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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 670 617 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.06% 12.34% 14.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.98% 13.79% 17.71%
Number of salaries quoted 452 355 1,271
10th Percentile £34,250 £31,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £69,626 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,625 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.81%

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 9,602 4,475 10,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.52% 89.52% 79.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,873 2,450 7,406
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £49,943 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% +5.14% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,100 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -24 409 £58,223 +1.26% 124
East Midlands +10 260 £55,000 - 66
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 42 (6.27%) Confluence
2 12 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.34%) CMS
4 8 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.75%) SAS
6 4 (0.60%) nginx
6 4 (0.60%) PowerFactory
7 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.45%) IIS
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.34%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.75%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.60%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.60%) Revit
6 4 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.90%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.60%) Shopify
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) Maximo
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 199 (29.70%) Azure
2 105 (15.67%) AWS
3 54 (8.06%) Power Platform
4 53 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (3.88%) SaaS
7 20 (2.99%) Serverless
8 19 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (2.84%) PowerApps
9 18 (2.69%) GCP
10 16 (2.39%) IaaS
10 16 (2.39%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.94%) PaaS
12 12 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (1.49%) Amazon S3
13 10 (1.49%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.34%) Azure AKS
14 9 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.49%) DNS
2 4 (0.60%) WAN
3 3 (0.45%) Broadband
3 3 (0.45%) LAN
4 2 (0.30%) Firewall
5 1 (0.15%) BGP
5 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.15%) DHCP
5 1 (0.15%) FTP
5 1 (0.15%) HTTP
5 1 (0.15%) Internet
5 1 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.15%) MPLS
5 1 (0.15%) RFID
5 1 (0.15%) SNMP
5 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.15%) VoIP
5 1 (0.15%) VPN
5 1 (0.15%) Wireless
5 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.37%) Power BI
2 25 (3.73%) MongoDB
3 23 (3.43%) SQL Server
4 19 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.79%) MySQL
7 11 (1.64%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.04%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.75%) Metadata
11 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.45%) Pentaho
14 2 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
14 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 71 (10.60%) JIRA
2 32 (4.78%) Git
3 16 (2.39%) JUnit
4 13 (1.94%) Cucumber
4 13 (1.94%) Maven
4 13 (1.94%) Mockito
5 12 (1.79%) Selenium
6 11 (1.64%) XCUITest
7 9 (1.34%) Gatling
7 9 (1.34%) GitLab
7 9 (1.34%) Postman
8 7 (1.04%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.90%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.90%) JMeter
10 5 (0.75%) Jenkins
11 4 (0.60%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.60%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.60%) Subversion
11 4 (0.60%) TestRail
11 4 (0.60%) Vite
General
1 197 (29.40%) Social Skills
2 183 (27.31%) Finance
3 91 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (6.42%) Law
7 35 (5.22%) Retail
8 26 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (2.99%) Marketing
10 17 (2.54%) Legal
11 16 (2.39%) Banking
11 16 (2.39%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.04%) Electronics
14 7 (1.04%) Games
15 6 (0.90%) Advertising
16 5 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.60%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.60%) Billing
Job Titles
1 131 (19.55%) Senior
2 99 (14.78%) Developer
3 96 (14.33%) Analyst
4 79 (11.79%) Lead
5 53 (7.91%) Business Analyst
6 49 (7.31%) Project Manager
7 48 (7.16%) Delivery Manager
8 37 (5.52%) Senior Manager
9 34 (5.07%) Architect
10 31 (4.63%) .NET Developer
11 30 (4.48%) Product Owner
12 29 (4.33%) Senior Analyst
13 25 (3.73%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.28%) IT Manager
15 20 (2.99%) Digital Analyst
16 19 (2.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 19 (2.84%) Software Developer
17 18 (2.69%) Account Manager
17 18 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
18 17 (2.54%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (8.66%) React
2 56 (8.36%) .NET
3 28 (4.18%) ASP.NET
4 27 (4.03%) ASP.NET Core
4 27 (4.03%) Node.js
5 25 (3.73%) CSS
6 23 (3.43%) HTML
6 23 (3.43%) REST
7 21 (3.13%) .NET Core
7 21 (3.13%) RESTful
8 16 (2.39%) Playwright
9 15 (2.24%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.24%) EDI
9 15 (2.24%) Spring
10 13 (1.94%) Entity Framework
11 12 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
11 12 (1.79%) AWS CDK
11 12 (1.79%) Next.js
12 10 (1.49%) Blazor
12 10 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 67 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.78%) Mobile App
3 30 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (2.99%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.84%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.64%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.34%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.75%) Mobile Computing
13 4 (0.60%) AS400
13 4 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.60%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.88%) Linux
2 15 (2.24%) Windows
3 12 (1.79%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.34%) Android
5 3 (0.45%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (23.73%) Mentoring
2 157 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 124 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (17.46%) Coaching
5 113 (16.87%) CI/CD
6 111 (16.57%) DevOps
7 102 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 88 (13.13%) Scrum
9 77 (11.49%) Roadmaps
9 77 (11.49%) Test Automation
10 73 (10.90%) Project Management
11 68 (10.15%) Full-Stack Development
12 67 (10.00%) AI
13 65 (9.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 62 (9.25%) Analytics
14 62 (9.25%) Business Strategy
14 62 (9.25%) Decision-Making
15 59 (8.81%) Project Delivery
15 59 (8.81%) Waterfall
16 57 (8.51%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 126 (18.81%) SQL
2 81 (12.09%) C#
3 71 (10.60%) JavaScript
4 57 (8.51%) Java
5 54 (8.06%) TypeScript
6 44 (6.57%) Python
7 24 (3.58%) Bash
8 20 (2.99%) PHP
9 16 (2.39%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.24%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.49%) C++
12 8 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.90%) R
14 5 (0.75%) Swift
15 4 (0.60%) C
15 4 (0.60%) RPG
15 4 (0.60%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.60%) RPG/400
16 3 (0.45%) Scala
16 3 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (11.34%) Degree
2 56 (8.36%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.57%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.69%) PMI Certification
5 18 (2.69%) PMP
6 14 (2.09%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.79%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.49%) CISSP
9 10 (1.49%) CITP
9 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (1.19%) ISTQB
12 7 (1.04%) CISA
12 7 (1.04%) ISEB
12 7 (1.04%) SSCP
13 5 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.60%) CIMA
14 4 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (12.54%) QA
2 39 (5.82%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.54%) GDPR
4 15 (2.24%) SLA
5 14 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.09%) NIST
6 8 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.04%) ITGC
8 6 (0.90%) WCAG
9 5 (0.75%) PMO
10 3 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.30%) GRC
11 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
12 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (5.97%) Docker
2 7 (1.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 50 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.88%) Terraform
3 10 (1.49%) Grafana
4 4 (0.60%) Ansible
5 3 (0.45%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.45%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.30%) Argo
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Control-M
7 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 105 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.78%) Oracle
3 19 (2.84%) Databricks
4 17 (2.54%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.09%) SAP
6 12 (1.79%) Google
6 12 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.64%) IBM
8 8 (1.19%) Planon
9 6 (0.90%) Workday
10 5 (0.75%) Apple
10 5 (0.75%) IFS
11 4 (0.60%) Cisco
11 4 (0.60%) DIgSILENT
11 4 (0.60%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.60%) Talend
12 3 (0.45%) Cloudera
12 3 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.45%) HP
12 3 (0.45%) Veracode