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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 364 359 995
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.70% 12.55% 15.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.22% 13.51% 17.92%
Number of salaries quoted 191 164 709
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £76,125 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £63,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% +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 3,950 2,658 5,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.72% 92.90% 84.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,541 1,219 4,051
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +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 24 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 24 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 -9 172 £70,000 - 45
Buckinghamshire +19 152 £62,500 +3.31% 47
Oxfordshire -18 40 £70,000 +47.37% 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 (1.92%) OpenStack
2 4 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.10%) CMS
2 4 (1.10%) Confluence
3 3 (0.82%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) Camunda
5 1 (0.27%) JBoss
5 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 26 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.30%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.37%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.55%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP HR
1 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 85 (23.35%) Azure
2 64 (17.58%) AWS
3 27 (7.42%) Serverless
4 24 (6.59%) Power Platform
5 21 (5.77%) Amazon EKS
6 15 (4.12%) Amazon ECS
6 15 (4.12%) Amazon S3
6 15 (4.12%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (4.12%) GCP
6 15 (4.12%) SaaS
7 14 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (2.75%) GitHub
9 9 (2.47%) Google Analytics
9 9 (2.47%) Miro
10 8 (2.20%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 7 (1.92%) IaaS
11 7 (1.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.02%) DNS
2 7 (1.92%) Broadband
2 7 (1.92%) Firewall
3 3 (0.82%) DHCP
4 2 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.55%) NAS
4 2 (0.55%) SAN
4 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.55%) VLAN
4 2 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.52%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.04%) Power BI
3 19 (5.22%) Relational Database
4 18 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.57%) Metadata
6 7 (1.92%) MySQL
7 6 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.82%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.82%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.82%) Tableau
11 2 (0.55%) Big Data
11 2 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.55%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.27%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 34 (9.34%) Git
2 29 (7.97%) JIRA
3 21 (5.77%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.85%) GitLab
5 9 (2.47%) 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 (1.37%) Axure RP
7 5 (1.37%) Balsamiq
7 5 (1.37%) SoapUI
7 5 (1.37%) 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 (0.82%) JMeter
General
1 143 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 91 (25.00%) Finance
3 57 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (12.09%) Public Sector
5 43 (11.81%) Law
6 42 (11.54%) Pharmaceutical
7 39 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (8.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.75%) Retail
10 9 (2.47%) Games
10 9 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Automotive
14 2 (0.55%) Aviation
14 2 (0.55%) Publishing
15 1 (0.27%) Aeronautics
15 1 (0.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 99 (27.20%) Senior
2 55 (15.11%) Developer
3 49 (13.46%) Lead
4 44 (12.09%) Senior Manager
5 33 (9.07%) Analyst
5 33 (9.07%) Architect
6 32 (8.79%) Project Manager
7 28 (7.69%) Development Manager
7 28 (7.69%) Senior Development Manager
8 25 (6.87%) Development Project Manager
8 25 (6.87%) Senior Project Manager
9 20 (5.49%) Designer
10 19 (5.22%) Associate Director
11 17 (4.67%) Java Developer
12 16 (4.40%) Software Engineer
13 15 (4.12%) Full-Stack Developer
14 14 (3.85%) Data Analyst
14 14 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 13 (3.57%) Data Engineer
15 13 (3.57%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (13.19%) REST
2 45 (12.36%) .NET
3 27 (7.42%) React
3 27 (7.42%) SOAP
4 23 (6.32%) Middleware
5 19 (5.22%) JSON
5 19 (5.22%) Spring
6 18 (4.95%) ASP.NET
7 16 (4.40%) .NET Framework
8 15 (4.12%) Elastic Stack
8 15 (4.12%) Spring Boot
9 14 (3.85%) HTML
9 14 (3.85%) XML
10 13 (3.57%) Kafka
10 13 (3.57%) Web Services
11 12 (3.30%) AngularJS
11 12 (3.30%) Node.js
11 12 (3.30%) RabbitMQ
12 10 (2.75%) RESTful
13 9 (2.47%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 54 (14.84%) Life Science
2 42 (11.54%) Product Ownership
3 31 (8.52%) Cloud Native
4 29 (7.97%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.40%) Mobile App
5 16 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.30%) Low-Code
7 11 (3.02%) Hackathon
8 8 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.37%) Social Media
10 4 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
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 (0.82%) Biopharmaceutical
11 3 (0.82%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.82%) LIMS
11 3 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.02%) Linux
2 5 (1.37%) Windows
3 4 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (24.45%) CI/CD
2 88 (24.18%) Analytics
3 82 (22.53%) DevOps
4 79 (21.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 73 (20.05%) Hematology
5 73 (20.05%) Immunology
6 72 (19.78%) Scrum
7 69 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (18.68%) Biotechnology
9 66 (18.13%) Decision-Making
10 63 (17.31%) AI
11 60 (16.48%) Computer Science
12 44 (12.09%) Roadmaps
13 38 (10.44%) Data Science
14 37 (10.16%) Data Modelling
14 37 (10.16%) Mentoring
14 37 (10.16%) Microservices
14 37 (10.16%) Project Management
14 37 (10.16%) Technology Strategy
15 36 (9.89%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 72 (19.78%) Python
2 67 (18.41%) SQL
3 49 (13.46%) Java
4 40 (10.99%) C#
5 31 (8.52%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.57%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.30%) VBA
8 8 (2.20%) Apex Code
9 7 (1.92%) C++
10 6 (1.65%) Groovy
11 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.37%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.10%) ABAP
12 4 (1.10%) Perl
12 4 (1.10%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.82%) Bash
13 3 (0.82%) C
13 3 (0.82%) PHP
13 3 (0.82%) R
14 1 (0.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 146 (40.11%) Degree
2 55 (15.11%) Security Cleared
3 42 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 32 (8.79%) Master's Degree
5 27 (7.42%) PMI Certification
5 27 (7.42%) PMP
6 23 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (4.67%) PhD
8 13 (3.57%) ISTQB
9 12 (3.30%) ACCA
9 12 (3.30%) CIMA
10 6 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.37%) 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 (0.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.54%) Accessibility
2 38 (10.44%) QA
3 15 (4.12%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.12%) GxP
4 9 (2.47%) WCAG
5 4 (1.10%) PMO
6 2 (0.55%) ECSS
6 2 (0.55%) GDPR
6 2 (0.55%) SLA
7 1 (0.27%) MISRA
7 1 (0.27%) NCSC
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (9.07%) Docker
2 6 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.55%) Terminal Server
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (10.99%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.59%) Terraform
3 12 (3.30%) Ansible
4 7 (1.92%) Kibana
5 5 (1.37%) SCCM
6 4 (1.10%) Packer
7 3 (0.82%) Grafana
7 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.82%) SCOM
8 2 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.55%) Istio
8 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 67 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.95%) SAP
3 14 (3.85%) Google
4 13 (3.57%) Adobe
5 12 (3.30%) Databricks
6 10 (2.75%) IBM
6 10 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.47%) AppDynamics
7 9 (2.47%) Oracle
8 8 (2.20%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.65%) VMware
10 4 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.82%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.82%) LabVantage
11 3 (0.82%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.82%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.82%) Splunk
11 3 (0.82%) Telerik
12 2 (0.55%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (0.55%) Palo Alto