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 3 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 11 4
Rank change year-on-year -21 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 273 272 672
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.72% 10.80% 15.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.07% 11.59% 18.39%
Number of salaries quoted 210 189 586
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -2.50%
75th Percentile £71,223 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -8.78%

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 4,497 2,347 3,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.82% 93.21% 83.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,340 1,274 2,916
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £66,063 £65,620 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +10.00% -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 3 months to 22 January 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 3 months to 22 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -22 187 £62,000 +7.83% 186
East Midlands -17 85 £56,250 -6.25% 144
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 26 (5.19%) Confluence
2 8 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.40%) CMS
4 6 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.00%) SAS
6 4 (0.80%) Apache
6 4 (0.80%) nginx
7 3 (0.60%) IIS
7 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.60%) WordPress
8 2 (0.40%) Appian
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 13 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.80%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.80%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.60%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Simulink
6 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (4.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.40%) Shopify
3 3 (0.60%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 3 (0.60%) Maximo
3 3 (0.60%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.40%) iTrent
4 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 150 (29.94%) Azure
2 68 (13.57%) AWS
3 53 (10.58%) Power Platform
4 47 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (8.58%) SaaS
6 33 (6.59%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (4.19%) PowerApps
8 20 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (3.19%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.79%) GCP
11 11 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.80%) PaaS
13 8 (1.60%) Serverless
14 7 (1.40%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.40%) GitHub
15 6 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (1.00%) Amazon S3
16 5 (1.00%) IaaS
17 4 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
17 4 (0.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.60%) DNS
2 5 (1.00%) WAN
3 4 (0.80%) DHCP
3 4 (0.80%) Internet
3 4 (0.80%) LAN
3 4 (0.80%) Modbus
3 4 (0.80%) SSL
3 4 (0.80%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.60%) 3G
4 3 (0.60%) 4G
4 3 (0.60%) Broadband
4 3 (0.60%) GPRS
4 3 (0.60%) GSM
4 3 (0.60%) HTTP
4 3 (0.60%) Intranet
4 3 (0.60%) RS-232
4 3 (0.60%) RS-485
4 3 (0.60%) VPN
5 2 (0.40%) FTP
5 2 (0.40%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.59%) Power BI
2 27 (5.39%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.39%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.99%) MySQL
5 19 (3.79%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.40%) Metadata
7 7 (1.40%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.00%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.80%) Pentaho
10 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.60%) Tableau
11 2 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.40%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 55 (10.98%) JIRA
2 40 (7.98%) Git
3 10 (2.00%) JUnit
4 9 (1.80%) GitLab
4 9 (1.80%) Mockito
5 8 (1.60%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.60%) Maven
5 8 (1.60%) Selenium
6 7 (1.40%) Subversion
7 6 (1.20%) Postman
8 5 (1.00%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.00%) Vite
9 4 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.60%) git-flow
11 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.40%) Gatling
11 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.40%) TestRail
11 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
General
1 162 (32.34%) Social Skills
2 130 (25.95%) Finance
3 64 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (10.38%) Public Sector
5 41 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.39%) Law
7 29 (5.79%) Legal
8 27 (5.39%) Marketing
9 22 (4.39%) Retail
10 16 (3.19%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.79%) Local Government
13 13 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (2.00%) Electronics
16 9 (1.80%) Banking
16 9 (1.80%) Fire and Rescue
17 6 (1.20%) Billing
17 6 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (20.56%) Developer
2 80 (15.97%) Senior
3 66 (13.17%) Lead
4 53 (10.58%) Analyst
5 34 (6.79%) Project Manager
6 28 (5.59%) Architect
7 27 (5.39%) Business Analyst
7 27 (5.39%) Data Engineer
8 22 (4.39%) IT Manager
9 21 (4.19%) Java Developer
9 21 (4.19%) Product Owner
9 21 (4.19%) Senior Developer
10 18 (3.59%) Senior Data Engineer
11 16 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
11 16 (3.19%) IT Project Manager
12 15 (2.99%) C# Developer
13 14 (2.79%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 14 (2.79%) PHP Developer
13 14 (2.79%) Senior Manager
14 13 (2.59%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.58%) .NET
2 30 (5.99%) React
3 24 (4.79%) HTML
4 23 (4.59%) CSS
5 18 (3.59%) REST
6 16 (3.19%) Laravel
6 16 (3.19%) Spring
7 15 (2.99%) EDI
8 10 (2.00%) .NET Framework
8 10 (2.00%) Spring Boot
8 10 (2.00%) Symfony
9 9 (1.80%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.80%) Middleware
9 9 (1.80%) RESTful
10 8 (1.60%) jQuery
11 7 (1.40%) CakePHP
11 7 (1.40%) CodeIgniter
11 7 (1.40%) Node.js
11 7 (1.40%) Vue
11 7 (1.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.98%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.59%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.79%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.00%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.00%) NHS
6 9 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.20%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.00%) IoT
8 5 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.00%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.80%) Legacy Code
9 4 (0.80%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.19%) Linux
2 14 (2.79%) Windows
3 3 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.40%) Unix
4 2 (0.40%) VMS
4 2 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (22.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 109 (21.76%) DevOps
3 98 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (16.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 73 (14.57%) Mentoring
5 73 (14.57%) Scrum
6 71 (14.17%) CI/CD
7 70 (13.97%) Project Management
8 59 (11.78%) Waterfall
9 56 (11.18%) SDLC
10 51 (10.18%) Roadmaps
11 50 (9.98%) Project Delivery
12 48 (9.58%) Coaching
12 48 (9.58%) Software Engineering
13 47 (9.38%) Migration
14 44 (8.78%) Analytics
14 44 (8.78%) CRM
15 43 (8.58%) User Experience
16 42 (8.38%) Decision-Making
17 39 (7.78%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 97 (19.36%) SQL
2 62 (12.38%) C#
3 57 (11.38%) JavaScript
4 43 (8.58%) Python
5 40 (7.98%) Java
6 34 (6.79%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.59%) PHP
8 17 (3.39%) Bash
9 9 (1.80%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.60%) C
10 8 (1.60%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.40%) Go
12 6 (1.20%) C++
13 5 (1.00%) R
13 5 (1.00%) Scala
14 4 (0.80%) Ruby
15 3 (0.60%) Groovy
16 2 (0.40%) Perl
16 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (10.38%) Degree
2 44 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.79%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.40%) PMP
7 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.00%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.40%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.00%) CITP
12 4 (0.80%) ACCA
12 4 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.80%) CIMA
12 4 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.60%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.60%) MBA
13 3 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (12.97%) QA
2 13 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.00%) GDPR
4 9 (1.80%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.80%) PMO
5 8 (1.60%) SLA
6 7 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.80%) WCAG
8 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.60%) MISRA
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.40%) NIST
10 1 (0.20%) COBIT
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (6.19%) Docker
2 9 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (5.79%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.59%) Terraform
3 7 (1.40%) Ansible
4 3 (0.60%) Grafana
5 2 (0.40%) Argo
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.40%) Nagios
5 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) CA Service Virtualization
6 1 (0.20%) Control-M
6 1 (0.20%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.20%) Nessus
6 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 78 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.99%) Databricks
3 24 (4.79%) Oracle
4 16 (3.19%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.99%) SAP
6 8 (1.60%) IBM
6 8 (1.60%) Planon
7 7 (1.40%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.20%) Siemens
9 5 (1.00%) Talend
9 5 (1.00%) Workday
9 5 (1.00%) Zoho
10 4 (0.80%) Cisco
10 4 (0.80%) Google
10 4 (0.80%) Remedy
11 3 (0.60%) Adobe
11 3 (0.60%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.60%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.60%) Informatica
11 3 (0.60%) QAD