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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 15 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 378 383 966
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.64% 11.45% 14.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.24% 12.20% 17.63%
Number of salaries quoted 230 144 657
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 4,092 3,140 5,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.83% 93.90% 84.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,775 1,173 3,857
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,050 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,450 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +45 177 £62,500 +3.73% 38
Berkshire -12 146 £70,000 - 76
Oxfordshire -4 55 £60,000 +21.52% 37
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 8 (2.12%) OpenStack
2 6 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.32%) CMS
4 4 (1.06%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.79%) CICS
6 2 (0.53%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) Camunda
7 1 (0.26%) Confluence
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.17%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.53%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.53%) SAP HR
1 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.26%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 103 (27.25%) Azure
2 88 (23.28%) AWS
3 34 (8.99%) Serverless
4 26 (6.88%) Amazon EKS
4 26 (6.88%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.08%) SaaS
6 20 (5.29%) Amazon ECS
7 18 (4.76%) Amazon S3
8 17 (4.50%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (3.97%) IaaS
11 14 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (3.17%) GCP
12 12 (3.17%) GitHub
13 11 (2.91%) Azure Storage
14 10 (2.65%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 10 (2.65%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (2.12%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.76%) DNS
2 8 (2.12%) Firewall
3 7 (1.85%) Broadband
4 4 (1.06%) DHCP
5 2 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.26%) Intranet
6 1 (0.26%) NAS
6 1 (0.26%) SAN
6 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.26%) VLAN
6 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.08%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (6.08%) Relational Database
3 22 (5.82%) Power BI
4 11 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (2.12%) Metadata
6 6 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.59%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.32%) MySQL
7 5 (1.32%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.79%) DB2
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (8.99%) Git
2 25 (6.61%) Jenkins
2 25 (6.61%) JIRA
3 15 (3.97%) GitLab
4 12 (3.17%) Postman
5 10 (2.65%) JUnit
6 9 (2.38%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.12%) Mockito
7 8 (2.12%) Selenium
7 8 (2.12%) Yeoman
8 7 (1.85%) JMeter
9 6 (1.59%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.59%) WebDriver
9 6 (1.59%) Zephyr
10 5 (1.32%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.06%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.06%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.06%) Subversion
12 3 (0.79%) ChangeMan
General
1 131 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 90 (23.81%) Finance
3 56 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.17%) Law
5 45 (11.90%) Influencing Skills
6 44 (11.64%) Public Sector
7 37 (9.79%) Pharmaceutical
8 27 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.97%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.97%) Retail
10 9 (2.38%) Games
11 8 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.59%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.06%) Local Government
13 4 (1.06%) Marketing
14 3 (0.79%) Advertising
14 3 (0.79%) Automotive
14 3 (0.79%) Electronics
14 3 (0.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 94 (24.87%) Senior
2 67 (17.72%) Developer
3 50 (13.23%) Lead
4 43 (11.38%) Architect
5 36 (9.52%) Analyst
6 33 (8.73%) Project Manager
7 29 (7.67%) Senior Manager
8 28 (7.41%) Development Manager
9 27 (7.14%) Development Project Manager
9 27 (7.14%) Senior Development Manager
9 27 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
10 26 (6.88%) Software Engineer
11 23 (6.08%) Senior Developer
12 19 (5.03%) Java Developer
13 17 (4.50%) Designer
14 16 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (3.70%) Data Analyst
15 14 (3.70%) Data Engineer
16 13 (3.44%) Full-Stack Developer
16 13 (3.44%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (15.08%) .NET
2 48 (12.70%) REST
3 34 (8.99%) React
4 25 (6.61%) SOAP
5 24 (6.35%) JSON
5 24 (6.35%) Spring
6 20 (5.29%) ASP.NET
6 20 (5.29%) Spring Boot
7 19 (5.03%) HTML
7 19 (5.03%) Node.js
8 18 (4.76%) .NET Core
8 18 (4.76%) .NET Framework
8 18 (4.76%) Middleware
8 18 (4.76%) XML
9 17 (4.50%) AngularJS
9 17 (4.50%) RESTful
9 17 (4.50%) Web Services
10 16 (4.23%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (3.70%) Kafka
12 13 (3.44%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.17%) Product Ownership
2 44 (11.64%) Cloud Native
3 34 (8.99%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (7.94%) Life Science
5 16 (4.23%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.65%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.38%) Hackathon
8 9 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.59%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.32%) Social Media
12 4 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.06%) Hedge funds
13 3 (0.79%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.79%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.44%) Linux
2 12 (3.17%) Windows
3 7 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (0.79%) zOS
5 2 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (26.46%) CI/CD
2 89 (23.54%) DevOps
3 80 (21.16%) Scrum
4 77 (20.37%) Decision-Making
5 73 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
7 66 (17.46%) Analytics
8 59 (15.61%) AI
9 58 (15.34%) Computer Science
10 54 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 54 (14.29%) Software Engineering
11 49 (12.96%) Test Automation
12 47 (12.43%) Hematology
12 47 (12.43%) Immunology
12 47 (12.43%) Microservices
13 45 (11.90%) TDD
14 42 (11.11%) Biotechnology
14 42 (11.11%) Containerisation
15 39 (10.32%) Project Management
15 39 (10.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 73 (19.31%) SQL
2 68 (17.99%) Python
3 62 (16.40%) C#
4 50 (13.23%) Java
5 35 (9.26%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.44%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.17%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.17%) VBA
8 9 (2.38%) C++
8 9 (2.38%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.85%) ABAP
10 6 (1.59%) Groovy
11 5 (1.32%) Bash
12 4 (1.06%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.06%) C
12 4 (1.06%) Perl
12 4 (1.06%) PHP
12 4 (1.06%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.79%) COBOL
13 3 (0.79%) JCL
Qualifications
1 130 (34.39%) Degree
2 49 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 37 (9.79%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.94%) PMI Certification
4 30 (7.94%) PMP
5 29 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (5.56%) Master's Degree
7 15 (3.97%) ISTQB
8 12 (3.17%) ACCA
8 12 (3.17%) CIMA
8 12 (3.17%) ICAEW
8 12 (3.17%) PhD
9 11 (2.91%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.53%) CSQA
12 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.64%) QA
2 39 (10.32%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.65%) GxP
4 9 (2.38%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.59%) WCAG
6 4 (1.06%) PMO
7 3 (0.79%) GDPR
7 3 (0.79%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.53%) NIST
8 2 (0.53%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) MISRA
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (11.64%) Docker
2 10 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.53%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (15.08%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.61%) Terraform
3 14 (3.70%) Ansible
4 11 (2.91%) Kibana
5 5 (1.32%) Grafana
5 5 (1.32%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.32%) SCCM
6 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.06%) Packer
7 3 (0.79%) CA Endevor
7 3 (0.79%) SCOM
8 2 (0.53%) Argo
8 2 (0.53%) Istio
8 2 (0.53%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.26%) Netcool
9 1 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 86 (22.75%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.56%) SAP
3 13 (3.44%) Google
4 10 (2.65%) Adobe
4 10 (2.65%) IBM
5 9 (2.38%) AppDynamics
5 9 (2.38%) Databricks
6 8 (2.12%) Oracle
7 7 (1.85%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.85%) Splunk
7 7 (1.85%) VMware
8 6 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.32%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.06%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.79%) LabVantage
11 3 (0.79%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.53%) Cisco
12 2 (0.53%) Juniper
12 2 (0.53%) YouTube