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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -17 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 142 223 557
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 5.23% 24.48% 16.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.03% 27.16% 19.91%
Number of salaries quoted 108 149 417
10th Percentile £44,625 £45,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,313 £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 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £96,923
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -0.70%

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 1,768 821 2,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.10% 90.12% 83.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 573 2,183
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,450 £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% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £51,729 £51,500
% change year-on-year +6.32% +0.44% -3.42%

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 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 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.82%) NServiceBus
2 2 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.70%) Apache
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.70%) CMS
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (28.87%) Azure
2 18 (12.68%) AWS
3 16 (11.27%) SaaS
4 13 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (7.75%) Serverless
6 10 (7.04%) GitHub
7 8 (5.63%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.93%) IaaS
8 7 (4.93%) PaaS
9 6 (4.23%) GCP
10 5 (3.52%) Datadog
10 5 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (2.82%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.82%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (2.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (2.11%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.82%) VPN
2 2 (1.41%) DAB
2 2 (1.41%) Firewall
3 1 (0.70%) DNS
3 1 (0.70%) Network Security
3 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (4.93%) MongoDB
3 7 (4.93%) MySQL
4 6 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.52%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.82%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.82%) Power BI
7 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.41%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.41%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.70%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.70%) GIS
9 1 (0.70%) Power Query
9 1 (0.70%) Redis
9 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (10.56%) Git
2 10 (7.04%) JIRA
3 4 (2.82%) CircleCI
3 4 (2.82%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.11%) Postman
5 2 (1.41%) DBeaver
5 2 (1.41%) GitLab
6 1 (0.70%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.70%) git-flow
6 1 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 39 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.23%) Finance
3 6 (4.23%) Law
4 5 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (3.52%) Local Government
5 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.41%) Marketing
6 2 (1.41%) Retail
7 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.70%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 35 (24.65%) Senior
2 33 (23.24%) Developer
3 17 (11.97%) Analyst
4 16 (11.27%) Lead
5 13 (9.15%) Principal Engineer
5 13 (9.15%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (8.45%) Business Analyst
6 12 (8.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 12 (8.45%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (7.75%) Project Manager
8 10 (7.04%) Senior Business Analyst
9 9 (6.34%) PHP Developer
10 8 (5.63%) Software Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Architect
11 7 (4.93%) Team Leader
12 6 (4.23%) Data Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Senior Developer
12 6 (4.23%) Software Developer
12 6 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (3.52%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.86%) .NET
2 10 (7.04%) ASP.NET
3 9 (6.34%) REST
4 8 (5.63%) React
4 8 (5.63%) RESTful
5 6 (4.23%) AngularJS
5 6 (4.23%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (3.52%) CSS
6 5 (3.52%) HTML
6 5 (3.52%) MFC
6 5 (3.52%) React Native
7 4 (2.82%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.82%) GraphQL
7 4 (2.82%) Web Services
8 3 (2.11%) Flutter
8 3 (2.11%) OAuth
9 2 (1.41%) Blazor
9 2 (1.41%) JWT
9 2 (1.41%) ML.NET
9 2 (1.41%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.45%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.63%) Educational Technology
4 5 (3.52%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.52%) NHS
4 5 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.52%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.82%) Podcast
5 4 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.41%) iPhone
7 2 (1.41%) PMI
8 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.70%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.70%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.27%) Windows
2 11 (7.75%) Linux
3 5 (3.52%) Android
3 5 (3.52%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (3.52%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (3.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (2.82%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.82%) VMS
5 1 (0.70%) Debian
5 1 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.83%) CI/CD
2 28 (19.72%) DevOps
3 26 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (18.31%) Scrum
4 23 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (15.49%) Software Engineering
6 21 (14.79%) Mentoring
6 21 (14.79%) Test Automation
7 19 (13.38%) Decision-Making
8 18 (12.68%) Coaching
9 16 (11.27%) Project Management
10 15 (10.56%) PRINCE2
10 15 (10.56%) Project Delivery
10 15 (10.56%) SDLC
11 13 (9.15%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (8.45%) Code Quality
12 12 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
13 11 (7.75%) Computer Science
14 10 (7.04%) Full-Stack Development
14 10 (7.04%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.61%) C#
2 23 (16.20%) SQL
3 20 (14.08%) JavaScript
4 15 (10.56%) Python
5 11 (7.75%) Bash
5 11 (7.75%) PHP
6 10 (7.04%) PowerShell
7 8 (5.63%) TypeScript
8 6 (4.23%) C++
9 5 (3.52%) Java
10 4 (2.82%) Bicep
10 4 (2.82%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.41%) VB
12 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.70%) Go
12 1 (0.70%) Ruby
12 1 (0.70%) Scala
12 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (9.86%) Degree
2 13 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.82%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.82%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.82%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.41%) CAPM
6 2 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.41%) MAPM
6 2 (1.41%) PMP
7 1 (0.70%) APMP
7 1 (0.70%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) CIPD
7 1 (0.70%) HND
7 1 (0.70%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.82%) Automotive SPICE
2 4 (2.82%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.82%) ISO 26262
2 4 (2.82%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.11%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (7.04%) Docker
2 4 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.82%) vSphere
3 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (7.75%) Terraform
2 10 (7.04%) Ansible
3 8 (5.63%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.52%) Progress Chef
4 5 (3.52%) Puppet
5 4 (2.82%) Grafana
Vendors
1 23 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.93%) Oracle
3 5 (3.52%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.82%) ScienceLogic
4 4 (2.82%) VMware
5 2 (1.41%) Databricks
5 2 (1.41%) Google
6 1 (0.70%) Intel
6 1 (0.70%) OpenAI