Agile Jobs in the UK excluding London

Agile Software Development
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 14,330 15,877 23,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.86% 28.08% 31.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.04% 29.42% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7,703 7,989 13,116
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +8.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Agile is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the UK excluding London

Agile
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Agile in the UK excluding London

Agile
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Agile in the UK excluding London

Agile
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
North of England -1 3,624 £57,965 +0.81% 632
South East -1 2,978 £60,000 -4.00% 540
Scotland -1 2,969 £57,500 -4.17% 192
North West -1 2,120 £60,000 +4.35% 405
Midlands -2 1,889 £55,000 -0.90% 444
South West -3 1,652 £57,500 - 328
West Midlands -7 1,123 £57,500 +2.68% 298
Yorkshire -2 1,094 £57,500 -4.17% 165
East Midlands -2 752 £52,500 -4.55% 145
East of England -5 749 £57,000 -0.87% 189
North East +1 410 £55,000 - 65
Wales -4 332 £52,956 +0.40% 56
Northern Ireland -2 138 £60,000 +14.29% 38
Isle of Man - 6 £54,000 -
Agile
UK

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 619 (4.32%) Apache Spark
2 320 (2.23%) Confluence
3 294 (2.05%) ArcGIS
4 287 (2.00%) GeoServer
5 225 (1.57%) SharePoint
6 177 (1.24%) Apache
7 137 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
8 104 (0.73%) FileNet
9 92 (0.64%) SAS
10 82 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
11 55 (0.38%) CMS
12 47 (0.33%) OpenStack
13 41 (0.29%) WebLogic
14 38 (0.27%) Tuxedo
15 36 (0.25%) IIS
16 32 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
17 30 (0.21%) WordPress
18 21 (0.15%) GemFire
19 19 (0.13%) WebSphere
20 18 (0.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 563 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 344 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 174 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 102 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 75 (0.52%) AutoCAD
6 64 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 56 (0.39%) Simulink
8 33 (0.23%) UserZoom
9 23 (0.16%) Sketch
10 22 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 22 (0.15%) Stateflow
11 20 (0.14%) Adobe XD
11 20 (0.14%) Revit
12 17 (0.12%) Trello
13 7 (0.049%) CANalyzer
14 5 (0.035%) MadCap Flare
15 4 (0.028%) InVision
15 4 (0.028%) Maya
16 3 (0.021%) RoboHelp
16 3 (0.021%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 175 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 79 (0.55%) SAP ERP
3 55 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 41 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 41 (0.29%) Siebel CRM
5 37 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 22 (0.15%) NEC Housing
7 21 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
8 19 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 13 (0.091%) Unit4 Business World
10 12 (0.084%) Shopify
11 10 (0.070%) Dynamics AX
11 10 (0.070%) Magento
12 9 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
12 9 (0.063%) SAP CX
13 8 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
14 7 (0.049%) Primavera
14 7 (0.049%) Teamcenter
15 6 (0.042%) SAP PLM
16 5 (0.035%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3,806 (26.56%) Azure
2 3,446 (24.05%) AWS
3 749 (5.23%) GCP
4 731 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
5 635 (4.43%) Power Platform
6 493 (3.44%) SaaS
7 353 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
8 308 (2.15%) Serverless
9 278 (1.94%) GitHub
10 276 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
11 236 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
12 215 (1.50%) Power Automate
13 212 (1.48%) Amazon S3
14 210 (1.47%) PowerApps
15 165 (1.15%) IBM Cloud
16 157 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
17 152 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
18 121 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
19 115 (0.80%) Datadog
20 113 (0.79%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 352 (2.46%) Broadband
2 218 (1.52%) Firewall
3 177 (1.24%) DNS
4 170 (1.19%) Internet
5 144 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 112 (0.78%) Wireless
7 90 (0.63%) Network Security
7 90 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 87 (0.61%) DHCP
9 82 (0.57%) Kerberos
10 78 (0.54%) WAN
11 63 (0.44%) Intranet
12 58 (0.40%) SSL
13 50 (0.35%) BGP
13 50 (0.35%) VPN
14 47 (0.33%) Bluetooth
15 46 (0.32%) LAN
16 40 (0.28%) SD-WAN
17 37 (0.26%) HTTP
18 33 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,388 (9.69%) SQL Server
2 1,129 (7.88%) NoSQL
3 683 (4.77%) PostgreSQL
4 595 (4.15%) Big Data
5 485 (3.38%) MongoDB
6 432 (3.01%) Power BI
7 399 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
8 384 (2.68%) Relational Database
9 362 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
10 361 (2.52%) MySQL
11 342 (2.39%) BigQuery
12 305 (2.13%) GIS
13 284 (1.98%) QGIS
14 266 (1.86%) Hadoop
14 266 (1.86%) Looker
15 206 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
16 177 (1.24%) Data Lake
17 163 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
18 156 (1.09%) DB2
19 140 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1,200 (8.37%) Git
2 946 (6.60%) JIRA
3 659 (4.60%) Jenkins
4 294 (2.05%) JUnit
5 278 (1.94%) Selenium
6 263 (1.84%) Visual Studio
7 234 (1.63%) GitLab
8 196 (1.37%) Cypress.io
9 160 (1.12%) Bitbucket
10 136 (0.95%) Jasmine
11 115 (0.80%) Cucumber
12 95 (0.66%) Maven
12 95 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
13 89 (0.62%) Bitbucket Server
14 87 (0.61%) WebDriver
15 76 (0.53%) TeamCity
16 75 (0.52%) JMeter
17 73 (0.51%) Karma Test Runner
18 72 (0.50%) Postman
19 69 (0.48%) Artifactory
General
1 4,617 (32.22%) Finance
2 3,355 (23.41%) Social Skills
3 3,160 (22.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2,514 (17.54%) Law
5 1,672 (11.67%) Marketing
6 1,554 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
7 1,116 (7.79%) Legal
8 864 (6.03%) Banking
9 713 (4.98%) Retail
10 712 (4.97%) Public Sector
11 530 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
12 445 (3.11%) Aerospace
13 392 (2.74%) Investment Banking
14 298 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
15 261 (1.82%) Financial Institution
16 216 (1.51%) Manufacturing
17 194 (1.35%) Games
18 167 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
19 160 (1.12%) Electronics
20 158 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3,097 (21.61%) Developer
2 3,084 (21.52%) Software Engineer
3 2,471 (17.24%) Senior
4 2,039 (14.23%) Lead
5 1,186 (8.28%) .NET Developer
6 1,033 (7.21%) Analyst
7 954 (6.66%) Architect
8 938 (6.55%) Project Manager
9 863 (6.02%) Java Engineer
10 817 (5.70%) Java Software Engineer
11 749 (5.23%) Lead Software Engineer
12 666 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
13 620 (4.33%) Senior Developer
14 554 (3.87%) Data Engineer
15 471 (3.29%) C# Developer
16 460 (3.21%) Full Stack Engineer
16 460 (3.21%) Software Developer
17 414 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
18 383 (2.67%) C# .NET Developer
19 378 (2.64%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,617 (18.26%) .NET
2 2,047 (14.28%) React
3 1,582 (11.04%) AngularJS
4 1,436 (10.02%) CSS
5 1,411 (9.85%) HTML
6 1,227 (8.56%) .NET Core
7 1,126 (7.86%) ASP.NET
8 962 (6.71%) Spring
9 756 (5.28%) Node.js
10 737 (5.14%) ASP.NET Web API
11 715 (4.99%) RESTful
12 696 (4.86%) .NET Framework
12 696 (4.86%) REST
13 695 (4.85%) ASP.NET MVC
14 681 (4.75%) Vue
15 627 (4.38%) Entity Framework
16 586 (4.09%) Spring Boot
17 582 (4.06%) HTML5
18 545 (3.80%) Web Services
19 533 (3.72%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1,067 (7.45%) Algorithms
2 1,020 (7.12%) Cloud Native
3 930 (6.49%) Product Ownership
4 530 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 500 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
6 495 (3.45%) Public Cloud
7 360 (2.51%) Data Structures
8 313 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
9 302 (2.11%) Onboarding
10 256 (1.79%) Mobile App
11 253 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
12 192 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 189 (1.32%) e-Learning
14 182 (1.27%) Blockchain
15 147 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
16 145 (1.01%) IoT
17 144 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
17 144 (1.00%) Private Cloud
18 112 (0.78%) Cyberattack
18 112 (0.78%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1,049 (7.32%) Linux
2 620 (4.33%) Windows
3 319 (2.23%) Android
4 226 (1.58%) Apple iOS
5 207 (1.44%) Unix
6 142 (0.99%) Windows Server
7 114 (0.80%) Ubuntu
8 108 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 52 (0.36%) Windows 10
10 50 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
11 47 (0.33%) CentOS
12 37 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
12 37 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
13 33 (0.23%) Debian
14 15 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (0.091%) Solaris
16 11 (0.077%) Windows 7
17 9 (0.063%) FreeRTOS
17 9 (0.063%) Mac OS
17 9 (0.063%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,233 (29.54%) Software Engineering
2 3,044 (21.24%) CI/CD
3 2,986 (20.84%) SDLC
4 2,840 (19.82%) DevOps
5 2,553 (17.82%) Mentoring
6 2,297 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
7 2,197 (15.33%) Scrum
8 1,927 (13.45%) Full Stack Development
9 1,902 (13.27%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1,767 (12.33%) Project Management
11 1,744 (12.17%) Microservices
12 1,733 (12.09%) Operational Stability
13 1,719 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 1,672 (11.67%) Machine Learning
15 1,659 (11.58%) Coaching
16 1,359 (9.48%) Actionable Insight
17 1,354 (9.45%) Community of Practice
18 1,353 (9.44%) Roadmaps
19 1,272 (8.88%) TDD
20 1,201 (8.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2,933 (20.47%) JavaScript
2 2,846 (19.86%) SQL
3 2,765 (19.30%) C#
4 2,637 (18.40%) Java
5 2,149 (15.00%) Python
6 1,127 (7.86%) TypeScript
7 369 (2.58%) Scala
8 344 (2.40%) PHP
9 323 (2.25%) C
10 310 (2.16%) C++
11 285 (1.99%) PowerShell
12 208 (1.45%) Go
13 174 (1.21%) T-SQL
14 168 (1.17%) PL/SQL
15 140 (0.98%) Kotlin
16 119 (0.83%) Bash
17 104 (0.73%) MATLAB
18 86 (0.60%) COBOL
19 81 (0.57%) Ruby
20 76 (0.53%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,946 (13.58%) Degree
2 1,890 (13.19%) Security Cleared
3 1,251 (8.73%) SC Cleared
4 484 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 414 (2.89%) DV Cleared
6 238 (1.66%) ACCA
7 225 (1.57%) CIMA
8 210 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 183 (1.28%) PMI Certification
10 157 (1.10%) PMP
11 149 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 141 (0.98%) AWS Certification
13 106 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
14 102 (0.71%) HND
15 99 (0.69%) HNC
16 90 (0.63%) DBS Check
17 80 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
18 74 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 71 (0.50%) ISTQB
20 65 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 772 (5.39%) QA
2 275 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 253 (1.77%) GDPR
4 213 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 186 (1.30%) PMO
6 113 (0.79%) SLA
7 64 (0.45%) WCAG
8 60 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 43 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 41 (0.29%) NIST
11 35 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 29 (0.20%) MISRA
13 18 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 18 (0.13%) NIST 800
13 18 (0.13%) PCI DSS
14 17 (0.12%) Automotive SPICE
14 17 (0.12%) AUTOSAR
15 15 (0.10%) ISO 26262
16 13 (0.091%) GRC
16 13 (0.091%) WAI
System Software
1 918 (6.41%) Docker
2 299 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 143 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 98 (0.68%) HDFS
5 76 (0.53%) Firmware
6 65 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 50 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 44 (0.31%) RACF
8 44 (0.31%) vSphere
9 38 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
10 31 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
11 30 (0.21%) VMware NSX
12 24 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
13 23 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
14 12 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
15 9 (0.063%) Microsoft App-V
15 9 (0.063%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.035%) SRDF
17 2 (0.014%) Apache ZooKeeper
17 2 (0.014%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1,186 (8.28%) Kubernetes
2 784 (5.47%) Terraform
3 380 (2.65%) Ansible
4 209 (1.46%) Grafana
5 144 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 86 (0.60%) Puppet
7 74 (0.52%) SCCM
8 59 (0.41%) Progress Chef
9 53 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
10 46 (0.32%) Kibana
11 36 (0.25%) SCOM
12 33 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 30 (0.21%) ZABBIX
14 26 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
14 26 (0.18%) WSUS
15 21 (0.15%) HAProxy
15 21 (0.15%) Zipkin
16 16 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
16 16 (0.11%) vCenter Server
17 15 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,523 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 769 (5.37%) Oracle
3 591 (4.12%) Google
4 347 (2.42%) Databricks
5 294 (2.05%) SAP
6 293 (2.04%) ESRI
7 247 (1.72%) IBM
8 240 (1.67%) Red Hat
9 214 (1.49%) Dynatrace
10 201 (1.40%) Splunk
11 176 (1.23%) VMware
12 166 (1.16%) Salesforce
13 150 (1.05%) ServiceNow
14 146 (1.02%) Informatica
15 128 (0.89%) Atlassian
16 102 (0.71%) Facebook
17 77 (0.54%) Micro Focus
18 76 (0.53%) Anaplan
18 76 (0.53%) Cisco
19 75 (0.52%) Hyperion