Agile Jobs in the Thames Valley

Agile Software Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 407 1,146 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.95% 15.42% 24.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.87% 18.68% 25.79%
Number of salaries quoted 132 651 752
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,691 £40,952
25th Percentile £44,063 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £92,500 £91,125
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

All Process and 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 3,163 6,134 5,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.89% 82.51% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,207 4,007 2,964
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £88,375
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

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

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 14 June 2025. 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 -5 296 £72,500 +7.41% 805
Oxfordshire -6 76 £50,000 -7.41% 98
Buckinghamshire -45 35 £63,750 +18.06% 88
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (4.67%) CMS
2 14 (3.44%) JBoss
2 14 (3.44%) Red Hat Fuse
3 13 (3.19%) Confluence
4 9 (2.21%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.72%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (1.47%) IIS
7 4 (0.98%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.98%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.25%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.25%) Strapi
8 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 129 (31.70%) Azure
2 111 (27.27%) AWS
3 44 (10.81%) Serverless
4 39 (9.58%) GCP
5 38 (9.34%) Amazon ECS
6 37 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (6.14%) Amazon EC2
8 24 (5.90%) Vertex AI
9 22 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (5.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 17 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (3.93%) Amazon S3
13 14 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (3.44%) SaaS
13 14 (3.44%) Salsify
14 13 (3.19%) Power Platform
15 12 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (2.70%) Amazon SQS
17 10 (2.46%) AWS KMS
17 10 (2.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.18%) Firewall
2 11 (2.70%) SAN
3 9 (2.21%) WAN
4 7 (1.72%) LAN
4 7 (1.72%) VLAN
4 7 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.98%) SSL
6 2 (0.49%) Broadband
6 2 (0.49%) DNS
6 2 (0.49%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.49%) VPN
7 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.25%) Internet
7 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.02%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (12.29%) Data Lake
3 43 (10.57%) SQL Server
4 41 (10.07%) Relational Database
5 30 (7.37%) Data Mining
6 21 (5.16%) NoSQL
7 16 (3.93%) RDBMS
7 16 (3.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (3.44%) Metadata
9 12 (2.95%) MySQL
10 9 (2.21%) Big Data
10 9 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (2.21%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.72%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.72%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.72%) Power BI
13 6 (1.47%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 53 (13.02%) Git
2 50 (12.29%) Jenkins
3 43 (10.57%) JUnit
4 27 (6.63%) JIRA
5 26 (6.39%) Mockito
6 24 (5.90%) Visual Studio
7 16 (3.93%) JMeter
8 14 (3.44%) Maven
8 14 (3.44%) SonarQube
9 12 (2.95%) GitLab
10 11 (2.70%) Selenium
11 9 (2.21%) Bitbucket Server
12 7 (1.72%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.72%) NUnit
12 7 (1.72%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.47%) Bitbucket
13 6 (1.47%) DbUnit
13 6 (1.47%) Jasmine
13 6 (1.47%) jMock
13 6 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 212 (52.09%) Social Skills
2 176 (43.24%) Law
3 138 (33.91%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (20.64%) Finance
5 62 (15.23%) Marketing
6 56 (13.76%) Retail
7 45 (11.06%) Influencing Skills
8 44 (10.81%) Public Sector
9 39 (9.58%) Legal
10 13 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.46%) Banking
11 10 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.72%) Tech for Good
14 6 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.47%) Publishing
15 5 (1.23%) Games
16 3 (0.74%) Health Technology
17 1 (0.25%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (31.45%) Senior
2 93 (22.85%) Developer
3 78 (19.16%) Lead
4 47 (11.55%) Java Developer
5 34 (8.35%) Architect
6 33 (8.11%) Senior Manager
7 28 (6.88%) Software Engineer
8 23 (5.65%) Product Manager
8 23 (5.65%) Salesforce Architect
9 21 (5.16%) Enterprise Architect
10 19 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (3.93%) Portal Developer
11 16 (3.93%) Senior Developer
12 12 (2.95%) Software Developer
13 11 (2.70%) Analyst
14 10 (2.46%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 9 (2.21%) Data Analytics Director
15 9 (2.21%) Deployment Manager
15 9 (2.21%) Project Manager
16 8 (1.97%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (18.18%) REST
2 60 (14.74%) React
3 53 (13.02%) Spring
4 52 (12.78%) Spring Boot
5 49 (12.04%) SOAP
6 47 (11.55%) .NET
7 41 (10.07%) Web Services
8 40 (9.83%) HTML
9 32 (7.86%) Hibernate
9 32 (7.86%) RESTful
10 30 (7.37%) Apache Camel
11 29 (7.13%) JSON
12 28 (6.88%) AngularJS
12 28 (6.88%) XML
13 25 (6.14%) CSS
14 24 (5.90%) ActiveMQ
14 24 (5.90%) Kafka
14 24 (5.90%) Lightning Web Components
15 22 (5.41%) .NET Framework
16 21 (5.16%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.04%) Product Ownership
2 41 (10.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 38 (9.34%) Algorithms
3 38 (9.34%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (7.37%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (6.63%) Management Information System
6 23 (5.65%) Cloud Native
7 20 (4.91%) Mobile App
8 19 (4.67%) FMCG
9 18 (4.42%) PMI
10 14 (3.44%) Taxonomies
11 10 (2.46%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.72%) Replication
13 6 (1.47%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
14 5 (1.23%) Online Games
14 5 (1.23%) Virtual Team
15 4 (0.98%) IoT
15 4 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.18%) Linux
2 14 (3.44%) Windows
3 12 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.47%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.98%) Android
5 4 (0.98%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.98%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (40.54%) DevOps
2 142 (34.89%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (30.71%) Analytics
4 106 (26.04%) Roadmaps
5 101 (24.82%) CI/CD
6 93 (22.85%) Machine Learning
7 90 (22.11%) Data Science
8 87 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 83 (20.39%) Microservices
10 77 (18.92%) Artificial Intelligence
11 75 (18.43%) Scrum
12 67 (16.46%) Customer-Centricity
13 64 (15.72%) Thought Leadership
14 63 (15.48%) TDD
15 60 (14.74%) Product Management
15 60 (14.74%) Strategic Roadmap
16 56 (13.76%) Project Management
17 55 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
18 50 (12.29%) Software Engineering
18 50 (12.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.94%) SQL
2 67 (16.46%) JavaScript
3 62 (15.23%) Java
4 49 (12.04%) Python
5 29 (7.13%) C#
6 24 (5.90%) Apex Code
7 21 (5.16%) Shell Script
8 18 (4.42%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.72%) Ruby
10 6 (1.47%) Go
10 6 (1.47%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.74%) PHP
12 2 (0.49%) Bicep
12 2 (0.49%) C++
12 2 (0.49%) Rust
12 2 (0.49%) SOQL
13 1 (0.25%) Groovy
13 1 (0.25%) Perl
13 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 66 (16.22%) Degree
2 47 (11.55%) Security Cleared
3 45 (11.06%) PMI Certification
4 37 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 35 (8.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (8.35%) Master's Degree
7 27 (6.63%) PMP
8 13 (3.19%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.21%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.34%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.18%) QA
3 15 (3.69%) SLA
4 11 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.46%) GDPR
6 9 (2.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.72%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.74%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.74%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.49%) GxP
10 1 (0.25%) CDISC
10 1 (0.25%) GMP
10 1 (0.25%) PMBOK
System Software
1 74 (18.18%) Docker
2 11 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.70%) Hyper-V
2 11 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.49%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 65 (15.97%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.90%) Ansible
2 24 (5.90%) Terraform
3 16 (3.93%) Kibana
4 12 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (2.70%) SCCM
6 6 (1.47%) Grafana
6 6 (1.47%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.98%) Nessus
7 4 (0.98%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.74%) Puppet
9 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.25%) Packer
Vendors
1 89 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 44 (10.81%) Google
3 37 (9.09%) Salesforce
4 23 (5.65%) SAP
5 21 (5.16%) OpenAI
5 21 (5.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 20 (4.91%) Workday
7 19 (4.67%) Concur
8 16 (3.93%) Dynatrace
8 16 (3.93%) Splunk
9 14 (3.44%) Databricks
10 12 (2.95%) VMware
11 9 (2.21%) Oracle
12 7 (1.72%) arcserve
12 7 (1.72%) Rollbar
13 6 (1.47%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.47%) PeopleSoft
13 6 (1.47%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.47%) Solace
14 4 (0.98%) Juniper