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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 152 220 562
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 5.60% 23.73% 16.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.52% 26.67% 19.77%
Number of salaries quoted 112 147 416
10th Percentile £43,875 £44,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,750 £52,099 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £97,500
South West median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% -2.86%

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 1,784 825 2,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.68% 89.00% 82.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 583 2,205
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,300 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £75,300 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £51,058 £51,500
% change year-on-year +7.72% -0.86% -5.02%

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 June 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 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.63%) NServiceBus
3 2 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.32%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.66%) Apache
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.66%) CMS
4 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (30.26%) Azure
2 19 (12.50%) AWS
3 18 (11.84%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (11.18%) SaaS
5 15 (9.87%) GitHub
5 15 (9.87%) Serverless
6 11 (7.24%) IaaS
6 11 (7.24%) PaaS
7 8 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Functions
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (5.26%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.95%) GCP
9 5 (3.29%) Datadog
9 5 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.26%) VPN
2 2 (1.32%) DAB
2 2 (1.32%) Firewall
2 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.66%) DNS
3 1 (0.66%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.26%) MongoDB
5 7 (4.61%) MySQL
6 5 (3.29%) Oracle Database
7 4 (2.63%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.63%) Power BI
8 3 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.32%) Oracle ODI
9 2 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (1.32%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.66%) Big Data
10 1 (0.66%) DocumentDB
10 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.66%) GIS
10 1 (0.66%) Power Query
10 1 (0.66%) Redis
10 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (13.16%) Git
2 10 (6.58%) JIRA
3 4 (2.63%) CircleCI
3 4 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.97%) GitLab
4 3 (1.97%) Postman
5 2 (1.32%) DBeaver
6 1 (0.66%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.66%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.66%) git-flow
6 1 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.66%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 43 (28.29%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (7.24%) Law
4 8 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (3.95%) Finance
6 5 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.29%) Local Government
7 2 (1.32%) Marketing
7 2 (1.32%) Retail
8 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.66%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.66%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 35 (23.03%) Developer
1 35 (23.03%) Senior
2 21 (13.82%) Analyst
3 16 (10.53%) Lead
4 14 (9.21%) Principal Engineer
4 14 (9.21%) Senior Analyst
4 14 (9.21%) Systems Engineer
5 13 (8.55%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 12 (7.89%) Business Analyst
7 11 (7.24%) Project Manager
8 10 (6.58%) Senior Business Analyst
9 9 (5.92%) PHP Developer
10 8 (5.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 7 (4.61%) Architect
11 7 (4.61%) Software Developer
11 7 (4.61%) Software Engineer
11 7 (4.61%) Team Leader
12 6 (3.95%) .NET Developer
12 6 (3.95%) Senior Developer
12 6 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.87%) .NET
2 11 (7.24%) ASP.NET
3 9 (5.92%) React
3 9 (5.92%) REST
3 9 (5.92%) RESTful
4 7 (4.61%) ASP.NET Core
5 6 (3.95%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.29%) .NET Core
6 5 (3.29%) CSS
6 5 (3.29%) HTML
6 5 (3.29%) MFC
6 5 (3.29%) React Native
7 4 (2.63%) GraphQL
7 4 (2.63%) Web Services
8 3 (1.97%) Blazor
8 3 (1.97%) Flutter
8 3 (1.97%) ML.NET
8 3 (1.97%) OAuth
9 2 (1.32%) JWT
9 2 (1.32%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.89%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.24%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.92%) Educational Technology
3 9 (5.92%) Public Cloud
4 8 (5.26%) Podcast
4 8 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.95%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.29%) NHS
6 5 (3.29%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.97%) iPhone
7 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.97%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.32%) PMI
8 2 (1.32%) PropTech
9 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.66%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.16%) Windows
2 12 (7.89%) Linux
3 8 (5.26%) VMS
4 6 (3.95%) Android
5 5 (3.29%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (3.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.32%) Debian
7 2 (1.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.34%) CI/CD
2 35 (23.03%) DevOps
3 31 (20.39%) Scrum
4 27 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (15.13%) Mentoring
6 23 (15.13%) Software Engineering
7 21 (13.82%) Decision-Making
7 21 (13.82%) Test Automation
8 18 (11.84%) Coaching
8 18 (11.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (10.53%) Project Management
10 15 (9.87%) AI
10 15 (9.87%) Computer Science
10 15 (9.87%) PRINCE2
10 15 (9.87%) Project Delivery
10 15 (9.87%) SDLC
11 14 (9.21%) Analytics
12 13 (8.55%) DevSecOps
13 12 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.42%) SQL
2 27 (17.76%) C#
3 21 (13.82%) JavaScript
4 16 (10.53%) Bash
4 16 (10.53%) Python
5 15 (9.87%) PowerShell
6 12 (7.89%) PHP
7 8 (5.26%) Bicep
7 8 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (5.26%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.61%) C++
9 6 (3.95%) Java
10 2 (1.32%) Ruby
10 2 (1.32%) Scala
10 2 (1.32%) VB
11 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.66%) Go
11 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (9.21%) Degree
1 14 (9.21%) Security Cleared
2 10 (6.58%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.63%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.63%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.32%) CAPM
6 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.32%) MAPM
6 2 (1.32%) PMP
7 1 (0.66%) APMP
7 1 (0.66%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.66%) CIPD
7 1 (0.66%) HND
7 1 (0.66%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.29%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.63%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (2.63%) ISO 26262
3 4 (2.63%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.97%) QA
5 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.66%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (7.24%) Docker
2 8 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.26%) vSphere
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (10.53%) Terraform
2 11 (7.24%) Ansible
3 8 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.29%) Grafana
4 5 (3.29%) Progress Chef
4 5 (3.29%) Puppet
5 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.26%) ScienceLogic
2 8 (5.26%) VMware
3 7 (4.61%) Oracle
4 5 (3.29%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.97%) Google
6 2 (1.32%) Databricks
7 1 (0.66%) Intel
7 1 (0.66%) OpenAI