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 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 492 800 1,336
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.81% 13.13% 16.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.29% 14.34% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 349 403 1,155
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,448 £83,500 £79,225
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £64,080
% change year-on-year -3.70% +5.34% -5.07%

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 6,745 5,580 7,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.62% 91.58% 85.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,759 2,477 5,845
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,036 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -12.00%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 -21 332 £60,000 - 198
East Midlands -22 156 £55,000 -8.33% 100
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 32 (6.50%) Confluence
2 10 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.63%) CMS
4 7 (1.42%) SAS
5 6 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.81%) IIS
6 4 (0.81%) nginx
7 3 (0.61%) Apache
7 3 (0.61%) WordPress
8 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.41%) Appian
8 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (2.64%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.83%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.81%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.41%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Simulink
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.42%) Shopify
3 5 (1.02%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.61%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 3 (0.61%) Maximo
5 2 (0.41%) iTrent
5 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.41%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 148 (30.08%) Azure
2 64 (13.01%) AWS
3 53 (10.77%) Power Platform
4 47 (9.55%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (7.72%) SaaS
6 27 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (3.86%) PowerApps
9 15 (3.05%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.85%) GCP
11 11 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.83%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.83%) PaaS
13 7 (1.42%) GitHub
13 7 (1.42%) Serverless
14 5 (1.02%) IaaS
15 4 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 4 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.81%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.02%) WAN
2 4 (0.81%) Internet
2 4 (0.81%) LAN
2 4 (0.81%) Modbus
2 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.61%) 3G
3 3 (0.61%) 4G
3 3 (0.61%) Broadband
3 3 (0.61%) DNS
3 3 (0.61%) GPRS
3 3 (0.61%) GSM
3 3 (0.61%) RS-232
3 3 (0.61%) RS-485
3 3 (0.61%) SSL
4 2 (0.41%) 5G
4 2 (0.41%) BGP
4 2 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.41%) Intranet
4 2 (0.41%) MPLS
4 2 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.89%) Power BI
2 25 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (4.27%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.86%) Data Lake
4 19 (3.86%) MySQL
5 9 (1.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.63%) Metadata
7 6 (1.22%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.22%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.02%) Pentaho
9 4 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.61%) Tableau
11 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 2 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.41%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 61 (12.40%) JIRA
2 37 (7.52%) Git
3 10 (2.03%) JUnit
4 9 (1.83%) Mockito
5 8 (1.63%) GitLab
5 8 (1.63%) Maven
5 8 (1.63%) Selenium
6 6 (1.22%) Postman
7 5 (1.02%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.02%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.02%) Subversion
7 5 (1.02%) Vite
8 4 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.41%) git-flow
9 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.41%) TestRail
10 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.20%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 159 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 137 (27.85%) Finance
3 69 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (11.18%) Public Sector
5 47 (9.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (7.52%) Law
7 28 (5.69%) Legal
8 26 (5.28%) Marketing
9 22 (4.47%) Retail
10 15 (3.05%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.44%) Local Government
13 11 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (2.03%) Electronics
15 9 (1.83%) Banking
15 9 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (1.22%) Billing
16 6 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 90 (18.29%) Developer
2 84 (17.07%) Senior
3 59 (11.99%) Lead
4 55 (11.18%) Analyst
5 35 (7.11%) Project Manager
6 29 (5.89%) Architect
6 29 (5.89%) Business Analyst
6 29 (5.89%) Data Engineer
7 22 (4.47%) IT Manager
7 22 (4.47%) Product Owner
8 19 (3.86%) Delivery Manager
9 18 (3.66%) Java Developer
9 18 (3.66%) Senior Data Engineer
10 17 (3.46%) Senior Developer
11 16 (3.25%) IT Project Manager
11 16 (3.25%) Senior Manager
12 14 (2.85%) C# Developer
13 13 (2.64%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 13 (2.64%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (2.44%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.96%) .NET
2 29 (5.89%) React
3 19 (3.86%) CSS
3 19 (3.86%) HTML
4 17 (3.46%) REST
5 14 (2.85%) EDI
5 14 (2.85%) Laravel
6 12 (2.44%) Spring
7 11 (2.24%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.83%) Middleware
8 9 (1.83%) Node.js
9 8 (1.63%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.63%) RESTful
9 8 (1.63%) Symfony
10 7 (1.42%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.42%) Vue
10 7 (1.42%) YAML
11 6 (1.22%) CakePHP
11 6 (1.22%) CodeIgniter
11 6 (1.22%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.99%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.67%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.46%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.44%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.03%) NHS
8 9 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.83%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.63%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.81%) IoT
11 4 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.88%) Linux
2 10 (2.03%) Windows
3 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 103 (20.93%) DevOps
3 94 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (17.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 72 (14.63%) Scrum
7 68 (13.82%) Project Management
8 65 (13.21%) CI/CD
9 56 (11.38%) Roadmaps
10 55 (11.18%) Waterfall
11 52 (10.57%) SDLC
12 51 (10.37%) Coaching
12 51 (10.37%) Project Delivery
13 48 (9.76%) Decision-Making
14 45 (9.15%) Software Engineering
15 44 (8.94%) Analytics
16 42 (8.54%) Migration
17 39 (7.93%) User Experience
18 38 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
18 38 (7.72%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 103 (20.93%) SQL
2 53 (10.77%) C#
2 53 (10.77%) JavaScript
3 40 (8.13%) Python
4 34 (6.91%) Java
5 30 (6.10%) TypeScript
6 20 (4.07%) PHP
7 19 (3.86%) Bash
8 11 (2.24%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.63%) C
9 8 (1.63%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.42%) Go
11 6 (1.22%) R
12 5 (1.02%) C++
13 3 (0.61%) Scala
13 3 (0.61%) VBA
14 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.41%) Ruby
15 1 (0.20%) Swift
Qualifications
1 51 (10.37%) Degree
2 43 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (3.46%) PMI Certification
6 15 (3.05%) PMP
7 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.63%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.22%) CITP
11 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.81%) ACCA
12 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.81%) CIMA
12 4 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.61%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.61%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (13.21%) QA
2 14 (2.85%) SLA
3 12 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.24%) GDPR
5 10 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.83%) PMO
7 7 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.81%) WCAG
10 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 3 (0.61%) MISRA
11 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.20%) COBIT
12 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.20%) GRC
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.20%) NIST
12 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (6.30%) Docker
2 8 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (5.89%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.47%) Terraform
3 7 (1.42%) Ansible
4 4 (0.81%) Grafana
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.41%) Argo
7 1 (0.20%) CA Service Virtualization
7 1 (0.20%) Control-M
7 1 (0.20%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 84 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.32%) Databricks
3 23 (4.67%) Oracle
4 15 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.64%) SAP
6 9 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.63%) IBM
7 8 (1.63%) Planon
8 7 (1.42%) Workday
9 6 (1.22%) Talend
10 5 (1.02%) Google
10 5 (1.02%) Zoho
11 4 (0.81%) Cisco
11 4 (0.81%) Cloudera
11 4 (0.81%) Informatica
11 4 (0.81%) Remedy
11 4 (0.81%) Siemens
12 3 (0.61%) Adobe
12 3 (0.61%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.61%) Guidewire