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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 186 193 446
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 6.87% 17.82% 15.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.87% 21.52% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 125 127 311
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - £94,267 £95,000
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% -2.56%

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 1,884 897 2,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 69.60% 82.83% 80.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 658 1,779
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,848 £31,650
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,813 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,450 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% +3.39% -3.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.34%

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 24 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 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.15%) NServiceBus
3 3 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.54%) Apache
5 1 (0.54%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.69%) Visualfiles
2 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (31.18%) Azure
2 29 (15.59%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (12.90%) AWS
4 19 (10.22%) GitHub
4 19 (10.22%) Serverless
5 16 (8.60%) PaaS
6 15 (8.06%) IaaS
7 12 (6.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (6.45%) Azure Functions
7 12 (6.45%) Azure Key Vault
7 12 (6.45%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (6.45%) SaaS
8 7 (3.76%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (3.23%) GCP
10 5 (2.69%) Azure AI
10 5 (2.69%) Google Play
11 4 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.61%) Datadog
12 3 (1.61%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.45%) VPN
2 2 (1.08%) DAB
2 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.54%) 3GPP
3 1 (0.54%) DNS
3 1 (0.54%) Firewall
3 1 (0.54%) Network Security
3 1 (0.54%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.14%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (7.53%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.84%) MongoDB
3 9 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.30%) MySQL
5 6 (3.23%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.69%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.61%) Big Data
8 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.08%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.08%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.08%) Power BI
8 2 (1.08%) Redis
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.54%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.54%) GIS
9 1 (0.54%) Power Query
9 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (17.20%) Git
2 16 (8.60%) JIRA
3 7 (3.76%) GitLab
4 4 (2.15%) Postman
5 2 (1.08%) CircleCI
5 2 (1.08%) Claude Code
5 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.54%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.54%) git-flow
6 1 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.54%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 53 (28.49%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (9.14%) Finance
3 17 (9.14%) Law
4 14 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.84%) Local Government
6 8 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.69%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.61%) Legal
9 3 (1.61%) Marketing
9 3 (1.61%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.08%) Retail
11 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 42 (22.58%) Senior
2 39 (20.97%) Developer
3 25 (13.44%) Analyst
4 18 (9.68%) Lead
5 16 (8.60%) Principal Engineer
5 16 (8.60%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (8.06%) Systems Engineer
7 14 (7.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.99%) Software Engineer
9 12 (6.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 11 (5.91%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.91%) Project Manager
11 10 (5.38%) Data Engineer
11 10 (5.38%) Senior Business Analyst
12 9 (4.84%) Software Developer
13 8 (4.30%) .NET Developer
13 8 (4.30%) Architect
13 8 (4.30%) Senior Developer
14 7 (3.76%) C++ Developer
14 7 (3.76%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.68%) .NET
2 13 (6.99%) ASP.NET
2 13 (6.99%) RESTful
3 12 (6.45%) REST
4 11 (5.91%) React
5 8 (4.30%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (3.76%) .NET Core
6 7 (3.76%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.76%) MFC
7 6 (3.23%) GraphQL
7 6 (3.23%) HTML
7 6 (3.23%) React Native
8 5 (2.69%) Blazor
8 5 (2.69%) CSS
8 5 (2.69%) ML.NET
8 5 (2.69%) Web Services
9 4 (2.15%) Flutter
9 4 (2.15%) OAuth
10 3 (1.61%) JWT
10 3 (1.61%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (8.60%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.45%) Podcast
3 12 (6.45%) Public Cloud
3 12 (6.45%) Security Posture
4 10 (5.38%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.84%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.30%) NHS
7 5 (2.69%) iPhone
8 4 (2.15%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.61%) Blog
9 3 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.08%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.08%) PMI
10 2 (1.08%) PropTech
11 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 30 (16.13%) Windows
2 14 (7.53%) Linux
3 12 (6.45%) VMS
4 9 (4.84%) Android
5 5 (2.69%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.69%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.08%) Debian
6 2 (1.08%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.88%) CI/CD
1 50 (26.88%) DevOps
2 43 (23.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (21.51%) Scrum
4 36 (19.35%) Mentoring
4 36 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (19.35%) Software Engineering
5 28 (15.05%) Decision-Making
6 26 (13.98%) AI
7 25 (13.44%) Test Automation
8 24 (12.90%) SDLC
9 23 (12.37%) Coaching
9 23 (12.37%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (10.22%) Computer Science
11 18 (9.68%) Code Quality
11 18 (9.68%) Roadmaps
12 17 (9.14%) Analytics
13 16 (8.60%) Cloud Security
13 16 (8.60%) Full-Stack Development
13 16 (8.60%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (19.89%) SQL
2 34 (18.28%) C#
3 23 (12.37%) Python
4 21 (11.29%) JavaScript
5 20 (10.75%) Bash
6 18 (9.68%) PowerShell
7 12 (6.45%) Bicep
7 12 (6.45%) C++
7 12 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (3.76%) Java
8 7 (3.76%) PHP
8 7 (3.76%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.08%) Go
9 2 (1.08%) Ruby
9 2 (1.08%) Scala
9 2 (1.08%) VB
10 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (13.44%) Security Cleared
2 19 (10.22%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.14%) Degree
4 12 (6.45%) Azure Certification
4 12 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.76%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.69%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.61%) PMP
9 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.08%) CAPM
9 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.08%) CSPO
9 2 (1.08%) MAPM
10 1 (0.54%) APMP
10 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.54%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.76%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.15%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (2.15%) ISO 26262
3 4 (2.15%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.54%) NCSC
4 1 (0.54%) QA
4 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (6.99%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.45%) Docker
2 12 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (6.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (11.83%) Terraform
2 10 (5.38%) Ansible
3 9 (4.84%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.69%) Progress Chef
4 5 (2.69%) Puppet
5 3 (1.61%) Grafana
6 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.45%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (6.45%) VMware
3 7 (3.76%) Google
4 5 (2.69%) Intel
4 5 (2.69%) Oracle
4 5 (2.69%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.08%) Databricks
5 2 (1.08%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.54%) Atlassian