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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 254 125 297
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.58% 10.88% 13.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.74% 13.94% 17.32%
Number of salaries quoted 148 90 139
10th Percentile £40,000 £49,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,813 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £89,000
South West median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% - -

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 2,366 897 1,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.65% 78.07% 79.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,731 647 1,025
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,068 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £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 14 October 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 (4.72%) Confluence
1 12 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.36%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.79%) Apache
4 2 (0.79%) nginx
4 2 (0.79%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 7 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.79%) Simulink
5 1 (0.39%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.39%) Revit
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.79%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 65 (25.59%) Azure
2 41 (16.14%) AWS
3 30 (11.81%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (9.45%) GitHub
5 20 (7.87%) Serverless
6 19 (7.48%) SaaS
7 17 (6.69%) PaaS
8 13 (5.12%) Azure Functions
8 13 (5.12%) IaaS
9 12 (4.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (4.72%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (3.94%) GCP
11 9 (3.54%) Power Platform
11 9 (3.54%) Slack
12 8 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.36%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.36%) Anthropic Claude
14 5 (1.97%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.72%) VPN
2 3 (1.18%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.18%) TETRA
3 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) DAB
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) Firewall
4 1 (0.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (3.94%) MongoDB
2 10 (3.94%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.15%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.76%) MySQL
6 5 (1.97%) Hadoop
6 5 (1.97%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.57%) Big Data
7 4 (1.57%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.18%) Power BI
9 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.79%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.79%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.79%) Redis
9 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.39%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.39%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 37 (14.57%) Git
2 31 (12.20%) JIRA
3 9 (3.54%) GitLab
4 7 (2.76%) Postman
5 6 (2.36%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.18%) git-flow
7 2 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.79%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.79%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.79%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.39%) Vite
General
1 70 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.14%) Finance
3 30 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.69%) Law
7 15 (5.91%) Aerospace
8 12 (4.72%) Local Government
9 11 (4.33%) Legal
10 9 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.15%) Marketing
12 7 (2.76%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.79%) Aviation
15 2 (0.79%) Electronics
16 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (20.08%) Senior
2 42 (16.54%) Software Engineer
3 37 (14.57%) Developer
4 29 (11.42%) Lead
5 25 (9.84%) Analyst
6 15 (5.91%) Architect
7 14 (5.51%) Principal Engineer
7 14 (5.51%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (4.72%) Data Engineer
9 12 (4.72%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (4.72%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 10 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.54%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.54%) Senior Developer
11 9 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.15%) Lead Software Engineer
12 8 (3.15%) Product Owner
13 7 (2.76%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.02%) Terraform
2 14 (5.51%) .NET
2 14 (5.51%) React
3 13 (5.12%) RESTful
4 9 (3.54%) REST
5 8 (3.15%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.76%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (2.76%) MFC
7 6 (2.36%) .NET Core
7 6 (2.36%) AWS CDK
7 6 (2.36%) Next.js
8 5 (1.97%) Blazor
8 5 (1.97%) GraphQL
8 5 (1.97%) LangChain
8 5 (1.97%) ML.NET
8 5 (1.97%) React Native
8 5 (1.97%) Spring
8 5 (1.97%) Spring Boot
8 5 (1.97%) Web Services
9 4 (1.57%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.27%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.30%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.72%) Blog
4 12 (4.72%) Podcast
4 12 (4.72%) Public Cloud
4 12 (4.72%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.94%) Mobile App
6 9 (3.54%) NHS
7 8 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.76%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.97%) iPhone
10 5 (1.97%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.57%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.18%) Social Media
13 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.79%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.79%) PropTech
14 1 (0.39%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.99%) Windows
2 12 (4.72%) Linux
2 12 (4.72%) VMS
3 11 (4.33%) Android
4 6 (2.36%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.97%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.79%) Debian
6 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.35%) Software Engineering
2 70 (27.56%) DevOps
3 62 (24.41%) CI/CD
4 57 (22.44%) Scrum
5 54 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (20.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (17.72%) AI
8 44 (17.32%) Mentoring
9 39 (15.35%) Decision-Making
10 36 (14.17%) Roadmaps
11 31 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (11.42%) Coaching
12 29 (11.42%) SDLC
12 29 (11.42%) Test Automation
13 28 (11.02%) Analytics
14 27 (10.63%) Infrastructure as Code
15 24 (9.45%) Generative AI
16 23 (9.06%) Full-Stack Development
16 23 (9.06%) Technical Leadership
17 21 (8.27%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.90%) SQL
2 29 (11.42%) Python
3 28 (11.02%) C#
4 27 (10.63%) Java
5 23 (9.06%) JavaScript
6 21 (8.27%) Bash
7 17 (6.69%) PowerShell
8 15 (5.91%) C++
9 12 (4.72%) Bicep
9 12 (4.72%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (3.15%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.18%) PHP
12 2 (0.79%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.79%) Ruby
12 2 (0.79%) Scala
12 2 (0.79%) XAML
13 1 (0.39%) C
13 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (19.69%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.57%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.48%) Degree
4 14 (5.51%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (4.72%) Azure Certification
6 12 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.15%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.57%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.57%) PMP
10 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (1.18%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.79%) APMP
11 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.79%) CSPO
11 2 (0.79%) HND
11 2 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.72%) Accessibility
2 10 (3.94%) QA
3 8 (3.15%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.36%) PMO
5 3 (1.18%) NCSC
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.39%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (6.69%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.30%) Docker
3 12 (4.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.33%) Ansible
3 7 (2.76%) Puppet
4 5 (1.97%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.39%) Grafana
6 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (15.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.72%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (4.72%) VMware
3 11 (4.33%) Google
4 8 (3.15%) Intel
5 6 (2.36%) Oracle
6 5 (1.97%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.97%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.18%) YouTube
9 2 (0.79%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.39%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.39%) Mistral