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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -25 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Agile 592 550 1,669
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.02% 11.43% 15.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.77% 12.76% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 403 377 1,312
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +5.91% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,733
England median annual salary £66,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +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 8,745 4,309 9,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 74.17% 89.58% 82.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5,144 2,596 7,032
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,723
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,251 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +7.90% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -25 369 £60,000 +0.90% 163
East Midlands -6 222 £55,000 -5.17% 90
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 48 (8.11%) Confluence
2 13 (2.20%) CMS
2 13 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.52%) SAS
4 5 (0.84%) nginx
4 5 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.51%) IIS
5 3 (0.51%) WordPress
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.84%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.34%) Trello
7 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Simulink
7 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.01%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.84%) Shopify
3 4 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.34%) Maximo
5 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 156 (26.35%) Azure
2 74 (12.50%) AWS
3 53 (8.95%) Power Platform
4 52 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.56%) SaaS
6 19 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.53%) GCP
8 14 (2.36%) Serverless
9 12 (2.03%) IaaS
9 12 (2.03%) PaaS
9 12 (2.03%) PowerApps
10 11 (1.86%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.52%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.35%) GitHub
13 7 (1.18%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.84%) DNS
1 5 (0.84%) WAN
2 4 (0.68%) Broadband
3 3 (0.51%) 4G
3 3 (0.51%) LAN
4 2 (0.34%) 5G
4 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.34%) Wireless
5 1 (0.17%) BGP
5 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.17%) Firewall
5 1 (0.17%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.17%) Internet
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) IOS XR
5 1 (0.17%) Modbus
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
5 1 (0.17%) RFID
5 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.57%) Power BI
2 20 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.21%) MySQL
4 17 (2.87%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.18%) Metadata
5 7 (1.18%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.18%) Pentaho
6 5 (0.84%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.34%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.34%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 79 (13.34%) JIRA
2 32 (5.41%) Git
3 12 (2.03%) Selenium
4 11 (1.86%) XCUITest
5 10 (1.69%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.18%) JUnit
6 7 (1.18%) Postman
6 7 (1.18%) Zephyr
7 6 (1.01%) GitLab
7 6 (1.01%) Maven
7 6 (1.01%) Mockito
8 5 (0.84%) Gatling
8 5 (0.84%) JMeter
8 5 (0.84%) Subversion
8 5 (0.84%) TestRail
8 5 (0.84%) Vite
9 4 (0.68%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.51%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.51%) Locust
10 3 (0.51%) Toad
General
1 203 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 180 (30.41%) Finance
3 92 (15.54%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (9.97%) Public Sector
6 41 (6.93%) Law
7 28 (4.73%) Marketing
7 28 (4.73%) Retail
8 24 (4.05%) Legal
9 16 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.03%) Banking
11 12 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.69%) Electronics
12 10 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.52%) Advertising
14 6 (1.01%) Games
14 6 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.84%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 127 (21.45%) Senior
2 92 (15.54%) Analyst
3 79 (13.34%) Developer
4 72 (12.16%) Lead
5 47 (7.94%) Business Analyst
6 46 (7.77%) Project Manager
7 34 (5.74%) Senior Manager
8 33 (5.57%) Delivery Manager
9 31 (5.24%) Data Engineer
9 31 (5.24%) Product Owner
10 30 (5.07%) Senior Analyst
11 27 (4.56%) Architect
12 23 (3.89%) IT Manager
13 20 (3.38%) Digital Analyst
14 18 (3.04%) Senior Data Engineer
15 17 (2.87%) IT Project Manager
15 17 (2.87%) Senior Business Analyst
16 16 (2.70%) Senior Developer
16 16 (2.70%) Software Developer
17 15 (2.53%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.74%) React
2 31 (5.24%) .NET
3 22 (3.72%) CSS
4 17 (2.87%) HTML
5 14 (2.36%) EDI
5 14 (2.36%) Node.js
6 13 (2.20%) AngularJS
6 13 (2.20%) Laravel
7 12 (2.03%) REST
7 12 (2.03%) RESTful
8 11 (1.86%) Playwright
9 10 (1.69%) Middleware
9 10 (1.69%) Vue
10 9 (1.52%) Spring
10 9 (1.52%) YAML
11 8 (1.35%) AWS CDK
11 8 (1.35%) Next.js
12 7 (1.18%) jQuery
13 6 (1.01%) Spring Boot
14 5 (0.84%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.33%) Product Ownership
2 34 (5.74%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.55%) Mobile App
4 15 (2.53%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.53%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.03%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.69%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.84%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.84%) Mobile Computing
10 5 (0.84%) Social Media
11 4 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.55%) Linux
2 14 (2.36%) Windows
3 12 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.18%) Android
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.34%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (22.80%) Continuous Improvement
2 123 (20.78%) Mentoring
3 110 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (16.89%) DevOps
5 99 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 94 (15.88%) Coaching
7 80 (13.51%) CI/CD
8 77 (13.01%) Scrum
9 76 (12.84%) Project Management
10 69 (11.66%) Roadmaps
11 64 (10.81%) Analytics
11 64 (10.81%) Decision-Making
12 58 (9.80%) Test Automation
13 56 (9.46%) Project Delivery
14 53 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 53 (8.95%) Waterfall
15 52 (8.78%) Business Strategy
16 47 (7.94%) Computer Science
17 45 (7.60%) Full-Stack Development
18 43 (7.26%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 104 (17.57%) SQL
2 50 (8.45%) JavaScript
3 49 (8.28%) C#
4 44 (7.43%) Python
5 42 (7.09%) Java
6 37 (6.25%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.22%) PHP
8 22 (3.72%) Bash
9 10 (1.69%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.18%) C++
11 6 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.01%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.84%) C
12 5 (0.84%) Go
12 5 (0.84%) R
12 5 (0.84%) Swift
13 3 (0.51%) Scala
13 3 (0.51%) VBA
14 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 66 (11.15%) Degree
2 46 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.41%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.38%) PMI Certification
5 18 (3.04%) PMP
6 15 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.69%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.52%) CISSP
8 9 (1.52%) CITP
8 9 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.18%) CISA
10 7 (1.18%) SSCP
11 6 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.84%) CIMA
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.84%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.70%) QA
2 30 (5.07%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.70%) SLA
4 14 (2.36%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.36%) NIST
5 12 (2.03%) GDPR
6 8 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.18%) ITGC
7 7 (1.18%) PMO
8 5 (0.84%) WCAG
9 3 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (5.41%) Docker
2 9 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (5.57%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.55%) Terraform
3 10 (1.69%) Grafana
4 5 (0.84%) Ansible
5 3 (0.51%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.34%) Argo
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.17%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (14.02%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.24%) Databricks
3 25 (4.22%) Oracle
4 15 (2.53%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.53%) SAP
5 12 (2.03%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.69%) Google
7 8 (1.35%) IBM
7 8 (1.35%) Planon
7 8 (1.35%) Talend
8 6 (1.01%) Cloudera
8 6 (1.01%) Informatica
8 6 (1.01%) Workday
9 5 (0.84%) Apple
9 5 (0.84%) Zoho
10 4 (0.68%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco
11 3 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.51%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.51%) HP