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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 192 179 403
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 6.99% 16.50% 14.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.95% 20.16% 18.56%
Number of salaries quoted 127 114 275
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,625 £52,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £94,633 £87,500
South West median annual salary £59,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% - +0.80%

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 1,930 888 2,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.23% 81.84% 79.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,409 649 1,640
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,828 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -2.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 30 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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.08%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.56%) NServiceBus
4 2 (1.04%) Apache
4 2 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.52%) Confluence
5 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Visualfiles
2 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (29.69%) Azure
2 29 (15.10%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (13.02%) AWS
4 20 (10.42%) Serverless
5 19 (9.90%) GitHub
6 16 (8.33%) PaaS
7 15 (7.81%) IaaS
8 13 (6.77%) SaaS
9 12 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (6.25%) Azure Functions
9 12 (6.25%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (3.65%) GCP
10 7 (3.65%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.60%) Azure AI
12 5 (2.60%) Google Play
13 4 (2.08%) Figma
14 3 (1.56%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.25%) VPN
2 3 (1.56%) DAB
3 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.52%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.52%) DNS
4 1 (0.52%) Firewall
4 1 (0.52%) Network Security
4 1 (0.52%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (7.29%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.69%) MongoDB
3 9 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.17%) MySQL
5 7 (3.65%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.60%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.56%) Big Data
7 3 (1.56%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.04%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.04%) Power BI
8 2 (1.04%) Redis
8 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.52%) Power Query
9 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 35 (18.23%) Git
2 16 (8.33%) JIRA
3 7 (3.65%) GitLab
4 5 (2.60%) Postman
5 3 (1.56%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.04%) Claude Code
6 2 (1.04%) git-flow
7 1 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.52%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.52%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.52%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.38%) Finance
4 17 (8.85%) Law
5 15 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.69%) Local Government
7 8 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.65%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.60%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.08%) Marketing
11 3 (1.56%) Legal
11 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.04%) Retail
13 1 (0.52%) Electronics
13 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 41 (21.35%) Senior
2 39 (20.31%) Developer
3 25 (13.02%) Analyst
4 20 (10.42%) Lead
5 16 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
5 16 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (7.81%) Systems Engineer
7 14 (7.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.77%) Software Engineer
9 12 (6.25%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 11 (5.73%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.73%) Data Engineer
10 11 (5.73%) Project Manager
11 10 (5.21%) Senior Business Analyst
12 8 (4.17%) .NET Developer
12 8 (4.17%) Architect
12 8 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (4.17%) Senior Developer
12 8 (4.17%) Software Developer
13 7 (3.65%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.38%) .NET
2 14 (7.29%) RESTful
3 12 (6.25%) ASP.NET
3 12 (6.25%) React
3 12 (6.25%) REST
4 8 (4.17%) ASP.NET Core
5 7 (3.65%) .NET Core
5 7 (3.65%) GraphQL
5 7 (3.65%) MFC
5 7 (3.65%) React Native
6 6 (3.13%) AngularJS
6 6 (3.13%) Web Services
7 5 (2.60%) Blazor
7 5 (2.60%) Flutter
7 5 (2.60%) HTML
7 5 (2.60%) ML.NET
8 4 (2.08%) CSS
8 4 (2.08%) OAuth
9 3 (1.56%) JWT
9 3 (1.56%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.90%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (8.85%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.25%) Podcast
3 12 (6.25%) Public Cloud
3 12 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.73%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.69%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.17%) NHS
7 5 (2.60%) iPhone
7 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.08%) Blog
8 4 (2.08%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.04%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.04%) PMI
10 2 (1.04%) PropTech
11 1 (0.52%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.67%) Windows
2 13 (6.77%) Linux
3 12 (6.25%) VMS
4 11 (5.73%) Android
5 7 (3.65%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.60%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.04%) Debian
7 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (27.08%) CI/CD
2 49 (25.52%) DevOps
3 46 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 43 (22.40%) Scrum
5 40 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (19.79%) Software Engineering
7 37 (19.27%) Mentoring
8 30 (15.63%) Decision-Making
9 28 (14.58%) Test Automation
10 27 (14.06%) AI
11 25 (13.02%) Coaching
11 25 (13.02%) SDLC
12 23 (11.98%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (10.94%) Code Quality
14 20 (10.42%) Computer Science
15 19 (9.90%) Roadmaps
16 18 (9.38%) Analytics
17 17 (8.85%) Full-Stack Development
18 16 (8.33%) Project Management
18 16 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 40 (20.83%) SQL
2 34 (17.71%) C#
3 24 (12.50%) Python
4 22 (11.46%) JavaScript
5 20 (10.42%) Bash
6 18 (9.38%) PowerShell
7 13 (6.77%) C++
8 12 (6.25%) Bicep
8 12 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (5.21%) Java
10 7 (3.65%) PHP
11 6 (3.13%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.04%) Go
12 2 (1.04%) Ruby
12 2 (1.04%) Scala
12 2 (1.04%) VB
13 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.52%) XAML
Qualifications
1 26 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.94%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.38%) Degree
4 12 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 12 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.65%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.60%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.56%) PMP
9 2 (1.04%) CAPM
9 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.04%) CSPO
9 2 (1.04%) MAPM
10 1 (0.52%) APMP
10 1 (0.52%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.52%) CIPD
10 1 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.08%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (2.08%) ISO 26262
4 4 (2.08%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.56%) QA
6 1 (0.52%) NCSC
6 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (7.29%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (6.25%) vSphere
3 11 (5.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (11.46%) Terraform
2 10 (5.21%) Ansible
3 8 (4.17%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.13%) Puppet
5 5 (2.60%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.04%) Grafana
7 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.25%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (6.25%) VMware
3 9 (4.69%) Google
4 6 (3.13%) Intel
5 5 (2.60%) Oracle
5 5 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.04%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.04%) Databricks
6 2 (1.04%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.52%) Red Hat