Agile Job Trends in Bristol

Agile Software Development
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 217 147 355
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.56% 13.38% 13.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.64% 16.55% 17.63%
Number of salaries quoted 134 95 219
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,059 £40,985
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,773
Median % change year-on-year - -5.92% +5.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £94,511 £87,750
South West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,039 888 2,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 71.05% 80.80% 78.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,483 650 1,444
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,675 £31,400
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,625 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agile relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Agile job vacancy trend in Bristol

Agile
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in Bristol

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 12 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.76%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.76%) Confluence
3 3 (1.38%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.92%) Apache
4 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.92%) nginx
5 1 (0.46%) CMS
5 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.30%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.03%) Azure
2 34 (15.67%) AWS
3 31 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (10.14%) Serverless
5 21 (9.68%) GitHub
6 16 (7.37%) PaaS
7 14 (6.45%) IaaS
8 13 (5.99%) SaaS
9 12 (5.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (5.53%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.53%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.53%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (4.61%) GCP
11 9 (4.15%) Slack
12 8 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (3.69%) Power Platform
13 7 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.30%) Figma
14 5 (2.30%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.53%) VPN
2 3 (1.38%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.38%) TETRA
3 2 (0.92%) DAB
3 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.46%) DNS
4 1 (0.46%) Firewall
4 1 (0.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (6.91%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.15%) MongoDB
3 9 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.69%) MySQL
4 8 (3.69%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.30%) Big Data
5 5 (2.30%) Hadoop
5 5 (2.30%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.84%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.92%) Power BI
7 2 (0.92%) Redis
7 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (17.97%) Git
2 24 (11.06%) JIRA
3 7 (3.23%) GitLab
4 6 (2.76%) Postman
5 4 (1.84%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.38%) git-flow
7 2 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.92%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.92%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.46%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.67%) Finance
3 29 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 20 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.83%) Law
7 12 (5.53%) Aerospace
7 12 (5.53%) Local Government
8 10 (4.61%) Legal
9 8 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.69%) Marketing
10 6 (2.76%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.92%) Electronics
11 2 (0.92%) Retail
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (20.74%) Senior
2 41 (18.89%) Developer
3 28 (12.90%) Analyst
4 25 (11.52%) Lead
5 18 (8.29%) Software Engineer
6 15 (6.91%) Principal Engineer
7 14 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
8 13 (5.99%) Data Engineer
8 13 (5.99%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.53%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (5.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 11 (5.07%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (4.61%) Business Analyst
12 9 (4.15%) Architect
12 9 (4.15%) Project Manager
12 9 (4.15%) Software Developer
13 8 (3.69%) .NET Developer
13 8 (3.69%) Senior Business Analyst
13 8 (3.69%) Senior Developer
13 8 (3.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.90%) Terraform
2 19 (8.76%) .NET
3 15 (6.91%) React
3 15 (6.91%) RESTful
4 12 (5.53%) ASP.NET
4 12 (5.53%) REST
5 8 (3.69%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (3.23%) .NET Core
6 7 (3.23%) GraphQL
6 7 (3.23%) MFC
6 7 (3.23%) React Native
6 7 (3.23%) Web Services
7 6 (2.76%) AngularJS
7 6 (2.76%) AWS CDK
7 6 (2.76%) OAuth
8 5 (2.30%) Blazor
8 5 (2.30%) Flutter
8 5 (2.30%) HTML
8 5 (2.30%) ML.NET
8 5 (2.30%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.22%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.53%) Blog
3 12 (5.53%) Podcast
3 12 (5.53%) Public Cloud
3 12 (5.53%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.07%) Mobile App
4 11 (5.07%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.15%) NHS
6 7 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.30%) iPhone
8 4 (1.84%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.38%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.38%) Social Media
10 2 (0.92%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.92%) PropTech
11 1 (0.46%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.46%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.67%) Windows
2 12 (5.53%) Android
2 12 (5.53%) Linux
2 12 (5.53%) VMS
3 8 (3.69%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.30%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.92%) Debian
5 2 (0.92%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.11%) CI/CD
2 58 (26.73%) DevOps
3 54 (24.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (23.96%) Software Engineering
5 49 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (22.12%) Scrum
7 41 (18.89%) Mentoring
8 39 (17.97%) Decision-Making
9 35 (16.13%) AI
10 30 (13.82%) Test Automation
11 29 (13.36%) Coaching
12 28 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
13 26 (11.98%) Roadmaps
14 25 (11.52%) SDLC
15 23 (10.60%) Analytics
16 22 (10.14%) Code Quality
17 21 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
17 21 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
18 20 (9.22%) Computer Science
18 20 (9.22%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.20%) SQL
2 36 (16.59%) C#
3 31 (14.29%) Python
4 25 (11.52%) JavaScript
5 22 (10.14%) Bash
6 18 (8.29%) PowerShell
7 15 (6.91%) C++
8 13 (5.99%) Java
9 12 (5.53%) Bicep
9 12 (5.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (3.69%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.30%) PHP
12 2 (0.92%) Go
12 2 (0.92%) Ruby
12 2 (0.92%) Scala
12 2 (0.92%) VB
12 2 (0.92%) XAML
13 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 33 (15.21%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.22%) Degree
4 14 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.53%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.69%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.92%) APMP
9 2 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.92%) CSPO
9 2 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.92%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.46%) CISM
10 1 (0.46%) CISSP
10 1 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.53%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.69%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.69%) QA
3 5 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.84%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (1.84%) ISO 26262
4 4 (1.84%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.38%) NCSC
5 3 (1.38%) PMO
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.46%) SLA
6 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (7.83%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.45%) Docker
3 12 (5.53%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.07%) Ansible
2 10 (4.61%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.23%) Puppet
4 5 (2.30%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.46%) Grafana
6 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.53%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (5.53%) VMware
3 10 (4.61%) Google
4 8 (3.69%) Intel
5 5 (2.30%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.30%) Oracle
5 5 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.84%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.92%) Databricks
7 2 (0.92%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.46%) YouTube