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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 163 219 552
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 6.08% 23.05% 16.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.10% 26.20% 19.77%
Number of salaries quoted 116 147 404
10th Percentile £44,375 £44,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,688 £52,099 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
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% -2.86%

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 1,791 836 2,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 66.75% 88.00% 82.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 596 2,153
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,875 £31,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -0.54%
75th Percentile £76,226 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +8.91% -2.88% -3.70%

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 26 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 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.45%) NServiceBus
3 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.61%) Apache
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.61%) CMS
4 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.07%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (31.29%) Azure
2 23 (14.11%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (13.50%) AWS
4 20 (12.27%) GitHub
4 20 (12.27%) Serverless
5 15 (9.20%) IaaS
5 15 (9.20%) PaaS
5 15 (9.20%) SaaS
6 12 (7.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (7.36%) Azure Functions
6 12 (7.36%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (7.36%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (4.91%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.68%) GCP
9 5 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.07%) Datadog
9 5 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.45%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.84%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.36%) VPN
2 2 (1.23%) DAB
2 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.61%) DNS
3 1 (0.61%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (8.59%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.29%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.29%) MySQL
5 5 (3.07%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.45%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.45%) Power BI
7 2 (1.23%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.23%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.61%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.61%) GIS
8 1 (0.61%) Power Query
8 1 (0.61%) Redis
8 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (15.34%) Git
2 11 (6.75%) JIRA
3 4 (2.45%) CircleCI
3 4 (2.45%) GitLab
3 4 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.84%) Postman
5 2 (1.23%) DBeaver
6 1 (0.61%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.61%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.61%) git-flow
6 1 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 50 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.20%) Law
3 13 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (4.29%) Finance
6 6 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.68%) Local Government
7 2 (1.23%) Marketing
7 2 (1.23%) Retail
8 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 38 (23.31%) Senior
2 35 (21.47%) Developer
3 26 (15.95%) Analyst
4 16 (9.82%) Lead
4 16 (9.82%) Senior Analyst
5 15 (9.20%) Principal Engineer
5 15 (9.20%) Systems Engineer
6 14 (8.59%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 12 (7.36%) Business Analyst
7 12 (7.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 11 (6.75%) Project Manager
9 10 (6.13%) Senior Business Analyst
10 8 (4.91%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.91%) PHP Developer
10 8 (4.91%) Software Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) Architect
11 7 (4.29%) Senior Developer
11 7 (4.29%) Software Developer
11 7 (4.29%) Team Leader
12 6 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.59%) .NET
2 10 (6.13%) ASP.NET
2 10 (6.13%) React
3 9 (5.52%) REST
3 9 (5.52%) RESTful
4 6 (3.68%) AngularJS
4 6 (3.68%) ASP.NET Core
4 6 (3.68%) MFC
5 5 (3.07%) .NET Core
5 5 (3.07%) HTML
5 5 (3.07%) React Native
6 4 (2.45%) CSS
6 4 (2.45%) GraphQL
6 4 (2.45%) Web Services
7 3 (1.84%) Blazor
7 3 (1.84%) Flutter
7 3 (1.84%) ML.NET
7 3 (1.84%) Next.js
7 3 (1.84%) OAuth
8 2 (1.23%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.59%) Cloud Native
1 14 (8.59%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (7.36%) Podcast
2 12 (7.36%) Public Cloud
2 12 (7.36%) Security Posture
3 8 (4.91%) Educational Technology
4 6 (3.68%) Mobile App
4 6 (3.68%) NHS
4 6 (3.68%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.84%) iPhone
5 3 (1.84%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.84%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.23%) PMI
6 2 (1.23%) PropTech
7 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.61%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (15.95%) Windows
2 13 (7.98%) Linux
3 12 (7.36%) VMS
4 6 (3.68%) Android
5 5 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.45%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.23%) Debian
7 2 (1.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (27.61%) CI/CD
2 41 (25.15%) DevOps
3 36 (22.09%) Scrum
4 30 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (17.18%) Mentoring
5 28 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (15.95%) Decision-Making
7 25 (15.34%) Software Engineering
8 23 (14.11%) Infrastructure as Code
9 22 (13.50%) Test Automation
10 20 (12.27%) AI
11 19 (11.66%) Analytics
11 19 (11.66%) Coaching
11 19 (11.66%) Computer Science
12 17 (10.43%) Cloud Security
12 17 (10.43%) DevSecOps
12 17 (10.43%) SDLC
13 16 (9.82%) Project Management
14 15 (9.20%) PRINCE2
14 15 (9.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 32 (19.63%) SQL
2 28 (17.18%) C#
3 21 (12.88%) Bash
4 20 (12.27%) PowerShell
5 19 (11.66%) JavaScript
5 19 (11.66%) Python
6 12 (7.36%) Bicep
6 12 (7.36%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (6.75%) PHP
8 9 (5.52%) C++
9 8 (4.91%) TypeScript
10 6 (3.68%) Java
11 2 (1.23%) Go
11 2 (1.23%) Ruby
11 2 (1.23%) Scala
11 2 (1.23%) VB
12 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (9.20%) Security Cleared
2 14 (8.59%) Degree
3 12 (7.36%) Azure Certification
3 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (5.52%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.45%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.45%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.23%) CAPM
7 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.23%) MAPM
7 2 (1.23%) PMP
8 1 (0.61%) APMP
8 1 (0.61%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.61%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.61%) CIPD
8 1 (0.61%) HND
8 1 (0.61%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.91%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.45%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (2.45%) ISO 26262
3 4 (2.45%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.23%) QA
5 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (7.36%) Active Directory
1 12 (7.36%) Virtual Desktop
1 12 (7.36%) VMware Infrastructure
1 12 (7.36%) vSphere
2 11 (6.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (12.88%) Terraform
2 11 (6.75%) Ansible
3 8 (4.91%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.07%) Grafana
4 5 (3.07%) Progress Chef
4 5 (3.07%) Puppet
5 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.36%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (7.36%) VMware
3 7 (4.29%) Oracle
4 5 (3.07%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.84%) Google
6 2 (1.23%) Databricks
6 2 (1.23%) Intel
6 2 (1.23%) OpenAI