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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 243 131 316
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.39% 11.63% 13.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.47% 14.70% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 144 95 154
10th Percentile £40,375 £48,750 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,313 £53,750 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,000 £86,750
South West median annual salary £63,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.57% -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 2,320 891 1,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.54% 79.13% 79.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 633 1,112
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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 2 October 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 (4.94%) Confluence
1 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.06%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.82%) Apache
4 2 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.82%) nginx
4 2 (0.82%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.82%) Simulink
4 1 (0.41%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Revit
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (26.75%) Azure
2 38 (15.64%) AWS
3 31 (12.76%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (9.47%) GitHub
5 21 (8.64%) Serverless
6 18 (7.41%) PaaS
7 16 (6.58%) SaaS
8 14 (5.76%) IaaS
9 13 (5.35%) Azure Functions
10 12 (4.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 12 (4.94%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (4.94%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (4.12%) GCP
12 9 (3.70%) Slack
13 8 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (3.29%) Power Platform
14 7 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (2.47%) Amazon S3
15 6 (2.47%) Anthropic Claude
16 5 (2.06%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.94%) VPN
2 3 (1.23%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.23%) TETRA
3 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.41%) DAB
4 1 (0.41%) DNS
4 1 (0.41%) Firewall
4 1 (0.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (4.12%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.70%) MongoDB
4 8 (3.29%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.88%) MySQL
6 5 (2.06%) Hadoop
6 5 (2.06%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.65%) Big Data
7 4 (1.65%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.82%) Power BI
8 2 (0.82%) Redis
8 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (16.46%) Git
2 30 (12.35%) JIRA
3 9 (3.70%) GitLab
4 7 (2.88%) Postman
5 5 (2.06%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.23%) git-flow
7 2 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.82%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.82%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.82%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.41%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 67 (27.57%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.64%) Finance
3 31 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.00%) Law
7 15 (6.17%) Aerospace
8 12 (4.94%) Local Government
9 11 (4.53%) Legal
10 9 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.29%) Marketing
12 7 (2.88%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.82%) Aviation
14 2 (0.82%) Electronics
15 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (18.93%) Senior
2 37 (15.23%) Software Engineer
3 36 (14.81%) Developer
4 32 (13.17%) Lead
5 24 (9.88%) Analyst
6 15 (6.17%) Architect
7 14 (5.76%) Principal Engineer
8 13 (5.35%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (4.94%) Data Engineer
9 12 (4.94%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (4.94%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 10 (4.12%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.29%) Lead Software Engineer
12 8 (3.29%) Product Owner
12 8 (3.29%) Senior Developer
13 7 (2.88%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.93%) Terraform
2 14 (5.76%) React
3 13 (5.35%) .NET
3 13 (5.35%) RESTful
4 10 (4.12%) REST
5 8 (3.29%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.88%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (2.88%) MFC
7 6 (2.47%) .NET Core
7 6 (2.47%) AWS CDK
7 6 (2.47%) GraphQL
7 6 (2.47%) Next.js
7 6 (2.47%) React Native
8 5 (2.06%) Blazor
8 5 (2.06%) Flutter
8 5 (2.06%) LangChain
8 5 (2.06%) ML.NET
8 5 (2.06%) Web Services
9 4 (1.65%) Apache NiFi
9 4 (1.65%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.23%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (7.82%) Cloud Native
3 16 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.94%) Blog
4 12 (4.94%) Podcast
4 12 (4.94%) Public Cloud
4 12 (4.94%) Security Posture
5 11 (4.53%) Mobile App
6 9 (3.70%) NHS
7 8 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.88%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.06%) iPhone
10 5 (2.06%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.23%) Social Media
13 2 (0.82%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.82%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.82%) PropTech
14 1 (0.41%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.58%) Windows
2 12 (4.94%) Android
2 12 (4.94%) Linux
2 12 (4.94%) VMS
3 7 (2.88%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.82%) Debian
5 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.57%) Software Engineering
2 63 (25.93%) DevOps
3 62 (25.51%) CI/CD
4 56 (23.05%) Scrum
5 54 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (21.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (18.52%) Mentoring
8 43 (17.70%) AI
8 43 (17.70%) Decision-Making
9 34 (13.99%) Roadmaps
10 32 (13.17%) Test Automation
11 31 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (12.35%) Coaching
13 29 (11.93%) Analytics
14 28 (11.52%) Infrastructure as Code
14 28 (11.52%) SDLC
15 25 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
16 23 (9.47%) Generative AI
17 22 (9.05%) Full-Stack Development
17 22 (9.05%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.58%) SQL
2 31 (12.76%) Python
3 28 (11.52%) C#
4 23 (9.47%) Java
5 22 (9.05%) Bash
6 21 (8.64%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.41%) PowerShell
8 15 (6.17%) C++
9 12 (4.94%) Bicep
9 12 (4.94%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (2.88%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.23%) PHP
12 2 (0.82%) Go
12 2 (0.82%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.82%) Ruby
12 2 (0.82%) Scala
12 2 (0.82%) VB
12 2 (0.82%) XAML
13 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 46 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 38 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.23%) Degree
4 13 (5.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (5.35%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.94%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.29%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.65%) PMP
9 3 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.23%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.23%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.82%) APMP
10 2 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.82%) CSPO
10 2 (0.82%) HND
10 2 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.94%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.12%) QA
3 9 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.06%) PMO
5 3 (1.23%) NCSC
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.41%) SLA
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (7.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.17%) Docker
3 12 (4.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.35%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.53%) Ansible
3 7 (2.88%) Puppet
4 5 (2.06%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.94%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (4.94%) VMware
3 11 (4.53%) Google
4 8 (3.29%) Intel
5 5 (2.06%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.06%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.06%) Oracle
6 4 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.23%) YouTube
8 2 (0.82%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.41%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.41%) Databricks
9 1 (0.41%) Mistral