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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -18 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 120 261 617
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 5.66% 19.01% 32.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.91% 21.25% 34.64%
Number of salaries quoted 100 123 521
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £49,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -7.69% +9.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £84,056
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,522 £96,539
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

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 1,347 1,228 1,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 63.51% 89.44% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 657 1,440
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £35,975
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% +8.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,900 £85,000 £87,550
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%

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 18 January 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 8 (6.67%) Confluence
2 3 (2.50%) Tomcat
2 3 (2.50%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.50%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (1.67%) CMS
3 2 (1.67%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (1.67%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.83%) JBoss
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.83%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.67%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.67%) Windchill
4 1 (0.83%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Primavera
2 3 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.50%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.67%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (30.83%) Azure
2 24 (20.00%) AWS
3 15 (12.50%) SaaS
4 8 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.67%) GitHub
5 7 (5.83%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.00%) GCP
7 4 (3.33%) OCI
8 3 (2.50%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.50%) Datadog
8 3 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.50%) Serverless
9 2 (1.67%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.67%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.67%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.67%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.67%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.67%) Firewall
2 1 (0.83%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.83%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (3.33%) Power BI
4 3 (2.50%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.50%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.50%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.50%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (2.50%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.67%) DB2
5 2 (1.67%) GIS
5 2 (1.67%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.67%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.67%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.83%) Looker
6 1 (0.83%) Power Query
6 1 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.83%) JIRA
2 6 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.50%) CircleCI
3 3 (2.50%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (2.50%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.67%) DBeaver
4 2 (1.67%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.83%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.83%) Appium
5 1 (0.83%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.83%) Git
5 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.83%) Xcode
General
1 36 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (23.33%) Finance
3 12 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 11 (9.17%) Telecoms
5 10 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.83%) Marketing
7 6 (5.00%) Electronics
8 4 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.50%) Back Office
10 2 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.67%) Legal
10 2 (1.67%) Military
10 2 (1.67%) Retail
10 2 (1.67%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.67%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.83%) Cyber-Physical System
11 1 (0.83%) Games
11 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (24.17%) Developer
2 23 (19.17%) Senior
3 18 (15.00%) Lead
4 11 (9.17%) Principal Engineer
4 11 (9.17%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (8.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 9 (7.50%) Project Manager
6 9 (7.50%) Software Engineer
7 8 (6.67%) Software Developer
8 7 (5.83%) Analyst
8 7 (5.83%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Business Analyst
9 6 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Senior Developer
9 6 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (4.17%) Applications Developer
10 5 (4.17%) Architect
10 5 (4.17%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.33%) .NET
2 12 (10.00%) React
3 8 (6.67%) .NET Framework
4 7 (5.83%) WPF
5 6 (5.00%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.00%) Spring
5 6 (5.00%) Spring Boot
6 5 (4.17%) CSS
6 5 (4.17%) HTML
6 5 (4.17%) REST
6 5 (4.17%) Universal Windows Platform
6 5 (4.17%) WinUI
7 4 (3.33%) RESTful
8 3 (2.50%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.50%) ASP.NET
8 3 (2.50%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.50%) ModSecurity
8 3 (2.50%) Oracle ADF
8 3 (2.50%) WebCenter
9 2 (1.67%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.67%) Product Ownership
2 12 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.33%) Educational Technology
3 4 (3.33%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.50%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.67%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.67%) IoT
5 2 (1.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.67%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.67%) PMI
5 2 (1.67%) Smart Home
6 1 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.83%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.67%) Windows
2 6 (5.00%) Linux
3 3 (2.50%) Unix
4 1 (0.83%) Android
4 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (18.33%) Scrum
3 21 (17.50%) DevOps
3 21 (17.50%) Software Engineering
4 18 (15.00%) CI/CD
5 17 (14.17%) AI
6 15 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.67%) Full-Stack Development
8 12 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 12 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 12 (10.00%) Project Management
8 12 (10.00%) Test Automation
9 11 (9.17%) Computer Science
9 11 (9.17%) Machine Learning
10 10 (8.33%) Analytics
10 10 (8.33%) Coaching
10 10 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
11 9 (7.50%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (7.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 20 (16.67%) Python
3 16 (13.33%) SQL
4 14 (11.67%) C#
5 13 (10.83%) Java
6 8 (6.67%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.17%) PHP
8 4 (3.33%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.50%) Bash
9 3 (2.50%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.67%) XAML
11 1 (0.83%) C
11 1 (0.83%) C++
11 1 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.83%) Perl
Qualifications
1 27 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.83%) Degree
3 13 (10.83%) DV Cleared
4 8 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.33%) ACCA
6 3 (2.50%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.67%) CCNA
7 2 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.67%) IIBA
7 2 (1.67%) MAPM
7 2 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.83%) CISSP
8 1 (0.83%) OCA
8 1 (0.83%) OCP
8 1 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.83%) PMP
8 1 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.17%) QA
2 4 (3.33%) GAAP
2 4 (3.33%) IFRS
3 3 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.67%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.67%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.83%) GRC
5 1 (0.83%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.83%) NCSC
5 1 (0.83%) NIST
5 1 (0.83%) P3O
5 1 (0.83%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (8.33%) Docker
2 4 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.83%) Firmware
3 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (11.67%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.17%) Terraform
3 3 (2.50%) Ansible
3 3 (2.50%) Grafana
3 3 (2.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.83%) Kibana
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (9.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.00%) Oracle
2 6 (5.00%) SAP
3 5 (4.17%) Syncfusion
3 5 (4.17%) Telerik
4 3 (2.50%) IFS
5 2 (1.67%) Cisco
5 2 (1.67%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.83%) Foundry
6 1 (0.83%) Google
6 1 (0.83%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.83%) Palantir
6 1 (0.83%) Siemens
6 1 (0.83%) SnapLogic
6 1 (0.83%) Sparx