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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 386 376 980
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.77% 11.40% 14.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.41% 12.16% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 239 129 660
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £40,968
25th Percentile £51,750 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,125 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.38% +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 4,103 3,091 5,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.98% 93.72% 83.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,804 1,142 3,900
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,205 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +44 180 £62,500 +9.17% 41
Berkshire -13 146 £70,000 - 82
Oxfordshire -8 60 £60,000 +23.08% 37
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 8 (2.07%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.30%) CMS
4 4 (1.04%) CICS
4 4 (1.04%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.52%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) Camunda
7 1 (0.26%) Confluence
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.59%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.52%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.26%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.52%) SAP HR
2 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.26%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.26%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 111 (28.76%) Azure
2 89 (23.06%) AWS
3 34 (8.81%) Serverless
4 26 (6.74%) Amazon EKS
5 25 (6.48%) Power Platform
6 23 (5.96%) SaaS
7 20 (5.18%) Amazon ECS
8 18 (4.66%) Amazon S3
8 18 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (4.40%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (4.40%) IaaS
10 14 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (3.63%) GitHub
11 13 (3.37%) GCP
12 12 (3.11%) Azure Storage
13 11 (2.85%) Azure AKS
13 11 (2.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 11 (2.85%) Azure Key Vault
14 10 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (2.07%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.92%) DNS
2 8 (2.07%) Firewall
3 7 (1.81%) Broadband
4 4 (1.04%) DHCP
5 2 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.26%) HTTP
6 1 (0.26%) Intranet
6 1 (0.26%) MQTT
6 1 (0.26%) NAS
6 1 (0.26%) SAN
6 1 (0.26%) VLAN
6 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 24 (6.22%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (5.96%) Relational Database
4 20 (5.18%) Power BI
5 11 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.33%) Metadata
7 6 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.55%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.30%) MySQL
8 5 (1.30%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.04%) DB2
10 3 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.26%) Big Data
12 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.26%) Spark SQL
12 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (9.33%) Git
2 26 (6.74%) JIRA
3 25 (6.48%) Jenkins
4 16 (4.15%) GitLab
5 13 (3.37%) Postman
6 10 (2.59%) Cucumber
6 10 (2.59%) JUnit
7 8 (2.07%) Mockito
7 8 (2.07%) Selenium
7 8 (2.07%) Yeoman
8 7 (1.81%) JMeter
8 7 (1.81%) Zephyr
9 6 (1.55%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.55%) WebDriver
10 5 (1.30%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.04%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.04%) ChangeMan
11 4 (1.04%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.78%) Subversion
General
1 134 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 92 (23.83%) Finance
3 56 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.92%) Law
5 43 (11.14%) Public Sector
6 42 (10.88%) Influencing Skills
7 36 (9.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 26 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.66%) Retail
10 16 (4.15%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.33%) Games
12 8 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.55%) Marketing
14 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.04%) Automotive
15 4 (1.04%) Electronics
15 4 (1.04%) Local Government
16 3 (0.78%) Advertising
16 3 (0.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 95 (24.61%) Senior
2 70 (18.13%) Developer
3 49 (12.69%) Lead
4 47 (12.18%) Architect
5 36 (9.33%) Analyst
6 32 (8.29%) Project Manager
7 28 (7.25%) Senior Manager
7 28 (7.25%) Software Engineer
8 27 (6.99%) Development Manager
9 26 (6.74%) Development Project Manager
9 26 (6.74%) Senior Development Manager
9 26 (6.74%) Senior Project Manager
10 24 (6.22%) Senior Developer
11 19 (4.92%) Java Developer
11 19 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (4.40%) Designer
13 14 (3.63%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.63%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (3.37%) Product Designer
14 13 (3.37%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (15.80%) .NET
2 48 (12.44%) REST
3 36 (9.33%) React
4 25 (6.48%) JSON
4 25 (6.48%) SOAP
5 24 (6.22%) Spring
6 20 (5.18%) .NET Core
6 20 (5.18%) ASP.NET
6 20 (5.18%) Node.js
6 20 (5.18%) Spring Boot
7 19 (4.92%) .NET Framework
7 19 (4.92%) HTML
7 19 (4.92%) RESTful
8 18 (4.66%) Middleware
8 18 (4.66%) XML
9 17 (4.40%) AngularJS
9 17 (4.40%) Web Services
10 16 (4.15%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (3.63%) Kafka
12 13 (3.37%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.44%) Product Ownership
2 44 (11.40%) Cloud Native
3 36 (9.33%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (7.77%) Life Science
5 16 (4.15%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.59%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.33%) Hackathon
8 9 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.55%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.30%) Social Media
12 4 (1.04%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.04%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.04%) Legacy Code
12 4 (1.04%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.63%) Linux
2 12 (3.11%) Windows
3 7 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.04%) zOS
5 2 (0.52%) Android
5 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (26.42%) CI/CD
2 94 (24.35%) DevOps
3 79 (20.47%) Scrum
4 75 (19.43%) Decision-Making
5 74 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (17.36%) Analytics
8 63 (16.32%) AI
9 61 (15.80%) Computer Science
10 59 (15.28%) Software Engineering
11 56 (14.51%) Mentoring
12 51 (13.21%) Test Automation
13 48 (12.44%) Microservices
14 47 (12.18%) TDD
15 46 (11.92%) Hematology
15 46 (11.92%) Immunology
16 44 (11.40%) Containerisation
17 41 (10.62%) Biotechnology
17 41 (10.62%) Roadmaps
18 38 (9.84%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (19.69%) SQL
2 70 (18.13%) Python
3 67 (17.36%) C#
4 50 (12.95%) Java
5 36 (9.33%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.63%) PowerShell
6 14 (3.63%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.59%) C++
7 10 (2.59%) VBA
8 9 (2.33%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.81%) ABAP
10 6 (1.55%) Groovy
11 5 (1.30%) Bash
11 5 (1.30%) C
12 4 (1.04%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.04%) COBOL
12 4 (1.04%) JCL
12 4 (1.04%) Perl
12 4 (1.04%) PHP
12 4 (1.04%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (34.72%) Degree
2 46 (11.92%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.33%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (7.51%) PMI Certification
5 29 (7.51%) PMP
6 23 (5.96%) Master's Degree
7 16 (4.15%) ISTQB
8 14 (3.63%) ICAEW
9 13 (3.37%) Azure Certification
9 13 (3.37%) PhD
10 10 (2.59%) ACCA
10 10 (2.59%) CIMA
11 5 (1.30%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (0.78%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.52%) CSQA
13 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.92%) QA
2 39 (10.10%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.59%) GxP
4 6 (1.55%) WCAG
5 4 (1.04%) GDPR
5 4 (1.04%) PMO
6 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.78%) NIST
6 3 (0.78%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.52%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) MISRA
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (11.66%) Docker
2 10 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.52%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (15.54%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.74%) Terraform
3 14 (3.63%) Ansible
4 11 (2.85%) Kibana
5 5 (1.30%) Grafana
5 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.30%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.04%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.04%) Packer
6 4 (1.04%) SCCM
7 2 (0.52%) Argo
7 2 (0.52%) Istio
7 2 (0.52%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.52%) SCOM
8 1 (0.26%) Netcool
8 1 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 89 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.92%) SAP
3 14 (3.63%) Google
4 10 (2.59%) Adobe
4 10 (2.59%) Databricks
4 10 (2.59%) IBM
5 9 (2.33%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.07%) Oracle
7 7 (1.81%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.81%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.81%) Splunk
8 6 (1.55%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.55%) VMware
9 5 (1.30%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.04%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.78%) LabVantage
11 3 (0.78%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.52%) Blue Prism
12 2 (0.52%) Juniper
12 2 (0.52%) YouTube