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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 347 459 884
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.33% 12.86% 16.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 14.28% 20.73%
Number of salaries quoted 248 149 464
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,500 £94,250
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 4,612 3,215 4,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.83% 90.06% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,204 1,431 2,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,900
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +40 164 £60,000 +11.11% 43
Berkshire -24 108 £66,000 +1.54% 85
Oxfordshire -8 75 £57,500 +15.00% 46
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 8 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.15%) CICS
2 4 (1.15%) CMS
3 3 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.86%) Confluence
3 3 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (0.58%) Apache
4 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (4.03%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.44%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.58%) Lightworks
4 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.29%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.58%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 136 (39.19%) Azure
2 113 (32.56%) AWS
3 31 (8.93%) SaaS
3 31 (8.93%) Serverless
4 24 (6.92%) GitHub
5 23 (6.63%) Amazon EKS
5 23 (6.63%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (5.76%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (5.19%) IaaS
8 16 (4.61%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (4.32%) GCP
10 14 (4.03%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.75%) Amazon S3
12 11 (3.17%) Azure AKS
12 11 (3.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 11 (3.17%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (3.17%) Azure Storage
13 8 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (2.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.61%) DNS
2 5 (1.44%) Firewall
3 4 (1.15%) Broadband
4 3 (0.86%) DHCP
5 2 (0.58%) HTTP
5 2 (0.58%) MQTT
5 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.29%) Intranet
6 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.49%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (5.76%) Relational Database
4 19 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (4.90%) MongoDB
6 15 (4.32%) Power BI
7 13 (3.75%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.88%) Metadata
9 5 (1.44%) MySQL
9 5 (1.44%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.15%) Db2
10 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.86%) GIS
11 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.58%) QGIS
12 2 (0.58%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 34 (9.80%) Git
2 22 (6.34%) GitLab
3 21 (6.05%) Jenkins
3 21 (6.05%) JIRA
4 9 (2.59%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.31%) JUnit
5 8 (2.31%) Postman
5 8 (2.31%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.31%) Yeoman
6 7 (2.02%) JMeter
6 7 (2.02%) Mockito
7 6 (1.73%) Zephyr
8 4 (1.15%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.15%) ChangeMan
8 4 (1.15%) Selenium
8 4 (1.15%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.86%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.86%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.58%) Mocha
General
1 102 (29.39%) Social Skills
2 66 (19.02%) Finance
3 42 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.66%) Law
5 34 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 25 (7.20%) Manufacturing
7 24 (6.92%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (6.63%) Retail
9 17 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (3.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (2.31%) Advertising
12 7 (2.02%) Local Government
12 7 (2.02%) Marketing
13 6 (1.73%) Games
14 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.15%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.15%) Automotive
15 4 (1.15%) Electronics
15 4 (1.15%) Legal
15 4 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (24.50%) Developer
2 74 (21.33%) Senior
3 41 (11.82%) Architect
4 38 (10.95%) Software Engineer
5 29 (8.36%) .NET Developer
6 25 (7.20%) Lead
6 25 (7.20%) Senior Developer
7 22 (6.34%) Project Manager
8 18 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (4.90%) Analyst
9 17 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (4.61%) Java Developer
11 15 (4.32%) Data Engineer
11 15 (4.32%) Full-Stack Developer
12 14 (4.03%) Development Manager
13 13 (3.75%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (3.75%) Senior Manager
13 13 (3.75%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (3.46%) Python Engineer
14 12 (3.46%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (19.60%) .NET
2 55 (15.85%) React
3 40 (11.53%) REST
4 35 (10.09%) .NET Core
5 33 (9.51%) ASP.NET
6 31 (8.93%) Node.js
7 27 (7.78%) ASP.NET Core
8 24 (6.92%) JSON
8 24 (6.92%) RESTful
9 22 (6.34%) .NET Framework
9 22 (6.34%) Blazor
10 21 (6.05%) HTML
11 19 (5.48%) AngularJS
12 17 (4.90%) Spring
12 17 (4.90%) Vue
13 16 (4.61%) Spring Boot
13 16 (4.61%) XML
14 15 (4.32%) Entity Framework
15 13 (3.75%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (3.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.26%) Cloud Native
2 40 (11.53%) Product Ownership
3 34 (9.80%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.61%) Life Science
5 12 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.31%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.02%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.73%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.73%) Hackathon
9 6 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.73%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.73%) NHS
10 5 (1.44%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.44%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.15%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.15%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.15%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.15%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.75%) Linux
2 12 (3.46%) Windows
3 4 (1.15%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.15%) zOS
4 2 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.55%) DevOps
2 103 (29.68%) CI/CD
3 77 (22.19%) Scrum
4 75 (21.61%) Software Engineering
5 73 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (19.88%) AI
6 69 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (19.60%) Microservices
8 67 (19.31%) Decision-Making
9 63 (18.16%) Mentoring
10 54 (15.56%) Computer Science
11 52 (14.99%) Analytics
12 51 (14.70%) Full-Stack Development
13 50 (14.41%) Test Automation
14 49 (14.12%) Containerisation
15 45 (12.97%) TDD
16 37 (10.66%) Data Modelling
16 37 (10.66%) Kanban
17 35 (10.09%) Roadmaps
18 31 (8.93%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 95 (27.38%) C#
2 82 (23.63%) SQL
3 70 (20.17%) Python
4 38 (10.95%) Java
4 38 (10.95%) JavaScript
5 30 (8.65%) TypeScript
6 20 (5.76%) C++
7 16 (4.61%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.59%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.31%) Groovy
10 7 (2.02%) Bash
11 6 (1.73%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.44%) ABAP
12 5 (1.44%) C
13 4 (1.15%) COBOL
13 4 (1.15%) JCL
13 4 (1.15%) Perl
13 4 (1.15%) PHP
13 4 (1.15%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 102 (29.39%) Degree
2 35 (10.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (9.22%) Security Cleared
4 28 (8.07%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.90%) Master's Degree
6 15 (4.32%) ICAEW
6 15 (4.32%) PMP
7 14 (4.03%) Azure Certification
7 14 (4.03%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.31%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.15%) PhD
10 2 (0.58%) ACCA
10 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.58%) CIMA
10 2 (0.58%) CSQA
10 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.29%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.39%) QA
2 28 (8.07%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.44%) GDPR
4 5 (1.44%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.15%) NIST
5 4 (1.15%) PMO
5 4 (1.15%) WCAG
6 2 (0.58%) SLA
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.29%) MISRA
7 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 51 (14.70%) Docker
2 6 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (18.44%) Kubernetes
2 31 (8.93%) Terraform
3 14 (4.03%) Ansible
4 11 (3.17%) Kibana
5 5 (1.44%) Grafana
5 5 (1.44%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.15%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.15%) Packer
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.58%) Argo
8 2 (0.58%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.58%) Istio
8 2 (0.58%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 92 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.03%) Google
3 12 (3.46%) SAP
4 9 (2.59%) AppDynamics
4 9 (2.59%) IBM
5 7 (2.02%) Adobe
5 7 (2.02%) Databricks
5 7 (2.02%) Dynatrace
5 7 (2.02%) Facebook
5 7 (2.02%) Oracle
5 7 (2.02%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.02%) Splunk
5 7 (2.02%) YouTube
6 6 (1.73%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.44%) New Relic
8 3 (0.86%) Sitecore
8 3 (0.86%) VMware
9 2 (0.58%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.58%) Sage
9 2 (0.58%) Xamarin