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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 175 203 488
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 6.54% 18.81% 15.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.51% 22.51% 19.43%
Number of salaries quoted 121 132 343
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,825 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,375 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% +2.29% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,813 £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% -3.40%

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 1,841 902 2,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 68.80% 83.60% 81.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,360 654 1,931
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,848 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,452 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -1.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,488
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,394 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -2.78%

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 17 July 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 (6.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.29%) NServiceBus
3 2 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.57%) Apache
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.57%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.86%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (32.00%) Azure
2 29 (16.57%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (12.57%) AWS
4 20 (11.43%) GitHub
5 19 (10.86%) Serverless
6 16 (9.14%) PaaS
7 15 (8.57%) IaaS
8 14 (8.00%) SaaS
9 12 (6.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (6.86%) Azure Functions
9 12 (6.86%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (6.86%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.43%) GCP
10 6 (3.43%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.86%) Azure AI
11 5 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.86%) Google Play
12 4 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.29%) Datadog
13 3 (1.71%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.86%) VPN
2 2 (1.14%) DAB
2 2 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.57%) DNS
3 1 (0.57%) Firewall
3 1 (0.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (8.00%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.14%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.57%) MySQL
4 8 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.86%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.29%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.14%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.14%) Power BI
7 2 (1.14%) Redis
8 1 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.57%) Big Data
8 1 (0.57%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.57%) GIS
8 1 (0.57%) Power Query
8 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (16.57%) Git
2 14 (8.00%) JIRA
3 6 (3.43%) GitLab
4 4 (2.29%) Postman
5 3 (1.71%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.71%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.14%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.57%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.57%) git-flow
7 1 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (9.71%) Law
3 12 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (5.14%) Finance
5 8 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.00%) Local Government
7 2 (1.14%) Marketing
7 2 (1.14%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.14%) Retail
8 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.57%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 39 (22.29%) Developer
1 39 (22.29%) Senior
2 25 (14.29%) Analyst
3 16 (9.14%) Senior Analyst
4 15 (8.57%) Lead
4 15 (8.57%) Principal Engineer
4 15 (8.57%) Systems Engineer
5 14 (8.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 12 (6.86%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 11 (6.29%) Business Analyst
7 11 (6.29%) Project Manager
7 11 (6.29%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.71%) Senior Business Analyst
9 8 (4.57%) .NET Developer
9 8 (4.57%) Data Engineer
9 8 (4.57%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.00%) C++ Developer
10 7 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
10 7 (4.00%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (4.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.29%) .NET
2 13 (7.43%) ASP.NET
2 13 (7.43%) RESTful
3 11 (6.29%) React
4 10 (5.71%) REST
5 8 (4.57%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (4.00%) .NET Core
6 7 (4.00%) AngularJS
6 7 (4.00%) MFC
7 6 (3.43%) HTML
8 5 (2.86%) Blazor
8 5 (2.86%) CSS
8 5 (2.86%) GraphQL
8 5 (2.86%) ML.NET
8 5 (2.86%) React Native
8 5 (2.86%) Web Services
9 3 (1.71%) Flutter
9 3 (1.71%) JWT
9 3 (1.71%) Next.js
9 3 (1.71%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.29%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (9.14%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.86%) Podcast
3 12 (6.86%) Public Cloud
3 12 (6.86%) Security Posture
4 9 (5.14%) Mobile App
4 9 (5.14%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.00%) NHS
6 6 (3.43%) Educational Technology
7 5 (2.86%) iPhone
8 3 (1.71%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.14%) PMI
9 2 (1.14%) PropTech
10 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 29 (16.57%) Windows
2 14 (8.00%) Linux
3 12 (6.86%) VMS
4 8 (4.57%) Android
5 5 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.14%) Debian
7 2 (1.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (26.86%) DevOps
2 44 (25.14%) CI/CD
3 38 (21.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (21.14%) Scrum
5 33 (18.86%) Mentoring
6 31 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (17.14%) Software Engineering
8 25 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 23 (13.14%) AI
9 23 (13.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 22 (12.57%) Test Automation
11 21 (12.00%) Coaching
12 20 (11.43%) SDLC
13 19 (10.86%) Computer Science
14 17 (9.71%) Analytics
14 17 (9.71%) Cloud Security
14 17 (9.71%) Roadmaps
15 16 (9.14%) Code Quality
15 16 (9.14%) DevSecOps
15 16 (9.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.43%) SQL
2 32 (18.29%) C#
3 20 (11.43%) Bash
3 20 (11.43%) JavaScript
4 19 (10.86%) PowerShell
5 18 (10.29%) Python
6 12 (6.86%) Bicep
6 12 (6.86%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (5.71%) C++
8 9 (5.14%) PHP
9 7 (4.00%) TypeScript
10 6 (3.43%) Java
11 2 (1.14%) Go
11 2 (1.14%) Ruby
11 2 (1.14%) Scala
11 2 (1.14%) VB
12 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (9.71%) Security Cleared
2 13 (7.43%) Degree
3 12 (6.86%) Azure Certification
3 12 (6.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (6.29%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.86%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.29%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.71%) PMP
8 2 (1.14%) CAPM
8 2 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.14%) CSPO
8 2 (1.14%) MAPM
9 1 (0.57%) APMP
9 1 (0.57%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.57%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.57%) CIPD
9 1 (0.57%) CISSP
9 1 (0.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.29%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (2.29%) ISO 26262
3 4 (2.29%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.57%) QA
5 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (6.86%) Active Directory
1 12 (6.86%) Virtual Desktop
1 12 (6.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 12 (6.86%) vSphere
2 11 (6.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (12.00%) Terraform
2 10 (5.71%) Ansible
3 7 (4.00%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.86%) Progress Chef
4 5 (2.86%) Puppet
5 4 (2.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (20.57%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.86%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (6.86%) VMware
3 7 (4.00%) Google
4 5 (2.86%) Oracle
4 5 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.29%) Intel
6 2 (1.14%) Databricks
6 2 (1.14%) OpenAI