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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Agile 235 129 318
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.61% 11.78% 12.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.85% 15.03% 16.39%
Number of salaries quoted 142 89 178
10th Percentile £40,125 £45,100 £41,000
25th Percentile £51,563 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.04% +1.66%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £85,000
South West median annual salary £60,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.22% -4.17% -

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 2,166 858 1,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.17% 78.36% 78.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,615 629 1,274
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,600 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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 10 September 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 (5.11%) Confluence
1 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.13%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.85%) Apache
3 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.85%) nginx
3 2 (0.85%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.85%) Simulink
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.13%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (25.96%) Azure
2 36 (15.32%) AWS
3 31 (13.19%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (9.79%) Serverless
5 22 (9.36%) GitHub
6 18 (7.66%) PaaS
7 14 (5.96%) IaaS
7 14 (5.96%) SaaS
8 13 (5.53%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (5.11%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.11%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (4.26%) GCP
11 9 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (3.83%) Slack
12 8 (3.40%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (2.55%) Amazon S3
14 6 (2.55%) Anthropic Claude
15 5 (2.13%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.11%) VPN
2 3 (1.28%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.28%) TETRA
3 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.43%) DAB
4 1 (0.43%) DNS
4 1 (0.43%) Firewall
4 1 (0.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (5.53%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.83%) MongoDB
3 9 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.40%) MySQL
4 8 (3.40%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.13%) Hadoop
5 5 (2.13%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.70%) Big Data
6 4 (1.70%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.85%) Power BI
7 2 (0.85%) Redis
7 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (17.87%) Git
2 30 (12.77%) JIRA
3 7 (2.98%) GitLab
3 7 (2.98%) Postman
4 4 (1.70%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.28%) git-flow
6 2 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.85%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.85%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.43%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.43%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (27.23%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.74%) Finance
3 33 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.36%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.23%) Law
7 15 (6.38%) Aerospace
8 12 (5.11%) Local Government
9 10 (4.26%) Legal
10 8 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.40%) Marketing
11 7 (2.98%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.85%) Electronics
13 2 (0.85%) Retail
14 1 (0.43%) Aviation
14 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 47 (20.00%) Senior
2 40 (17.02%) Developer
3 32 (13.62%) Lead
4 28 (11.91%) Analyst
4 28 (11.91%) Software Engineer
5 14 (5.96%) Principal Engineer
5 14 (5.96%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (5.53%) Data Engineer
6 13 (5.53%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (5.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 12 (5.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 10 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (3.83%) Architect
9 9 (3.83%) Business Analyst
9 9 (3.83%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.40%) Product Owner
10 8 (3.40%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.40%) Senior Business Analyst
10 8 (3.40%) Software Developer
10 8 (3.40%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.34%) Terraform
2 16 (6.81%) .NET
3 15 (6.38%) React
4 14 (5.96%) RESTful
5 11 (4.68%) REST
6 9 (3.83%) ASP.NET
7 8 (3.40%) ASP.NET Core
8 7 (2.98%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.98%) GraphQL
8 7 (2.98%) MFC
8 7 (2.98%) React Native
8 7 (2.98%) Web Services
9 6 (2.55%) AWS CDK
10 5 (2.13%) AngularJS
10 5 (2.13%) Blazor
10 5 (2.13%) Flutter
10 5 (2.13%) ML.NET
10 5 (2.13%) Next.js
10 5 (2.13%) OAuth
11 4 (1.70%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.51%) Cloud Native
1 20 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (7.23%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.11%) Blog
3 12 (5.11%) Podcast
3 12 (5.11%) Public Cloud
3 12 (5.11%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.68%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.83%) NHS
6 8 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.98%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.13%) iPhone
9 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.70%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.28%) Social Media
12 2 (0.85%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.85%) PropTech
13 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (14.47%) Windows
2 12 (5.11%) Android
2 12 (5.11%) Linux
2 12 (5.11%) VMS
3 8 (3.40%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.85%) Debian
5 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (27.23%) CI/CD
2 62 (26.38%) Software Engineering
3 61 (25.96%) DevOps
4 55 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (23.40%) Scrum
5 50 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (19.15%) Mentoring
7 42 (17.87%) AI
8 40 (17.02%) Decision-Making
9 35 (14.89%) Test Automation
10 32 (13.62%) Roadmaps
11 31 (13.19%) Coaching
12 29 (12.34%) SDLC
13 28 (11.91%) Infrastructure as Code
14 27 (11.49%) Analytics
14 27 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (10.21%) Technical Leadership
16 22 (9.36%) Generative AI
17 21 (8.94%) Code Quality
18 20 (8.51%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.13%) SQL
2 32 (13.62%) C#
3 31 (13.19%) Python
4 24 (10.21%) JavaScript
5 22 (9.36%) Bash
6 18 (7.66%) Java
6 18 (7.66%) PowerShell
7 15 (6.38%) C++
8 12 (5.11%) Bicep
8 12 (5.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (2.98%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.70%) PHP
11 2 (0.85%) Go
11 2 (0.85%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.85%) Ruby
11 2 (0.85%) Scala
11 2 (0.85%) VB
11 2 (0.85%) XAML
12 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 44 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.36%) Degree
4 15 (6.38%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.11%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.28%) APMP
8 3 (1.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.28%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.28%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.85%) CSPO
9 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.85%) PMP
10 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.53%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.68%) QA
3 9 (3.83%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.70%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (1.70%) ISO 26262
5 4 (1.70%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.28%) NCSC
6 3 (1.28%) PMO
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
7 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (7.23%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.38%) Docker
3 12 (5.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.68%) Ansible
1 11 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.98%) Puppet
3 5 (2.13%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.43%) Grafana
5 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.11%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (5.11%) VMware
3 11 (4.68%) Google
4 8 (3.40%) Intel
5 5 (2.13%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.13%) Oracle
5 5 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.70%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.28%) YouTube
8 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.43%) Databricks