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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 492 973 956
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.98% 11.87% 19.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.90% 13.94% 21.27%
Number of salaries quoted 336 426 747
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £35,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,375 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +1.50%

All Process and 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 4,969 6,981 4,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.59% 85.20% 92.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,330 3,117 3,512
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,539 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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 -3 338 £62,500 +4.17% 185
East Midlands -17 150 £55,000 -3.51% 150
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 23 (4.67%) Confluence
2 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.22%) SAS
4 5 (1.02%) Apache
4 5 (1.02%) IIS
5 4 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.81%) CMS
6 3 (0.61%) WordPress
7 2 (0.41%) Appian
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.20%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 29 (5.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.22%) Shopify
3 3 (0.61%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.41%) iTrent
4 2 (0.41%) Maximo
4 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 143 (29.07%) Azure
2 78 (15.85%) AWS
3 60 (12.20%) SaaS
4 52 (10.57%) Power Platform
5 42 (8.54%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (4.67%) GCP
8 22 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (4.27%) PowerApps
10 18 (3.66%) Power Automate
11 14 (2.85%) Serverless
12 11 (2.24%) PaaS
13 9 (1.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.42%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.42%) GitHub
15 7 (1.42%) Snowflake
16 6 (1.22%) Entra ID
16 6 (1.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.44%) DNS
2 8 (1.63%) Firewall
2 8 (1.63%) VPN
3 7 (1.42%) DHCP
4 5 (1.02%) HTTP
4 5 (1.02%) Internet
5 4 (0.81%) FTP
5 4 (0.81%) LAN
5 4 (0.81%) Modbus
5 4 (0.81%) Network Security
5 4 (0.81%) SMTP
5 4 (0.81%) SSH
5 4 (0.81%) SSL
5 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.81%) WAN
6 3 (0.61%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.61%) GPRS
6 3 (0.61%) GSM
6 3 (0.61%) RS-232
6 3 (0.61%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.69%) Power BI
2 25 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (4.27%) MySQL
4 12 (2.44%) Data Lake
5 11 (2.24%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.63%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.42%) Big Data
9 7 (1.42%) Tableau
10 6 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.02%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.02%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.81%) Metadata
12 4 (0.81%) Pentaho
13 3 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 3 (0.61%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (9.96%) JIRA
2 39 (7.93%) Git
3 15 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.64%) Selenium
5 11 (2.24%) JUnit
6 9 (1.83%) GitLab
6 9 (1.83%) Postman
7 8 (1.63%) Mockito
8 6 (1.22%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.22%) Maven
9 5 (1.02%) JMeter
9 5 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.81%) Katalon Studio
10 4 (0.81%) Vagrant
11 3 (0.61%) git-flow
11 3 (0.61%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.61%) Subversion
12 2 (0.41%) Gatling
12 2 (0.41%) NUnit
General
1 160 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 129 (26.22%) Finance
3 61 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.11%) Law
6 33 (6.71%) Marketing
7 29 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (5.89%) Legal
8 19 (3.86%) Local Government
8 19 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (3.86%) Retail
9 15 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.85%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
13 8 (1.63%) Banking
14 7 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.42%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.22%) Advertising
16 4 (0.81%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 102 (20.73%) Developer
2 66 (13.41%) Lead
2 66 (13.41%) Senior
3 50 (10.16%) Analyst
4 33 (6.71%) Architect
4 33 (6.71%) Project Manager
5 24 (4.88%) Data Engineer
6 20 (4.07%) Business Analyst
7 18 (3.66%) Senior Developer
7 18 (3.66%) Software Engineer
8 17 (3.46%) Java Developer
9 16 (3.25%) IT Manager
9 16 (3.25%) PHP Developer
10 15 (3.05%) C# Developer
10 15 (3.05%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 15 (3.05%) Lead Developer
11 14 (2.85%) IT Project Manager
12 12 (2.44%) Product Owner
12 12 (2.44%) Software Developer
13 11 (2.24%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (11.18%) .NET
2 30 (6.10%) React
3 28 (5.69%) HTML
4 26 (5.28%) CSS
5 21 (4.27%) Spring
6 19 (3.86%) REST
7 15 (3.05%) RESTful
7 15 (3.05%) Spring Boot
8 14 (2.85%) Laravel
9 13 (2.64%) .NET Framework
10 12 (2.44%) Symfony
11 10 (2.03%) Django
11 10 (2.03%) jQuery
11 10 (2.03%) XML
12 8 (1.63%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.63%) CakePHP
12 8 (1.63%) CodeIgniter
12 8 (1.63%) Hibernate
12 8 (1.63%) Node.js
12 8 (1.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.55%) Product Ownership
2 28 (5.69%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.85%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.24%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.24%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.03%) NHS
6 10 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.83%) IoT
8 6 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.02%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.02%) Legacy Code
9 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.81%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.67%) Linux
2 21 (4.27%) Windows
3 6 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.02%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.81%) AIX
5 4 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.81%) VMS
6 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.41%) Unix
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (22.97%) DevOps
2 99 (20.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 87 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (16.06%) CI/CD
5 77 (15.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 73 (14.84%) Mentoring
7 71 (14.43%) Scrum
8 60 (12.20%) Project Management
9 57 (11.59%) SDLC
10 55 (11.18%) Waterfall
11 54 (10.98%) Project Delivery
12 51 (10.37%) Software Engineering
13 47 (9.55%) Roadmaps
14 46 (9.35%) Analytics
15 44 (8.94%) Migration
16 42 (8.54%) CRM
17 41 (8.33%) Test Automation
18 40 (8.13%) AI
18 40 (8.13%) Microservices
19 37 (7.52%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 103 (20.93%) SQL
2 72 (14.63%) C#
3 61 (12.40%) JavaScript
4 51 (10.37%) Python
5 44 (8.94%) Java
6 33 (6.71%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.67%) PHP
8 12 (2.44%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.24%) Bash
10 9 (1.83%) C++
11 8 (1.63%) Groovy
12 6 (1.22%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.22%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.02%) C
14 4 (0.81%) Go
14 4 (0.81%) Perl
14 4 (0.81%) R
14 4 (0.81%) Ruby
14 4 (0.81%) Scala
15 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 52 (10.57%) Degree
2 43 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 36 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.85%) ACCA
6 13 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.83%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.63%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.63%) PMP
9 5 (1.02%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.02%) MCP
10 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.61%) APMG
11 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.18%) QA
2 11 (2.24%) PMO
3 10 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.63%) SLA
5 7 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 6 (1.22%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.02%) GDPR
7 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.61%) COBIT
8 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.61%) MISRA
8 3 (0.61%) NIST
8 3 (0.61%) WCAG
9 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 34 (6.91%) Docker
2 14 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.02%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 33 (6.71%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.28%) Terraform
3 7 (1.42%) Grafana
4 5 (1.02%) Ansible
5 3 (0.61%) Kibana
6 2 (0.41%) Nagios
6 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.41%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.20%) Argo
7 1 (0.20%) CA Service Virtualization
7 1 (0.20%) logstash
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.20%) Nessus
7 1 (0.20%) Oozie
7 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.49%) Databricks
3 20 (4.07%) Oracle
4 15 (3.05%) SAP
5 11 (2.24%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.83%) IBM
7 8 (1.63%) Siemens
8 7 (1.42%) Google
8 7 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.02%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.81%) Adobe
10 4 (0.81%) Informatica
10 4 (0.81%) JD Edwards
10 4 (0.81%) Talend
10 4 (0.81%) VMware
11 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.61%) Remedy
11 3 (0.61%) Splunk
11 3 (0.61%) Workday
11 3 (0.61%) Zoho