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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -17 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 125 253 636
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 4.46% 25.84% 22.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 27.77% 24.85%
Number of salaries quoted 101 166 502
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,957
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,684 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +1.83% +8.36%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £97,404
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.73%

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 1,734 911 2,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 61.91% 93.05% 88.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,310 627 2,052
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,100 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,524 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £54,282 £51,000
% change year-on-year -3.28% +6.44% -2.86%

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 12 April 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 6 (4.80%) Confluence
2 3 (2.40%) NServiceBus
2 3 (2.40%) Tomcat
2 3 (2.40%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.40%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.60%) CMS
3 2 (1.60%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.80%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.60%) Windchill
3 1 (0.80%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Primavera
2 3 (2.40%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.40%) Visualfiles
3 2 (1.60%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (26.40%) Azure
2 22 (17.60%) SaaS
3 16 (12.80%) AWS
4 9 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (7.20%) GCP
5 8 (6.40%) GitHub
6 6 (4.80%) Datadog
6 6 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (4.80%) Serverless
7 4 (3.20%) OCI
7 4 (3.20%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.40%) IaaS
8 3 (2.40%) PaaS
8 3 (2.40%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.60%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.60%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.60%) DAB
2 1 (0.80%) Firewall
2 1 (0.80%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (2.40%) Power BI
5 2 (1.60%) GIS
5 2 (1.60%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.60%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.60%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.60%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.80%) Big Data
6 1 (0.80%) DB2
6 1 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.80%) MySQL
6 1 (0.80%) Power Query
6 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.20%) JIRA
2 6 (4.80%) CircleCI
2 6 (4.80%) Git
2 6 (4.80%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.40%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (2.40%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.60%) DBeaver
5 1 (0.80%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.80%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 35 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.00%) Finance
3 14 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.60%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.60%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.80%) Electronics
5 6 (4.80%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.80%) Marketing
6 2 (1.60%) Military
6 2 (1.60%) Social Housing
6 2 (1.60%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.80%) Cyber-Physical System
7 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.80%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (20.80%) Developer
1 26 (20.80%) Senior
2 17 (13.60%) Lead
3 14 (11.20%) Principal Engineer
3 14 (11.20%) Systems Engineer
4 13 (10.40%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 12 (9.60%) Analyst
6 11 (8.80%) Business Analyst
6 11 (8.80%) Project Manager
7 10 (8.00%) PHP Developer
8 6 (4.80%) Architect
8 6 (4.80%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Software Developer
8 6 (4.80%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.40%) .NET
2 9 (7.20%) CSS
2 9 (7.20%) HTML
3 8 (6.40%) ASP.NET
4 7 (5.60%) React
5 6 (4.80%) REST
6 5 (4.00%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.20%) RESTful
8 3 (2.40%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.40%) ModSecurity
8 3 (2.40%) OAuth
8 3 (2.40%) Oracle ADF
8 3 (2.40%) Web Services
8 3 (2.40%) WebCenter
9 2 (1.60%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.60%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (1.60%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.60%) OAuth2
9 2 (1.60%) React Native
9 2 (1.60%) Universal Windows Platform
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.40%) Educational Technology
3 7 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.20%) PMI
5 3 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.60%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.60%) IoT
6 2 (1.60%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.60%) Smart Home
7 1 (0.80%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.80%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.80%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.80%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.80%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.80%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.80%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.20%) Linux
2 6 (4.80%) Windows
3 3 (2.40%) Unix
4 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.80%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (26.40%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (22.40%) Scrum
3 23 (18.40%) DevOps
4 19 (15.20%) CI/CD
5 17 (13.60%) Software Engineering
5 17 (13.60%) Test Automation
6 16 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (12.80%) Project Delivery
7 15 (12.00%) Project Management
8 14 (11.20%) PRINCE2
9 13 (10.40%) SDLC
10 12 (9.60%) Kanban
11 11 (8.80%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (8.80%) Coaching
11 11 (8.80%) Computer Science
11 11 (8.80%) Programme Management
11 11 (8.80%) Sprint Planning
12 10 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (7.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 9 (7.20%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 18 (14.40%) Python
3 15 (12.00%) C#
4 14 (11.20%) SQL
5 10 (8.00%) PHP
6 7 (5.60%) Bash
6 7 (5.60%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.60%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.00%) Java
8 3 (2.40%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.80%) Go
9 1 (0.80%) Perl
9 1 (0.80%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (19.20%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.80%) Degree
3 14 (11.20%) DV Cleared
4 12 (9.60%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.60%) PMI Certification
6 6 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.20%) MAPM
8 3 (2.40%) CAPM
8 3 (2.40%) PMP
8 3 (2.40%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.60%) ACCA
9 2 (1.60%) CCNA
9 2 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.60%) IIBA
9 2 (1.60%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.80%) APMP
10 1 (0.80%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.80%) CIPD
10 1 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.00%) ISO 9001
2 5 (4.00%) QA
3 4 (3.20%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.20%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.60%) GAAP
4 2 (1.60%) IFRS
5 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.80%) GRC
5 1 (0.80%) NCSC
5 1 (0.80%) NIST
5 1 (0.80%) P3O
5 1 (0.80%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (9.60%) Docker
2 4 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.40%) Terraform
3 6 (4.80%) Ansible
3 6 (4.80%) Grafana
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.80%) Oracle
2 6 (4.80%) SAP
3 3 (2.40%) IFS
4 2 (1.60%) Cisco
4 2 (1.60%) Databricks
4 2 (1.60%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.60%) Syncfusion
4 2 (1.60%) Telerik
5 1 (0.80%) Foundry
5 1 (0.80%) Palantir
5 1 (0.80%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.80%) Siemens