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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 740 638 1,341
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.08% 11.00% 12.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.29% 12.95% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 482 389 671
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,848
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -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 10,156 4,928 8,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.72% 84.99% 77.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,261 2,954 4,921
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,225
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 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -11 462 £55,000 -8.33% 160
East Midlands +1 278 £55,000 -1.79% 79
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 (2.84%) Confluence
2 14 (1.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 12 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) PowerFactory
5 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.41%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Documentum
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (1.62%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.54%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.54%) Revit
6 3 (0.41%) Simulink
7 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 23 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.68%) Primavera
4 5 (0.68%) SAP EHS
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%) Infor M3
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
1 240 (32.43%) Azure
2 151 (20.41%) AWS
3 77 (10.41%) Power Platform
4 60 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (6.22%) SaaS
6 40 (5.41%) Power Automate
6 40 (5.41%) PowerApps
7 34 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
7 34 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (3.24%) Serverless
9 18 (2.43%) GCP
9 18 (2.43%) IaaS
10 14 (1.89%) PaaS
11 13 (1.76%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (1.22%) Azure AKS
15 8 (1.08%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.22%) DNS
2 7 (0.95%) Internet
3 4 (0.54%) LAN
3 4 (0.54%) WAN
4 3 (0.41%) HTTP
4 3 (0.41%) Hyperconnected
4 3 (0.41%) Network Security
4 3 (0.41%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.27%) Firewall
5 2 (0.27%) SMS
5 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.27%) VoIP
6 1 (0.14%) Broadband
6 1 (0.14%) CTI
6 1 (0.14%) DHCP
6 1 (0.14%) FTP
6 1 (0.14%) SNMP
6 1 (0.14%) SSL
6 1 (0.14%) VPN
6 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.38%) Power BI
2 50 (6.76%) MongoDB
3 45 (6.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (3.38%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.49%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.35%) DynamoDB
8 10 (1.35%) Power Query
9 9 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.08%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.95%) MySQL
11 7 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 5 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
14 4 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 54 (7.30%) JIRA
2 49 (6.62%) Git
3 22 (2.97%) Cucumber
3 22 (2.97%) JUnit
4 21 (2.84%) GitLab
4 21 (2.84%) Selenium
5 19 (2.57%) Postman
6 17 (2.30%) Maven
7 16 (2.16%) Jenkins
8 14 (1.89%) Gatling
8 14 (1.89%) Mockito
9 12 (1.62%) JMeter
10 11 (1.49%) Zephyr
11 8 (1.08%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.95%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.81%) REST Assured
13 6 (0.81%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.81%) Subversion
14 5 (0.68%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 225 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 189 (25.54%) Finance
3 104 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (9.32%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (5.68%) Retail
7 37 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
8 30 (4.05%) Law
8 30 (4.05%) Manufacturing
9 29 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (2.84%) Legal
11 19 (2.57%) Marketing
12 17 (2.30%) Banking
13 15 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.35%) Electronics
15 10 (1.35%) Games
16 9 (1.22%) Advertising
16 9 (1.22%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.95%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 159 (21.49%) Developer
2 135 (18.24%) Senior
3 96 (12.97%) Lead
4 86 (11.62%) Analyst
5 57 (7.70%) Project Manager
6 53 (7.16%) Architect
7 50 (6.76%) .NET Developer
8 49 (6.62%) Business Analyst
9 45 (6.08%) Software Engineer
10 39 (5.27%) Delivery Manager
11 29 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
12 28 (3.78%) Senior Manager
13 25 (3.38%) Senior Developer
14 22 (2.97%) Software Developer
15 20 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
15 20 (2.70%) Power Platform Developer
16 19 (2.57%) IT Manager
16 19 (2.57%) Junior
17 18 (2.43%) Account Manager
17 18 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (14.19%) .NET
2 84 (11.35%) React
3 58 (7.84%) ASP.NET
4 53 (7.16%) ASP.NET Core
5 52 (7.03%) .NET Core
6 48 (6.49%) REST
7 44 (5.95%) Node.js
8 39 (5.27%) CSS
9 34 (4.59%) HTML
10 31 (4.19%) Playwright
11 30 (4.05%) Terraform
12 25 (3.38%) ASP.NET Web API
12 25 (3.38%) Entity Framework
13 22 (2.97%) Blazor
14 21 (2.84%) RESTful
15 20 (2.70%) Spring
16 16 (2.16%) LINQ
17 15 (2.03%) Next.js
18 13 (1.76%) SOAP
19 12 (1.62%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.22%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (3.65%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (3.51%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.24%) Mobile App
6 22 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.76%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.62%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.35%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.35%) PMI
11 9 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.08%) IoT
13 6 (0.81%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.19%) Linux
2 15 (2.03%) Windows
3 7 (0.95%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.95%) Unix
4 5 (0.68%) Android
5 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.27%) Solaris
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 167 (22.57%) Mentoring
3 163 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 151 (20.41%) CI/CD
5 131 (17.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 128 (17.30%) DevOps
7 119 (16.08%) AI
8 115 (15.54%) Scrum
9 113 (15.27%) Coaching
10 91 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 89 (12.03%) Decision-Making
12 87 (11.76%) Test Automation
13 85 (11.49%) Full-Stack Development
14 77 (10.41%) SDLC
15 75 (10.14%) Roadmaps
16 72 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
16 72 (9.73%) Microservices
17 71 (9.59%) Waterfall
18 69 (9.32%) Analytics
18 69 (9.32%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (22.70%) SQL
2 130 (17.57%) C#
3 90 (12.16%) JavaScript
4 70 (9.46%) Java
5 60 (8.11%) TypeScript
6 43 (5.81%) Python
7 21 (2.84%) PL/SQL
8 18 (2.43%) Bash
9 16 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (2.03%) C++
11 14 (1.89%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.49%) PHP
13 7 (0.95%) C
14 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.54%) RPG
14 4 (0.54%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.54%) RPG/400
14 4 (0.54%) Swift
15 3 (0.41%) Embedded C
16 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (13.11%) Degree
2 90 (12.16%) Security Cleared
3 81 (10.95%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.97%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.30%) PMP
7 16 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.76%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.76%) ISTQB
9 12 (1.62%) CISSP
9 12 (1.62%) ISEB
9 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.49%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.95%) CISA
12 7 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.95%) SSCP
13 6 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.68%) CISM
15 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (10.41%) QA
2 58 (7.84%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.84%) GDPR
4 19 (2.57%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.76%) NIST
6 11 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.35%) PMO
8 9 (1.22%) WCAG
9 8 (1.08%) GRC
10 4 (0.54%) SLA
10 4 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.41%) NCSC
11 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.27%) ITGC
13 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (7.16%) Docker
2 6 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (0.81%) Firmware
3 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (8.65%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.95%) Grafana
3 4 (0.54%) HP Fortify
3 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.41%) Ansible
4 3 (0.41%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 144 (19.46%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.14%) Oracle
3 32 (4.32%) SAP
4 24 (3.24%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.76%) Databricks
7 10 (1.35%) Google
7 10 (1.35%) IFS
8 9 (1.22%) IBM
9 8 (1.08%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.08%) YouTube
10 7 (0.95%) Pega
11 6 (0.81%) Veracode
11 6 (0.81%) Workday
12 5 (0.68%) Facebook
12 5 (0.68%) Infor
12 5 (0.68%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.54%) Apple
13 4 (0.54%) Cisco
13 4 (0.54%) Informatica