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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 324 475 846
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.33% 15.06% 15.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.45% 16.10% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 151 245 680
10th Percentile £37,973 £36,250 £40,746
25th Percentile £49,000 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
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 3,429 2,951 4,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 77.54% 93.53% 87.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,000 1,243 3,485
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,500 £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 £91,000 £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 21 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 21 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 -11 184 £57,500 -17.86% 70
Buckinghamshire +9 106 £60,000 - 44
Oxfordshire -24 34 £71,250 +90.00% 32
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 (3.09%) Confluence
2 6 (1.85%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.54%) IIS
4 4 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.62%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.31%) Camunda
6 1 (0.31%) SAS
6 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (6.79%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.54%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.31%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.62%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.83%) Azure
2 50 (15.43%) AWS
3 23 (7.10%) GCP
3 23 (7.10%) Serverless
4 22 (6.79%) Power Platform
5 17 (5.25%) Amazon ECS
5 17 (5.25%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (4.32%) Amazon S3
6 14 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.70%) Amazon SQS
8 10 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (3.09%) GitHub
9 9 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.78%) Miro
9 9 (2.78%) SaaS
9 9 (2.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 8 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 7 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.85%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.23%) Broadband
1 4 (1.23%) DNS
1 4 (1.23%) Firewall
2 2 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (0.62%) DHCP
2 2 (0.62%) NAS
2 2 (0.62%) SAN
2 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.62%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.62%) VLAN
2 2 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.48%) Relational Database
2 20 (6.17%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (5.56%) Power BI
3 18 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.40%) MySQL
5 9 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.78%) Metadata
5 9 (2.78%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.85%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.54%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.93%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (0.62%) Big Data
10 2 (0.62%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.62%) Tableau
11 1 (0.31%) Looker
11 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 28 (8.64%) JIRA
2 19 (5.86%) Git
3 16 (4.94%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.32%) Selenium
5 12 (3.70%) WebDriver
6 11 (3.40%) JUnit
7 10 (3.09%) Mockito
8 9 (2.78%) JMeter
8 9 (2.78%) Postman
8 9 (2.78%) SoapUI
8 9 (2.78%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (1.85%) GitLab
10 5 (1.54%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.54%) Balsamiq
10 5 (1.54%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.54%) git-flow
11 4 (1.23%) Subversion
12 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.62%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 148 (45.68%) Social Skills
2 102 (31.48%) Finance
3 53 (16.36%) Pharmaceutical
4 51 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (12.04%) Public Sector
6 37 (11.42%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (8.95%) Law
8 26 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (5.25%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.78%) Marketing
12 7 (2.16%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.54%) Games
14 5 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.93%) Automotive
16 2 (0.62%) Banking
16 2 (0.62%) Billing
16 2 (0.62%) Publishing
16 2 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 89 (27.47%) Senior
2 62 (19.14%) Lead
3 49 (15.12%) Developer
4 40 (12.35%) Senior Manager
5 30 (9.26%) Analyst
6 27 (8.33%) Development Manager
6 27 (8.33%) Project Manager
7 25 (7.72%) Senior Development Manager
8 24 (7.41%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (6.79%) Development Project Manager
9 22 (6.79%) Senior Project Manager
10 19 (5.86%) Designer
11 16 (4.94%) Architect
11 16 (4.94%) Java Developer
11 16 (4.94%) Software Engineer
12 13 (4.01%) Associate Director
12 13 (4.01%) Data Analyst
12 13 (4.01%) Product Designer
12 13 (4.01%) Senior Designer
12 13 (4.01%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (13.27%) .NET
2 36 (11.11%) REST
3 26 (8.02%) HTML
4 24 (7.41%) React
4 24 (7.41%) SOAP
5 18 (5.56%) Spring
5 18 (5.56%) Spring Boot
6 17 (5.25%) Middleware
7 15 (4.63%) Web Services
8 14 (4.32%) JSON
8 14 (4.32%) XML
9 13 (4.01%) Kafka
10 11 (3.40%) .NET Framework
10 11 (3.40%) ASP.NET
10 11 (3.40%) CSS
11 10 (3.09%) Hibernate
12 9 (2.78%) ActiveMQ
12 9 (2.78%) Apache Camel
12 9 (2.78%) jQuery
12 9 (2.78%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 62 (19.14%) Life Science
2 39 (12.04%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.86%) Cloud Native
3 19 (5.86%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.63%) Mobile App
5 14 (4.32%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.47%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.85%) Hackathon
9 5 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.54%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.23%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.93%) Biopharmaceutical
11 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.93%) LIMS
11 3 (0.93%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (0.93%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.62%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.78%) Windows
2 4 (1.23%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.93%) Linux
3 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.62%) Analytics
2 79 (24.38%) Hematology
2 79 (24.38%) Immunology
3 77 (23.77%) CI/CD
4 72 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 67 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (19.44%) AI
7 59 (18.21%) Biotechnology
8 58 (17.90%) Roadmaps
9 56 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (17.28%) DevOps
10 52 (16.05%) Scrum
11 48 (14.81%) Data Science
11 48 (14.81%) Machine Learning
12 45 (13.89%) Decision-Making
13 41 (12.65%) Use Case
14 37 (11.42%) Deployment Automation
15 33 (10.19%) Full-Stack Development
16 31 (9.57%) Enterprise Architecture
16 31 (9.57%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 63 (19.44%) Python
2 52 (16.05%) SQL
3 49 (15.12%) Java
4 40 (12.35%) JavaScript
5 39 (12.04%) C#
6 18 (5.56%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.70%) VBA
8 10 (3.09%) Shell Script
9 9 (2.78%) Apex Code
10 7 (2.16%) C++
11 5 (1.54%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.93%) C
12 3 (0.93%) R
13 2 (0.62%) ABAP
13 2 (0.62%) PHP
14 1 (0.31%) Go
14 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 150 (46.30%) Degree
2 50 (15.43%) Security Cleared
3 44 (13.58%) Master's Degree
4 31 (9.57%) SC Cleared
5 30 (9.26%) PhD
6 26 (8.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (7.10%) PMI Certification
7 23 (7.10%) PMP
8 14 (4.32%) ISTQB
9 12 (3.70%) ACCA
9 12 (3.70%) CIMA
10 11 (3.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 7 (2.16%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.62%) 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 35 (10.80%) QA
2 34 (10.49%) Accessibility
3 29 (8.95%) GxP
4 13 (4.01%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.16%) WCAG
6 4 (1.23%) GDPR
7 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.62%) ECSS
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%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (8.33%) Docker
2 5 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.62%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.78%) Kibana
2 9 (2.78%) Terraform
3 5 (1.54%) SCCM
4 3 (0.93%) SCOM
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.62%) Netcool
5 2 (0.62%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.10%) SAP
3 12 (3.70%) Google
4 11 (3.40%) Databricks
5 10 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.78%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.78%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.78%) Splunk
7 8 (2.47%) Adobe
8 5 (1.54%) Sage
8 5 (1.54%) VMware
8 5 (1.54%) Xamarin
8 5 (1.54%) Zoho
9 4 (1.23%) Oracle
9 4 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.23%) Telerik
10 3 (0.93%) IBM
10 3 (0.93%) LabVantage
10 3 (0.93%) Workday
11 2 (0.62%) Palo Alto