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 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Agile 130 230 560
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 4.78% 25.44% 17.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.39% 27.85% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 101 147 423
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 1,760 826 2,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 64.73% 91.37% 84.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,336 561 2,118
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,000 £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% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -5.94%

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 2 June 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 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (2.31%) NServiceBus
2 2 (1.54%) Confluence
2 2 (1.54%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.77%) Apache
3 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.77%) CMS
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.77%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.77%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.77%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (29.23%) Azure
2 17 (13.08%) SaaS
3 16 (12.31%) AWS
4 8 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.15%) GCP
5 7 (5.38%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.62%) Serverless
7 5 (3.85%) Datadog
7 5 (3.85%) GitHub
7 5 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.31%) IaaS
9 3 (2.31%) PaaS
9 3 (2.31%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.54%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.54%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.54%) DAB
2 1 (0.77%) Firewall
2 1 (0.77%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.77%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.62%) MySQL
4 5 (3.85%) Oracle Database
5 4 (3.08%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.08%) NoSQL
5 4 (3.08%) Power BI
6 3 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.54%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.54%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.77%) Big Data
8 1 (0.77%) GIS
8 1 (0.77%) Power Query
8 1 (0.77%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (6.92%) JIRA
2 8 (6.15%) Git
3 5 (3.85%) CircleCI
3 5 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.54%) DBeaver
5 1 (0.77%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.77%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 35 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.38%) Finance
4 4 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (3.08%) Local Government
5 3 (2.31%) Marketing
6 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.54%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.54%) Retail
7 1 (0.77%) Electronics
7 1 (0.77%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.77%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (26.15%) Senior
2 27 (20.77%) Developer
3 17 (13.08%) Lead
4 13 (10.00%) Analyst
4 13 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
4 13 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 12 (9.23%) Business Analyst
5 12 (9.23%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 11 (8.46%) Project Manager
7 10 (7.69%) PHP Developer
7 10 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
7 10 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
8 7 (5.38%) Architect
8 7 (5.38%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) Team Leader
9 6 (4.62%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.85%) Development Team Leader
10 5 (3.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.23%) .NET
2 8 (6.15%) ASP.NET
2 8 (6.15%) REST
3 6 (4.62%) CSS
3 6 (4.62%) HTML
3 6 (4.62%) RESTful
4 5 (3.85%) AngularJS
4 5 (3.85%) React
5 4 (3.08%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (3.08%) GraphQL
5 4 (3.08%) MFC
5 4 (3.08%) React Native
6 3 (2.31%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.31%) Flutter
6 3 (2.31%) OAuth
6 3 (2.31%) Web Services
7 2 (1.54%) JWT
7 2 (1.54%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.54%) Vue
8 1 (0.77%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.15%) Educational Technology
3 6 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.08%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.08%) NHS
4 4 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.31%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.54%) PMI
7 1 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.77%) IoT
7 1 (0.77%) iPhone
7 1 (0.77%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.77%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.77%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.69%) Linux
1 10 (7.69%) Windows
2 5 (3.85%) Windows Server
2 5 (3.85%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (3.08%) Android
3 4 (3.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.23%) CI/CD
2 24 (18.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (16.92%) DevOps
3 22 (16.92%) Scrum
4 20 (15.38%) Test Automation
5 19 (14.62%) Software Engineering
6 18 (13.85%) Coaching
6 18 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (12.31%) Decision-Making
7 16 (12.31%) Mentoring
7 16 (12.31%) Project Delivery
7 16 (12.31%) Project Management
8 15 (11.54%) PRINCE2
9 13 (10.00%) SDLC
10 12 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (8.46%) Code Quality
12 10 (7.69%) People Management
13 9 (6.92%) Line Management
14 8 (6.15%) Infrastructure as Code
14 8 (6.15%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.15%) C#
2 20 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 17 (13.08%) SQL
4 15 (11.54%) Python
5 11 (8.46%) PHP
6 7 (5.38%) TypeScript
7 6 (4.62%) Bash
7 6 (4.62%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.08%) C++
9 3 (2.31%) Java
10 2 (1.54%) VB
11 1 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.77%) Go
11 1 (0.77%) Perl
11 1 (0.77%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (11.54%) Degree
2 14 (10.77%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.15%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.08%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.31%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.54%) CAPM
7 2 (1.54%) MAPM
7 2 (1.54%) PMP
8 1 (0.77%) APMP
8 1 (0.77%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.77%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.77%) CIPD
8 1 (0.77%) HND
8 1 (0.77%) IIBA
8 1 (0.77%) OCA
8 1 (0.77%) OCP
8 1 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.85%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.08%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.08%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.08%) ISO 26262
3 4 (3.08%) QA
4 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.77%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (7.69%) Ansible
2 9 (6.92%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.38%) Terraform
4 5 (3.85%) Grafana
4 5 (3.85%) Progress Chef
4 5 (3.85%) Puppet
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.15%) Oracle
3 5 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.54%) Databricks
5 1 (0.77%) Foundry
5 1 (0.77%) Google
5 1 (0.77%) Palantir
5 1 (0.77%) SAP
5 1 (0.77%) Siemens