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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 351 463 939
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.53% 12.83% 16.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.79% 14.16% 20.56%
Number of salaries quoted 249 151 506
10th Percentile £44,625 £39,750 £38,095
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,625 £46,420
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -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 4,507 3,269 4,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.02% 90.60% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,124 1,426 2,972
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,891 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
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 27 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 27 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 +39 170 £60,000 +11.11% 34
Berkshire -23 109 £70,000 +7.69% 52
Oxfordshire -10 72 £57,500 +12.20% 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 (1.99%) 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 15 (4.27%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.42%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.57%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
6 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
1 133 (37.89%) Azure
2 110 (31.34%) AWS
3 32 (9.12%) SaaS
4 31 (8.83%) Serverless
5 22 (6.27%) Amazon EKS
5 22 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.27%) GitHub
6 20 (5.70%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (5.13%) IaaS
8 16 (4.56%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (3.99%) Amazon EC2
9 14 (3.99%) GCP
10 13 (3.70%) Amazon S3
11 11 (3.13%) Azure AKS
11 11 (3.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (3.13%) Azure Key Vault
11 11 (3.13%) Azure Storage
12 8 (2.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (2.28%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.56%) 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 26 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (5.70%) Relational Database
4 19 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (4.84%) MongoDB
6 15 (4.27%) Power BI
7 13 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.85%) Metadata
9 5 (1.42%) MySQL
9 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.14%) Db2
10 4 (1.14%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.85%) GIS
11 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.57%) QGIS
12 2 (0.57%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 33 (9.40%) Git
2 21 (5.98%) Jenkins
2 21 (5.98%) JIRA
3 20 (5.70%) GitLab
4 9 (2.56%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.28%) JUnit
5 8 (2.28%) Postman
5 8 (2.28%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.28%) Yeoman
6 7 (1.99%) JMeter
6 7 (1.99%) Mockito
6 7 (1.99%) Zephyr
7 4 (1.14%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.14%) ChangeMan
7 4 (1.14%) Selenium
7 4 (1.14%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.57%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.57%) Maven
General
1 103 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 71 (20.23%) Finance
3 41 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.54%) Law
5 33 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 24 (6.84%) Retail
8 23 (6.55%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (2.28%) Advertising
12 7 (1.99%) Local Government
13 6 (1.71%) Games
13 6 (1.71%) Marketing
13 6 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.14%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.14%) Automotive
15 4 (1.14%) Electronics
15 4 (1.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 83 (23.65%) Developer
2 77 (21.94%) Senior
3 43 (12.25%) Architect
4 37 (10.54%) Software Engineer
5 29 (8.26%) .NET Developer
6 25 (7.12%) Lead
6 25 (7.12%) Senior Developer
7 24 (6.84%) Project Manager
8 20 (5.70%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (5.13%) Analyst
10 16 (4.56%) Java Developer
11 15 (4.27%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (4.27%) Data Engineer
11 15 (4.27%) Development Manager
11 15 (4.27%) Full-Stack Developer
12 14 (3.99%) Senior Manager
13 13 (3.70%) Development Project Manager
13 13 (3.70%) Senior Development Manager
13 13 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
13 13 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (19.37%) .NET
2 53 (15.10%) React
3 39 (11.11%) REST
4 35 (9.97%) .NET Core
5 33 (9.40%) ASP.NET
6 30 (8.55%) Node.js
7 27 (7.69%) ASP.NET Core
8 24 (6.84%) JSON
8 24 (6.84%) RESTful
9 22 (6.27%) .NET Framework
9 22 (6.27%) Blazor
10 21 (5.98%) HTML
11 19 (5.41%) AngularJS
12 17 (4.84%) Spring
13 16 (4.56%) Spring Boot
13 16 (4.56%) Vue
13 16 (4.56%) XML
14 15 (4.27%) Entity Framework
15 13 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (3.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.68%) Cloud Native
2 44 (12.54%) Product Ownership
3 34 (9.69%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.27%) Life Science
5 11 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.99%) Low-Code
6 7 (1.99%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (1.71%) Hackathon
7 6 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.71%) NHS
8 5 (1.42%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.14%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.14%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.14%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.14%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.14%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.70%) Linux
2 12 (3.42%) Windows
3 4 (1.14%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.14%) zOS
4 2 (0.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (29.34%) DevOps
2 100 (28.49%) CI/CD
3 77 (21.94%) Scrum
4 71 (20.23%) Software Engineering
5 68 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (19.09%) Decision-Making
7 66 (18.80%) Microservices
8 64 (18.23%) Mentoring
9 63 (17.95%) AI
10 55 (15.67%) Analytics
11 50 (14.25%) Computer Science
11 50 (14.25%) Full-Stack Development
11 50 (14.25%) Test Automation
12 48 (13.68%) Containerisation
13 45 (12.82%) TDD
14 37 (10.54%) Kanban
15 35 (9.97%) Data Modelling
16 33 (9.40%) Roadmaps
17 31 (8.83%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 93 (26.50%) C#
2 81 (23.08%) SQL
3 65 (18.52%) Python
4 37 (10.54%) Java
4 37 (10.54%) JavaScript
5 28 (7.98%) TypeScript
6 18 (5.13%) C++
7 16 (4.56%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.56%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.28%) Groovy
10 7 (1.99%) ABAP
10 7 (1.99%) Bash
11 5 (1.42%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.42%) C
12 4 (1.14%) COBOL
12 4 (1.14%) JCL
12 4 (1.14%) Perl
12 4 (1.14%) PHP
12 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (28.21%) Degree
2 31 (8.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 31 (8.83%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.84%) PMP
5 16 (4.56%) Master's Degree
5 16 (4.56%) PMI Certification
6 15 (4.27%) ICAEW
7 14 (3.99%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.56%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.14%) PhD
10 3 (0.85%) ACCA
10 3 (0.85%) CIMA
11 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.57%) CSQA
11 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.28%) APMG
12 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.97%) QA
2 29 (8.26%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.85%) 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 50 (14.25%) Docker
2 6 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (17.95%) Kubernetes
2 29 (8.26%) Terraform
3 14 (3.99%) 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 (26.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.27%) Google
2 15 (4.27%) SAP
3 10 (2.85%) IBM
4 9 (2.56%) AppDynamics
5 7 (1.99%) Adobe
5 7 (1.99%) Databricks
5 7 (1.99%) Dynatrace
5 7 (1.99%) Facebook
5 7 (1.99%) Oracle
5 7 (1.99%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.99%) Splunk
5 7 (1.99%) YouTube
6 6 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.14%) New Relic
7 4 (1.14%) Sitecore
8 3 (0.85%) VMware
9 2 (0.57%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.57%) Sage
9 2 (0.57%) Xamarin