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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -15 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 124 269 593
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 6.42% 17.62% 37.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.64% 20.46% 39.43%
Number of salaries quoted 94 123 499
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,450 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,875 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.94% +8.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,875 £84,056
90th Percentile £85,500 £93,522 £96,539
South West median annual salary £57,500 £59,954 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.09% -0.49% +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 1,286 1,315 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 66.63% 86.12% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 961 723 1,243
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.80% +8.23%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,750 £87,500 £88,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,351
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.09% +5.04%

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 December 2025.

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 8 (6.45%) Confluence
2 3 (2.42%) Tomcat
2 3 (2.42%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.42%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (1.61%) CMS
3 2 (1.61%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.81%) JBoss
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.81%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.42%) Simulink
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.61%) Windchill
4 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.81%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.23%) Primavera
2 3 (2.42%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.61%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 39 (31.45%) Azure
2 23 (18.55%) AWS
3 11 (8.87%) SaaS
4 10 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (7.26%) Power Platform
6 8 (6.45%) GitHub
7 5 (4.03%) GCP
8 4 (3.23%) OCI
9 3 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.42%) Datadog
9 3 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.42%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.42%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.42%) Serverless
10 2 (1.61%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.61%) Pulumi
11 1 (0.81%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.61%) Firewall
2 1 (0.81%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.84%) Power BI
2 4 (3.23%) Looker
2 4 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.23%) Tableau
3 3 (2.42%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.42%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.42%) Oracle Discoverer
3 3 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.61%) DB2
4 2 (1.61%) GIS
4 2 (1.61%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.61%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.81%) Power Query
5 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.26%) Jenkins
2 7 (5.65%) JIRA
3 5 (4.03%) Git
4 3 (2.42%) GitLab
4 3 (2.42%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (2.42%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.61%) CircleCI
5 2 (1.61%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.81%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.81%) Appium
6 1 (0.81%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.81%) Xcode
General
1 38 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 37 (29.84%) Finance
3 16 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.29%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.87%) Telecoms
6 10 (8.06%) Manufacturing
6 10 (8.06%) Marketing
7 6 (4.84%) Electronics
8 4 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.42%) Back Office
9 3 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.42%) Military
9 3 (2.42%) Retail
10 2 (1.61%) Cyber-Physical System
10 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Legal
10 2 (1.61%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.61%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (21.77%) Developer
2 20 (16.13%) Senior
3 18 (14.52%) Lead
4 10 (8.06%) Principal Engineer
4 10 (8.06%) Product Owner
4 10 (8.06%) Project Manager
5 9 (7.26%) Software Developer
6 7 (5.65%) Senior Developer
6 7 (5.65%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (4.84%) Analyst
7 6 (4.84%) Architect
7 6 (4.84%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Applications Developer
8 5 (4.03%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.03%) Project Leader
8 5 (4.03%) Software Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.03%) Technical Leader
8 5 (4.03%) Technical Manager
8 5 (4.03%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.52%) .NET
2 11 (8.87%) React
3 8 (6.45%) .NET Framework
4 7 (5.65%) .NET Core
4 7 (5.65%) WPF
5 6 (4.84%) Spring
5 6 (4.84%) Spring Boot
6 5 (4.03%) HTML
6 5 (4.03%) REST
6 5 (4.03%) Universal Windows Platform
6 5 (4.03%) WinUI
7 4 (3.23%) CSS
8 3 (2.42%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.42%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.42%) ModSecurity
8 3 (2.42%) Oracle ADF
8 3 (2.42%) RESTful
8 3 (2.42%) WebCenter
9 2 (1.61%) Kafka
9 2 (1.61%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.13%) Product Ownership
2 13 (10.48%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.23%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.42%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.61%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.61%) IoT
5 2 (1.61%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.61%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.61%) PMI
5 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.61%) Smart City
5 2 (1.61%) Smart Home
6 1 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.81%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.26%) Windows
2 6 (4.84%) Linux
3 3 (2.42%) Unix
4 2 (1.61%) Android
5 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (17.74%) Scrum
3 21 (16.94%) DevOps
4 19 (15.32%) Software Engineering
5 18 (14.52%) AI
6 17 (13.71%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (13.71%) CI/CD
6 17 (13.71%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.29%) Machine Learning
8 13 (10.48%) Collaborative Culture
8 13 (10.48%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (10.48%) Kanban
8 13 (10.48%) Project Delivery
8 13 (10.48%) Test Automation
9 12 (9.68%) Analytics
9 12 (9.68%) Project Management
9 12 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (8.87%) Coaching
10 11 (8.87%) Service Management
10 11 (8.87%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.32%) JavaScript
2 18 (14.52%) Python
3 15 (12.10%) SQL
4 14 (11.29%) C#
5 12 (9.68%) Java
6 6 (4.84%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.03%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.23%) Bash
8 4 (3.23%) C
8 4 (3.23%) C++
9 3 (2.42%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.42%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.61%) PHP
10 2 (1.61%) XAML
11 1 (0.81%) Bicep
11 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.81%) Perl
Qualifications
1 28 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.68%) Degree
3 12 (9.68%) DV Cleared
4 8 (6.45%) ACCA
4 8 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.42%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.61%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.61%) CCNA
7 2 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.61%) CISM
7 2 (1.61%) CISSP
7 2 (1.61%) MAPM
7 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.81%) CAPM
8 1 (0.81%) IIBA
8 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.45%) GAAP
1 8 (6.45%) IFRS
2 5 (4.03%) QA
3 3 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.61%) Def Stans
4 2 (1.61%) GRC
4 2 (1.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.81%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.81%) P3O
5 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.81%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (7.26%) Docker
2 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (12.10%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.65%) Terraform
3 3 (2.42%) Ansible
3 3 (2.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (1.61%) Grafana
5 1 (0.81%) Kibana
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.84%) SAP
3 5 (4.03%) Oracle
3 5 (4.03%) Syncfusion
3 5 (4.03%) Telerik
4 3 (2.42%) IFS
5 2 (1.61%) Cisco
5 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.81%) Foundry
6 1 (0.81%) Google
6 1 (0.81%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.81%) Palantir
6 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.81%) Siemens
6 1 (0.81%) SnapLogic
6 1 (0.81%) Sparx