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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Agile 686 638 1,912
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.42% 12.60% 13.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.78% 14.25% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 463 365 1,239
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,048 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -5.38%

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 8,823 4,477 11,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.70% 88.43% 78.63%
Number of salaries quoted 6,198 2,581 7,641
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -10 421 £57,500 -1.29% 112
East Midlands +8 264 £53,750 -6.52% 72
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 40 (5.83%) Confluence
2 10 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.31%) CMS
4 7 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.73%) SAS
6 4 (0.58%) nginx
6 4 (0.58%) PowerFactory
7 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.44%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 8 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.73%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.58%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.58%) Revit
5 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.87%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.58%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 203 (29.59%) Azure
2 117 (17.06%) AWS
3 60 (8.75%) Power Platform
4 56 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (4.52%) PowerApps
7 28 (4.08%) Power Automate
8 26 (3.79%) SaaS
9 23 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (3.35%) Serverless
10 19 (2.77%) GCP
11 14 (2.04%) IaaS
12 13 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (1.75%) PaaS
14 10 (1.46%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.46%) GitHub
15 9 (1.31%) Azure AKS
15 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
16 8 (1.17%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.31%) DNS
2 3 (0.44%) Hyperconnected
2 3 (0.44%) Internet
3 2 (0.29%) Broadband
3 2 (0.29%) Firewall
3 2 (0.29%) HTTP
3 2 (0.29%) LAN
3 2 (0.29%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) BGP
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) FTP
4 1 (0.15%) MPLS
4 1 (0.15%) RTP
4 1 (0.15%) SNMP
4 1 (0.15%) SS7
4 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.15%) VoIP
4 1 (0.15%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.41%) Power BI
2 38 (5.54%) MongoDB
3 34 (4.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (3.94%) SQL Server
5 19 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.90%) MySQL
7 10 (1.46%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.31%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.17%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.87%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
11 3 (0.44%) Pentaho
11 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.29%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.29%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 67 (9.77%) JIRA
2 32 (4.66%) Git
3 15 (2.19%) JUnit
4 13 (1.90%) Cucumber
5 12 (1.75%) Maven
5 12 (1.75%) Mockito
5 12 (1.75%) Selenium
6 11 (1.60%) XCUITest
7 9 (1.31%) Gatling
7 9 (1.31%) Postman
8 8 (1.17%) GitLab
9 7 (1.02%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.87%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.87%) JMeter
11 5 (0.73%) Jenkins
12 4 (0.58%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.58%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.58%) TestRail
12 4 (0.58%) Vite
13 3 (0.44%) HP UFT
General
1 197 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 175 (25.51%) Finance
3 87 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (9.91%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (6.71%) Law
7 38 (5.54%) Retail
8 31 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.62%) Marketing
10 17 (2.48%) Banking
10 17 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.04%) Legal
13 9 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.31%) Games
14 8 (1.17%) Advertising
15 6 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.44%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 134 (19.53%) Senior
2 120 (17.49%) Developer
3 100 (14.58%) Analyst
4 72 (10.50%) Lead
5 54 (7.87%) Business Analyst
6 51 (7.43%) Project Manager
7 50 (7.29%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (6.41%) .NET Developer
9 37 (5.39%) Senior Manager
10 33 (4.81%) Architect
11 29 (4.23%) Senior Analyst
12 27 (3.94%) Product Owner
13 24 (3.50%) Software Engineer
14 21 (3.06%) Digital Analyst
14 21 (3.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 21 (3.06%) IT Manager
15 20 (2.92%) Data Engineer
16 19 (2.77%) Account Manager
17 18 (2.62%) Senior Developer
17 18 (2.62%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (12.24%) .NET
2 67 (9.77%) React
3 42 (6.12%) ASP.NET
4 41 (5.98%) ASP.NET Core
5 37 (5.39%) .NET Core
6 36 (5.25%) Node.js
7 31 (4.52%) CSS
8 29 (4.23%) HTML
9 27 (3.94%) REST
10 22 (3.21%) RESTful
11 19 (2.77%) ASP.NET Web API
12 18 (2.62%) Entity Framework
13 17 (2.48%) AngularJS
13 17 (2.48%) Blazor
14 16 (2.33%) Playwright
15 14 (2.04%) Spring
16 13 (1.90%) AWS CDK
16 13 (1.90%) Next.js
17 12 (1.75%) Vue
18 11 (1.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.48%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.81%) Mobile App
3 26 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.77%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.60%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.46%) AI Agents
8 10 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.17%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.73%) Mobile Computing
12 4 (0.58%) AS400
12 4 (0.58%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.35%) Linux
2 15 (2.19%) Windows
3 12 (1.75%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.46%) Android
5 3 (0.44%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.44%) Unix
5 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 162 (23.62%) Mentoring
3 128 (18.66%) Coaching
4 122 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
5 121 (17.64%) CI/CD
6 110 (16.03%) DevOps
7 96 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 87 (12.68%) Scrum
9 79 (11.52%) Full-Stack Development
9 79 (11.52%) Test Automation
10 75 (10.93%) Roadmaps
11 70 (10.20%) AI
11 70 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 67 (9.77%) Business Strategy
13 66 (9.62%) Decision-Making
14 65 (9.48%) Project Management
15 61 (8.89%) Analytics
15 61 (8.89%) Microservices
16 58 (8.45%) Waterfall
17 56 (8.16%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 144 (20.99%) SQL
2 109 (15.89%) C#
3 76 (11.08%) JavaScript
4 59 (8.60%) TypeScript
5 53 (7.73%) Java
6 41 (5.98%) Python
7 20 (2.92%) Bash
8 19 (2.77%) PHP
9 14 (2.04%) C++
9 14 (2.04%) PL/SQL
9 14 (2.04%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.73%) R
12 4 (0.58%) RPG
12 4 (0.58%) RPG IV
12 4 (0.58%) RPG/400
12 4 (0.58%) Swift
13 3 (0.44%) C
13 3 (0.44%) VBA
14 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (10.64%) Degree
2 50 (7.29%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (2.62%) PMP
5 17 (2.48%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.75%) CISSP
8 12 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.31%) CITP
9 9 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.17%) ISTQB
11 7 (1.02%) CISA
11 7 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.02%) ISEB
11 7 (1.02%) SSCP
12 5 (0.73%) CISM
12 5 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.58%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (12.68%) QA
2 42 (6.12%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.33%) GDPR
4 15 (2.19%) SLA
5 14 (2.04%) NIST
6 12 (1.75%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.02%) ITGC
8 7 (1.02%) PMO
9 6 (0.87%) WCAG
10 3 (0.44%) GRC
10 3 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
12 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (5.69%) Docker
2 5 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 47 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.62%) Terraform
3 10 (1.46%) Grafana
4 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.44%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Argo
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 124 (18.08%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.37%) Oracle
3 16 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.19%) Databricks
5 14 (2.04%) SAP
6 11 (1.60%) Google
6 11 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.31%) IBM
8 7 (1.02%) IFS
8 7 (1.02%) Planon
9 6 (0.87%) Workday
10 4 (0.58%) Apple
10 4 (0.58%) DIgSILENT
10 4 (0.58%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.58%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.44%) ESRI
11 3 (0.44%) Facebook
11 3 (0.44%) HP
11 3 (0.44%) Informatica
11 3 (0.44%) Veracode