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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 8 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Agile 235 133 321
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.49% 11.89% 13.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.71% 15.06% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 141 94 176
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,900 £41,125
25th Percentile £51,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £94,633 £85,000
South West median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -

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 2,195 883 1,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 69.95% 78.91% 78.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 633 1,238
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,150 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,250 £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 16 September 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 (5.11%) Confluence
1 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.13%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.85%) Apache
3 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.85%) nginx
3 2 (0.85%) NServiceBus
3 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.85%) Simulink
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.13%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (26.38%) Azure
2 37 (15.74%) AWS
3 31 (13.19%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (9.79%) GitHub
5 22 (9.36%) Serverless
6 18 (7.66%) PaaS
7 14 (5.96%) IaaS
8 13 (5.53%) Azure Functions
8 13 (5.53%) SaaS
9 12 (5.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (5.11%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.11%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (4.26%) GCP
11 9 (3.83%) Slack
12 8 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (3.40%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (2.55%) Amazon S3
14 6 (2.55%) Anthropic Claude
15 5 (2.13%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.11%) VPN
2 3 (1.28%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.28%) TETRA
3 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.43%) DAB
4 1 (0.43%) DNS
4 1 (0.43%) Firewall
4 1 (0.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (4.68%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.26%) MongoDB
4 9 (3.83%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.98%) MySQL
6 5 (2.13%) Hadoop
6 5 (2.13%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.70%) Big Data
7 4 (1.70%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.85%) Power BI
8 2 (0.85%) Redis
8 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (17.45%) Git
2 30 (12.77%) JIRA
3 8 (3.40%) GitLab
4 7 (2.98%) Postman
5 5 (2.13%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.28%) git-flow
7 2 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.85%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.85%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.43%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.43%) Vite
General
1 65 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.17%) Finance
3 32 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.21%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.23%) Law
7 15 (6.38%) Aerospace
8 12 (5.11%) Local Government
9 10 (4.26%) Legal
10 8 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.40%) Marketing
11 7 (2.98%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.85%) Electronics
13 2 (0.85%) Retail
14 1 (0.43%) Aviation
14 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (18.72%) Senior
2 36 (15.32%) Developer
3 32 (13.62%) Lead
4 30 (12.77%) Software Engineer
5 26 (11.06%) Analyst
6 14 (5.96%) Principal Engineer
7 13 (5.53%) Data Engineer
8 12 (5.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 12 (5.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 12 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (5.11%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.68%) Architect
10 10 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.40%) Product Owner
11 8 (3.40%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.40%) Senior Developer
12 7 (2.98%) Business Analyst
12 7 (2.98%) Senior C++ Developer
12 7 (2.98%) Senior Manager
12 7 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.77%) Terraform
2 15 (6.38%) .NET
3 14 (5.96%) React
3 14 (5.96%) RESTful
4 11 (4.68%) REST
5 8 (3.40%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.98%) .NET Core
6 7 (2.98%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (2.98%) MFC
7 6 (2.55%) AWS CDK
7 6 (2.55%) GraphQL
7 6 (2.55%) Next.js
7 6 (2.55%) React Native
8 5 (2.13%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.13%) Blazor
8 5 (2.13%) Flutter
8 5 (2.13%) LangChain
8 5 (2.13%) ML.NET
8 5 (2.13%) OAuth
8 5 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.51%) Cloud Native
1 20 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (6.81%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.11%) Blog
3 12 (5.11%) Podcast
3 12 (5.11%) Public Cloud
3 12 (5.11%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.68%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.83%) NHS
6 8 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.98%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.13%) iPhone
9 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.70%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.28%) Social Media
12 2 (0.85%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.85%) PropTech
13 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 33 (14.04%) Windows
2 12 (5.11%) Android
2 12 (5.11%) Linux
2 12 (5.11%) VMS
3 7 (2.98%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.85%) Debian
5 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (27.23%) CI/CD
1 64 (27.23%) Software Engineering
2 61 (25.96%) DevOps
3 56 (23.83%) Scrum
4 54 (22.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (19.15%) Mentoring
7 43 (18.30%) AI
8 41 (17.45%) Decision-Making
9 33 (14.04%) Test Automation
10 31 (13.19%) Coaching
10 31 (13.19%) Roadmaps
10 31 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (12.34%) Analytics
11 29 (12.34%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (12.34%) SDLC
12 24 (10.21%) Technical Leadership
13 23 (9.79%) Generative AI
14 22 (9.36%) User Experience
15 20 (8.51%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.13%) SQL
2 32 (13.62%) Python
3 30 (12.77%) C#
4 22 (9.36%) Bash
5 21 (8.94%) JavaScript
6 19 (8.09%) Java
7 18 (7.66%) PowerShell
8 15 (6.38%) C++
9 12 (5.11%) Bicep
9 12 (5.11%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (2.98%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.28%) PHP
12 2 (0.85%) Go
12 2 (0.85%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.85%) Ruby
12 2 (0.85%) Scala
12 2 (0.85%) VB
12 2 (0.85%) XAML
13 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 47 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 38 (16.17%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.36%) Degree
4 15 (6.38%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.11%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.28%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.28%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.28%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.28%) PMP
8 3 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.85%) APMP
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.85%) CSPO
9 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.43%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.11%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.26%) QA
3 9 (3.83%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.70%) PMO
5 3 (1.28%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.28%) ISO 26262
5 3 (1.28%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.28%) NCSC
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.43%) SLA
6 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (7.23%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.81%) Docker
3 12 (5.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.68%) Ansible
3 7 (2.98%) Puppet
4 5 (2.13%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.43%) Grafana
6 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.11%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (5.11%) VMware
3 11 (4.68%) Google
4 8 (3.40%) Intel
5 5 (2.13%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.13%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.13%) Oracle
6 4 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.28%) YouTube
8 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.43%) Databricks
9 1 (0.43%) Mistral