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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 309 536 690
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.71% 15.67% 17.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.56% 17.10% 19.60%
Number of salaries quoted 152 288 550
10th Percentile £35,475 £36,250 £40,575
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -

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 3,232 3,135 3,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.60% 91.67% 89.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,752 1,404 2,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,813 £76,009 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -13 184 £50,803 -27.42% 165
Buckinghamshire -1 90 £60,000 -0.41% 70
Oxfordshire -14 35 £70,000 +86.67% 51
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 14 (4.53%) Confluence
2 6 (1.94%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.62%) IIS
4 4 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.32%) Camunda
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.62%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.65%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.97%) Shopify
3 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 77 (24.92%) Azure
2 60 (19.42%) AWS
3 30 (9.71%) GCP
4 24 (7.77%) Serverless
5 18 (5.83%) Amazon ECS
5 18 (5.83%) Amazon EKS
6 17 (5.50%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.21%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.88%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (3.56%) GitHub
10 11 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (3.24%) Miro
12 9 (2.91%) SaaS
13 8 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (2.27%) Figma
14 7 (2.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 6 (1.94%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.56%) Firewall
2 10 (3.24%) SAN
2 10 (3.24%) VLAN
3 7 (2.27%) DNS
4 6 (1.94%) DHCP
4 6 (1.94%) NAS
4 6 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.94%) Wireless
5 4 (1.29%) LAN
5 4 (1.29%) WAN
5 4 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.65%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.32%) Broadband
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
1 21 (6.80%) Relational Database
2 16 (5.18%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.88%) Power BI
4 11 (3.56%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.24%) MySQL
6 7 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.27%) Metadata
6 7 (2.27%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.94%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.97%) Big Data
9 3 (0.97%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (0.65%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.65%) Tableau
11 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.32%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 33 (10.68%) JIRA
2 26 (8.41%) Git
3 19 (6.15%) Jenkins
4 18 (5.83%) Selenium
5 16 (5.18%) WebDriver
6 13 (4.21%) JUnit
7 12 (3.88%) Mockito
7 12 (3.88%) Postman
7 12 (3.88%) SoapUI
7 12 (3.88%) Team Foundation Server
8 11 (3.56%) JMeter
9 6 (1.94%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.62%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.62%) Balsamiq
10 5 (1.62%) git-flow
11 3 (0.97%) GitLab
12 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.65%) Subversion
13 1 (0.32%) Ant
13 1 (0.32%) Maven
General
1 139 (44.98%) Social Skills
2 92 (29.77%) Finance
3 44 (14.24%) Pharmaceutical
4 43 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (12.30%) Public Sector
6 37 (11.97%) Law
7 24 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (7.12%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (6.47%) Marketing
10 14 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (3.56%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.29%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.97%) Automotive
14 3 (0.97%) Retail
15 2 (0.65%) Banking
15 2 (0.65%) Games
15 2 (0.65%) Legal
16 1 (0.32%) Billing
16 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (25.89%) Senior
2 60 (19.42%) Developer
3 57 (18.45%) Lead
4 36 (11.65%) Senior Manager
5 35 (11.33%) Full-Stack Developer
6 30 (9.71%) Analyst
7 24 (7.77%) Project Manager
8 19 (6.15%) Development Manager
8 19 (6.15%) Senior Developer
9 18 (5.83%) Java Developer
10 17 (5.50%) Senior Development Manager
10 17 (5.50%) Senior Project Manager
11 15 (4.85%) Software Engineer
12 14 (4.53%) Development Project Manager
12 14 (4.53%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 13 (4.21%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (3.88%) Business Analyst
15 11 (3.56%) Associate Director
15 11 (3.56%) Mid-Level Java Developer
16 9 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.56%) .NET
2 39 (12.62%) HTML
3 34 (11.00%) REST
4 31 (10.03%) React
5 23 (7.44%) SOAP
6 20 (6.47%) Spring
6 20 (6.47%) Spring Boot
7 19 (6.15%) CSS
8 17 (5.50%) Web Services
9 16 (5.18%) Node.js
10 14 (4.53%) JSON
10 14 (4.53%) XML
11 13 (4.21%) Kafka
11 13 (4.21%) Middleware
11 13 (4.21%) RESTful
12 12 (3.88%) .NET Framework
12 12 (3.88%) ASP.NET
12 12 (3.88%) Hibernate
12 12 (3.88%) jQuery
13 11 (3.56%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 57 (18.45%) Life Science
2 24 (7.77%) Product Ownership
3 21 (6.80%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.85%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.94%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.62%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.29%) Hackathon
8 4 (1.29%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.29%) Replication
8 4 (1.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (0.97%) Biopharmaceutical
9 3 (0.97%) LIMS
9 3 (0.97%) N-Tier
9 3 (0.97%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.65%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.21%) Windows
2 7 (2.27%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.97%) Linux
4 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (25.57%) CI/CD
2 69 (22.33%) Analytics
2 69 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (22.01%) Hematology
3 68 (22.01%) Immunology
4 66 (21.36%) Computer Science
5 58 (18.77%) DevOps
6 54 (17.48%) AI
7 52 (16.83%) Roadmaps
8 49 (15.86%) Biotechnology
8 49 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 48 (15.53%) Scrum
10 44 (14.24%) Data Science
11 43 (13.92%) Full-Stack Development
11 43 (13.92%) Machine Learning
12 37 (11.97%) Use Case
13 34 (11.00%) Deployment Automation
14 31 (10.03%) Mentoring
14 31 (10.03%) Microservices
15 30 (9.71%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 52 (16.83%) Java
1 52 (16.83%) Python
2 48 (15.53%) JavaScript
3 47 (15.21%) SQL
4 43 (13.92%) C#
5 17 (5.50%) TypeScript
6 12 (3.88%) Shell Script
7 7 (2.27%) Apex Code
8 6 (1.94%) C++
8 6 (1.94%) VBA
9 5 (1.62%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.65%) C
11 1 (0.32%) Go
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) R
11 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 138 (44.66%) Degree
2 51 (16.50%) Security Cleared
3 42 (13.59%) Master's Degree
4 33 (10.68%) SC Cleared
5 29 (9.39%) PhD
6 25 (8.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (4.85%) ISTQB
8 14 (4.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 14 (4.53%) PMI Certification
8 14 (4.53%) PMP
9 6 (1.94%) ACCA
9 6 (1.94%) CIMA
9 6 (1.94%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.32%) CISM
12 1 (0.32%) CISSP
12 1 (0.32%) CRISC
12 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.62%) QA
2 28 (9.06%) GxP
3 25 (8.09%) Accessibility
4 13 (4.21%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.27%) WCAG
7 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.97%) GDPR
8 3 (0.97%) PMO
9 2 (0.65%) ECSS
9 2 (0.65%) SLA
10 1 (0.32%) COBIT
10 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.32%) NCSC
10 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (11.65%) Docker
2 11 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.24%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.94%) vSphere
5 4 (1.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.32%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.32%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 34 (11.00%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.56%) Kibana
3 9 (2.91%) Terraform
4 8 (2.59%) SCCM
5 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.65%) SCOM
7 1 (0.32%) Ansible
7 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.32%) Netcool
7 1 (0.32%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.32%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.85%) SAP
3 13 (4.21%) Google
3 13 (4.21%) VMware
4 11 (3.56%) Dynatrace
4 11 (3.56%) Splunk
5 10 (3.24%) Databricks
6 8 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.27%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.94%) Adobe
8 6 (1.94%) LogicMonitor
8 6 (1.94%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.62%) Sage
9 5 (1.62%) Xamarin
9 5 (1.62%) Zoho
10 4 (1.29%) arcserve
10 4 (1.29%) Telerik
11 3 (0.97%) LabVantage
11 3 (0.97%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.97%) Workday