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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 13 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 386 372 945
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.82% 10.96% 14.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.48% 11.67% 17.30%
Number of salaries quoted 229 152 650
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%

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 4,071 3,189 5,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.90% 93.99% 84.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,742 1,224 3,877
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,183 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £54,625 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.69% +9.25% -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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +47 172 £62,500 +3.73% 49
Berkshire -8 159 £70,000 - 79
Oxfordshire -5 55 £62,500 +25.00% 31
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 (2.07%) OpenStack
2 6 (1.55%) CMS
2 6 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.04%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.78%) CICS
5 2 (0.52%) Apache
5 2 (0.52%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) Camunda
6 1 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) JBoss
6 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (7.25%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.11%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.78%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.52%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) SAP HR
1 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.26%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 103 (26.68%) Azure
2 86 (22.28%) AWS
3 33 (8.55%) Serverless
4 27 (6.99%) Power Platform
5 26 (6.74%) Amazon EKS
6 20 (5.18%) Amazon ECS
6 20 (5.18%) SaaS
7 17 (4.40%) Amazon S3
8 16 (4.15%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
9 14 (3.63%) GCP
10 13 (3.37%) IaaS
11 12 (3.11%) GitHub
12 11 (2.85%) Azure Storage
13 9 (2.33%) Azure AKS
13 9 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 9 (2.33%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (2.33%) Google Analytics
14 8 (2.07%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.40%) DNS
2 8 (2.07%) Firewall
3 7 (1.81%) Broadband
4 4 (1.04%) DHCP
5 2 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.26%) Intranet
6 1 (0.26%) NAS
6 1 (0.26%) SAN
6 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.26%) VLAN
6 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (6.48%) Relational Database
3 24 (6.22%) Power BI
4 11 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (2.85%) Metadata
5 7 (1.81%) MySQL
6 6 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.55%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.30%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.78%) DB2
9 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.78%) Tableau
10 2 (0.52%) Big Data
10 2 (0.52%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.26%) Looker
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 37 (9.59%) Git
2 26 (6.74%) Jenkins
2 26 (6.74%) JIRA
3 14 (3.63%) GitLab
4 12 (3.11%) Postman
5 10 (2.59%) JUnit
6 9 (2.33%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.07%) Mockito
8 7 (1.81%) JMeter
8 7 (1.81%) Selenium
8 7 (1.81%) Yeoman
9 6 (1.55%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.55%) WebDriver
10 5 (1.30%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (1.30%) Zephyr
11 4 (1.04%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.04%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.04%) Subversion
12 3 (0.78%) ChangeMan
General
1 137 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 89 (23.06%) Finance
3 59 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.44%) Law
5 47 (12.18%) Public Sector
6 43 (11.14%) Influencing Skills
7 38 (9.84%) Pharmaceutical
8 30 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.63%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.37%) Retail
11 9 (2.33%) Games
12 8 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.78%) Advertising
15 3 (0.78%) Automotive
15 3 (0.78%) Marketing
16 2 (0.52%) Local Government
16 2 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (24.87%) Senior
2 69 (17.88%) Developer
3 50 (12.95%) Lead
4 41 (10.62%) Architect
5 36 (9.33%) Analyst
6 34 (8.81%) Senior Manager
7 33 (8.55%) Project Manager
8 28 (7.25%) Development Manager
8 28 (7.25%) Senior Development Manager
9 27 (6.99%) Development Project Manager
9 27 (6.99%) Senior Project Manager
10 23 (5.96%) Software Engineer
11 22 (5.70%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.92%) Designer
12 19 (4.92%) Java Developer
13 15 (3.89%) Data Analyst
13 15 (3.89%) Data Engineer
14 14 (3.63%) Associate Director
14 14 (3.63%) Full-Stack Developer
14 14 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (14.25%) .NET
2 50 (12.95%) REST
3 34 (8.81%) React
4 27 (6.99%) SOAP
5 24 (6.22%) JSON
5 24 (6.22%) Spring
6 20 (5.18%) ASP.NET
6 20 (5.18%) HTML
6 20 (5.18%) Middleware
6 20 (5.18%) Spring Boot
7 19 (4.92%) Node.js
8 18 (4.66%) .NET Framework
8 18 (4.66%) XML
9 17 (4.40%) .NET Core
9 17 (4.40%) RESTful
9 17 (4.40%) Web Services
10 16 (4.15%) AngularJS
10 16 (4.15%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (3.89%) Kafka
12 13 (3.37%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.18%) Product Ownership
2 41 (10.62%) Cloud Native
3 39 (10.10%) Life Science
4 34 (8.81%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.15%) Mobile App
6 12 (3.11%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.85%) Low-Code
8 10 (2.59%) Hackathon
9 7 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.55%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.30%) Social Media
12 4 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.04%) Hedge funds
13 3 (0.78%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.78%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.37%) Linux
2 10 (2.59%) Windows
3 6 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (0.78%) zOS
5 2 (0.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (26.68%) CI/CD
2 87 (22.54%) DevOps
3 80 (20.73%) Scrum
4 77 (19.95%) Decision-Making
5 75 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 73 (18.91%) Analytics
7 69 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (15.54%) AI
8 60 (15.54%) Computer Science
9 56 (14.51%) Hematology
9 56 (14.51%) Immunology
10 52 (13.47%) Biotechnology
11 51 (13.21%) Software Engineering
12 50 (12.95%) Mentoring
13 47 (12.18%) Microservices
13 47 (12.18%) Test Automation
14 45 (11.66%) TDD
15 40 (10.36%) Containerisation
15 40 (10.36%) Project Management
16 39 (10.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 75 (19.43%) SQL
2 73 (18.91%) Python
3 57 (14.77%) C#
4 52 (13.47%) Java
5 39 (10.10%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.37%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.11%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.11%) VBA
8 9 (2.33%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.07%) C++
10 7 (1.81%) ABAP
11 6 (1.55%) Apex Code
11 6 (1.55%) Groovy
12 5 (1.30%) Bash
13 4 (1.04%) C
13 4 (1.04%) Perl
13 4 (1.04%) PHP
13 4 (1.04%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.78%) COBOL
14 3 (0.78%) JCL
Qualifications
1 140 (36.27%) Degree
2 52 (13.47%) Security Cleared
3 40 (10.36%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (7.77%) PMI Certification
4 30 (7.77%) PMP
5 24 (6.22%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.63%) ISTQB
7 12 (3.11%) ACCA
7 12 (3.11%) CIMA
7 12 (3.11%) PhD
8 10 (2.59%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.07%) ICAEW
10 5 (1.30%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.52%) CSQA
11 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.40%) QA
2 42 (10.88%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.59%) GxP
5 8 (2.07%) WCAG
6 4 (1.04%) PMO
7 3 (0.78%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.52%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.26%) MISRA
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (11.66%) Docker
2 9 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.52%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (14.51%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.99%) Terraform
3 14 (3.63%) Ansible
4 11 (2.85%) Kibana
5 5 (1.30%) Grafana
5 5 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.30%) SCCM
6 4 (1.04%) Packer
7 3 (0.78%) CA Endevor
7 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.78%) SCOM
8 2 (0.52%) Argo
8 2 (0.52%) Istio
8 2 (0.52%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.26%) Netcool
9 1 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 84 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.44%) SAP
3 14 (3.63%) Google
4 12 (3.11%) Adobe
5 10 (2.59%) Databricks
5 10 (2.59%) IBM
6 9 (2.33%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.07%) Oracle
7 8 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.81%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.81%) Splunk
8 7 (1.81%) VMware
9 6 (1.55%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.30%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.04%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.78%) LabVantage
12 3 (0.78%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.52%) Cisco
13 2 (0.52%) Juniper
13 2 (0.52%) YouTube