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

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	28	18	4
Rank change year-on-year	-10	-14	-1
Permanent jobs citing Agile	355	368	766
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley	4.63%	9.72%	17.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	6.47%	10.75%	20.81%
Number of salaries quoted	253	146	349
10^th Percentile	£42,500	£39,750	£36,150
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£41,250	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+8.11%	-7.50%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£73,438	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£85,625	£91,750
South East median annual salary	£60,000	£62,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.00%	+4.17%	-

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	5,483	3,422	3,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	71.56%	90.36%	83.36%
Number of salaries quoted	3,896	1,489	1,786
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,960	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£34,000	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	-
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£67,500	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£82,500	£85,000
South East median annual salary	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	-

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 Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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 October 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 October 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
Buckinghamshire	+29	134	£66,750	+21.36%	89
Berkshire	-22	133	£62,500	+8.70%	148
Oxfordshire	-11	88	£60,000	-	69
Agile South East

Agile Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing Agile also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region with a requirement for Agile.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	38.3%	136
2	Degree	32.1%	114
3	AWS	29.3%	104
4	C#	27.9%	99
5	DevOps	27.6%	98
6	CI/CD	27.0%	96
7	Problem-Solving	25.1%	89
8	Microsoft	24.8%	88
9	SQL	23.4%	83
10	Scrum	22.3%	79
11	Continuous Improvement	20.6%	73
12	Software Engineering	20.3%	72
13	AI	18.9%	67
14	Python	18.6%	66
15	Mentoring	17.2%	61
16	.NET	16.9%	60
17	Decision-Making	16.6%	59
17	Full-Stack Development	16.6%	59
19	Microservices	15.5%	55
20	Stakeholder Management	15.2%	54
21	Kubernetes	14.9%	53
22	Computer Science	14.6%	52
22	JavaScript	14.6%	52
22	Roadmaps	14.6%	52
25	React	14.1%	50
26	Project Management	13.8%	49
27	Analytics	13.5%	48
28	Azure DevOps	12.7%	45
29	Docker	11.8%	42
30	QA	11.3%	40

Agile Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DevOps	27.6%	98
2	CI/CD	27.0%	96
3	Problem-Solving	25.1%	89
4	Scrum	22.3%	79
5	Continuous Improvement	20.6%	73
6	Software Engineering	20.3%	72
7	AI	18.9%	67
8	Mentoring	17.2%	61
9	Decision-Making	16.6%	59
9	Full-Stack Development	16.6%	59
11	Microservices	15.5%	55
12	Stakeholder Management	15.2%	54
13	Computer Science	14.6%	52
13	Roadmaps	14.6%	52
15	Project Management	13.8%	49
16	Analytics	13.5%	48
17	SDLC	10.7%	38
18	Waterfall	10.4%	37
19	Data Modelling	9.9%	35
19	TDD	9.9%	35