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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 216 151 355
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.56% 13.73% 13.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.60% 16.95% 17.71%
Number of salaries quoted 133 93 221
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,995 £40,927
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,376
Median % change year-on-year - -5.33% +5.19%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £94,756 £87,500
South West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -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 2,038 891 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 71.36% 81.00% 78.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,479 650 1,446
10th Percentile £33,950 £29,838 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,320 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +13.40% -11.01% -0.91%

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 August 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 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.78%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.78%) Confluence
3 3 (1.39%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.93%) Apache
4 2 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.93%) nginx
5 1 (0.46%) CMS
5 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.31%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (28.24%) Azure
2 33 (15.28%) AWS
3 30 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (10.19%) Serverless
5 21 (9.72%) GitHub
6 16 (7.41%) PaaS
7 14 (6.48%) IaaS
8 13 (6.02%) SaaS
9 12 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (5.56%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (4.17%) GCP
10 9 (4.17%) Slack
11 8 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.70%) Power Platform
12 7 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (2.31%) Figma
13 5 (2.31%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.56%) VPN
2 3 (1.39%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.39%) TETRA
3 2 (0.93%) DAB
3 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.46%) DNS
4 1 (0.46%) Firewall
4 1 (0.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.87%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (6.94%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 9 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.70%) MySQL
4 8 (3.70%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.31%) Big Data
5 5 (2.31%) Hadoop
5 5 (2.31%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.85%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.93%) Power BI
7 2 (0.93%) Redis
7 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.46%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.46%) Power Query
8 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (18.06%) Git
2 24 (11.11%) JIRA
3 7 (3.24%) GitLab
4 6 (2.78%) Postman
5 4 (1.85%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.39%) git-flow
7 2 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.93%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.46%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.74%) Finance
3 29 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.87%) Law
6 12 (5.56%) Aerospace
6 12 (5.56%) Local Government
7 9 (4.17%) Legal
8 8 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.70%) Marketing
9 6 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.93%) Electronics
10 2 (0.93%) Retail
11 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 47 (21.76%) Senior
2 41 (18.98%) Developer
3 30 (13.89%) Analyst
4 24 (11.11%) Lead
5 17 (7.87%) Software Engineer
6 16 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (6.94%) Principal Engineer
8 13 (6.02%) Data Engineer
8 13 (6.02%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.56%) Business Analyst
9 12 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (5.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 11 (5.09%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (4.63%) Senior Business Analyst
12 9 (4.17%) Software Developer
13 8 (3.70%) .NET Developer
13 8 (3.70%) Architect
13 8 (3.70%) Project Manager
13 8 (3.70%) Senior Developer
13 8 (3.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.80%) .NET
2 15 (6.94%) React
2 15 (6.94%) RESTful
3 12 (5.56%) ASP.NET
3 12 (5.56%) REST
4 8 (3.70%) ASP.NET Core
5 7 (3.24%) .NET Core
5 7 (3.24%) GraphQL
5 7 (3.24%) MFC
5 7 (3.24%) React Native
5 7 (3.24%) Web Services
6 6 (2.78%) AngularJS
6 6 (2.78%) AWS CDK
6 6 (2.78%) OAuth
7 5 (2.31%) Blazor
7 5 (2.31%) Flutter
7 5 (2.31%) HTML
7 5 (2.31%) ML.NET
7 5 (2.31%) Next.js
8 4 (1.85%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (8.80%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.56%) Blog
3 12 (5.56%) Podcast
3 12 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 12 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.09%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.17%) NHS
6 7 (3.24%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.31%) iPhone
8 4 (1.85%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.39%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.39%) Social Media
10 2 (0.93%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.93%) PropTech
11 1 (0.46%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.46%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.74%) Windows
2 12 (5.56%) Android
2 12 (5.56%) Linux
2 12 (5.56%) VMS
3 8 (3.70%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.31%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.31%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.31%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.93%) Debian
5 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.24%) CI/CD
2 57 (26.39%) DevOps
3 54 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 50 (23.15%) Software Engineering
5 49 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (22.22%) Scrum
7 42 (19.44%) Mentoring
8 38 (17.59%) Decision-Making
9 34 (15.74%) AI
10 30 (13.89%) Coaching
10 30 (13.89%) Test Automation
11 28 (12.96%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (11.57%) Roadmaps
12 25 (11.57%) SDLC
13 23 (10.65%) Analytics
14 22 (10.19%) Code Quality
15 20 (9.26%) Computer Science
15 20 (9.26%) Full-Stack Development
15 20 (9.26%) Line Management
15 20 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.30%) SQL
2 36 (16.67%) C#
3 31 (14.35%) Python
4 25 (11.57%) JavaScript
5 22 (10.19%) Bash
6 18 (8.33%) PowerShell
7 15 (6.94%) C++
8 13 (6.02%) Java
9 12 (5.56%) Bicep
9 12 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (3.70%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.31%) PHP
12 2 (0.93%) Go
12 2 (0.93%) Ruby
12 2 (0.93%) Scala
12 2 (0.93%) VB
12 2 (0.93%) XAML
13 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 34 (15.74%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.72%) Degree
4 14 (6.48%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.70%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.39%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.93%) APMP
10 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.93%) CSPO
10 2 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.46%) CAPM
11 1 (0.46%) CIPD
11 1 (0.46%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.70%) QA
3 5 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.85%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (1.85%) ISO 26262
4 4 (1.85%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.39%) NCSC
5 3 (1.39%) PMO
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.46%) SLA
6 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.48%) Docker
3 12 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (12.96%) Terraform
2 11 (5.09%) Ansible
3 10 (4.63%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.24%) Puppet
5 5 (2.31%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.46%) Grafana
7 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.56%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (5.56%) VMware
3 10 (4.63%) Google
4 8 (3.70%) Intel
5 5 (2.31%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.31%) Oracle
5 5 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.85%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.93%) Databricks
7 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.46%) YouTube