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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 16 5
Rank change year-on-year -10 -11 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 341 441 825
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.76% 11.17% 17.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.76% 12.41% 20.86%
Number of salaries quoted 256 147 386
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,563 £45,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,813 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

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 5,041 3,555 3,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.33% 90.07% 81.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,585 1,486 2,134
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +41 149 £60,000 +9.09% 54
Berkshire -26 110 £65,000 +4.00% 135
Oxfordshire -9 82 £60,000 +9.09% 49
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 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.76%) Confluence
3 4 (1.17%) CICS
3 4 (1.17%) CMS
4 3 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.59%) Apache
5 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) JBoss
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.47%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.59%) EPLAN
3 2 (0.59%) Lightworks
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.59%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.59%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Finacle
4 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.29%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 140 (41.06%) Azure
2 114 (33.43%) AWS
3 33 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (9.38%) Serverless
5 30 (8.80%) SaaS
6 26 (7.62%) Power Platform
7 25 (7.33%) GitHub
8 24 (7.04%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (5.28%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (4.99%) IaaS
11 16 (4.69%) Amazon ECS
12 15 (4.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 15 (4.40%) GCP
13 14 (4.11%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (4.11%) Amazon S3
14 11 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (3.23%) Google Analytics
15 10 (2.93%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.93%) Azure Key Vault
15 10 (2.93%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.40%) DNS
2 5 (1.47%) Firewall
3 3 (0.88%) DHCP
4 2 (0.59%) HTTP
4 2 (0.59%) MQTT
4 2 (0.59%) SMS
4 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.59%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.29%) ATM
5 1 (0.29%) Intranet
5 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 27 (7.92%) SQL Server
3 24 (7.04%) MongoDB
3 24 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (6.16%) Relational Database
5 19 (5.57%) Power BI
6 16 (4.69%) Metadata
7 12 (3.52%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (3.23%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.64%) DynamoDB
10 7 (2.05%) Amazon QuickSight
10 7 (2.05%) Snowflake Schema
10 7 (2.05%) Star Schema
11 6 (1.76%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.47%) Db2
13 4 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.88%) GIS
14 3 (0.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 43 (12.61%) Git
2 24 (7.04%) JIRA
3 23 (6.74%) GitLab
3 23 (6.74%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.64%) Cucumber
4 9 (2.64%) JUnit
5 8 (2.35%) JMeter
5 8 (2.35%) Mockito
5 8 (2.35%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.05%) Postman
6 7 (2.05%) Yeoman
7 6 (1.76%) Zephyr
8 4 (1.17%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.17%) ChangeMan
8 4 (1.17%) Selenium
9 3 (0.88%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.88%) Eclipse RCP
9 3 (0.88%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.59%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.59%) Mocha
General
1 95 (27.86%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.65%) Finance
3 46 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.97%) Law
4 34 (9.97%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.33%) Retail
6 24 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
6 24 (7.04%) Manufacturing
7 15 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.11%) Marketing
9 8 (2.35%) Advertising
10 7 (2.05%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.05%) Local Government
10 7 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.76%) Automotive
11 6 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.47%) Electronics
13 4 (1.17%) Banking
13 4 (1.17%) Legal
14 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (24.05%) Developer
2 80 (23.46%) Senior
3 38 (11.14%) Software Engineer
4 35 (10.26%) Architect
5 32 (9.38%) .NET Developer
6 26 (7.62%) Senior Developer
7 23 (6.74%) Lead
8 20 (5.87%) Project Manager
9 19 (5.57%) Analyst
9 19 (5.57%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (4.99%) Java Developer
11 16 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.11%) Python Engineer
12 14 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.81%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.81%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (3.52%) C# Software Engineer
14 12 (3.52%) Data Engineer
14 12 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
14 12 (3.52%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (18.48%) .NET
2 52 (15.25%) React
3 42 (12.32%) REST
4 32 (9.38%) .NET Core
5 31 (9.09%) Node.js
6 30 (8.80%) ASP.NET
7 29 (8.50%) ASP.NET Core
8 28 (8.21%) HTML
8 28 (8.21%) Terraform
9 25 (7.33%) JSON
10 22 (6.45%) RESTful
11 19 (5.57%) .NET Framework
11 19 (5.57%) AngularJS
11 19 (5.57%) Blazor
12 18 (5.28%) CSS
12 18 (5.28%) Spring
13 17 (4.99%) Spring Boot
13 17 (4.99%) XML
14 16 (4.69%) Vue
15 14 (4.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.78%) Product Ownership
2 40 (11.73%) Cloud Native
3 34 (9.97%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (4.99%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.52%) Life Science
8 8 (2.35%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (1.76%) NHS
9 6 (1.76%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.47%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.17%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.17%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.17%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.17%) Social Network
11 4 (1.17%) VSAM
12 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.57%) Windows
2 16 (4.69%) Linux
3 4 (1.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.17%) zOS
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (31.38%) DevOps
2 104 (30.50%) CI/CD
3 83 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (21.99%) Scrum
4 75 (21.99%) Software Engineering
5 67 (19.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (19.35%) Microservices
7 64 (18.77%) Mentoring
8 61 (17.89%) AI
8 61 (17.89%) Decision-Making
9 56 (16.42%) Computer Science
10 52 (15.25%) Full-Stack Development
11 51 (14.96%) Test Automation
12 47 (13.78%) Analytics
13 46 (13.49%) Containerisation
14 44 (12.90%) TDD
15 43 (12.61%) Data Modelling
16 39 (11.44%) Roadmaps
16 39 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
17 33 (9.68%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (29.03%) C#
2 87 (25.51%) SQL
3 71 (20.82%) Python
4 44 (12.90%) JavaScript
5 38 (11.14%) Java
6 32 (9.38%) TypeScript
7 21 (6.16%) C++
8 15 (4.40%) PowerShell
9 11 (3.23%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.35%) Groovy
11 7 (2.05%) Bash
12 5 (1.47%) ABAP
12 5 (1.47%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.47%) C
12 5 (1.47%) COBOL
13 4 (1.17%) JCL
13 4 (1.17%) Perl
13 4 (1.17%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.29%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 110 (32.26%) Degree
2 35 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (9.97%) Security Cleared
4 30 (8.80%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.99%) Master's Degree
6 15 (4.40%) ICAEW
7 13 (3.81%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.93%) PMP
9 9 (2.64%) PMI Certification
10 8 (2.35%) ISTQB
11 7 (2.05%) PhD
12 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
14 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.59%) CSQA
14 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.59%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.29%) APMG
15 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (13.49%) QA
2 24 (7.04%) Accessibility
2 24 (7.04%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.23%) GDPR
4 7 (2.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.76%) WCAG
6 5 (1.47%) PMO
6 5 (1.47%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.17%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.29%) MISRA
9 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.29%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (14.37%) Docker
2 7 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 66 (19.35%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.11%) Ansible
3 12 (3.52%) Kibana
4 5 (1.47%) Grafana
4 5 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.17%) CA Endevor
5 4 (1.17%) Packer
6 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.59%) Argo
7 2 (0.59%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.59%) Istio
7 2 (0.59%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 90 (26.39%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.99%) Google
3 12 (3.52%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.52%) SAP
4 11 (3.23%) CA Agile Central
5 9 (2.64%) AppDynamics
5 9 (2.64%) IBM
5 9 (2.64%) Oracle
6 8 (2.35%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.35%) Splunk
7 7 (2.05%) Adobe
7 7 (2.05%) Facebook
7 7 (2.05%) Informatica
7 7 (2.05%) Talend
7 7 (2.05%) YouTube
8 6 (1.76%) Databricks
8 6 (1.76%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.47%) New Relic
10 3 (0.88%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.88%) VMware