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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 121 268 674
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 5.54% 20.11% 30.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.80% 22.11% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 103 126 564
10th Percentile £47,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £49,563 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +9.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,778 £96,539
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.45%

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 1,375 1,212 2,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 62.99% 90.92% 92.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 641 1,655
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £86,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -0.09%

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 27 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 (6.61%) Confluence
2 3 (2.48%) Tomcat
2 3 (2.48%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.48%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (1.65%) CMS
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (1.65%) 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 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.65%) Windchill
5 1 (0.83%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Primavera
2 3 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.65%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 39 (32.23%) Azure
2 25 (20.66%) AWS
3 17 (14.05%) SaaS
4 9 (7.44%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (7.44%) GitHub
5 7 (5.79%) GCP
6 6 (4.96%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.31%) Datadog
7 4 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.31%) OCI
8 3 (2.48%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.48%) Serverless
9 2 (1.65%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.65%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.65%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.65%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.65%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.65%) Firewall
2 1 (0.83%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.79%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.13%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.48%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.48%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.48%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.48%) Oracle Discoverer
3 3 (2.48%) Power BI
3 3 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.65%) DB2
4 2 (1.65%) GIS
4 2 (1.65%) Oracle ODI
4 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.65%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.83%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Jenkins
1 7 (5.79%) JIRA
2 4 (3.31%) CircleCI
3 3 (2.48%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (2.48%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.65%) DBeaver
4 2 (1.65%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.83%) Git
5 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
General
1 36 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.49%) Finance
3 12 (9.92%) Public Sector
4 11 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 10 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.26%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.96%) Electronics
6 6 (4.96%) Marketing
7 4 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.48%) Back Office
9 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.65%) Legal
9 2 (1.65%) Military
9 2 (1.65%) Retail
9 2 (1.65%) Social Housing
9 2 (1.65%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.83%) Cyber-Physical System
10 1 (0.83%) Games
10 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 31 (25.62%) Developer
2 24 (19.83%) Senior
3 18 (14.88%) Lead
4 12 (9.92%) Principal Engineer
4 12 (9.92%) Systems Engineer
5 11 (9.09%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 10 (8.26%) Project Manager
7 9 (7.44%) Software Engineer
8 8 (6.61%) Software Developer
9 7 (5.79%) Analyst
9 7 (5.79%) Senior Software Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.96%) Embedded Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) PHP Developer
10 6 (4.96%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.96%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 5 (4.13%) Applications Developer
11 5 (4.13%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.22%) .NET
2 12 (9.92%) React
3 8 (6.61%) .NET Framework
4 7 (5.79%) WPF
5 6 (4.96%) .NET Core
5 6 (4.96%) Spring
5 6 (4.96%) Spring Boot
6 5 (4.13%) CSS
6 5 (4.13%) HTML
6 5 (4.13%) REST
6 5 (4.13%) Universal Windows Platform
6 5 (4.13%) WinUI
7 3 (2.48%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.48%) ASP.NET
7 3 (2.48%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.48%) ModSecurity
7 3 (2.48%) Oracle ADF
7 3 (2.48%) RESTful
7 3 (2.48%) WebCenter
8 2 (1.65%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.74%) Product Ownership
2 12 (9.92%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.96%) Educational Technology
4 4 (3.31%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.48%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.65%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.65%) IoT
6 2 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.65%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.65%) PMI
6 2 (1.65%) Smart Home
7 1 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.83%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.61%) Windows
2 7 (5.79%) Linux
3 3 (2.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 23 (19.01%) DevOps
3 22 (18.18%) Scrum
4 21 (17.36%) Software Engineering
5 19 (15.70%) CI/CD
6 17 (14.05%) AI
7 16 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (11.57%) Full-Stack Development
9 13 (10.74%) Project Delivery
9 13 (10.74%) Project Management
10 12 (9.92%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
11 11 (9.09%) Computer Science
12 10 (8.26%) Coaching
12 10 (8.26%) Machine Learning
12 10 (8.26%) Sprint Planning
13 9 (7.44%) Analytics
13 9 (7.44%) Kanban
13 9 (7.44%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.66%) JavaScript
2 21 (17.36%) Python
3 16 (13.22%) SQL
4 14 (11.57%) C#
5 13 (10.74%) Java
6 7 (5.79%) PHP
6 7 (5.79%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.13%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.31%) Bash
9 3 (2.48%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.65%) 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 28 (23.14%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.40%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.74%) Degree
3 13 (10.74%) DV Cleared
4 8 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.48%) ACCA
5 3 (2.48%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.65%) CCNA
6 2 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.65%) IIBA
6 2 (1.65%) MAPM
6 2 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.83%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.83%) CISSP
7 1 (0.83%) OCP
7 1 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (3.31%) QA
2 3 (2.48%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.48%) GAAP
2 3 (2.48%) IFRS
3 2 (1.65%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.65%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.83%) GRC
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.83%) NCSC
4 1 (0.83%) NIST
4 1 (0.83%) P3O
4 1 (0.83%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (9.09%) Docker
2 4 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.83%) Firmware
3 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.96%) Terraform
3 4 (3.31%) Ansible
3 4 (3.31%) Grafana
4 3 (2.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.83%) Kibana
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (9.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.96%) Oracle
2 6 (4.96%) SAP
3 5 (4.13%) Syncfusion
3 5 (4.13%) Telerik
4 3 (2.48%) IFS
5 2 (1.65%) Cisco
5 2 (1.65%) 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