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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 344 768 722
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 9.49% 17.46% 21.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.13% 20.47% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 150 352 546
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,563 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 3,091 3,752 3,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.27% 85.31% 93.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 1,845 2,200
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,750 £31,838
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £48,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.39% +1.82% -

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 23 November 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 23 November 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 -12 228 £55,000 -21.43% 76
Buckinghamshire -15 64 £55,000 +6.80% 45
Oxfordshire -9 52 £68,750 +52.78% 57
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 19 (5.52%) Confluence
2 11 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.91%) CMS
3 10 (2.91%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.33%) IIS
5 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.58%) JBoss
6 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.58%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
7 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.03%) MadCap Flare
2 4 (1.16%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.87%) Shopify
3 2 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 129 (37.50%) Azure
2 100 (29.07%) AWS
3 48 (13.95%) GCP
4 30 (8.72%) Vertex AI
5 28 (8.14%) Serverless
6 23 (6.69%) Amazon ECS
6 23 (6.69%) Amazon EKS
7 21 (6.10%) Amazon EC2
8 19 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (5.23%) SaaS
10 15 (4.36%) Azure AI
10 15 (4.36%) GitHub
11 12 (3.49%) Power Platform
12 11 (3.20%) Amazon S3
12 11 (3.20%) Google Analytics
13 10 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (2.91%) Miro
14 9 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.62%) iPaaS
14 9 (2.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.81%) Firewall
2 18 (5.23%) SAN
3 15 (4.36%) VLAN
4 10 (2.91%) LAN
4 10 (2.91%) WAN
4 10 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.03%) DNS
6 5 (1.45%) DHCP
6 5 (1.45%) NAS
6 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.45%) Wireless
7 2 (0.58%) FTP
7 2 (0.58%) HTTP
7 2 (0.58%) SMTP
7 2 (0.58%) SSH
8 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.29%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (7.27%) Relational Database
3 22 (6.40%) Data Lake
4 18 (5.23%) RDBMS
4 18 (5.23%) SQL Server
5 15 (4.36%) Data Mining
5 15 (4.36%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.49%) MySQL
7 11 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.03%) DynamoDB
8 7 (2.03%) Metadata
8 7 (2.03%) Power BI
9 6 (1.74%) Big Data
9 6 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.87%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.87%) Metadata Repository
12 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (11.05%) JIRA
2 34 (9.88%) Git
3 30 (8.72%) Jenkins
4 21 (6.10%) JUnit
5 19 (5.52%) Mockito
6 18 (5.23%) JMeter
7 12 (3.49%) Selenium
8 10 (2.91%) WebDriver
9 8 (2.33%) Postman
10 7 (2.03%) SoapUI
10 7 (2.03%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.45%) git-flow
12 4 (1.16%) Axure RP
12 4 (1.16%) Balsamiq
12 4 (1.16%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.16%) GitLab
12 4 (1.16%) NUnit
12 4 (1.16%) SonarQube
12 4 (1.16%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
General
1 168 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 89 (25.87%) Law
3 80 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (19.77%) Finance
5 36 (10.47%) Public Sector
6 32 (9.30%) Marketing
7 27 (7.85%) Retail
8 26 (7.56%) Legal
8 26 (7.56%) Pharmaceutical
9 24 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (3.20%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.45%) Banking
14 5 (1.45%) Games
15 4 (1.16%) Automotive
16 3 (0.87%) Tech for Good
17 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 105 (30.52%) Senior
2 69 (20.06%) Developer
3 61 (17.73%) Lead
4 46 (13.37%) Full-Stack Developer
5 27 (7.85%) Senior Manager
6 26 (7.56%) Java Developer
7 25 (7.27%) Senior Developer
8 22 (6.40%) Product Manager
8 22 (6.40%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 19 (5.52%) Analyst
10 18 (5.23%) Software Engineer
11 17 (4.94%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 16 (4.65%) Product Delivery Manager
13 15 (4.36%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 14 (4.07%) Full-Stack Web Developer
14 14 (4.07%) Senior Web Developer
14 14 (4.07%) Web Developer
15 13 (3.78%) Project Manager
16 11 (3.20%) Architect
17 10 (2.91%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (14.24%) HTML
2 41 (11.92%) .NET
3 36 (10.47%) React
4 35 (10.17%) REST
5 27 (7.85%) CSS
5 27 (7.85%) Spring Boot
6 26 (7.56%) Spring
7 24 (6.98%) RESTful
7 24 (6.98%) Web Services
8 23 (6.69%) XML
9 22 (6.40%) JSON
10 20 (5.81%) Apache Camel
10 20 (5.81%) Node.js
11 19 (5.52%) ActiveMQ
11 19 (5.52%) Hibernate
11 19 (5.52%) jQuery
12 18 (5.23%) SOAP
12 18 (5.23%) WireMock
13 14 (4.07%) Kafka
14 12 (3.49%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.50%) Life Science
2 26 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 24 (6.98%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (4.65%) AI Agents
6 15 (4.36%) Algorithms
6 15 (4.36%) Cloud Native
7 13 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (3.49%) Replication
9 10 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (2.91%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.91%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.45%) IoT
10 5 (1.45%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.16%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.16%) Online Games
12 3 (0.87%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.27%) Windows
2 14 (4.07%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.20%) Linux
4 4 (1.16%) Unix
5 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.58%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.58%) VMS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (29.65%) Analytics
2 100 (29.07%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (25.87%) Data Science
4 86 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 84 (24.42%) Roadmaps
6 83 (24.13%) CI/CD
7 80 (23.26%) DevOps
8 77 (22.38%) AI
9 61 (17.73%) Use Case
10 56 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (16.28%) Generative AI
11 55 (15.99%) Computer Science
11 55 (15.99%) Full-Stack Development
12 46 (13.37%) User Experience
13 45 (13.08%) Hematology
13 45 (13.08%) Immunology
13 45 (13.08%) Scrum
14 40 (11.63%) Actionable Insight
14 40 (11.63%) Change Management
15 38 (11.05%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 61 (17.73%) JavaScript
2 57 (16.57%) Python
3 54 (15.70%) Java
4 44 (12.79%) SQL
5 39 (11.34%) C#
6 19 (5.52%) Shell Script
7 18 (5.23%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.45%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.45%) C++
8 5 (1.45%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.87%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.87%) Ruby
10 2 (0.58%) C
10 2 (0.58%) Groovy
10 2 (0.58%) Perl
11 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.29%) PHP
11 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 109 (31.69%) Degree
2 42 (12.21%) Master's Degree
2 42 (12.21%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.56%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (6.10%) PhD
6 10 (2.91%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 6 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.45%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.16%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.16%) PMP
11 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.29%) CISM
13 1 (0.29%) CISSP
13 1 (0.29%) CRISC
13 1 (0.29%) HNC
13 1 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.08%) QA
2 21 (6.10%) GxP
3 17 (4.94%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (2.91%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.74%) GDPR
6 6 (1.74%) WCAG
7 4 (1.16%) SLA
8 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.87%) PMO
9 2 (0.58%) ECSS
10 1 (0.29%) COBIT
10 1 (0.29%) GAAP
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.29%) NIST
10 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (15.12%) Docker
2 19 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.23%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.03%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.45%) vSphere
6 3 (0.87%) vCloud
7 2 (0.58%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.58%) Firmware
8 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 45 (13.08%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.23%) Kibana
3 14 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.78%) SCCM
5 11 (3.20%) Terraform
6 5 (1.45%) Ansible
7 3 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.87%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.58%) Grafana
8 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.29%) Netcool
9 1 (0.29%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.29%) SCOM
9 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 56 (16.28%) Google
3 23 (6.69%) VMware
4 18 (5.23%) Dynatrace
4 18 (5.23%) Splunk
5 15 (4.36%) Foundry
5 15 (4.36%) OpenAI
6 12 (3.49%) SAP
7 10 (2.91%) arcserve
8 7 (2.03%) Databricks
9 5 (1.45%) LogicMonitor
9 5 (1.45%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.45%) Oracle
9 5 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.45%) Sage
9 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.45%) Xamarin
9 5 (1.45%) Zoho
10 4 (1.16%) Adobe