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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -19 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile 125 250 638
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 4.60% 25.15% 22.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.43% 27.06% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 99 161 511
10th Percentile £44,750 £42,500 £41,227
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,367 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.59% +2.10% +9.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £96,539
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +6.19%

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 1,682 924 2,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 61.88% 92.96% 89.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,267 636 2,025
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £34,400
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,952
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.94% -2.95%

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 5 April 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 6 (4.80%) Confluence
2 3 (2.40%) CMS
2 3 (2.40%) NServiceBus
2 3 (2.40%) Tomcat
2 3 (2.40%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.40%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.60%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (1.60%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.60%) Windchill
3 1 (0.80%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Primavera
2 3 (2.40%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.60%) Teamcenter
3 2 (1.60%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 33 (26.40%) Azure
2 22 (17.60%) SaaS
3 16 (12.80%) AWS
4 9 (7.20%) GCP
5 8 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.40%) GitHub
6 6 (4.80%) Datadog
6 6 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (4.00%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.00%) Serverless
8 4 (3.20%) OCI
9 3 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.40%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.60%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.60%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.60%) IaaS
10 2 (1.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.60%) DAB
2 1 (0.80%) Firewall
2 1 (0.80%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (2.40%) Power BI
5 2 (1.60%) GIS
5 2 (1.60%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.60%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.60%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.80%) Big Data
6 1 (0.80%) DB2
6 1 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.80%) MySQL
6 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.80%) Power Query
6 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.40%) JIRA
2 6 (4.80%) CircleCI
2 6 (4.80%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.00%) Git
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.60%) DBeaver
6 1 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.80%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 34 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.60%) Finance
3 12 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.40%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.40%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.60%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.80%) Electronics
6 6 (4.80%) Marketing
7 2 (1.60%) Military
7 2 (1.60%) Social Housing
7 2 (1.60%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.80%) Cyber-Physical System
8 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.80%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (21.60%) Developer
2 26 (20.80%) Senior
3 17 (13.60%) Lead
4 14 (11.20%) Principal Engineer
4 14 (11.20%) Systems Engineer
5 13 (10.40%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 12 (9.60%) Analyst
6 12 (9.60%) Project Manager
7 11 (8.80%) Business Analyst
8 10 (8.00%) PHP Developer
9 6 (4.80%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 6 (4.80%) Embedded Engineer
9 6 (4.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (4.80%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.80%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (4.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 6 (4.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (4.80%) Software Developer
9 6 (4.80%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.20%) .NET
2 9 (7.20%) CSS
2 9 (7.20%) HTML
3 8 (6.40%) ASP.NET
4 7 (5.60%) React
5 5 (4.00%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.00%) REST
6 4 (3.20%) RESTful
7 3 (2.40%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.40%) ModSecurity
7 3 (2.40%) OAuth
7 3 (2.40%) Oracle ADF
7 3 (2.40%) Web Services
7 3 (2.40%) WebCenter
8 2 (1.60%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.60%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.60%) JWT
8 2 (1.60%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.60%) Universal Windows Platform
8 2 (1.60%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.80%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.40%) Educational Technology
3 7 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.20%) PMI
5 3 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.60%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.60%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.60%) IoT
6 2 (1.60%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.60%) Smart Home
7 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.80%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.80%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.80%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.80%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.80%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.20%) Linux
2 6 (4.80%) Windows
3 3 (2.40%) Unix
4 1 (0.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (25.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 27 (21.60%) Scrum
3 20 (16.00%) DevOps
4 17 (13.60%) CI/CD
4 17 (13.60%) Project Delivery
5 16 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (12.80%) Project Management
5 16 (12.80%) Software Engineering
6 15 (12.00%) Test Automation
7 14 (11.20%) PRINCE2
8 12 (9.60%) SDLC
9 11 (8.80%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (8.80%) Computer Science
9 11 (8.80%) Kanban
9 11 (8.80%) Programme Management
9 11 (8.80%) Sprint Planning
10 10 (8.00%) Coaching
10 10 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (7.20%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (7.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 18 (14.40%) Python
3 15 (12.00%) C#
4 13 (10.40%) SQL
5 10 (8.00%) PHP
6 7 (5.60%) TypeScript
7 6 (4.80%) Bash
7 6 (4.80%) PowerShell
8 5 (4.00%) Java
9 3 (2.40%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.80%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (18.40%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.80%) Degree
3 14 (11.20%) DV Cleared
4 11 (8.80%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.60%) PMI Certification
6 6 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.20%) MAPM
8 3 (2.40%) ACCA
8 3 (2.40%) CAPM
8 3 (2.40%) PMP
9 2 (1.60%) CCNA
9 2 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.60%) IIBA
9 2 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.80%) APMP
10 1 (0.80%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.80%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.00%) ISO 9001
2 5 (4.00%) QA
3 4 (3.20%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.20%) ISO 26262
4 3 (2.40%) GAAP
4 3 (2.40%) IFRS
5 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.80%) GRC
6 1 (0.80%) NCSC
6 1 (0.80%) NIST
6 1 (0.80%) P3O
6 1 (0.80%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (9.60%) Docker
2 4 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.40%) Terraform
3 6 (4.80%) Ansible
3 6 (4.80%) Grafana
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.80%) Oracle
2 6 (4.80%) SAP
3 3 (2.40%) IFS
4 2 (1.60%) Cisco
4 2 (1.60%) Databricks
4 2 (1.60%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.60%) Syncfusion
4 2 (1.60%) Telerik
5 1 (0.80%) Foundry
5 1 (0.80%) Palantir
5 1 (0.80%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.80%) Siemens