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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 338 756 698
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 9.19% 17.51% 21.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.80% 20.30% 22.63%
Number of salaries quoted 151 350 537
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,653 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.67% +1.09% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process and 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 3,130 3,724 3,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.15% 86.26% 93.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 1,811 2,168
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £56,500 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.27% +3.17% -0.43%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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 -11 221 £55,000 -21.43% 162
Buckinghamshire -15 66 £55,000 +4.76% 63
Oxfordshire -14 51 £70,000 +55.56% 76
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 19 (5.62%) Confluence
2 10 (2.96%) CMS
2 10 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.66%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.37%) IIS
5 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.59%) JBoss
5 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Fuse
5 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.30%) SAS
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.07%) MadCap Flare
2 4 (1.18%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.89%) Shopify
3 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 123 (36.39%) Azure
2 97 (28.70%) AWS
3 46 (13.61%) GCP
4 30 (8.88%) Vertex AI
5 28 (8.28%) Serverless
6 23 (6.80%) Amazon ECS
6 23 (6.80%) Amazon EKS
7 21 (6.21%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (5.33%) SaaS
9 15 (4.44%) Azure AI
9 15 (4.44%) GitHub
10 12 (3.55%) Power Platform
11 11 (3.25%) Amazon S3
11 11 (3.25%) Google Analytics
12 10 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.96%) Miro
13 9 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.66%) iPaaS
13 9 (2.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.62%) Firewall
2 17 (5.03%) SAN
3 14 (4.14%) VLAN
4 9 (2.66%) LAN
4 9 (2.66%) WAN
4 9 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.07%) DNS
6 5 (1.48%) DHCP
6 5 (1.48%) NAS
6 5 (1.48%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.48%) Wireless
7 2 (0.59%) FTP
7 2 (0.59%) HTTP
7 2 (0.59%) SMTP
7 2 (0.59%) SSH
8 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.30%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (7.40%) Relational Database
3 18 (5.33%) RDBMS
3 18 (5.33%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.73%) Data Lake
5 15 (4.44%) Data Mining
6 12 (3.55%) MySQL
6 12 (3.55%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.07%) DynamoDB
8 7 (2.07%) Metadata
8 7 (2.07%) Power BI
9 6 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.89%) Big Data
11 3 (0.89%) Metadata Repository
12 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (11.24%) JIRA
2 34 (10.06%) Git
3 30 (8.88%) Jenkins
4 21 (6.21%) JUnit
5 19 (5.62%) Mockito
6 18 (5.33%) JMeter
7 12 (3.55%) Selenium
8 10 (2.96%) WebDriver
9 8 (2.37%) Postman
10 7 (2.07%) SoapUI
10 7 (2.07%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.48%) git-flow
12 4 (1.18%) Axure RP
12 4 (1.18%) Balsamiq
12 4 (1.18%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.18%) GitLab
12 4 (1.18%) NUnit
12 4 (1.18%) SonarQube
12 4 (1.18%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.89%) Jasmine
General
1 160 (47.34%) Social Skills
2 81 (23.96%) Law
3 74 (21.89%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (20.71%) Finance
5 37 (10.95%) Public Sector
6 32 (9.47%) Marketing
7 27 (7.99%) Pharmaceutical
7 27 (7.99%) Retail
8 23 (6.80%) Legal
9 19 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (3.25%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.48%) Banking
14 5 (1.48%) Games
15 4 (1.18%) Automotive
16 3 (0.89%) Tech for Good
17 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (29.59%) Senior
2 69 (20.41%) Developer
3 62 (18.34%) Lead
4 46 (13.61%) Full-Stack Developer
5 26 (7.69%) Java Developer
6 25 (7.40%) Senior Developer
6 25 (7.40%) Senior Manager
7 22 (6.51%) Product Manager
7 22 (6.51%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 19 (5.62%) Analyst
9 18 (5.33%) Software Engineer
10 17 (5.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 16 (4.73%) Product Delivery Manager
12 15 (4.44%) Mid-Level Java Developer
13 14 (4.14%) Full-Stack Web Developer
13 14 (4.14%) Project Manager
13 14 (4.14%) Senior Web Developer
13 14 (4.14%) Web Developer
14 11 (3.25%) Architect
15 10 (2.96%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (14.50%) HTML
2 41 (12.13%) .NET
3 36 (10.65%) React
4 35 (10.36%) REST
5 27 (7.99%) CSS
5 27 (7.99%) Spring Boot
6 26 (7.69%) Spring
7 24 (7.10%) RESTful
7 24 (7.10%) Web Services
8 23 (6.80%) XML
9 22 (6.51%) JSON
10 20 (5.92%) Apache Camel
10 20 (5.92%) Node.js
11 19 (5.62%) ActiveMQ
11 19 (5.62%) Hibernate
11 19 (5.62%) jQuery
12 18 (5.33%) SOAP
12 18 (5.33%) WireMock
13 12 (3.55%) .NET Framework
13 12 (3.55%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.72%) Life Science
2 26 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 24 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.73%) AI Agents
4 16 (4.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (4.44%) Algorithms
6 13 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.25%) Replication
8 10 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (2.96%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.07%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.48%) IoT
10 5 (1.48%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.18%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.18%) Online Games
12 3 (0.89%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.10%) Windows
2 13 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.25%) Linux
4 4 (1.18%) Unix
5 3 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.89%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.59%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.59%) VMS
7 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (27.81%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (27.51%) Analytics
3 83 (24.56%) Data Science
4 81 (23.96%) CI/CD
4 81 (23.96%) Roadmaps
5 80 (23.67%) Machine Learning
6 78 (23.08%) DevOps
7 74 (21.89%) AI
8 61 (18.05%) Use Case
9 57 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (16.57%) Generative AI
11 55 (16.27%) Full-Stack Development
12 52 (15.38%) Computer Science
13 47 (13.91%) Scrum
14 46 (13.61%) Hematology
14 46 (13.61%) Immunology
14 46 (13.61%) User Experience
15 38 (11.24%) Microservices
16 37 (10.95%) Actionable Insight
16 37 (10.95%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 61 (18.05%) JavaScript
2 57 (16.86%) Python
3 54 (15.98%) Java
4 41 (12.13%) SQL
5 39 (11.54%) C#
6 19 (5.62%) Shell Script
7 18 (5.33%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.48%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.48%) C++
8 5 (1.48%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.89%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.89%) Ruby
10 2 (0.59%) C
10 2 (0.59%) Groovy
10 2 (0.59%) Perl
11 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.30%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 108 (31.95%) Degree
2 44 (13.02%) Security Cleared
3 39 (11.54%) Master's Degree
4 27 (7.99%) SC Cleared
5 22 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (6.21%) PhD
7 10 (2.96%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (1.48%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.48%) PMP
10 3 (0.89%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.59%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.30%) CISM
12 1 (0.30%) CISSP
12 1 (0.30%) CRISC
12 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.31%) QA
2 21 (6.21%) GxP
3 17 (5.03%) Accessibility
4 16 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (2.96%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.78%) WCAG
8 4 (1.18%) SLA
9 3 (0.89%) GDPR
9 3 (0.89%) PMO
10 2 (0.59%) ECSS
11 1 (0.30%) COBIT
11 1 (0.30%) GAAP
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS
11 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.30%) NIST
11 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (15.38%) Docker
2 18 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.03%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.07%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.48%) vSphere
6 3 (0.89%) vCloud
7 2 (0.59%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.59%) Firmware
8 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 45 (13.31%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.33%) Kibana
3 13 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.55%) SCCM
5 11 (3.25%) Terraform
6 5 (1.48%) Ansible
7 3 (0.89%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.89%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.59%) Grafana
8 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.30%) Netcool
9 1 (0.30%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.30%) SCOM
9 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (20.41%) Microsoft
2 53 (15.68%) Google
3 22 (6.51%) VMware
4 18 (5.33%) Dynatrace
4 18 (5.33%) Splunk
5 15 (4.44%) Foundry
5 15 (4.44%) OpenAI
6 12 (3.55%) SAP
7 9 (2.66%) arcserve
8 7 (2.07%) Databricks
9 5 (1.48%) LogicMonitor
9 5 (1.48%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.48%) Oracle
9 5 (1.48%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.48%) Sage
9 5 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.48%) Xamarin
9 5 (1.48%) Zoho
10 4 (1.18%) Adobe