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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 532 1,058 994
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.04% 11.83% 19.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.80% 14.48% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 355 417 753
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,650 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,465 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +6.30% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,800 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,013 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All Process and 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 4,924 7,306 4,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.64% 81.71% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,158 3,242 3,612
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +4.80% -0.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,613 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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 -1 365 £60,000 - 277
East Midlands -14 164 £57,500 +4.55% 160
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 25 (4.70%) Confluence
2 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.13%) Apache
3 6 (1.13%) Appian
3 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.94%) IIS
5 4 (0.75%) SAS
6 3 (0.56%) CMS
6 3 (0.56%) WordPress
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 19 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.38%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.19%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (6.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.94%) Shopify
3 4 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.56%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.38%) iTrent
5 2 (0.38%) Maximo
5 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.19%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 137 (25.75%) Azure
2 83 (15.60%) AWS
3 65 (12.22%) SaaS
4 55 (10.34%) Power Platform
5 49 (9.21%) Dynamics 365
6 39 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (4.14%) GCP
7 22 (4.14%) PowerApps
8 19 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (3.20%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.63%) Serverless
11 13 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (2.07%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.69%) AWS KMS
14 8 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.50%) PaaS
14 8 (1.50%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.32%) GitHub
16 6 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.44%) Firewall
2 11 (2.07%) DNS
3 9 (1.69%) Internet
3 9 (1.69%) VPN
4 7 (1.32%) DHCP
4 7 (1.32%) Network Security
5 5 (0.94%) HTTP
6 4 (0.75%) FTP
6 4 (0.75%) LAN
6 4 (0.75%) Modbus
6 4 (0.75%) SMTP
6 4 (0.75%) SSH
6 4 (0.75%) SSL
6 4 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.75%) WAN
7 3 (0.56%) GPRS
7 3 (0.56%) GSM
7 3 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.56%) RS-232
7 3 (0.56%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.02%) Power BI
2 28 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 20 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.38%) MySQL
5 14 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.07%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.88%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.69%) Tableau
11 8 (1.50%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.50%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.32%) Big Data
12 7 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (1.13%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.94%) Metadata
15 4 (0.75%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
16 3 (0.56%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (9.02%) JIRA
2 42 (7.89%) Git
3 20 (3.76%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.82%) JUnit
5 13 (2.44%) Selenium
6 11 (2.07%) Mockito
7 10 (1.88%) Maven
8 9 (1.69%) GitLab
8 9 (1.69%) Postman
9 7 (1.32%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.13%) JMeter
10 6 (1.13%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.94%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (0.94%) Katalon Studio
11 5 (0.94%) Vagrant
12 4 (0.75%) DbUnit
12 4 (0.75%) jMock
12 4 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
13 3 (0.56%) git-flow
General
1 172 (32.33%) Social Skills
2 147 (27.63%) Finance
3 61 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.46%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.52%) Law
6 39 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (5.45%) Marketing
8 25 (4.70%) Legal
8 25 (4.70%) Retail
9 19 (3.57%) Local Government
9 19 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (3.01%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
14 7 (1.32%) Advertising
14 7 (1.32%) Banking
15 6 (1.13%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.94%) Back Office
16 5 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (22.56%) Developer
2 77 (14.47%) Lead
3 70 (13.16%) Senior
4 56 (10.53%) Analyst
5 33 (6.20%) Project Manager
6 28 (5.26%) Architect
6 28 (5.26%) Senior Developer
7 23 (4.32%) Software Engineer
8 21 (3.95%) Java Developer
9 19 (3.57%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 18 (3.38%) Data Engineer
10 18 (3.38%) Lead Developer
11 17 (3.20%) IT Manager
12 14 (2.63%) Consultant
12 14 (2.63%) CRM Developer
12 14 (2.63%) IT Project Manager
13 13 (2.44%) Junior
13 13 (2.44%) PHP Developer
14 12 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (12.59%) .NET
2 39 (7.33%) React
3 35 (6.58%) HTML
4 33 (6.20%) CSS
5 25 (4.70%) Spring
6 22 (4.14%) REST
7 18 (3.38%) RESTful
7 18 (3.38%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.01%) .NET Framework
9 13 (2.44%) AngularJS
10 12 (2.26%) Hibernate
10 12 (2.26%) Symfony
10 12 (2.26%) Web Services
11 11 (2.07%) Laravel
11 11 (2.07%) SOAP
12 10 (1.88%) Django
12 10 (1.88%) jQuery
12 10 (1.88%) XML
13 9 (1.69%) EDI
13 9 (1.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.40%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.70%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (3.01%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.63%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.26%) IoT
7 12 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.88%) NHS
8 10 (1.88%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.32%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.13%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.13%) Legacy Code
12 5 (0.94%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.94%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.94%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.94%) Social Media
13 4 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.26%) Linux
2 20 (3.76%) Windows
3 8 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.13%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (0.94%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.94%) VMS
5 5 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.75%) AIX
6 4 (0.75%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.38%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (22.56%) DevOps
2 118 (22.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 91 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (15.04%) CI/CD
5 77 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 74 (13.91%) Mentoring
7 73 (13.72%) Scrum
8 65 (12.22%) SDLC
9 60 (11.28%) Waterfall
10 58 (10.90%) Software Engineering
11 56 (10.53%) Project Management
12 55 (10.34%) Project Delivery
13 47 (8.83%) Roadmaps
14 46 (8.65%) Test Automation
15 45 (8.46%) CRM
15 45 (8.46%) Migration
16 44 (8.27%) Analytics
16 44 (8.27%) ITIL
17 42 (7.89%) Decision-Making
17 42 (7.89%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 113 (21.24%) SQL
2 83 (15.60%) C#
3 75 (14.10%) JavaScript
4 57 (10.71%) Python
5 53 (9.96%) Java
6 32 (6.02%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.57%) PHP
8 13 (2.44%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.26%) C++
10 10 (1.88%) Groovy
11 8 (1.50%) Bash
12 7 (1.32%) C
12 7 (1.32%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.13%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.75%) Perl
14 4 (0.75%) R
14 4 (0.75%) Ruby
14 4 (0.75%) Scala
15 3 (0.56%) Go
15 3 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (10.90%) Degree
2 48 (9.02%) Security Cleared
3 40 (7.52%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.89%) ACCA
5 22 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.50%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.32%) PMP
10 6 (1.13%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (0.94%) MCP
12 4 (0.75%) CISM
12 4 (0.75%) CISSP
12 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.83%) QA
2 11 (2.07%) PMO
3 8 (1.50%) SLA
4 7 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.32%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 6 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.13%) GDPR
6 5 (0.94%) COBIT
6 5 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.56%) MISRA
7 3 (0.56%) NIST
7 3 (0.56%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) Automotive SPICE
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (6.02%) Docker
2 12 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.94%) Firmware
4 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.56%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.19%) HDFS
7 1 (0.19%) Postfix
7 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 29 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.32%) Terraform
3 9 (1.69%) Grafana
4 5 (0.94%) Ansible
5 4 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.56%) Kibana
7 2 (0.38%) Nagios
7 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.38%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.19%) Argo
8 1 (0.19%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.19%) logstash
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.19%) Nessus
8 1 (0.19%) Oozie
8 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 78 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.14%) Oracle
3 21 (3.95%) Databricks
4 20 (3.76%) SAP
5 12 (2.26%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.69%) Guidewire
6 9 (1.69%) IBM
6 9 (1.69%) Siemens
7 8 (1.50%) Google
8 7 (1.32%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.13%) VMware
10 5 (0.94%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.75%) Adobe
11 4 (0.75%) JD Edwards
11 4 (0.75%) Juniper
12 3 (0.56%) Atmel
12 3 (0.56%) Informatica
12 3 (0.56%) Remedy
12 3 (0.56%) Splunk
12 3 (0.56%) Workday