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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 326 443 837
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.29% 14.46% 15.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.49% 15.42% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 154 235 670
10th Percentile £38,581 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,500 £46,563 £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -5.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 3,435 2,872 4,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 76.86% 93.76% 86.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,030 1,220 3,494
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,175
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,688 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,100 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 28 February 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 28 February 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
Berkshire -10 182 £59,000 -15.71% 46
Buckinghamshire +9 109 £60,000 -0.83% 46
Oxfordshire -18 35 £71,250 +51.19% 28
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 10 (3.07%) Confluence
2 6 (1.84%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.53%) IIS
4 4 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.61%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.31%) Camunda
6 1 (0.31%) SAS
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (7.06%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.68%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.53%) Adobe XD
4 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.31%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.61%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 64 (19.63%) Azure
2 51 (15.64%) AWS
3 24 (7.36%) GCP
4 23 (7.06%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.75%) Serverless
6 16 (4.91%) Amazon ECS
6 16 (4.91%) Amazon EKS
7 14 (4.29%) Amazon S3
7 14 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (3.68%) Amazon SQS
9 10 (3.07%) GitHub
10 9 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (2.76%) Miro
10 9 (2.76%) SaaS
10 9 (2.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 8 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 7 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.84%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.23%) Broadband
1 4 (1.23%) DNS
1 4 (1.23%) Firewall
2 2 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (0.61%) DHCP
2 2 (0.61%) NAS
2 2 (0.61%) SAN
2 2 (0.61%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.61%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.61%) VLAN
2 2 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.44%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.13%) Relational Database
3 19 (5.83%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.83%) Power BI
4 11 (3.37%) MySQL
5 9 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.76%) Metadata
6 8 (2.45%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.84%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.53%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.92%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.61%) Big Data
11 2 (0.61%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.61%) Tableau
12 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 28 (8.59%) JIRA
2 19 (5.83%) Git
3 15 (4.60%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.29%) Selenium
5 12 (3.68%) WebDriver
6 10 (3.07%) JUnit
7 9 (2.76%) Mockito
7 9 (2.76%) Postman
7 9 (2.76%) SoapUI
7 9 (2.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (2.45%) JMeter
9 6 (1.84%) GitLab
10 5 (1.53%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.53%) Balsamiq
10 5 (1.53%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.53%) git-flow
11 4 (1.23%) Subversion
12 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.61%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 149 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 104 (31.90%) Finance
3 53 (16.26%) Pharmaceutical
4 50 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (11.96%) Public Sector
6 37 (11.35%) Influencing Skills
7 30 (9.20%) Law
8 27 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (4.91%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.45%) Marketing
10 8 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.53%) Games
13 3 (0.92%) Automotive
13 3 (0.92%) Retail
14 2 (0.61%) Aviation
14 2 (0.61%) Banking
14 2 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (27.61%) Senior
2 61 (18.71%) Lead
3 50 (15.34%) Developer
4 41 (12.58%) Senior Manager
5 30 (9.20%) Analyst
6 27 (8.28%) Development Manager
6 27 (8.28%) Project Manager
7 25 (7.67%) Full-Stack Developer
7 25 (7.67%) Senior Development Manager
8 22 (6.75%) Development Project Manager
8 22 (6.75%) Senior Project Manager
9 19 (5.83%) Designer
10 16 (4.91%) Architect
10 16 (4.91%) Software Engineer
11 15 (4.60%) Java Developer
12 13 (3.99%) Associate Director
12 13 (3.99%) Data Analyst
12 13 (3.99%) Product Designer
12 13 (3.99%) Senior Designer
12 13 (3.99%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (13.80%) .NET
2 35 (10.74%) REST
3 25 (7.67%) HTML
4 24 (7.36%) React
4 24 (7.36%) SOAP
5 17 (5.21%) Middleware
5 17 (5.21%) Spring
5 17 (5.21%) Spring Boot
6 14 (4.29%) Web Services
7 13 (3.99%) .NET Framework
7 13 (3.99%) ASP.NET
7 13 (3.99%) JSON
7 13 (3.99%) Kafka
7 13 (3.99%) XML
8 11 (3.37%) CSS
9 9 (2.76%) Hibernate
9 9 (2.76%) Lightning Web Components
9 9 (2.76%) Visualforce
10 8 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (2.45%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 62 (19.02%) Life Science
2 39 (11.96%) Product Ownership
3 21 (6.44%) Cloud Native
4 18 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (4.60%) Mobile App
6 14 (4.29%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.45%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.84%) Hackathon
10 5 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.23%) Hedge funds
12 3 (0.92%) Biopharmaceutical
12 3 (0.92%) LIMS
12 3 (0.92%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.61%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.76%) Windows
2 4 (1.23%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.92%) Linux
3 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.46%) Analytics
2 79 (24.23%) Hematology
2 79 (24.23%) Immunology
3 75 (23.01%) CI/CD
4 73 (22.39%) Computer Science
5 67 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (19.33%) AI
7 59 (18.10%) Biotechnology
7 59 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 59 (18.10%) DevOps
8 57 (17.48%) Roadmaps
9 55 (16.87%) Scrum
10 48 (14.72%) Data Science
10 48 (14.72%) Machine Learning
11 46 (14.11%) Decision-Making
12 41 (12.58%) Use Case
13 37 (11.35%) Deployment Automation
14 34 (10.43%) Full-Stack Development
15 33 (10.12%) Mentoring
16 31 (9.51%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 62 (19.02%) Python
2 52 (15.95%) SQL
3 48 (14.72%) Java
4 41 (12.58%) C#
5 39 (11.96%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.52%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.68%) VBA
8 9 (2.76%) Apex Code
8 9 (2.76%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.15%) C++
10 5 (1.53%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.92%) C
11 3 (0.92%) R
12 2 (0.61%) ABAP
12 2 (0.61%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) Go
13 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 153 (46.93%) Degree
2 50 (15.34%) Security Cleared
3 44 (13.50%) Master's Degree
4 32 (9.82%) SC Cleared
5 30 (9.20%) PhD
6 27 (8.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (7.36%) PMI Certification
7 24 (7.36%) PMP
8 14 (4.29%) ISTQB
9 12 (3.68%) ACCA
9 12 (3.68%) CIMA
10 11 (3.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 7 (2.15%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.31%) CISM
14 1 (0.31%) CISSP
14 1 (0.31%) CRISC
14 1 (0.31%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.43%) Accessibility
2 33 (10.12%) QA
3 29 (8.90%) GxP
4 13 (3.99%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.15%) WCAG
6 4 (1.23%) GDPR
7 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.61%) ECSS
8 2 (0.61%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) COBIT
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.31%) MISRA
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) NIST
9 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (7.98%) Docker
2 5 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.61%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.07%) Terraform
3 8 (2.45%) Kibana
4 5 (1.53%) SCCM
5 3 (0.92%) SCOM
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.61%) Netcool
6 2 (0.61%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.75%) SAP
3 12 (3.68%) Google
4 11 (3.37%) Databricks
5 10 (3.07%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.76%) MuleSoft
7 8 (2.45%) Adobe
7 8 (2.45%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.45%) Splunk
8 5 (1.53%) Sage
8 5 (1.53%) VMware
8 5 (1.53%) Xamarin
8 5 (1.53%) Zoho
9 4 (1.23%) Oracle
9 4 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.23%) Telerik
10 3 (0.92%) IBM
10 3 (0.92%) LabVantage
10 3 (0.92%) Workday
11 2 (0.61%) LogicMonitor