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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 8
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 741 599 1,235
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.85% 10.54% 12.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.96% 12.38% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 471 362 531
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,217 £47,546 £45,000
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 £68,750
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 10,642 4,837 7,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.66% 85.14% 77.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,600 2,900 4,142
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% -8.00%

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 11 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 11 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 -9 471 £55,000 -8.33% 255
East Midlands -1 269 £55,000 -4.35% 120
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 (2.83%) Confluence
2 17 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.67%) SAS
5 4 (0.54%) PowerFactory
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) Documentum
8 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.75%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.21%) 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 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 30 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.02%) Primavera
2 15 (2.02%) SAP EHS
3 6 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.54%) Infor M3
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.27%) Shopify
5 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 243 (32.79%) Azure
2 165 (22.27%) AWS
3 82 (11.07%) Power Platform
4 61 (8.23%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (6.48%) Power Automate
6 46 (6.21%) SaaS
7 42 (5.67%) PowerApps
8 41 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (4.18%) Serverless
10 30 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (2.70%) GCP
12 15 (2.02%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (2.02%) IaaS
12 15 (2.02%) Smartsheet
13 12 (1.62%) GitHub
14 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.35%) PaaS
16 9 (1.21%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.08%) DNS
2 7 (0.94%) Internet
2 7 (0.94%) Wireshark
3 6 (0.81%) LAN
3 6 (0.81%) WAN
4 5 (0.67%) Network Security
5 3 (0.40%) HTTP
5 3 (0.40%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Firewall
6 2 (0.27%) Profibus
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.13%) DHCP
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) SNMP
7 1 (0.13%) SSL
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) Wireless
7 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.50%) Power BI
2 54 (7.29%) MongoDB
3 47 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.89%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.48%) Power Query
9 11 (1.48%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.35%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.08%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.94%) MySQL
13 7 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.81%) Metadata
14 6 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 5 (0.67%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 60 (8.10%) Git
2 57 (7.69%) JIRA
3 23 (3.10%) GitLab
4 22 (2.97%) JUnit
5 21 (2.83%) Cucumber
6 19 (2.56%) Selenium
7 18 (2.43%) Postman
8 17 (2.29%) Jenkins
8 17 (2.29%) Maven
9 14 (1.89%) Gatling
9 14 (1.89%) Mockito
10 11 (1.48%) Zephyr
11 10 (1.35%) JMeter
12 9 (1.21%) Subversion
13 8 (1.08%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.94%) Eclipse
15 5 (0.67%) REST Assured
15 5 (0.67%) SoapUI
15 5 (0.67%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.67%) XCUITest
General
1 234 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 176 (23.75%) Finance
3 107 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (11.20%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (5.53%) Retail
7 36 (4.86%) Manufacturing
8 35 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
9 30 (4.05%) Legal
10 29 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (3.78%) Law
12 21 (2.83%) Marketing
13 19 (2.56%) Electronics
14 18 (2.43%) Banking
15 17 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.62%) Games
17 9 (1.21%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (1.08%) Fire and Rescue
19 7 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 174 (23.48%) Developer
2 130 (17.54%) Senior
3 115 (15.52%) Lead
4 61 (8.23%) Analyst
5 58 (7.83%) Architect
6 55 (7.42%) Project Manager
7 49 (6.61%) .NET Developer
8 46 (6.21%) Software Engineer
9 41 (5.53%) Business Analyst
10 36 (4.86%) Delivery Manager
10 36 (4.86%) Senior Developer
11 23 (3.10%) Power Platform Developer
12 21 (2.83%) Software Developer
13 19 (2.56%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (2.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 18 (2.43%) Senior Manager
15 17 (2.29%) Data Engineer
15 17 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (2.16%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (14.57%) .NET
2 88 (11.88%) React
3 58 (7.83%) ASP.NET
4 53 (7.15%) ASP.NET Core
5 52 (7.02%) .NET Core
5 52 (7.02%) REST
6 48 (6.48%) Node.js
7 42 (5.67%) CSS
8 37 (4.99%) HTML
9 33 (4.45%) Terraform
10 32 (4.32%) Playwright
11 25 (3.37%) ASP.NET Web API
11 25 (3.37%) Entity Framework
12 22 (2.97%) Blazor
12 22 (2.97%) RESTful
12 22 (2.97%) Spring
13 19 (2.56%) JSON
14 17 (2.29%) XML
15 16 (2.16%) LINQ
16 15 (2.02%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.67%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (3.64%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (3.10%) Mobile App
7 22 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (2.70%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.70%) PMI
9 17 (2.29%) Onboarding
10 16 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (2.02%) Driving Licence
12 14 (1.89%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.75%) AI Agents
14 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (1.35%) Low-Code
16 9 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
17 8 (1.08%) IoT
18 7 (0.94%) Data Structures
18 7 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.72%) Linux
2 13 (1.75%) Windows
3 7 (0.94%) Unix
4 6 (0.81%) Android
5 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Solaris
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (27.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 164 (22.13%) Mentoring
3 161 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
4 158 (21.32%) CI/CD
5 136 (18.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 132 (17.81%) AI
6 132 (17.81%) DevOps
7 121 (16.33%) Scrum
8 104 (14.04%) Coaching
9 102 (13.77%) Decision-Making
10 92 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 87 (11.74%) Full-Stack Development
12 82 (11.07%) Project Management
12 82 (11.07%) Roadmaps
13 80 (10.80%) Test Automation
14 78 (10.53%) Software Engineering
15 76 (10.26%) SDLC
16 74 (9.99%) Business Intelligence
16 74 (9.99%) Microservices
17 68 (9.18%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 170 (22.94%) SQL
2 137 (18.49%) C#
3 99 (13.36%) JavaScript
4 79 (10.66%) Java
5 65 (8.77%) TypeScript
6 49 (6.61%) Python
7 21 (2.83%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.56%) Bash
9 17 (2.29%) C++
9 17 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (1.75%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.48%) C
12 10 (1.35%) MATLAB
13 9 (1.21%) PHP
14 7 (0.94%) Embedded C
15 5 (0.67%) Perl
16 4 (0.54%) R
16 4 (0.54%) RPG
16 4 (0.54%) RPG IV
16 4 (0.54%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 117 (15.79%) Degree
2 110 (14.84%) Security Cleared
3 100 (13.50%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.86%) PMI Certification
5 31 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (2.83%) PMP
7 20 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 16 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.89%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.75%) ISTQB
12 12 (1.62%) ISEB
12 12 (1.62%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.67%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.67%) CISM
14 5 (0.67%) CISSP
15 4 (0.54%) CCNP
15 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.31%) QA
2 62 (8.37%) Accessibility
3 30 (4.05%) Data Quality
4 28 (3.78%) GDPR
5 15 (2.02%) WCAG
6 10 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.35%) PMO
7 8 (1.08%) GRC
8 5 (0.67%) NCSC
9 4 (0.54%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.40%) SLA
11 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) IEC 61131
11 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) NIST
12 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (7.56%) Docker
2 11 (1.48%) Embedded Firmware
2 11 (1.48%) Firmware
3 3 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 66 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.67%) 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 (0.13%) Argo
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 150 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.67%) SAP
3 36 (4.86%) Oracle
4 25 (3.37%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.89%) Databricks
7 12 (1.62%) Google
8 11 (1.48%) Pega
9 10 (1.35%) IFS
10 9 (1.21%) YouTube
11 8 (1.08%) Infor
11 8 (1.08%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.94%) Workday
13 6 (0.81%) Cisco
13 6 (0.81%) Veracode
14 5 (0.67%) Altera
14 5 (0.67%) Facebook
14 5 (0.67%) Microsemi
14 5 (0.67%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.67%) Xilinx