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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 13 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 352 462 990
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.57% 12.90% 16.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.83% 14.24% 20.75%
Number of salaries quoted 247 150 536
10th Percentile £44,250 £39,750 £37,470
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £93,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

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 4,494 3,245 4,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.12% 90.62% 81.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,117 1,409 3,134
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,250
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 24 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 24 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 +47 171 £60,000 +11.11% 36
Berkshire -24 110 £70,000 +7.69% 50
Oxfordshire -10 71 £57,500 +15.00% 34
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 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.42%) CMS
3 4 (1.14%) CICS
3 4 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.85%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) Apache
5 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.42%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.57%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.57%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 132 (37.50%) Azure
2 109 (30.97%) AWS
3 32 (9.09%) SaaS
4 31 (8.81%) Serverless
5 22 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
5 22 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.25%) GitHub
6 21 (5.97%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.11%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (5.11%) IaaS
8 16 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (4.26%) GCP
10 14 (3.98%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.69%) Amazon S3
12 11 (3.13%) Azure AKS
12 11 (3.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 11 (3.13%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (3.13%) Azure Storage
13 8 (2.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (2.27%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.55%) DNS
2 5 (1.42%) Firewall
3 4 (1.14%) Broadband
4 3 (0.85%) DHCP
5 2 (0.57%) HTTP
5 2 (0.57%) MQTT
5 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) Intranet
6 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.67%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.10%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (5.68%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.68%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.83%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.55%) Power BI
6 13 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.84%) Metadata
8 5 (1.42%) MySQL
8 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.14%) Db2
9 4 (1.14%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.85%) GIS
10 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.57%) QGIS
11 2 (0.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (9.38%) Git
2 21 (5.97%) GitLab
2 21 (5.97%) Jenkins
2 21 (5.97%) JIRA
3 9 (2.56%) Cucumber
4 8 (2.27%) JUnit
4 8 (2.27%) Postman
4 8 (2.27%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.27%) Yeoman
5 7 (1.99%) JMeter
5 7 (1.99%) Mockito
5 7 (1.99%) Zephyr
6 4 (1.14%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.14%) ChangeMan
6 4 (1.14%) Selenium
6 4 (1.14%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.57%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.57%) Maven
7 2 (0.57%) Mocha
General
1 105 (29.83%) Social Skills
2 71 (20.17%) Finance
3 43 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.51%) Law
5 33 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 29 (8.24%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (6.53%) Manufacturing
7 23 (6.53%) Retail
8 17 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.98%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.27%) Advertising
11 7 (1.99%) Local Government
12 6 (1.70%) Games
12 6 (1.70%) Marketing
12 6 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.14%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.14%) Automotive
14 4 (1.14%) Electronics
14 4 (1.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 83 (23.58%) Developer
2 79 (22.44%) Senior
3 43 (12.22%) Architect
4 36 (10.23%) Software Engineer
5 29 (8.24%) .NET Developer
6 26 (7.39%) Lead
7 25 (7.10%) Project Manager
7 25 (7.10%) Senior Developer
8 20 (5.68%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (5.40%) Analyst
10 16 (4.55%) Development Manager
10 16 (4.55%) Java Developer
11 15 (4.26%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (4.26%) Data Engineer
11 15 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (4.26%) Senior Manager
12 14 (3.98%) Development Project Manager
12 14 (3.98%) Senior Development Manager
12 14 (3.98%) Senior Project Manager
13 13 (3.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (19.03%) .NET
2 52 (14.77%) React
3 39 (11.08%) REST
4 35 (9.94%) .NET Core
5 32 (9.09%) ASP.NET
6 30 (8.52%) Node.js
7 26 (7.39%) ASP.NET Core
8 24 (6.82%) JSON
8 24 (6.82%) RESTful
9 22 (6.25%) .NET Framework
10 21 (5.97%) Blazor
10 21 (5.97%) HTML
11 19 (5.40%) AngularJS
12 17 (4.83%) Spring
13 16 (4.55%) Spring Boot
13 16 (4.55%) Vue
13 16 (4.55%) XML
14 15 (4.26%) Entity Framework
15 13 (3.69%) ASP.NET Web API
15 13 (3.69%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.35%) Cloud Native
2 46 (13.07%) Product Ownership
3 33 (9.38%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.55%) Life Science
5 13 (3.69%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.99%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.70%) Hackathon
10 6 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.70%) NHS
11 5 (1.42%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.14%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.14%) Legacy Code
12 4 (1.14%) Social Media
12 4 (1.14%) Social Network
12 4 (1.14%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.69%) Linux
2 12 (3.41%) Windows
3 4 (1.14%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.14%) zOS
4 2 (0.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (28.98%) DevOps
2 98 (27.84%) CI/CD
3 78 (22.16%) Scrum
4 69 (19.60%) Software Engineering
5 68 (19.32%) Decision-Making
5 68 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (18.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (18.47%) Microservices
7 63 (17.90%) Mentoring
8 61 (17.33%) AI
9 55 (15.63%) Analytics
10 51 (14.49%) Computer Science
11 49 (13.92%) Full-Stack Development
11 49 (13.92%) Test Automation
12 47 (13.35%) Containerisation
13 43 (12.22%) TDD
14 37 (10.51%) Kanban
15 34 (9.66%) Data Modelling
16 33 (9.38%) Roadmaps
17 30 (8.52%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 92 (26.14%) C#
2 82 (23.30%) SQL
3 66 (18.75%) Python
4 38 (10.80%) Java
5 37 (10.51%) JavaScript
6 27 (7.67%) TypeScript
7 17 (4.83%) C++
8 16 (4.55%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.56%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.27%) Groovy
11 7 (1.99%) ABAP
11 7 (1.99%) Bash
12 5 (1.42%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.42%) C
13 4 (1.14%) COBOL
13 4 (1.14%) JCL
13 4 (1.14%) Perl
13 4 (1.14%) PHP
13 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (28.69%) Degree
2 31 (8.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 31 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.67%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.11%) PMP
5 17 (4.83%) PMI Certification
6 16 (4.55%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.98%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.98%) ICAEW
8 9 (2.56%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.14%) ACCA
9 4 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.14%) CIMA
9 4 (1.14%) PhD
10 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.57%) CSQA
10 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.28%) APMG
11 1 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.93%) QA
2 29 (8.24%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.84%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.42%) GDPR
4 5 (1.42%) PMO
4 5 (1.42%) SOC 2
4 5 (1.42%) WCAG
5 4 (1.14%) NIST
6 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.57%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.28%) MISRA
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (13.92%) Docker
2 6 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 62 (17.61%) Kubernetes
2 29 (8.24%) Terraform
3 14 (3.98%) Ansible
4 11 (3.13%) Kibana
5 5 (1.42%) Grafana
5 5 (1.42%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.14%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.14%) Packer
7 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.57%) Argo
8 2 (0.57%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.57%) Istio
8 2 (0.57%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 92 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.55%) Google
2 16 (4.55%) SAP
3 10 (2.84%) IBM
4 9 (2.56%) AppDynamics
5 8 (2.27%) Oracle
6 7 (1.99%) Adobe
6 7 (1.99%) Databricks
6 7 (1.99%) Dynatrace
6 7 (1.99%) Facebook
6 7 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.99%) Splunk
6 7 (1.99%) YouTube
7 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.14%) New Relic
8 4 (1.14%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.85%) VMware
10 2 (0.57%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.57%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.57%) Sage