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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 14 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 -9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 340 456 875
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.92% 11.87% 16.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.00% 13.22% 20.76%
Number of salaries quoted 253 147 438
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £90,000
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 4,856 3,450 4,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.32% 89.77% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,430 1,480 2,535
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,272 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,500 £53,263
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.06% -3.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,082
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 August 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 26 August 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 +42 160 £60,000 +10.09% 26
Berkshire -27 103 £65,000 +4.00% 57
Oxfordshire -9 77 £58,250 +9.91% 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 7 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.18%) CICS
2 4 (1.18%) CMS
2 4 (1.18%) Confluence
3 3 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (0.59%) Apache
4 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.47%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.88%) UserZoom
4 2 (0.59%) EPLAN
4 2 (0.59%) Lightworks
4 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.59%) SAP BPC
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
1 139 (40.88%) Azure
2 110 (32.35%) AWS
3 32 (9.41%) Serverless
4 31 (9.12%) SaaS
5 28 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (7.35%) GitHub
7 23 (6.76%) Amazon EKS
8 22 (6.47%) Power Platform
9 19 (5.59%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (5.29%) IaaS
11 15 (4.41%) Amazon ECS
12 14 (4.12%) Amazon S3
12 14 (4.12%) GCP
13 13 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (3.24%) Azure AKS
14 11 (3.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 11 (3.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 11 (3.24%) Azure Key Vault
14 11 (3.24%) Azure Storage
14 11 (3.24%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.71%) DNS
2 5 (1.47%) Firewall
3 3 (0.88%) Broadband
3 3 (0.88%) DHCP
4 2 (0.59%) HTTP
4 2 (0.59%) MQTT
4 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.29%) Intranet
5 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.82%) SQL Server
2 28 (8.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (5.88%) MongoDB
4 20 (5.88%) Relational Database
5 15 (4.41%) Power BI
6 13 (3.82%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (3.53%) Metadata
8 7 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.06%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.47%) Db2
9 5 (1.47%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.47%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.88%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.88%) GIS
11 3 (0.88%) MySQL
11 3 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (11.18%) Git
2 22 (6.47%) GitLab
2 22 (6.47%) JIRA
3 21 (6.18%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.65%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.35%) JUnit
5 8 (2.35%) Postman
5 8 (2.35%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.35%) Yeoman
6 7 (2.06%) JMeter
6 7 (2.06%) Mockito
7 6 (1.76%) Zephyr
8 4 (1.18%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.18%) ChangeMan
8 4 (1.18%) Selenium
8 4 (1.18%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.88%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.88%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.59%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.59%) Mocha
General
1 96 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.71%) Finance
3 44 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.59%) Law
5 33 (9.71%) Public Sector
6 25 (7.35%) Manufacturing
7 24 (7.06%) Retail
8 22 (6.47%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.65%) Marketing
11 8 (2.35%) Advertising
12 7 (2.06%) Local Government
12 7 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.47%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.47%) Automotive
14 5 (1.47%) Games
15 4 (1.18%) Electronics
15 4 (1.18%) Legal
15 4 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (24.71%) Developer
2 73 (21.47%) Senior
3 39 (11.47%) Software Engineer
4 35 (10.29%) Architect
5 30 (8.82%) .NET Developer
6 26 (7.65%) Senior Developer
7 25 (7.35%) Lead
8 20 (5.88%) Analyst
8 20 (5.88%) Project Manager
9 17 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (4.71%) Java Developer
11 14 (4.12%) Data Engineer
11 14 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.82%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (3.82%) Python Engineer
12 13 (3.82%) Senior Software Engineer
13 12 (3.53%) Software Developer
14 11 (3.24%) C# Software Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (19.71%) .NET
2 53 (15.59%) React
3 40 (11.76%) REST
4 33 (9.71%) .NET Core
5 32 (9.41%) ASP.NET
5 32 (9.41%) Terraform
6 31 (9.12%) Node.js
7 28 (8.24%) ASP.NET Core
8 25 (7.35%) HTML
9 24 (7.06%) JSON
10 23 (6.76%) RESTful
11 21 (6.18%) .NET Framework
12 20 (5.88%) AngularJS
12 20 (5.88%) Blazor
13 17 (5.00%) Spring
14 16 (4.71%) CSS
14 16 (4.71%) Spring Boot
14 16 (4.71%) Vue
14 16 (4.71%) XML
15 14 (4.12%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.65%) Cloud Native
2 41 (12.06%) Product Ownership
3 34 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.41%) Life Science
5 14 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.35%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.76%) NHS
10 5 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.47%) Hackathon
10 5 (1.47%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.47%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.18%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.18%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.18%) Social Network
11 4 (1.18%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.41%) Linux
1 15 (4.41%) Windows
2 4 (1.18%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.18%) zOS
3 2 (0.59%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (30.59%) DevOps
2 101 (29.71%) CI/CD
3 75 (22.06%) Software Engineering
4 73 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (21.18%) Scrum
6 69 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (19.41%) AI
7 66 (19.41%) Microservices
8 63 (18.53%) Decision-Making
8 63 (18.53%) Mentoring
9 53 (15.59%) Computer Science
10 52 (15.29%) Test Automation
11 51 (15.00%) Analytics
12 50 (14.71%) Full-Stack Development
13 49 (14.41%) Containerisation
14 45 (13.24%) TDD
15 38 (11.18%) Data Modelling
15 38 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (10.29%) Roadmaps
17 31 (9.12%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 99 (29.12%) C#
2 85 (25.00%) SQL
3 68 (20.00%) Python
4 41 (12.06%) JavaScript
5 37 (10.88%) Java
6 31 (9.12%) TypeScript
7 20 (5.88%) C++
8 16 (4.71%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.94%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.35%) Groovy
11 7 (2.06%) Bash
12 5 (1.47%) ABAP
12 5 (1.47%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.47%) COBOL
13 4 (1.18%) C
13 4 (1.18%) JCL
13 4 (1.18%) Perl
13 4 (1.18%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.59%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (29.71%) Degree
2 33 (9.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (9.41%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.53%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 15 (4.41%) ICAEW
7 14 (4.12%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.94%) PMP
9 9 (2.65%) PMI Certification
10 8 (2.35%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.47%) PhD
12 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.59%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.59%) CSQA
12 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.29%) CCNA
13 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.29%) CISSP
13 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.65%) QA
2 25 (7.35%) Accessibility
3 17 (5.00%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.06%) GDPR
4 7 (2.06%) WCAG
5 5 (1.47%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.18%) NIST
6 4 (1.18%) PMO
7 3 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.59%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (14.41%) Docker
2 6 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 65 (19.12%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.12%) Ansible
3 11 (3.24%) Kibana
4 5 (1.47%) Grafana
4 5 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.18%) CA Endevor
5 4 (1.18%) 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 91 (26.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.00%) Google
3 10 (2.94%) SAP
4 9 (2.65%) AppDynamics
4 9 (2.65%) IBM
4 9 (2.65%) Oracle
5 7 (2.06%) Adobe
5 7 (2.06%) CA Agile Central
5 7 (2.06%) Dynatrace
5 7 (2.06%) Facebook
5 7 (2.06%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.06%) Splunk
5 7 (2.06%) YouTube
6 6 (1.76%) Databricks
6 6 (1.76%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.47%) New Relic
8 3 (0.88%) Informatica
8 3 (0.88%) Sitecore
8 3 (0.88%) Talend
8 3 (0.88%) VMware