vSphere
5 2 (0.65%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.32%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 27 (8.77%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.57%) Kibana
3 9 (2.92%) Terraform
4 7 (2.27%) SCCM
5 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.97%) SCOM
7 1 (0.32%) Ansible
7 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.32%) Netcool
7 1 (0.32%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.32%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.52%) SAP
3 11 (3.57%) Dynatrace
3 11 (3.57%) Splunk
3 11 (3.57%) VMware
4 10 (3.25%) Databricks
4 10 (3.25%) Google
5 9 (2.92%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.60%) MuleSoft
7 7 (2.27%) Adobe
8 5 (1.62%) LogicMonitor
8 5 (1.62%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.62%) Sage
8 5 (1.62%) Xamarin
8 5 (1.62%) Zoho
9 4 (1.30%) Telerik
10 3 (0.97%) LabVantage
10 3 (0.97%) Oracle
10 3 (0.97%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.97%) Workday