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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 247 124 304
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.45% 10.82% 13.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.59% 13.87% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 143 89 144
10th Percentile £40,250 £49,750 £40,300
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £88,375
South West median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% - -

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 2,332 894 1,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.37% 78.01% 79.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,712 644 1,038
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,101 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,875 £85,000 £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 11 October 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 (4.86%) Confluence
1 12 (4.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.43%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.21%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.81%) Apache
4 2 (0.81%) nginx
4 2 (0.81%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.81%) Simulink
4 1 (0.40%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Revit
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.81%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 63 (25.51%) Azure
2 39 (15.79%) AWS
3 29 (11.74%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (9.72%) GitHub
5 20 (8.10%) Serverless
6 17 (6.88%) PaaS
6 17 (6.88%) SaaS
7 13 (5.26%) Azure Functions
7 13 (5.26%) IaaS
8 12 (4.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (4.86%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (4.86%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (4.05%) GCP
10 9 (3.64%) Slack
11 8 (3.24%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.24%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.43%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.43%) Anthropic Claude
14 5 (2.02%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.86%) VPN
2 3 (1.21%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.21%) TETRA
3 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.40%) DAB
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
4 1 (0.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.40%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (4.05%) MongoDB
2 10 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.24%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.83%) MySQL
6 5 (2.02%) Hadoop
6 5 (2.02%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.62%) Big Data
7 4 (1.62%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.81%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.81%) Power BI
8 2 (0.81%) Redis
8 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.40%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.40%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 37 (14.98%) Git
2 29 (11.74%) JIRA
3 9 (3.64%) GitLab
4 7 (2.83%) Postman
5 6 (2.43%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.21%) git-flow
7 2 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.81%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.40%) Vite
General
1 66 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 39 (15.79%) Finance
3 28 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.12%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.88%) Law
7 15 (6.07%) Aerospace
8 12 (4.86%) Local Government
9 11 (4.45%) Legal
10 9 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.24%) Marketing
12 7 (2.83%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.81%) Aviation
15 2 (0.81%) Electronics
16 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (19.84%) Senior
2 41 (16.60%) Software Engineer
3 36 (14.57%) Developer
4 29 (11.74%) Lead
5 25 (10.12%) Analyst
6 15 (6.07%) Architect
7 14 (5.67%) Principal Engineer
7 14 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (4.86%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 12 (4.86%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.45%) Data Engineer
9 11 (4.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.05%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.64%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.24%) Lead Software Engineer
12 8 (3.24%) Product Owner
12 8 (3.24%) Senior Developer
13 7 (2.83%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.34%) Terraform
2 14 (5.67%) .NET
2 14 (5.67%) React
3 13 (5.26%) RESTful
4 9 (3.64%) REST
5 8 (3.24%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.83%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (2.83%) MFC
7 6 (2.43%) .NET Core
7 6 (2.43%) AWS CDK
7 6 (2.43%) Next.js
8 5 (2.02%) Blazor
8 5 (2.02%) GraphQL
8 5 (2.02%) LangChain
8 5 (2.02%) ML.NET
8 5 (2.02%) React Native
8 5 (2.02%) Web Services
9 4 (1.62%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.62%) OAuth
9 4 (1.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.10%) Cloud Native
1 20 (8.10%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (6.48%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.86%) Blog
3 12 (4.86%) Podcast
3 12 (4.86%) Public Cloud
3 12 (4.86%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.05%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.64%) NHS
6 8 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.83%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.02%) iPhone
9 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.62%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.21%) Social Media
12 2 (0.81%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.81%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.81%) PropTech
13 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.36%) Windows
2 12 (4.86%) Linux
2 12 (4.86%) VMS
3 11 (4.45%) Android
4 6 (2.43%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.81%) Debian
6 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (28.34%) Software Engineering
2 65 (26.32%) DevOps
3 61 (24.70%) CI/CD
4 55 (22.27%) Scrum
5 52 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (20.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (17.41%) AI
7 43 (17.41%) Mentoring
8 39 (15.79%) Decision-Making
9 36 (14.57%) Roadmaps
10 31 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (11.74%) Test Automation
12 28 (11.34%) Analytics
12 28 (11.34%) Coaching
12 28 (11.34%) SDLC
13 27 (10.93%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (9.31%) Full-Stack Development
14 23 (9.31%) Generative AI
15 22 (8.91%) Technical Leadership
16 21 (8.50%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.43%) SQL
2 29 (11.74%) Python
3 27 (10.93%) C#
4 26 (10.53%) Java
5 22 (8.91%) JavaScript
6 21 (8.50%) Bash
7 17 (6.88%) PowerShell
8 15 (6.07%) C++
9 12 (4.86%) Bicep
9 12 (4.86%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (3.24%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.21%) PHP
12 2 (0.81%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.81%) Ruby
12 2 (0.81%) Scala
12 2 (0.81%) XAML
13 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (19.43%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.98%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.69%) Degree
4 13 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.86%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.24%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.62%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.62%) PMP
9 3 (1.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.21%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.81%) APMP
10 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.81%) CSPO
10 2 (0.81%) HND
10 2 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.86%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.05%) QA
3 8 (3.24%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.02%) PMO
5 3 (1.21%) NCSC
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.40%) SLA
6 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (6.88%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.48%) Docker
3 12 (4.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (6.88%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.45%) Ansible
3 7 (2.83%) Puppet
4 5 (2.02%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.40%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.86%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (4.86%) VMware
3 11 (4.45%) Google
4 8 (3.24%) Intel
5 5 (2.02%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.02%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.02%) Oracle
6 4 (1.62%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.21%) YouTube
8 2 (0.81%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.40%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.40%) Mistral