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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 1
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 130 282 608
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.68% 15.02% 38.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.14% 18.18% 39.82%
Number of salaries quoted 100 130 516
10th Percentile £47,375 £42,150 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,688 £51,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -0.10% +9.31%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,563 £82,610
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £96,539
South West median annual salary £59,500 £60,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -0.83% -0.41% +9.54%

All Process and 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 1,167 1,551 1,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 68.93% 82.63% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 863 873 1,264
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.75% +8.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,375
South West median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £54,073
% change year-on-year -11.82% +1.72% +8.15%

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 29 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Agile in Bristol

Agile
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Avonmouth - 1 £65,000 -
Agile
South West

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 9 (6.92%) Confluence
2 3 (2.31%) Tomcat
2 3 (2.31%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.31%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (1.54%) Appian
3 2 (1.54%) CMS
3 2 (1.54%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.77%) JBoss
4 1 (0.77%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.31%) Simulink
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.77%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.08%) Primavera
2 3 (2.31%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.77%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 37 (28.46%) Azure
2 21 (16.15%) AWS
3 11 (8.46%) Power Platform
4 10 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (7.69%) SaaS
5 6 (4.62%) GitHub
6 4 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.08%) Serverless
7 3 (2.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (2.31%) OCI
7 3 (2.31%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.31%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.54%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.54%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.54%) Boomi
8 2 (1.54%) GCP
8 2 (1.54%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.77%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.54%) Firewall
2 1 (0.77%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.15%) Power BI
2 5 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.08%) Looker
3 4 (3.08%) Tableau
4 3 (2.31%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.31%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.31%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.54%) DB2
5 2 (1.54%) GIS
5 2 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.54%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.77%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.77%) Power Query
6 1 (0.77%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (7.69%) JIRA
2 8 (6.15%) Git
3 7 (5.38%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.08%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (2.31%) GitLab
5 3 (2.31%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (1.54%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.54%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.77%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.77%) Appium
7 1 (0.77%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.77%) webpack
7 1 (0.77%) Xcode
General
1 44 (33.85%) Finance
2 38 (29.23%) Social Skills
3 19 (14.62%) Public Sector
4 16 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 12 (9.23%) Manufacturing
6 12 (9.23%) Marketing
7 8 (6.15%) Electronics
8 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (3.08%) Retail
9 3 (2.31%) Back Office
9 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.31%) Military
10 2 (1.54%) Legal
10 2 (1.54%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.77%) Cyber-Physical System
11 1 (0.77%) Games
11 1 (0.77%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 30 (23.08%) Developer
2 22 (16.92%) Lead
3 15 (11.54%) Senior
4 10 (7.69%) Product Owner
4 10 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 9 (6.92%) Principal Engineer
5 9 (6.92%) Software Developer
6 7 (5.38%) Analyst
7 6 (4.62%) Architect
7 6 (4.62%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.62%) Senior Developer
7 6 (4.62%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (4.62%) Technical Leader
8 5 (3.85%) Applications Developer
8 5 (3.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.85%) Project Leader
8 5 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.85%) Technical Manager
8 5 (3.85%) Technical Project Manager
9 4 (3.08%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.85%) .NET
2 11 (8.46%) React
3 8 (6.15%) .NET Framework
4 7 (5.38%) .NET Core
4 7 (5.38%) WPF
5 6 (4.62%) Spring
5 6 (4.62%) Spring Boot
6 5 (3.85%) HTML
6 5 (3.85%) REST
6 5 (3.85%) Universal Windows Platform
6 5 (3.85%) WinUI
7 4 (3.08%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.08%) CSS
8 3 (2.31%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.31%) ModSecurity
8 3 (2.31%) Oracle ADF
8 3 (2.31%) RESTful
8 3 (2.31%) WebCenter
9 2 (1.54%) Jest
9 2 (1.54%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.15%) Product Ownership
2 13 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.08%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.31%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.54%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.54%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.54%) PMI
6 1 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.77%) IoT
6 1 (0.77%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.77%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.77%) Replication
6 1 (0.77%) Smart City
6 1 (0.77%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.92%) Windows
2 4 (3.08%) Android
2 4 (3.08%) Linux
3 3 (2.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.77%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (25.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 27 (20.77%) Scrum
3 21 (16.15%) Business Intelligence
4 20 (15.38%) DevOps
5 18 (13.85%) AI
5 18 (13.85%) Software Engineering
6 17 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (12.31%) CI/CD
7 16 (12.31%) Collaborative Culture
8 15 (11.54%) Kanban
8 15 (11.54%) Project Management
9 14 (10.77%) Coaching
9 14 (10.77%) Full-Stack Development
9 14 (10.77%) Machine Learning
10 13 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (10.00%) Validation
11 12 (9.23%) Analytics
11 12 (9.23%) Project Delivery
11 12 (9.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.62%) JavaScript
2 17 (13.08%) Python
2 17 (13.08%) SQL
3 14 (10.77%) C#
4 11 (8.46%) Java
5 8 (6.15%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.08%) C
6 4 (3.08%) C++
7 3 (2.31%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.31%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.31%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.54%) Bash
8 2 (1.54%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.54%) XAML
9 1 (0.77%) Bicep
9 1 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.77%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (25.38%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.15%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 13 (10.00%) Degree
5 8 (6.15%) ACCA
6 7 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.08%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.31%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.54%) APMG
9 2 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.54%) CCNA
9 2 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.54%) MAPM
10 1 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.77%) CAPM
10 1 (0.77%) CISSP
10 1 (0.77%) IIBA
10 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.15%) GAAP
1 8 (6.15%) IFRS
2 7 (5.38%) QA
3 2 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.54%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.77%) GRC
4 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.77%) NIST
4 1 (0.77%) P3O
4 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.77%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (6.15%) Docker
2 3 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.85%) Terraform
3 3 (2.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.77%) Ansible
4 1 (0.77%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.92%) SAP
3 6 (4.62%) Oracle
4 5 (3.85%) Syncfusion
4 5 (3.85%) Telerik
5 3 (2.31%) IFS
6 2 (1.54%) Cisco
6 2 (1.54%) Samsung
6 2 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.54%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.77%) Google
7 1 (0.77%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.77%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.77%) Sparx