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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Agile 752 588 1,197
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.78% 10.41% 12.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.80% 11.99% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 447 345 464
10th Percentile £38,591 £37,500 £37,007
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,175 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +0.37%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £83,750
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 11,066 4,905 7,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.30% 86.88% 80.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,818 2,833 3,620
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,100 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.27% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -10 491 £55,000 -8.33% 552
East Midlands -5 260 £55,000 -4.35% 369
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 18 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (1.73%) Confluence
4 5 (0.66%) SAS
5 4 (0.53%) CMS
5 4 (0.53%) PowerFactory
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.40%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Documentum
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 36 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.99%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (2.13%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.73%) Simulink
5 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.66%) EPLAN
6 5 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.53%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.53%) Revit
8 3 (0.40%) Notion
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 34 (4.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (3.32%) Primavera
2 25 (3.32%) SAP EHS
3 7 (0.93%) Infor M3
4 6 (0.80%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.40%) Shopify
7 2 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 235 (31.25%) Azure
2 158 (21.01%) AWS
3 91 (12.10%) Power Platform
4 58 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
5 51 (6.78%) Power Automate
6 49 (6.52%) SaaS
7 43 (5.72%) Dynamics 365
7 43 (5.72%) PowerApps
8 32 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (3.99%) Serverless
10 25 (3.32%) Smartsheet
11 16 (2.13%) GCP
12 14 (1.86%) IaaS
13 13 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 13 (1.73%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (1.46%) Azure Functions
14 11 (1.46%) GitHub
14 11 (1.46%) PaaS
15 9 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.20%) Wireshark
2 6 (0.80%) DNS
2 6 (0.80%) Internet
2 6 (0.80%) LAN
2 6 (0.80%) WAN
3 5 (0.66%) Network Security
3 5 (0.66%) Profibus
4 4 (0.53%) Firewall
5 3 (0.40%) HTTP
5 3 (0.40%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.13%) Intelligent Network
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.13%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.71%) Power BI
2 53 (7.05%) MongoDB
3 46 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (4.79%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.86%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (1.73%) Power Query
9 12 (1.60%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
10 10 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.06%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.93%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.93%) MySQL
14 6 (0.80%) Metadata
14 6 (0.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 6 (0.80%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 62 (8.24%) Git
2 53 (7.05%) JIRA
3 24 (3.19%) GitLab
4 22 (2.93%) JUnit
5 17 (2.26%) Maven
5 17 (2.26%) Postman
6 16 (2.13%) Cucumber
6 16 (2.13%) Jenkins
6 16 (2.13%) Selenium
7 14 (1.86%) Mockito
8 9 (1.20%) Eclipse
8 9 (1.20%) Gatling
8 9 (1.20%) JMeter
8 9 (1.20%) Subversion
9 7 (0.93%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.80%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.80%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.66%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.53%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.53%) Storybook
General
1 229 (30.45%) Social Skills
2 175 (23.27%) Finance
3 119 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (11.97%) Public Sector
5 42 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (5.45%) Retail
7 40 (5.32%) Legal
8 39 (5.19%) Manufacturing
9 31 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (3.32%) Electronics
11 23 (3.06%) Law
12 22 (2.93%) Marketing
13 16 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.86%) Banking
15 12 (1.60%) Fire and Rescue
16 10 (1.33%) Games
17 9 (1.20%) Aerospace
18 8 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 186 (24.73%) Developer
2 126 (16.76%) Lead
3 123 (16.36%) Senior
4 62 (8.24%) Architect
5 56 (7.45%) Analyst
6 48 (6.38%) .NET Developer
7 45 (5.98%) Project Manager
8 43 (5.72%) Software Engineer
9 38 (5.05%) Business Analyst
9 38 (5.05%) Senior Developer
10 34 (4.52%) Delivery Manager
11 33 (4.39%) Power Platform Developer
12 21 (2.79%) Full-Stack Developer
13 20 (2.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 19 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (2.39%) React Developer
16 17 (2.26%) Data Engineer
16 17 (2.26%) Senior Manager
16 17 (2.26%) Software Developer
17 16 (2.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (14.36%) .NET
2 84 (11.17%) React
3 56 (7.45%) ASP.NET
3 56 (7.45%) REST
4 51 (6.78%) .NET Core
5 50 (6.65%) ASP.NET Core
6 43 (5.72%) Node.js
7 38 (5.05%) CSS
8 35 (4.65%) HTML
9 34 (4.52%) Terraform
10 27 (3.59%) Playwright
11 24 (3.19%) ASP.NET Web API
11 24 (3.19%) Entity Framework
12 23 (3.06%) Spring
13 21 (2.79%) Blazor
14 20 (2.66%) JSON
15 18 (2.39%) RESTful
15 18 (2.39%) XML
16 17 (2.26%) SOAP
17 16 (2.13%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.79%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (3.99%) PMI
4 26 (3.46%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.06%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.39%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.99%) Driving Licence
10 13 (1.73%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (1.20%) SCADA
12 9 (1.20%) Taxonomies
12 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.79%) Linux
2 13 (1.73%) Windows
3 9 (1.20%) Unix
4 6 (0.80%) Android
5 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.40%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (27.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 167 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (21.54%) Mentoring
4 148 (19.68%) CI/CD
5 145 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 131 (17.42%) AI
7 128 (17.02%) DevOps
8 112 (14.89%) Decision-Making
8 112 (14.89%) Scrum
9 105 (13.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 94 (12.50%) Coaching
11 93 (12.37%) Project Management
12 88 (11.70%) Full-Stack Development
13 85 (11.30%) Software Engineering
14 84 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
15 78 (10.37%) ERP
15 78 (10.37%) Roadmaps
16 72 (9.57%) Analytics
17 70 (9.31%) Microservices
17 70 (9.31%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 173 (23.01%) SQL
2 132 (17.55%) C#
3 94 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 76 (10.11%) Java
5 58 (7.71%) TypeScript
6 47 (6.25%) Python
7 21 (2.79%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.53%) Bash
9 18 (2.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.86%) C++
10 14 (1.86%) MATLAB
11 13 (1.73%) C
11 13 (1.73%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.20%) Embedded C
13 7 (0.93%) PHP
14 5 (0.66%) Ladder Logic
14 5 (0.66%) Perl
15 4 (0.53%) R
15 4 (0.53%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.53%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 137 (18.22%) Degree
2 122 (16.22%) Security Cleared
3 114 (15.16%) SC Cleared
4 46 (6.12%) PMI Certification
5 32 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (3.19%) Azure Certification
7 21 (2.79%) PMP
8 19 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.60%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.46%) ISTQB
11 11 (1.46%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.33%) ISEB
13 8 (1.06%) CISSP
14 7 (0.93%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.93%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
16 5 (0.66%) CISM
16 5 (0.66%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.04%) QA
2 57 (7.58%) Accessibility
3 39 (5.19%) Data Quality
4 36 (4.79%) GDPR
5 17 (2.26%) WCAG
6 13 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.33%) PMO
8 8 (1.06%) GRC
9 5 (0.66%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.66%) NCSC
10 4 (0.53%) NIST
10 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.40%) COBIT
11 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.40%) SLA
12 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (7.18%) Docker
2 14 (1.86%) Embedded Firmware
2 14 (1.86%) Firmware
3 7 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 61 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.66%) Ansible
4 3 (0.40%) Grafana
4 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.27%) Bosun
5 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) Argo
6 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 164 (21.81%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.52%) SAP
3 42 (5.59%) Oracle
4 25 (3.32%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.46%) Databricks
6 11 (1.46%) Google
6 11 (1.46%) Pega
7 10 (1.33%) IFS
7 10 (1.33%) Infor
7 10 (1.33%) Workday
7 10 (1.33%) YouTube
8 8 (1.06%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.80%) Cisco
10 5 (0.66%) Altera
10 5 (0.66%) Facebook
10 5 (0.66%) Microsemi
10 5 (0.66%) Siemens
10 5 (0.66%) Veracode
10 5 (0.66%) Xilinx