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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 7 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 133 321 608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 11.89% 13.13% 36.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.06% 16.63% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 94 176 522
10th Percentile £45,900 £41,125 £42,439
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +6.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £94,633 £85,000 £96,539
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%

All Process and 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 883 1,930 1,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 78.91% 78.94% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 633 1,238 1,330
10th Percentile £29,150 £30,000 £35,733
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £87,500 £86,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Agile 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Agile in Bristol

Agile
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Avonmouth - 1 £65,000 - 1
Agile
South West

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 8 (6.02%) Confluence
2 4 (3.01%) Appian
3 2 (1.50%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.75%) Apache
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.75%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.26%) Simulink
3 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 36 (27.07%) Azure
2 27 (20.30%) AWS
3 14 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.77%) SaaS
5 7 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.51%) Serverless
7 4 (3.01%) Amazon S3
7 4 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (3.01%) GCP
7 4 (3.01%) GitHub
8 3 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.26%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.26%) BrowserStack
8 3 (2.26%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.26%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (2.26%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.50%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.26%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) DNS
2 1 (0.75%) Internet
2 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.75%) SMS
2 1 (0.75%) VPN
2 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.77%) Power BI
2 7 (5.26%) Tableau
3 6 (4.51%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.76%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.01%) Looker
6 3 (2.26%) Data Hub
6 3 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.26%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.26%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.26%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.50%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.50%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.75%) Ataccama
8 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.75%) Metadata
8 1 (0.75%) MySQL
8 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (9.77%) Git
2 9 (6.77%) GitLab
2 9 (6.77%) JIRA
3 8 (6.02%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.01%) Appium
5 2 (1.50%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.50%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.50%) webpack
6 1 (0.75%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.75%) Xcode
General
1 45 (33.83%) Finance
2 44 (33.08%) Social Skills
3 15 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.27%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.52%) Banking
6 8 (6.02%) Manufacturing
6 8 (6.02%) Marketing
7 7 (5.26%) Retail
8 5 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.01%) Electronics
9 4 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.01%) Legal
9 4 (3.01%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.26%) Back Office
11 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.50%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.75%) Automotive
12 1 (0.75%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.75%) Games
12 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (21.05%) Developer
2 15 (11.28%) Lead
3 13 (9.77%) Senior
3 13 (9.77%) Software Engineer
4 9 (6.77%) Analyst
4 9 (6.77%) Architect
4 9 (6.77%) Product Owner
4 9 (6.77%) Software Developer
5 7 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
5 7 (5.26%) Senior Developer
6 5 (3.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 5 (3.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 5 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (3.76%) Web Engineer
7 4 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.01%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 4 (3.01%) Java Developer
7 4 (3.01%) Senior Software Developer
7 4 (3.01%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.53%) .NET
2 14 (10.53%) React
3 10 (7.52%) AngularJS
4 9 (6.77%) .NET Core
5 7 (5.26%) .NET Framework
5 7 (5.26%) CSS
5 7 (5.26%) HTML
5 7 (5.26%) Spring
5 7 (5.26%) Spring Boot
6 6 (4.51%) RESTful
6 6 (4.51%) Vue
7 5 (3.76%) Playwright
7 5 (3.76%) REST
7 5 (3.76%) WPF
8 3 (2.26%) Android Jetpack
8 3 (2.26%) Jetpack Compose
8 3 (2.26%) Kafka
8 3 (2.26%) Node.js
8 3 (2.26%) Universal Windows Platform
8 3 (2.26%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.04%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.02%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.76%) Private Cloud
4 4 (3.01%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.01%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.01%) Reinsurance
4 4 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.50%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.50%) Replication
6 2 (1.50%) Wiki
7 1 (0.75%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.75%) FMCG
7 1 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.75%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.75%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.75%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.75%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.76%) Android
1 5 (3.76%) Windows
2 2 (1.50%) Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (21.80%) Software Engineering
3 26 (19.55%) DevOps
4 25 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (17.29%) CI/CD
6 22 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (16.54%) Scrum
7 21 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (15.79%) Test Automation
8 20 (15.04%) Roadmaps
9 19 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 15 (11.28%) Analytics
10 15 (11.28%) Coaching
10 15 (11.28%) Validation
10 15 (11.28%) Waterfall
11 13 (9.77%) Mentoring
11 13 (9.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (9.02%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (9.02%) Kanban
12 12 (9.02%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.05%) SQL
2 23 (17.29%) JavaScript
3 15 (11.28%) Java
4 13 (9.77%) Python
5 12 (9.02%) C#
6 11 (8.27%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.01%) Bash
7 4 (3.01%) MATLAB
7 4 (3.01%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.26%) C
8 3 (2.26%) C++
9 2 (1.50%) Bicep
9 2 (1.50%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.50%) XAML
10 1 (0.75%) PHP
10 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 23 (17.29%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.03%) Degree
4 9 (6.77%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.76%) ACCA
7 4 (3.01%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.50%) APMG
8 2 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.50%) CISSP
8 2 (1.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.75%) CISM
9 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.75%) MCSA
9 1 (0.75%) MCSE
9 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.75%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.52%) QA
2 5 (3.76%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.76%) GAAP
2 5 (3.76%) IFRS
3 3 (2.26%) WCAG
4 2 (1.50%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.50%) Def Stans
4 2 (1.50%) GRC
4 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.75%) GDPR
5 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (5.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.77%) Terraform
3 2 (1.50%) Argo
4 1 (0.75%) Ansible
4 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (9.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.26%) SAP
3 6 (4.51%) Oracle
4 4 (3.01%) Google
4 4 (3.01%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.26%) Avaloq
5 3 (2.26%) Syncfusion
5 3 (2.26%) Telerik
6 2 (1.50%) Databricks
6 2 (1.50%) Samsung
6 2 (1.50%) Sparx
7 1 (0.75%) Ariba
7 1 (0.75%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (0.75%) Informatica
7 1 (0.75%) Meraki
7 1 (0.75%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.75%) VMware