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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -15 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 120 264 586
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 6.00% 18.26% 35.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.17% 20.85% 37.86%
Number of salaries quoted 94 124 499
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,813 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -5.86% +8.75%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,188 £84,056
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,394 £96,539
South West median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +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 1,308 1,266 1,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.37% 87.55% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 972 690 1,269
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,938 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,900 £87,500 £90,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +7.49%

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 31 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 (6.67%) 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%) 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 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.67%) Simulink
3 2 (1.67%) Windchill
4 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
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%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 36 (30.00%) Azure
2 21 (17.50%) AWS
3 13 (10.83%) SaaS
4 8 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.83%) GitHub
6 4 (3.33%) GCP
6 4 (3.33%) OCI
7 3 (2.50%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.50%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.67%) Datadog
8 2 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.67%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.83%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.83%) PaaS
9 1 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.67%) Firewall
2 1 (0.83%) Network Security
2 1 (0.83%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.17%) Power BI
2 4 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.50%) Looker
3 3 (2.50%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.50%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.50%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.50%) Oracle Discoverer
3 3 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.50%) Tableau
4 2 (1.67%) DB2
4 2 (1.67%) GIS
5 1 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.83%) Power Query
5 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.83%) Jenkins
1 7 (5.83%) JIRA
2 3 (2.50%) Git
2 3 (2.50%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (2.50%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.67%) CircleCI
3 2 (1.67%) GitLab
3 2 (1.67%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.83%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.83%) Appium
4 1 (0.83%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.83%) Xcode
General
1 35 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 33 (27.50%) Finance
3 14 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 11 (9.17%) Telecoms
6 10 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 9 (7.50%) Marketing
8 6 (5.00%) Electronics
9 4 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.50%) Back Office
11 2 (1.67%) Cyber-Physical System
11 2 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.67%) Legal
11 2 (1.67%) Military
11 2 (1.67%) Retail
11 2 (1.67%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.67%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (23.33%) Developer
2 22 (18.33%) Senior
3 17 (14.17%) Lead
4 11 (9.17%) Principal Engineer
5 10 (8.33%) Project Manager
6 9 (7.50%) Software Engineer
6 9 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (6.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 8 (6.67%) Product Owner
7 8 (6.67%) Software Developer
8 7 (5.83%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) 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%) Project Leader
10 5 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.33%) .NET
2 11 (9.17%) 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 3 (2.50%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.50%) ASP.NET
7 3 (2.50%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.50%) ModSecurity
7 3 (2.50%) Oracle ADF
7 3 (2.50%) RESTful
7 3 (2.50%) WebCenter
8 2 (1.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.17%) Product Ownership
2 12 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.33%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.50%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.67%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.67%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.67%) IoT
5 2 (1.67%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.67%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.67%) PMI
5 2 (1.67%) Smart City
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%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.67%) Windows
2 5 (4.17%) 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 21 (17.50%) Scrum
2 21 (17.50%) Software Engineering
3 18 (15.00%) DevOps
4 17 (14.17%) AI
5 16 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.67%) CI/CD
8 13 (10.83%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (10.83%) Machine Learning
8 13 (10.83%) Project Delivery
9 12 (10.00%) Project Management
10 11 (9.17%) Analytics
10 11 (9.17%) Collaborative Culture
10 11 (9.17%) Computer Science
10 11 (9.17%) Kanban
10 11 (9.17%) Test Automation
11 10 (8.33%) Coaching
11 10 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (8.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.50%) JavaScript
2 16 (13.33%) Python
3 14 (11.67%) C#
3 14 (11.67%) SQL
4 12 (10.00%) Java
5 7 (5.83%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.50%) C
6 3 (2.50%) C++
6 3 (2.50%) PHP
6 3 (2.50%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.50%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.67%) Bash
7 2 (1.67%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.67%) XAML
8 1 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.83%) Perl
Qualifications
1 28 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.83%) DV Cleared
4 12 (10.00%) Degree
5 8 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (5.00%) ACCA
7 3 (2.50%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.67%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.67%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.67%) CCNA
8 2 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.67%) CISM
8 2 (1.67%) CISSP
8 2 (1.67%) MAPM
8 2 (1.67%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.83%) CAPM
9 1 (0.83%) IIBA
9 1 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.00%) GAAP
1 6 (5.00%) IFRS
2 4 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.33%) QA
3 2 (1.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.67%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.67%) GRC
3 2 (1.67%) NIST
4 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.83%) NCSC
4 1 (0.83%) P3O
4 1 (0.83%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (6.67%) Docker
2 4 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.83%) Firmware
3 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.33%) Terraform
3 3 (2.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (1.67%) Ansible
4 2 (1.67%) Grafana
5 1 (0.83%) Kibana
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (9.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.00%) SAP
3 5 (4.17%) Syncfusion
3 5 (4.17%) Telerik
4 4 (3.33%) Oracle
5 3 (2.50%) IFS
6 2 (1.67%) Cisco
6 2 (1.67%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.83%) Foundry
7 1 (0.83%) Google
7 1 (0.83%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.83%) Palantir
7 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.83%) Siemens
7 1 (0.83%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.83%) Sparx