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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 359 777 739
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 9.76% 17.83% 22.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.93% 21.19% 23.57%
Number of salaries quoted 145 345 554
10th Percentile £39,750 £35,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,335
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.12% -5.06%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,950 £94,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -

All Process and 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 3,284 3,667 3,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.31% 84.12% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,529 1,756 2,147
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,982 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -
75th Percentile £66,410 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 2025. 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 -12 242 £55,500 -14.62% 328
Oxfordshire -13 59 £60,000 +33.33% 66
Buckinghamshire -28 58 £55,000 +15.79% 89
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 24 (6.69%) Confluence
2 13 (3.62%) CMS
2 13 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.06%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (2.51%) IIS
5 7 (1.95%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.39%) JBoss
6 5 (1.39%) Red Hat Fuse
7 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.28%) SAS
9 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.95%) MadCap Flare
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.84%) Shopify
3 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 157 (43.73%) Azure
2 123 (34.26%) AWS
3 56 (15.60%) GCP
4 32 (8.91%) Serverless
5 30 (8.36%) Vertex AI
6 28 (7.80%) Amazon EC2
6 28 (7.80%) Amazon ECS
6 28 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
7 22 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (5.57%) SaaS
9 17 (4.74%) Azure AI
10 15 (4.18%) Amazon S3
11 14 (3.90%) GitHub
12 13 (3.62%) PaaS
13 12 (3.34%) Amazon SQS
13 12 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (3.34%) Power Platform
14 11 (3.06%) iPaaS
15 9 (2.51%) Google Analytics
16 8 (2.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.69%) Firewall
2 20 (5.57%) SAN
3 16 (4.46%) VLAN
4 13 (3.62%) WAN
5 11 (3.06%) LAN
5 11 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.51%) DNS
7 5 (1.39%) DHCP
7 5 (1.39%) NAS
7 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.39%) Wireless
8 2 (0.56%) FTP
8 2 (0.56%) HTTP
8 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.56%) SMTP
8 2 (0.56%) SSH
8 2 (0.56%) VPN
9 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.28%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.81%) Data Lake
2 38 (10.58%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (7.80%) Relational Database
4 22 (6.13%) SQL Server
5 20 (5.57%) RDBMS
6 18 (5.01%) NoSQL
7 15 (4.18%) Data Mining
8 13 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (3.34%) MySQL
10 10 (2.79%) DynamoDB
11 9 (2.51%) Big Data
12 8 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (2.23%) Metadata
13 7 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (1.95%) Hadoop
14 6 (1.67%) Power BI
14 6 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
16 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
17 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 43 (11.98%) JIRA
2 42 (11.70%) Git
3 40 (11.14%) Jenkins
4 32 (8.91%) JUnit
5 26 (7.24%) Mockito
6 20 (5.57%) JMeter
7 18 (5.01%) Selenium
8 15 (4.18%) SonarQube
9 13 (3.62%) Maven
10 10 (2.79%) GitLab
10 10 (2.79%) WebDriver
11 8 (2.23%) Bitbucket
11 8 (2.23%) Postman
11 8 (2.23%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (1.95%) SoapUI
12 7 (1.95%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (1.67%) Cucumber
14 5 (1.39%) DbUnit
14 5 (1.39%) jMock
14 5 (1.39%) TeamCity
General
1 187 (52.09%) Social Skills
2 112 (31.20%) Law
3 106 (29.53%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (19.22%) Finance
5 43 (11.98%) Marketing
6 41 (11.42%) Influencing Skills
7 40 (11.14%) Public Sector
8 38 (10.58%) Legal
9 33 (9.19%) Retail
10 18 (5.01%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (3.62%) Banking
14 11 (3.06%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.67%) Games
16 4 (1.11%) Automotive
16 4 (1.11%) Tech for Good
17 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 112 (31.20%) Senior
2 77 (21.45%) Developer
3 59 (16.43%) Lead
4 43 (11.98%) Full-Stack Developer
5 36 (10.03%) Java Developer
6 27 (7.52%) Senior Developer
7 24 (6.69%) Software Engineer
8 22 (6.13%) Product Manager
8 22 (6.13%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 19 (5.29%) Analyst
10 17 (4.74%) Architect
10 17 (4.74%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 17 (4.74%) Senior Manager
11 15 (4.18%) Mid-Level Java Developer
11 15 (4.18%) Product Delivery Manager
12 14 (3.90%) Full-Stack Web Developer
12 14 (3.90%) Senior Web Developer
12 14 (3.90%) Web Developer
13 12 (3.34%) Project Manager
14 11 (3.06%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (15.60%) HTML
2 44 (12.26%) Spring Boot
3 43 (11.98%) Spring
4 41 (11.42%) React
5 39 (10.86%) REST
6 36 (10.03%) .NET
7 34 (9.47%) Web Services
8 32 (8.91%) Hibernate
9 31 (8.64%) CSS
9 31 (8.64%) RESTful
10 27 (7.52%) ActiveMQ
11 25 (6.96%) Apache Camel
12 24 (6.69%) SOAP
12 24 (6.69%) XML
13 23 (6.41%) JSON
14 22 (6.13%) Kafka
15 21 (5.85%) jQuery
16 20 (5.57%) WireMock
17 19 (5.29%) Node.js
18 13 (3.62%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 31 (8.64%) Product Ownership
3 30 (8.36%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (6.41%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.74%) Cloud Native
6 16 (4.46%) AI Agents
7 15 (4.18%) Algorithms
7 15 (4.18%) Life Science
8 13 (3.62%) Replication
8 13 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (2.23%) Taxonomies
12 5 (1.39%) IoT
12 5 (1.39%) Online Games
12 5 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
13 3 (0.84%) Educational Technology
13 3 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 2 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.52%) Windows
2 16 (4.46%) Linux
2 16 (4.46%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.39%) Unix
4 4 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.56%) Amazon Linux
5 2 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (33.43%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (30.64%) Analytics
3 105 (29.25%) Roadmaps
4 98 (27.30%) Machine Learning
5 95 (26.46%) Data Science
6 92 (25.63%) DevOps
7 90 (25.07%) CI/CD
8 77 (21.45%) AI
9 66 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (16.43%) Generative AI
11 57 (15.88%) Full-Stack Development
12 56 (15.60%) Actionable Insight
13 54 (15.04%) TDD
14 52 (14.48%) Microservices
14 52 (14.48%) Scrum
14 52 (14.48%) Use Case
15 48 (13.37%) Computer Science
15 48 (13.37%) Thought Leadership
16 45 (12.53%) Test Automation
17 44 (12.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 68 (18.94%) Java
2 65 (18.11%) JavaScript
3 59 (16.43%) SQL
4 53 (14.76%) Python
5 36 (10.03%) C#
6 21 (5.85%) Shell Script
7 15 (4.18%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.39%) C++
8 5 (1.39%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.39%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.11%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.11%) Ruby
10 2 (0.56%) Bicep
10 2 (0.56%) Groovy
10 2 (0.56%) Perl
10 2 (0.56%) SOQL
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) Go
11 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 79 (22.01%) Degree
2 43 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.75%) Master's Degree
4 28 (7.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (7.52%) SC Cleared
6 16 (4.46%) PhD
7 12 (3.34%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.79%) ISTQB
9 9 (2.51%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.84%) PMP
11 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) CISSP
12 1 (0.28%) CRISC
12 1 (0.28%) HNC
12 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (13.65%) QA
2 19 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.46%) GxP
4 15 (4.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (4.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (2.79%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.79%) GDPR
6 9 (2.51%) Data Quality
7 8 (2.23%) SLA
8 7 (1.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.84%) PMO
10 2 (0.56%) ECSS
10 2 (0.56%) WCAG
11 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.28%) COBIT
11 1 (0.28%) GAAP
11 1 (0.28%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.28%) IFRS
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (18.66%) Docker
2 21 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.57%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.23%) Active Directory
5 7 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.39%) vSphere
7 3 (0.84%) vCloud
8 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.56%) Firmware
9 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.28%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 57 (15.88%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.57%) Kibana
3 16 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.18%) SCCM
5 10 (2.79%) Terraform
6 8 (2.23%) Ansible
7 5 (1.39%) Grafana
7 5 (1.39%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.84%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.84%) Rundeck
8 3 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 70 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 59 (16.43%) Google
3 25 (6.96%) VMware
4 20 (5.57%) Dynatrace
4 20 (5.57%) Splunk
5 15 (4.18%) Foundry
5 15 (4.18%) OpenAI
6 12 (3.34%) SAP
7 11 (3.06%) arcserve
8 7 (1.95%) Databricks
9 6 (1.67%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.67%) Solace
10 5 (1.39%) LogicMonitor
10 5 (1.39%) Oracle
10 5 (1.39%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.39%) Sage
10 5 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.39%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.39%) Zoho