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 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 15 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 195 176 376
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.05% 16.00% 14.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.95% 19.60% 18.28%
Number of salaries quoted 129 111 250
10th Percentile £42,250 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,938
Median % change year-on-year - -4.67% +4.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £87,625
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +0.75%

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 1,959 898 2,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.88% 81.64% 78.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,432 660 1,538
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,375 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,022
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.44% -1.78%

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 2 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 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.54%) NServiceBus
4 2 (1.03%) Apache
4 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.51%) CMS
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (30.26%) Azure
2 29 (14.87%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (13.85%) AWS
4 21 (10.77%) Serverless
5 20 (10.26%) GitHub
6 16 (8.21%) PaaS
7 15 (7.69%) IaaS
8 12 (6.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (6.15%) Azure Functions
8 12 (6.15%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (6.15%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (6.15%) SaaS
9 8 (4.10%) GCP
9 8 (4.10%) Power Platform
10 7 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.56%) Azure AI
12 5 (2.56%) Google Play
13 4 (2.05%) Figma
13 4 (2.05%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.15%) VPN
2 3 (1.54%) DAB
3 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.51%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.51%) DNS
4 1 (0.51%) Firewall
4 1 (0.51%) Network Security
4 1 (0.51%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.72%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (7.18%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.62%) MongoDB
3 9 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.10%) MySQL
5 7 (3.59%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.56%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.54%) Big Data
7 3 (1.54%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.54%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.03%) Power BI
8 2 (1.03%) Redis
8 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.51%) Power Query
9 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 36 (18.46%) Git
2 16 (8.21%) JIRA
3 7 (3.59%) GitLab
4 5 (2.56%) Postman
5 3 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.03%) Claude Code
6 2 (1.03%) git-flow
7 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.51%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.51%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (10.26%) Finance
4 17 (8.72%) Law
5 16 (8.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.62%) Local Government
6 9 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.08%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.05%) Legal
9 4 (2.05%) Marketing
9 4 (2.05%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.03%) Retail
11 1 (0.51%) Electronics
11 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 42 (21.54%) Senior
2 40 (20.51%) Developer
3 25 (12.82%) Analyst
4 21 (10.77%) Lead
5 16 (8.21%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
7 14 (7.18%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.67%) Software Engineer
9 12 (6.15%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 11 (5.64%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.64%) Data Engineer
10 11 (5.64%) Project Manager
11 10 (5.13%) Senior Business Analyst
12 9 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (4.62%) Software Developer
13 8 (4.10%) .NET Developer
13 8 (4.10%) Architect
13 8 (4.10%) Senior Developer
14 7 (3.59%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.23%) .NET
2 14 (7.18%) RESTful
3 13 (6.67%) React
4 12 (6.15%) ASP.NET
4 12 (6.15%) REST
5 8 (4.10%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (3.59%) .NET Core
6 7 (3.59%) GraphQL
6 7 (3.59%) MFC
6 7 (3.59%) React Native
7 6 (3.08%) AngularJS
7 6 (3.08%) Web Services
8 5 (2.56%) Blazor
8 5 (2.56%) Flutter
8 5 (2.56%) HTML
8 5 (2.56%) ML.NET
9 4 (2.05%) AWS CDK
9 4 (2.05%) CSS
9 4 (2.05%) Next.js
9 4 (2.05%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.74%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (9.23%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.15%) Podcast
3 12 (6.15%) Public Cloud
3 12 (6.15%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.64%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.62%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.10%) NHS
7 5 (2.56%) Blog
7 5 (2.56%) iPhone
7 5 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.54%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.03%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.03%) PMI
9 2 (1.03%) PropTech
10 1 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.41%) Windows
2 13 (6.67%) Linux
3 12 (6.15%) VMS
4 11 (5.64%) Android
5 7 (3.59%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.56%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.03%) Debian
7 2 (1.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (27.69%) CI/CD
2 50 (25.64%) DevOps
3 47 (24.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (22.56%) Scrum
5 41 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (20.51%) Software Engineering
7 37 (18.97%) Mentoring
8 30 (15.38%) Decision-Making
9 28 (14.36%) AI
9 28 (14.36%) Test Automation
10 26 (13.33%) SDLC
11 25 (12.82%) Coaching
11 25 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (10.77%) Code Quality
13 20 (10.26%) Computer Science
14 19 (9.74%) Analytics
14 19 (9.74%) Roadmaps
15 18 (9.23%) Full-Stack Development
16 17 (8.72%) Technical Leadership
17 16 (8.21%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (20.51%) SQL
2 35 (17.95%) C#
3 26 (13.33%) Python
4 23 (11.79%) JavaScript
5 21 (10.77%) Bash
6 18 (9.23%) PowerShell
7 14 (7.18%) C++
8 12 (6.15%) Bicep
8 12 (6.15%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (5.13%) Java
10 7 (3.59%) TypeScript
11 6 (3.08%) PHP
12 2 (1.03%) Go
12 2 (1.03%) Ruby
12 2 (1.03%) Scala
12 2 (1.03%) VB
13 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.51%) XAML
Qualifications
1 29 (14.87%) Security Cleared
2 24 (12.31%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.74%) Degree
4 12 (6.15%) Azure Certification
4 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.59%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.05%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (2.05%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.54%) PMP
9 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (1.03%) CAPM
9 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.03%) CSPO
9 2 (1.03%) MAPM
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.05%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (2.05%) ISO 26262
4 4 (2.05%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.54%) QA
6 2 (1.03%) NCSC
7 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.15%) Docker
2 12 (6.15%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (6.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (12.31%) Terraform
2 10 (5.13%) Ansible
3 9 (4.62%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.08%) Puppet
5 5 (2.56%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.03%) Grafana
7 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.15%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (6.15%) VMware
3 9 (4.62%) Google
4 6 (3.08%) Intel
5 5 (2.56%) Oracle
5 5 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.54%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.03%) Databricks
8 1 (0.51%) Red Hat