Agile Job Trends in the Midlands

Agile Software Development
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Agile skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 768 583 1,165
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.89% 10.54% 12.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.89% 12.14% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 452 347 448
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +1.06%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,153 4,803 7,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.96% 86.87% 80.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7,902 2,802 3,427
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -9.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agile relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Agile job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Agile
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Agile.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Agile

Agile
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Agile in the Midlands

Agile
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -8 505 £57,500 -4.17% 311
East Midlands -8 262 £52,500 -8.70% 187
Agile
England

Agile
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 18 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (1.69%) Confluence
4 5 (0.65%) SAS
5 4 (0.52%) CMS
5 4 (0.52%) PowerFactory
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.39%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Documentum
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.04%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (2.08%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.69%) Simulink
5 8 (1.04%) EPLAN
6 5 (0.65%) Notion
6 5 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.52%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.52%) Revit
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 33 (4.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (3.26%) Primavera
2 25 (3.26%) SAP EHS
3 7 (0.91%) Infor M3
4 6 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.39%) Shopify
7 2 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 237 (30.86%) Azure
2 159 (20.70%) AWS
3 95 (12.37%) Power Platform
4 58 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (7.03%) Power Automate
6 51 (6.64%) SaaS
7 46 (5.99%) PowerApps
8 44 (5.73%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (3.65%) Serverless
11 25 (3.26%) Smartsheet
12 16 (2.08%) GCP
13 13 (1.69%) IaaS
14 12 (1.56%) Azure Functions
14 12 (1.56%) PaaS
15 11 (1.43%) Amazon S3
15 11 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.43%) GitHub
16 10 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.17%) Wireshark
2 8 (1.04%) Profibus
3 7 (0.91%) Internet
3 7 (0.91%) LAN
3 7 (0.91%) WAN
4 6 (0.78%) DNS
4 6 (0.78%) Network Security
5 4 (0.52%) Firewall
6 3 (0.39%) HTTP
6 3 (0.39%) Hyperconnected
6 3 (0.39%) VPN
7 2 (0.26%) SMS
7 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.26%) VoIP
8 1 (0.13%) CTI
8 1 (0.13%) DHCP
8 1 (0.13%) FTP
8 1 (0.13%) SNMP
8 1 (0.13%) SSL
8 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (10.03%) Power BI
2 55 (7.16%) MongoDB
3 48 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 37 (4.82%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.69%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (1.69%) Power Query
7 13 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.91%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.91%) MySQL
12 6 (0.78%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.78%) Metadata
12 6 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 6 (0.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 64 (8.33%) Git
2 55 (7.16%) JIRA
3 24 (3.13%) GitLab
4 22 (2.86%) JUnit
5 17 (2.21%) Maven
5 17 (2.21%) Postman
6 16 (2.08%) Cucumber
6 16 (2.08%) Jenkins
7 15 (1.95%) Selenium
8 14 (1.82%) Mockito
9 9 (1.17%) Eclipse
9 9 (1.17%) Gatling
9 9 (1.17%) JMeter
9 9 (1.17%) Subversion
10 7 (0.91%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.78%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.65%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
13 4 (0.52%) REST Assured
General
1 232 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 176 (22.92%) Finance
3 120 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (12.89%) Public Sector
5 49 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (5.47%) Retail
7 41 (5.34%) Legal
8 39 (5.08%) Manufacturing
9 32 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (3.65%) Electronics
12 23 (2.99%) Law
13 22 (2.86%) Marketing
14 16 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.82%) Banking
16 12 (1.56%) Fire and Rescue
17 10 (1.30%) Games
18 9 (1.17%) Aerospace
19 8 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
20 7 (0.91%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 194 (25.26%) Developer
2 129 (16.80%) Lead
2 129 (16.80%) Senior
3 66 (8.59%) Architect
4 55 (7.16%) Analyst
5 51 (6.64%) .NET Developer
6 44 (5.73%) Software Engineer
7 42 (5.47%) Project Manager
8 41 (5.34%) Delivery Manager
9 40 (5.21%) Senior Developer
10 38 (4.95%) Business Analyst
10 38 (4.95%) Power Platform Developer
11 23 (2.99%) Full-Stack Developer
11 23 (2.99%) Senior Manager
12 21 (2.73%) React Developer
12 21 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (2.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 16 (2.08%) Change Manager
14 16 (2.08%) Senior React Developer
14 16 (2.08%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (14.84%) .NET
2 88 (11.46%) React
3 58 (7.55%) ASP.NET
4 57 (7.42%) REST
5 53 (6.90%) .NET Core
6 52 (6.77%) ASP.NET Core
7 44 (5.73%) Node.js
8 39 (5.08%) CSS
9 38 (4.95%) Terraform
10 37 (4.82%) HTML
11 27 (3.52%) Playwright
12 26 (3.39%) ASP.NET Web API
13 24 (3.13%) Entity Framework
14 23 (2.99%) Blazor
14 23 (2.99%) Spring
15 20 (2.60%) JSON
16 19 (2.47%) RESTful
17 18 (2.34%) XML
18 17 (2.21%) SOAP
19 16 (2.08%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.69%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (3.91%) PMI
4 28 (3.65%) Cloud Native
5 27 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.86%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (2.34%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.95%) Driving Licence
11 13 (1.69%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.56%) SCADA
13 11 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.17%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
14 9 (1.17%) Taxonomies
15 8 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.69%) Linux
2 13 (1.69%) Windows
3 9 (1.17%) Unix
4 6 (0.78%) Android
5 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.39%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.26%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (27.34%) Continuous Improvement
2 167 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 161 (20.96%) Mentoring
4 153 (19.92%) CI/CD
5 149 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 135 (17.58%) DevOps
7 132 (17.19%) AI
8 113 (14.71%) Decision-Making
9 110 (14.32%) Scrum
10 107 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 97 (12.63%) Project Management
12 95 (12.37%) Coaching
13 90 (11.72%) Full-Stack Development
14 88 (11.46%) Software Engineering
15 87 (11.33%) Business Intelligence
16 78 (10.16%) ERP
17 77 (10.03%) Roadmaps
18 75 (9.77%) Analytics
19 74 (9.64%) Microservices
20 70 (9.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 171 (22.27%) SQL
2 134 (17.45%) C#
3 99 (12.89%) JavaScript
4 77 (10.03%) Java
5 58 (7.55%) TypeScript
6 46 (5.99%) Python
7 21 (2.73%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 18 (2.34%) Bash
10 14 (1.82%) MATLAB
11 13 (1.69%) C
11 13 (1.69%) C++
11 13 (1.69%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.17%) Embedded C
13 8 (1.04%) Ladder Logic
14 5 (0.65%) Perl
15 4 (0.52%) R
15 4 (0.52%) RPG
15 4 (0.52%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.52%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 142 (18.49%) Degree
2 127 (16.54%) Security Cleared
3 118 (15.36%) SC Cleared
4 48 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 34 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.52%) Azure Certification
7 23 (2.99%) PMP
8 20 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.43%) ISTQB
11 11 (1.43%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.30%) ISEB
13 9 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.04%) CISSP
15 7 (0.91%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
17 5 (0.65%) CCNP
17 5 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.98%) QA
2 61 (7.94%) Accessibility
3 42 (5.47%) Data Quality
4 39 (5.08%) GDPR
5 17 (2.21%) WCAG
6 13 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.30%) PMO
8 8 (1.04%) GRC
8 8 (1.04%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.65%) NCSC
10 4 (0.52%) NIST
10 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.39%) COBIT
11 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.39%) SLA
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (7.42%) Docker
2 14 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
2 14 (1.82%) Firmware
3 9 (1.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.65%) Ansible
4 3 (0.39%) Grafana
4 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.26%) Bosun
5 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.26%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) Argo
6 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 175 (22.79%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.38%) SAP
3 39 (5.08%) Oracle
4 24 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.43%) Google
6 11 (1.43%) Pega
6 11 (1.43%) YouTube
7 10 (1.30%) Databricks
7 10 (1.30%) IFS
7 10 (1.30%) Infor
7 10 (1.30%) Workday
8 8 (1.04%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.04%) Siemens
9 7 (0.91%) Cisco
10 5 (0.65%) Altera
10 5 (0.65%) Facebook
10 5 (0.65%) Microsemi
10 5 (0.65%) Veracode
10 5 (0.65%) Xilinx