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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -22 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 588 673 1,546
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.84% 13.07% 15.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.58% 14.25% 18.64%
Number of salaries quoted 383 410 1,282
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,834
25th Percentile £46,696 £45,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £59,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +8.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £68,438
90th Percentile £79,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%

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 7,760 4,724 8,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.08% 91.71% 84.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4,412 2,582 6,569
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -21 384 £60,000 - 174
East Midlands -11 203 £55,000 -8.33% 104
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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 13 (2.21%) CMS
3 12 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.19%) SAS
5 6 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.85%) nginx
7 4 (0.68%) IIS
8 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.51%) WordPress
9 2 (0.34%) Apache
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.17%) Drupal
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.85%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.34%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.17%) Simulink
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.02%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.85%) Shopify
4 3 (0.51%) Maximo
5 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 153 (26.02%) Azure
2 66 (11.22%) AWS
3 56 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 53 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (5.61%) SaaS
6 27 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.23%) PowerApps
9 15 (2.55%) Power Automate
10 13 (2.21%) GCP
11 12 (2.04%) PaaS
11 12 (2.04%) Serverless
12 11 (1.87%) IaaS
13 9 (1.53%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.19%) GitHub
16 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
17 4 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.85%) DNS
1 5 (0.85%) WAN
2 4 (0.68%) Broadband
2 4 (0.68%) Internet
2 4 (0.68%) Modbus
2 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.51%) 3G
3 3 (0.51%) 4G
3 3 (0.51%) GPRS
3 3 (0.51%) GSM
3 3 (0.51%) LAN
3 3 (0.51%) RS-232
3 3 (0.51%) RS-485
3 3 (0.51%) SSL
4 2 (0.34%) 5G
4 2 (0.34%) Intranet
4 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.34%) Wireless
5 1 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.17%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (5.10%) Power BI
2 20 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (3.40%) MySQL
2 20 (3.40%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.89%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.19%) Metadata
4 7 (1.19%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.85%) Pentaho
5 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 2 (0.34%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.34%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (12.59%) JIRA
2 38 (6.46%) Git
3 9 (1.53%) JUnit
3 9 (1.53%) Selenium
3 9 (1.53%) XCUITest
4 8 (1.36%) Maven
4 8 (1.36%) Mockito
5 7 (1.19%) Postman
6 6 (1.02%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.02%) GitLab
6 6 (1.02%) Vite
7 5 (0.85%) Subversion
8 4 (0.68%) JMeter
9 3 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.51%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.51%) Locust
9 3 (0.51%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.51%) TestRail
10 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.34%) git-flow
General
1 191 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 173 (29.42%) Finance
3 82 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.54%) Public Sector
5 53 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (6.80%) Law
7 33 (5.61%) Legal
8 27 (4.59%) Marketing
9 24 (4.08%) Retail
10 19 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.38%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.21%) Local Government
15 12 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.70%) Banking
16 10 (1.70%) Electronics
17 9 (1.53%) Advertising
17 9 (1.53%) Fire and Rescue
18 6 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 114 (19.39%) Senior
2 88 (14.97%) Analyst
3 86 (14.63%) Developer
4 67 (11.39%) Lead
5 39 (6.63%) Business Analyst
5 39 (6.63%) Project Manager
6 33 (5.61%) Senior Manager
7 31 (5.27%) Architect
7 31 (5.27%) Product Owner
8 28 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
9 26 (4.42%) Data Engineer
10 22 (3.74%) IT Manager
10 22 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (3.40%) Digital Analyst
12 17 (2.89%) Java Developer
12 17 (2.89%) Senior Data Engineer
13 16 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (2.72%) IT Project Manager
14 15 (2.55%) IT Support
14 15 (2.55%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.14%) .NET
2 34 (5.78%) React
3 22 (3.74%) CSS
4 20 (3.40%) HTML
5 16 (2.72%) REST
6 15 (2.55%) Laravel
7 13 (2.21%) AngularJS
8 12 (2.04%) EDI
8 12 (2.04%) Node.js
9 11 (1.87%) Middleware
9 11 (1.87%) RESTful
9 11 (1.87%) Spring
10 10 (1.70%) Vue
11 9 (1.53%) YAML
12 7 (1.19%) AWS CDK
12 7 (1.19%) jQuery
12 7 (1.19%) Next.js
12 7 (1.19%) Playwright
13 6 (1.02%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.02%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.07%) Product Ownership
2 30 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 18 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.89%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.70%) NHS
10 9 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.85%) Mobile Computing
13 5 (0.85%) Social Media
13 5 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.42%) Linux
2 15 (2.55%) Windows
3 10 (1.70%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.19%) Android
5 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (23.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 123 (20.92%) Mentoring
3 109 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
4 104 (17.69%) DevOps
5 98 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 91 (15.48%) Coaching
7 81 (13.78%) Scrum
8 79 (13.44%) CI/CD
9 70 (11.90%) Project Management
10 64 (10.88%) Roadmaps
11 60 (10.20%) Decision-Making
12 59 (10.03%) Analytics
13 57 (9.69%) Waterfall
14 55 (9.35%) Test Automation
15 54 (9.18%) Project Delivery
16 51 (8.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 45 (7.65%) Business Strategy
17 45 (7.65%) Full-Stack Development
18 43 (7.31%) SDLC
18 43 (7.31%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 105 (17.86%) SQL
2 54 (9.18%) JavaScript
3 50 (8.50%) C#
4 40 (6.80%) Python
5 37 (6.29%) TypeScript
6 35 (5.95%) Java
7 24 (4.08%) PHP
8 21 (3.57%) Bash
9 11 (1.87%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.36%) C
10 8 (1.36%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.19%) C++
12 5 (0.85%) Go
12 5 (0.85%) R
13 3 (0.51%) Scala
13 3 (0.51%) Swift
13 3 (0.51%) VBA
14 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 62 (10.54%) Degree
2 46 (7.82%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.61%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.89%) PMP
6 13 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.53%) CISSP
8 9 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (1.53%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.36%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.19%) CISA
10 7 (1.19%) CITP
10 7 (1.19%) SSCP
11 6 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.85%) CIMA
12 5 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.85%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (15.31%) QA
2 23 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.40%) SLA
4 14 (2.38%) NIST
5 13 (2.21%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.21%) GDPR
6 9 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.36%) PMO
8 7 (1.19%) ITGC
8 7 (1.19%) WCAG
9 3 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.51%) MISRA
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (5.61%) Docker
2 10 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (5.44%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.57%) Terraform
3 9 (1.53%) Grafana
4 6 (1.02%) Ansible
5 2 (0.34%) Argo
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.17%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.61%) Databricks
3 25 (4.25%) Oracle
4 14 (2.38%) SAP
5 12 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.53%) IBM
8 7 (1.19%) Workday
9 6 (1.02%) Google
9 6 (1.02%) Planon
9 6 (1.02%) Talend
10 5 (0.85%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.85%) Zoho
11 4 (0.68%) Cloudera
11 4 (0.68%) Informatica
11 4 (0.68%) Remedy
12 3 (0.51%) Apple
12 3 (0.51%) Cisco
12 3 (0.51%) ESRI
12 3 (0.51%) QAD