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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 331 399 921
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.91% 14.55% 14.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.25% 15.48% 17.37%
Number of salaries quoted 160 201 703
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,844 £46,250 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +3.23% -0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -1.64%

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 3,580 2,578 5,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 74.75% 93.98% 85.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,234 1,203 3,913
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,300 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +16.85% -3.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -7 172 £62,500 -10.71% 60
Buckinghamshire +11 126 £60,000 -3.61% 56
Oxfordshire -20 33 £70,000 +45.45% 26
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 8 (2.42%) Confluence
2 6 (1.81%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.21%) IIS
4 3 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.60%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.30%) Camunda
6 1 (0.30%) SAS
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (6.95%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.63%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.51%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.60%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.60%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.30%) Shopify
3 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 66 (19.94%) Azure
2 46 (13.90%) AWS
3 21 (6.34%) GCP
3 21 (6.34%) Power Platform
3 21 (6.34%) Serverless
4 15 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
6 13 (3.93%) Amazon ECS
6 13 (3.93%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.93%) SaaS
7 12 (3.63%) Amazon SQS
8 11 (3.32%) GitHub
9 9 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (2.72%) Miro
9 9 (2.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 8 (2.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 7 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.81%) Figma
12 6 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.11%) Broadband
1 7 (2.11%) DNS
2 4 (1.21%) Firewall
3 2 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.60%) DHCP
3 2 (0.60%) NAS
3 2 (0.60%) SAN
3 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.60%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.60%) VLAN
3 2 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.06%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.44%) Power BI
2 18 (5.44%) Relational Database
3 17 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.32%) MySQL
5 9 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.72%) Metadata
6 6 (1.81%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.51%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.51%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.91%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.60%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.60%) Tableau
10 1 (0.30%) Big Data
10 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.30%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 27 (8.16%) JIRA
2 20 (6.04%) Git
3 13 (3.93%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.72%) Postman
4 9 (2.72%) Selenium
4 9 (2.72%) WebDriver
5 8 (2.42%) JUnit
6 7 (2.11%) Mockito
6 7 (2.11%) SoapUI
6 7 (2.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (1.81%) GitLab
7 6 (1.81%) JMeter
8 5 (1.51%) Axure RP
8 5 (1.51%) Balsamiq
8 5 (1.51%) git-flow
9 4 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.21%) Subversion
10 2 (0.60%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 149 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 97 (29.31%) Finance
3 47 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (12.99%) Pharmaceutical
5 37 (11.18%) Influencing Skills
6 35 (10.57%) Public Sector
7 34 (10.27%) Law
8 26 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (4.53%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.72%) Games
11 8 (2.42%) Marketing
11 8 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.42%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.51%) Retail
13 2 (0.60%) Automotive
13 2 (0.60%) Aviation
13 2 (0.60%) Publishing
14 1 (0.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 91 (27.49%) Senior
2 54 (16.31%) Lead
3 51 (15.41%) Developer
4 41 (12.39%) Senior Manager
5 29 (8.76%) Analyst
5 29 (8.76%) Project Manager
6 26 (7.85%) Development Manager
7 25 (7.55%) Senior Development Manager
8 24 (7.25%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (6.65%) Development Project Manager
9 22 (6.65%) Senior Project Manager
10 20 (6.04%) Designer
11 18 (5.44%) Associate Director
12 17 (5.14%) Architect
13 16 (4.83%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.93%) Data Analyst
14 13 (3.93%) Product Designer
14 13 (3.93%) Senior Designer
14 13 (3.93%) Senior Developer
14 13 (3.93%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (14.50%) .NET
2 34 (10.27%) REST
3 23 (6.95%) React
4 22 (6.65%) HTML
4 22 (6.65%) SOAP
5 17 (5.14%) .NET Framework
5 17 (5.14%) ASP.NET
5 17 (5.14%) Middleware
6 14 (4.23%) Spring
7 13 (3.93%) Kafka
7 13 (3.93%) Spring Boot
8 12 (3.63%) CSS
8 12 (3.63%) Web Services
9 11 (3.32%) Entity Framework
9 11 (3.32%) JSON
9 11 (3.32%) XML
10 9 (2.72%) ASP.NET Core
10 9 (2.72%) Lightning Web Components
10 9 (2.72%) Visualforce
11 8 (2.42%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 56 (16.92%) Life Science
2 40 (12.08%) Product Ownership
3 24 (7.25%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (4.53%) Mobile App
6 14 (4.23%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.63%) Low-Code
8 10 (3.02%) Hackathon
9 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.51%) Social Media
12 4 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.21%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.21%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.21%) N-Tier
13 3 (0.91%) Biopharmaceutical
13 3 (0.91%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.91%) LIMS
13 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.60%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.42%) Windows
2 4 (1.21%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.91%) Linux
3 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.30%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (25.68%) Analytics
2 76 (22.96%) CI/CD
3 73 (22.05%) Hematology
3 73 (22.05%) Immunology
4 66 (19.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (19.34%) Biotechnology
6 63 (19.03%) Computer Science
7 62 (18.73%) AI
7 62 (18.73%) DevOps
7 62 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (16.01%) Scrum
9 52 (15.71%) Decision-Making
9 52 (15.71%) Roadmaps
10 41 (12.39%) Data Science
11 38 (11.48%) Machine Learning
12 36 (10.88%) Use Case
13 33 (9.97%) Mentoring
13 33 (9.97%) Project Management
14 32 (9.67%) Full-Stack Development
14 32 (9.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 61 (18.43%) Python
2 52 (15.71%) SQL
3 44 (13.29%) C#
4 39 (11.78%) Java
5 36 (10.88%) JavaScript
6 17 (5.14%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.63%) VBA
8 9 (2.72%) Apex Code
9 7 (2.11%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.81%) C++
11 5 (1.51%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.91%) C
12 3 (0.91%) PHP
12 3 (0.91%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.91%) R
13 2 (0.60%) ABAP
14 1 (0.30%) Go
14 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 140 (42.30%) Degree
2 44 (13.29%) Security Cleared
3 37 (11.18%) Master's Degree
4 29 (8.76%) SC Cleared
5 24 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (7.25%) PMI Certification
5 24 (7.25%) PMP
6 20 (6.04%) PhD
7 13 (3.93%) ISTQB
8 12 (3.63%) ACCA
8 12 (3.63%) CIMA
9 9 (2.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 6 (1.81%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.91%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.30%) CISM
14 1 (0.30%) CISSP
14 1 (0.30%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (11.48%) Accessibility
2 31 (9.37%) QA
3 19 (5.74%) GxP
4 13 (3.93%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.42%) WCAG
6 4 (1.21%) GDPR
7 3 (0.91%) PMO
8 2 (0.60%) ECSS
9 1 (0.30%) COBIT
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.30%) MISRA
9 1 (0.30%) NCSC
9 1 (0.30%) NIST
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (7.25%) Docker
2 5 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.60%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.93%) Terraform
3 6 (1.81%) Kibana
4 5 (1.51%) SCCM
5 3 (0.91%) SCOM
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.60%) Netcool
6 2 (0.60%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 58 (17.52%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.65%) SAP
3 11 (3.32%) Adobe
3 11 (3.32%) Google
4 10 (3.02%) Databricks
4 10 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.72%) MuleSoft
6 6 (1.81%) Dynatrace
6 6 (1.81%) Splunk
7 5 (1.51%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.51%) VMware
7 5 (1.51%) Xamarin
8 4 (1.21%) Oracle
8 4 (1.21%) Sage
8 4 (1.21%) Telerik
8 4 (1.21%) Zoho
9 3 (0.91%) IBM
9 3 (0.91%) LabVantage
9 3 (0.91%) Workday
10 2 (0.60%) Palo Alto