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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -22 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 121 253 615
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 4.25% 26.14% 21.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.86% 27.99% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 99 166 484
10th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £63,376
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.38% +5.63%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £97,500
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -4.17% +0.75% +3.57%

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 1,764 904 2,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 61.94% 93.39% 88.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,331 619 2,060
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,160 £33,975
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -2.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,387 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,500
% change year-on-year -0.19% +4.16% -3.81%

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 22 April 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 6 (4.96%) Confluence
2 3 (2.48%) NServiceBus
3 2 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.65%) CMS
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.83%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.83%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.83%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.83%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.83%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
1 2 (1.65%) Windchill
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.83%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Visualfiles
2 2 (1.65%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.83%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (25.62%) Azure
2 22 (18.18%) SaaS
3 14 (11.57%) AWS
4 9 (7.44%) GCP
5 8 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.61%) GitHub
6 6 (4.96%) Datadog
6 6 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (4.96%) Serverless
7 3 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (2.48%) IaaS
7 3 (2.48%) PaaS
7 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.48%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.65%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.65%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.65%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.65%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.65%) DAB
2 1 (0.83%) Firewall
2 1 (0.83%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.79%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.48%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.48%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.65%) MySQL
4 2 (1.65%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.65%) Oracle ODI
4 2 (1.65%) Power BI
4 2 (1.65%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.83%) Big Data
5 1 (0.83%) DB2
5 1 (0.83%) GIS
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (9.09%) JIRA
2 7 (5.79%) Git
3 6 (4.96%) CircleCI
3 6 (4.96%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.65%) DBeaver
5 1 (0.83%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.83%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 35 (28.93%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.40%) Finance
3 14 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.13%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.31%) Electronics
5 4 (3.31%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.31%) Marketing
5 4 (3.31%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.65%) Social Housing
6 2 (1.65%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.83%) Cyber-Physical System
7 1 (0.83%) Military
7 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (21.49%) Senior
2 25 (20.66%) Developer
3 18 (14.88%) Lead
4 13 (10.74%) Principal Engineer
4 13 (10.74%) Systems Engineer
5 12 (9.92%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 11 (9.09%) Analyst
6 11 (9.09%) Business Analyst
7 10 (8.26%) PHP Developer
7 10 (8.26%) Project Manager
8 7 (5.79%) Software Developer
9 6 (4.96%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Embedded Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.96%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (4.96%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.74%) .NET
2 9 (7.44%) CSS
2 9 (7.44%) HTML
3 8 (6.61%) ASP.NET
4 7 (5.79%) REST
5 6 (4.96%) React
6 5 (4.13%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.31%) RESTful
8 3 (2.48%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.48%) GraphQL
8 3 (2.48%) OAuth
8 3 (2.48%) React Native
8 3 (2.48%) Web Services
9 2 (1.65%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.65%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (1.65%) Flutter
9 2 (1.65%) JWT
9 2 (1.65%) OAuth2
9 2 (1.65%) Universal Windows Platform
9 2 (1.65%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.26%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.61%) Educational Technology
3 7 (5.79%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.31%) PMI
5 3 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.65%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.65%) IoT
6 2 (1.65%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.65%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.65%) Smart Home
7 1 (0.83%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.83%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.61%) Linux
2 5 (4.13%) Windows
3 3 (2.48%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.65%) Android
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (23.14%) Scrum
3 22 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 22 (18.18%) DevOps
4 19 (15.70%) Test Automation
5 17 (14.05%) Software Engineering
6 16 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (12.40%) Project Delivery
8 14 (11.57%) Project Management
9 13 (10.74%) Coaching
9 13 (10.74%) Kanban
9 13 (10.74%) PRINCE2
9 13 (10.74%) SDLC
10 11 (9.09%) Computer Science
11 10 (8.26%) Decision-Making
11 10 (8.26%) Sprint Planning
12 9 (7.44%) Code Quality
12 9 (7.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 9 (7.44%) Mentoring
13 8 (6.61%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 17 (14.05%) Python
3 16 (13.22%) C#
4 13 (10.74%) SQL
5 11 (9.09%) PHP
6 7 (5.79%) Bash
6 7 (5.79%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.79%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.13%) Java
8 1 (0.83%) Go
8 1 (0.83%) Perl
8 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.57%) Degree
3 12 (9.92%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.96%) PMI Certification
6 4 (3.31%) MAPM
7 3 (2.48%) CAPM
8 2 (1.65%) CCNA
8 2 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.65%) IIBA
8 2 (1.65%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.65%) PMP
8 2 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.83%) APMP
9 1 (0.83%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.83%) CISSP
9 1 (0.83%) OCA
9 1 (0.83%) OCP
9 1 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.13%) ISO 9001
2 5 (4.13%) QA
3 4 (3.31%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.31%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.31%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.83%) GAAP
5 1 (0.83%) GRC
5 1 (0.83%) IFRS
5 1 (0.83%) NCSC
5 1 (0.83%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (9.09%) Docker
2 2 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (7.44%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.61%) Terraform
3 7 (5.79%) Ansible
4 6 (4.96%) Grafana
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.83%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.83%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.13%) Oracle
3 4 (3.31%) SAP
4 2 (1.65%) Cisco
4 2 (1.65%) Databricks
4 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.65%) Syncfusion
4 2 (1.65%) Telerik
5 1 (0.83%) Foundry
5 1 (0.83%) IFS
5 1 (0.83%) Palantir
5 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.83%) Siemens