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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 309 529 674
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.61% 15.60% 17.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.46% 16.99% 19.10%
Number of salaries quoted 152 283 537
10th Percentile £35,475 £36,250 £40,050
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +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% -1.64%

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 3,268 3,113 3,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.53% 91.80% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,782 1,391 2,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,563 £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 £68,750 £76,005 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -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 15 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 15 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 -13 181 £50,803 -27.42% 159
Buckinghamshire +2 94 £60,000 - 52
Oxfordshire -21 34 £70,000 +86.67% 34
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
5 3 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.32%) Camunda
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (4.85%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.62%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.32%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.65%) 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 68 (22.01%) Azure
2 52 (16.83%) AWS
3 24 (7.77%) Serverless
4 22 (7.12%) GCP
5 19 (6.15%) Amazon EKS
6 18 (5.83%) Amazon ECS
6 18 (5.83%) 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
11 10 (3.24%) GitHub
11 10 (3.24%) 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%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.56%) Firewall
2 9 (2.91%) SAN
2 9 (2.91%) VLAN
3 8 (2.59%) DNS
4 6 (1.94%) DHCP
4 6 (1.94%) NAS
4 6 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.94%) Wireless
5 3 (0.97%) Broadband
5 3 (0.97%) LAN
5 3 (0.97%) WAN
5 3 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.65%) Unified Communications
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 13 (4.21%) 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%) Looker
11 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 32 (10.36%) JIRA
2 19 (6.15%) Jenkins
3 18 (5.83%) Git
3 18 (5.83%) Selenium
4 16 (5.18%) WebDriver
5 13 (4.21%) JUnit
6 12 (3.88%) Mockito
6 12 (3.88%) Postman
6 12 (3.88%) SoapUI
6 12 (3.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (3.56%) JMeter
8 6 (1.94%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.62%) Axure RP
9 5 (1.62%) Balsamiq
9 5 (1.62%) git-flow
10 4 (1.29%) GitLab
11 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.65%) Subversion
12 1 (0.32%) Ant
12 1 (0.32%) Maven
General
1 136 (44.01%) Social Skills
2 95 (30.74%) Finance
3 47 (15.21%) Pharmaceutical
4 46 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (12.62%) Public Sector
6 29 (9.39%) Law
7 25 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (7.77%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (4.21%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.56%) Marketing
12 7 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.62%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.29%) Automotive
14 4 (1.29%) Games
15 2 (0.65%) Banking
15 2 (0.65%) Retail
16 1 (0.32%) Billing
16 1 (0.32%) Legal
16 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 75 (24.27%) Senior
2 61 (19.74%) Lead
3 52 (16.83%) Developer
4 37 (11.97%) Senior Manager
5 33 (10.68%) Analyst
6 27 (8.74%) Full-Stack Developer
7 25 (8.09%) Project Manager
8 20 (6.47%) Development Manager
9 18 (5.83%) Java Developer
9 18 (5.83%) Senior Development Manager
9 18 (5.83%) Senior Project Manager
10 16 (5.18%) Software Engineer
11 15 (4.85%) Development Project Manager
12 14 (4.53%) Business Analyst
12 14 (4.53%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 12 (3.88%) Associate Director
14 11 (3.56%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 11 (3.56%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (3.56%) Senior Developer
15 10 (3.24%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.56%) .NET
2 35 (11.33%) REST
3 31 (10.03%) HTML
4 24 (7.77%) SOAP
5 23 (7.44%) React
6 20 (6.47%) Spring
6 20 (6.47%) Spring Boot
7 17 (5.50%) Web Services
8 15 (4.85%) JSON
8 15 (4.85%) XML
9 14 (4.53%) Middleware
10 13 (4.21%) Kafka
11 12 (3.88%) .NET Framework
11 12 (3.88%) ASP.NET
11 12 (3.88%) Hibernate
11 12 (3.88%) jQuery
12 11 (3.56%) ActiveMQ
12 11 (3.56%) Apache Camel
12 11 (3.56%) CSS
12 11 (3.56%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 60 (19.42%) Life Science
2 24 (7.77%) Product Ownership
3 21 (6.80%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.18%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.53%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.94%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.94%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.62%) Hackathon
9 4 (1.29%) Hedge funds
9 4 (1.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.97%) Biopharmaceutical
10 3 (0.97%) LIMS
10 3 (0.97%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.97%) Replication
10 3 (0.97%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.65%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.88%) Windows
2 6 (1.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.29%) Linux
4 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (23.30%) CI/CD
1 72 (23.30%) Hematology
1 72 (23.30%) Immunology
2 71 (22.98%) Analytics
2 71 (22.98%) Computer Science
3 64 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (18.77%) AI
5 55 (17.80%) Roadmaps
6 51 (16.50%) Biotechnology
6 51 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (16.50%) DevOps
7 48 (15.53%) Scrum
8 46 (14.89%) Data Science
8 46 (14.89%) Machine Learning
9 39 (12.62%) Use Case
10 37 (11.97%) Deployment Automation
11 36 (11.65%) Full-Stack Development
12 32 (10.36%) Decision-Making
13 31 (10.03%) Mentoring
13 31 (10.03%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.80%) Python
2 53 (17.15%) Java
3 49 (15.86%) SQL
4 44 (14.24%) C#
5 39 (12.62%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.83%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.88%) Shell Script
8 7 (2.27%) Apex Code
8 7 (2.27%) C++
8 7 (2.27%) 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
1 145 (46.93%) Degree
2 53 (17.15%) Security Cleared
3 45 (14.56%) Master's Degree
4 34 (11.00%) SC Cleared
5 31 (10.03%) PhD
6 26 (8.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (4.85%) ISTQB
7 15 (4.85%) PMI Certification
7 15 (4.85%) PMP
8 14 (4.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 7 (2.27%) ACCA
9 7 (2.27%) CIMA
10 6 (1.94%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.32%) CISM
13 1 (0.32%) CISSP
13 1 (0.32%) CRISC
13 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.36%) QA
2 30 (9.71%) GxP
3 29 (9.39%) Accessibility
4 13 (4.21%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.27%) WCAG
6 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.97%) GDPR
6 3 (0.97%) PMO
7 2 (0.65%) ECSS
7 2 (0.65%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) COBIT
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.32%) NCSC
8 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (9.06%) Docker
2 10 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.91%) 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 27 (8.74%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.56%) Kibana
3 9 (2.91%) Terraform
4 7 (2.27%) SCCM
5 5 (1.62%) 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 49 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.18%) SAP
3 12 (3.88%) VMware
4 11 (3.56%) Dynatrace
4 11 (3.56%) Splunk
5 10 (3.24%) Databricks
5 10 (3.24%) Google
6 8 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.27%) Adobe
7 7 (2.27%) MuleSoft
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%) Telerik
11 3 (0.97%) arcserve
11 3 (0.97%) LabVantage
11 3 (0.97%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.97%) Workday