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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 131 231 561
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 4.74% 25.72% 18.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.35% 28.07% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 102 148 428
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £97,500
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -

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 1,783 823 2,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 64.58% 91.65% 84.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,356 557 2,095
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -3.13%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,011 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -6.48%

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 30 May 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 3 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (2.29%) NServiceBus
2 2 (1.53%) Confluence
2 2 (1.53%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
3 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.76%) CMS
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.76%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.76%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 39 (29.77%) Azure
2 17 (12.98%) AWS
2 17 (12.98%) SaaS
3 9 (6.87%) GCP
4 8 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.58%) Datadog
5 6 (4.58%) GitHub
5 6 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (4.58%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.58%) Serverless
6 3 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.29%) IaaS
6 3 (2.29%) PaaS
6 3 (2.29%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.53%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.53%) AWS Step Functions
7 2 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) DAB
2 1 (0.76%) Firewall
2 1 (0.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.69%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.58%) MySQL
4 5 (3.82%) Oracle Database
5 4 (3.05%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.05%) NoSQL
5 4 (3.05%) Power BI
6 3 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.53%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.76%) Big Data
8 1 (0.76%) GIS
8 1 (0.76%) Power Query
8 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (6.87%) JIRA
2 8 (6.11%) Git
3 6 (4.58%) CircleCI
3 6 (4.58%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.53%) DBeaver
5 1 (0.76%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.76%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 37 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.34%) Finance
4 4 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (3.05%) Local Government
5 3 (2.29%) Marketing
6 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.53%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.53%) Retail
7 1 (0.76%) Cyber-Physical System
7 1 (0.76%) Electronics
7 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.76%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (27.48%) Senior
2 26 (19.85%) Developer
3 17 (12.98%) Lead
4 13 (9.92%) Analyst
5 12 (9.16%) Business Analyst
5 12 (9.16%) Principal Engineer
5 12 (9.16%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (8.40%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 11 (8.40%) Project Manager
7 10 (7.63%) PHP Developer
7 10 (7.63%) Senior Analyst
7 10 (7.63%) Senior Business Analyst
8 8 (6.11%) Software Engineer
9 7 (5.34%) Architect
9 7 (5.34%) Data Engineer
9 7 (5.34%) Team Leader
10 6 (4.58%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Embedded Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.16%) .NET
2 8 (6.11%) ASP.NET
2 8 (6.11%) REST
3 6 (4.58%) CSS
3 6 (4.58%) HTML
3 6 (4.58%) RESTful
4 5 (3.82%) AngularJS
4 5 (3.82%) React
5 4 (3.05%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (3.05%) GraphQL
5 4 (3.05%) MFC
5 4 (3.05%) React Native
6 3 (2.29%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.29%) Flutter
6 3 (2.29%) OAuth
6 3 (2.29%) Web Services
7 2 (1.53%) JWT
7 2 (1.53%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.53%) Vue
8 1 (0.76%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.11%) Educational Technology
3 6 (4.58%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.05%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.05%) NHS
4 4 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.53%) PMI
7 1 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.76%) IoT
7 1 (0.76%) iPhone
7 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Smart City
7 1 (0.76%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.40%) Linux
2 10 (7.63%) Windows
3 5 (3.82%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.05%) Android
4 4 (3.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (19.85%) CI/CD
2 25 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (17.56%) DevOps
4 22 (16.79%) Scrum
5 21 (16.03%) Test Automation
6 20 (15.27%) Software Engineering
7 19 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (13.74%) Coaching
9 16 (12.21%) Decision-Making
9 16 (12.21%) Mentoring
9 16 (12.21%) Project Delivery
9 16 (12.21%) Project Management
10 15 (11.45%) PRINCE2
11 13 (9.92%) SDLC
12 12 (9.16%) Technical Leadership
13 11 (8.40%) Code Quality
14 10 (7.63%) People Management
15 9 (6.87%) Infrastructure as Code
15 9 (6.87%) Line Management
16 8 (6.11%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.03%) C#
2 20 (15.27%) JavaScript
3 17 (12.98%) SQL
4 16 (12.21%) Python
5 11 (8.40%) PHP
6 7 (5.34%) Bash
6 7 (5.34%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.34%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.05%) C++
8 3 (2.29%) Java
9 2 (1.53%) VB
10 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.76%) Go
10 1 (0.76%) Perl
10 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (11.45%) Degree
2 14 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.05%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.53%) CAPM
7 2 (1.53%) MAPM
7 2 (1.53%) PMP
8 1 (0.76%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.76%) CIPD
8 1 (0.76%) CISM
8 1 (0.76%) CISSP
8 1 (0.76%) HND
8 1 (0.76%) OCA
8 1 (0.76%) OCP
8 1 (0.76%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.82%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.05%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.05%) ISO 26262
3 4 (3.05%) QA
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.76%) GRC
5 1 (0.76%) NCSC
5 1 (0.76%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (8.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (8.40%) Ansible
2 10 (7.63%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.11%) Terraform
4 6 (4.58%) Grafana
5 5 (3.82%) Progress Chef
5 5 (3.82%) Puppet
6 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.11%) Oracle
3 5 (3.82%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.53%) Databricks
5 1 (0.76%) Foundry
5 1 (0.76%) Google
5 1 (0.76%) Palantir
5 1 (0.76%) SAP
5 1 (0.76%) Siemens