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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 18 4
Rank change year-on-year -8 -14 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 339 369 841
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.52% 9.61% 17.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.36% 10.62% 21.37%
Number of salaries quoted 246 147 373
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,500 £91,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

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 5,334 3,475 3,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.08% 90.47% 83.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,794 1,465 1,918
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,520 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.74% -13.60% -

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +37 137 £65,000 +18.18% 132
Berkshire -22 119 £62,500 +8.70% 197
Oxfordshire -13 83 £60,000 +4.35% 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 12 (3.54%) Confluence
2 6 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) CMS
4 4 (1.18%) CICS
5 3 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.88%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.59%) Apache
6 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.59%) WordPress
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) IIS
7 1 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (5.01%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.47%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.59%) EPLAN
4 2 (0.59%) Lightworks
4 2 (0.59%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (4.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.59%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Finacle
4 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.29%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 133 (39.23%) Azure
2 103 (30.38%) AWS
3 41 (12.09%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (8.26%) SaaS
5 27 (7.96%) Power Platform
6 24 (7.08%) GitHub
7 22 (6.49%) Serverless
8 17 (5.01%) GCP
9 16 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (4.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 14 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (3.24%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.24%) IaaS
12 10 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (2.95%) Google Analytics
13 9 (2.65%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.24%) DNS
2 4 (1.18%) Firewall
3 2 (0.59%) DHCP
3 2 (0.59%) HTTP
3 2 (0.59%) MQTT
3 2 (0.59%) SMS
3 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.59%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.29%) ATM
4 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.29%) Intranet
4 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 26 (7.67%) MongoDB
2 26 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (7.37%) SQL Server
4 20 (5.90%) Power BI
5 19 (5.60%) Relational Database
6 17 (5.01%) Metadata
7 14 (4.13%) NoSQL
8 12 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (3.24%) DynamoDB
9 11 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (2.65%) Amazon QuickSight
10 9 (2.65%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (2.65%) Star Schema
11 6 (1.77%) GIS
11 6 (1.77%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.47%) Db2
12 5 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 36 (10.62%) Git
2 31 (9.14%) JIRA
3 19 (5.60%) GitLab
4 15 (4.42%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.65%) JMeter
5 9 (2.65%) JUnit
6 8 (2.36%) Mockito
7 7 (2.06%) Yeoman
8 5 (1.47%) Postman
8 5 (1.47%) Selenium
9 4 (1.18%) ChangeMan
9 4 (1.18%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.88%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.88%) Eclipse RCP
10 3 (0.88%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.59%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.59%) Maven
11 2 (0.59%) Mocha
11 2 (0.59%) SonarQube
General
1 105 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 84 (24.78%) Finance
3 49 (14.45%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.85%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.26%) Law
6 26 (7.67%) Influencing Skills
6 26 (7.67%) Retail
7 24 (7.08%) Manufacturing
8 19 (5.60%) Marketing
9 14 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.95%) Banking
11 9 (2.65%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.36%) Advertising
12 8 (2.36%) Aerospace
13 7 (2.06%) Automotive
13 7 (2.06%) Electronics
13 7 (2.06%) Local Government
13 7 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (24.78%) Senior
2 80 (23.60%) Developer
3 35 (10.32%) Software Engineer
4 32 (9.44%) .NET Developer
5 28 (8.26%) Architect
5 28 (8.26%) Senior Developer
6 25 (7.37%) Analyst
7 24 (7.08%) Project Manager
8 20 (5.90%) Lead
9 18 (5.31%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (4.42%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (4.13%) Senior Manager
12 13 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (3.83%) Python Engineer
12 13 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.54%) Business Analyst
13 12 (3.54%) C# Software Engineer
13 12 (3.54%) Java Developer
13 12 (3.54%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (17.70%) .NET
2 48 (14.16%) React
3 32 (9.44%) Node.js
3 32 (9.44%) REST
4 30 (8.85%) .NET Core
5 29 (8.55%) ASP.NET
5 29 (8.55%) ASP.NET Core
6 28 (8.26%) HTML
7 22 (6.49%) RESTful
8 21 (6.19%) JSON
9 18 (5.31%) Blazor
9 18 (5.31%) CSS
10 17 (5.01%) .NET Framework
10 17 (5.01%) XML
11 15 (4.42%) Spring
11 15 (4.42%) Spring Boot
11 15 (4.42%) Terraform
11 15 (4.42%) Vue
12 13 (3.83%) AngularJS
12 13 (3.83%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.16%) Product Ownership
2 38 (11.21%) Cloud Native
3 24 (7.08%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.60%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (5.01%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.65%) Life Science
8 7 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.77%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (1.77%) NHS
9 6 (1.77%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.18%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.18%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.18%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.18%) Social Network
10 4 (1.18%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.18%) VSAM
11 3 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.78%) Windows
2 12 (3.54%) Linux
3 4 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.18%) zOS
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (28.61%) DevOps
2 94 (27.73%) CI/CD
3 83 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (23.01%) Scrum
5 70 (20.65%) Software Engineering
6 64 (18.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (18.58%) Mentoring
8 59 (17.40%) Decision-Making
9 56 (16.52%) AI
10 54 (15.93%) Full-Stack Development
10 54 (15.93%) Microservices
11 51 (15.04%) Computer Science
12 49 (14.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 47 (13.86%) Analytics
14 43 (12.68%) Project Management
15 41 (12.09%) Roadmaps
16 40 (11.80%) Data Modelling
17 38 (11.21%) Test Automation
18 37 (10.91%) TDD
19 36 (10.62%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 98 (28.91%) C#
2 80 (23.60%) SQL
3 64 (18.88%) Python
4 47 (13.86%) JavaScript
5 33 (9.73%) TypeScript
6 32 (9.44%) Java
7 22 (6.49%) C++
8 11 (3.24%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.65%) Shell Script
10 7 (2.06%) Bash
11 5 (1.47%) ABAP
11 5 (1.47%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.47%) C
11 5 (1.47%) COBOL
12 4 (1.18%) JCL
13 2 (0.59%) Groovy
14 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.29%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.29%) PHP
14 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 111 (32.74%) Degree
2 33 (9.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 25 (7.37%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.01%) PMP
6 16 (4.72%) PMI Certification
7 15 (4.42%) ICAEW
7 15 (4.42%) Master's Degree
8 10 (2.95%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.06%) PhD
10 6 (1.77%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.77%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.59%) CSQA
12 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.59%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.29%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.39%) QA
2 29 (8.55%) Data Quality
3 21 (6.19%) Accessibility
4 14 (4.13%) GDPR
5 9 (2.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.77%) PMO
6 6 (1.77%) WCAG
7 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.47%) NIST
8 4 (1.18%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.29%) MISRA
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 42 (12.39%) Docker
2 6 (1.77%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 54 (15.93%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.36%) Kibana
3 5 (1.47%) Grafana
4 4 (1.18%) Ansible
4 4 (1.18%) CA Endevor
4 4 (1.18%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.59%) Argo
6 2 (0.59%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.59%) Istio
6 2 (0.59%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 88 (25.96%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.31%) Google
3 13 (3.83%) Salesforce
4 12 (3.54%) CA Agile Central
5 11 (3.24%) SAP
6 9 (2.65%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.65%) Informatica
6 9 (2.65%) Talend
7 8 (2.36%) Splunk
8 7 (2.06%) Adobe
8 7 (2.06%) Facebook
8 7 (2.06%) Pega
8 7 (2.06%) YouTube
9 5 (1.47%) New Relic
9 5 (1.47%) Oracle
9 5 (1.47%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.88%) Databricks
10 3 (0.88%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.59%) Sage