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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 344 393 926
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.06% 14.42% 14.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.53% 15.39% 17.18%
Number of salaries quoted 170 187 708
10th Percentile £43,125 £36,250 £42,125
25th Percentile £50,021 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £62,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% +4.17% -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 3,611 2,554 5,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 74.13% 93.69% 85.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,300 1,200 3,978
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,626 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,247 £59,508 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +17.26% -3.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 29 March 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 29 March 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 -6 173 £66,250 -5.36% 64
Buckinghamshire +14 135 £60,000 -3.61% 57
Oxfordshire -16 36 £70,000 +47.37% 29
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 (2.03%) Confluence
2 6 (1.74%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.87%) IIS
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
5 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (6.69%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.49%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.45%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.58%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.58%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
3 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 75 (21.80%) Azure
2 49 (14.24%) AWS
3 23 (6.69%) Power Platform
4 20 (5.81%) GCP
4 20 (5.81%) Serverless
5 15 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.36%) SaaS
6 13 (3.78%) Amazon EKS
6 13 (3.78%) Amazon S3
7 12 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
7 12 (3.49%) Amazon SQS
7 12 (3.49%) GitHub
8 9 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (2.62%) Miro
8 9 (2.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 8 (2.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 6 (1.74%) Azure Storage
10 6 (1.74%) Figma
10 6 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.62%) DNS
2 7 (2.03%) Broadband
3 5 (1.45%) Firewall
4 3 (0.87%) DHCP
5 2 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.58%) NAS
5 2 (0.58%) SAN
5 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.58%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.58%) VLAN
5 2 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.30%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.81%) Power BI
3 18 (5.23%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.20%) Metadata
5 11 (3.20%) MySQL
6 10 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.45%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.45%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.87%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.87%) Tableau
10 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.58%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.29%) SAS EBI
11 1 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 28 (8.14%) JIRA
2 21 (6.10%) Git
3 12 (3.49%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.62%) Postman
4 9 (2.62%) Selenium
4 9 (2.62%) WebDriver
5 7 (2.03%) JUnit
5 7 (2.03%) SoapUI
5 7 (2.03%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (1.74%) GitLab
6 6 (1.74%) Mockito
7 5 (1.45%) Axure RP
7 5 (1.45%) Balsamiq
7 5 (1.45%) git-flow
7 5 (1.45%) JMeter
8 4 (1.16%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.16%) Subversion
8 4 (1.16%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.58%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.58%) TeamCity
General
1 150 (43.60%) Social Skills
2 100 (29.07%) Finance
3 49 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 38 (11.05%) Law
6 37 (10.76%) Influencing Skills
7 36 (10.47%) Public Sector
8 28 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.65%) Manufacturing
10 14 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.62%) Games
12 8 (2.33%) Marketing
12 8 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.33%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.74%) Retail
14 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.87%) Automotive
16 2 (0.58%) Aviation
16 2 (0.58%) Legal
16 2 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 92 (26.74%) Senior
2 55 (15.99%) Lead
3 51 (14.83%) Developer
4 41 (11.92%) Senior Manager
5 29 (8.43%) Analyst
5 29 (8.43%) Project Manager
6 26 (7.56%) Development Manager
7 25 (7.27%) Senior Development Manager
8 24 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (6.40%) Development Project Manager
9 22 (6.40%) Senior Project Manager
10 20 (5.81%) Architect
10 20 (5.81%) Designer
11 19 (5.52%) Associate Director
12 17 (4.94%) Software Engineer
13 14 (4.07%) Data Analyst
14 13 (3.78%) Product Designer
14 13 (3.78%) Senior Designer
14 13 (3.78%) Senior Developer
14 13 (3.78%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (13.95%) .NET
2 33 (9.59%) REST
3 23 (6.69%) React
4 22 (6.40%) SOAP
5 21 (6.10%) HTML
6 18 (5.23%) ASP.NET
7 17 (4.94%) .NET Framework
7 17 (4.94%) Middleware
8 13 (3.78%) Kafka
8 13 (3.78%) Spring
9 12 (3.49%) CSS
9 12 (3.49%) Spring Boot
10 11 (3.20%) Entity Framework
10 11 (3.20%) Web Services
11 10 (2.91%) JSON
11 10 (2.91%) XML
12 9 (2.62%) ASP.NET Core
12 9 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (2.62%) Visualforce
13 8 (2.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 58 (16.86%) Life Science
2 42 (12.21%) Product Ownership
3 26 (7.56%) Cloud Native
4 18 (5.23%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (4.36%) Mobile App
6 14 (4.07%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.78%) Low-Code
8 11 (3.20%) Hackathon
9 9 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.45%) Social Media
12 4 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.16%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.16%) N-Tier
12 4 (1.16%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.87%) Biopharmaceutical
13 3 (0.87%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.87%) LIMS
13 3 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.03%) Windows
2 4 (1.16%) Linux
2 4 (1.16%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (25.58%) Analytics
2 79 (22.97%) CI/CD
3 74 (21.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (21.51%) Hematology
3 74 (21.51%) Immunology
4 69 (20.06%) DevOps
5 66 (19.19%) AI
5 66 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (18.90%) Biotechnology
6 65 (18.90%) Computer Science
7 57 (16.57%) Scrum
8 56 (16.28%) Decision-Making
9 54 (15.70%) Roadmaps
10 42 (12.21%) Data Science
11 41 (11.92%) Machine Learning
12 38 (11.05%) Use Case
13 35 (10.17%) Mentoring
14 33 (9.59%) Project Management
14 33 (9.59%) Technology Strategy
14 33 (9.59%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 66 (19.19%) Python
2 55 (15.99%) SQL
3 45 (13.08%) C#
4 38 (11.05%) Java
5 36 (10.47%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.23%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.49%) VBA
8 9 (2.62%) Apex Code
9 7 (2.03%) C++
10 6 (1.74%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.45%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.16%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.87%) C
13 3 (0.87%) PHP
13 3 (0.87%) R
14 2 (0.58%) ABAP
15 1 (0.29%) Bash
15 1 (0.29%) Go
15 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 145 (42.15%) Degree
2 44 (12.79%) Security Cleared
3 39 (11.34%) Master's Degree
4 30 (8.72%) SC Cleared
5 25 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (6.98%) PMI Certification
6 24 (6.98%) PMP
7 21 (6.10%) PhD
8 15 (4.36%) ISTQB
9 12 (3.49%) ACCA
9 12 (3.49%) CIMA
10 9 (2.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 6 (1.74%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.29%) CISM
14 1 (0.29%) CRISC
14 1 (0.29%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 33 (9.59%) QA
3 19 (5.52%) GxP
4 15 (4.36%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.33%) WCAG
6 4 (1.16%) GDPR
7 3 (0.87%) PMO
8 2 (0.58%) ECSS
8 2 (0.58%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) COBIT
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.29%) MISRA
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
9 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (6.98%) Docker
2 6 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.58%) Terminal Server
5 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (7.27%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.36%) Terraform
3 5 (1.45%) Kibana
3 5 (1.45%) SCCM
4 3 (0.87%) SCOM
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.58%) Netcool
5 2 (0.58%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 1 (0.29%) Ansible
6 1 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (17.15%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.69%) SAP
3 13 (3.78%) Databricks
4 11 (3.20%) Adobe
4 11 (3.20%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.91%) Google
6 9 (2.62%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.74%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.74%) VMware
8 5 (1.45%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.45%) Splunk
9 4 (1.16%) Oracle
9 4 (1.16%) Telerik
9 4 (1.16%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.87%) IBM
10 3 (0.87%) LabVantage
10 3 (0.87%) Sage
10 3 (0.87%) Workday
10 3 (0.87%) Zoho
11 2 (0.58%) LogicMonitor