Agile Jobs in the Thames Valley

Agile Software Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 376 1,033 1,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.11% 15.42% 24.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.82% 18.18% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 157 659 794
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%

All Process and 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 3,181 5,682 5,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.97% 84.81% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,233 3,901 3,099
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 2025. 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 -6 267 £70,000 +3.70% 191
Oxfordshire -11 66 £48,750 -11.36% 101
Buckinghamshire -38 43 £60,000 +9.09% 82
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.99%) CMS
2 13 (3.46%) JBoss
2 13 (3.46%) Red Hat Fuse
3 10 (2.66%) Confluence
4 6 (1.60%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.53%) IIS
8 2 (0.53%) Sitefinity
8 2 (0.53%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.27%) Kentico
9 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.27%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.53%) Trello
3 1 (0.27%) Notion
Business Applications
1 6 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 98 (26.06%) AWS
2 86 (22.87%) Azure
3 49 (13.03%) Serverless
4 37 (9.84%) Amazon ECS
5 36 (9.57%) Amazon EKS
6 28 (7.45%) GCP
7 22 (5.85%) Amazon EC2
7 22 (5.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 19 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (4.79%) Amazon S3
9 18 (4.79%) SaaS
10 16 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (3.99%) Vertex AI
12 14 (3.72%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (3.72%) Salsify
13 12 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (2.93%) Power Platform
15 9 (2.39%) AWS KMS
16 8 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (2.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.66%) Firewall
2 6 (1.60%) WAN
3 4 (1.06%) LAN
3 4 (1.06%) SAN
3 4 (1.06%) SSL
3 4 (1.06%) VLAN
3 4 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.80%) Broadband
4 3 (0.80%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.53%) DNS
5 2 (0.53%) DWDM
5 2 (0.53%) GPON
5 2 (0.53%) Internet
5 2 (0.53%) IPv4
5 2 (0.53%) IPv6
5 2 (0.53%) MPLS
5 2 (0.53%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.53%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (14.36%) SQL Server
2 50 (13.30%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (10.64%) Relational Database
4 29 (7.71%) NoSQL
5 24 (6.38%) Data Mining
6 20 (5.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (4.26%) Data Lake
8 14 (3.72%) Metadata
8 14 (3.72%) RDBMS
9 9 (2.39%) MySQL
10 8 (2.13%) Power BI
11 7 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.60%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.60%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.33%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.80%) Big Data
16 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
16 2 (0.53%) Hadoop
16 2 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 69 (18.35%) Git
2 48 (12.77%) Jenkins
3 41 (10.90%) JUnit
4 29 (7.71%) Visual Studio
5 27 (7.18%) JIRA
6 25 (6.65%) Mockito
7 21 (5.59%) Selenium
8 14 (3.72%) JMeter
9 13 (3.46%) GitLab
9 13 (3.46%) Maven
9 13 (3.46%) SonarQube
10 12 (3.19%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.86%) Bitbucket Server
11 7 (1.86%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.86%) SoapUI
12 6 (1.60%) Bitbucket
12 6 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (1.33%) DbUnit
13 5 (1.33%) jMock
14 4 (1.06%) Jasmine
General
1 161 (42.82%) Social Skills
2 130 (34.57%) Law
3 99 (26.33%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (18.88%) Finance
5 59 (15.69%) Marketing
6 49 (13.03%) Retail
7 43 (11.44%) Public Sector
8 29 (7.71%) Legal
9 17 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.60%) Banking
13 6 (1.60%) Publishing
14 4 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.06%) Tech for Good
14 4 (1.06%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.53%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.27%) Advertising
16 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 109 (28.99%) Developer
2 105 (27.93%) Senior
3 75 (19.95%) Lead
4 46 (12.23%) Java Developer
5 36 (9.57%) Senior Manager
6 33 (8.78%) Architect
7 27 (7.18%) Software Engineer
8 24 (6.38%) Product Manager
9 22 (5.85%) Salesforce Architect
10 21 (5.59%) Enterprise Architect
10 21 (5.59%) Senior Developer
11 20 (5.32%) Portal Developer
11 20 (5.32%) Software Developer
12 17 (4.52%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (2.66%) Project Manager
14 9 (2.39%) Analyst
14 9 (2.39%) Deployment Manager
14 9 (2.39%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 8 (2.13%) Product Owner
15 8 (2.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (21.81%) React
2 74 (19.68%) REST
3 63 (16.76%) .NET
4 50 (13.30%) Spring
5 48 (12.77%) Spring Boot
6 47 (12.50%) SOAP
7 41 (10.90%) Web Services
8 40 (10.64%) HTML
9 31 (8.24%) Hibernate
10 30 (7.98%) JSON
11 29 (7.71%) XML
12 28 (7.45%) Apache Camel
12 28 (7.45%) CSS
12 28 (7.45%) RESTful
13 26 (6.91%) .NET Framework
14 25 (6.65%) AngularJS
15 24 (6.38%) .NET Core
16 23 (6.12%) Lightning Web Components
17 22 (5.85%) Middleware
18 21 (5.59%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.16%) Product Ownership
2 39 (10.37%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (9.04%) Algorithms
4 31 (8.24%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (6.38%) Mobile App
6 19 (5.05%) FMCG
6 19 (5.05%) Management Information System
7 18 (4.79%) PMI
8 16 (4.26%) Cloud Native
9 14 (3.72%) Taxonomies
10 13 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (2.66%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.60%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (1.33%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.06%) NHS
14 4 (1.06%) Replication
15 3 (0.80%) Cyberattack
15 3 (0.80%) Data Centre
15 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.05%) Linux
2 13 (3.46%) Windows
3 4 (1.06%) Android
3 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
3 4 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (40.96%) DevOps
2 108 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (24.73%) CI/CD
4 88 (23.40%) Microservices
5 86 (22.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (21.01%) Analytics
6 79 (21.01%) Roadmaps
7 76 (20.21%) Artificial Intelligence
8 75 (19.95%) Scrum
9 64 (17.02%) Customer-Centricity
10 61 (16.22%) Project Management
11 59 (15.69%) TDD
12 55 (14.63%) Computer Science
13 53 (14.10%) Machine Learning
14 52 (13.83%) Product Management
15 51 (13.56%) Software Engineering
16 50 (13.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 47 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
18 45 (11.97%) Data Science
19 42 (11.17%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 80 (21.28%) JavaScript
2 72 (19.15%) SQL
3 65 (17.29%) Java
4 46 (12.23%) C#
4 46 (12.23%) Python
5 32 (8.51%) TypeScript
6 23 (6.12%) Apex Code
7 19 (5.05%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.13%) PHP
9 5 (1.33%) Go
9 5 (1.33%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.06%) C++
10 4 (1.06%) Ruby
11 3 (0.80%) Rust
12 2 (0.53%) Bicep
13 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.27%) Delphi
13 1 (0.27%) Groovy
13 1 (0.27%) R
13 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 74 (19.68%) Degree
2 46 (12.23%) Security Cleared
3 44 (11.70%) PMI Certification
4 37 (9.84%) SC Cleared
5 36 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (7.18%) Master's Degree
7 26 (6.91%) PMP
8 7 (1.86%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.86%) Numerate Degree
9 6 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.33%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.37%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.52%) QA
3 13 (3.46%) SLA
4 6 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.33%) WCAG
6 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.53%) GDPR
7 2 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.27%) CDISC
8 1 (0.27%) GMP
8 1 (0.27%) GxP
8 1 (0.27%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 89 (23.67%) Docker
2 8 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.80%) Postfix
7 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 80 (21.28%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.65%) Ansible
3 19 (5.05%) Terraform
4 14 (3.72%) Kibana
5 5 (1.33%) Grafana
5 5 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.06%) Nessus
6 4 (1.06%) Proxmox
6 4 (1.06%) SCCM
7 3 (0.80%) Puppet
8 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.27%) Argo
9 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.27%) Packer
9 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 72 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.04%) Salesforce
3 27 (7.18%) Google
4 22 (5.85%) SAP
5 21 (5.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 20 (5.32%) Workday
7 19 (5.05%) Concur
8 16 (4.26%) Splunk
9 15 (3.99%) OpenAI
10 14 (3.72%) Databricks
10 14 (3.72%) Dynatrace
11 8 (2.13%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.86%) Oracle
13 6 (1.60%) Solace
14 5 (1.33%) Atlassian
14 5 (1.33%) PeopleSoft
14 5 (1.33%) VMware
15 4 (1.06%) arcserve
15 4 (1.06%) Juniper
16 3 (0.80%) IBM