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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 322 481 855
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.43% 14.98% 15.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.55% 16.06% 18.05%
Number of salaries quoted 150 247 688
10th Percentile £37,676 £36,250 £38,732
25th Percentile £48,000 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 3,371 2,995 4,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 77.82% 93.27% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,966 1,251 3,467
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -11 183 £57,500 -17.86% 67
Buckinghamshire +11 105 £60,000 - 39
Oxfordshire -21 34 £71,250 +90.00% 31
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 11 (3.42%) Confluence
2 6 (1.86%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.55%) IIS
4 4 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.62%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.31%) Camunda
6 1 (0.31%) SAS
6 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (6.83%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.73%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.55%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.31%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.62%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.94%) Azure
2 50 (15.53%) AWS
3 23 (7.14%) GCP
3 23 (7.14%) Serverless
4 22 (6.83%) Power Platform
5 17 (5.28%) Amazon ECS
5 17 (5.28%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (4.35%) Amazon S3
6 14 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.73%) Amazon SQS
8 10 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (3.11%) GitHub
8 10 (3.11%) Miro
9 9 (2.80%) SaaS
10 8 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 7 (2.17%) Figma
11 7 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (2.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.24%) Broadband
1 4 (1.24%) DNS
1 4 (1.24%) Firewall
2 2 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (0.62%) DHCP
2 2 (0.62%) NAS
2 2 (0.62%) SAN
2 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.62%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.62%) VLAN
2 2 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.21%) PostgreSQL
1 20 (6.21%) Relational Database
2 18 (5.59%) Power BI
2 18 (5.59%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.73%) MySQL
4 9 (2.80%) RDBMS
5 8 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.48%) Metadata
6 6 (1.86%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.55%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.93%) Metadata Repository
8 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.62%) Big Data
9 2 (0.62%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.62%) Tableau
10 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.31%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 30 (9.32%) JIRA
2 19 (5.90%) Git
3 16 (4.97%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.66%) Selenium
5 13 (4.04%) WebDriver
6 11 (3.42%) JUnit
7 10 (3.11%) Mockito
7 10 (3.11%) Postman
7 10 (3.11%) SoapUI
7 10 (3.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (2.80%) JMeter
9 6 (1.86%) GitLab
10 5 (1.55%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.55%) Balsamiq
10 5 (1.55%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.55%) git-flow
11 4 (1.24%) Subversion
12 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.62%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 146 (45.34%) Social Skills
2 104 (32.30%) Finance
3 53 (16.46%) Pharmaceutical
4 50 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (11.80%) Public Sector
6 37 (11.49%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (8.70%) Law
8 24 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (5.28%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.80%) Marketing
12 6 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.86%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.55%) Games
14 4 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.93%) Automotive
16 2 (0.62%) Banking
16 2 (0.62%) Billing
16 2 (0.62%) Publishing
16 2 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 90 (27.95%) Senior
2 62 (19.25%) Lead
3 49 (15.22%) Developer
4 40 (12.42%) Senior Manager
5 31 (9.63%) Analyst
6 27 (8.39%) Development Manager
6 27 (8.39%) Project Manager
7 25 (7.76%) Senior Development Manager
8 24 (7.45%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (6.83%) Development Project Manager
9 22 (6.83%) Senior Project Manager
10 20 (6.21%) Designer
11 16 (4.97%) Java Developer
11 16 (4.97%) Software Engineer
12 15 (4.66%) Architect
13 13 (4.04%) Data Analyst
13 13 (4.04%) Product Designer
13 13 (4.04%) Senior Designer
13 13 (4.04%) Senior Product Designer
14 12 (3.73%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (13.66%) .NET
2 35 (10.87%) REST
3 27 (8.39%) HTML
4 24 (7.45%) React
4 24 (7.45%) SOAP
5 18 (5.59%) Spring
5 18 (5.59%) Spring Boot
6 16 (4.97%) Middleware
7 15 (4.66%) Web Services
8 14 (4.35%) JSON
8 14 (4.35%) XML
9 13 (4.04%) Kafka
10 12 (3.73%) ASP.NET
10 12 (3.73%) CSS
11 11 (3.42%) .NET Framework
12 10 (3.11%) Hibernate
12 10 (3.11%) jQuery
13 9 (2.80%) ActiveMQ
13 9 (2.80%) Apache Camel
13 9 (2.80%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 61 (18.94%) Life Science
2 39 (12.11%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.90%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (5.59%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.66%) Mobile App
6 14 (4.35%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.17%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.55%) Hackathon
9 5 (1.55%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.24%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.93%) Biopharmaceutical
11 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.93%) LIMS
11 3 (0.93%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (0.93%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.62%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.80%) Windows
2 4 (1.24%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.93%) Linux
3 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (25.47%) Analytics
2 78 (24.22%) Hematology
2 78 (24.22%) Immunology
3 75 (23.29%) CI/CD
4 71 (22.05%) Computer Science
5 66 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (18.94%) AI
7 58 (18.01%) Biotechnology
7 58 (18.01%) Roadmaps
8 55 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (16.77%) DevOps
10 51 (15.84%) Scrum
11 47 (14.60%) Data Science
12 46 (14.29%) Machine Learning
13 44 (13.66%) Decision-Making
14 39 (12.11%) Use Case
15 36 (11.18%) Deployment Automation
16 33 (10.25%) Full-Stack Development
17 31 (9.63%) Enterprise Architecture
17 31 (9.63%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 60 (18.63%) Python
2 52 (16.15%) SQL
3 50 (15.53%) Java
4 41 (12.73%) C#
5 39 (12.11%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.59%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.73%) VBA
8 10 (3.11%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.48%) Apex Code
9 8 (2.48%) C++
10 5 (1.55%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.93%) C
11 3 (0.93%) PHP
12 2 (0.62%) ABAP
12 2 (0.62%) R
13 1 (0.31%) Go
13 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 150 (46.58%) Degree
2 50 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 43 (13.35%) Master's Degree
4 31 (9.63%) SC Cleared
5 30 (9.32%) PhD
6 26 (8.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (7.14%) PMI Certification
7 23 (7.14%) PMP
8 15 (4.66%) ISTQB
9 12 (3.73%) ACCA
9 12 (3.73%) CIMA
9 12 (3.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 7 (2.17%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.31%) CISM
13 1 (0.31%) CISSP
13 1 (0.31%) CRISC
13 1 (0.31%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.18%) QA
2 34 (10.56%) Accessibility
3 29 (9.01%) GxP
4 13 (4.04%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.48%) WCAG
6 4 (1.24%) GDPR
7 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.62%) ECSS
9 1 (0.31%) COBIT
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.31%) MISRA
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) NIST
9 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.31%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (8.39%) Docker
2 5 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.62%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.80%) Kibana
2 9 (2.80%) Terraform
3 5 (1.55%) SCCM
4 3 (0.93%) SCOM
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.62%) Netcool
5 2 (0.62%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.14%) SAP
3 12 (3.73%) Google
4 10 (3.11%) Databricks
5 9 (2.80%) Dynatrace
5 9 (2.80%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.80%) Splunk
6 8 (2.48%) Adobe
6 8 (2.48%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.55%) Sage
7 5 (1.55%) VMware
7 5 (1.55%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.55%) Zoho
8 4 (1.24%) Oracle
8 4 (1.24%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.24%) Telerik
9 3 (0.93%) IBM
9 3 (0.93%) LabVantage
9 3 (0.93%) Workday
10 2 (0.62%) Palo Alto