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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -22 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Agile 121 254 590
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 4.25% 26.49% 20.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.79% 28.22% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 98 165 465
10th Percentile £44,625 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,649 £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 £55,600 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -7.33% +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 1,781 900 2,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 62.49% 93.85% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,356 616 2,061
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% -2.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,164 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,592 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,750 £52,600 £50,500
% change year-on-year +0.29% +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 1 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 (2.48%) Confluence
1 3 (2.48%) NServiceBus
2 2 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.65%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.83%) CMS
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.83%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.83%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.83%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 33 (27.27%) Azure
2 17 (14.05%) SaaS
3 14 (11.57%) AWS
4 9 (7.44%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (7.44%) GCP
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%) 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%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.83%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.65%) DAB
2 1 (0.83%) Firewall
2 1 (0.83%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.31%) MySQL
3 4 (3.31%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.48%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.65%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.65%) Power BI
5 2 (1.65%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.83%) Big Data
6 1 (0.83%) DB2
6 1 (0.83%) GIS
6 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (8.26%) JIRA
2 8 (6.61%) 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%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.83%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 32 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.09%) Finance
4 5 (4.13%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.13%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.31%) Electronics
5 4 (3.31%) Marketing
5 4 (3.31%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.65%) Retail
7 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.83%) Cyber-Physical System
7 1 (0.83%) Military
7 1 (0.83%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.83%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 26 (21.49%) Senior
2 22 (18.18%) Developer
2 22 (18.18%) Lead
3 12 (9.92%) Principal Engineer
3 12 (9.92%) Systems Engineer
4 11 (9.09%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 10 (8.26%) Analyst
5 10 (8.26%) Business Analyst
5 10 (8.26%) PHP Developer
5 10 (8.26%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.79%) Data Engineer
6 7 (5.79%) Software Developer
6 7 (5.79%) Software Engineer
6 7 (5.79%) Team Leader
7 6 (4.96%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) Embedded Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) Senior Business Analyst
7 6 (4.96%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.74%) .NET
2 8 (6.61%) ASP.NET
2 8 (6.61%) CSS
2 8 (6.61%) HTML
2 8 (6.61%) REST
3 6 (4.96%) React
4 5 (4.13%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.31%) GraphQL
5 4 (3.31%) React Native
5 4 (3.31%) RESTful
6 3 (2.48%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.48%) .NET Framework
6 3 (2.48%) Flutter
6 3 (2.48%) OAuth
6 3 (2.48%) Web Services
6 3 (2.48%) WPF
7 2 (1.65%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.65%) JWT
7 2 (1.65%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.65%) Universal Windows Platform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.61%) Educational Technology
2 6 (4.96%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.96%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.31%) PMI
4 3 (2.48%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.65%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (1.65%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.83%) IoT
6 1 (0.83%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.83%) Smart City
6 1 (0.83%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.44%) Linux
2 6 (4.96%) Windows
3 4 (3.31%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.48%) Android
4 3 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.48%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 27 (22.31%) CI/CD
3 25 (20.66%) Scrum
4 23 (19.01%) DevOps
5 22 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 19 (15.70%) Software Engineering
7 15 (12.40%) Project Management
8 14 (11.57%) Coaching
8 14 (11.57%) PRINCE2
8 14 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.57%) Project Delivery
8 14 (11.57%) SDLC
9 12 (9.92%) Decision-Making
10 11 (9.09%) Code Quality
10 11 (9.09%) Kanban
11 10 (8.26%) Computer Science
11 10 (8.26%) Mentoring
11 10 (8.26%) Technical Leadership
12 9 (7.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 9 (7.44%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.53%) JavaScript
2 16 (13.22%) C#
2 16 (13.22%) Python
3 14 (11.57%) SQL
4 11 (9.09%) PHP
5 7 (5.79%) Bash
5 7 (5.79%) PowerShell
5 7 (5.79%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.31%) Java
7 1 (0.83%) Go
7 1 (0.83%) Perl
7 1 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (14.88%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.57%) Degree
3 11 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.96%) PMI Certification
4 6 (4.96%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.31%) MAPM
7 3 (2.48%) CAPM
8 2 (1.65%) IIBA
8 2 (1.65%) PMP
8 2 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.83%) CIPD
9 1 (0.83%) CISM
9 1 (0.83%) CISSP
9 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
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%) GRC
5 1 (0.83%) NCSC
5 1 (0.83%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (8.26%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.44%) Ansible
3 8 (6.61%) Terraform
4 6 (4.96%) Grafana
5 3 (2.48%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.48%) Puppet
6 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.96%) Oracle
3 4 (3.31%) SAP
4 2 (1.65%) Databricks
4 2 (1.65%) Syncfusion
4 2 (1.65%) Telerik
5 1 (0.83%) Foundry
5 1 (0.83%) Palantir
5 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.83%) Siemens