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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 6 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 129 287 630
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 10.63% 13.73% 38.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.10% 17.36% 40.46%
Number of salaries quoted 94 132 541
10th Percentile £49,125 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -5.77% +13.04%
75th Percentile £82,313 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,250 £90,000 £96,539
South West median annual salary £59,500 £59,908 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.68% -0.15% +9.09%

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 915 1,653 1,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 75.43% 79.09% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 670 971 1,316
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,226
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +1.31% +7.68%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £86,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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 - 2
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 6 (4.65%) Confluence
2 4 (3.10%) Appian
3 3 (2.33%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.33%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.33%) WebLogic Portal
4 2 (1.55%) CMS
4 2 (1.55%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.78%) JBoss
Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.33%) Simulink
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.78%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.10%) Primavera
2 3 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.78%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 36 (27.91%) Azure
2 24 (18.60%) AWS
3 13 (10.08%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.98%) SaaS
5 6 (4.65%) Serverless
6 4 (3.10%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (3.10%) GitHub
6 4 (3.10%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.33%) Azure AKS
7 3 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.33%) OCI
8 2 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.55%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.55%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.55%) Pulumi
8 2 (1.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.10%) Firewall
2 1 (0.78%) DNS
2 1 (0.78%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.78%) SMS
2 1 (0.78%) VPN
2 1 (0.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.53%) Power BI
2 5 (3.88%) NoSQL
2 5 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.10%) Looker
3 4 (3.10%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.10%) Tableau
4 3 (2.33%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.33%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.55%) GIS
5 2 (1.55%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.55%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.55%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.78%) MySQL
6 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (8.53%) Git
2 8 (6.20%) Jenkins
3 7 (5.43%) JIRA
4 5 (3.88%) GitLab
5 4 (3.10%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (2.33%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.33%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (1.55%) Appium
7 2 (1.55%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.55%) webpack
8 1 (0.78%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.78%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.78%) Xcode
General
1 45 (34.88%) Finance
2 40 (31.01%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.18%) Public Sector
4 13 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.30%) Manufacturing
6 11 (8.53%) Telecoms
7 10 (7.75%) Marketing
8 6 (4.65%) Electronics
9 5 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.10%) Legal
10 4 (3.10%) Retail
11 3 (2.33%) Back Office
11 3 (2.33%) Banking
12 2 (1.55%) Military
12 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.55%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.78%) Games
13 1 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 27 (20.93%) Developer
2 19 (14.73%) Lead
3 15 (11.63%) Senior
4 10 (7.75%) Product Owner
5 9 (6.98%) Analyst
5 9 (6.98%) Architect
6 8 (6.20%) Senior Developer
7 7 (5.43%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.43%) Software Developer
7 7 (5.43%) Software Engineer
8 6 (4.65%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.65%) Technical Leader
9 5 (3.88%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (3.88%) Project Leader
9 5 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.10%) Administrator
10 4 (3.10%) Consultant
10 4 (3.10%) Lead Project Manager
10 4 (3.10%) Technical Project Leader
10 4 (3.10%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.85%) .NET
2 10 (7.75%) React
3 7 (5.43%) .NET Core
4 6 (4.65%) .NET Framework
4 6 (4.65%) REST
5 5 (3.88%) Spring
5 5 (3.88%) Spring Boot
5 5 (3.88%) WPF
6 4 (3.10%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.10%) RESTful
7 3 (2.33%) CSS
7 3 (2.33%) HTML
7 3 (2.33%) Jest
7 3 (2.33%) Kafka
7 3 (2.33%) ModSecurity
7 3 (2.33%) Oracle ADF
7 3 (2.33%) Playwright
7 3 (2.33%) RxJS
7 3 (2.33%) Universal Windows Platform
7 3 (2.33%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.28%) Product Ownership
2 11 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.88%) Private Cloud
4 4 (3.10%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.10%) Reinsurance
4 4 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.33%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.55%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.55%) Replication
6 2 (1.55%) Wiki
7 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.78%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.78%) FMCG
7 1 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) IoT
7 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.20%) Windows
2 5 (3.88%) Linux
3 4 (3.10%) Android
4 3 (2.33%) Unix
5 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (18.60%) DevOps
3 22 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (17.05%) Scrum
4 21 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (16.28%) Software Engineering
5 19 (14.73%) Roadmaps
6 18 (13.95%) AI
6 18 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (13.18%) CI/CD
7 17 (13.18%) Validation
8 16 (12.40%) Analytics
9 15 (11.63%) Collaborative Culture
9 15 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
9 15 (11.63%) Machine Learning
9 15 (11.63%) Test Automation
10 14 (10.85%) Project Management
11 13 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (9.30%) Coaching
12 12 (9.30%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 23 (17.83%) SQL
2 19 (14.73%) JavaScript
2 19 (14.73%) Python
3 12 (9.30%) Java
4 11 (8.53%) C#
5 8 (6.20%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.10%) C
6 4 (3.10%) C++
6 4 (3.10%) MATLAB
6 4 (3.10%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.33%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.55%) Bash
8 2 (1.55%) Bicep
8 2 (1.55%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.55%) XAML
9 1 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.78%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (24.03%) Security Cleared
2 23 (17.83%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.85%) Degree
4 11 (8.53%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.43%) ACCA
5 7 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.88%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.55%) APMG
8 2 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.55%) CISSP
8 2 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.78%) CISM
9 1 (0.78%) MCSA
9 1 (0.78%) MCSE
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.78%) PMP
9 1 (0.78%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.98%) QA
2 7 (5.43%) GAAP
2 7 (5.43%) IFRS
3 2 (1.55%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.55%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.55%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.78%) GRC
4 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.78%) NIST
4 1 (0.78%) P3O
4 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (6.98%) Docker
2 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (10.85%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.65%) Terraform
3 3 (2.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.78%) Ansible
4 1 (0.78%) Kibana
4 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (10.08%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.98%) SAP
3 8 (6.20%) Oracle
4 3 (2.33%) IFS
4 3 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.33%) Syncfusion
4 3 (2.33%) Telerik
5 2 (1.55%) Samsung
5 2 (1.55%) SnapLogic
5 2 (1.55%) Sparx
6 1 (0.78%) Ariba
6 1 (0.78%) Avaloq
6 1 (0.78%) Databricks
6 1 (0.78%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (0.78%) Google
6 1 (0.78%) Informatica
6 1 (0.78%) Meraki
6 1 (0.78%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.78%) VMware