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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 210 160 367
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.49% 14.61% 14.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.48% 17.88% 17.99%
Number of salaries quoted 134 96 237
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,931 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,063 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,376
Median % change year-on-year - -5.33% +5.19%
75th Percentile £79,688 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,778 £89,250
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 2,004 895 2,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 71.44% 81.74% 79.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,459 656 1,503
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,687 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% -5.52% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,043
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.48% -1.74%

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 8 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 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.86%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.90%) Confluence
4 3 (1.43%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.95%) Apache
5 2 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.95%) nginx
6 1 (0.48%) CMS
6 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (29.05%) Azure
2 30 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (13.81%) AWS
4 22 (10.48%) Serverless
5 20 (9.52%) GitHub
6 16 (7.62%) PaaS
7 15 (7.14%) IaaS
8 14 (6.67%) SaaS
9 12 (5.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (5.71%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.71%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.71%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.81%) GCP
10 8 (3.81%) Power Platform
11 7 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (3.33%) Slack
12 5 (2.38%) Azure AI
12 5 (2.38%) Figma
12 5 (2.38%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.71%) VPN
2 3 (1.43%) DAB
3 2 (0.95%) 3GPP
3 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.95%) TETRA
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) Firewall
4 1 (0.48%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.29%) MongoDB
3 9 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.81%) MySQL
4 8 (3.81%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.38%) Big Data
5 5 (2.38%) Hadoop
5 5 (2.38%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.43%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.95%) Power BI
7 2 (0.95%) Redis
7 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.48%) GIS
8 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 38 (18.10%) Git
2 20 (9.52%) JIRA
3 7 (3.33%) GitLab
4 6 (2.86%) Postman
5 4 (1.90%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.43%) git-flow
7 2 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.95%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.95%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.48%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.48%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.33%) Finance
3 27 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (8.10%) Law
6 16 (7.62%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.24%) Local Government
8 10 (4.76%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.33%) Legal
11 6 (2.86%) Marketing
12 5 (2.38%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.95%) Electronics
13 2 (0.95%) Retail
14 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 43 (20.48%) Senior
2 41 (19.52%) Developer
3 28 (13.33%) Analyst
4 23 (10.95%) Lead
5 16 (7.62%) Principal Engineer
5 16 (7.62%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 14 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.19%) Data Engineer
8 13 (6.19%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 11 (5.24%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.24%) Project Manager
11 10 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
12 9 (4.29%) Architect
12 9 (4.29%) Software Developer
13 8 (3.81%) .NET Developer
13 8 (3.81%) Senior Developer
13 8 (3.81%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.05%) .NET
2 15 (7.14%) RESTful
3 14 (6.67%) React
4 12 (5.71%) ASP.NET
4 12 (5.71%) REST
5 8 (3.81%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (3.33%) .NET Core
6 7 (3.33%) GraphQL
6 7 (3.33%) MFC
6 7 (3.33%) React Native
6 7 (3.33%) Web Services
7 6 (2.86%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.38%) AWS CDK
8 5 (2.38%) Blazor
8 5 (2.38%) Flutter
8 5 (2.38%) HTML
8 5 (2.38%) ML.NET
8 5 (2.38%) OAuth
9 4 (1.90%) Apache NiFi
9 4 (1.90%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (9.05%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.71%) Podcast
3 12 (5.71%) Public Cloud
3 12 (5.71%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.24%) Mobile App
5 10 (4.76%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.29%) Blog
6 9 (4.29%) NHS
7 7 (3.33%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.38%) iPhone
9 4 (1.90%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.43%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.95%) PMI
11 2 (0.95%) PropTech
11 2 (0.95%) Social Media
12 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (16.19%) Windows
2 12 (5.71%) Android
2 12 (5.71%) Linux
2 12 (5.71%) VMS
3 8 (3.81%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.95%) Debian
5 2 (0.95%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (27.14%) CI/CD
2 54 (25.71%) DevOps
3 53 (25.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (21.90%) Scrum
4 46 (21.90%) Software Engineering
5 40 (19.05%) Mentoring
6 34 (16.19%) Decision-Making
7 32 (15.24%) AI
8 30 (14.29%) Test Automation
9 28 (13.33%) Coaching
10 26 (12.38%) SDLC
11 25 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (10.95%) Roadmaps
13 22 (10.48%) Code Quality
14 21 (10.00%) Computer Science
15 20 (9.52%) Analytics
16 19 (9.05%) Full-Stack Development
16 19 (9.05%) Technical Leadership
17 17 (8.10%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 45 (21.43%) SQL
2 36 (17.14%) C#
3 29 (13.81%) Python
4 25 (11.90%) JavaScript
5 21 (10.00%) Bash
6 18 (8.57%) PowerShell
7 15 (7.14%) C++
8 13 (6.19%) Java
9 12 (5.71%) Bicep
9 12 (5.71%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (3.33%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.86%) PHP
12 2 (0.95%) Go
12 2 (0.95%) Ruby
12 2 (0.95%) Scala
12 2 (0.95%) VB
12 2 (0.95%) XAML
13 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (17.62%) Security Cleared
2 32 (15.24%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.48%) Degree
4 12 (5.71%) Azure Certification
4 12 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (5.24%) DV Cleared
6 9 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.86%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.95%) CAPM
9 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.95%) CSPO
9 2 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.95%) MAPM
9 2 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.86%) QA
4 5 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.90%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (1.90%) ISO 26262
5 4 (1.90%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.95%) NCSC
6 2 (0.95%) PMO
7 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.48%) SLA
7 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.19%) Docker
3 12 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (11.90%) Terraform
2 11 (5.24%) Ansible
3 9 (4.29%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.33%) Puppet
5 5 (2.38%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.48%) Grafana
7 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (17.62%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.71%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (5.71%) VMware
3 10 (4.76%) Google
4 7 (3.33%) Intel
5 5 (2.38%) Oracle
5 5 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.90%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.43%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.95%) Databricks
8 2 (0.95%) Red Hat