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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 136 224 563
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 5.01% 24.59% 16.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.67% 27.25% 20.29%
Number of salaries quoted 102 148 421
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,775 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,938 £52,300 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,125 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +0.21% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,563 £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% -0.54%

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 1,773 822 2,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.26% 90.23% 83.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,333 572 2,176
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,350 £32,125
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 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,373
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.19% -4.87%

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 11 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 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.94%) NServiceBus
2 2 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.47%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.74%) Apache
3 1 (0.74%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.74%) CMS
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.74%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.41%) Azure
2 16 (11.76%) SaaS
3 15 (11.03%) AWS
4 13 (9.56%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (8.09%) Serverless
6 10 (7.35%) GitHub
7 7 (5.15%) IaaS
7 7 (5.15%) PaaS
7 7 (5.15%) Power Platform
8 6 (4.41%) GCP
9 4 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.94%) Azure Functions
9 4 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.94%) Datadog
9 4 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (2.21%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.94%) VPN
2 2 (1.47%) DAB
3 1 (0.74%) Firewall
3 1 (0.74%) Network Security
3 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.03%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.35%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (4.41%) MongoDB
3 6 (4.41%) MySQL
4 5 (3.68%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.94%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.94%) Power BI
6 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.47%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.47%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.74%) Big Data
8 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.74%) GIS
8 1 (0.74%) Power Query
8 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (9.56%) Git
2 9 (6.62%) JIRA
3 4 (2.94%) CircleCI
3 4 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.47%) DBeaver
5 1 (0.74%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.74%) Postman
5 1 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.74%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 37 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.41%) Finance
3 6 (4.41%) Law
4 4 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (2.94%) Local Government
5 2 (1.47%) Marketing
5 2 (1.47%) Retail
6 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.74%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.74%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 34 (25.00%) Senior
2 31 (22.79%) Developer
3 17 (12.50%) Analyst
4 16 (11.76%) Lead
5 13 (9.56%) Principal Engineer
5 13 (9.56%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (8.82%) Business Analyst
6 12 (8.82%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 12 (8.82%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (8.09%) Project Manager
8 10 (7.35%) Senior Business Analyst
9 9 (6.62%) PHP Developer
10 7 (5.15%) Architect
10 7 (5.15%) Software Engineer
10 7 (5.15%) Team Leader
11 6 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Senior Developer
11 6 (4.41%) Software Developer
11 6 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.68%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.29%) .NET
2 10 (7.35%) ASP.NET
3 9 (6.62%) REST
4 8 (5.88%) RESTful
5 7 (5.15%) React
6 6 (4.41%) AngularJS
6 6 (4.41%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (4.41%) CSS
6 6 (4.41%) HTML
7 4 (2.94%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.94%) GraphQL
7 4 (2.94%) MFC
7 4 (2.94%) React Native
7 4 (2.94%) Web Services
8 3 (2.21%) Flutter
8 3 (2.21%) OAuth
9 2 (1.47%) Blazor
9 2 (1.47%) JWT
9 2 (1.47%) ML.NET
9 2 (1.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 8 (5.88%) Educational Technology
3 7 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.68%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.68%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.94%) NHS
5 4 (2.94%) Podcast
5 4 (2.94%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.47%) iPhone
7 2 (1.47%) PMI
8 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.29%) Windows
2 10 (7.35%) Linux
3 5 (3.68%) Android
3 5 (3.68%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (3.68%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (2.94%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.94%) VMS
5 1 (0.74%) Debian
5 1 (0.74%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.32%) CI/CD
2 26 (19.12%) DevOps
2 26 (19.12%) Scrum
3 23 (16.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (14.71%) Software Engineering
5 19 (13.97%) Test Automation
6 18 (13.24%) Decision-Making
6 18 (13.24%) Mentoring
7 17 (12.50%) Coaching
8 16 (11.76%) Project Management
9 15 (11.03%) PRINCE2
9 15 (11.03%) Project Delivery
10 13 (9.56%) SDLC
11 12 (8.82%) Computer Science
11 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
11 12 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
12 11 (8.09%) Code Quality
13 10 (7.35%) Analytics
13 10 (7.35%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.65%) C#
2 22 (16.18%) SQL
3 20 (14.71%) JavaScript
4 14 (10.29%) Python
5 11 (8.09%) PHP
6 10 (7.35%) Bash
6 10 (7.35%) PowerShell
7 8 (5.88%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.68%) C++
8 5 (3.68%) Java
9 4 (2.94%) Bicep
9 4 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.47%) VB
11 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.74%) Go
11 1 (0.74%) Perl
11 1 (0.74%) Ruby
11 1 (0.74%) Scala
11 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (11.03%) Degree
2 13 (9.56%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.94%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.21%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.47%) CAPM
6 2 (1.47%) MAPM
6 2 (1.47%) PMP
7 1 (0.74%) APMP
7 1 (0.74%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.74%) CIPD
7 1 (0.74%) IIBA
7 1 (0.74%) OCA
7 1 (0.74%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.94%) Automotive SPICE
2 4 (2.94%) ISO 26262
2 4 (2.94%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.21%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.21%) QA
4 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.74%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (6.62%) Docker
2 4 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.94%) vSphere
3 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (8.09%) Terraform
2 10 (7.35%) Ansible
3 8 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.68%) Progress Chef
4 5 (3.68%) Puppet
5 4 (2.94%) Grafana
Vendors
1 21 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.88%) Oracle
3 5 (3.68%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.94%) ScienceLogic
4 4 (2.94%) VMware
5 2 (1.47%) Databricks
5 2 (1.47%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.74%) Siemens