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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 6
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 364 440 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.01% 12.53% 15.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.37% 13.67% 18.74%
Number of salaries quoted 244 137 653
10th Percentile £43,688 £38,025 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £92,500
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 4,348 3,219 5,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.80% 91.68% 82.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,010 1,330 3,915
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,988 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,840 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +47 179 £62,500 +15.74% 37
Berkshire -21 117 £70,000 - 74
Oxfordshire -10 68 £57,500 +15.00% 35
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 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.37%) CMS
3 4 (1.10%) CICS
3 4 (1.10%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.82%) Confluence
4 3 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.55%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) JBoss
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (4.95%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.55%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.55%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.55%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.27%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.27%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 128 (35.16%) Azure
2 105 (28.85%) AWS
3 31 (8.52%) SaaS
3 31 (8.52%) Serverless
4 24 (6.59%) Amazon EKS
4 24 (6.59%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.95%) GitHub
6 18 (4.95%) IaaS
7 17 (4.67%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (4.40%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (4.12%) GCP
10 14 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.57%) Amazon S3
12 11 (3.02%) Azure AKS
12 11 (3.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 11 (3.02%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (3.02%) Azure Storage
13 8 (2.20%) Google Analytics
14 7 (1.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.67%) DNS
2 7 (1.92%) Broadband
3 6 (1.65%) Firewall
4 3 (0.82%) DHCP
5 2 (0.55%) HTTP
5 2 (0.55%) MQTT
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.27%) Intranet
6 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 24 (6.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 21 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (5.49%) Power BI
4 20 (5.49%) Relational Database
5 17 (4.67%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.47%) Metadata
8 5 (1.37%) MySQL
8 5 (1.37%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.10%) Db2
9 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.55%) GIS
11 2 (0.55%) Redis
11 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 31 (8.52%) Git
2 21 (5.77%) Jenkins
2 21 (5.77%) JIRA
3 20 (5.49%) GitLab
4 9 (2.47%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.20%) JUnit
5 8 (2.20%) Postman
5 8 (2.20%) Yeoman
6 7 (1.92%) JMeter
6 7 (1.92%) Mockito
6 7 (1.92%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.92%) Zephyr
7 4 (1.10%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.10%) ChangeMan
7 4 (1.10%) Selenium
7 4 (1.10%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.55%) Mocha
8 2 (0.55%) Subversion
9 1 (0.27%) Eclipse RCP
9 1 (0.27%) Maven
General
1 113 (31.04%) Social Skills
2 75 (20.60%) Finance
3 52 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.44%) Law
5 35 (9.62%) Influencing Skills
5 35 (9.62%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.59%) Manufacturing
7 21 (5.77%) Pharmaceutical
7 21 (5.77%) Retail
8 18 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.47%) Games
10 7 (1.92%) Advertising
10 7 (1.92%) Local Government
10 7 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.65%) Marketing
12 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.10%) Automotive
13 4 (1.10%) Electronics
13 4 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 83 (22.80%) Senior
2 80 (21.98%) Developer
3 46 (12.64%) Architect
4 36 (9.89%) Software Engineer
5 33 (9.07%) Lead
6 26 (7.14%) .NET Developer
6 26 (7.14%) Project Manager
7 25 (6.87%) Analyst
8 24 (6.59%) Senior Developer
9 20 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
10 19 (5.22%) Development Manager
11 18 (4.95%) Senior Manager
12 17 (4.67%) Development Project Manager
12 17 (4.67%) Senior Development Manager
12 17 (4.67%) Senior Project Manager
13 16 (4.40%) Java Developer
14 15 (4.12%) Cloud Engineer
14 15 (4.12%) Designer
15 14 (3.85%) Data Engineer
16 13 (3.57%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (18.13%) .NET
2 46 (12.64%) React
3 43 (11.81%) REST
4 34 (9.34%) .NET Core
5 31 (8.52%) ASP.NET
6 28 (7.69%) Node.js
7 26 (7.14%) JSON
8 25 (6.87%) ASP.NET Core
9 23 (6.32%) RESTful
10 21 (5.77%) .NET Framework
11 19 (5.22%) Blazor
11 19 (5.22%) HTML
12 18 (4.95%) AngularJS
12 18 (4.95%) Spring
12 18 (4.95%) XML
13 17 (4.67%) SOAP
14 16 (4.40%) Spring Boot
15 15 (4.12%) Middleware
16 14 (3.85%) Entity Framework
16 14 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.64%) Cloud Native
1 46 (12.64%) Product Ownership
2 32 (8.79%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.04%) Life Science
4 15 (4.12%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.47%) Low-Code
7 8 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.20%) Hackathon
8 7 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.65%) NHS
10 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.37%) Social Media
10 5 (1.37%) Social Network
10 5 (1.37%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.10%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.10%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.10%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.57%) Linux
1 13 (3.57%) Windows
2 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.10%) zOS
4 2 (0.55%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (26.37%) CI/CD
1 96 (26.37%) DevOps
2 74 (20.33%) Scrum
3 72 (19.78%) Decision-Making
4 69 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (18.96%) Software Engineering
5 64 (17.58%) AI
6 63 (17.31%) Analytics
6 63 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 60 (16.48%) Mentoring
7 60 (16.48%) Microservices
8 56 (15.38%) Computer Science
9 50 (13.74%) Test Automation
10 48 (13.19%) Containerisation
11 46 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development
12 45 (12.36%) TDD
13 37 (10.16%) Roadmaps
14 35 (9.62%) Data Modelling
14 35 (9.62%) Kanban
15 31 (8.52%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (24.18%) C#
2 86 (23.63%) SQL
3 67 (18.41%) Python
4 41 (11.26%) Java
5 37 (10.16%) JavaScript
6 23 (6.32%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.40%) C++
8 15 (4.12%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.47%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.20%) VBA
11 7 (1.92%) ABAP
11 7 (1.92%) Groovy
12 6 (1.65%) Bash
13 5 (1.37%) C
14 4 (1.10%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.10%) COBOL
14 4 (1.10%) JCL
14 4 (1.10%) Perl
14 4 (1.10%) PHP
14 4 (1.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (30.77%) Degree
2 34 (9.34%) Security Cleared
3 29 (7.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.49%) PMI Certification
5 20 (5.49%) PMP
6 19 (5.22%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.85%) ICAEW
8 10 (2.75%) ISTQB
9 8 (2.20%) ACCA
9 8 (2.20%) CIMA
10 7 (1.92%) PhD
11 3 (0.82%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.55%) CSQA
13 1 (0.27%) APMG
13 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (11.81%) QA
2 35 (9.62%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.37%) GDPR
4 5 (1.37%) WCAG
5 4 (1.10%) GxP
5 4 (1.10%) PMO
5 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.82%) NIST
7 2 (0.55%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) MISRA
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (13.46%) Docker
2 7 (1.92%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 62 (17.03%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.87%) Terraform
3 14 (3.85%) Ansible
4 11 (3.02%) Kibana
5 5 (1.37%) Grafana
5 5 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.10%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.10%) Packer
7 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.55%) Istio
8 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.27%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.27%) SCCM
9 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 93 (25.55%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.95%) Google
2 18 (4.95%) SAP
3 10 (2.75%) IBM
4 9 (2.47%) AppDynamics
5 8 (2.20%) Adobe
5 8 (2.20%) Oracle
6 7 (1.92%) Databricks
6 7 (1.92%) Dynatrace
6 7 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.92%) Splunk
7 6 (1.65%) Facebook
7 6 (1.65%) YouTube
8 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.10%) Sitecore
9 4 (1.10%) VMware
10 3 (0.82%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.55%) Blue Prism
11 2 (0.55%) New Relic
11 2 (0.55%) Xamarin