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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 7 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 133 286 625
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 9.49% 13.96% 38.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.98% 17.56% 40.22%
Number of salaries quoted 95 131 536
10th Percentile £48,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +9.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,627
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £96,539
South West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +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 1,025 1,629 1,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 73.11% 79.54% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 758 941 1,301
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,451
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.92% +8.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 8 November 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 8 November 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 -
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 8 (6.02%) Confluence
2 4 (3.01%) Appian
3 3 (2.26%) CMS
3 3 (2.26%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.26%) Umbraco
3 3 (2.26%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.26%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.75%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.26%) Simulink
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.75%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.01%) Primavera
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (28.57%) Azure
2 23 (17.29%) AWS
3 13 (9.77%) Power Platform
4 11 (8.27%) SaaS
5 10 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.76%) GitHub
6 5 (3.76%) Serverless
7 4 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.01%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.26%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.26%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.26%) OCI
8 3 (2.26%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.50%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.50%) Boomi
9 2 (1.50%) GCP
9 2 (1.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.01%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) DNS
2 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.75%) SMS
2 1 (0.75%) VPN
2 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.52%) Power BI
2 5 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.01%) Looker
3 4 (3.01%) Tableau
4 3 (2.26%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.50%) GIS
5 2 (1.50%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.50%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.50%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.50%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.75%) DB2
6 1 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.75%) MySQL
6 1 (0.75%) Power Query
6 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Git
2 9 (6.77%) JIRA
3 7 (5.26%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.01%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (2.26%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.26%) GitLab
5 3 (2.26%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (1.50%) Appium
6 2 (1.50%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.50%) webpack
7 1 (0.75%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.75%) Xcode
General
1 46 (34.59%) Finance
2 42 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.78%) Public Sector
4 15 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.02%) Manufacturing
6 11 (8.27%) Telecoms
7 10 (7.52%) Marketing
8 6 (4.51%) Electronics
9 5 (3.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.01%) Legal
10 4 (3.01%) Retail
11 3 (2.26%) Back Office
11 3 (2.26%) Banking
12 2 (1.50%) Military
12 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.50%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.75%) Games
13 1 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (21.80%) Developer
2 19 (14.29%) Lead
3 14 (10.53%) Senior
4 10 (7.52%) Product Owner
5 8 (6.02%) Analyst
5 8 (6.02%) Architect
5 8 (6.02%) Project Manager
5 8 (6.02%) Senior Developer
5 8 (6.02%) Software Developer
6 7 (5.26%) Principal Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.51%) Technical Leader
8 5 (3.76%) Project Leader
8 5 (3.76%) Software Engineer
8 5 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.76%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.76%) Technical Manager
8 5 (3.76%) Technical Project Manager
9 4 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (3.01%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.03%) .NET
2 10 (7.52%) React
3 7 (5.26%) .NET Core
3 7 (5.26%) .NET Framework
4 6 (4.51%) WPF
5 5 (3.76%) Spring
5 5 (3.76%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.01%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.01%) CSS
6 4 (3.01%) HTML
6 4 (3.01%) REST
6 4 (3.01%) Universal Windows Platform
6 4 (3.01%) WinUI
7 3 (2.26%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.26%) Jest
7 3 (2.26%) ModSecurity
7 3 (2.26%) Oracle ADF
7 3 (2.26%) Playwright
7 3 (2.26%) RESTful
7 3 (2.26%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.29%) Product Ownership
2 12 (9.02%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.01%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.01%) Private Cloud
4 4 (3.01%) Reinsurance
4 4 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.50%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.50%) IoT
5 2 (1.50%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.50%) Replication
5 2 (1.50%) Wiki
6 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.75%) FMCG
6 1 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.75%) NHS
6 1 (0.75%) Smart City
6 1 (0.75%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.77%) Windows
2 5 (3.76%) Linux
3 4 (3.01%) Android
4 3 (2.26%) Unix
5 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (23.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (18.80%) DevOps
2 25 (18.80%) Scrum
3 21 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (15.04%) AI
4 20 (15.04%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 19 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (13.53%) CI/CD
7 17 (12.78%) Roadmaps
8 16 (12.03%) Machine Learning
9 15 (11.28%) Collaborative Culture
9 15 (11.28%) Test Automation
9 15 (11.28%) Validation
10 14 (10.53%) Analytics
10 14 (10.53%) Kanban
10 14 (10.53%) Project Management
10 14 (10.53%) Service Management
11 13 (9.77%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (9.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.04%) Python
1 20 (15.04%) SQL
2 19 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 13 (9.77%) C#
4 11 (8.27%) Java
5 8 (6.02%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.01%) C
6 4 (3.01%) C++
6 4 (3.01%) MATLAB
6 4 (3.01%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.26%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.50%) Bash
8 2 (1.50%) Bicep
8 2 (1.50%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.50%) XAML
9 1 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.75%) PHP
Qualifications
1 29 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 22 (16.54%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.28%) Degree
4 11 (8.27%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.02%) ACCA
5 8 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.76%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.26%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.50%) APMG
8 2 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.50%) CCNA
8 2 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.75%) CISSP
9 1 (0.75%) MCSE
9 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.75%) PMP
9 1 (0.75%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.77%) QA
2 8 (6.02%) GAAP
2 8 (6.02%) IFRS
3 2 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.50%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.75%) GRC
4 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.75%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) P3O
4 1 (0.75%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (6.77%) Docker
2 3 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.75%) Firmware
3 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.51%) Terraform
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.75%) Ansible
4 1 (0.75%) Kibana
4 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.77%) SAP
3 8 (6.02%) Oracle
4 4 (3.01%) Syncfusion
4 4 (3.01%) Telerik
5 3 (2.26%) IFS
6 2 (1.50%) Cisco
6 2 (1.50%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.50%) Samsung
6 2 (1.50%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.50%) SnapLogic
6 2 (1.50%) Sparx
7 1 (0.75%) Ariba
7 1 (0.75%) Databricks
7 1 (0.75%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (0.75%) Google
7 1 (0.75%) Informatica
7 1 (0.75%) Meraki
7 1 (0.75%) MuleSoft