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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 738 592 1,216
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.83% 10.50% 12.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.95% 12.30% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 461 354 516
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,400 £37,148
25th Percentile £46,217 £47,546 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £69,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £82,500
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 10,622 4,812 7,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.49% 85.33% 78.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,570 2,882 4,087
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.93%

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 September 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 14 September 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 -9 476 £55,000 -8.33% 471
East Midlands -2 261 £55,000 -4.35% 223
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 21 (2.85%) Confluence
2 17 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.68%) SAS
5 4 (0.54%) PowerFactory
6 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.14%) Documentum
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.76%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.49%) Simulink
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.54%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.54%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 30 (4.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (2.71%) Primavera
2 20 (2.71%) SAP EHS
3 6 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.68%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.27%) Shopify
6 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 238 (32.25%) Azure
2 163 (22.09%) AWS
3 83 (11.25%) Power Platform
4 58 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (6.50%) Power Automate
6 46 (6.23%) SaaS
7 42 (5.69%) PowerApps
8 41 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (4.07%) Serverless
10 20 (2.71%) GCP
10 20 (2.71%) Smartsheet
11 15 (2.03%) Amazon S3
11 15 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (1.90%) IaaS
13 12 (1.63%) GitHub
14 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (1.36%) PaaS
16 9 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.22%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.08%) Wireshark
2 7 (0.95%) DNS
3 6 (0.81%) Internet
3 6 (0.81%) LAN
3 6 (0.81%) WAN
4 5 (0.68%) Network Security
5 3 (0.41%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Firewall
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Profibus
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.14%) RTP
7 1 (0.14%) RTSP
7 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.14%) SS7
7 1 (0.14%) VLAN
7 1 (0.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (8.67%) Power BI
2 52 (7.05%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.12%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.90%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.49%) Power Query
9 11 (1.49%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.36%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.08%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.95%) MySQL
13 7 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.81%) Metadata
14 6 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 5 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 60 (8.13%) Git
2 57 (7.72%) JIRA
3 23 (3.12%) GitLab
4 22 (2.98%) JUnit
5 21 (2.85%) Cucumber
6 19 (2.57%) Selenium
7 18 (2.44%) Postman
8 17 (2.30%) Jenkins
8 17 (2.30%) Maven
9 14 (1.90%) Gatling
9 14 (1.90%) Mockito
10 11 (1.49%) Zephyr
11 10 (1.36%) JMeter
12 9 (1.22%) Subversion
13 8 (1.08%) Cypress.io
13 8 (1.08%) Eclipse
14 5 (0.68%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.68%) SoapUI
14 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 231 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 176 (23.85%) Finance
3 109 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (5.56%) Retail
7 37 (5.01%) Manufacturing
8 35 (4.74%) Legal
9 34 (4.61%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (3.66%) Law
12 20 (2.71%) Electronics
12 20 (2.71%) Marketing
13 17 (2.30%) Banking
13 17 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.63%) Games
15 9 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.08%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.08%) Fire and Rescue
17 7 (0.95%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 171 (23.17%) Developer
2 128 (17.34%) Senior
3 122 (16.53%) Lead
4 61 (8.27%) Analyst
5 58 (7.86%) Architect
6 52 (7.05%) Project Manager
7 47 (6.37%) .NET Developer
8 45 (6.10%) Software Engineer
9 41 (5.56%) Business Analyst
10 36 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
11 35 (4.74%) Senior Developer
12 23 (3.12%) Power Platform Developer
13 21 (2.85%) Software Developer
14 19 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
14 19 (2.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 17 (2.30%) Data Engineer
15 17 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.30%) Senior Manager
15 17 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (2.17%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (14.36%) .NET
2 86 (11.65%) React
3 56 (7.59%) ASP.NET
4 52 (7.05%) REST
5 51 (6.91%) ASP.NET Core
6 50 (6.78%) .NET Core
7 46 (6.23%) Node.js
8 41 (5.56%) CSS
9 36 (4.88%) HTML
10 33 (4.47%) Terraform
11 32 (4.34%) Playwright
12 24 (3.25%) ASP.NET Web API
12 24 (3.25%) Entity Framework
13 22 (2.98%) Spring
14 21 (2.85%) Blazor
14 21 (2.85%) RESTful
15 19 (2.57%) JSON
16 17 (2.30%) XML
17 16 (2.17%) LINQ
18 14 (1.90%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (3.66%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.39%) PMI
6 24 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.98%) Management Information System
8 21 (2.85%) Mobile App
9 17 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (2.30%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.03%) Driving Licence
11 14 (1.90%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.76%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.36%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (1.08%) Data Structures
16 8 (1.08%) IoT
16 8 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.74%) Linux
2 12 (1.63%) Windows
3 7 (0.95%) Unix
4 5 (0.68%) Android
5 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.27%) Solaris
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (27.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 163 (22.09%) Mentoring
3 160 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (20.87%) CI/CD
5 133 (18.02%) AI
5 133 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 129 (17.48%) DevOps
7 119 (16.12%) Scrum
8 105 (14.23%) Decision-Making
9 102 (13.82%) Coaching
10 97 (13.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 87 (11.79%) Project Management
12 85 (11.52%) Full-Stack Development
13 82 (11.11%) Roadmaps
14 78 (10.57%) Software Engineering
15 77 (10.43%) Test Automation
16 75 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
16 75 (10.16%) SDLC
17 73 (9.89%) Microservices
18 69 (9.35%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 168 (22.76%) SQL
2 135 (18.29%) C#
3 98 (13.28%) JavaScript
4 81 (10.98%) Java
5 64 (8.67%) TypeScript
6 49 (6.64%) Python
7 21 (2.85%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.57%) Bash
9 17 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (2.17%) C++
11 12 (1.63%) C
11 12 (1.63%) MATLAB
11 12 (1.63%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.22%) PHP
13 8 (1.08%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.68%) Perl
15 4 (0.54%) R
15 4 (0.54%) RPG
15 4 (0.54%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.54%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 124 (16.80%) Degree
2 113 (15.31%) Security Cleared
3 104 (14.09%) SC Cleared
4 42 (5.69%) PMI Certification
5 30 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.98%) PMP
7 19 (2.57%) Azure Certification
8 16 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.76%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.76%) ISTQB
10 13 (1.76%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.63%) ISEB
12 6 (0.81%) CISSP
12 6 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.68%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.68%) CISM
14 4 (0.54%) CCNA
14 4 (0.54%) CCNP
14 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.21%) QA
2 60 (8.13%) Accessibility
3 32 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 29 (3.93%) GDPR
5 15 (2.03%) WCAG
6 11 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.36%) PMO
8 8 (1.08%) GRC
9 5 (0.68%) NCSC
10 4 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.41%) SLA
12 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
12 2 (0.27%) NIST
12 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (7.59%) Docker
2 12 (1.63%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (1.63%) Firmware
3 3 (0.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 65 (8.81%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.68%) Grafana
4 4 (0.54%) Ansible
4 4 (0.54%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.27%) Bosun
5 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 147 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.37%) SAP
3 36 (4.88%) Oracle
4 25 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.71%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.90%) Databricks
7 12 (1.63%) Google
8 11 (1.49%) Pega
9 10 (1.36%) IFS
10 9 (1.22%) Infor
10 9 (1.22%) YouTube
11 8 (1.08%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.08%) Workday
12 6 (0.81%) Cisco
12 6 (0.81%) Veracode
13 5 (0.68%) Altera
13 5 (0.68%) Facebook
13 5 (0.68%) Microsemi
13 5 (0.68%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.68%) Xilinx