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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 242 130 315
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.38% 11.74% 13.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.47% 14.84% 17.31%
Number of salaries quoted 143 94 156
10th Percentile £40,250 £48,750 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,125 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,250 £86,250
South West median annual salary £63,000 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -

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 2,311 876 1,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.52% 79.13% 78.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,711 624 1,112
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.75%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 29 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 (4.96%) Confluence
1 12 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.07%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.83%) Apache
4 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.83%) nginx
4 2 (0.83%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.83%) Simulink
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (26.86%) Azure
2 38 (15.70%) AWS
3 31 (12.81%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (9.50%) GitHub
5 22 (9.09%) Serverless
6 18 (7.44%) PaaS
7 16 (6.61%) SaaS
8 14 (5.79%) IaaS
9 13 (5.37%) Azure Functions
10 12 (4.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 12 (4.96%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (4.13%) GCP
12 9 (3.72%) Slack
13 8 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (3.31%) Power Platform
14 7 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (2.48%) Amazon S3
15 6 (2.48%) Anthropic Claude
16 5 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.96%) VPN
2 3 (1.24%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.24%) TETRA
3 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.41%) DAB
4 1 (0.41%) DNS
4 1 (0.41%) Firewall
4 1 (0.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.02%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.13%) MongoDB
4 9 (3.72%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.89%) MySQL
6 5 (2.07%) Hadoop
6 5 (2.07%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.65%) Big Data
7 4 (1.65%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.83%) Power BI
8 2 (0.83%) Redis
8 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.41%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 40 (16.53%) Git
2 30 (12.40%) JIRA
3 9 (3.72%) GitLab
4 7 (2.89%) Postman
5 5 (2.07%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.24%) git-flow
7 2 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.83%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.83%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.41%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 67 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.12%) Finance
3 31 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.92%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.02%) Law
7 15 (6.20%) Aerospace
8 12 (4.96%) Local Government
9 11 (4.55%) Legal
10 9 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.31%) Marketing
12 7 (2.89%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.83%) Electronics
15 1 (0.41%) Aviation
15 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (19.42%) Senior
2 36 (14.88%) Developer
2 36 (14.88%) Software Engineer
3 32 (13.22%) Lead
4 25 (10.33%) Analyst
5 14 (5.79%) Principal Engineer
6 13 (5.37%) Architect
6 13 (5.37%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (4.96%) Data Engineer
7 12 (4.96%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 12 (4.96%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 11 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (4.13%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.72%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.31%) Lead Software Engineer
11 8 (3.31%) Product Owner
11 8 (3.31%) Senior Developer
12 7 (2.89%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.40%) Terraform
2 15 (6.20%) React
3 14 (5.79%) .NET
3 14 (5.79%) RESTful
4 11 (4.55%) REST
5 8 (3.31%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.89%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (2.89%) MFC
7 6 (2.48%) .NET Core
7 6 (2.48%) AWS CDK
7 6 (2.48%) GraphQL
7 6 (2.48%) Next.js
7 6 (2.48%) React Native
8 5 (2.07%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.07%) Blazor
8 5 (2.07%) Flutter
8 5 (2.07%) LangChain
8 5 (2.07%) ML.NET
8 5 (2.07%) OAuth
8 5 (2.07%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.26%) Cloud Native
1 20 (8.26%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (6.61%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.96%) Blog
3 12 (4.96%) Podcast
3 12 (4.96%) Public Cloud
3 12 (4.96%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.72%) NHS
6 8 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.89%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.07%) iPhone
9 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.24%) Social Media
12 2 (0.83%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.83%) PropTech
13 1 (0.41%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.41%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.64%) Windows
2 12 (4.96%) Android
2 12 (4.96%) Linux
2 12 (4.96%) VMS
3 7 (2.89%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.83%) Debian
5 2 (0.83%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.69%) Software Engineering
2 64 (26.45%) DevOps
3 63 (26.03%) CI/CD
4 57 (23.55%) Scrum
5 55 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (18.60%) Mentoring
8 43 (17.77%) AI
9 42 (17.36%) Decision-Making
10 33 (13.64%) Roadmaps
10 33 (13.64%) Test Automation
11 31 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (12.40%) Coaching
13 29 (11.98%) Analytics
13 29 (11.98%) Infrastructure as Code
14 28 (11.57%) SDLC
15 24 (9.92%) Technical Leadership
16 23 (9.50%) Generative AI
17 22 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
17 22 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.07%) SQL
2 32 (13.22%) Python
3 29 (11.98%) C#
4 22 (9.09%) Bash
4 22 (9.09%) Java
4 22 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.44%) PowerShell
6 15 (6.20%) C++
7 12 (4.96%) Bicep
7 12 (4.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (3.31%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.24%) PHP
10 2 (0.83%) Go
10 2 (0.83%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.83%) Ruby
10 2 (0.83%) Scala
10 2 (0.83%) VB
10 2 (0.83%) XAML
11 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 47 (19.42%) Security Cleared
2 38 (15.70%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.26%) Degree
4 14 (5.79%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.96%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.31%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.65%) PMP
9 3 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.24%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.83%) APMP
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.83%) CSPO
10 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.41%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.96%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.13%) QA
3 9 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.07%) PMO
5 3 (1.24%) NCSC
6 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.41%) SLA
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (7.02%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.61%) Docker
3 12 (4.96%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.79%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.55%) Ansible
3 7 (2.89%) Puppet
4 5 (2.07%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.96%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (4.96%) VMware
3 11 (4.55%) Google
4 8 (3.31%) Intel
5 5 (2.07%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.07%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.07%) Oracle
6 4 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.24%) YouTube
8 2 (0.83%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.41%) Databricks
9 1 (0.41%) Mistral