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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 363 365 988
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.73% 12.80% 15.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.25% 13.76% 17.85%
Number of salaries quoted 192 165 704
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 3,926 2,653 5,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.77% 93.02% 84.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,530 1,207 4,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 22 April 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 April 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 -8 169 £70,000 - 58
Buckinghamshire +20 153 £60,000 -0.41% 48
Oxfordshire -20 41 £70,000 +50.54% 28
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 (1.93%) OpenStack
2 5 (1.38%) Confluence
3 4 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.10%) CMS
4 3 (0.83%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) Camunda
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 26 (7.16%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.31%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.38%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.55%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP HR
1 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.28%) Shopify
2 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 85 (23.42%) Azure
2 64 (17.63%) AWS
3 28 (7.71%) Serverless
4 24 (6.61%) Power Platform
5 21 (5.79%) Amazon EKS
6 16 (4.41%) Amazon S3
6 16 (4.41%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (4.41%) SaaS
7 15 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
7 15 (4.13%) GCP
8 14 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (3.03%) GitHub
10 10 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.48%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (2.48%) Google Analytics
11 9 (2.48%) Miro
12 8 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 7 (1.93%) IaaS
13 7 (1.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.75%) DNS
2 7 (1.93%) Broadband
3 6 (1.65%) Firewall
4 3 (0.83%) DHCP
5 2 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.55%) NAS
5 2 (0.55%) SAN
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.55%) VLAN
5 2 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.82%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.06%) Power BI
3 20 (5.51%) Relational Database
4 18 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.31%) Metadata
6 8 (2.20%) MySQL
7 6 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.83%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.83%) Tableau
10 2 (0.55%) Big Data
10 2 (0.55%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.55%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 34 (9.37%) Git
2 30 (8.26%) JIRA
3 21 (5.79%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.58%) GitLab
5 9 (2.48%) Postman
6 6 (1.65%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.65%) JUnit
6 6 (1.65%) Selenium
6 6 (1.65%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.65%) WebDriver
7 5 (1.38%) Axure RP
7 5 (1.38%) Balsamiq
7 5 (1.38%) SoapUI
7 5 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (1.10%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.10%) Mockito
8 4 (1.10%) SpecFlow
8 4 (1.10%) Subversion
8 4 (1.10%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.83%) JMeter
General
1 147 (40.50%) Social Skills
2 90 (24.79%) Finance
3 57 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.57%) Law
4 42 (11.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 41 (11.29%) Public Sector
6 38 (10.47%) Influencing Skills
7 30 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.75%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.75%) Retail
9 9 (2.48%) Games
9 9 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.93%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.83%) Automotive
13 2 (0.55%) Aviation
13 2 (0.55%) Legal
13 2 (0.55%) Publishing
14 1 (0.28%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 99 (27.27%) Senior
2 56 (15.43%) Developer
3 48 (13.22%) Lead
4 44 (12.12%) Senior Manager
5 33 (9.09%) Analyst
6 32 (8.82%) Project Manager
7 30 (8.26%) Architect
8 28 (7.71%) Development Manager
8 28 (7.71%) Senior Development Manager
9 25 (6.89%) Development Project Manager
9 25 (6.89%) Senior Project Manager
10 20 (5.51%) Designer
11 19 (5.23%) Associate Director
12 17 (4.68%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (4.41%) Software Engineer
14 15 (4.13%) Java Developer
14 15 (4.13%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.86%) Data Analyst
16 13 (3.58%) Product Designer
16 13 (3.58%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (12.95%) .NET
1 47 (12.95%) REST
2 28 (7.71%) React
3 25 (6.89%) SOAP
4 21 (5.79%) Middleware
5 19 (5.23%) ASP.NET
5 19 (5.23%) JSON
6 17 (4.68%) .NET Framework
6 17 (4.68%) Spring
7 15 (4.13%) Elastic Stack
7 15 (4.13%) HTML
7 15 (4.13%) Spring Boot
8 14 (3.86%) Web Services
8 14 (3.86%) XML
9 13 (3.58%) Kafka
10 12 (3.31%) AngularJS
10 12 (3.31%) Node.js
10 12 (3.31%) RabbitMQ
11 11 (3.03%) RESTful
12 10 (2.75%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 54 (14.88%) Life Science
2 43 (11.85%) Product Ownership
3 31 (8.54%) Cloud Native
4 28 (7.71%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.41%) Mobile App
5 16 (4.41%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.58%) Low-Code
7 11 (3.03%) Hackathon
8 8 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.38%) Social Media
10 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.10%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.10%) N-Tier
10 4 (1.10%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.83%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.83%) LIMS
11 3 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.03%) Linux
2 5 (1.38%) Windows
3 4 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.55%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (24.79%) CI/CD
2 88 (24.24%) Analytics
3 82 (22.59%) DevOps
4 79 (21.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 73 (20.11%) Hematology
5 73 (20.11%) Immunology
6 71 (19.56%) Scrum
7 68 (18.73%) Biotechnology
8 67 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
9 66 (18.18%) Decision-Making
10 63 (17.36%) AI
11 58 (15.98%) Computer Science
12 44 (12.12%) Roadmaps
13 38 (10.47%) Data Science
13 38 (10.47%) Mentoring
14 37 (10.19%) Microservices
14 37 (10.19%) Project Management
15 36 (9.92%) Data Modelling
15 36 (9.92%) Machine Learning
15 36 (9.92%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 72 (19.83%) Python
2 67 (18.46%) SQL
3 47 (12.95%) Java
4 43 (11.85%) C#
5 33 (9.09%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.41%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.31%) VBA
8 8 (2.20%) Apex Code
9 7 (1.93%) C++
10 6 (1.65%) Groovy
10 6 (1.65%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.38%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.10%) ABAP
12 4 (1.10%) Perl
12 4 (1.10%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.83%) Bash
13 3 (0.83%) C
13 3 (0.83%) PHP
13 3 (0.83%) R
14 1 (0.28%) Go
Qualifications
1 144 (39.67%) Degree
2 53 (14.60%) Security Cleared
3 41 (11.29%) SC Cleared
4 32 (8.82%) Master's Degree
5 27 (7.44%) PMI Certification
5 27 (7.44%) PMP
6 21 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (4.68%) PhD
8 13 (3.58%) ISTQB
9 12 (3.31%) ACCA
9 12 (3.31%) CIMA
10 6 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.55%) CSQA
13 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.55%) ICAEW
13 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (11.85%) Accessibility
2 39 (10.74%) QA
3 15 (4.13%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.13%) GxP
4 9 (2.48%) WCAG
5 4 (1.10%) PMO
6 3 (0.83%) GDPR
7 2 (0.55%) ECSS
7 2 (0.55%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) MISRA
8 1 (0.28%) NCSC
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (9.09%) Docker
2 6 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.55%) Terminal Server
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (10.74%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.61%) Terraform
3 12 (3.31%) Ansible
4 7 (1.93%) Kibana
5 5 (1.38%) SCCM
6 4 (1.10%) Packer
7 3 (0.83%) Grafana
7 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.83%) SCOM
8 2 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.55%) Istio
8 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 67 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.23%) SAP
3 14 (3.86%) Google
4 13 (3.58%) Adobe
5 12 (3.31%) Databricks
6 11 (3.03%) IBM
7 10 (2.75%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.48%) AppDynamics
8 9 (2.48%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.20%) Oracle
10 6 (1.65%) VMware
11 4 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.10%) Telerik
12 3 (0.83%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.83%) LabVantage
12 3 (0.83%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.83%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.83%) Splunk
13 2 (0.55%) McAfee
13 2 (0.55%) Xamarin