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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 131 230 556
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 4.81% 25.44% 17.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.39% 27.91% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 99 151 420
10th Percentile £44,750 £46,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% +0.42% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £97,500
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -

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 1,772 824 2,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.05% 91.15% 84.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 568 2,122
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -6.18%

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 5 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 3 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.29%) NServiceBus
2 2 (1.53%) Confluence
2 2 (1.53%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
3 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.76%) CMS
3 1 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.76%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.76%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 40 (30.53%) Azure
2 16 (12.21%) AWS
2 16 (12.21%) SaaS
3 10 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.11%) GCP
4 8 (6.11%) Serverless
5 7 (5.34%) GitHub
5 7 (5.34%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.82%) Datadog
6 5 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (3.82%) IaaS
6 5 (3.82%) PaaS
7 4 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.29%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.53%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.53%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) DAB
1 2 (1.53%) VPN
2 1 (0.76%) Firewall
2 1 (0.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.69%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.58%) MySQL
4 5 (3.82%) Oracle Database
5 4 (3.05%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.05%) NoSQL
5 4 (3.05%) Power BI
6 3 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.53%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.76%) Big Data
8 1 (0.76%) GIS
8 1 (0.76%) Power Query
8 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (7.63%) Git
2 9 (6.87%) JIRA
3 5 (3.82%) CircleCI
3 5 (3.82%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.53%) DBeaver
5 1 (0.76%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.76%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 37 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.34%) Finance
4 4 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (3.05%) Local Government
5 3 (2.29%) Law
5 3 (2.29%) Marketing
6 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.53%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.53%) Retail
7 1 (0.76%) Electronics
7 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.76%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (25.95%) Senior
2 26 (19.85%) Developer
3 17 (12.98%) Lead
4 15 (11.45%) Analyst
5 13 (9.92%) Principal Engineer
5 13 (9.92%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (9.16%) Business Analyst
6 12 (9.16%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Project Manager
7 11 (8.40%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (7.63%) Senior Business Analyst
9 9 (6.87%) PHP Developer
10 7 (5.34%) Architect
10 7 (5.34%) Data Engineer
10 7 (5.34%) Team Leader
11 6 (4.58%) Senior Developer
11 6 (4.58%) Software Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.82%) DBA
12 5 (3.82%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.16%) .NET
2 8 (6.11%) ASP.NET
2 8 (6.11%) REST
3 6 (4.58%) CSS
3 6 (4.58%) HTML
3 6 (4.58%) RESTful
4 5 (3.82%) AngularJS
4 5 (3.82%) React
5 4 (3.05%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (3.05%) GraphQL
5 4 (3.05%) MFC
5 4 (3.05%) React Native
6 3 (2.29%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.29%) Flutter
6 3 (2.29%) OAuth
6 3 (2.29%) Web Services
7 2 (1.53%) JWT
7 2 (1.53%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.53%) Vue
8 1 (0.76%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.34%) Educational Technology
3 6 (4.58%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.05%) NHS
6 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.29%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.53%) PMI
7 2 (1.53%) Podcast
7 2 (1.53%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.76%) IoT
8 1 (0.76%) iPhone
8 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.76%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.16%) Windows
2 10 (7.63%) Linux
3 5 (3.82%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.05%) Android
4 4 (3.05%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.61%) CI/CD
2 24 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (18.32%) DevOps
2 24 (18.32%) Scrum
3 20 (15.27%) Test Automation
4 19 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (13.74%) Coaching
5 18 (13.74%) Software Engineering
6 17 (12.98%) Decision-Making
6 17 (12.98%) Mentoring
7 16 (12.21%) Project Delivery
7 16 (12.21%) Project Management
8 15 (11.45%) PRINCE2
9 13 (9.92%) SDLC
10 12 (9.16%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (8.40%) Code Quality
12 10 (7.63%) Computer Science
12 10 (7.63%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (7.63%) People Management
13 9 (6.87%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.03%) C#
2 19 (14.50%) JavaScript
2 19 (14.50%) SQL
3 15 (11.45%) Python
4 10 (7.63%) PHP
5 8 (6.11%) Bash
5 8 (6.11%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.34%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.05%) C++
8 3 (2.29%) Java
9 2 (1.53%) Bicep
9 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.53%) VB
10 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.76%) Go
10 1 (0.76%) Perl
10 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (11.45%) Degree
2 14 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.05%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.53%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.53%) CAPM
7 2 (1.53%) MAPM
7 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.53%) PMP
8 1 (0.76%) APMP
8 1 (0.76%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.76%) CIPD
8 1 (0.76%) IIBA
8 1 (0.76%) OCA
8 1 (0.76%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.82%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.05%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.05%) ISO 26262
3 4 (3.05%) QA
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (7.63%) Docker
2 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.53%) vSphere
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (7.63%) Ansible
2 9 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.87%) Terraform
3 5 (3.82%) Grafana
3 5 (3.82%) Progress Chef
3 5 (3.82%) Puppet
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.11%) Oracle
3 5 (3.82%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.53%) Databricks
4 2 (1.53%) ScienceLogic
4 2 (1.53%) VMware
5 1 (0.76%) Foundry
5 1 (0.76%) Google
5 1 (0.76%) Palantir
5 1 (0.76%) SAP
5 1 (0.76%) Siemens