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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 10 6
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 365 447 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.99% 12.63% 15.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% 13.83% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 247 141 627
10th Percentile £43,125 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £92,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 4,382 3,233 5,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.93% 91.33% 82.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,030 1,370 3,779
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +47 177 £62,500 +17.37% 41
Berkshire -23 117 £70,000 +3.70% 72
Oxfordshire -7 71 £57,500 +15.00% 33
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 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.37%) CMS
3 4 (1.10%) CICS
3 4 (1.10%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.82%) Confluence
5 2 (0.55%) Apache
5 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) JBoss
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (4.66%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.10%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.55%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.55%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.55%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.27%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.27%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 132 (36.16%) Azure
2 108 (29.59%) AWS
3 31 (8.49%) SaaS
3 31 (8.49%) Serverless
4 23 (6.30%) Amazon EKS
4 23 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (6.30%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.48%) GitHub
6 18 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (4.93%) IaaS
7 16 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
7 16 (4.38%) GCP
8 14 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (3.56%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.01%) Azure AKS
10 11 (3.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 11 (3.01%) Azure Key Vault
10 11 (3.01%) Azure Storage
11 8 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (2.19%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.66%) DNS
2 7 (1.92%) Broadband
3 6 (1.64%) Firewall
4 3 (0.82%) DHCP
5 2 (0.55%) HTTP
5 2 (0.55%) MQTT
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.27%) Intranet
6 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.67%) SQL Server
2 26 (7.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (5.21%) Power BI
4 19 (5.21%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.93%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.56%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.47%) Metadata
8 5 (1.37%) MySQL
8 5 (1.37%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.10%) Db2
9 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.55%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.55%) GIS
11 2 (0.55%) Redis
11 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 31 (8.49%) Git
2 21 (5.75%) GitLab
2 21 (5.75%) Jenkins
2 21 (5.75%) JIRA
3 9 (2.47%) Cucumber
4 8 (2.19%) JUnit
4 8 (2.19%) Postman
4 8 (2.19%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.19%) Yeoman
5 7 (1.92%) JMeter
5 7 (1.92%) Mockito
5 7 (1.92%) Zephyr
6 4 (1.10%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.10%) ChangeMan
6 4 (1.10%) Selenium
6 4 (1.10%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.55%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.55%) Maven
7 2 (0.55%) Mocha
7 2 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 112 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.27%) Finance
3 50 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.41%) Law
5 34 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 33 (9.04%) Influencing Skills
7 24 (6.58%) Manufacturing
8 22 (6.03%) Retail
9 20 (5.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 18 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.47%) Games
12 8 (2.19%) Advertising
13 7 (1.92%) Local Government
13 7 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.64%) Marketing
15 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.10%) Automotive
16 4 (1.10%) Electronics
16 4 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 84 (23.01%) Developer
2 83 (22.74%) Senior
3 45 (12.33%) Architect
4 36 (9.86%) Software Engineer
5 32 (8.77%) Lead
6 29 (7.95%) .NET Developer
7 24 (6.58%) Analyst
7 24 (6.58%) Project Manager
7 24 (6.58%) Senior Developer
8 20 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.93%) Development Manager
10 17 (4.66%) Senior Manager
11 16 (4.38%) Development Project Manager
11 16 (4.38%) Java Developer
11 16 (4.38%) Senior Development Manager
11 16 (4.38%) Senior Project Manager
12 15 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (4.11%) Designer
13 14 (3.84%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.84%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (18.90%) .NET
2 49 (13.42%) React
3 42 (11.51%) REST
4 36 (9.86%) .NET Core
5 33 (9.04%) ASP.NET
6 29 (7.95%) Node.js
7 27 (7.40%) ASP.NET Core
8 25 (6.85%) JSON
9 23 (6.30%) RESTful
10 22 (6.03%) .NET Framework
11 21 (5.75%) Blazor
12 20 (5.48%) HTML
13 19 (5.21%) AngularJS
14 17 (4.66%) Spring
14 17 (4.66%) XML
15 16 (4.38%) SOAP
15 16 (4.38%) Spring Boot
16 15 (4.11%) Entity Framework
17 14 (3.84%) Middleware
17 14 (3.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.60%) Cloud Native
1 46 (12.60%) Product Ownership
2 32 (8.77%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.03%) Life Science
4 15 (4.11%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.47%) Low-Code
7 8 (2.19%) Hackathon
8 7 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.64%) NHS
10 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.37%) Social Media
10 5 (1.37%) Social Network
10 5 (1.37%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.10%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.10%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.10%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.56%) Linux
1 13 (3.56%) Windows
2 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.10%) zOS
4 2 (0.55%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (27.40%) DevOps
2 98 (26.85%) CI/CD
3 75 (20.55%) Scrum
4 71 (19.45%) Decision-Making
5 70 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (19.18%) Software Engineering
6 67 (18.36%) AI
7 65 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (17.26%) Analytics
9 62 (16.99%) Microservices
10 61 (16.71%) Mentoring
11 57 (15.62%) Computer Science
12 50 (13.70%) Full-Stack Development
12 50 (13.70%) Test Automation
13 48 (13.15%) Containerisation
14 44 (12.05%) TDD
15 39 (10.68%) Roadmaps
16 36 (9.86%) Kanban
17 35 (9.59%) Data Modelling
18 30 (8.22%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 92 (25.21%) C#
2 87 (23.84%) SQL
3 69 (18.90%) Python
4 40 (10.96%) Java
5 38 (10.41%) JavaScript
6 26 (7.12%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.38%) C++
8 15 (4.11%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.47%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.19%) Groovy
11 7 (1.92%) ABAP
11 7 (1.92%) Bash
11 7 (1.92%) VBA
12 5 (1.37%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.37%) C
13 4 (1.10%) COBOL
13 4 (1.10%) JCL
13 4 (1.10%) Perl
13 4 (1.10%) PHP
13 4 (1.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (30.68%) Degree
2 34 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 29 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (7.67%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.48%) Master's Degree
6 19 (5.21%) PMI Certification
6 19 (5.21%) PMP
7 14 (3.84%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.84%) ICAEW
8 10 (2.74%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.92%) ACCA
9 7 (1.92%) CIMA
9 7 (1.92%) PhD
10 4 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.55%) CSQA
12 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (11.78%) QA
2 35 (9.59%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.37%) GDPR
4 5 (1.37%) WCAG
5 4 (1.10%) GxP
5 4 (1.10%) PMO
5 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.82%) NIST
7 2 (0.55%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) MISRA
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (13.42%) Docker
2 7 (1.92%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 61 (16.71%) Kubernetes
2 27 (7.40%) Terraform
3 14 (3.84%) Ansible
4 11 (3.01%) Kibana
5 5 (1.37%) Grafana
5 5 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.10%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.10%) Packer
7 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.55%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.55%) Istio
8 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool
9 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.27%) SCCM
9 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 95 (26.03%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.93%) Google
3 17 (4.66%) SAP
4 10 (2.74%) IBM
5 9 (2.47%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.19%) Adobe
6 8 (2.19%) Oracle
7 7 (1.92%) Databricks
7 7 (1.92%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.92%) Facebook
7 7 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.92%) Splunk
7 7 (1.92%) YouTube
8 6 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.10%) Sitecore
9 4 (1.10%) VMware
10 3 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.82%) New Relic
11 2 (0.55%) Blue Prism
11 2 (0.55%) Xamarin